Chapter 113 Who knew something like this would happen...
"We don't have many clues at the moment. There are so many people and we have no way to verify their identities. We don't even know the names or faces of some of them."
Qiao Shugen and Cai Guixiang looked at each other and seemed to have made up their minds.
Qiao Shugen looked at the public security comrade and said, "We know."
"How could you possibly know that?" the younger police officer looked at the couple and couldn't help but ask.
Qiao Shugen remained silent, took out a box of matches and lit the cigarette in his hand.
But after trying several times, it failed to light up, and there were a lot of burnt matchsticks at my feet.
Public Security Tian reached out and took his matchbox, took out a match, and helped him light his cigarette.
Qiao Shugen thanked them, took a puff of his pipe, and then sighed, "They are the couple who saved my wife and my child. The man is He Hai, and the woman is Zhang Hui."
From Qiao Shugen's narration, they learned that Cai Guixiang had a difficult labor when giving birth. When she was sent to the commune clinic, the doctor said that she had no chance of survival and that she should be sent to the county town, otherwise both the adult and the child would die.
Later, with the help of the brigade, Cai Guixiang was sent to the county hospital, and the lives of both the adult and the child were saved.
But after giving birth, Cai Guixiang had no milk and the child kept crying until she met a kind couple who got off the train and came to the hospital because their child had a fever.
The woman named Zhang Hui, seeing their skinny little baby crying so hard, kindly helped them feed the baby for two days.
After the couple's child's fever subsided, they prepared to leave. Before leaving, the two gave them a packet of milk powder, saying it was for the child.
At that time, Cai Guixiang had no milk and refused for a while, but she finally accepted it for the sake of the child.
After two days of getting along, they exchanged names and learned that the family of three was going to Beijing to visit the man's biological father. It was said that the man's biological father had left home to fight in the war many years ago. It was inconvenient to contact him in the army, and there was no news from him after he left. His family members thought he was dead because they couldn't contact him. Even He Hai's mother passed away a few years later.
He Hai grew up under the care of his relatives and got married. About a year after their marriage, his father wrote to him and said that he had become an official in Beijing and wanted to bring him and his daughter to Beijing to enjoy a good life.
At that time, Zhang Hui was pregnant and about to give birth, so she said she would delay going there for a while until the baby was born.
When they met the couple, they wanted to let the child meet his grandfather before he was one month old.
Who knew something like this would happen.
Qiao Shugen sighed, "After they left, the child's mother and I prepared to go home. Before leaving, I went to the state-owned restaurant to buy a portion of braised pork, thinking that the child's mother had no milk, and eating some meat would help replenish her body. On the way back, I passed by an alley and heard a child crying. I looked inside and saw them."
Qiao Shugen was silent for a long time, and the public security comrades did not ask any further questions and waited for him patiently.
After a long pause, Qiao Shugen finally spoke, "They were covered in blood. I was shocked at the time. Zhang Hui was still alive at the time. She recognized me and called me with her last breath. She pointed at the child before she died. She was worried about the child even until her death."
"So you took the baby away?"
Young Li Gongan's eyes were red.
Public Security Tian has been through a lot, and his face shows no expression, yet he still asked calmly.
"Well, I was so scared at the time, but the child was still crying. I was afraid that the murderer would come back, so I quickly took the child away."
Thinking about the fact that Qiao Shugen had two children, everyone knew they were twins, a boy and a girl. Besides, the couple’s children were not very old to begin with, so raising the two children together made it impossible to tell the age difference.
"Is the child a boy or a girl?"
Qiao Shugen seemed not to hear Tian's question, smoking his cigarette by himself. "After returning to the hospital, I was still afraid, but I also thought that I couldn't let them stay there. So I asked the mother to take the two children home first, and I went to the police station alone to report the case."
"Then why didn't you say that you knew them?" asked Li Gongan.
If the Qiao family had provided these clues earlier, they might have found out the identity of the couple long ago.
Qiao Shugen laughed, "Why check their identities? Shouldn't we check the murderer?"
Even if they knew the names of the couple, it would be useless. They just met by chance and they didn't know where the couple's hometown was, let alone who they were going to Beijing to seek refuge with.
Li Gongan choked and looked at Tian Gongan.
The couple went to the hospital from the train station. On their way out of the hospital, they stayed in a state-owned hotel. They were all checked.
The couple came from other places and went to the hospital because their child had a fever. No one in the local area knew them. The murderer's range was too wide and it was really difficult to investigate.
This kind of spur-of-the-moment case is the most difficult to handle.
There were indeed some areas where they were negligent back then.
Zhou Xian listened from the side without saying a word.
This is not negligence of the police, but the author arranged such a plot. However, the plot can be glossed over, but the reality cannot.
In the original text, the heroine was given a relative with a powerful background, but there was no explanation as to why the heroine came here.
In reality, this loophole needs to be filled in to make this matter reasonable in order to explain that this person is not a biological child.
The police comrades naturally had no idea that this was the power of the plot, but their case files certainly didn’t contain much information about it.
The main problem is that the identities of the couple are unknown and their faces are blurred. The forensic doctor has tried his best to restore it, but after posting the photos, there is still no news.
No one knew them, and no one knew where they came from.
Seeing that the couple died so tragically, Qiao Shugen always thought that they were being sought after by their enemies. Although he did not tell them in detail who the old man they had taken refuge with was, Qiao Shugen had some knowledge and guessed that the man must be no ordinary person.
What if someone can’t deal with the old man, but can deal with his son and daughter-in-law?
He took the child away, so naturally he didn't dare to tell the truth. If their enemies knew that the child was still alive, they might come looking for them.
Although he returned to the brigade, he kept following the case and found an excuse to go into the city every now and then. He thought that if the police could catch the murderer, he would bring the child over and send him to his relatives.
But as time went on, the murderer was still not found, and the case became an unsolved case. He felt uneasy until the murderer was caught, so he dared not expose the child's identity.
Gradually, no one in the county mentioned this matter anymore, and he no longer paid attention to it. He and his wife raised the child as their own, and to this day, the child does not know about this incident.
He felt relieved to know that the murderer had been caught.
They were not enemies, but the couple accidentally revealed their money and lost their lives, and died so miserably.
The case just became an unsolved case and was left gathering dust in the archives room until it was dug up again now.
Even so, there is no relevant information about the couple.
We don’t know where they came from, and we don’t know if the people they sought refuge with are still in Beijing after so many years. There are too many unknowns.
The public security comrade did not say anything and did not ask any further questions about the couple's child.
After getting some information about the couple, the police left.
The clues that were not found back then may not be found even now.
However, catching the murderer can also bring comfort to the deceased couple.
After seeing off the two police officers, Qiao Shugen and his wife looked at Zhou Xian and asked her to keep the secret and not tell their two children about it.
They didn't know that Zhou Xian already knew which child it was, but they thought that as long as they didn't say anything, both children would be their biological children.
They will only tell the child the truth unless they find the couple's relatives and they are willing to acknowledge the child.
This was all they could do for the child.
They were useless, they couldn't save the child's parents, nor could they catch the murderer who killed them.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. It's up to you whether or not to tell the child about this. But I will definitely report this to my superiors, but I will convey your request."
Cai Guixiang kept holding Zhou Xian's hand to express her gratitude.
After watching Zhou Xian leave, Cai Guixiang wiped her tears, but she couldn't stop crying.
"Okay, stop crying. The murderer has been caught. This is a good thing." Qiao Shugen said.
Cai Guixiang also nodded, "Yes, it's a good thing, we finally caught the person."
Qiao Dazhui and Qiao Caiyun felt that their parents had been acting strangely since the police arrived, but they refused to tell them when they asked.
Xu Huaishan did notice something, but his father-in-law and mother-in-law were unwilling to say more. It was obvious that they wanted to hide it from the brother and sister, so he pretended not to know.
But I still paid attention and asked around.
The murderer of a case that was almost twenty years old was suddenly revealed. This matter has attracted some attention in the city.
The police conducted an investigation based on the couple's identities, but still found nothing.
These two names are not very special, there are too many people with the same name.
He said he wanted to go to Beijing to seek refuge, but Beijing is so big, how can he find someone to seek refuge with?
Qiao Shugen also regretted that if he had known earlier, he would have talked to them more. Maybe there would be some clues.
Then I thought, I should not talk too much and should persuade them to leave early, maybe something like this would not happen.
As long as they get to the train station, they can take a bus to Beijing, and everything will be safe.
But no matter what he thought, it happened, and so many years have passed.
After Zhou Xian returned, he told Secretary He, President Hu and Director Ji about this.
At the same time, the wishes of Qiao Shugen and his wife were also conveyed. Secretary He nodded and said, "Then everyone, just listen to this matter and know it. Don't spread it outside."
"It's better for the child not to know. It would be better if he knew that his parents died so tragically." Director Ji moved his mouth and couldn't say any more.
President Hu sighed, "These damn beasts!"
First he smuggled things out of the country and resold them abroad, then he worked as a running dog for foreign forces, and now he has been found to have committed murder.
Even if they die a hundred times, it would be too easy for them.
Everyone wants to scold them, but they don’t know what words can describe them. Calling them beasts is an insult to beasts.
But we also know that if they are caught, they will never be able to escape. We hope that the public security comrades can also find out some information about the couple.
This time, the public security comrades have obtained more clues. Zhou Xian gave the Public Security Bureau an idea, which is to publish the news about the couple in the newspaper. Maybe their family members will see it and come to find them.
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