Chapter 19: Inference

The sudden discovery made me immediately alert, and I whispered to Lao Zhang and Huang Na, and they also tensed up instantly.

Quietly got off the table and left, went around the back, but didn't find anyone, judging from the shadow on the cloth just now, the person should be very close.

It had only been ten seconds since we left the table, but we didn't hear any footsteps when we came, so we should have been prepared and knew that we were coming, so we left early.

After searching around the area, we didn't see anyone until the gate of the compound, so we prepared to leave in order not to affect the rituals in the courtyard.

Chen Zhizheng leaned against the gate, looking at the courtyard with a gloomy face, and when he saw me coming, he immediately stood up straight and watched me walk in front of him step by step.

I asked him if he knew Xie Dacheng, and he hurriedly shook his head, even saying that he didn't know who Xie Dacheng was.

"I just asked you if you knew him, and I didn't ask you anything else, what did you do with such a big reaction."

Chen Zhi also reacted and looked at me with some embarrassment.

I continued to ask, "Since you don't know Xie Dacheng, what did you talk to him about on the street?" โ€

"I just asked him for directions, I didn't talk about anything, and I won't leave after asking for directions."

I couldn't help laughing, "I haven't said that person is Xie Dacheng, how do you know that the person on the street I said is him?" โ€

Chen Zhi suddenly froze, standing stupidly in place, not knowing what to say.

Huang Na looked at Chen Zhi coldly on the side, Chen Zhi glanced at her, and quickly lowered his head.

I gave Lao Zhang a look, he immediately understood, asked Huang Na to go with him first, and went out softly after speaking.

Huang Na was a little puzzled, glanced at me, and saw that I didn't reply, so she still left with Lao Zhang.

After supporting them, I leaned against the pillar and stared at Chen Zhi with my hands crossed, "Now you can tell the truth, what did Xie Dacheng tell you." โ€

Chen Zhi was still a little hesitant, his eyes kept rolling, as if he was thinking of something to fool around.

I told him coldly, "If you don't want your parents to die in vain, you'd better tell me honestly, what Xie Dacheng told you!" โ€

Hearing this, he suddenly looked up at me, I didn't dodge, looked at him deadly,

"At that time, he asked me some about my parents before they died, and before I could elaborate, I saw you coming, and then he asked me not to tell you this, nothing elseโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ข"

I kept staring into his eyes, and indeed this time, he didn't lie again.

waved his hand to let him in, and he quickly escaped into the courtyard, and I also went out of the gate and caught up with Huang Na and Lao Zhang.

Lao Zhang asked me what I was asking, and repeated the conversation I had with Chen Zhi just now, and after listening, he fell into silence like me.

Once Xie Dacheng was suspected of being the murderer of Wang Lianxiang, but since the case of the old man's murder came out, I completely broke off this idea.

Because Xie Dacheng did not have any explanation for the motive for killing, and there was enough alibi to prove that the old man's death, he was indeed not suspected of murder.

Chen Zhi's statement made me even more confused, Xie Dacheng had no contact with the old man, so why did he ask the old man about his life.

After walking not far, at the end of the street, I saw a familiar back. I patted Lao Zhang on the shoulder and motioned for him to look that way.

Although it is far away, I can still tell that the back is Xie Dacheng. Lao Zhang asked me if I wanted to chase it, and I shook my head.

The figure I saw in the courtyard just now must be Xie Dacheng.

But if he really doesn't want us to find out, then he won't be seen at this time, so even if we catch up with him now, it won't help.

I don't know what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd, although he has always disguised himself well, but he must know that he has now been listed as a key target by us, and he still has a lot of suspicions, but he looks fearless.

That back of him made me gnash my teeth a little.

The group walked to the park where the old man was killed before, and after a few days, it was completely back to normal, and everyone seemed to have forgotten that there were people who died here a few days ago.

The bench at the scene of the crime had been cleaned, and there was not a trace of blood in sight, so I sat down without hesitation, looking ahead in a daze.

Trying to recall the scene, the murderer fled in the direction in front of me, but no one saw his face, and it was really difficult to lock on to the target from the back described by an eyewitness.

The murderer's method of killing is simple and crude, all of which are fatal with one blow, and then plunder all the victim's belongings.

At the same time, he is also very smart, he has committed two consecutive crimes without leaving any evidence, even in the park during the day, no one can see his face, indicating that he has planned the escape time and route before committing the crime.

Thinking of this, I suddenly stood up suddenly, "I know!" โ€

Huang Na, who was beside me, was startled by my sudden movements, and gave me a strange look.

Lao Zhang asked me what I thought, I told him what I just thought, he nodded, still a little incomprehensible, and asked me what this can mean,

I continued, "Since the murderer had planned the route and time before committing the crime, he must have known that the old couple would come for a walk in the park, which means that the murderer must have been an acquaintance of the old man before his death!" โ€

After a pause, I continued, "Similarly, Liu Guilan, who died before, must have known that Xie Shouyi would collect the accounts that day, leaving Liu Guilan alone to collect the stall and go home, unless it can be investigated, otherwise there is only one possibility, the murderer is Liu Guilan and the old man's common acquaintance before his death!" โ€

After listening to this, Lao Zhang nodded, and said after receiving my words, "But as a robbery and murder, no one can investigate the robbery target, so there is only this one possibility." โ€

Huang Na also understood on the side, "So as long as you find someone they all knew in their lifetime, you can lock the target?" โ€

Lao Zhang and I nodded at the same time.

That being said, it sounds quite simple, but the person is dead, and it is impossible to ask for something from the mouth of the deceased.

Chen Zhi and his wife didn't know Xie Shouyi, and they couldn't know it from their mouths at all, which was where the difficulty lies.

And it is very likely that there is more than one person who knows both sides, and it is very good to prove this conclusion in the absence of evidence.

Anyway, I had a clear direction, and although it was hard to find, I decided to give it a try.

Back at Chen Zhi's house again, the old lady's practice was over, the courtyard was already full of people ready to eat, and the two black coffins were placed on both sides of the stage, one on the left and one on the right, with white cloth strips hanging on them.

Chen Zhi and Wu Li were kneeling in front of the coffin, dressed in a white filial piety cloth, and kept muttering something in their mouths, and I walked behind him, but he didn't feel it.

I crouched down and called him, but he didn't seem to hear, and I raised my decibels a little bit and called his name, and he looked back at me.

His eyes were full of resentment.