Chapter VII

"These two are police officers from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and they came to find out more about the situation with your family friends. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info" Wang Jiafu pointed to Ning Zhiyuan and Song Ming behind him, "Is Youli at home?" "Yes, yes," the woman leaned over to the doorway, making way for her. Wang Jiafu was not polite, and walked directly to the yard, shouting as he walked: "Youli, Youli, come out quickly!" ”

"Alas, here it is, here it is." A man came out of the house with his shoes on, "Village Chief, what are you looking for me?" "These two are police officers from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and they are looking for you to understand the situation." Wang Jiafu introduced the identities of Ning Zhiyuan and Song Ming to Wang Youli again. Wang Youli looked at the two of them, and said in a somewhat unnatural tone: "Sit in that room." ”

Wang Youli let the three of them into the hall and pointed to the stools around a square wooden table in the center of the room, "Sit down, I know you have to come to me sooner or later." "Oh, why?" Ning Zhiyuan asked as he sat down. "Hmph, our family Friends has a relationship with Wang Qing, and his house is on fire, can you not doubt Friends?" The woman who opened the door before also followed her into the house, and was leaning against the door at the moment, snorting coldly.

"Go, pour some water, don't mess around here." Listening to Wang Youli's reprimand, the woman pursed her lips and turned around and went out. "My wife doesn't have a door, don't listen to her nonsense." Wang Youli smiled apologetically, "I have a relationship with Wang Qing, but I believe that the police will not wronged good people." ”

"Well, you're right." Ning Zhiyuan nodded, "I see that you are also a cheerful person, so we won't go around in circles." Tell us about the matter between you and Wang Qing. "Okay." Wang Youli agreed, but his eyes glanced at the village chief Wang Jiafu. Wang Jiafu stood up knowingly, "Captain Ning, I still have something to do, why don't I leave first?" "You're busy, thank you, Village Chief Wang." Ning Zhiyuan stood up and smiled at Wang Jiafu.

After Wang Jiafu left, Ning Zhiyuan sat down again and raised his chin at Wang Youli, "Can you say it now?" "Well," Wang You nodded with force, "I partnered with Wang Qing to develop the orchard back then, you all know this, right?" Ning Zhiyuan nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"Then we went our separate ways, and it was nothing. However, the year before last, there was a fire in my orchard, and most of the fruit trees were burned at that time, and the rest were also roasted by the fire, and the spring of the second year did not slow down. Our family's only hope and financial resources were ruined. Wang Youli lowered his head and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes when he said this, and he could see that this fire had brought a fatal blow to this man.

After a while, when Wang Youli's mood calmed down a little, Ning Zhiyuan asked, "Do you suspect that Wang Qing set the fire?" "It's not a suspicion, who else could it be!" Wang Youli's wife entered the hall with two glasses of water, gritted her teeth and said, "He is an inhuman animal!" ”

"Say less." Wang Youli counted his wife and took the water cup and put it in front of Ning Zhiyuan and Song Ming, "Officer, drink water." Ning Zhiyuan took the water cup in his hand and didn't drink it, but rubbed the wall of the cup with his fingers, "Do you think that Wang Qing set the fire, is there evidence, or is it just a simple guess?" ”

"It's not a guess," Wang Youli raised his voice and slapped the table angrily. "Calm down, calm down." Song Ming stretched out his hand and patted the back of Wang Youli's hand comfortingly, "If it's not speculation, then what evidence do you have?" ”

"This has to be said from the beginning," Wang Youli sighed, "that day was the third anniversary of my father-in-law's death, and our local custom is that after three years of filial piety, we will go to the grave to pay respects, and relatives and friends will be present." On the day of filial piety, our whole family went to my wife's maiden house early in the morning. Whoever would have thought that in the afternoon I would follow the letter that the orchard was on fire, and when I came back, the fire was extinguished, and the orchard was gone. We met him at the entrance of the village that day when our family was leaving, and he asked me what I was going to do, and I told him. And when my father-in-law died, we were still working together, and he also helped Zhang Luo with the funeral at that time, and he knew when my father-in-law died. ”

"Even if Wang Qing knows that your whole family is not in the village, it can't prove that he set the fire!" Song Ming retorted. "It's not just this, I found that before the fire, someone saw Wang Qing coming down from the mountain." Wang Youli slammed the table to vent the anger in his heart.

"Since there are witnesses, why don't you report them to the public security organs?" Ning Zhiyuan looked at Wang Youli with questioning eyes. "I only heard later that someone had seen him, and when I went to ask, the man refused to admit that he had ever looked at him." Wang Youli lowered his head in frustration. "Who's that man?" Ning Zhiyuan asked. Wang Youli shook his head, "Forget it, it's been so long, and I don't want to make trouble for others." Besides, I've heard from others, so maybe it's a mistake when the words are passed around. ”

Wang Youli didn't say it, Ning Zhiyuan and Song Ming couldn't continue to ask questions, after all, this was not directly related to the case they wanted to investigate, and it was possible that it was a rumor among the villagers, as Wang Youli said.

"You and Wang Qing have cooperated so well, why did you separate?" As soon as Ning Zhiyuan spoke, Wang Youli's wife, who was sitting at the door, suddenly perked up, and just opened her mouth to speak, but was glared at by Wang Youli, she bit her lower lip and didn't say anything more. I heard Wang Youli say: "He is bold and dares to do anything, I can't do it, I'm afraid of losing money." And just like that, we went our separate ways. Ning Zhiyuan and Song Ming glanced at each other, although Wang Youli's words were exactly the same as what Wang Qing said, but judging from his wife's performance just now, there must be something hidden in this.

Ning Zhiyuan's eyes roamed back and forth on Wang Youli and his wife's faces for a while, and he nodded with a clear expression, "Well, we'll talk about this later." Let's talk about why you quarreled with Wang Qing on the day of the fire at Wang Qing's house. ”

Wang Youli's eyes widened in surprise, the people from the Public Security Bureau had only arrived in the village yesterday afternoon, and they already knew so many things today, which made him feel a little uneasy. But Ning Zhiyuan had already asked, and he only spoke: "I rode out that day, and he honked his horn in the back. When he drove past me, he deliberately said goodbye to me, so I scolded a few words, and he simply stopped and argued with me, saying that a good dog is not in the way, and I am not even as good as a dog. Later, someone passed by and persuaded us a few words, and we didn't fight. That's it. ”

"You two are naΓ―ve." Song Ming smiled mockingly, "What did you do after that?" "I ......" Wang Youli's face changed, "I'll go home directly." "And when you get home? Have you ever gone out again? Song Ming asked as he stared closely into Wang Youli's eyes. No, no. Wang Youli said nechistically. Not really? Song Ming continued to ask reluctantly. Wang Youli was stunned, glanced at his wife and said, "Oh, I heard someone outside shouting 'it's on fire', and I went out to help put out the fire." ”

"I can testify," Wang Youli's wife stood up suddenly, "He has been at home since he came back at five o'clock that day, and he didn't go out to help until Wang Qing's house was on fire." "Hey, let me tell you," Song Ming pointed at Wang Youli's wife with his index finger, "and you will be held legally responsible for this perjury." Wang Youli's wife rolled her eyes a little nervously, rubbed the corners of her clothes with both hands and whispered, "What I said is the truth." ”

"Okay, let's put this matter down first." Ning Zhiyuan said and stood up, "You two think about it again, think about something, come to us at any time, we will live in the village committee now." After speaking, he waved his hand at Song Ming and walked out directly. Song Ming glanced at the couple, "Remember, think about it!" After speaking, he followed Ning Zhiyuan out of Wang Youli's house.

"Zhiyuan, these two people didn't tell the truth!" Walking some distance, Song Ming said in a low voice. "It's okay," Ning Zhiyuan smiled confidently, "they'll tell the truth soon." Song Ming smiled, "I hope." ”

Back in the village committee, Jiang Xue was the only one in the conference room. "What about them?" Song Ming asked when he entered the room. "They said that they would go around the village and let me stay and wait for the rabbits, saying that maybe someone would come and provide clues." Jiang Xue pursed her lips in disbelief.

"Jiang Xue, you sort out the information you have collected in the past two days." Ning Zhiyuan stood at the door and didn't come in, "Song Ming, let's go to Wang Qing's cousin's house to have a look." "Okay, Jiang Xue, you can continue to wait for your rabbit." Song Ming laughed and followed Ning Zhiyuan out of the small building of the village committee.

Ning Zhiyuan got in the car and adjusted the navigation and drove Song Ming to Liujiapu. Liujiapu is not far from Dawang Village, about ten minutes by car. Ning Zhiyuan drove the car in along the main road at the entrance of the village, passed by a spacious open space, and saw several old men playing a chess game under a big tree. Ning Zhiyuan parked the car on the side of the road and asked Song Ming to get out of the car and ask for directions.

After a while, Song Ming returned to the car, "About two or three hundred meters along this road, the newly renovated red brick house ......" and "The word "happy" is posted at the gate. Ning Zhiyuan didn't wait for Song Ming to finish speaking, and then answered. Wrong, it's the red word on the door! Song Ming said with a smile.

The car drove a short distance forward, and I really saw a row of red brick houses, and the gate of the half-open courtyard was pasted with the big red word "Xi". Song Ming stepped forward and knocked on the courtyard door, and then a young woman with a big wavy head came out of the west room of the red brick house, "Who are you looking for?" "Is this Liu Zhi's fortune?" Song Ming asked. The young woman nodded, walked a few steps to the door of the east house, and shouted at the house, "Dad, someone is looking for you." ”

"Who's looking for me? Let him in. A man's voice came from the East Room. The young woman pushed open the door and said to Ning Zhiyuan and Song Ming, "My dad is in the house, you can go in." The two entered the house, where a man in his fifties was sitting cross-legged on a kang and weaving a wicker basket.

"You're Liu Zhifa, right? We are from the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Ning Zhiyuan let Liu Zhifa glance at the documents, "Let's learn something from you." Liu Zhifa hurriedly put down the wicker and tools in his hand, got off the kang and put on his shoes, "Officer, are you here for the fire in Wang Qing's house?" Ning Zhiyuan nodded.

"Xiaoling, make some tea." Liu Zhifa shouted outside the house, and then pointed to the chairs on both sides of the square table opposite the kang, "Two police officers, please take a seat." Waiting for Ning Zhiyuan and Song Ming to sit down, Liu Zhifa sat on the edge of the kang opposite them and said, "Two police officers from the county came two days ago, and they have already asked, why do you still need to ask?" ”