Chapter 270: The Familiar Knot

We followed Fang Dongqiang in, and I also said casually: "We want to investigate the case of your wife's death, you weren't at home that day, were you?" โ€

"Alas!" Fang Dongqiang sighed as he walked: "It's really ยทยทยทยทยทยท to say I wasn't at home, I didn't come back for a few days, and if I had been back often, it wouldn't have happened. โ€

Leng Tong and I glanced at each other as we walked, not figuring out what Fang Dongqiang meant by this.

"Please be seated!" Fang Dongqiang let us into the big room facing the courtyard gate, sat down and said: "Since you ask, I will tell you, whether you believe it or not, I feel ashamed!" โ€

As soon as I heard Fang Dongqiang's tone, this was to tell us, so I sat down and said: "Then you can tell us, we have something we want to know, and we will ask you at any time." โ€

"Okay, then I'll say it." Fang Dongqiang sighed again, and then said: "My wife hanged herself, it's all because of me!" โ€

Now Leng Tong and Da Leizi and I were stunned, I didn't expect Fang Dongqiang to say this, if there are other factors in this, then our analysis will be overturned, and it may be that there are several murder cases, mixed with a real case of hanging suicide.

"I work as a chef in the county, and I don't come back often, so if it's windy and rainy, or if it snows heavily in winter, and the customers don't close early, I can come back one more time." Fang Dongqiang sighed and said, "Usually, it only comes back once a week or ten days. โ€

We also understand this situation, seeing that there is an hour's drive from the village to the scene, if he doesn't have a motorcycle, the hotel will get off work late, and it will not be easy to come back, so it is not a strange thing to stay in the hotel.

"I heard about it the day after Sun Peng hanged himself, but I didn't take it to heart at all, thinking that this was normal." Fang Dongqiang's face was a little sad, tears loomed, and he continued: "Who knew that the next night, my wife also hanged herself." โ€

Leng Tong and I glanced at each other, and I also felt a little strange, and couldn't help asking: "Brother Fang, you just said that your wife committed suicide because of you, what is the reason for this?" โ€

"I learned about it afterwards, but it was Aunt Li who told me that my wife collided with the hanged ghost!" Fang Dongqiang sighed and said: "According to some old people, there is no man in our family, and the yang qi is weak, which caused the hanging ghost to entangle my wife, if I can come back often, why can't my wife have this kind of thing?" โ€

Now Leng Tong and I both understand that what Fang Dongqiang is talking about is also a supernatural case, what hanged ghosts and the like, it is not the reason why his wife committed suicide at all.

We analyzed it before we came in just now, if Fang Dongqiang also said this, it would be very suspicious, and at this time, I saw that Fang Dongqiang was talking about it.

I looked at Leng Tong and deliberately asked, "Then do you think your wife committed suicide?" โ€

Fang Dongqiang was slightly stunned, and also looked at me and said, "What else can it be?" My wife is gentle, virtuous, very capable, I make money outside, she cooks the house very well, she pays off her duty, never hooks up, our husband and wife relationship is also very good, if you don't meet the hanged ghost, what reason is there to commit suicide? โ€

Fang Dongqiang's words told me all the information I was going to ask next, his wife had no possibility of committing suicide at all, if it wasn't for the hanged ghost, then she wouldn't have died.

The hanging ghost is nonsense, so there is a problem with Gu Yuping's death.

I was a little suspicious in my heart, and I wanted to ask if Fang Dongqiang was not in the county on the night when Ding Xingliang and Village Chief He committed suicide, but now I can't be completely sure that Fang Dongqiang is suspicious, and it's not good to startle the snake, so I thought about it and asked: "Then you haven't been to the hotel for the past few days, what should you do with work?" โ€

"It's okay, if this kind of thing happens at home, the boss can understand it." Fang Dongqiang sighed again and said, "I took ten days off to take care of my wife's funeral, take a rest, and then go to work." โ€

I then asked, "Do you have any enemies in the village?" Or has your wife offended someone? โ€

"I basically don't come back much, I've been working in the county for two years, how can I have enemies?" Fang Dongqiang shook his head and said: "My wife is good, you may not know much, the neighbors all know that usually except for Aunt Li's house, no one else goes, there can be no enemies, that is, this village is not clean, everyone also says so." โ€

I knew that this might be the case, so I deliberately asked, "Then what do you think about Ding Xingliang and Village Chief He hanging themselves?" Think they're suicidal? โ€

Fang Dongqiang really paused slightly, and then said: "Then I don't know, but this village is not clean, and a series of hangings may be ยทยทยทยทยทยท In fact, there were also cases in the early years, and it would be good if I took my wife to the county, and this kind of thing would not happen. โ€

I looked at Leng Tong, Leng Tong didn't want to ask any more, and motioned for me to go first.

I understood what Leng Tong meant, looked at Fang Dongqiang and said, "Let's just investigate and understand, after all, cases happen very frequently, since this is the case, then we will go first." โ€

Fang Dongqiang nodded: "Then I'll send you." โ€

The three of us immediately stood up, left Fang Dongqiang's house, and got into the car not far away.

Da Leizi came up and said: "Xiaoxiao, cold girl, according to your reasoning before you went in, this Fang Dongqiang has some problems, and he is pulling on the hanged ghost?" โ€

Leng Tong and I couldn't help but smile at each other, this time Da Leizi also listened to it and heard the problem.

"Something seems to be wrong." Leng Tong grinned and said: "But there are other factors that are not excluded here, maybe he only had this idea after listening to Aunt Li'er." โ€

I also nodded: "There is indeed such a possibility, but after all, it is suspicious, I saw that when he mentioned his wife, tears appeared in his eyes, this should not be fake, there is no meaning of anger at all, it is just pushed on the hanged ghost, this is a little wrong." โ€

Leng Tong also nodded again and again: "But we don't have any evidence, I see that you seem to want to ask something else just now, so I will signal you to come out, there are some things we don't ask, just go to the county to investigate him, and see if he was in the county on the night of Gu Yuping's death, as for the day when Village Chief He and Ding Xingliang were killed, he must be in the village." โ€

I know that Leng Tong is cautious in handling the case, and it is not ruled out that Fang Dongqiang killed his wife, and there are some things that we may not be able to grasp after a short investigation.

Da Leizi had already started the car at this time, and said: "Let's go according to the plan, eat first, go to Sun You's house for a while, and then go to the county, right?" โ€

In fact, Da Leizi is also a little anxious to eat, and Leng Tong and I both know that no one has pierced him.

At lunchtime, we also discussed in a whisper, and felt that Fang Dongqiang was still a little suspicious, but the evidence was not easy to find, some cases were mainly to see if there were any witnesses, after two people were hanged in this village, no one came out at night, there were no witnesses, and the case was naturally difficult to solve.

During this period, there were other people eating in the restaurant, and everyone talked about suicides in the village, and most of them said that they were hanged in the village, and there were hanged ghosts in the village, and the village could not live at all, and no one knew who would hang themselves next.

Some said that they had already found a house in the county and would move out today, and some said that their family had already gone to the city and did not dare to stay longer for a day, lest they hang themselves in a daze.

We also frowned when we heard it, there is no way, which village has so many cases of hanging suicide, we have to panic, this is really going to become a hanging village, we didn't go back today, I don't know what the situation is on the committee side, it's all chickens and dogs jumping if it doesn't work.

In the afternoon, we returned to the village and inquired about Sun You's house, and then went straight to the north of the village.

When we came here, we saw that Sun You's house was not far from Ding Xingliang's house, as if we had passed through a hop alley and came to the front row of houses to Ding Xingliang's house, that is, it was not too far from Village Chief He.

Leng Tong immediately looked at me and said, "Xiaoxiao, let's not talk about whether Sun You has any suspicions, assuming that it is Sun You, he must be very familiar with the situation of Village Chief He's family, and he is also familiar with Ding Xingliang's family." โ€

I also think so, when I suspected that there was an internal connection, I asked about it, Sun Peng really had a younger brother, so he said: "Look at what kind of person Sun You is, if he also pulls on the hanged ghost, it will be even more wrong." โ€

Leng Tong suddenly admonished: "Da Leizi, listen but listen, don't ask nonsense, let Xiaoxiao ask, do you know?" โ€

"Yes!" Da Leizi pouted and said, "Little one, you can't believe me!" โ€

Leng Tong ignored him, and Da Leizi quickly parked the car in front of Sun You's house, got out of the car directly and knocked hard, I don't know if Sun You is at home.

Da Leizi really came out of the door this time, he was in his early twenties, and his height looked like he was 1.7 meters, more limited, and his body was also very thin.

Leng Tong and I glanced at each other, and felt that even if Sun You was suspicious, he must have accomplices, and he didn't seem to be able to deal with Village Chief He alone, but Sun You and Sun Peng worked together, and they both delivered goods in the home appliance city, so they should be very powerful.

When the man came out and saw the big thunder, he asked, "Who are you looking for?" โ€

"Police!" Da Leizi didn't have so many kind words: "Open the door, there is a case to investigate." โ€

This person was also slightly stunned, but soon came over and opened the door for us: "You investigate me, what can you investigate?" My brother is dead, and I can't do anything about it! โ€

I came in and said, "Shall we go in and talk?" โ€

"Alright, come in!" The man turned and went into the house.

I followed inside, and Leng Tong gently pulled me and motioned me to look at a big tree on the left side of the door.

I followed Leng Tong's gaze, and suddenly my heart sank, this big tree was tied to a green nylon rope, although it has been a few days, slightly discolored, but it can also be seen that it is green.

If you want to talk about green nylon rope, it is not surprising, every family has it, either green or yellow, red, or white, but the end tied to the tree is the knot we are familiar with, the kind that is very neat, and it is a looper knot.

I nodded slightly, didn't say anything, and followed into the house.