Chapter 18: A Couple’s Quarrel and Murder Case (18) You are arrested...
"Who is it?"
Yuan Xiaohu immediately cheered up and began to recall all the people he had come into contact with in this case. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't think of any suspicious persons, so he could only look to Sang Luo for help.
Sang Luo spoke slowly: "When we were looking up information in the archives, we found all the young people in Gaoliang Village who were close to Shen Xueyao's age. Do you remember their names?"
"Hu Jiacheng, Liu Jianguo, He Xu, Wen Chenggang, Sun Bingyuan, Meng Jia, Guo Liye." Sang Luo had a good memory and he said them out loud.
Yuan Xiaohu looked at Sang Luo with admiration: "So many names, and you remembered them after just one look. You have a good brain, much better than mine! But these names sound normal to me, there's nothing wrong with them."
Seeing that Yuan Xiaohu still didn't understand, Sang Luo simply announced the answer directly: "Sun Bingyuan, his name corresponds to Shen Xueyao's."
"Bing corresponds to Xue, and Yao corresponds to Yuan. Putting them together means ice and snow, and Yuan. Yuan is the distant ice and snow. The Shen family moved to Gaoliang Village from Mocheng. Mocheng is the northernmost city in the country, and the weather is cold. Shen's parents gave them this name to commemorate their hometown."
Yuan Xiaohu slapped his thigh in shock. "Yes, only children from the same family would be named like this! Sang Luo, you are amazing. You can even remember their hometowns. What can I say!"
"In fact, I didn't notice the mystery hidden in their names at first," Sang Luo stretched his arms, "After all, we all thought A was a woman, until I figured out that A was a man in the noodle shop, and then I instantly remembered the name Sun Bingyuan - A is Sun Bingyuan."
"He is the real murderer behind this case. His parents should have given him to the Sun family, so he took the Sun family's surname. Although their surnames are different, he and Shen Xueyao are blood-related siblings. Only he has the conditions to commit this crime."
"So what are you waiting for? I'm going to catch his brother-in-law right now!"
Yuan Xiaohu's blood was boiling, and he stepped on the accelerator hard. He was about to approach the village entrance, but Sang Luo suddenly shouted to stop. Yuan Xiaohu was confused:
"What are you doing? We're only a few hundred meters away from the village entrance."
Sang Luo waved his hand and said, "We are driving a police car. If we march into the village in such a blatant manner, we might alert the enemy. You park the car on the side of the road and we will walk the last few hundred meters. Once we enter the village, do everything I say."
Yuan Xiaohu did as he was told. At this moment, he admired Sang Luo very much and obeyed Sang Luo's words.
It was cold at night. The two wrapped their cotton coats tightly and quickened their pace to enter the village. Sang Luo found the door of Sun's house according to the address in the information, and then gently knocked on the door. There was no TV in the village, and everyone generally went to bed early. The Sun family had already gone to bed, but were woken up by Sang Luo.
"What are you doing?" An old lady in a cotton coat opened the door and asked impatiently. It was obvious that Sang Luo had disturbed her sweet dream.
"Great news! Your son has won a prize!" Sang Luo immediately smiled and began to introduce enthusiastically, "We are from the TV station. Viewers can enter our program to participate in the lucky draw by texting '666'. Your son Sun Bingyuan has won the first prize - 100 yuan in cash!"
Aunt Sun was full of doubts. She called Uncle Sun out. The two of them whispered for a while. They were probably afraid of being scammed. Sang Luo understood their thoughts and took out a one-yuan bill from his pocket: "Here, this is a one-yuan thank-you fee for you. When you call your son out, we will give you another 100 yuan in cash!"
"Ouch! A whole dollar!"
As soon as she saw the money, the auntie smiled and all her doubts were dispelled. One dollar was worth a lot in this era, and one hundred dollars was a huge sum of money. They didn't know how long it would take to earn so much by farming. The auntie accepted the money reluctantly, and then pulled Sang Luo out:
"Child, you... Oh, really, how can I accept it? Look, I... Okay, okay, then I'll accept it, hey, let's go, I'll take you to find my son!"
Sang Luo immediately asked: "Where are you going to find your son? Isn't your son at home?"
The old lady shook her head and told the truth: "Comrades from the TV station, you don't know that my son is not my biological son. He was born to the old Shen family in the village. At the beginning, the old Shen family's wife gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. This is family planning. Having two children will be fined. The old Shen family had no choice but to transfer their son to our name."
"Won't they take up your quota for having children?" Sang Luo asked.
The aunt didn't get angry. For the sake of one dollar, she told the truth: "You don't understand. My husband and I couldn't have children. My husband has health problems, so we can only have one. It just so happens that the Shen family has an extra child, so we can have one!"
"But this also has its advantages. We both nominally have a son, which means we have an heir. A hundred years later, we can give an account to our ancestors, and we don't have to raise him by ourselves. The Shen family only gave the child to me in name, but in reality, the child is still being raised by them. I don't have to pay for it, and the child comes to see me every New Year and other festivals. How wonderful is this!"
"So, Sun Bingyuan is in the Shen family now?" Sang Luo asked vigilantly.
The aunt hesitated for a moment: "I'm not sure about this. Bingyuan is always working in the city. He is usually very busy and only comes back during the Chinese New Year. I'll take you to the Shen family to ask him where he is now. Anyway, the Shen family is not far away, and we can get there in a few steps."
Sang Luo pretended to be casual and said, "He's working part-time? But when he sent a text message to our program, he said he was a college student. Could it be a mistake?"
The old lady covered her mouth and laughed: "Oh, this kid must have been bragging to you. Why would he go to college? With his grades, how could he go to college? Everyone in the village knows that he is not good at studying. He skips classes six out of seven days a week and sleeps in school the remaining day. As soon as he graduated from high school, his parents sent him to the city to work!"
Sang Luo also laughed, and the aunt unconsciously started chatting about family matters: "But, speaking of which, his sister did get into university. It's such a pity for Xueyao. She got into such a good university, but in the end she gave it up and stayed in the countryside to farm with us. What a pity!"
"Oh?" Sang Luo asked curiously, "Why give up?"
The aunt sighed: "After all, she is a girl. What's the point of reading so many books? She will get married in the end anyway, right?"
Sang Luo nodded pretending to agree, then turned around and looked at Yuan Xiaohu. They both knew that Sang Luo had guessed correctly. The Shen family told others that they had given up the opportunity to go to college, but in fact they sent their son to the city and asked him to pretend to be a woman to go to college in place of his sister. The real Shen Xueyao had been farming in the countryside for the past four years.
As they were saying this, they had already arrived at the gate of the Shen family. Sang Luo specifically told Aunt Sun not to tell anyone about the winning of the lottery yet, as they were going to give Sun Bingyuan a surprise later. Aunt Sun nodded and agreed.
Then the aunt walked forward and knocked hard on the door of the Shen family: "Brother Shen, sister-in-law, come out quickly, our husband is not doing well again!"
It seems that the two families have a good relationship. Upon hearing the familiar voice, the lights in the Shen family, which was originally dark, immediately turned on, and a middle-aged woman hurriedly put on her clothes and ran out. From her voice, Sang Luo judged that she was Wu Menghua who had talked to the master on the phone that day.
"Old Sun's epilepsy has recurred? Have you seen the village doctor?" Wu Menghua asked anxiously through the door.
The aunt continued to knock on the door and said, "No, the doctor came to see him and said he can't be cured. He said he should be sent to the city hospital. Sister-in-law, I can't lift him by myself. Let's ask Old Shen to help. And Bingyuan, is the child here? Call him over as well!"
Wu Menghua hesitated for a moment and did not open the door. The old lady cried at the door: "Oh, what's wrong with you? Why are you so slow? It's a matter of life and death. Our husband has fallen to the ground unconscious, foaming at the mouth, and his legs and feet are still twitching. If you don't send him to the hospital, I will go to the coffin shop to make a coffin for him soon!"
After hearing this, Wu Menghua did not hesitate any longer and moved swiftly. From her actions, Sang Luo judged that she must have piled a lot of heavy objects at the door to prevent the police from breaking in.
Wu Menghua moved the heavy objects one by one, and then opened the door herself. The moment the door opened, Sang Luo gave a wink, and Yuan Xiaohu rushed into the house and began to search for Sun Bingyuan.
Wu Menghua immediately realized something was wrong and slammed the door shut. Sang Luo flew over and bumped into her with his shoulder, so that she couldn't lock the door in time. Wu Menghua was knocked to the ground. Aunt Sun grabbed Sang Luo with a panicked look on her face:
"Girl, what are you doing? Aren't you here for the TV station to draw a lottery?"
Sang Luo didn't have time to explain to her. He unbuttoned his cotton coat, revealing the police uniform underneath, and shouted, "Police investigating the case!"
Aunt Sun was so frightened that she shook with fear and ran away trembling. Wu Menghua and Sang Luo wrestled with each other, trying to stop her from entering the house. Sang Luo took out handcuffs while the chaos occurred, handcuffed Wu Menghua to the door together, and then went into the house to check the situation.
Inside the room, a middle-aged man was handcuffed and squatting on the ground. He was Shen Xueyao's father, Shen Liye. There was also a young man who was tightly grasped by Yuan Xiaohu, who was about to put handcuffs on him. The man lowered his head and his face was red. Sang Luo leaned over to take a look -
It was a face exactly like Shen Xueyao's.
Yuan Xiaohu handcuffed the man and patted him on the shoulder: "It's him, he won't run away! I was also shocked when I first saw him, I thought Shen Xueyao had shaved his head!"
"Sun Bingyuan!"
Sang Luo shouted loudly, and the young man raised his head suddenly. Sang Luo continued:
"You're under arrest!"
Sun Bingyuan said unconvincedly: "Why did you arrest me?"
Sang Luo walked behind him, lifted his clothes, and saw a large purple bruise, which was the mark left when Du Lingfeng kicked him hard that night.
"You are suspected of murdering Du Lingfeng and Shen Xueyao. We are now formally arresting you. We can talk to you at the police station if you have anything to say. Let's go."
Sang Luo waved his hand, and Yuan Xiaohu escorted him towards the police car. Villagers also came out one after another and stood aside to watch the excitement.
After getting Sun Bingyuan and Shen's parents into the car, Yuan Xiaohu started the car while humming a little tune and set off on the road back to the city.
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