Chapter 14 Ouyang Ping Finds the Bottom of the Matter Gan Dejun demonstrated on the spot
"The Chen family's compound -- that well has been abandoned for more than a year." You Da Mei Dao.
"Yes, it was sealed last summer. Someone must have taken advantage of the chaos to hide the body in a well. Gan Dejun said, "Comrade Public Security, what do you want to ask?" β
Ouyang Ping took out a lighter and a mock portrait.
After the couple saw the lighter, there was no reaction, and when they saw the simulated portrait, their expressions and eyes were similar to those of Mr. Zhao and his wife.
"Do you think the people in the mock portraits look familiar?"
"Comrade Public Security, what you said is right, I feel familiar, wife, what do you say?"
"Isn't it? It's familiar. But I couldn't remember who it was. β
"That's right, we've definitely seen this face, but who it is, it's really not right for a while."
Now, it was Ouyang Ping's turn to wonder: the four of them said in unison that they had seen this person, and they were quite familiar, but they couldn't remember who it was. What's going on here? Where is the crux and mystery?
"Where have you seen this man?"
"It must be in Xie Juren Alley."
"Then this person must be living in Xie Juren Lane."
"It'sβit's hard to say."
"What do you mean by that?"
"It's like a person from Xie Juren Lane, but it's not like a person from Xie Juren Lane."
"The more we listened, the more confused we became."
"Let's say he's from Xie Juren Alley, but we can't remember who it is? Let's say that he is not from Xie Juren Lane, we seem to have seen him, not only have we met, but we are also quite familiar. If this person lives in Xie Juren Lane, we can definitely remember it. β
"Yes! Look at this look, it's quite familiar, but the hair is wrong, and the teeth are even more wrong. In our minds, a man in his thirties who is missing a tooth, no. We've seen this face, but we just can't remember who it is. β
Perhaps it is the teeth that affect the recovery and integrity of memory.
"What if this tooth isn't missing?"
"No, we always feel like something is wrong."
"According to the autopsy results and preliminary analysis, the time when the deceased was killed should be in the late summer and early autumn of last year, most likely before you moved out of the Chen family compound, you lived in the Chen family compound, and before you moved, didn't you find anything unusual?"
"The murderer is too bold."
"What do you mean by that?"
"It is impossible for the murderer to hide the body in the well during the day, during the day, there are people in the yard, our husband and wife are usually at home, the wife of the third man, as well as Aunt Zhao and the old man; As for the night? Don't hide it from the public security comrades, people often come to my house to play mahjong, and when the head of the family comes up, they have to fight until the next morning, and the murderer just wants to hide the body in the well, and he must have a chance! You may not know that there is a pile of broken bricks and tiles on the well, and it will take a little time to remove the broken bricks and tiles on the wellhead! Remove the broken bricks and tiles, it is impossible not to make a sound! β
"Is it true that someone in your house plays mahjong every night?"
Zhao Yaru and his wife also mentioned this matter.
"To tell you the truth, neither of us has a job, just rely on this to feed the family, as long as someone comes, we have to wait, my place is too small, can only set two tables, some people can't take their turn, just follow the dealer bet, or come early the next night to occupy a seat."
"You're saying that the mahjong business is very good, and it's not idle for a day, right?"
"Isn't it? Speaking from the heart, our husband and wife are very sorry for the people in the yard, especially Mr. Zhao's family, Mr. Zhao likes to be quiet, but I am such a neighbor, although we don't let the mahjong people make too much movement, but it is inevitable that there will be some sound. β
"Gan Dejun, do you want to say that the body may have been hidden after the well was sealed."
"Only at this time, wife, after we covered the bluestone slab at the wellhead, the people from the housing management office helped my family repair the house." Gan Dejun recalled slightly.
"Yes, later, the workers piled up the construction waste on the well."
"Wait a minute," Ouyang Ping suddenly remembered something, "Master Gan, when the people from the housing management office helped your family repair the house, did your family move to live elsewhere?" β
"No, we still live in the old place, and we don't move the nest."
"If you don't move, how can the workers repair the house?"
"We put the furniture in the foyer and spent some days in the same room with the children. My family has two houses, one for my husband and wife, and one for our children, so we have to rent a house when we move out, and renting a house is not a small expense. If we move out, won't those who play mahjong have nowhere to go? β
What Mr. Zhao said is indeed not wrong, in addition to the New Year's holidays, the Gan family has people playing mahjong every night.
According to Gan Dejun, the murderer really did not have a chance to hide the body in a dry well. But think about it the other way, the murderer is likely to take advantage of this, so he unknowingly hid the body in the dry well, the reason is very simple, although the Gan family gathered a lot of people, but everyone's attention was focused on mahjong, coupled with the noise and noise, just as a cover, we all know that it is impossible to be silent on the mahjong table, no matter how careful you are, you will make some sounds.
"The time when the killer hid the body should have been after the well was sealed and before the workers piled up the construction debris on the edge of the well." You Da Mei Dao.
"It can only be at this time." Gan Dejun said with great certainty, "The murderer only needs to lift the bluestone slab covering the edge of the well, throw the body down, and then cover the bluestone slab." Workers are helping my family repair their house, and a large amount of construction waste is piled up in the well, and everything is fine. β
"Who put the bluestone slab on the edge of the well?"
"It's me and the third doorman."
Ouyang Ping took out a notebook and a pen from his pocket and wrote three words on the notebook: "Bluestone slab." A thought suddenly flashed in Ouyang Ping's mind: This morning, the two bluestone slabs that the comrades saw at the scene were not the bluestone slabs that Gan Dejun and the third man covered on the edge of the well?
"How many bluestone slabs did you put on the wellhead?"
"Two pieces, the first one is placed flat on the edge of the well, the second one is placed diagonally on the edge of the well and the first bluestone slab, which is placed like this." Gan Dejun was afraid that Ouyang Ping would not understand, so he used two matchboxes to demonstrate on the table: one matchbox was placed flat on the table, and the other matchbox, one side was horizontal on the table, and the other side was placed on the first matchbox.
This demonstration is illustrative: the width of the two bluestone slabs is much wider than the diameter of the edge of the well, and the only way to cover the wellhead is to cover it.