Chapter 11 Clichés
"Oh, yes, yes." Li Bai nodded, but his expression still seemed to understand.
"So maybe because of the profession, I see more dead people, so I don't make a fuss." Xie Tao said.
"Were you home the night before?" Lei Baoquan asked.
"Not there."
"Where?"
A little flower cat came over and patted Xie Tao's leg with its paws, Xie Tao bent down to pick it up, and said, "I had business the night before yesterday, so I have been busy in the unit all night." ”
"Who can prove it?" Lei Baoquan asked.
"My colleague, there were two or three other people who were there at the time, and we were together." Xie Tao replied, without the slightest panicked look on his face, and Lei Baoquan could see it clearly.
"Then you didn't come back yesterday, where did you go?" Lei Baoquan asked again.
"Yesterday we went on a business trip because there was work in Jigang Town." Xie Tao replied.
"How many?"
"There are three of us and my colleagues."
Li Bai looked at them and asked and answered, and sat on the side, but his eyes were attracted by the flower cat in Xie Tao's arms, at this time the kitten was licking his paws, and the nails on the paws, showing out of the fur, looked extremely sharp.
Li Bai came to his senses and said, "You haven't been at home for the past two days, and there is no one to feed the cat?" ”
"They?" Xie Tao looked at the cats and said with a smile: "They don't eat much, I always put a certain amount of cat food for them before I leave, enough for them to eat for a few days." ”
"You're pretty kind of for your cat." Lei Baoquan said as he watched him stroke the cat in his arms.
"These are stray cats, I picked them up, I think they are very pitiful, so I keep them, keep them, and they become more." Xie Tao also shook his head, saying that there was no way to do it.
"You cat likes to bark, don't you?" Li Bai asked.
"Well, occasionally. They generally don't bark much, only occasionally for a while, they will suddenly bark, and it is useless to train them. I don't know why. Xie Tao looked helpless.
"Because of this, the neighbors have opinions, you know?"
"I know that, because cats meow too loudly, don't talk about them. I can't sleep well myself. And they've all told me, but what can I do? I can only apologize, it was too difficult for me to send the cat away, and I was reluctant. Xie Tao looked at his cat lovingly.
"Because of this before, you also had a fight with the old Zhao next to you?" Lei Baoquan deliberately mentioned it. ”
"Hi. It's all in the past. He was so grumpy that he was going to do it before he could say a word, and he said that he was going to throw my cat out, and I couldn't bear it no matter how good my temper was! So I made a move, but I didn't fight much before I was pulled away. Xie Tao felt aggrieved when he remembered this scene before.
"The person pulling the frame is Peng Daliang?" Lei Baoquan asked.
Xie Tao thought for a while and said, "It seems to be him, what's wrong?" ”
"How is your relationship with Peng Daliang?"
"It's okay, he's good, we usually say hello when we meet."
"Nothing else?"
"What do you call something else?" Xie Tao didn't understand what Lei Baoquan meant by asking.
Li Bai coughed. said: "Didn't you have any conflicts with him?" ”
As soon as Xie Tao heard this, he completely understood, and these two people were now trying themselves as murderers. He smiled helplessly and said, "No, no, we both usually see each other very little, how can there be a conflict?" Comrade policeman, do you suspect that I am a murderer? ”
Lei Baoquan saw that Xie Tao was very smart, not at all like the two who had no heart just now, so he said: "There is no obvious evidence yet, so it is possible to suspect anyone, don't think about it." ”
Xie Tao smiled and said, "How come? I'm because of the cat's meow. Maybe you'll think I'm suspicious."
"Wait, how do you know we suspect you because of a cat's meow?" Lei Baoquan suddenly remembered that he didn't tell him that Peng Daliang went out because of a cat barking before the accident that night.
Xie Tao was stunned for a moment, and a smile froze on his face. After a moment, he smiled again and said, "Because you kept asking me about cats just now, that's why I did."
Even Li Bai saw the change in Xie Tao's mood, let alone Lei Baoquan, who has been a police officer for 20 years.
"Oh, that's good. We'll ask here today, and we'll talk about it next time. Lei Baoquan didn't say anything about the scene just now, but ended the conversation.
"Well, okay, if there's anything you need me to do, just contact me, I'm just resting these days." Xie Tao said with a slight smile.
"You're pretty positive." Li Bai deliberately teased.
"Huh?" Xie Tao was stunned again, and then smiled awkwardly: "Anyway, they are also neighbors, I have known each other for so long, if I can help a little, I will definitely help." ”
"Well, that's good." Lei Baoquan followed Li Bai to the door, suddenly stopped, turned his head and said, "There is one more thing, don't forget to go to the police station in the afternoon, they are all waiting for you." ”
"Huh? Didn't you come to my house? Why do you want to go? Xie Tao asked puzzled.
"Oh, I just said hello just now, and I forgot to introduce myself in detail, my surname is Lei, and I am a former police captain, but now I am not, so, we are not an organization with them, you still have to go over and talk to them." Lei Baoquan said with a smile.
"Then you guys just now" Xie Tao was a little stunned, these two people who didn't know what their identities just entered their house, and they had been talking to them for so long.
"The former captain is also a policeman, you have to make this clear, although he was fired, but the relationship is still there" Before Li Bai finished speaking, he was pushed out of the door by Lei Baoquan, and said while pushing: "You can't help but say this?" Is this something to be proud of? ”
Xie Tao watched the two of them go out of the door playfully, with an inexplicable expression, and then a lazy cat meow came out of the bedroom, Xie Tao sighed and walked into the bedroom.
"I tell you, if you tell people about my expulsion again, you can see how I clean you up." Out of Xie Tao's house, the two of them prepared to go downstairs and go back.
Just about to go down the stairs, the two of them heard the sound of "呑呑" behind them, and when they looked back, a man was standing at the door of Xie Tao's house diagonally opposite the door, waving to the two people. The two of them looked at him strangely and walked over.
"Police, huh?" The man asked quietly.
"yes, what's the matter with you?" Li Bai said.
"You're here to investigate Xie Tao, right?" The man pointed in the direction of Xie Tao's house with his chin.
"So what?" Lei Baoquan asked.
"I'll tell you about the situation." The man said and asked Lei Baoquan and Li Bai to enter the house.
The two walked into the door with puzzled expressions, and Li Bai also said, "Why did you knock on your door just now, but no one opened it?" Just returned? ”
"No, I was at home just now, but I saw that there were two people I didn't know who knocked on the door, so I didn't dare to open it casually, didn't someone die just now?" The man said cautiously.
"What are you afraid of in broad daylight?" Li Bai felt that this person was really timid enough. (To be continued.) )