Chapter 36 Chapter 36 The Old House Where the Corpses Are Buried
Chapter 36
From Liu's mother, Qin Ye heard a version that was completely different from that told by the Du family.
The Liu family is rich, and Liu Hao's younger brother is very open-minded. When the policy did not allow business, his brother had already secretly resold cashmere on the black market and made a lot of money.
Later, when the policy was relaxed, Liu Hao's younger brother started to do business with Liu Hao. As a result, the Liu family became more and more prosperous. They even lived in a villa in the provincial capital and had three or four cars at home.
When Liu Hao went to Shuiquan County to do business, he fell in love with the good-looking Du Zhen at first sight.
Liu Hao is honest and simple, and not very good-looking. But Du Zhen is gentle, beautiful and educated. The Liu family has always been very satisfied with this marriage.
"But I didn't expect that Du Zhen is the only good person in the Du family!"
Mother Liu clapped her hands in anger. "We gave the Du family 6,000 yuan as a dowry and bought her family a black-and-white TV. We don't need the money, but the Du family can't just give two second-hand quilts as a dowry, right?"
Liu's mother still remembers the embarrassed expression on Du Zhen's face when she saw the dowry the day before Liu Hao and Du Zhen got married.
"In the end, I asked my youngest son to go to the Shuiquan County Supply and Marketing Cooperative to buy a new wedding quilt, a thermos and a watch as a dowry for Du Zhen's parents."
Mother Liu sighed, her words filled with deep helplessness, "Du Zhen is a good daughter-in-law, she is filial to me, loves Liu Hao, and even takes good care of my youngest son. But she is a little too soft-hearted. She buys whatever her parents want."
Even the bird's nest that Liu Hao specially asked someone to buy for Du Zhen to nourish her body, she would send it all back home to her younger brother Du Bao to drink because the Du family asked for it.
"We married Du Zhen, not her brother Du Bao. How could we give all the good things to Du Bao? Before Liu Hao was alive, I turned a blind eye and pretended not to see anything. But I didn't expect that after Liu Hao passed away, the Du family would set their sights on Liu Hao's inheritance."
The Du family used the excuse of wanting to find a good wife for Du Bao and wanted Du Zhen to transfer the business left by Liu Hao to Du Bao so that Du Bao could also be a small boss.
Du Zhen was easily persuaded and almost agreed.
It was Liu's mother who discovered the clues and persuaded Du Zhen to stay. No matter what, Du Zhen has to consider the baby in her belly. If she hands over the business to Du Bao, what if the business fails in the future, will Du Zhen and the baby be left with nothing?
Mother Liu continued, "Two months ago, Du Zhen said that she wanted to go back to her parents' home. First, she wanted to spend a happy New Year with her parents; second, she wanted to make it clear to her family that she would not hand over Liu Hao's business to Du Bao."
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The Du family and the Liu family each held a different opinion, and both believed that Du Zhen's disappearance was closely related to the other family.
Qin Ye's eyes fell on Lei Shun. As the blind date introduced to Du Zhen by Liu's mother, he was obviously better than Fu Quezi introduced by the Du family.
She looked at Liu's mother again: "Why did the Du family tell our police that Du Zhen fled back to Dujia Village to escape the blind date you introduced her to?"
After hearing this, Liu's mother was stunned and immediately started cursing: "Damn Du family, how could they treat me like this? ! ! How could I be that kind of person? ! ! "
Lei Shun, who had been silent, also spoke up: "No, comrade Public Security, I was the one who took the initiative to pursue Du Zhen. It has nothing to do with Aunt Liu."
He and Du Zhen's late husband Liu Hao had been friends for many years. After Liu Hao passed away, he felt sorry for Du Zhen who was pregnant and often helped her. But after a while, he developed different feelings for Du Zhen.
Two months ago, before Du Zhen returned home, Lei Shun confessed his love to her, and Liu's mother also knew about it.
Liu's mother did not object to her daughter-in-law remarrying. In her opinion, since her eldest son is no longer around, it would be a good thing if her daughter-in-law could find someone worthy of entrusting the rest of her life to.
Of course, Liu's mother did not force Du Zhen to remarry.
If Du Zhen doesn't want to get married, she can take over the cashmere business that Liu Hao ran when he was alive after she has a baby.
The only request Liu's mother made to Du Zhen was that no matter what the circumstances, the property must be firmly kept in Du Zhen's own hands and must never be handed over to anyone else.
Du Zhen understood Liu's mother's good intentions and naturally agreed.
"Du Zhen didn't agree to my pursuit."
Lei Shun was a little embarrassed to talk about this. "She said that she just wanted to take good care of the baby in her belly. At least in the past few years, she has no intention of remarrying."
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The confessions of both parties were so different that Qin Ye couldn't tell which side was lying. He could only ask the Liu family to find a place to stay and wait for news.
Before she sent them away, Lei Shun asked again, wanting to know if he could put an ad in the newspaper to look for the person.
Qin Ye pondered for a moment and said, "It's OK without making the case public."
After that, she gave an additional reminder: "There are very few cars in the county town. When you put the advertisement in the newspaper, you can also describe what the car Du Zhen drives looks like so that it will be easier to find."
Lei Shun nodded to indicate that he understood.
Lei Shun's missing person notice was soon published in the newspaper, and the reward offered was extremely generous. Even so, after three or four days, no one could provide any clues.
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Qin Ye contacted the Public Security Bureau of Province C where the Liu family lived. After investigation by the Public Security Bureau of Province C, what Liu's mother said was quickly confirmed.
After Liu Hao passed away, all his inheritance was left to his wife Du Zhen. Liu's mother sympathized with Du Zhen, so she found a lawyer early on and made a will, saying that after her death, all her assets would be left to Du Zhen and her unborn baby.
Judging from Liu's mother's will alone, there are indeed problems with the Du family's statement. Liu's mother was not the evil mother-in-law that the Du family said she was, who favored her younger son and even wanted to take away the inheritance left by her eldest son to her daughter-in-law.
"We specifically investigated Liu's mother's neighbors, and everyone said that Liu's mother and Du Zhen had a close relationship like mother and daughter. Previously, a gossipy neighbor instigated that if Du Zhen was pregnant with a girl, Liu Hao would be extinct. Liu's mother immediately turned against the other party, saying that she would like Du Zhen to give birth to a boy or a girl regardless of whether it was a boy or a girl."
The public security department of Province C told Qin Ye everything they found out.
At the same time, there was new progress in the investigation of Li Quan and He Gongan.
Li Quan excitedly shared the investigation process with Qin Ye: "He Gongan is really amazing. He gave a few cigarettes to the old men in Dujia Village. After a while, those men told us everything about Du Anqing's family like a bamboo tube pouring beans!"
Dujia Village is similar to Jin Village. They attach great importance to kinship and have a strong clan consciousness.
As a girl, Du Zhen was not favored in Du Anqing's family before marriage. Du Anqing's family was poor, and all the good things were given to his son Du Bao, so Du Zhen developed a timid and docile character.
It was not until Du Zhen married Liu Hao that she suddenly became a wealthy lady in the provincial capital.
Now, not only Du Anqing's family, but even the villagers would stick close to Du Zhen whenever they saw her. After all, she is gentle and honest, and any little bit of something that slips out from between her fingers is enough to make ordinary people happy for a while.
"On the morning of the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the neighbors heard Du Anqing scolding Du Zhen. He said she was a fool for wanting to leave her property to her lost child instead of to her brother Du Bao."
Li Quan couldn't help but clench his fists when he talked about this. "Du Zhen also said a few words to Du Anqing, and then drove away from the Du family."
Du Anqing did not explain this part to Qin Ye and Li Quan at that time.
Qin Ye picked up the cotton coat on the bench and put it on, then ran out the door: "There must be something wrong with Du Anqing. We have to look for him again."
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Just as the two were about to go out, they ran into a woman walking towards the Public Security Bureau.
When the woman saw Qin Ye, she subconsciously dodged for a moment, but soon mustered up her courage and asked her, "Hello, comrade, are you from the police? I have a clue here, a clue about the woman in the newspaper."
She took out a newspaper from her bosom and pointed to the page that reported the search for Du Zhen and showed it to Qin Ye: "It's this girl."
The woman seemed to have never dealt with the police before. Her voice was trembling, and it was hard to tell whether it was because of fear or cold.
Qin Ye helped the woman into the hall, poured her a cup of hot water, sat next to her, and said softly, "Don't be anxious, big sister, take your time."
The woman held the cup of water to warm her hands tremblingly: "On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, this girl came to my yard and asked if my old house was for rent. She said her family was forcing her to get married, and she wanted to find a place to hide first, and begged me not to reveal her whereabouts to others."
The woman’s old house is in the most remote village in Shuiquan County. After the flood last year, the village suffered a lot and most people moved to the county under the arrangement of the government. Only a few families were left in the village.
The woman's old house was not greatly affected, but all her relatives and friends moved into the county town, so she and her family simply moved there as well.
"I didn't expect the old house in the village to be rented out, so I just posted a few advertisements. Unexpectedly, this girl actually came to me. She said she planned to stay for a month, and after the Chinese New Year, she would go back to Province C. She paid me half a year's rent in one lump sum!"
The woman originally said she wanted nothing, but Du Zhen said that this was hush money and hoped that she would not reveal her whereabouts to anyone.
"She was forced to get married by her family before she even finished her confinement. Even if she didn't give me money, I couldn't tell anyone else that she was living in my old house."
When the woman said this, she clasped her hands together and bowed to Qin Ye. "Sister, I saw the mysterious things in the newspaper, saying that Du Zhen was missing and her family had reported the case. I was afraid of delaying your public security work, so I came here specially to tell you that she is not missing, she and her children are living in my old house."
Qin Ye and Li Quan looked at each other and said almost in unison: "Sister, please take us to your old house."
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Along the way, Li Quan drove the car and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. It only took a short while for him and Qin Ye to arrive at the old house that the woman mentioned.
The old house was located in a remote area. Qin Ye had specifically asked the woman when he came. It would take at least twenty minutes to take a shortcut from the old house to the wasteland where they found Yaya.
Before entering, she looked around and found no signs of violent damage to the doors and windows.
The house was exceptionally clean. If the woman hadn't taken out the rental contract she and Du Zhen had signed, no one would have guessed that anyone had lived here.
It seemed that there were no clues in the old house.
Just then, Qin Ye discovered that in the corner of the right side of the yard, there was a piece of land whose humidity was obviously different from that of the surrounding ground.
Her eyebrows jumped, and she had a vague foreboding in her heart: "Li Quan, take two hoes, let's dig up the ground over there and see."
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