"No, no! I didn't finish my sentence. Shen Ling was killed by Hu Dabao. Someone saw it with their own eyes."
Not only Shen Ling, he also didn't spare He Shuo's four-year-old daughter.
It wasn't us; my son wasn't involved.
"Is that so?" The police officer surnamed Shen sat in the seat vacated by the interrogator, his legs crossed.
"Then how come your son said in person that he, Hu Dabao, and others gang-raped Shen Ling?"
"You bastard!" Hu Tiezhu roared in fury. "What does a little kid know? He must be talking nonsense because he's scared."
"A kid in his thirties, that's a rare sight indeed," Shen Gong'an said sarcastically, before getting back to the main point.
"Not only your son, but Hu Lu, Hu Qingsheng, and Hu Guoqing, who were brought in, all confessed to participating in the rape and murder. Hu Tiezhu, do you still not admit it?"
The tone of the last sentence suddenly rose.
The stab sent a jolt through Hu Tiezhu's body, nearly causing him to collapse into his chair.
Police Officer Shen: "Judging from your voice, you've been to school, haven't you? Do you recognize the words above your head and behind you? Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely."
Since the testimonies didn't match, we had to go back and call Hu Yang to give a new account until the testimonies matched.
Oh, by the way! Because we have some evidence, in order to uncover the truth, we are now allowed to use some unconventional methods against you.
Under multiple pressures, Hu Tiezhu's last line of defense crumbled.
“I’ll talk, I’ll talk. Don’t make things difficult for Xiaoyang. He was young and impetuous back then and didn’t expect such consequences.”
The first half of the story is largely consistent with Hu Tiezhu's account; the turning point comes after Shen Ling's divorce.
That night, she packed her belongings, preparing to send the child back to her parents' home, and went to the university in the provincial capital to find her husband in person.
Unexpectedly, instigated by the daughter of a leader, a group of young people who were already unwilling to accept defeat, took advantage of their drunkenness to corner Shen Ling and her daughter on the riverbank.
They forced themselves on me!
There were seven men in the group, with Hu Dabao being the last in line.
Shen Ling was brutally raped and died.
Not satisfied even after death, Hu Dabao did not spare her four-year-old daughter.
The body was pushed to the bottom of the river, creating a giant-like effect. But how could Hu Heshuo, who loved his wife dearly, not see what his wife had gone through before she gave birth? He was so shocked that he went completely insane.
Despite his mother being implicated, he was determined to seek justice for his wife and daughter, even at the cost of his own life.
Who would have thought that a higher-ranking official could crush a person?
Back then, the police officer in charge of the case, Shen, was repeatedly instructed by his superiors to distort the truth and to write black even when it was white.
Unfortunately, Hu Heshuo's desperate attempt not only failed to obtain the justice he deserved, but also cost him his mother's life, as he was captured and imprisoned in the village.
Even at this point, the leader's daughter still hadn't given up.
Hu Heshuo had an idea: he might as well give in to her and take the opportunity to get revenge!
But he really couldn't bear to share a bed with the culprit who had killed his wife and daughter.
He also considered using their close relationship to find an opportunity to kill her.
That way, he wouldn't be able to kill all his enemies in one fell swoop in a short time, and he would alert them.
Once you're wanted, not only will you be trapped with nowhere to turn, but you'll also be condemned to hell, leaving you with absolutely no hope.
He scared the woman away with his intense killing intent, and then lay in wait in the back mountains, waiting for a real opportunity to avenge his wife and daughter.
"You beast!" The young interrogator slammed his fist on the table in anger.
Hu Tiezhu continued to argue, "My son and the others were at most guilty of rape, not death. Shen Ling died at the hands of Hu Dabao. Kill him, kill him!"
Shen Gong'an laughed, a cold laugh. "The Revolutionary Committee's new regulations contain obvious signs of deliberate hooliganism, punishable by more than ten years of farm reform."
Rape, gang rape, and crimes resulting in death are punishable by death. Once you participate, there is absolutely no other way out.
"Impossible! Impossible! Yangyang is just young and doesn't know any better. He's married and has children. If something happens to Yangyang, how are my daughter-in-law and grandson supposed to live?"
Hu Tiezhu went completely mad and struggled desperately; the two policemen almost couldn't subdue him.
"Oh, so you also know that losing a loved one is painful, and that your spouse and children can't go on living?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he took a step forward and punched Hu Tiezhu hard in the face. He held Hu down and rained down his iron fists on him.
At first, Hu Tiezhu was able to fight back, but he gradually became passive and took the beating until he was barely breathing.
Upon seeing this, the police officer, who was temporarily blind, quickly pulled him back.
The door was opened, and the bureau chief walked in, slapping Officer Shen on the shoulder. "Shen, my condolences."
At this moment, only the tip of the iceberg of Shen Gong'an's identity is revealed.
The bureau chief took the interrogator's report and nodded in satisfaction.
"Very good. With this confession, you have half a day to pry open the mouths of the suspects in the interrogation rooms next door. The confessions must match and the truth must be completely restored."
Hu Tiezhu, who was slumped in the chair like a dead dog, was unusually clear-headed at this moment.
What does it mean to "use this confession to pry open someone's mouth"?
In other words, no one else confessed except him.
They're bluffing him.
He had acted like a complete idiot, not only falling into the police's trap but also confessing everything without missing a single detail.
It was he who... completely ruined his son's life?
Hu Tiezhu coughed up a mouthful of blood and passed out completely.
The young guards exchanged a secret glance. Their chief was truly cunning; he was the one who killed them by destroying their spirit!
No fist could be more painful than making Hu Tiezhu realize that he killed his own son.
Although, but...
Without external pressure, the case was not difficult to solve. Hu Yang was reaping what he sowed, and was not entirely killed by Hu Tiezhu's confession.
But does this prevent the bureau chief from delivering a decisive blow?
Shen Gong'an walked out of the interrogation room in a daze and leaned against the wall in the corridor with Hu Heshuo.
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