What happened today made Wang Shuning very alert when he went to bed at night, and he had trouble falling asleep for a while.
At the crime scene, two bodies were lying naked on the ground, their eyes wide open, staring into space, as if they had died with their eyes open.
They died so miserably in their prime. How desperate they must have been when they were tortured.
Wen Mingguo and his colleagues took turns guarding outside the house all night until dawn, when they left two people to guard the place while the others went to Minghua Street to inquire about the news.
When Ji Shaoguo learned from his subordinates that Wen Mingguo had returned to the police station last night, and that the other party had speculated that Sha Zhengsheng was not the murderer, he immediately took his subordinates to the crime scene for a re-investigation.
In the alley, a woman carrying a basket was preparing to go to the market to buy vegetables. "No, Sha Zhengsheng has been living here since his wife died. I have never heard of him having any brothers or sisters."
After asking around in the entire alley, everyone said that Sha Zhengsheng's parents only had him as their son, not to mention twin brothers, he didn't even have any brothers or sisters from the same mother.
Yu Qiufeng looked exhausted. After enduring a whole day and night, their eyes were swollen and uncomfortable.
Just when Wen Mingguo was about to take his subordinates to have breakfast, an old woman with a cane walked out slowly from the door.
Wen Mingguo saw that she had white hair, a face full of wrinkles, and a completely bent back. She looked to be at least eighty years old.
He took a few steps over and squatted beside her, "Grandma, do you know Sha Zhengsheng who lives over there?"
The old lady raised her head very slowly and looked at Wen Mingguo, her eyes were a little gray and unclear.
She stretched her head and tried to see Wen Mingguo's face clearly, "Who are you?"
In order to keep watch, Wen Mingguo and his colleagues did not wear police uniforms but plain clothes.
"I'm a police officer, grandma, do you know Sha Zhengsheng?"
The old lady paused for two seconds and then nodded, "I know him. He's a nice guy and he often gives me some vegetable leaves."
Wen Mingguo looked thoughtful.
According to their visits, the neighbors here all said that Sha Zhengsheng was a pretty good person. Although he was short of money, he worked in the market and would pick up some vegetable leaves and scraps that others didn't want every day. If he couldn't finish them, he would give them to others without hesitation.
Yesterday afternoon, when people who knew Sha Zhengsheng learned that he had raped and murdered someone, they were actually a little surprised.
But some women believe that Sha Zhengsheng lost his wife early in life and had been alone for many years. He had never touched a woman and must have been blinded by lust and killed the person.
"Grandma, have you met Sha Zhengsheng's parents? Does Sha Zhengsheng have any brothers or sisters?" The old lady in front of him had almost lost all her teeth. She was probably over 90 years old. When Sha Zhengsheng was born, she was already an adult and could remember everything.
The old lady narrowed her eyes and raised her chin. Her long white eyebrows hung down over her eyelids, looking a little messy. "Yes, at that time, Sha Zhengsheng's mother gave birth to twins, both boys. Their family couldn't afford to raise them, so the elder brother was given away to someone else to raise as soon as he was born, leaving the younger son to carry on the family line."
Wen Mingguo opened her eyes wide, "Grandma, are you sure they are twin boys?"
The old lady nodded, "Yes~, my mother delivered them at the time. Both children have a black mole between their right eyebrows. They look very similar."
Wen Mingguo stood up. She was taken away as soon as she was born. If her parents didn't tell her, it would be normal for Sha Zhengsheng not to know that she had a brother.
At the corner, Ji Shaoguo appeared with his subordinates. When he saw Wen Mingguo, he walked straight over and asked, "Did you find out? Does Sha Zhengsheng have twin brothers?"
Ji Shaoguo had just been to the crime scene, and there was indeed something wrong with his footprints.
Wen Mingguo nodded, "He has a twin brother who was given to someone else to raise when he was born. They didn't live together since childhood, so there would be no record of him in the household registration."
Ji Shaoguo's face turned pale because he was the one who caught the man.
Now it turns out that the wrong person was arrested and the murderer is still at large.
One night has passed since the crime occurred. If the person flees Beijing, it will be even more difficult to catch him.
"Do you think Sha Zhengsheng knows about it? Is he covering up for his brother?" Ji Shao asked Wen Mingguo.
Wen Mingguo shook his head. "If he knew about this, he wouldn't have just stayed at home and waited for us to catch him. The murderer must have wanted to frame him."
Yu Qiufeng stood aside and interrupted, "If Sha Zhengsheng's brother wants to frame someone, he will definitely not do it again in Beijing in the short term, otherwise everyone will suspect that Sha Zhengsheng, who is imprisoned, is not the murderer."
Ji Shaoguo thought that what Yu Qiufeng said made sense, but his mood became increasingly heavy. If the murderer had intended to frame Sha Zhengsheng from the beginning, he would have surely escaped by now.
Wen Mingguo suggested: "Let's check first, which family gave Sha Zhengsheng's brother to be adopted?"
Generally, adoptive families are unwilling to have any further involvement with the child’s family, fearing that the child will know that he or she is not their biological child and will become alienated from them.
Especially after so many years have passed, it would be difficult to investigate based on this clue, and there is a high possibility that we won't find the person.
"I'll go check for the adoptive parents." Ji Shaoguo's expression was very serious. If he couldn't catch the person, others would think he was incompetent, especially since the clue to the twins was discovered by Wen Mingguo.
Wen Mingguo continued, "Before we are sure that the murderer has left Beijing, I will continue to send people to protect Cheng Zhiji and Wang Shuning. Re-interrogate Sha Zhengsheng. If the murderer had a plan, he would have gone to his house to scout the area in advance. How could he not have noticed it at all? Ask him more carefully."
Ji Shaoguo nodded vigorously, turned around and walked a few steps with his subordinates. Then he suddenly stopped and realized that he was being led by Wen Mingguo.
In the end, they still couldn't find out which family adopted Sha Zhengsheng's brother. According to the oldest person in the neighborhood, a couple did take a child away from the Sha family that year, but they were outsiders and left with the child that day, and their whereabouts could not be found.
Ji Shaoguo interrogated Sha Zhengsheng again. Sha Zhengsheng was surprised and happy about the fact that he had a twin brother.
Last night the policeman asked me if I had any brothers, and it turned out that I really did have one, but I didn’t even know it.
"I said I didn't kill anyone, he must have done it."
Ji Shaoguo: "You are still a suspect until the person is caught. You said yesterday that you slept at home all morning, and the wooden barrel containing clothes was in the room. If someone pushed open the door and put the bloody clothes in, didn't you notice it at all?"
It cannot be ruled out that the two brothers committed the crime in collusion.
Sha Zhengsheng looked regretful. "Because I had a day off yesterday, I played mahjong at Mazi's house the night before yesterday. I was very sleepy when I finished playing mahjong, so I fell asleep as soon as I got home. I didn't wake up in the middle, and I didn't hear any noise."
Ji Shaoguo questioned him, "Did you find anyone following you recently, or anything else unusual, like things being moved around in the house?"
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