Chapter 44: The Discovery of the Iron Pillar
We hurried to Zhang Guozhong's house, at this time there were only a few people in Zhang Guozhong's family to comfort Zhang Guozhong's wife who was crying, it seems that these people should be Zhang Guozhong's relatives, as for the others, I think they should all follow the village chief to find Liu Zhenren to settle accounts.
I followed Officer Yang and immediately rushed into Zhang Guozhong's bedroom, and I saw that on the floor of the bedroom, Zhang Guozhong, a black and thin middle-aged man who was still showing off his martial arts yesterday, was falling to the ground weakly at this time, and a large amount of blood appeared on the ground, all of which were sprayed out of Zhang Guozhong's penetrated throat, and above Zhang Guozhong's body, which was not blind, was pressing the burly corpse of Li Jianmin that I saw in the cemetery yesterday, only to see Li Jianmin's hand inserted from Zhang Guozhong's penetrated throat, on the surface, Zhang Guozhong was indeed killed by Li Jianmin's corpse.
This bloody scene made my legs tremble a little, coupled with what happened last night, I had an indescribable resistance and fear of Li Jianmin's corpse, I turned my head to Lin Yingxue and said embarrassedly: "Can you help me see if Zhang Guozhong has a wound like me behind?" ”
Lin Yingxue glanced at me, didn't answer, walked directly to Zhang Guozhong's corpse and kept looking through it, and finally stared at Zhang Guozhong's shoulder and said, "I found it, there is an identical wound." ”
After getting a definite answer, I was no longer so afraid, and squatted next to Zhang Guozhong's corpse and observed carefully, because I already knew the murderer's killing methods, and the unknown fear before was also swept away.
"What did you find, do you already know what your wound is?" Lin Yingxue, who was on the side, asked me while checking whether the wound under the back of my head was still bleeding.
I smiled and said, "This is natural, but I'll sell it first, and I'll tell you later, in fact, have you found that this case, no matter who is asked to do it, can do it, so judging from the method alone, everyone may be the murderer." ”
"Aren't you talking nonsense? What exactly do you want to say?"
I paused slightly, turned my head and motioned for Officer Yang to come over, and then said in a low voice: "Now I only have two questions, as long as these two questions are solved, then I can be completely sure who the murderer is!" ”
Officer Yang and Lin Yingxue looked at each other, waiting for me to continue.
"First, what happened to Zhao Tiezhu's father's coincidental death? Second, what exactly was the murderer's motive for killing? As long as these two things are clarified, then all the puzzles will be solved. ”
Officer Yang frowned and said, "Then what if the murderer kills people without a goal at all, and is it indiscriminate killing?" ”
I shook my head and said: "This is impossible, if it is really indiscriminate killing, I would have died last night, such a good opportunity to kill the murderer did not do it, it is obvious that he killed people for a purpose, and you see, Li Jianmin and Zhang Guozhong seem to be people of the same generation, I suspect that the murderer's targets should be people of their generation." ”
It was obvious that neither Officer Yang nor Lin Yingxue noticed the age connection between the two deceased, and when I said this, I suddenly had a look of sudden realization on my face, and I continued: "And I'm sure that the murderer must be more than one person!" ”
"What do you mean by that? Why is the murderer not alone? Lin Yingxue was completely interested in my words, and immediately stepped forward and asked.
I stretched out my finger and pointed to Li Jianmin's corpse on the ground, and said: "You see, this Li Jianmin's corpse is still spotless, and there is no trace of mud on the body. Li Jianmin's figure is already burly, such a heavy corpse, I don't believe that one person can get him over without getting muddy water! Besides, I also looked carefully at the ground when I came, and there was no trace of any transport passing, so it can only mean that at least two people carried the body here! ”
After I said this, Officer Yang's already frowning brows became more compact, and said: "According to what you say, we actually haven't fully understood some of the details of this case, and if this continues, before tomorrow, it will be impossible for us to solve the case on time, how should we explain this to Chief Bai." ”
Officer Yang confessed or not, it was a trivial matter, at most let Bai Qi scold a few words, and I was different, if Bai Qi was disappointed in me, then my future road to wealth would be completely gone.
"We still have a day, don't jump to conclusions so early, first ask Zhang Guozhong's wife if she remembers what happened last night." I was more anxious than anyone else, turned around and walked out of the bedroom to ask Zhang Guozhong's wife.
But before I walked to Zhang Guozhong's wife, I heard her crying and shouting: "Liu Datou on this dog day, obviously said that he had subdued the demons, and now my old Zhang died tragically in the hands of the demons, the villagers must make decisions for me, the family was not having a good time, and now even Lao Zhang is gone, and I can't live!" ”
Zhang Guozhong's wife sat on the ground and cried and scolded her mother, many people around her wanted to help her up, she was completely the image of a shrew, and she seemed to believe that Zhang Guozhong's death was done by demons, so we didn't bother to ask her anything, and I guess we couldn't ask anything, so we didn't continue to waste time, and immediately walked towards the next family.
The next place we are going to is Zhao Tiezhu's house, because several of the main suspects had alibi certificates last night, and Zhao Tiezhu also had a conflict with today's deceased Zhang Guozhong yesterday, so it is reasonable for us to ask Zhao Tiezhu about his movements last night.
Soon, the three of us came to Zhao Tiezhu's house, just walked into the yard, and saw Zhao Tiezhu eating breakfast in the yard at this time, and when he saw us coming in, he immediately stepped forward and asked us if we wanted to eat something.
After the three of us came in, we were all a little surprised, because we all saw that there was a girl beside Zhao Tiezhu at this time, who was eating breakfast with him.
The girl looked about twenty years old, and looked a little thin overall, probably because the rural climate was not very good, and the girl had a little freckles on her face and a ponytail on her head, and she had an indescribable sense of intimacy, as if she were the girl next door.
When the girl saw us coming in, she immediately turned red and turned around and walked into the house, and I stepped forward with some curiosity and asked, "Tiezhu, is this your girlfriend?" ”
Zhao Tiezhu was also a little embarrassed, nodded lightly, looking at the shy appearance of these two people, I seemed to remember when I fell in love for the first time in high school, probably in this state, unpretentious, but intoxicated, in today's society, this kind of love is probably almost extinct.
I was already hungry, so I didn't be polite to Zhao Tiezhu, he immediately shouted into the room: "Jin Lian, go get some more food, get more." ”
At this time, Zhao Tiezhu's girlfriend came out of the room, didn't dare to look at us, turned around and walked into the kitchen.
"Golden Lotus? Your girlfriend's name is Jin Lian? ”
"yes, what's wrong?"
"And what's her last name?"
"The surname is Pan!"
To be honest, I really almost laughed at that time, not only me, but even Officer Yang and Lin Yingxue beside me couldn't help coughing, I said in my heart What is the education level of Zhao Tiezhu's girlfriend's parents? How could anyone name her daughter Pan Jinlian?
Jokes aside, I still remember the main purpose of this visit, cleared my throat and asked, "Tiezhu, what were you doing last night?" ”
I originally thought that Zhao Tiezhu would say that he was sleeping very casually, but who knew that after I asked this sentence, his face changed significantly, and he suddenly became distracted, as if there was something unspeakable.
Seeing Zhao Tiezhu's change like this, Officer Yang and Lin Yingxue immediately became vigilant, and when I saw that they seemed to want something bad, I immediately signaled them not to be impulsive, and continued: "What's wrong? ”
"It's... It's not that I don't want to say it, it's just that I really can't say it, I'm sorry guys..."
The more Zhao Tiezhu is like this, the more suspicious he is in our eyes, just as I was about to ask again, Zhao Tiezhu's girlfriend Pan Jinlian in the kitchen walked out, her face was already red to a realm, looked at Zhao Tiezhu with an embarrassed face, and said to us: "Do you suspect that the person who killed last night was Tiezhu?" I can testify that he is not the murderer, because last night, we stayed together all night..."
The more Pan Jinlian spoke, the quieter her voice became, and in the end her voice was even smaller than a mosquito, and after she finished speaking, she immediately covered her face and hid in the kitchen.
Zhao Tiezhu looked at the kitchen door blankly, maybe he couldn't think of something he didn't want to speak, and the girl dared to take the initiative to say it.
Pan Jinlian's answer made the three of us a little embarrassed, it is obvious that the little couple has been lingering last night, and people in the countryside are more conservative, Zhao Tiezhu is reluctant to say it for Pan Jinlian's good, not because he is weak-hearted.
"Well, I'm sorry, we didn't want to inquire about your privacy, but..."
I really don't know how to alleviate the embarrassing atmosphere at this time, but Zhao Tiezhu waved his hand and said: "I understand, after all, there is a murder in the village, I should cooperate with your investigation, Jin Lian has been with me for three years, and after two days of smooth roads, I will go out to find a job in the city and marry her home as soon as possible." ”
Looking at Zhao Tiezhu's firm eyes, I suddenly sighed, it seems that I have to find a girlfriend as soon as possible, a man's biggest motivation is probably his family and his own woman.
Since there is no suspicion on Zhao Tiezhu's side, we are going to go to Liu Zhenren after eating something, but at this moment, Zhao Tiezhu hesitated and said: "Actually, when I came out to go to the toilet last night, I seemed to hear a dog barking outside the door, I quietly looked through the crack in the door, as if I saw Liu Zhenren walking sneakily outside, and I didn't know what to do." ”