Chapter 179 Operation Night Investigation
From their aunt, Qiu Jiang and the others heard that there were no less than ten people who had conflicts with the grocery store owner Guo Xiang and his wife Zhang Guihua.
Most of them are trivial matters that seem tedious. It is hard to imagine that someone would directly throw oil and set fire to other people's stores because of such trivial matters.
Besides this, Jia Wang had something else to ask, "Auntie, how do you know everything? Where did you get the information?"
Qiu Jiang covered her forehead with her hands, already able to imagine what her aunt would say.
As expected.
"Of course. What's going on in the streets that I don't know? Even if you want to know which old man is a bad person or who's not good at anything, I know it all."
My aunt was afraid that he wouldn't believe her, so she immediately listed all the aspects she had mentioned before.
Jia Wang's mouth has grown bigger than a bucket.
Oh my god, how did that kind of news get out? Is it really not a rumor?
Seeing that she was becoming more and more curious as she spoke, Qiu Jiang, after listening in amazement, coughed at the right time and said goodbye to her aunt who was reluctant to leave.
As for the people she just mentioned, most of them knew where they were from her words. She also asked about their approximate height. There was no one who matched the figure she saw in the dark, so there was no need to continue checking.
Jia Wang felt the same way.
I simply don't believe that anyone would kill someone over such a trivial matter.
However, after visiting for a few more hours, Jia Wang met another grandmother who was even more gossipy than the aunt he had just met.
The grandmother was about seventy or eighty years old. She was wearing an old-fashioned blue jacket and black trousers. Her feet were covered with narrow black cloth shoes. She looked unstable, but she walked very steadily.
As soon as he heard they were asking about the fire in the grocery store, he immediately started talking about all kinds of grudges and disputes.
Or it could be that more than ten years ago, the father of Guo Xiang, the former owner of the grocery store, had a bad temper and would often fight with others, which ended up with a fight between the two families and a huge feud.
Or it could be about the incident a few years ago when the grocery store owner had a big fight with someone because someone occupied their stall.
Or maybe the grocery store owner is a pervert. Because Zhang Guihua is a bit domineering and he is a bit timid, the two have not divorced. However, he always touches the hands of other young girls and wives in private, which causes many people's families and husbands to give him a good beating.
There are at least twenty or so such incidents, if not dozens of them, and they are even more detailed and specific than what the aunt mentioned above, as if she had seen them with her own eyes.
However, I didn't expect the old lady to answer in the affirmative. "Of course I saw it with my own eyes. They all thought I was deaf and blind, and they didn't shy away from me. I heard a lot of strange things when I was basking in the sun."
"I know you young people don't like my style, but maybe what I, an old woman, say can really help you."
The old lady's face was full of pride and confidence.
Jia Wang had been gone for a day and was no longer in a good mood. He just listened to her and did not have the energy to argue with her that the news was useless.
But what he couldn't understand was why Qiu Jiang didn't leave, but instead asked her sincerely if she knew anything else.
This made the old lady so happy that she danced with joy and began to tell her all the inside stories she knew.
Jia Wang was so shocked that he felt “Oh shit” all over his body.
What's going on? Why are you still asking?
Is it really possible to find out who the murderer is from these trivial things?
Instead of wasting time on useless things, why not just ask a few more companies?
He really didn't understand what she was trying to do, but out of trust in her he was only anxious for a few moments. Seeing that the two of them were talking endlessly, he sat down on the stone lion at the door of the old lady's house without any temper, just to take a rest.
It’s really tiring to talk about it.
I put out a fire yesterday and visited people today. I didn't even have a proper lunch all day. I'm so tired that my legs are weak and I can hardly open my eyes. I just want to find a place to lie down and have a good sleep.
Thinking of sleeping, his eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he actually sat on the stone lion and closed his eyes to take a nap.
He said he was taking a nap, but after a while his breathing became heavy and he started snoring.
So much so that when someone woke me up by shaking me, my mind was still confused.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
The person in front of him was Qiu Jiang, "Brother Jia, let's go back."
"Ah? Not looking anymore?"
He didn't react and asked her dazedly.
Qiu Jiang pointed to the sky and said, "It's getting dark. Let's go back first."
Only then did Jia Wang notice that the sky, which had been bright just a moment ago, had become as dark as ink. Fortunately, the moonlight was bright enough so that he could see the road clearly.
He quickly got up and went back with her. After they had a quick dinner, he could go to the big bunk bed in the village branch to rest for a while.
But Qiu Jiang didn't have an easy rest. After she had taken a few bites of food, the investigation teams from the two cities notified her that they would hold a meeting.
Seeing that she had to jump up and follow people after eating just a few bites, Jia Wang felt both distressed and scared.
Being a leader is not an easy job.
Seeing how busy Jiang Jiang is now, it's really scary.
It’s a pity that he is not qualified to attend the meeting on her behalf. He can only feel sad and then go to have a good rest with the others.
Who knew that once I got into bed, I would feel my eyelids getting heavier and heavier, and I suddenly started snoring like thunder.
The snoring sounds came one after another, and Deng Xingwang and Tong Bei fell asleep with difficulty listening to the snoring.
It felt like I hadn't slept for long when someone patted my shoulder.
Although they were not in a bad mood when waking up, they were so tired that they finally managed to fall asleep. Now that they were woken up, their heads were buzzing and they wanted to hit the person who woke them up.
"Shhh."
Just as they were about to curse, they heard this familiar voice and were a little unable to react for a moment.
"Jiang Jiang?"
"It's me, come out with me."
The two of them got up stealthily, and when they got to the yard, they saw her face clearly in the moonlight, and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong? What instructions do Director Chang and the others have?"
Qiu Jiang shook her head and just asked the two of them to follow.
The two of them trusted her blindly, and immediately followed her out when they heard this. When they stood at the corner of a white-walled courtyard, they could clearly feel that her footsteps had become lighter.
That seems to be the purpose.
What's here?
The two of them were completely awake under the cool breeze. Seeing how cautious she was, they were a little nervous. So they both had serious faces and even lowered their voices, only slightly louder than the sound of an ant.
"What happened to Jiang Jiang?"
Qiu Jiang looked serious and started talking nonsense.
No, I want to share my findings seriously.
"When Jia and I were visiting the old lady next door, we noticed a man coming out to get water. When he returned, he heard the old lady talking about the grocery store owner's enemies. He looked visibly panicked, and even after entering the house, he was eavesdropping, as if he had something to hide. I think there's something fishy about him. He either knows something or is the murderer, so I want to go in and investigate. You two, keep watch for me. If anything happens to me, go back and get help immediately."
There was a mixture of truth and falsehood in these words. She suspected that the man was telling the truth, but the fact that he was listening was just adding fuel to the fire. After all, she couldn't say that the man's figure and build were exactly the same as the black shadow. Moreover, she knew from what the old lady whispered to her that this man had quarreled with Zhang Guihua two days ago because the gas tank was a few cents more expensive, and the quarrel was very fierce at that time.
It's just that Wang Liming is a notorious coward. Everyone knows that even if he quarrels with someone, as long as that person shows a fierce look, he will never dare to continue quarreling. Even if the old lady knows that they quarreled, she will never believe that he has the courage to set fire to someone.
I just wanted to share some gossip with her to enrich my boring life.
But she never expected that the person she thought was the most unlikely person had successfully entered Qiu Jiang's sight, and even took advantage of the middle of the night to recruit people to investigate the truth.
Deng Xingwang and Tong Bei also found it very suspicious when they heard it. Deng Xingwang immediately wanted to go with them to investigate. He threw the phone given by Qiu Jiang directly into Tong Bei's hand, and then he jumped three feet high with light steps, jumped over the wall and climbed in.
His movements were already smooth and swift, leaving Tong Bei no chance to refuse. Then Qiu Jiang's movements to climb over the wall were even more light, graceful, smooth and swift.
Tong Bei had just opened his mouth when the two people disappeared completely.
He was so anxious that he was spinning in circles, but that was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that he was alone now.
Why do I feel like there are countless people around me and behind me?
Especially when the cold wind blew, it felt like someone was blowing on his neck, making him feel cold all over.
The hairs on my body stood up all of a sudden, and goose bumps also appeared like mushrooms after rain.
Help!!!
There’s a ghost!!!
He kept imagining it all by himself. The more scared he became, the more he imagined it. The more he imagined it, the scareder he became. It became a vicious cycle.
When he ran back to the headquarters courtyard where the leaders were, screaming, his shout was enough to scare the leaders who had just fallen asleep and were not yet fully asleep.
"Director Chang, Captain Chen, this is bad, the murderer is about to escape—"
The fact that he was a murderer made everyone nervous. Before they saw him, they heard screams coming from many houses.
"Murderer? What murderer???"
You could also hear the noise of things being knocked over in many houses, so much so that before long, people would stumble out of many houses without even turning on the lights.
Tong Bei was waiting for someone to ask him a question when he heard a familiar voice.
"where?"
"Ah?" It was unclear whether he was surprised that the person asking the question was here, or he didn't understand what he had just asked.
Anyway, no matter what he said, the visitor didn't care and asked him in a deep voice, "Where is the murderer?"
Tong Bei finally woke up from his dream and became nervous again. "Just walk south on this street. The murderer has gone to the fields. Xingwang and Sister Jiang Jiang are chasing him."
One of them has already caught...
Before he could finish his words, the person who asked him the question had disappeared.
This was followed by a series of anxious inquiries from Chang Hou, Chen Da and the leaders of Huaian.
“What’s going on???”
“What’s going on???”
"Hurry up and tell me—"
They surrounded him and asked him questions one after another.
"I..." Tong Bei was panicking and didn't know whose question to answer, which made these leaders who had no idea what was going on very anxious.
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