Chapter 141: The Interesting Couple...
Along the way, Deng Xingwang kept muttering to himself, and it was obvious that he was filled with righteous indignation.
After hearing this, Qiu Jiang also felt that the family of the deceased's cousin was quite bad, but no one could guarantee whether one of the seven people had killed the person without absolute evidence.
The only thing she could do now was to get as much information and evidence as possible, and remember the physical features of the seven people so that she could compare them with the dark shadows that she might see in a while.
It's a pity that her stomach has to hurt again.
Thinking of the numbing pain, she took a deep breath and subconsciously drank a sip of water.
Only after she drank the "water" did she realize something was wrong.
She looked down at the delicate little bamboo tube in her hand. Now the lid of the little bamboo tube had been opened by her, and there was some clear liquid inside. As soon as it was opened, the fragrance filled the entire car.
Everyone took a deep sniff and looked over in confusion.
"Jiang Jiang, why are you drinking?"
"I got it for my brother. I forgot to give it to him. I thought it was water."
Fortunately, there wasn't much alcohol in it, but even so, her head was still dizzy.
That won't work.
"Is there any water in the car?"
"I don't have any water, but I have some milk. You should drink some." Deng Xingwang quickly took out his pocket and handed it to her.
After drinking a box of milk, she felt a little clearer. After touching her face to make sure it was not hot, she quickly closed the lid of the bamboo tube and continued to read the information Deng Xingwang gave her.
By the time she had almost remembered everything, the car had stopped and they got out one after another.
This community is quite large, but the buildings are old and the walls are peeling off, making it look quite old.
This is the time when the sun is at its best, so you can see old people shopping for groceries and taking a walk everywhere on the bumpy road.
But no matter which building they come out of, many people will deliberately avoid a certain building when walking. Even if they can't avoid it, they will deliberately speed up and lower their heads to try to pass through it earlier.
Qiu Jiang raised her head slightly and knew why everyone was like that.
I saw that all the windows of a house on the fifth floor and above of the building were gone, and there were black burn marks everywhere. Perhaps because the fire was too big, the windows of several surrounding houses were also blackened.
Fortunately, the neighboring families did not suffer any property losses, but this neighbor's family died so tragically that they might have been panicked, so they hung yellow talismans on the windows.
As I walked up, I saw several houses on different floors burning paper in front of their doors. There was even an old lady burning paper, muttering something, "Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. If your family has truly been wronged, you must go find the person who hurt you."
"We are all neighbors. If you come back at night, please come back quietly. Don't scare me. I am timid and I really can't stand it."
"Please, please."
She kept repeating these few words over and over again, and after seeing Qiu Jiang and the others, it did not stop her from bowing again and again.
Deng Xingwang recognized her and whispered in Qiu Jiang's ear, "This is Grandma Zhang. This neighborhood has a lot of elderly residents, most of whom are superstitious. Plus, the deceased's family suffered a violent death. In the past few days since we've been here, the neighbors on the floors next to the deceased's house have all been doing the same thing as this grandma, burning paper and hanging peach wood swords for peace of mind. They don't have any malicious intent, they're just scared. She also gave us some information. She's a kind-hearted old lady."
This kind of behavior was more common in ancient times, and Qiu Jiang certainly understood it. She waited slowly until the other person finished burning the yellow paper before she went past the house and went to the sixth floor.
As for which household had the problem, it was actually easy to tell. After all, the door of the house on the left was severely deformed and now it couldn't even be closed. Someone had to use bricks to prop it up to barely cover up the situation in the house.
At the door, Qiu Jiang did not feel any pain in her lower abdomen, so she went into the house. As soon as she entered the house, she saw two black figures sitting on the sofas on the left and right sides of the wall. The two people looked like they were arguing, moving their bodies back and forth.
Judging from their body shapes, the person on the right is thin and his physique matches Wang Qiushan's information, so he should be the deceased.
And the one on the left is nothing unexpected.
murderer.
Qiu Jiang narrowed his eyes slightly, quietly wrote down the physical characteristics of the black shadow in his notebook, and then began to pay attention to the actions of the two people, writing and drawing on the paper from time to time.
Deng Xingwang exchanged glances with Wang Li behind her.
"Jiang Jiang seems to have discovered something." He whispered to Wang Li.
Wang Li nodded.
But what was discovered?
The two of them were afraid of interrupting her train of thought, so they suppressed their curiosity and didn't ask. However, they couldn't help but wonder if they had missed something before, which was why they hadn't found the murderer for so long.
For a moment, the two did not dare to waste any more time, and quickly lowered their heads to explore the surroundings that they had already checked countless times.
Qiu Jiang's eyes were still fixed on the spot where the sofa had been originally, which was now in a mess with burn marks everywhere.
But even so, it is impossible to erase the traces of its past.
Her eyes were sharp as she watched the two figures stand up and continue arguing. Then the black shadow on the left grabbed the dead man and another argument broke out, which attracted another figure from the kitchen.
Judging from her figure, she is a woman.
There was also a woman holding a knife in her hand, who seemed to want to scare away the uninvited guest.
However, at this moment, a dark shadow suddenly ran over and snatched the knife away, then stabbed it into the neck of the deceased with lightning speed, and then kicked him onto the sofa.
Seeing this scene, the woman screamed and tried to hit the man, but the two men were too different in size and she was no match for the man. In addition, when he saw her going to look for the phone, he immediately hugged her from behind. As the two confronted each other, the woman was knocked to the ground and her throat was strangled. She soon stopped moving due to suffocation.
Her husband was also struggling to find her at this time, and was desperately slapping the murderer, trying to pull him away, but he didn't expect that the knife on his neck was pulled out by him, and the gushing black blood splashed everywhere.
A few drops splashed onto her face.
Even though she knew that all this had happened in the past and would not splash on her at all, she still subconsciously closed her eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, he saw two figures lying on the ground.
The noise coming from the small living room woke up the child who was sleeping in the bedroom. He stood at the door rubbing his eyes.
When he saw his parents lying in a pool of blood and the ferocious strangers, even though he didn't understand what was going on, the fear in his body had already hit him and he burst into tears.
When the murderer heard the voice, he became anxious and looked towards her immediately.
He seemed to be checking whether there was any movement outside the door, and after making sure that no one was moving, he immediately went towards the child.
Qiu Jiang's throat was blocked and she wanted to stop him.
But countless experiences in the past told her that she couldn't stop what had already happened.
She could only watch as he picked up the child and strangled him to death.
He wanted to escape immediately, but when he was running towards the door, he stopped. Then he went back, carried the family of three to the bed, and then carefully wiped away all traces.
After confirming that all traces at the scene had been cleaned up, he took out a lighter and set the bed on fire.
Then he hurriedly left the room.
Deng Xingwang and the others were still searching to see if there were any missing clues, but they found nothing after searching again, so they wanted to find Qiu Jiang to confirm.
"Jiang Jiang, we didn't find anything else..."
ah.
"Where are the people?"
Deng Xingwang was stunned.
Qiu Jiang, whom he missed so much, was now following the black shadow and running out. He was probably not familiar with this community, and he walked around for a long time but couldn't find the gate.
No, that's not right.
He didn't look like he was looking for the main gate to leave, but rather looking for a building.
Which building are you looking for?
She remained silent and just followed him. After going around in a circle, he finally found a building and walked in without hesitation, entering a house on the third floor.
At this point, Qiu Jiang was blocked outside the door.
The black shadow was completely cut off.
She looked around and her eyes were fixed on the wall next to the house's front door, which was full of traces of time and had a "31" written on it in blue chalk.
Qiu Jiang didn't knock on the door, but sent a message directly to Deng Xingwang's pager.
Soon, an unfamiliar phone call came in, and the voice on the other end sounded very familiar.
"Jiang Jiang, the witness lives in Building 7, Room 31."
It really is here.
Qiu Jiang immediately said to the other side, "I want to go see the witness, I'm almost there now."
"Ah? Then I'll go too. Wait for me."
Before she could say anything, the other party hung up in a hurry.
She had no choice but to go downstairs and wait for him.
Deng Xingwang ran very fast with his long legs. He had been here before to collect evidence from witnesses. He was familiar with the place and found his partner downstairs of Building No. 7 in no time.
"Jiang Jiang, why do you suddenly want to find a witness? Are they lying?"
he asked breathlessly.
I guess it’s true.
Although she thought so, she didn't give up because she had no evidence. She just said, "I see that the traces at the scene have been almost completely destroyed. It's not easy to search for new clues, but it's not good to come here in vain, so I want to find another witness in the same community to ask. After all, they are from the same community and may know some information that we don't know."
She has a very good reason.
Deng Xingwang had no doubts at all.
"Yes, yes, let's go up quickly. I remember this couple was selling breakfast, so they should have gone home by now."
Afraid that she didn't know which floor it was, he took two quick steps and went up the stairs before her.
After reaching the third floor, Deng Xingwang pointed to the blue security door on the left and then started knocking.
Soon a voice came from inside.
"Who is it?"
"Sister Feng, it's me. We met yesterday."
He had been running to this community for the past three days, and he had also taken a statement from her, so Feng Shuxian still remembered him. When she opened the wooden door inside, she saw that he looked a little strange, but he was still very warm.
"Little brother, if there's anything else you need our help with, just let us know. We don't have anything to do at home anyway."
Feng Shuxian said with a smile, and opened the security door to invite them in.
Deng Xingwang was not polite and responded with a hearty smile.
"Okay, thank you Sister Feng."
At this moment, she seemed to have just noticed Qiu Jiang and asked, "Is the little girl also a police officer? She's so pretty."
"Hello, my name is Qiu Jiang, and I'm a colleague at Xingwang. I'm here to learn more about what happened that day."
She was obviously smiling and very polite, but Feng Shuxian's heart beat faster for some reason, as if she was being stared at.
Like a thorn in the back.
She is obviously a girl in her twenties, and looks even younger than the easily fooled boy just now.
Why am I so scared?
She felt a little panicked.
"Sister Feng, have you not been sleeping well recently? You have dark circles around your eyes."
Deng Xingwang asked with concern.
Feng Shuxian touched her eyes and reacted quickly, "Well, who said it wasn't true? This terrible thing happened in this neighborhood for no reason. I've been scared to death these past few days."
Maybe she hadn't slept well recently, so she had palpitations. She suppressed her panic and invited them into the house.
After letting them sit down, I went to pour them some water.
Qiu Jiang swept the house and could tell that the owner was a capable person. Although the decoration was a bit old, everything was kept very clean.
Soon, Feng Shuxian poured water over.
"Sister Feng, don't bother. We'll just ask a few questions and leave."
Feng Shuxian still had a few bananas in her hand. "That doesn't stop me from eating a banana. There's nothing wrong with asking questions while eating."
Even when they met for the first time, she took care of them like a familiar older sister next door, giving people a very comfortable and refreshing feeling.
Just thinking about the testimony she and her husband provided, Qiu Jiang really couldn't underestimate this person.
"Sister Feng, I've only just gotten involved in this case, so I'm not very familiar with the situation. I want to confirm what happened with you."
Having said that, Qiu Jiang paused and looked like he was thinking hard.
"Oh, by the way, we'd also like to ask if you heard or saw anyone else go to the deceased's home on the day of the incident? After all, you live in the same neighborhood, so you must have more information than we do. Maybe you have some valuable information. I'm really sorry to bother you."
She smiled shyly and clenched her hand holding the pen nervously, like a complete newcomer.
Deng Xingwang felt very strange, but thought that she must have her reasons. After hesitating for a moment, he shut up and handed the home court to her.
Seeing her like this, Feng Shuxian felt that the palpitations just now were really caused by not sleeping well in the middle of the night due to being frightened in the past few days, so she became more calm.
"Well, what's the big deal? I'm fine at home anyway. That's what happened that day."
"My husband and I are both from other places. We just bought this house by selling breakfast. After all, we are from other places. We think that making more friends will open up more opportunities. So we hang out with some fellow villagers who are also in Anxi. We often visit each other's homes. The other day, my fellow villager called us and said he had to come to our community to do something. We thought that since he came so far, we couldn't just leave without inviting him to dinner, so my husband and I discussed inviting him to our house for a gathering."
"We agreed to meet at six o'clock, but unfortunately, he was out talking about something and didn't finish it, so he said he would be late. We thought it was okay, and we were pretty tired that day. Plus, my partner's back pain was acting up, so we thought we could just rest at home for a while. Around eight o'clock, Minghui arrived, and we started drinking and chatting until very late. They were both too drunk to walk. Seeing how drunk they were, I didn't dare let them go back like that. What if something happened? So I let him stay at my house for the night."
"He was a guest after all. I originally wanted to let him sleep in my son's room since he lived in the school dormitory and wasn't home. But he refused to move and fell asleep on the sofa. I just let him do it. Unexpectedly, he slept very well. He woke up at 5 or 6 the next day when we got up to go to the stall. He even helped us push the car to the intersection before going back home."
She paused here and then continued.
"My husband and I sold pancakes all morning and didn't come back until around 2 or 3 in the afternoon. When we got back, we heard a family had died in the neighborhood. We were terrified. Before we could even recover, we heard it was a homicide. We were so scared our hands were shaking. Who knew you would take Minghui away and even come to us to record his statement? Only then did we realize Minghui had gone to the house where the deceased had died that night."
At this point, Feng Shuxian still felt a little scared. She patted her chest and said thankfully, "Luckily, he was at our house that day, and we were able to testify for him. If he didn't have a witness, he would have been in jail. It's scary to think about it."
After she finished speaking, she sighed heavily, clapped her hands fiercely and said depressedly, "Tell me what kind of bad luck this is."
After hearing what she said, Qiu Jiang raised the corners of her lips slightly and praised, "Sister Feng has a good memory. She can still remember it so clearly after three or four days. It really helped us a lot."
She smiled, looking innocent and naive.
But what you said is... weird.
Feng Shuxian was not sure whether she believed it or not.
Until she moved on from that and started asking the other question.
"Has Sister Feng heard any news these days?"
Feng Shuxian finally felt relieved and said apologetically, "As you know, I work from dawn to dusk in my business. I usually spend a long time washing and picking vegetables at home. I really don't have the energy to listen to the news in the community, so I really can't help you with this matter."
"But if you're really anxious, I can ask around in the next couple of days. If I have any news, I'll let you know."
This was roughly equivalent to seeing off a guest. Qiu Jiang knew what was going on, but she didn't respond to her. Instead, she asked her when her boyfriend would be back.
Sometimes things just so happen to be so coincidental. Just as she finished speaking, there was a crackling sound of the security door opening.
Then a man's voice sounded, "Xian'er, come and take the dishes."
"Hey, here I come."
Feng Shuxian responded and walked quickly to open the door to let him in. She took a large bag of lettuce in her hand, and when Chen Erguo came in, she put two large bags of carrots at the door.
Just as I was about to take off my shoes, I saw Qiu Jiang and the other person.
Qiu Jiang was indeed a stranger, but Deng Siwang looked familiar to him.
As soon as he saw him, Chen Erguo knew why they came. Not only did he not panic, he even trotted over with a curious look.
"Comrade police, has the case been resolved? Do we know who the murderer is?"
His eyes are not big, even surprisingly small, but when he talked about this case, the light in his eyes was about to burst out, which showed his attention to this case.
"Not yet, so I wanted to come back to you to find out more about the situation."
"No problem, just ask whatever you want."
Chen Erguo immediately moved a plastic stool over and sat down, even more impatient than them.
Qiu Jiang showed a nice smile, "Then I'll trouble you, big brother."
"What's the big deal? This is our duty as citizens... our obligation. Yes, our obligation. We fully cooperate with your work."
"Niguo, have you bought the new stove yet?"
Feng Shuxian suddenly interrupted and asked.
Chen Erguo was just in high spirits, but upon hearing his wife's words, he slapped his forehead and said, "It's over, it's over. I actually forgot to bring it back."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'll go get the stove now."
He ran out in a hurry without saying anything more.
Qiu Jiang also stood up and suggested, "Brother, where did you buy it? We happen to be driving, so we can help you pull it over."
"Help me?" Chen Erguo turned to look at her and asked in disbelief, scratching his head. "That's not a good idea. You're all so busy. Will it delay your work?"
Although he said this, there was clear expectation in his eyes.
This big brother is so easy to understand. She likes dealing with such simple-minded people the most.
"Of course not. Helping the people is what we police officers should do."
She was pretty and spoke pleasantly, which made Chen Erguo very happy and he told them the address immediately.
Feng Shuxian became anxious when she saw this scene, but she couldn't think of anything to say to stop them. Seeing that they had already left the door, she became even more furious.
"What should I do? What should I do?"
She was so anxious that she jumped up and down in the house. She was so worried that she ran out.
The door was slammed shut.
As soon as they went downstairs, Feng Shuxian ran down from behind, breathless.
Chen Erguo felt a little strange when he saw her.
"The stove is so heavy, we can't ask others to move it for us. I can go and help lift it." Feng Shuxian pretended to be calm.
Chen Erguo thought she was right. "I actually forgot about that."
He felt that his brain was not as smart as his wife's, and he almost asked the police comrades to use both their cars and their manpower.
It's totally wrong.
He was annoyed and slapped his forehead.
"Look at my brain. I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Chen Erguo apologized repeatedly and had no good intentions at all.
You should indeed be worried.
"It's okay, I understand."
Qiu Jiang said with a slight smile.
The more Chen Erguo felt that they were kind, the more cordial his attitude towards them became. He started muttering as soon as he got in the car.
"Lao Li lives in the north, a little far from here. He said he had something to do and was coming here. I was curious, so I asked him about it, but he didn't tell me. I didn't ask any more questions and just invited him to dinner. It was only later that I found out that Lao Li was talking about something to collect. Who knew he would be so unlucky and run into something like this?"
"No wonder he didn't show up that day. Later he called and said he might be late because he was exhausted from work. I thought it was perfect, I could still get some sleep, so I told him it was okay for him to come later."
"Ouch--"
He suddenly shouted loudly.
"Xian'er, why are you pinching me?"
Qiu Jiang glanced at them in the rearview mirror, especially lingering a little longer on Feng Shuxian.
Even Deng Xingwang glanced back suspiciously.
Feng Shuxian felt a little embarrassed, and her heart started pounding again.
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