Chu Jingqiu felt that the bracelet on Zhang Li's hand was very likely the key piece of evidence mentioned by Yu Qingmin.
She looked at Zhang Li calmly and asked with a smile, "Xiao Zhang, where did you buy this bracelet? I want to buy one for myself too."
Zhang Li smiled and shook her head, then replied, "My husband bought this bracelet from the Boguzhai antique shop next to the train station. He said that this kind of thing depends on fate and you don't always come across it."
Chu Jingqiu nodded in agreement and said, "That's true. I'll go to that store next time. Maybe I can find something good there."
After Xiao Zhang left the office with the documents, Qian Yunyun smiled and said to Chu Jingqiu, "Jingqiu, seeing that you like this jade bracelet so much, I have an idea. I happen to have a lot of jade at home. I bought it when I was on a business trip to Xin Province in 1975.
I'll have someone cut it and make a few bracelets someday, and then I'll make one each for you and Xiao Kexin, as a dowry for Xiao Kexin."
Chu Jingqiu originally wanted to find the murderer through the bracelet, not really liking the bracelet on Zhang Li's hand. She quickly waved her hand and said, "No, I'm just asking casually. This jade bracelet is too valuable. I can't accept it. You can use it as a betrothal gift for your three daughters-in-law when the time comes!"
Qian Yunyun pretended to be angry and said, "You are being distant with me. When I gave birth to our third child last time, the big gold lock you mailed to me almost blinded me.
I tell you, don't be polite with me. When I bought them, these jades were very cheap. I bought 80 kilograms of seed materials for ten yuan.
I still remember that my colleague Xiao Han laughed at me for spending ten yuan to buy a bunch of stones.
But the price is not good now. Now a kilogram of seed material sells for nearly 200 yuan. I really regret not buying more at that time."
Hearing this, Chu Jingqiu stopped being polite and replied with a smile, "Okay! Then I'll thank Aunt Qian on Ke Xin'er's behalf."
The two chatted for a while, and Chu Jingqiu planned to go back to the police station because he was worried about the case.
Qian Yunyun knew that Chu Jingqiu had official business, so she didn't force her to stay. She just repeatedly reminded her not to leave in a hurry after finishing the case, and she must come to her house and play for two days before leaving.
Back at the police station, some teams that had gone to the village to investigate had already returned. After investigation, these teams discovered that some of these educated youth had been harmed by the village thugs and had been forced to marry into the local community.
There were also a few who saw that there was no hope of returning to the city and were too old, so they reluctantly married into the local area. Although the situations of each family were different, they all had one thing in common, which was to abandon their husbands and children and return to the city.
The initial investigation did not bring many valuable clues. Gu Weimin, Xiao Dong and others were anxiously discussing the next plan in the conference room. At this time, Chu Jingqiu walked into the conference room.
She gave Gu Weimin a detailed report on her discovery of the bracelet. After listening to Chu Jingqiu's story, Gu Weimin stood up excitedly, a look of joy on his face, "Teacher Chu, this is really a very important clue! You are our lucky star!"
He quickly turned to the others and decisively gave instructions: "Xiao Zhao, Liangzi, go to the supply and marketing cooperative immediately and get Zhang Li's bracelet. Have Yu Qingmin identify it to see if it's Hu Mingyue's bracelet. If it's really hers, then we've made a major breakthrough in this case!"
"Yes, Director!" Xiao Zhao and Liangzi answered in unison, and they quickly left the meeting room to carry out their mission.
Around five o'clock in the afternoon, all the police officers who had gone to the village returned. When everyone was reporting the results of the investigation, Xiao Zhao and Liangzi ran in breathlessly.
As soon as they entered the door, everyone's eyes were focused on the two of them, and pairs of bloodshot eyes looked at them with hope.
Xiao Zhao shouted excitedly: "Chief, this bracelet belongs to Hu Mingyue! We finally found the key clue to solve the case!"
With Xiao Zhao's excited announcement, the atmosphere in the entire conference room instantly reached a climax. Gu Weimin's face showed unprecedented excitement and excitement.
He immediately stood up, walked towards Xiao Zhao and Liangzi, patted them on the shoulders and said, "Great! You've worked hard! Next, we will focus on investigating this antique shop to see if we can find any clues to the murderer."
After saying that, he looked at Xiao Dong and said, "Captain Dong, take a few people with you and go there in person. Check carefully to see if you can find any clues that may be related to the murderer."
Xiao Dong nodded, "Okay, Chief!"
Xiao Dong and several policemen soon arrived at the antique shop. The owner was a man in his fifties, wearing a gray Tang suit and a goatee.
She was wearing square-toed cloth shoes, with a string of beads hanging around her neck and wrists, and was leisurely fiddling with two walnuts.
He seemed a little surprised to see the police. Xiao Dong showed his ID and explained his purpose. The shop owner expressed his willingness to cooperate with the investigation.
According to his recollection, the bracelet was sold to him by a man with a foreign accent in the spring of 1980. He remembered it particularly clearly because he was planning to buy a jade pendant for his newly born grandson at that time.
He had not found a suitable one, but on May 1st, this man appeared in his shop with two jade pendants, a jade bracelet, and three silver longevity locks.
According to the man, these were handed down from his ancestors. He had no choice but to sell them because something happened at home and he needed money urgently.
He gave the man three hundred yuan at the time, and the man asked him to change it into thirty yuan in change, saying that it would be convenient for his pocket money.
Xiao Dong thought he could find the key clue from the store owner, but the store owner's answer made him somewhat disappointed. However, the store owner provided him with a key clue.
This man seemed to have something wrong with his eyes. His eyeballs were very far apart. When he communicated with people, his eyes seemed to be always looking diagonally upwards, but in fact he was looking straight ahead.
Xiao Dong reported the results of the investigation to Gu Weimin. Gu Weimin always felt that the families of these educated youth were the most suspicious. He asked the store owner to secretly identify the families of these thirteen educated youth. Unexpectedly, there was no one selling bracelets among them.
In this case, Chu Jingqiu could only draw a portrait of the suspect again and use the portrait to find the suspect who sold the bracelet.
Based on the store owner's description, Chu Jingqiu quickly drew a portrait of the suspect. Gu Weimin immediately organized people and launched a large-scale investigation using the suspect's portrait drawn by Chu Jingqiu.
Two days later, Li Ermao, the militia company commander of Xiaohe Village, Hongqi Town, provided an important clue. He had seen this man at the home of Li Guofeng, a villager in the village.
At that time, he went to Li Guofeng's house to borrow pliers. Li Guofeng was drinking with this man, and Li Guofeng enthusiastically invited him to sit down and drink together.
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