Chapter 79 Chapter 79 The First Drawing
The three searched the dilapidated house.
The house was dilapidated, and from time to time, it raised a cloud of dust, choking Pei Qing and making him cough.
Finally, a gold necklace and several gold bracelets were found.
Pei Qing guessed that these were all stolen from Dou Yinhua's house.
She glanced at the ground and saw the man lying there, flailing his limbs and cursing at the woman.
"Peng Cailian, you are such a brainless idiot!"
"How many times have I told you to be careful?"
"Damn it, why did I marry such an idiot like you!"
"Your brain is worse than a chamber pot!"
"Fuck you, I'm going to kill you!"
…
Pei Qing frowned. Looking at him, he didn't look like the kind of person who would buy jewelry for Peng Cailian.
Xu An collected the items he found and kept them as evidence.
Next, the man and woman who entered Dou Yinhua's house will be interrogated separately.
What exactly happened to Dou Yinhua?
Why did she disappear?
According to the documents Xu An found in the man's bag, it can be learned that the man's name is Qiao Wei, he is 36 years old, and he is not from Changping Town.
It has nothing to do with Dashan Village or Xiaoshan Village. He appeared here because of his wife, Peng Cailian, the woman who appeared with him at the door of Dou Yinhua's house.
Peng Cailian is from Gangshan Village, Changping Town, not far from Dashan Village and Xiaoshan Village.
She is familiar with Dou Yinhua.
During the interrogation, Qiao Wei confessed to Xu An: "That idiot grew up with Dou Yinhua and is very familiar with her. Besides, my daughter's accident happened in Dou Yinhua's home. We were too soft-hearted to sue her, otherwise Dou Yinhua would have to go to jail!"
Xu An glanced at him. Under normal circumstances, he would not even look at a bastard like Qiao Wei who only knew how to scold his wife. But now that he was investigating a case, he could only hold his nose and continue asking.
"Did something happen to your daughter?"
This is a simple question.
At this point, Qiao Wei had something to say.
"It was Dou Yinhua who wronged us first!"
He said confidently: "She said she would help us get rich, but my daughter only stayed at her house for three days, and she was gone in just three days!"
There was no sadness on Qiao Wei's face, he just felt angry, as if Dou Yinhua had deceived him.
"Damn, she actually said that my daughter was unlucky. What a piece of shit! This old woman is such a coward!"
This seems more and more wrong.
Xu An noticed something was wrong and asked, "Why did you send your daughter to Dou Yinhua?"
Qiao Wei had nothing to hide: "Dou Yinhua wanted to use my daughter to make money, at least tens of thousands a month, that's why I sent my daughter there, otherwise no one would listen to her nonsense!"
How can money be so easy to make?
Liu Cong smacked his lips and asked Qiao Wei: "What business? Are you willing to give it up?"
Qiao Wei: "Dou Yinhua said that my daughter is pretty and was favored by the immortal. This is a serious business! The immortal can choose! He only wants virgin girls!"
Xu An/Liu Cong: ???
What the hell?
How did it get to the point of being an immortal?
Although Xu An was mentally prepared that feudal superstitions were likely to exist in places where people couldn't even speak Mandarin, how could this be related to immortals?
This looks like a scam!
*
Xu An and Liu Cong are interrogating Qiao Wei.
Pei Qing is talking to Peng Cailian.
She held Peng Cailian's ID card in her hand.
Pei Qing compared Peng Cailian's current appearance with the appearance on her ID card, and began to persuade Peng Cailian again: "Sister, you are still young. You are only 28 this year, but you look like you are 38. Does your husband scold you every day like he did just now?"
The insults were so harsh. I wonder what kind of life Peng Cailian usually lives.
Pei Qing advised earnestly: "Sister, please listen to me, dump him and find the next one!"
Peng Cailian sobbed quietly.
Pei Qing's words didn't enter her ears at all.
Pei Qing sighed repeatedly, rummaged through Peng Cailian's bag again, and found a photo of a little girl.
The girl was about six or seven years old, about the same age as Zhao Cen'an, but her skin was not as fair as Zhao Cen'an.
Pei Qing took a look and handed the photo to Peng Cailian.
Peng Cailian stopped sobbing and then took the photo in her hand.
Pei Qing sat on the bench and asked, "Is this your daughter?"
Peng Cailian nodded and held the photo in her arms with care.
Pei Qing took the kettle and poured her a glass of water and chatted with her.
"Didn't your daughter go to the hospital after hitting her head?"
When talking about her daughter, Peng Cailian felt sad.
"I was not there at the time... No one took my daughter to the hospital. The hospital was too far away and no one could take care of her..."
She started sobbing again.
Pei Qing: "Your daughter is so young, and a good person is gone. Someone has to be responsible, right? Is there anyone to compensate?"
Pei Qing wasn't making malicious speculations, but with Qiao Wei's character, he would definitely make a huge profit from him.
Peng Cailian: "Give, give... give 50,000 yuan, and my husband took it."
Pei Qing held back his anger and asked for details: "Did you settle it privately?"
Peng Cailian started crying again.
"My husband said that his business is short of tens of thousands of dollars..."
Pei Qing's forehead veins jumped a few times, but he couldn't help but retort: "Your daughter's life is only worth 50,000 yuan? You didn't get a penny of the money after the private settlement?"
Thinking of how Qiao Wei could still leisurely drink Erguotou with side dishes, Pei Qing just wanted Peng Cailian to shake her brain to shake out the water.
She said decisively: "Your man is unreliable."
Peng Cailian looked at her daughter's photo with cherishing eyes.
Pei Qing was so angry when he saw how she was bewildered that he fell backwards and didn't want to talk to Peng Cailian anymore.
At this moment, Xu An and Liu Cong walked out from the main room.
Pei Qing heard footsteps, turned around and saw Xu An coming out with a dark face. He knew that he was angry with Qiao Wei.
The three of them squatted together and compared the statements of Qiao Wei and Peng Cailian.
Qiao Wei and Peng Cailian did have a daughter. Dou Yinhua once used the excuse that the immortal wanted to select a virgin girl to let their daughter live in Dou Yinhua's home. Their daughter died accidentally in Dou Yinhua's home. Qiao Wei asked for 50,000 yuan to settle the matter privately, and Peng Cailian accepted it.
The death of their daughter was the main conflict among Qiao Wei, Peng Cailian and Dou Yinhua, but this matter has passed, and Dou Yinhua also spent money to settle it privately. So why did Qiao Wei and Peng Cailian go to Dou Yinhua's house again?
The three of them went back again to interrogate Qiao Wei and Dou Yinhua separately.
Qiao Wei said very frankly: "I have no money left. I will ask Dou Yinhua for some money to spend."
Liu Cong: "When was the last time you saw Dou Yinhua?"
Qiao Wei: "How would I remember this? I drink every day and I forgot about it."
He shook the handcuffs on his hands and smiled at the two policemen.
"Why don't you take my handcuffs off? Maybe I'll remember."
Xu An: "I think you won't cry until you see the coffin. If you don't tell me, your wife will."
Qiao Wei's face was full of ferocity: "Comrade police officer, don't count on my wife. What does she know? Without me, she can't go anywhere."
Xu An found him annoying, so he tore off a piece of rag from the kitchen stove and stuffed it into Qiao Wei's mouth.
Qiao Wei kept screaming, and Xu An stuffed the rag into his throat again.
Liu Cong looked at Xu An.
Xu An: "It's okay, he won't die."
Liu Cong: "Okay."
Anyway, there are no cameras in this small village.
*
On the other side, Pei Qing was trying to persuade Peng Cailian again.
She discovered that Peng Cailian had traditional ideas. Although she was not even thirty years old, her thoughts were as old-fashioned as an old lady.
Pei Qing thought of the immortal in Qiao Wei's confession just now, so he had to try to defeat magic with magic.
She asked Peng Cailian: "After your daughter passed away, where was she buried?"
Peng Cailian: "Buried in the ground, children who died young here are not allowed to enter the ancestral tomb."
Pei Qing endured for a long time, thinking, are your ancestral tombs inlaid with gold? There are so many rules.
She asked patiently, "Has the monument been erected?"
Peng Cailian shook her head woodenly.
Pei Qing: It's really unlucky for this child to be born into your family.
He couldn't say this out loud to irritate Peng Cailian, so Pei Qing held back and searched for the funeral on the Internet.
Suddenly she found several pet funerals. The funeral ceremonies were comprehensive, with color photos of the pets during their lifetime, a VCR of the pets' farewell, and a circle of the pets' favorite snacks around them.
Finally, the owner erected a tombstone for the pet, and there was a stone carving of the pet on the top of the tombstone.
Pei Qing looked at the pet funeral and then at Peng Cailian.
She handed the phone to Peng Cailian and motioned for her to look at it.
"Look, nowadays in the city, when pets die, there are funerals. How can you not hold a funeral for your daughter, who is already a living person?"
Peng Cailian watched Pei Qing scroll through the photos one by one. Finally, Pei Qing specifically clicked on a video to show her, and concluded, "Your daughter's life is worse than a dog's!"
It’s not that Pei Qing’s words are unpleasant, this is the truth.
The child died, earning 50,000 yuan for Qiao Wei, but in the end there is not even a tombstone.
Peng Cailian was overwhelmed with grief and began to sob again.
Pei Qing continued, "Some sects now place special emphasis on cultivating the next life, and your daughter is the same. If you don't cultivate merit for her here, how can your daughter be reborn into a good family in the next life!"
She tapped her fingers on the phone and said to Peng Cailian, "Do you want your daughter to live a life worse than a dog in her next life?"
Peng Cailian was stumped by her question.
"I, I don't have any money..."
Pei Qing: “I have!”
She looked at Peng Cailian with a smile, and her true intentions were revealed.
"Just tell me where Dou Yinhua is, and I'll give your daughter a lavish funeral like this."
Peng Cailian remained silent.
Pei Qing cursed in his heart, but he also had to use provocation.
"It seems like you don't love your daughter at all. You were just pretending before. Your man is much more important than your daughter! If your daughter is still alive, I wonder how much she would regret it if she saw you like this. She would be reborn in your belly!"
Peng Cailian retorted: "I'm not, I just don't have money——"
Pei Qing put away the phone: "These are all excuses, you love men the most!"
Peng Cailian: “I——”
Pei Qing didn't even give her a chance to speak: "Your daughter is so unlucky. She didn't live a good life when she was alive, and she couldn't rest in peace after death. She was even used by you--"
Peng Cailian's tears started falling because of what she said.
Of course she loves her daughter, she gave birth to her and raised her little by little, but she has no money and cannot be the head of the family...
Being provoked by Pei Qing, Peng Cailian felt both sad and painful.
"I didn't... I wanted to erect a monument for her, but Qiao Wei wouldn't let me... He thought it was a waste of money..."
Pei Qing: "Then what I just said is correct. You just love men, not daughters."
Peng Cailian: "No, no, I really miss her. We came back this time just to see her..."
The intention to see his daughter was fake, the real purpose was to ask Dou Yinhua for money.
Pei Qing didn't expose her: "Have you finished visiting her? Have you removed the weeds?"
Peng Cailian: "Not yet in time..."
Pei Qing: "Qiao Wei has time to drink Erguotou, how can you be so busy! You are just making excuses not to go!"
Peng Cailian: "No, there is something..."
Pei Qing: "What's the matter? Go find Dou Yinhua?"
Peng Cailian nodded subconsciously.
Pei Qing followed closely and asked, "Go ask Dou Yinhua for money?"
Peng Cailian was suddenly stunned.
Pei Qing tapped the screen of his mobile phone. Peng Cailian remembered what Pei Qing had just said, that her daughter lived a life worse than a dog, and suddenly felt bitter.
Peng Cailian: "I'm not using my daughter as an excuse to ask for money..."
Pei Qing: "Your man is."
She even stabbed Peng Cailian in the heart: "Even if you give birth to another child, your man will still be like this, he won't change!"
Peng Cailian didn't say anything.
Pei Qing: "There is only one way, change a man, otherwise your next child will be as miserable as your dead daughter."
Peng Cailian was feeling uneasy.
Pei Qing: "Don't you have dreams at night? Your daughter didn't tell you that she was hungry and cold. How could you bear it?"
Peng Cailian felt pained by what she said, and Pei Qing asked her to look after the main room.
Pei Qing: "Look, your man is being interrogated by two policemen now. Can he withstand the pressure? You are his wife, and you know best what he has done! So you have a chance now."
Pei Qing held Peng Cailian's hand and said, "Change the man! Get rid of him!"
Peng Cailian shook her head.
But Pei Qing's voice echoed in her ears.
"Has your man sought justice for your daughter?"
"Did he spend the money on your daughter after he took it?"
"Has he ever felt the slightest bit sad since your daughter died so long ago?"
"He asked Dou Yinhua for money. Did he say he wanted to build a grave for his daughter?"
"Your daughter is gone. Did he ever comfort you?"
…
Peng Cailian was stunned by every word she asked.
Pei Qing patted her hand gently and then pressed her hand on the photo of the pet burial.
"The opportunity is right in front of you. Your daughter must be watching you. Do you want to disappoint her?"
Peng Cailian's tears fell and she finally burst into tears.
*
Peng Cailian did not receive much education and had a weak character.
After being persuaded by Pei Qing with both soft and hard tactics, Peng Cailian finally pointed Pei Qing in a direction.
That's a dry toilet.
Pei Qing and Xu An were standing in the dry toilet. There were several layers of spider webs in the corners of the dry toilet. Several large black spiders were hanging on the spider webs and climbing down. There were two toilet pits in the dry toilet. The stench was terrible. Looking down, one could see white maggots in the dry toilet.
Pei Qing covered his mouth and nose, his heart filled with despair.
Xu An closed and opened his eyes and took a look into the dry toilet.
Nothing but feces.
Liu Cong: "Did you find anything?"
Xu An shouted outside: "No."
He walked around the dry toilet and saw the cesspool behind it, covered with a board.
He coughed and looked at Pei Qing.
Pei Qing said angrily, "I came with you on a business trip to this godforsaken place. Not only did I talk to Peng Cailian until I was exhausted, but you also wanted me to lift the board from the manure pit! Xu An, do you have any humanity?"
Xu An felt wronged: "I lifted it too!"
Pei Qing stared at him.
She had never done such a job in her life, and now she was filled with nothing but deep regret.
Xu An: "The first time is new, the second time is familiar. In our line of work, we have to do any job. I'll treat you to a meal when we get back!"
Pei Qing: "Do I need money for food?"
Xu An: "I really want to treat you to a meal!"
Liu Cong shouted from inside the house, “Do you need help?”
Pei Qing looked towards the house where Liu Cong was.
Xu An: "It would be inconvenient to ask the people who came to help to carry the boards, right? It's not easy for them to accompany us to the countryside. We can't go back and let them say that the police in City A are too squeamish..."
Pei Qing: "I will never go on a business trip with you again!"
Xu An responded: "Let Yang Xingping come next time. He got it easy this time."
He handed Pei Qing a pair of gloves.
Pei Qing's facial features were all wrinkled, and he and Xu An lifted the board on the manure pit together.
As soon as the board was lifted, a foul smell hit me in the face.
Pei Qing half-opened his eyes and glanced at the pit. Something seemed to be floating up inside...
Pei Qing: “Ugh—”
Xu An couldn't help but take a step back and pat Pei Qing on the back.
Pei Qing avoided him.
"Don't touch me with the hand you lifted across the cesspool!"
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