Chapter 317 Death Anniversary
Jiang Wei's registered residence is Shigu Township, Jinshi County, Anyuan City, which is far away from the urban area. Pan Hongjie said that there is nothing special there, just growing watermelons.
According to the household registration information, Jiang Wei is 29 years old this year, which means that when he defrauded Fu Daqing, he was only 24 years old.
However, Jiang Wei dropped out of school before finishing junior high school. Combined with the information provided by Ding Wenyuan that he was a gangster in the city, it is estimated that he entered the society very early.
This can also be seen from Jiang Wei's family situation. Jiang Wei's mother died when he was seven years old. His father remarried and had another daughter.
But later his father also committed suicide, and the time of his suicide coincided with the time when he dropped out of school.
As for why no one lived in his registered residence, it was because the local police station had done population registration work before and found that Jiang Wei’s old house had been abandoned.
After Xia Yu contacted the local police station last night, local police went to investigate the situation early this morning.
It was finally confirmed that Jiang Wei's stepmother and sister moved back to her parents' home shortly after Jiang Wei's father committed suicide and Jiang Wei ran away from home, so the Jiang family's old house was abandoned.
Local police rushed to Jiang Wei's stepmother's home to find out what happened. They learned that Jiang Wei had visited her home more than a week ago, asked where his father's grave was, and left her one thousand yuan.
When the police from the police station learned about this, they immediately called the municipal bureau.
When Pan Hongjie heard this, he immediately took Zhou Yi and Xia Yu to Jiang Wei's hometown.
On the way, Pan Hongjie accidentally saw Zhou Yi's serious expression in the rearview mirror. Remembering Tang Wenli's words, he asked, "Zhou Yi, what do you think?"
"Since Jiang Wei is in Anyuan, Fu Daqing has a motive for coming to Anyuan to seek revenge on him. But Jiang Wei showed up a few days ago, which means he's not dead. By then, Li Youqiang was already dead, and Fu Daqing had fled back to Hongcheng and was hiding in his home. I wonder if these two sides have ever met? Could Li Youqiang's death be related to this Jiang Wei?"
Pan Hongjie asked, "Is it possible that Fu Daqing and Li Youqiang went to seek revenge on Jiang Wei, but were defeated, Li Youqiang was killed by Jiang Wei, and Fu Daqing escaped?"
Zhou Yi shook his head. "Two against one, Li Youqiang was armed with both a knife and a gun, yet he was still killed. These two are really too weak."
Zhou Yi believes that this possibility cannot be ruled out, but the possibility seems a bit low.
Even putting aside the weapons Li Youqiang carried, there's an aura of power in someone seeking revenge. The fact that Fu Daqing hasn't forgotten his quest for revenge, even after so many years, suggests he harbors a deep hatred for Jiang Wei. In this situation, even if Li Youqiang truly was killed by Jiang Wei due to carelessness, it would be logical for Fu Daqing to fight to the death and kill Jiang Wei.
Pan Hongjie said, "No matter what, Jiang Wei is a certain suspect. Let's dig him out first. Maybe he's also connected to the two cases at Xiaoqiushan Park."
Xia Yu, who was driving, suddenly said, "Captain Pan, it's been so long, could this Jiang Wei have already escaped?"
Pan Hongjie pondered for a moment and said, "Then please ask Director Guo to issue a wanted order!"
Xia Yu's worries were not without reason. If Jiang Wei had really killed Li Youqiang, he would have already escaped. Unless... there was some other reason.
Moreover, Zhou Yi still hasn't figured out how Fu Daqing knew Jiang Wei's whereabouts and who his spy was?
What happened to the two bodies in Xiaoqiushan Park? Why did Li Youqiang's knife appear at the scene?
With such doubts in mind, they first went to the local police station, and then were led by local police to the village where Jiang Wei's stepmother lived.
When we arrived at the other person's house, no one was there. The elderly person in the family said he had gone to work in the fields.
I followed the direction the old man pointed and finally found the dark-skinned peasant woman working in the field.
After the police officers from the police station shouted a few times, the peasant woman put down her hoe and walked towards them.
However, since the peasant woman could not speak Mandarin, Pan Hongjie used the local dialect when asking questions, which made Zhou Yi, a foreigner, completely unable to understand.
Xia Yu promptly translated the key information to Zhou Yi.
This is also the reason why many places give priority to hiring police academy students with local household registration, so as to facilitate their work.
The peasant woman said that ever since Jiang Wei's father committed suicide by drinking pesticide, Jiang Wei couldn't bear the blow and ran away from home.
She had looked for it before, but as someone who had never left Shigu Township in her entire life, she had no idea where to look.
Later, because some creditors kept coming to her house to collect debts, she couldn't stand it anymore and took her daughter back to her parents' home.
Then she talked a lot about how hard and difficult her life was at her mother's house. Pan Hongjie must have interrupted her tactfully after listening to a few of her words because it had nothing to do with the case.
What Pan Hongjie cares about is Jiang Wei's situation.
The peasant woman said that she had not seen Jiang Wei since he ran away from home. However, she heard from fellow villagers who had returned from the city that they had seen him there.
The peasant woman wiped the corners of her eyes with her muddy hands and said that there was nothing she could do to help him. She was relieved to hear that he was still alive. At least his father could rest in peace in the underworld.
Then, it happened more than a week ago. She couldn't remember the exact day, but she remembered it was noon. She came back from working in the fields, carrying a hoe, and saw a young man standing at her door.
She just asked who he was, and she recognized him as soon as the young man turned around, because she said Jiang Wei looked exactly like his father, and his father was less than 40 years old when he died.
She said she hugged him and cried loudly because Jiang Wei was only a teenager when he ran away from home, and now he is taller than his father.
Pan Hongjie asked the peasant woman if she knew what Jiang Wei was doing and where he lived.
The peasant woman shook her head and said that she had asked him many questions, but he didn't say anything and just said that he was fine.
Then Jiang Wei asked her where his father was buried, and he wanted to go burn some paper for his father.
"Burn paper?" When Zhou Yi heard Xia Yu's translation, he immediately remembered that Fu Daqing had gone to a nursing home to take care of his father. Their behavior was very similar.
A prodigal son who has not returned home for many years suddenly wants to burn paper at the grave of his deceased father. This is definitely not groundless.
However, this also means that the concerns Xia Yu expressed on the road were correct. The person may have already run away. After all, more than a week has passed.
Unexpectedly, Xia Yu's subsequent translation made Zhou Yi feel that there was hope again.
Because the peasant woman said that his father's death anniversary was coming soon, she told Jiang Wei that if he had time, he should come back and kowtow to his father.
Zhou Yi immediately whispered, "Officer Xia, ask her what her specific number is."
Xia Yu replied: "Captain Pan has already asked, and he said it's the 28th."
"Tomorrow, the 28th? Did Jiang Wei agree?"
Xia Yu shook her head: "She said she didn't know, and Jiang Wei replied that she would tell me later."
After Pan Hongjie talked to the peasant woman for a few more words, he said thank you. The peasant woman picked up her hoe and went back to the field to continue plowing.
The sun was shining brightly today, and the land was very moist after the rain a few days ago. Every time she swung the hoe high, the soil would fly.
"Zhou Yi, this is the situation..." Pan Hongjie was about to say.
Zhou Yi said, "Officer Xia just helped me translate. If tomorrow is the anniversary of Jiang Wei's father's death, maybe he hasn't escaped yet."
Pan Hongjie nodded. "You may not know this, but we in Anyuan have a special custom for worshipping our ancestors. Every year on the anniversary of an ancestor's death, we place a chair in the center of the house, place the ancestor's spirit tablet on the chair, and light three incense sticks. Before the three incense sticks are burned out, the ancestor's spirit returns and sits in the chair. The younger generations then kowtow to the chair and burn paper money prepared in advance for the ancestor. All of this must be done before the incense burns out. Once the incense is extinguished, the ancestor takes the money and leaves."
When Pan Hongjie spoke, Xia Yu nodded repeatedly to show his agreement.
Zhou Yi asked, "Captain Pan, what you're saying is that death anniversaries are very important in Anyuan's traditional customs, so Jiang Wei is likely to come and pay respects to his father tomorrow?"
"Well, if Jiang Wei really wants to run away, I think he's more likely to go to his father's death anniversary than to kowtow at his grave. After all, this might be the last time he kowtows and burns paper for his father in his life."
Zhou Yi agreed with this statement, "Then let's go to his father's grave and see. If there are no signs of offering sacrifices or burning paper, it means that Jiang Wei plans to go there tomorrow to celebrate his death anniversary."
"Well, his stepmother said that every year on the anniversary of her husband's death, she would bring her daughter back to the Jiang family mansion to pay tribute to her late husband. Regardless of whether Jiang Wei goes tomorrow or not, we must set up surveillance around the Jiang family mansion. Let's familiarize ourselves with the environment today and arrange a surveillance plan."
The few of them first found Jiang Wei's father's grave on a hillside according to the location given by the peasant woman. It was a very simple grave mound with a circle of stones around it.
The tombstone looks newer than the grave mound, so it must have been replaced later.
There were no signs of any worship on the grave. I wasn't sure if it had been washed away by the heavy rain for days, but judging from the weeds growing out from the side of the tombstone, no one had been there for a while.
This basically means that Jiang Wei has never been here.
Then they went to the Jiang family's old house. From the building area and the difference in appearance from the surrounding farmhouses, it could be seen that the Jiang family was also a wealthy family in the village back then.
It’s a pity that the pillar of the family has fallen, and the fate of this family will be completely different.
Sometimes life is just so cruel.
Pan Hongjie asked Xia Yu to ask the neighbors around if anyone had visited the old house recently.
I looked back and forth in front of and behind the house, thinking about how to set up defenses tomorrow.
Zhou Yi looked around the house. It was a mess. The roof had collapsed and the ground was even covered with weeds.
It doesn't look like anyone has been here.
Zhou Yi walked out of the main door of the house, looked up, and then stepped back.
Pan Hongjie looked up and saw Zhou Yi walking out and then back. He asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
Zhou Yi raised his hand and pointed across and said, "Captain Pan, look over there."
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