"Zhang Guangnan, we won't delay you much."

"It's-"

"Zhang Guangnan, Captain Zhao is handling the case, you have a big matter today, and you have to put it aside." Director Gu said.

"Director Gu, you wait a while, I'll arrange it, and then I'll go with you." Zhang Guangnan said as he walked into the room.

After the couple muttered for a while, Zhang Guangnan walked out of the room.

Zhang Guangnan has a coat on his wrist. Immediately after, a woman in pajamas appeared behind him, combing her hair while looking towards the courtyard gate.

At 6:15, Zhang Guangnan was brought into No. 157.

The conversation began immediately.

Zhang Guangnan had a cigarette in his mouth, and along the way, Zhang Guangnan had changed three cigarettes, and Zhang Guangnan smoked Zhonghua brand cigarettes.

"Director Gu, if you want to ask something, hurry up and ask!" Zhang Guangnan looked impatient.

"Zhang Guangnan, please don't be impatient, we invited you here to verify a few questions with you." Zhao Zimeng said unhurriedly, with a smile on his face.

"Captain Zhao, may I ask!"

"In this yard, there is a pile of bricks, do you have any impression?"

"Yes, there's a pile of bricks in the yard, and a bunch of small tiles next to it."

"Was that pile of bricks still there when you moved out?"

"Yes. Didn't I say that earlier? ”

"You don't seem to mention the pile of bricks."

"I definitely mentioned it."

"Did you mention the pile of bricks?" Zhao Zimeng said as he flipped through the transcript of the conversation.

"I did mention bricks. There were two broken bricks on the stove, and I found two of them in the pile and replaced them, didn't you write them down? ”

Zhang Guangnan really said so.

"If the pile of bricks isn't there, where am I going to find the whole brick?"

Zhang Guangnan's thinking did not make any mistakes.

"When you lived in No. 157, Gong Caiju and his family were not at No. 157, they only moved in at No. 157 a few days later, but you said; When you move in, they're already living in it. ”

"Even if I moved into No. 157 a few days later, it was only a few days before and after, maybe I remembered it wrongly, the time interval was too long, how can I remember it clearly? Besides, why do I have to remember such irrelevant things? If I knew that you would be coming to me five years from now to find out about this, I would have taken it to heart. ”

Probably Zhang Guangnan realized that his words were not right, and he added in time: "I'm sorry, I didn't speak very well just now, I understand what you mean, this case, I have also heard, the bricks of the first wall in this wing room may have been built with the pile of bricks in the yard, I can responsibly say that before I moved out, no one had touched that pile of bricks - I did, but I only picked two complete bricks." ”

Zhang Guangnan's answer was not hurried or methodical.

"During the period when you lived in No. 157, the old couple of Gong Caiju once went out on a long trip, and the time was about five days, can you still remember this?"

"I remember, there is such a thing, Master Gao's nephew got married, and they went to Zhangjiabao to drink the wedding wine. When they left, they asked me to take care of the door. ”

"But when the couple came back, they smelled lime, which was the smell of lime shortly after it was plastered on the wall." Zhao Zimeng said as he looked at the East House.

Zhang Guangnan suddenly slapped his thigh, and then stood up suddenly: "Director Gu, I finally understand what's going on—I finally understand why you suspect me Zhang Guangnan—you come with me." Zhang Guangnan said as he walked out the door.

Six followed.

Zhang Guangnan walked into the kitchen, took out a kitchen knife from the cupboard, and pried open the lime layer on the surface of the upper left corner of the stove, "Captain Zhao, please see-"

Underneath the lime layer is a row of bricks, two of which are green bricks and the others are red bricks.

Zhao Zimeng already knew what Zhang Guangnan wanted to say.

"Captain Zhao, these two bricks are the ones I picked out of that pile of bricks, do you see if these two bricks are the same color as those broken bricks left in the corners?"

Don't look at it, it's exactly the same.

"Didn't I say that? Before I moved out, two bricks fell from the stove, and I pulled out two intact bricks from the pile of bricks, and then asked my next-door neighbor, the Su family, for a bucket of lime and plastered it—the Su family was renovating the house at the time. Look again - I only wiped a third of it, and the color of the lime is completely different in these two places. ”

The color of the lime in the two places is indeed different, the original lime is gray and black, and there are some oil stains on it, although the lime smeared after the lime also has some oil stains, but it is much whiter.

"The smell that Master Gao and his wife smelled should have emanated from the stove, and when they came back, I had just made the mud, and the smell was indeed quite big."

Zhang Guangnan was a little excited: "I, Zhang Guangnan, have indeed made some mistakes in the past, but I Zhang Guangnan will never do anything to kill people." ”

"Of course, you are handling a case, and I should actively cooperate with your investigation. There were two bricks on the stove, and I didn't want to fix them - because I couldn't live for more than a few days, but I was a clean-loving person. ”

The more Zhang Guangnan said, the more excited he became: "Besides, I rented a house for the family, and Che Rengui was very polite to me, and when I left, I couldn't let people poke my backbone, so I repaired the stove." Wait a moment, and I'll come when I go. Zhang Guangnan didn't wait for Zhao Zimeng to respond, and rushed out of the kitchen.

Zhang Guangnan opened the courtyard door and walked into the alley.

After a while, Zhang Guangnan led a person in.

Ling Hu Yunfei and Xiang Daimo recognized this person, he was Su Yingqing.

Several people greeted him.

"Master Su, tell them!"

"Director Gu, Zhang Guangnan did ask me for a bucket of lime, he said that the stove was broken, it had just been built, and it didn't look good if it wasn't plastered with lime - the bucket of lime was still made by me asking the master to help Master Zhang?"

"Master Su, tell me about the pile of bricks."

"I also came to see when the master was mud lime, and at that time, there was a big pile of bricks and a pile of small tiles. Before the master was in the lime, he also asked Zhang Guangnan to go to the shaving shop to ask for a little hair. ”

"What do you want your hair for?" Director Gu was puzzled.

"Mix some hair in the lime, and the mud won't crack after it goes up, which is the same as the country people mixing straw into the mud to build walls." Su Yingqing said as she walked into the kitchen, "Director Gu, take a look - see if there is any hair in the lime?" ”

Director Gu, Zhao Zimeng, and Ling Hu Yunfei walked into the kitchen, lowered their heads and bent down to look at the layer of lime that had been pried open, and there was indeed black hair stubble in the lime.

Zhang Guangnan took out a pack of Jingxi brand cigarettes from his pocket, poured out a few, one for each person, and then lit everyone's cigarettes according to the lighter, and when he lit Zhao Zimeng, he said in a low voice: "Captain Zhao, can I go?" ”

Zhao Zimeng took two puffs of cigarette, and then said, "Please wait a moment, please help us recall." Zhao Zimeng said as he walked towards the hall.

Zhang Guangnan and Su Yingqing followed, and the others followed.

Zhao Zimeng walked into the east house: "Zhang Guangnan, which room did you sleep in at that time?" ”

"This is it." Zhang Guangnan said without thinking.

"How do you make your bed?"

"The bed is made against this wall." Zhang Guangnan walked to the window with doors and gestured with his hand.

Zhang Guangnan and Chen Hongmei's paving method is the same.

"Is the head of the bed against the window?"

"That's right!"

"Could you please remember that the place where the wall meets the window is where it is now?"

Zhang Guangnan walked to the corner of the wall, looked at it carefully, and then measured the width of the south wall with the index finger and thumb of his right hand—that is, the width between the brick walls on the east side of the window: "The current appearance is the way I lived here, and this wall is only so long. Zhang Guangnan stretched his index finger and thumb as far apart as possible.

Zhang Guangnan's statement is consistent with the statement of Che Lao's wife.

"Look - there - there - on the ceiling, if there is a visible scratch there."

Everybody saw it — this was the second time everybody looked at the scratch.

"When I moved in, the scratch was in this location. Usually lying on the couch, as soon as you open your eyes, you can see this scratch. ”

Zhang Guangnan's statement is consistent with Mao Dawei's statement.

In other words, this wall existed before Zhang Guangnan lived in No. 157.

The nets continued to be retracted, and the area of the water shrank by a large circle.

Zhang Guangnan said that there is a nose and eyes, and there is a well-founded basis, but everyone can't help but believe it, of course, this is also what Zhao Zimeng hopes, isn't the process of cracking the case being a process of peeling off the cocoon, removing the false and retaining the truth, from this to the other, from the surface to the inside.

Disappointment and hope coexist.

"Zhang Guangnan, I'm sorry for delaying your time, thank you for your cooperation and assistance, Master Su, thank you too!"

"It's okay, just figure it out, it's not easy for you!" Zhang Guangnan was originally a little resentful, but now, he finally said a word of relief to the comrades.

After sending Zhang Guangnan and Su Yingqing away, Zhao Zimeng took out a notebook from his pocket. The same content is presented in front of Zhao Zimeng's eyes again, because this content is very important, we have to present it again:

Zhang Guangnan, age: about 47 years old, from May to August 1985, rented the second entrance to the east house and the west house; Current address: No. 181, Yong'anli Lane 3 Lane, Qixingmen Street; Work unit: Qixingmen Post Office.

Gong Caiju, age: about 50 years old, from August to September 1985, rented the second and third houses; The current address is unknown, but you can find an intermediary Tailor Li to understand the situation - this tenant was introduced by Tailor Li (Tailor Li Kee Tailor Shop, No. 234 Zhonghe Street); Housewife.

Ma Moumou and her wife, age: about 35 years old, from April to May 1986, rented the second and third rooms; Out-of-town, other circumstances unknown.