Sha Zhengsheng thought carefully, his eyebrows wrinkled so much that they could kill a fly. "Officer, I usually work at the market or stay at home, and my things are always in a mess. You asked if anyone moved them. I really can't remember."
Ji Shaoguo: "How many keys do you have? Have you ever lost one?"
Sha Zhengsheng: "I only have one key. I carry it with me when I go out. I usually put it on the table at home. I haven't dropped it recently."
Ji Shaoguo frowned. He couldn't provide any clues and had no vigilance at all. No wonder his brother would put the blame on him.
However, if it were me, I would kill Sha Zhengsheng before the police arrived and disguise it as a confession of suicide, which would make it easier to escape.
All the people from the Public Security Bureau were sent out to search for people with portraits, especially at bus stations and train stations.
Wang Shuning sat on the kang with a book in her hands. The door was open, and she could see two policemen hiding in the corner outside at a glance.
He hasn't left yet, something must have happened.
Wen Mingguo reached out and knocked on the door. Seeing Wang Shuning looking up at him, he walked in.
"Comrade Wang Shuning, when you broke into the alley and saw the murderer running away, was there anything wrong with his legs and feet?"
Wang Shuning put the water on his knees and tried to recall, "The figure ran away very fast. I can't be sure if there was anything wrong with his legs. There was already a certain distance between him and me at that time."
Wen Mingguo tapped her knee with her right fingers, and there was no sign of any problem with her legs or feet. However, the footprints at the scene would not lie. The murderer should have only a slight limp, and it had been so long that the murderer had gotten used to it.
Wang Shuning asked, "Hasn't the murderer been caught? Captain Wen asked me this, is there something wrong?"
Wen Mingguo raised her eyes. This face was fair and bright, and it would be easy for the murderer to target her. She should be told about it so that she would be more vigilant.
"We suspect that the person we arrested yesterday was not the real murderer. The murderer is still out there. Don't go out for the next two days. I will arrange for police to guard outside your house to protect your safety."
Wang Shuning clenched his fingers tightly, a wave of fear surged in his heart, and he swallowed and said, "I know, I won't go out."
Wen Mingguo heard that her tone was very depressed. If the other party was not a witness, perhaps she would not have to be so nervous now.
Before leaving, Wen Mingguo once again reminded his colleagues to keep a good look after the person and make sure nothing happened.
After a whole day, there was no news from Ji Shaoguo's team. There were too many people coming and going at the bus station and the train station every day, and the staff said they had never seen the person in the portrait.
"Fortunately, it's summer now. If we had to stand guard outside all night in winter, we would have frozen to death." Yu Qiufeng went home to take a nap in the afternoon, and was sent back to protect Wang Shuning at night.
Another policeman kept rubbing toilet water on his body. The air around him was full of the smell. "There are a lot of mosquitoes in the summer. I have been bitten several times. It's very itchy."
Yu Qiufeng leaned against the wall, his eyes fixed on the Wang family's gate. "Damn the murderer. He created such a big case and caused chaos in the bureau. Captain Ji had a big tantrum at the train station this afternoon. Guo Jie and the others were scolded to death."
"Ah~" In the dark night, a sharp scream suddenly rang out, and the whole sky shook three times.
Yu Qiufeng and another policeman ran towards the direction where the sound came from. It was a woman's scream, and it was very close.
When the two arrived at the scene, there were four or five people around with flashlights, and the lights in the house were also turned on.
"Police, it's that room. The sound is coming from inside." The old man pointed at the next room with a flashlight.
Another woman hugged her husband's hand and said, "It's the voice of Widow Qiu. Could something have happened?"
The rape and murder case has caused a lot of uproar, and the police are still looking for the murderer. Not to mention women, even men can't help but be afraid.
Yu Qiufeng rushed in and found the door was half open and not locked.
The beam of the flashlight shone through, and white thighs came into view.
I flipped the switch and the lights in the room came on.
Widow Qiu was lying on the bed in a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, her eyes wide open, there was a deep bloodstain on her neck, and the quilt was covered in blood.
"Oh, someone's dead." The man who had courageously followed in was so scared that he hugged the person behind him.
Yu Qiufeng turned around and said to another policeman, "You stay here and I'll go get people from the team."
The police nodded.
Wang Shuning was awakened by the scream. He reached his right hand under the pillow and held the scissors tightly in his hand. His heart beat faster.
"Xiao Ning, are you okay?"
A few rays of light came through the crack in the door, and Wang Jianguo was knocking on the door outside.
Wang Shuning held the scissors, lifted the quilt and turned on the light. After it came on, he walked to the door and opened it.
Her parents stood outside the door with worried looks on their faces, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that she was okay.
Wang Jianguo stood at the door of the opposite room. Zhang Xiuzhen was nearly six months pregnant, and he didn't dare leave.
If everyone is together, there is nothing to be afraid of.
Wang Jianguo opened the gate, walked into the yard and looked west. The lights in every household were on and everyone was out.
Not long after Yu Qiufeng left, someone shouted on the road that Widow Qiu had been killed.
When the police arrived, there were already a lot of people gathered outside the yard, and the surrounding residents were afraid they would not be able to sleep tonight.
After the forensic examination, the doctor said to Ji Shaoguo and Wen Mingguo: "The carotid artery was ruptured. The knife was very heavy. The deceased was not raped. There were signs of a brief and violent struggle. The murder process was very short."
Wen Mingguo: "This place is less than five minutes away from Wang Shuning's home. This can't be a coincidence."
Ji Shaoguo said: "The murderer chose to kill a widow living alone, but he didn't rape her. What was his purpose? Was it just to kill her?"
Wen Mingguo's eyes were anxious. "Intimidation, the murderer is very likely trying to intimidate Wang Shuning and scare her."
Ji Shaoguo's eyes were filled with horror. "You mean, Wang Shuning is his next target?"
Wen Mingguo's heart trembled. The murderer had a problem with his mentality. "The murderer wanted Wang Shuning to live in fear all the time and torture her mentally. If she was not the murderer's next target, I'm afraid someone else nearby would be killed."
He turned his head and looked at the two policemen who were guarding outside Wang Shuning's house during the day, "Did you see anyone suspicious approaching today?"
The policeman shook his head and replied, “No.”
Ji Shaoguo clenched his fists, "Not just the people nearby, but also the people Wang Shuning knows."
The body of Widow Qiu was carried away. Guo Jie ran in and said breathlessly, "Captain, the two-kilometer area around us has been completely surrounded."
Many policemen were still guarding the bus station, the train station, and several major traffic arteries, and it took some time to call them back.
Ji Shaoguo and his men searched the surroundings and knocked on doors to wake up those who had not opened them. However, they did not find the murderer, nor did they find the knife that killed Widow Qiu.
When Zhang Guiying saw the police coming to her house, she couldn't help but think of sending her little daughter back to Jinshan Island tomorrow.
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