Chapter 43 Rope Murder Case (5) A Pig Killer...
Sang Luo thought for a moment and said, "No, in fact, this rope can only be used to kill Lan Jianguo."
"Why?" Xie Ling'er asked.
Sang Luo pointed to the spot where the rope was hung that night and said, "The rope can kill people, but only if it is done at speed. That is to say, the victim must pass through this alley at high speed. If a person walking or riding a bicycle passes by, at most they will bump into the rope and may be injured, but they will not die. Cars are even safer."
"Lan Jianguo was riding an electric tricycle. He would speed up to get home as quickly as possible, so only he would be killed by this rope. This rope was designed to kill him."
"What if there were other people riding electric tricycles passing through this alley that night?" Xie Ling'er said immediately.
Sang Luo shook his head: "It's possible, but the possibility is very small. Usually, few people walk in Suzhai Lane. In addition, it's late at night, and there's not even a single person. In this case, Lan Jianguo might be the only one passing by."
Xie Ling'er thought for a while and finally accepted Sang Luo's idea: "In other words, the murderer hung the rope here to make it look like a random killing. In fact, he had already figured out Lan Jianguo's living habits, and he came for Lan Jianguo this time!"
Ma Shi Tu nodded: "I think so too. The murderer knew that Lan Jianguo would pass by this place at this time, which means he is very familiar with Lan Jianguo's daily routine. The murderer must have followed Lan Jianguo or is an acquaintance of Lan Jianguo."
"An acquaintance committed the crime?" Xie Ling'er thought quickly, "How many acquaintances could Lan Jianguo have in the city? He goes out early and comes back late, and has no fixed friends. The only people he has long-term contact with should be Mr. Zhao from the recycling station and his daughter Lan Yue!"
"Don't forget one more thing," Sang Luo stretched out his finger and shook it, "Lan Yue said that Lan Jianguo would drink, and he claimed that he could drink free wine. This is worth investigating. Where did he go to drink? Who did he drink with?"
Ma Shi Tu looked at Sang Luo with satisfaction: "That's right, the next step is to investigate the place where Lan Jianguo drank."
The three of them returned to the car. Ma Shi Tu was about to drive when he suddenly received a call from Yuan Xiaohu. He said that he had already brought back the inspection report of the first rope and was waiting for him at the bureau. So Ma Shi Tu turned the car around and drove back to the bureau.
The four people looked through the inspection report of the rope. In addition to Lan Jianguo's blood, they also found several old bloodstains on the rope. After testing, they found that it was pig blood. The oil on the rope was also pig fat. In addition, there were traces of knife cutting at both ends of the rope.
The origin of this rope is related to pigs.
The pork stall in the vegetable market? The slaughterhouse? The pig farmer? Many guesses suddenly came to Sang Luo's mind.
"Master, should our next step be to check all the places selling pork in the county?" Sang Luo asked proactively.
"No," Ma Shi Tu waved his hand. "There are too many people to investigate. We are short of people and we can't finish the work even if we work for days and nights. I have an idea. Maybe we can narrow the scope of the investigation."
"What?" the three asked together.
"Let's get in the car first!" Ma Shi Tu was the first to go out, and the three followed him towards the police car.
After the car was on the road, Ma Shi Tu gave his analysis: "Lan Jianguo has a habit of drinking. People who like to drink often don't drink alone. Let's investigate his drinking buddies first to see if there are any suspicious people among them."
Yuan Xiaohu was puzzled: "Master, how do you know where Lan Jianguo was drinking?"
Ma Shi Tu smiled: "Life experience, you will be able to guess it after you have worked for decades. Think about it, Lan Jianguo is poor and frugal, he only drinks free wine, how can he drink for free? The store is not a charity, and he has no friends. The only possibility is-"
"He was squatting at the entrance of the restaurant, waiting for others to finish their leftover drinks."
"He's eating other people's leftovers?" Yuan Xiaohu suddenly realized, "No wonder he refused to tell his daughter where he was drinking. It would be too tragic if his daughter knew he was eating leftovers."
Ma Shi Tu didn't say anything. He had met more than one such person in his career. They came from poor families and barely made ends meet. Some even had to eat other people's leftovers in restaurants. It was not easy for people at the bottom of society.
"But if he goes in and just eats the leftovers without making any purchases, won't the boss kick him out?" Xie Ling'er asked.
"You have to ask the restaurant owner in person." Ma Shi Tu said as he stopped the car. While he was talking, he had already driven the car to an unfamiliar street.
This street is very busy and there are many restaurants. It is almost lunch time and there are many people in each restaurant.
"Master, do you think Lan Jianguo drinks on this street?" Sang Luo couldn't help but ask, "Why?"
Ma Shi Tu looked ahead and said, "The store may not be on this street, but it's right for us to start our investigation from here. This is in the west of the city, two kilometers away from Lan Jianguo's home. If we continue west along this street, we will find the place where Lan Jianguo drinks."
Facing everyone's curious eyes, he continued to explain: "Lan Jianguo doesn't want to be recognized when he eats leftovers, so I guess he won't choose a restaurant within two kilometers of his home, otherwise he will be easily seen by neighbors."
"Lan Yue goes to the Third Middle School, which is located in the east of the city, three kilometers away from Lan Jianguo's home. If Lan Jianguo goes to a restaurant in the east of the city, he might be seen by his daughter after school. Considering these two points, his best choice is to find a restaurant in the west of the city, far from home."
After this analysis, everyone was convinced by Ma Shi Tu. Each of them took a photo of Lan Jianguo and started going door to door asking if anyone knew him. Half an hour later, Xie Ling'er found the owner of a hot pot restaurant, who admitted that he had met Lan Jianguo.
According to him, Lan Jianguo would occasionally come to wait at the door of his store. After midnight, when all the customers had left, Lan Jianguo would go into the store to eat the leftovers.
"At first he was sneaky, afraid I would chase him away, but later I turned a blind eye and he wasn't afraid anymore," the hotpot restaurant owner said, looking at the photo. "We didn't really know each other. I just chatted with him for a few minutes. He said he was a scrap collector, had no money in his pocket and wanted to drink. I felt sorry for him, so I allowed him to stay in my store as long as it didn't affect normal business."
"I cook hot pot here. Sometimes the guests don't finish their food, so there's always something at the bottom of the pot. He fishes it out and eats it. Sometimes he even gets meat! The wine he drinks is also left by the guests at the table. Some wine bottles have some food at the bottom, but he drinks it all. Alas, he's a pitiful man anyway!"
Ma Shi Tu asked, "Did he drink alone? Did he have any companions?"
The boss thought for a moment and said, "Most of the time he is alone. He always comes by himself and doesn't seem to have any friends. But there were a few times, maybe two or three times, when customers in the store saw him waiting outside and called him to the table to drink with them. After all, drinking is all about the atmosphere. It's more fun when there are more people!"
Ma Shi Tu asked eagerly: "Do you remember who he drank with? What did they talk about?"
The boss was in a dilemma: "This... this was said so long ago. I'm not a repeater, how can I remember it so clearly? Customers come and go every day here, dozens of tables, I don't have time to remember all this!"
Ma Shi Tu was slightly disappointed. At this time, Sang Luo asked, "Boss, do you have any customers who are doing pork business in your store?"
The boss thought for a moment, then said excitedly, "Yes, yes! There is such a person, a regular customer of the store, he is a butcher, his name is Hu something, he always has a strong fishy smell on his body, you can smell it from a long distance away."
Sang Luo: "What's this person's personality like?"
The boss frowned and said, "I don't know much about his personality, but he has a bad drinking habit. He tends to get into trouble when he drinks too much. He has a loud voice and likes to argue with people. Sometimes he even gets into physical fights, but I always stop him. One time, he broke plates and bowls in the store and he paid me a lot of money for it!"
He has a bad temper, likes to get into conflicts with others, and is also a pig killer.
This is definitely the suspect they are looking for!
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