"Of course, this man's luck is really good, and he is also very shrewd." Min said long.

"Section Chief Min is right, Che Rengui has been very ghostly since he was a child, Che Ruting and his wife were deceived by him, what is honest, honest, sensible and reasonable, all pretended. He had long known that Che Ruting and his wife wanted to adopt him, so he did everything possible to please the old couple - he coaxed the old couple around. Director Gu said.

"I always thought that something had happened to Cha Rengui. It's been more than five years since he's been missing, and he's been out for too long this time to leave such a large property behind unless he's dead. ”

This is the second time that Director Gu has mentioned the disappearance of Che Rengui, and Director Gu has thoughts and thoughts on the issue of Che Rengui's disappearance.

"Director Gu, who do you suspect?"

"I don't suspect anyone, I just think Cha Rengui's disappearance is really strange."

"Is Cha Rengui's wife still there?"

"In. This afternoon, when you were investigating the scene, Cha Rengui's wife was standing in the courtyard. ”

"Where does she live?"

"Stayed in the East Courtyard. There are three entrances in the east courtyard, and the old lady and her three sons live in it. ”

"How is the relationship between Che Rengui and his wife?"

"Che Huating's mother is an honest person, otherwise, Cha Rengui would not have thrown off his arms and messed around outside. However, as the old saying goes, a rabbit will bite in a hurry, and a dog will jump off the wall in a hurry. And those who used to work in Che's house—" said Section Chief Min.

Director Gu took over Section Chief Min's words and said: "The servants - their ancestors have been working in the Che family for generations, and they have a deep relationship with the Che family, and the Che family has such a big family business, and it has suddenly become Che Rengui's, when did the Che family start to decline?" It was after the death of Che Ruting and his wife. Even if the Che family can swallow that breath, the servants can't swallow it! ”

"Are the people who work in the Chejia still there?"

"There are two people still around."

"It's been more than forty years since liberation, and these two people must be very old."

"Isn't it? It's in their eighties. ”

"What are their names and where do they live?"

"One is named Jin Cuiping, who lives at No. 358 Zhao Juren Lane, General Temple; One is named Lou Asi, who lives at No. 78 Zouma Street, Liu Yuan Road, General Temple. ”

As long as it is information related to the case, Zhao Zimeng will not ignore it, he took out a notebook from his pocket and wrote down the information provided by Director Gu in the notebook.

On the surface, the information provided by Director Gu has nothing to do with Che Rengui's disappearance, but Zhao Zimeng believes that it is related to the case that happened in No. 157 - because the case happened in the Che family, in the old mansion of the Che family's compound. No case can exist in isolation, it must be inextricably linked to certain circumstances, including specific backgrounds.

"How are these two old men doing?"

"How's your health? There was nothing wrong with it, sometimes they met me on the road and recognized me from a distance. ”

"They must have told you about the Che family."

"Not really, but they certainly know a lot of things."

"Do they have anything to do with Cha Rengui?"

There was no contact, on the contrary, they never mentioned Che Rengui's name, and after Mrs. Che passed away, they asked Che Rengui to resign and left the Che family compound. I remembered something. ”

This matter should be more important, otherwise, Director Gu would not suddenly mention it.

"Tell me."

"Lou Asi came to me for my youngest son's work, and I asked him why he didn't go to Che Rengui for help - Che Rengui should be able to talk - Che Rengui was working in the District Revolutionary Committee at the time, do you guess what Lou Asi said?"

"What did you say?"

"No matter how hard it is, I won't go to him. It can be seen how much Lou Asi does not want to see Che Rengui. ”

"Director Gu, we don't know something."

"Captain Zhao, please speak."

"Doesn't the Che family have other immediate family members, why does the Che family's family business fall on Che Rengui?"

"Didn't I tell you earlier? Che Renju this three generations of single transmission, after Renju went abroad to stay abroad, the old man Che Rengui passed Che Rengui to the Che family compound, the old man treated Che Rengui as his own son, after the old couple left, the Che family's family business naturally fell on Che Rengui's head. ”

During the meal, the facts of the case were also discussed.

After discussion, the following opinions were formed:

First, since the time of the murder of the deceased was around 1986, the time of the investigation can be determined to be between 1985 and 1987.

The investigation was conducted against all the tenants who stayed at No. 157 during this period, and the premise was that the deceased may have been a tenant, and if this is true, the killer could have been either a landlord or a tenant.

The tenant is more likely, as a landlord, it is impossible to hide the body on the brick façade of his house, and if he is a landlord, it is impossible for him to sell the house to Qin Zuomei. Of course, the possibility of other members of the Che family committing crimes cannot be ruled out.

Second, to let Che Huating provide all the tenant's information, in addition to Che Huating, but also to find Che Huating's wife to have a good talk, after five or six years, Che Huating may have some omissions, so the information provided by Che Huating's wife will be an important supplement - this should be an indispensable part.

In addition to Che Huating and his wife, they also have to go to the neighborhood to investigate, in the south and north lanes, there are many shops, there are also many households, and there is a courtyard on the south side of No. 157, there are several families living in the yard, and this part of the people cannot be ignored.

Third, if the deceased was not a local, then he must have been one of the tenants, and among the many tenants, were there any people between the ages of fifty-six and fifty-eight? Director Gu prefers that the deceased is a tenant, and his basis is:

First of all, the house belonged to the Che family, and no one in the Che family was missing, except for Che Rengui, who ran away from home in May 1986.

Secondly, he worked for many years as the head of the Zhonghe Street police station, and he worked here before he became the director, and he was very familiar with the area, and if anyone went missing, he would definitely know.

Director Gu also mentioned a very important situation: there is a tea stove, a fried goods store, and a grocery store at the mouth of the south lane. Most of the residents and tenants living in this area will go to the tea stove to boil water, they will go to the roast shop to buy snacks such as melon seeds and peanuts, and they will go to the grocery store to buy daily necessities such as pots and spoons.

Guarding the tea stove was an old lady surnamed Li; The grocery store deals in daily necessities, and all tenants who live in this area will go to the grocery store to buy daily necessities when they first move in. It is essential to turn on the water at Mrs. Li's tea stove.

At the mouth of the north alley, there is a pickle shop and a bathhouse, where female tenants will go to the pickle shop to buy side dishes, and men will go to the bathhouse to take a bath.

Next to the bathhouse there was also a shoe repair shop, and the master shoemaker was surnamed Jiang, nicknamed Jiang Crooked - his head was a little crooked. Jiang Crooked Zi has a very good memory, he has to repair a lot of shoes every day, whether it is an old customer or a new customer, he will never make a mistake.

Soon after the comrades returned to No. 157, Che Huating came by appointment, and he had just sent the workers to the bathhouse to take a bath, and each of them paid twenty yuan for a meal, and invited the workers to a meal in a nearby restaurant.

No. 157 is back in Che Huating's hands, and the house will definitely be rebuilt - but not until the case is clear.

When Che Huating walked into the living room, Xiang Daimo, Xiao Luhan and Director Gu walked out of the small door. They were going to Che Huating's house to find Che Huating's wife to understand the situation.

The conversation took place in the foyer - Chief Min stayed at No. 157.

The conversation revolves around the house and the tenants.

"When was the east gate of the front yard sealed?"

"It was sealed in 1980."

"When did you start renting it to someone else?"

"I rented it to someone else in 1983."

"When was it given to you?"

"This door was sealed and given to me a few years ago. I lived here until 1983 and then rented it to someone else. ”

"Why rent it to someone else?"

"Since the two children moved in, they often had nightmares when they slept at night, so my mother asked us to rent out the house."

"Does your mother know anything?"

"Yes, under our questioning, she said."

"What did she say?"

"She said two people were hanged here — that was many years ago."

"Can you seriously recall that from 1985 to 1987, which tenants lived here?"

"Don't worry, let me think about it, because there are too many people living there, I want to remember it well."

"If you think about it, the more detailed you are, the better. Lin Di, tear two pieces of paper to him, Che Huating, you write the situation on the paper. ”

"Captain Zhao, there are more tenants, and the stay time is relatively short, so I may not have thought it through, between the previous tenant and the next tenant, the house will be a little idle - sometimes it can be idle for two or three months."

"Locals are only here for a while if they can't find another house – you already know, the neighbors know that something has happened to this house, so it's not very easy to rent. As for the time? I can only write an approximate one. ”

Che Huating took a few puffs of his cigarette and continued, "We didn't expect this to happen. Luckily, most of our guests are locals, so if you need to, find them and ask them, and they should be able to remember. ”

"So be it! You divide your memories into two parts, you first write down the tenants from January 1985 to June 1986, and then you recall the tenants in the first half of 1986 and the second half of 1987. For local tenants, it would be great if they could write their current home address. ”

"Okay, I'll try to remember." Che Huating took the paper and pen from Lin Di's hand, put the paper on the coffee table and wrote.