Chapter Seventy-Six: An Old Case
Xing Zhongdian, 74 years old, is originally from Sishizhu Village, Fuyuan City. In the chaotic period of the early 70s of the last century, he smuggled out of the country, traveled to many countries, and finally settled in Japan. Starting from odd jobs, he has accumulated a lot of assets almost from scratch by relying on personal hard work for decades. Now he has a supermarket chain in Japan's major cities, a large hot spring and a tourism industry.
Since returning to China eight years ago, he has invested in running schools, and has funded the establishment of four Hope Primary Schools, which have funded nearly 1,000 students in poverty-stricken mountainous areas. The total amount of capital invested is more than 6.3 million US dollars, and the total amount is not less than 43 million yuan.
When Xun Jianguo collected relevant information about Xing Zhongdian, Zhao Zengyuan also compared the identity of the robber in the interrogation room from the population database.
Tang Ju, 29 years old, from Sishizhu Village, Fuyuan City. The other three robbers were not from Fuyuan City, and they were not from this province. From the analysis of their criminal records, the biggest possibility is that Tang Ju spent money to hire them.
"Are the two of them fellows?"
"Not only that, Uncle Xun. Zhao Zengyuan looked at the printed materials in his hand and said: "Tang Juzu is the largest landlord in the local area, and 80% of the local land is owned by the Tang family. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, his grandfather's generation was criticized and imprisoned in that turmoil, so that the people gradually withered. By his father's generation, there were only two brothers and an aunt from Tang Ju left.
Tang Ju's uncle has always been single, and died of cancer before the age of forty. Tang Ju's parents only gave birth to him and his sister Tang Ying, and his parents died a few years ago. ”
"Where's his aunt?"
"When I was fifteen years old, I was raped and killed in the wilderness in the spring, and it has been more than forty years. ”
"What's the exact time?"
"On the evening of March 28, 1972. ”
"Such a coincidence?" Xun Jianguo looked at the information in his hand and said: "According to Xing Zhongdian, it was on April 17 of the same year, because he could not bear the turmoil in the country, he spent money to buy the head of the snake, and together with more than 20 people, he left the country on a fishing boat pretending to be out of the sea to fish. ”
"Wouldn't it?" Zhao Zengyuan glanced at Xing Zhongdian's information in Xun Jianguo's hand in disbelief. "Uncle Xun, the murder of Tang Ju's aunt Tang Xiaodie is still unsolved. ”
Knowing the meaning of Zhao Zengyuan's words, Xun Jianguo said: "Maybe it's just a coincidence." It cannot be explained that Tang Ju's purpose in kidnapping Xing Zhongdian was to avenge his aunt. In addition, there were many people who smuggled out of the country in those years, and even the state did not pursue it later. ”
"However, when I checked the information of Tang Ju's family, I found that Tang Ju's father also had a criminal record before his death, and was sentenced to five years for seriously injuring one person in a brawl with the Xing family. Shortly after he was released from prison, he also passed away in the third year after Tang Ju's mother. ”
"What about the reason for the fight?"
"In the information entered into the public security system, there is only a simple line of 'five years sentenced to five years for serious injuries caused by fighting' and the information of the victim, and the rest is not mentioned. ”
"Could it be that Tang Ju hired a murderer to kidnap Xing Zhongdian this time and his father was in prison?" Seeing Zhao Zengyuan's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Xun Jianguo couldn't help asking: "Why, you don't think that the root of the matter is in the unsolved case of his aunt who was raped and killed, right?"
"It's not impossible. ”
In fact, Xun Jianguo couldn't rule out this possibility in his heart, but the old grievances of the Tang and Xing families were not within the scope of their investigation work, so they didn't care, but returned to the interrogation room with Zhao Zengyuan.
Now you can tell us why we kidnapped Xing Zhongdian, how much it spent, and where we got those three people. Also, where are you going to take Xing Zhongdian and how are you going to deal with him. ”
"Now that you've found out who I am, do you still need to ask me why?"
"You mean to avenge your father, who spent five years in prison for fighting with the Xing family?"
"Why did my father fight those brutes?"
Listening to Tang Ju's rhetorical question, Xun Jianguo and Zhao Zengyuan immediately reminded Tang Ju of his aunt who was raped and killed. So Zhao Zengyuan opened his mouth and asked, "Do you and your father think that your aunt Tang Xiaodie died at the hands of Xing Zhongdian?"
"Who could it be if it wasn't this beast or beast? Everyone in our village knew it, but the police who handled the case at the time didn't believe it. ”
"The police handle cases based on evidence, not on suspicion. ”
"Humph!"
Obviously, Tang Ju still has a lot to say, but Xun Jianguo's words disappointed him, so he kept silent again.
"One thing you don't know is that the Ministry of Public Security is dealing with the many unsolved cases that have accumulated since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Presumably, the murder of your aunt will not be left behind. If you can give us more information about your aunt's murder, we may soon be able to find the killer of your aunt, and at the same time comfort the souls of your deceased parents. ”
"Yes, Tang Ju, think about your wife and children at home, as well as your sister Tang Ying, who is not yet married, they are all counting on you. ”
After being silent for a long time, Tang Ju finally spoke again: "Actually, I didn't want to do anything to him. Although I didn't go to college, I taught myself to study law. Kidnapping is a felony, but it is not a crime punishable by death. I just want that brute to tell the truth about the year, and the aunt who died tragically will be given justice, and the father who died of depression will be given justice. ”
"So, I hope you can tell me in detail about the process of this kidnapping. At the same time, tell me the doubts you have about Xing Zhongdian, that is, the suspicious details you heard from your father, about the murder of your aunt back then. Only in this way can we maximize the guarantee that your aunt's case can be solved as soon as possible.
Of course, your cooperation will also be used as one of the favorable conditions for your sentence to be commuted in the following court trial and sentencing. ”
"If we want to talk about the motive for this kidnapping of that old thing, we have to start with the murder of my aunt more than forty years ago. ……。 ”
Next, as Tang Ju narrated, Song Jin, who made the transcript, raised his hand from time to time to wipe his eyes. And Zhao Zengyuan occasionally turned his head and reached out to wipe his face.
Starting at half past nine in the morning, Tang Ju's story lasted for more than two hours, and it didn't end until almost twelve o'clock.
"Uncle Xun, I didn't expect Tang Ju's experience to be so tortuous. ”
"yes. It seemed that he didn't want to say anything more about Tang Ju's life experience and experience, Xun Jianguo changed the topic and said: "Listening to the doubts listed by Tang Ju about the rape and murder of his aunt, I really can't rule out Xing Zhongdian's suspicion. ”
"If there are so many doubts, why did the case end up being closed?"
"You are young, and you have not caught up with that era. At that time, the whole country was busy with factional disputes, and the whole country was in turmoil, and how many people were able to work with peace of mind? Besides, the victim Tang Xiaodie was a child of the black five categories of 'rich people against the bad right', and he would not be taken seriously. ”
"Uncle Xun is right. I have seen the most unsolved cases left over the years by the public security system in the 60s and 70s of the last century. ”
"That's right, Uncle Xun. If it is really as Tang Ju said, Xing Zhongdian's smuggling out of the country back then would not be able to get rid of the suspicion of absconding in fear of crime. Speaking of this, Song Jin frowned and said, "Just how to explain what Xing Zhongdian has done in the last seven or eight years? Was it a sudden discovery of conscience that made him return to China to run a school and sponsor children in poor mountainous areas? Could it be that he wanted to atone for his crimes?"
Yes, that's hard to explain. Xun Jianguo said: "I prefer to believe that the case that happened to Aunt Tang Ju has nothing to do with it at all, but that the murderer is someone else." ”
I don't know if it was because he was moved by Tang Ju's story, but Zhao Zengyuan, who was more interested in the murder of Tang Ju's aunt, took it and said: "But we don't seem to have the time or manpower to investigate a rape and murder case more than 40 years ago. ”
"It depends on how the bureau arranges. I'll report to the horse bureau in the afternoon. ”
Xun Jianguo, who was also moved by Tang Ju's story, said simply, and the three of them went to lunch separately.