Zhou Lingye: "You were awake at that time. Did you notice any movement next to you?"
Wu Zhiqing recalled carefully, "At that time, I was only vaguely conscious and not fully awake.
There was no sound of the quilt being lifted on either side of me, and I don’t know anything else.”
Zhou Lingye looked at him deeply, with a half-smile on his face, "The person who came in later is not the murdered Kong Zhiqing,
Then it can only be the murderer who killed Kong Zhiqing.
Who do you think is the most suspicious person in your dormitory?"
Wu Zhiqing showed a look of fear on his face, and his voice trembled, "You mean... the murderer is among the four of us?
I...I don't know who is the suspect!"
Zhou Lingye asked him again: "Who do you think has been behaving abnormally these days?"
Wu Zhiqing thought about it for a moment and said hesitantly, "Feng Zhiqing goes out for an hour or two every night after dark. Isn't that normal?"
Zhou Lingye: "Chen Zhiqing said that you two drank too much one night. He woke up twice in the middle of the night and found you were not there. Where did you go and what did you do that night?"
Wu Zhiqing's expression changed slightly, and he lowered his eyes. "I drank too much that night, and went to the village... Widow Sun's house, and slept there all night."
...What a fun thing to do!
Zhou Lingye waved his hand and asked him to leave.
When the door opened, he winked at his subordinates at the door.
The last person to come in was Feng Zhiqing.
Zhou Lingye said directly: "You talked to Kong Zhiqing when he got up last night, right?"
Feng Zhiqing nodded, "Yes, I heard a voice in a daze and asked, 'Who is it?'
Kong Zhiqing replied, "I'm getting up to go to the bathroom," and it was indeed his voice.
Zhou Lingye: "But Wu Zhiqing said he didn't hear you two talking last night.
He only heard the sound of Kong Zhiqing closing the door after he left.
So which of you is lying?"
Feng Zhiqing was flustered for a moment and explained: "I really talked to Kong Zhiqing,
I...I...if I hadn't spoken to him, why would I tell this lie and make it more complicated?"
There was really no need for him to lie about this, as it would be easy to be exposed.
Zhou Lingye: "Wu Zhiqing said he heard the door close after someone came in. Did you really not hear it at the time?"
"I didn't hear it." Feng Zhiqing answered with certainty.
Feng Zhiqing continued, "I fell asleep after Kong Zhiqing left. I don't know whether Kong Zhiqing came back or not.
I don’t know if anyone else came in later.”
Zhou Lingye kept looking at him, "If Wu Zhiqing really heard someone coming in, then the person who came in was not the murdered Kong Zhiqing,
It can only be the murderer of Kong Zhiqing. Who among you do you think is the most suspicious?"
Feng Zhiqing showed a frightened expression on his face and said fearfully, "I...I think Wu Zhiqing is the most suspicious.
Because he was the only one who heard the sound of someone coming in from behind,
Maybe he was the one who killed Kong Zhiqing and then entered the room!"
Zhou Lingye stared at him sharply, "You go out every night after dark. Where do you go and what do you do?"
Feng Zhiqing's eyes evaded him, and he stammered, "I...I and...my boyfriend went out...on a date by the reed pond."
Zhou Lingye's eyes were sharp. "Going there every night? You'd better think it over carefully before you speak, otherwise you won't be able to clear yourself of suspicion."
Feng Zhiqing gritted his teeth and confessed honestly, "I went to the reed pond to pick up wild duck eggs. When I had enough, I took them to the county town's black market to sell them.
I hid all the wild duck eggs I had saved in a very secluded place in the reed pond.
I can take you there to see it, but Captain Zhou, can you please not report me?
I really have no other choice. The work points I earn are not enough to exchange for food.
But I don’t have any extra money to buy food, so…”
Zhou Lingye half believed what he said and asked two subordinates to follow him to check the reed pond.
Zhou Lingye left the male educated youth dormitory.
The other spy was not found last night and his whereabouts remain unknown.
Coincidentally, an educated youth was killed in the Youth League last night.
The murderer is most likely the spy, and the spy should be an educated youth hiding in the educated youth compound.
The biggest suspect now...
Could it be Wu Zhiqing?
"Boss, there's a new discovery."
The shouting from the backyard interrupted Zhou Lingye's thoughts.
Zhou Lingye walked quickly towards the backyard.
There are two vegetable plots in the backyard.
At this time, two people were squatting in a cabbage field.
Zhou Lingye walked over and asked, "What's going on?"
One of the subordinates pointed at something on the ground and said, "When Gangzi and I were searching the vegetable garden, we found that only this patch of soil had been disturbed.
When we dug it up, we found a bloody piece of clothing and a dagger.”
Zhou Lingye pinched the corners of his clothes with both hands and shook them open to take a look. There were spots of blood on both sides of the cuffs.
It should be the blood sprayed when the murderer cut Kong Zhiqing's throat.
The color of this clothes... is indeed the same as the color of the clothes worn by the spy who escaped last night.
He picked up the dagger again and looked at it. There was nothing on it. The blood must have been washed off by the murderer.
Zhou Lingye walked to the front yard carrying clothes and asked someone to bring over Chen Zhiqing and Huang Zhiqing, who were guarded separately.
The first to arrive was Chen Zhiqing.
Zhou Lingye shook out the clothes and asked, "Do you know who this clothes belongs to?"
"It belongs to Wu Zhiqing."
Chen Zhiqing said without thinking, "Last night before going to bed, Wu Zhiqing changed into this dress after taking a shower."
Zhou Lingye let him go.
Two minutes later, the timid Huang Zhiqing was brought over.
Zhou Lingye held up the clothes and showed them to him, "Whose clothes are these?"
Huang Zhiqing blurted out, "It belongs to Wu Zhiqing. I saw Wu Zhiqing wearing this dress last night."
Things are already very clear.
Zhou Lingye waved his hand and let him go.
He also ordered his subordinates to tie up Wu Zhiqing, who was under their supervision.
He recalled that during the questioning of Wu Zhiqing, Wu Zhiqing had always directed the suspicion towards Feng Zhiqing.
What's more, what he said was full of loopholes and illogical.
Suddenly, there was a sound of fighting outside the yard.
Zhou Lingye walked out quickly.
There are eight new houses built behind the Youth League compound, and the newly arrived educated youth live in six of them.
The remaining two vacant houses were temporarily used to look after Wu Zhiqing and Feng Zhiqing.
When several of Zhou Lingye's subordinates came over to tie up Wu Zhiqing, he realized that the matter had been exposed and was struggling to escape.
He fled to the main road, but the enemy was more numerous and powerful, and surrounded Wu Zhiqing.
Wu Zhiqing saw that there was only one way out, and he decided to fight to the death.
There was a fierce look in his eyes, and a bloodthirsty gleam flashed across them.
He raised his hand and opened his shirt, revealing a circle of long-handled grenades tied to his body, and pulled the fuse of the grenade with his right hand.
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