Chapter 41 Chapter 41 Tongue-cutting trial and Xiaoju's murderer...
Chapter 41
After the Qin family moved to the county town, Qin Ye's commute to work became much more convenient than before. It only took him five minutes to walk there every morning.
She recorded Xiang Tian's confession yesterday. The other party behaved normally and had no motive or suspicion of killing Liang Xiaoju.
Qin Ye thought about it all night but couldn't figure out why Xiang Tian told everyone that she was the murderer of Liang Xiaoju in the client Liang Bing's world.
After Xiang Tian was arrested and shot by the police, who was the "murderous ghost" that appeared out of nowhere and killed many workers in the textile factory?
Qin Ye doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, and she doesn't believe that Xiang Tian would turn into a ghost to avenge her colleague who identified her as the murderer during her lifetime.
It seems more like someone took advantage of the rumor of "evil spirits seeking revenge" to plan and carry out these perfect crimes.
Who could this person be?
In the world she lives in now, will this murderer still appear?
…
"Qin Ye."
Xu Libai's gentle voice came from behind.
Qin Ye turned around and found Xu Libai looking at her with a smile, holding a steaming enamel rice bowl in his hand, as if he had just bought breakfast from a state-owned restaurant on the street.
She smiled and greeted him: "Good morning, Li Bai."
It was only after Qin Ye moved to the small courtyard in the county town that she found out that Xu Libai lived only across an alley from her home. However, both of them have a reversed day and night schedule and there is no regular pattern. This is the first time this has happened.
"I have something to tell you. Last night, I was on duty at the hospital. In the middle of the night, the leader of Liang Xiaoju's sewing group came running to me with blood in his mouth, asking for help."
Xu Libai frowned, as if he was a little disgusted, and reluctantly continued, "His tongue was cut off at the root. The equipment in the county hospital is limited, and I have no way to reattach his tongue."
The tongue was cut off at the root.
The description of just a few words instantly reminded Qin Ye of the method of "evil ghosts seeking revenge". After killing the people, the murderer also cut off the victims' tongues.
Qin Ye quickly asked: "Besides the tongue, is there any other injury on the other side?"
Xu Libai shook his head gently. "I checked his whole body and found no other injuries. But he seemed to be overly frightened and became a little confused. I was going to call the police station to report the case last night, but the injured person refused. You can take someone to ask the injured person for the specific details."
Qin Ye thanked him and without chatting with Xu Libai any more, he quickly walked into the Public Security Bureau, intending to take Li Quan to find the sewing team leader for details.
Xu Libai watched Qin Ye's back disappear at the entrance of the Public Security Bureau, lowered his head, and blew on the soy milk that was still steaming in the enamel jar.
He thought that the leader of the sewing team was probably so frightened that he couldn't give any clues.
He originally wanted to take the other person's life directly. After all, such a scum who likes to slander the innocence of girls should not live in this world.
But after thinking about it, he felt that just cutting off the other person's tongue would also be a good option.
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Qin Ye and Li Quan went to the sewing group leader's house together.
The other party was indeed frightened by the murderer. When he saw a stranger coming, his first reaction was to hide under the quilt, trembling all the time.
His mouth opened in fear, revealing an empty, tongueless cavity, unable to utter a single syllable.
"He's been like this since he came back from the hospital last night."
The wife of the sewing team leader picked up a stack of scribbled papers from the table and handed them to Qin Ye. "He wrote all of this when he came back last night. He was crying and writing with shaking hands. No matter how I tried to persuade him, he wouldn't listen."
Qin Ye took the paper and vaguely made out words like "Wrong" and "Never spread rumors again" written on it.
She tried several times to provide psychological counseling to the sewing team leader in order to get some clues about the murderer from him. But the other person kept shaking his head, crying and opening his mouth, and was so devastated that he couldn't utter a word.
She had to give up for the time being and decided to go to the textile factory with Li Quan to see if there was anything found.
According to the current situation, the murderer was fed up with the sewing team leader spreading rumors about Liang Xiaoju, so he cut off his tongue as a "punishment."
Obviously, the murderer and Liang Xiaoju must have a good relationship.
"Qin Ye, do you think it was Xiang Tian who did it?"
As Li Quan walked out the door, he did not forget to analyze his own views. "I took the opportunity when the sewing team leader opened his mouth to carefully examine his wound. The root of his tongue was cut very neatly. The murderer must be a very meticulous person, otherwise, it would be impossible to leave such a neat wound."
Qin Ye didn't think it was Xiang Tian who moved his hand.
Xiang Tian has a slender figure, while the sewing team leader is tall and strong. It is obviously impossible for her to subdue the sewing team leader by herself. Not to mention that she had to drag the sewing team leader away, cut out his tongue and then throw her back onto the street without alerting anyone.
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A large group of people gathered in front of the signboard outside the textile factory.
Qin Ye walked forward and found a piece of paper nailed to the notice board. The words on the paper were very neat and at first glance, it looked like someone had printed it out.
[Those who kill with their tongues will be punished, and a new round of judgment is about to come. 】
Apparently, the paper was posted by the murderer who cut off the sewing team leader's tongue.
The other party's words revealed that he was also planning to take action against other people.
This piece of paper is from his preview.
"What does it mean? Who put this up? It's scary."
"Haven't you heard? The leader of the sewing team had his tongue cut off last night, and his wife came to the factory director's office crying this morning to ask for leave for him."
"Tongue cut? Who did it?"
"I don't know. What do you think? Could it be that Liang Xiaoju's wronged spirit came here to seek revenge?"
As soon as these words came out, someone screamed in fear: "Oh! What nonsense are you talking about? !! Liang Xiaoju was not killed by the team leader, why would he seek revenge on the team leader? Qin Gongan, who was the person who killed Liang Xiaoju? Go, go and make Liang Xiaoju find the person who killed her!"
Qin Ye looked at the person who called her helplessly.
She is a police officer, not a psychic master. How could she possibly have a conversation with the deceased Liang Xiaoju?
Besides, how can there be any revenge for the wronged souls? There is only a murderer lurking in the shadows.
She tore the paper off the bulletin board and planned to take it to the police station for testing as evidence to see if she could find any clues from the paper.
She also reminded the workers in the textile factory to take notes and warned them that it would be best for them to travel in groups and not walk alone on remote paths in order to avoid encountering the tongue-cutting murderer.
…
Regardless of the purpose of the tongue-cutting murderer, he was obviously someone who had connections with Liang Xiaoju.
Qin Ye decided to proceed on two fronts, tracking down the murderer who killed Liang Xiaoju while collecting clues about the murderer who cut her tongue.
According to Xiang Tian's confession, she and Li Quan went to the home of an elderly man whom Liang Xiaoju had helped during her lifetime. Most of the elderly people have difficulty in moving around and are not well-informed. They were all sad to hear the news of Liang Xiaoju's death from her.
However, there was an old lady named Gu who was not surprised at all when she saw Qin Ye coming to her house.
She smiled and welcomed Qin Ye and Li Quan in. On the table were two cups of steaming fragrant tea and various snacks, which seemed to be specially prepared for the two people.
"You came to me to investigate Xiaoju's death, right? No need to investigate. I was the one who killed Xiaoju. Unfortunately, I am old and my hands are not strong enough to fulfill her wish and let her die cleanly."
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