Chapter 5: A couple quarreled and murdered each other (5) The letter under the bed...
Upon hearing this, Du Chunsheng became even more anxious, and banged on the table with his fists: "How could you not tell me this? If you had told me earlier, maybe my son wouldn't have died!"
"This is an interrogation room. Pay attention to the rules!" Ma Shi Tu reminded him, and then asked, "What happened after that? Where did Du Lingfeng go and who did he meet?"
Mother Du shook her head. "Since that night, Ling Feng has stayed indoors and only came out for dinner. I knew he was sad about Xue Yao, so I didn't bother him. I wanted him to be alone. Until last night, Ling Feng finally came out and said he wanted to talk to Xue Yao."
"I said okay, young people, maybe there is some misunderstanding, just talk it out, so he put on his coat and hurried out without even having dinner. Who knew... who knew he never came back. The next morning I looked and saw that he was not in the bedroom. I couldn't get through to him on the phone. I started to get scared and asked relatives and friends to help me look for him. The result..."
"I understand," Ma Shi Tu nodded, "Before the incident, Du Lingfeng had no contact with anyone, nor did he have any conflicts with anyone. The cause of this case was an emotional dispute."
After hearing what Ma Shi Tu said, Du Lingfeng's parents were grief-stricken. Their son was murdered, and the murderer had committed suicide out of fear of punishment. They didn't even have anyone to resent. They simply had no place to vent their anger. Du Chunsheng, who was unwilling to give up, wanted to find out:
"Why? Why did my son suddenly fall out with Shen Xueyao after getting engaged? What happened? Officer, I want to know the truth. My son has always been well-educated and would never hit anyone, let alone a woman!"
Ma Shi Tu hadn't said anything yet, but his sister, who had been sitting in the corner without saying anything, started crying. Her name was Du Meizhen. Du Meizhen cried and said:
"This woman is a liar. She just wanted my brother's money! She was originally a poor rural student who didn't even dare to go to the cafeteria to eat. She could only eat steamed buns with pickles. After meeting my brother, he took her to restaurants every now and then, bought her new clothes, and spent all his living expenses on her. I always advised my brother not to be deceived by her, but he was blinded by love and didn't listen to me!"
Du Meizhen became more and more excited as she spoke, counting on her fingers several of Shen Xueyao's crimes: "This woman only cares about money. When they first got together, this woman kept asking about my brother's family background, and later asked my brother to pay her rent. She refused to live in the dormitory and insisted on renting a house. My brother satisfied all her requests and spoiled her like a princess, but this woman asked for more and more——"
At this point, she turned to look at her parents: "Mom and Dad, do you remember that my brother didn't come home during the winter and summer vacations last year? He lied to you that he was busy looking for a job, but in fact he was working as a waiter in a restaurant, serving dishes to others! He did all this to make money for that woman. That woman kept asking him for more money, and he didn't dare to tell you at all!"
Du Chunfeng and his wife were shocked. They couldn't believe that their son would work as a waiter in a restaurant. Du Meizhen continued to swear:
"It's even worse! Shen Xueyao asked my brother to give all his money to her after marriage. She just wanted to swallow up our Du family's money! My brother even agreed to this, but fortunately my brother changed his mind before marriage and saw her true face and realized that she was a liar! Shen Xueyao finally caught my brother, a rich son-in-law, and now my brother wants to break off the engagement. She must be so angry that she killed someone!"
Du's father and mother completely agreed with this statement and started to curse Shen Xueyao. Ma Shi Tu kept emphasizing discipline to them, but Sang Luo's focus shifted to another matter:
"Rent a house? Shen Xueyao rented a house during college. Does that mean they lived together while in school?"
When college couples rent a house together, people inevitably think of cohabitation. Since they have already lived together, why did Shen Xueyao have to live separately from Du Lingfeng before marriage?
"No," Du Meizhen said without thinking, "They didn't do 'that'. The two of them agreed that they could only do 'that' after they got married. During the school period, Shen Xueyao lived alone in the rented house, and my brother still lived in the dormitory. Not only that, she didn't allow my brother to go to the house she rented. He was not allowed to set foot inside. Don't you think it's infuriating?"
Sang Luo couldn't help but ask back: "How do you know this?"
If the above were just whispers between the brother and sister, then it would be fine. But how could Du Meizhen know about the same sex? Even if the two had a good relationship, the brother would not tell his sister about his sex life, right?
Du Meizhen blushed and stammered, "Well...anyway...anyway, I just know it! Don't worry about how I know it, I just know it!"
Ma Shi Tu reminded her seriously: "Little girl, you have to provide evidence when you speak. Do you have any evidence to prove what you just said? If you fabricate lies and disrupt the case, you will be guilty of spreading rumors."
Unexpectedly, Du Meizhen was not afraid at all: "I have! Everything I just said was seen in their correspondence. Yes, I peeked at their letters. I found them in my brother's room after he graduated. They like to be romantic. They are in the same school, but they still write letters to each other. Those letters are all written by them. Now they are in the shoe box under my brother's bed. If you don't believe me, you can go and check it out!"
Everyone looked at them in surprise, and Du Meizhen's face turned red, but at this point, no one was bothered to condemn her for prying into other people's privacy. Ma Shi Tu asked a few brief questions, finished taking the statement, and then took Yuan Xiaohu to Du's house to retrieve the letters.
In the office of Team Three, several people were looking through the letters. It was indeed as Du Meizhen said. Shen Xueyao had asked Du Lingfeng for money many times, and the two had also agreed not to have sex before marriage. These letters were also consistent with Du Lingfeng's previous handwriting. All signs indicated that Shen Xueyao was a "money-worshiping" "gold digger."
Yuan Xiaohu finished reading it quickly, and then quickly concluded: "The case has been solved. It was a murder case caused by an emotional dispute. The woman was a liar who was after money. The man was obedient at first, but then one day he suddenly saw the woman's true face and proposed to break off the engagement. The two had a conflict, and the woman killed the man, and then committed suicide out of fear of the crime."
Xie Ling'er also sighed softly: "The woman is after money, and the man is after sex. Such cases are too common."
Ma Shi Tu reminded the two: "You can't be so arbitrary when investigating a case. How can you draw a conclusion without even seeing the autopsy results?"
As he spoke, he took the lead in picking up the autopsy reports of the two people and began to read them carefully. Sang Luo had been observing his expression beside him. He saw Ma Shi Tu slowly flipping through the two reports. His expression remained normal during this period. It seemed that there was nothing special in the reports.
After Ma Shi Tu put down the report, Sang Luo immediately picked it up and read it carefully word by word. The autopsy results showed that there were strangulation marks on Shen Xueyao's neck and the cause of death was suffocation. The time of death was approximately between eight and nine o'clock last night. There were no scars on the surface of the body and no other abnormalities were found.
Du Lingfeng died of a penetrating wound to the heart, resulting in excessive blood loss. This was the only knife wound on his body. There were also eight scratches of varying lengths on his face, each of which was very deep. His time of death was also between eight and nine o'clock last night.
After putting down the autopsy report, Sang Luo always felt empty in her heart. According to the existing evidence, this case seemed to be just a simple emotional dispute and murder. Then what about the tip she received at midnight yesterday?
"According to eyewitness testimony, the man had unilaterally beaten the woman, but the autopsy results showed no external injuries on the woman's body. Don't you find it strange?" Sang Luo asked this question after thinking about it.
Yuan Xiaohu immediately said, "This is simple. Think about it. Du Lingfeng pushed Shen Xueyao to the ground and kicked her, but he didn't break any bones. At most, she got some bruises, and it takes time for bruises to form. Shen Xueyao committed suicide not long after killing someone, so there was no time for bruises to form, so there were no external injuries on her body."
“That makes sense.”
Sang Luo nodded and had nothing to say.
As if she could see Sang Luo's emotions, Xie Ling'er came up from behind and comforted him softly, "Do you think this case is too simple? It doesn't matter, you will get used to it slowly. We are a new team, and our superiors assign us simple and straightforward cases like this. If the case is not simple, it would not have come to us!"
Yuan Xiaohu smiled and said, "You just joined the company, there is no need to rush. If you want to solve big cases, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future! If you perform well and are assigned to Team 1..."
“Ahem!” Ma Shi Tu interrupted the conversation with a cough. He reminded them again, “The investigation is not over yet, and you are already chatting? We will continue the investigation in the afternoon and try to fully restore the truth of the case.”
"Master, what else are we going to check this afternoon?" Yuan Xiaohu was a little surprised.
Ma Shi Tu directed, "Xiao Hu, this afternoon you and Ling'er go contact the classmates of these two people in college to see if you can get any useful clues. Although we already know that this is a case of a couple quarreling and killing each other, it is better to find out why the two people quarreled and give an explanation to the family members."
Then he looked at Sang Luo: "Sang Luo, come with me this afternoon to verify Shen Xueyao's household registration information, contact her family, and ask them to identify the body."
After Ma Shi Tu finished giving the instructions, it was time to get off work at noon. Everyone went to the cafeteria in groups of three or four to get food. Yuan Xiaohu rushed towards the cafeteria like a rocket. Ma Shi Tu looked at his back with a helpless smile, and then walked out.
Sang Luo hadn't bought a lunch box yet. Xie Ling'er smiled gently and took out a stainless steel lunch box from the locker like a magic trick:
"You didn't bring this? I knew you didn't have it, so I brought you one from home. Don't worry, it's brand new."
Seeing this old-fashioned stainless steel lunch box, Sang Luo was a little dazed for a moment. Before she could say thank you, Xie Ling'er took the initiative to hold her arm and pulled her towards the cafeteria on the second floor.
The dishes in the cafeteria were braised pork with potatoes and cabbage with vinegar. Perhaps because she was a new face, the chef gave Sang Luo an extra spoonful of braised pork. The dishes were not rich, but after all, they were provided free of charge by the unit, so Sang Luo was already very satisfied.
They arrived late, and the seats in the cafeteria were almost full. Xie Ling'er held her lunch box and planned to wait for people to leave. Sang Luo looked around and found a woman sitting in the corner. The woman had a slender neck and an elegant temperament. She was eating in small bites. The seat next to her was obviously empty, but no one sat there.
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