"The crime is counter-revolutionary, a hidden Kuomintang agent, and an executioner with the blood of revolutionaries on his hands. After Renju was executed, Lou Ahsi went to the street to read a notice saying that Renju had personally participated in the massacre of progressives and political prisoners, and that he was an executioner with the blood of martyrs on his hands. ”

"On the night when Renju was arrested, the old man vomited blood from his mouth and couldn't afford to get sick; Early the next morning, a group of people rushed into the compound of the Che family and turned the Che family upside down. ”

"Is it a raid?"

"It's not a raid, when they left, I didn't see them take anything, they came, as if they were looking for some evidence—they searched the room of the master, the wife, and Renju for a long time. At that time, we and all our subordinates stayed in the courtyard and did not dare to move. A few days later, when the old man learned the news that Renju was being that, he didn't come up in one breath and died. Soon after, the old lady also passed away. In just half a year, the family of three has left. ”

Zhao Zimeng has another question, from the point of view of the procedure, this question must be asked: "We heard that there are many women involved in Che Rengui, how many years have you lived with him, you should know some things." ”

The old man's sense of smell is very sensitive: "Does this have anything to do with the case you are currently investigating?" ”

"Auntie, that's the case, we heard that Che Rengui 'ran away from home' five years ago, and your eldest son thinks that it is not as simple as 'running away from home', so while we are investigating the case at hand, we also want to ask about Che Rengui's 'running away from home'. Cha Rengui has been 'running away from home' for five years, don't you miss him at all? ”

"Say no, that's fake, isn't something really wrong with the dead ghost? It's not me who curses him, people like him will be punished sooner or later. At the mention of his man, the old man gritted his teeth and was filled with righteous indignation.

"Che Rengui must have a lot of enemies outside!"

"There must be enemies."

"Can you tell us about it?"

"Then the Huo family should be regarded as one, sometimes, when I meet Sister-in-law Huo on the street, she avoids it from afar."

Huo's sister-in-law should be Huo Siyan's mother.

"Besides the Huo family, is there anyone else?"

"I rarely go out, and I forced Lou Asi to tell Lou Asi about the Huo family. In the past, the relationship between our Che family and the Huo family has always been good, and the materials for the Che family's clothes were bought in the Huo family's shop. ”

"Sister-in-law Huo always avoided me, I felt weird, so I called Lou Asi into the room and asked. Lou Asi also mentioned the matter of Principal Pan. The country is easy to change, the nature is difficult to change, and Rengui and his Lao Tzu are also this kind of goods. Fortunately, none of the four children followed him, and if the children followed him, then my life would be in vain. ”

"In addition to Huo Siyan and Pan Guangmei, does Che Rengui have any other enemies?"

"I don't know. I only know these two. Captain Zhao, I don't know if I should say a sentence or not? ”

"Tell me."

"You don't have to check the dead ghost's 'running away from home' - he should have died a long time ago, in the past five years, since he left, our life has been much more stable, I eat fast and chant Buddha every day, practice virtue and accumulate goodness, and the neighbors have forgotten all kinds of bad things about dead ghosts."

"Whether Che Rengui should die or not, it has to be decided by the law, and it shouldn't be the death method of 'running away from home'." The old man's attitude surprised Zhao Zimeng and his comrades. Zhao Zimeng vaguely felt that the background of Che Rengui's murder case was complicated and not so simple.

Zhao Zimeng didn't say a word about the murder of Che Rengui, and the old man seemed to have known about the murder of the man, at least from her words.

When Zhao Zimeng and his entourage returned to No. 157, there were five people sitting in the living room, they were Che Huating, Master Zhao, Aunt Li, Master Cao, and Jiang Shoemaker. The four of them were admiring a simulated portrait that had been finalized, and Ma Jianping was sketching the lines of another simulated portrait.

Two simulated portraits, a man and a woman, needless to say, everyone must know that they are the simulated portraits of the Ma couple.

Based on the memories and narratives of the four people, Ma Jianping first sketched the contours of the faces and facial features of the parties, and then repeatedly revised them according to their specific descriptions of the parts. Due to the timely and full communication between Ma Jianping and the narrator, the simulated portrait is closer to the real person - to be precise, the degree of simulation is higher.

In the simulated portrait of a woman, Aunt Li and Master Zhao gave more advice; On the simulated portrait of the man, Che Huating, Master Cao and Jiang shoemaker gave more opinions.

In the end, both mock portraits were recognized and nodded by five people. After the painting, Zhao Zimeng also asked Ling Hu Yunfei and Lin Di to hold the simulated portraits of two people for Wang Xiuqin and the neighbors who often come to the tea stove to draw water, which is what Ma Jianping thought. Comparatively speaking, Xiuqin and her neighbors' judgments will be more objective.

So, the result?

When Lin Di showed Wang Xiuqin a simulated portrait of a woman, she said this: "This-isn't this the wife surnamed Ma?" Yes, that's her. Long hair, melon seed face. ”

When Xiao Luhan showed a mock-up portrait of the surname Ma to several neighbors, they said something like this: "This is the one surnamed Ma." ”

This is a simple test, but the significance of this simple test cannot be underestimated. Only when the two simulated portraits are very close to the real people can Wang Xiuqin and her neighbors associate the two simulated portraits with the information in their memories.

So, Zhao Zimeng immediately sent Xiang Daimo and Xiao Luhan back to the city bureau to make twenty copies of the two simulated portraits.

After that, the first person to see the simulated portrait of a woman will be Lin Fengyan. Although the last time Lin Fengyan saw Chen Tianjiao was when she was fifteen years old, a woman, if her face has not changed radically, people who were once familiar with her should be able to recognize her.

When Linghu Yunfei and Lin Di returned to No. 157 from "Frequent Guests", they met Lin Fengyan who came in a hurry in the alley.

Lin Fengyan must have something very important when she came at this time.

Several people strode into No. 157.

Xiang Daimo and Xiao Luhan have not yet returned. Everyone can only talk and wait.

"Around May Day in 1986, Chen Tianjiao came back to visit her relatives once." Lin Fengyan panted.

Mr. and Mrs. Ma rented No. 157 in May and July 1986, and Chen Tianjiao came back to visit relatives around Labor Day. Is this a coincidence?

Chen Tianjiao came back and only stayed at home for one night, and left the next morning, she said that she was passing through Jingxi City, stopping by to see her brother, sister-in-law and nephew, and when she left, she also gave her nephew a thousand yuan. That's all I know. ”

"Did Chen Tianjiao come back alone?"

"It's a person."

"Has the accent of her speech changed?"

"I asked, Chen Tianjiao didn't talk much, and her accent didn't change much."

No matter where a person goes, his accent will change somewhat, but the local accent will not change.

"How's she dressing?"

"Very stylish. When she came back, she also brought a cheongsam to her sister-in-law Lan Yuanju. ”

Master Zhao once mentioned a cheongsam, which came from Shanghai's time-honored clothing store "Hongxiangyuan".

"Have you seen that cheongsam?"

Women naturally like fashionable clothes, not to mention that Lin Fengyan runs a clothing store.

"I saw it, it was the clothes made by Shanghai's 'Hongxiangyuan' - as long as it was Shanghai's clothes, I had to take a few more looks, and Shanghai's clothes were very good."

This is even more coincidental.

Lin Di stood up and walked to the door of the living room, the courtyard door rang, and Xiang Daimo and Xiao Luhan rushed into the courtyard.

Xiang Daimo and Xiao Luhan came at the right time.

Xiao Luhan took out a photocopied mock portrait from his purse, picked up one and handed it to Zhao Zimeng - this is a mock portrait of a woman.

Zhao Zimeng unfolded the simulated portrait and laid it flat on the coffee table: "Lin Fengyan, look at this simulated portrait." ”

Lin Fengyan looked at it carefully for a while, and then said: "It's very similar to Chen Tianjiao's face, but I don't dare to say that she is Chen Tianjiao, otherwise it's like this!" I'll take you to Lan Yuanju's house, she should be able to recognize you. If you want to go, you have to go now, that Chen Tianshuo is a ghost, and he can't tell when or where he will come out. ”

Zhao Zimeng stood up: "Let's go, you can accompany us for a trip." ”

In addition to asking Lan Yuanju to identify the simulated photos, Zhao Zimeng also wanted to see the very special cheongsam that Chen Tianjiao gave to his sister-in-law.

The group walked out of the "Impermanence Lane", turned left to the east, walked out of the east entrance of Zhonghe Street, and then went all the way to the southeast.

About half an hour, Lin Fengyan walked into a door, and inside the door was a large courtyard, and there were many families living in the courtyard. A winding path stretches into the depths of the yard.

After a while, Lin Fengyan stopped in front of a house.

The door was open, and Lin Fengyan gently pushed it open.

Inside the door was a small courtyard, and a woman of about forty years old was sitting on a small bench doing laundry.

"Sister, did you leave something behind? They are—" Lan Yuanju saw Zhao Zimeng and Linghu Yunfei standing behind Lin Fengyan.

"They are from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and they are investigating the case of "Impermanence Alley" and want to find out a little bit about you. ”

"The case of 'Impermanence Alley'? Isn't it related to Tianjiao? After you left, I came to my senses, for no reason, you came all the way to inquire about Tianjiao. ”

"Let the comrades come in and sit down!"

"Oh, please come in—please come in and sit."

Zhao Zimeng took out a simulated portrait of a woman and handed it to Lan Yuanju: "Sister-in-law, look at this simulated portrait." Does this woman look like Chen Tianjiao? ”

Lan Yuanju looked at it carefully for a while, and then shook her head: "The hair is about the same, but there are three people who are not in the right place, Chen Tianjiao's face is wider than hers, and her chin is not so sharp, this woman's cheekbones are much higher than Chen Tianjiao's." ”