We didn't get any valuable clues from He Zhen, the father of the male deceased He Xiangshan, the pain of losing his son made his spirit a little trance, and for an old man, this was definitely a big blow.

As police officers, all we can do is to solve the case as soon as possible, bring the murderer to justice, and hope that the living can mourn and change their lives.

The case is in the process of intense investigation, and everyone is visiting and investigating to find clues in accordance with the direction of the case we discussed and formulated.

Li Meng and I left He Zhen's home and prepared to drive back to the Public Security Bureau.

On the way, I received a call from the criminal police team, the female deceased in this case, Li Xuemei, her parents rushed back to Ningzhou City by plane overnight after receiving the news last night, and are now in the bureau.

Hearing the news, I couldn't help but increase the accelerator, and the police car sped all the way back to the Ningzhou Public Security Bureau.

In the police reception hall on the first floor, two elderly people were sitting on a bench crying bitterly, and next to them was their grandson He Mingxuan. He Mingxuan sat quietly on his grandmother's lap, stretched out his chubby little hand, and wiped away the tears from the corners of his grandmother's eyes.

"Grandma, why are you crying?" He Mingxuan asked softly in a childish voice.

After hearing this, Grandma had tears in her eyes, and unconsciously hugged He Mingxuan tighter.

"Grandma misses you, you will live with grandma in the future, okay?" She said in a wailing voice.

He Mingxuan in his arms didn't know why, he just nodded weakly and whispered, "Okay-"

"Hello, I am the criminal policeman of the serious crime team, and I am specifically responsible for the case of He Xiangshan and Li Xuemei, there are some things I need to know from the two of you." I took a deep breath and stepped forward, interrupting in disbelief.

The two old men raised their heads, looked at me seriously, and nodded silently.

I beckoned the female colleague who received the police on the first floor to help take care of the children, and invited the two elderly people to the interrogation room to talk.

"I'm not going!" He Mingxuan was a little frightened and clutched his grandmother's hand tightly, and he didn't let go.

"Mingxuan is good, grandma and grandpa will come back in a while." The female colleague stepped forward and whispered.

"I'm not going!" He Mingxuan puffed out his mouth and cast his gaze at his grandmother.

Grandma looked at He Mingxuan kindly and said to him, "Be good, go play with my sister first, and grandma and grandpa will come back in a while." ”

After listening to grandma's words, He Mingxuan slowly let go of grandma's hand, and watched grandma and grandpa follow us into the inquiry room.

"Please sit down, my surname is Qin, and I am the criminal police officer in charge of this case, and this is my colleague, surnamed Li."

In the inquiry room, I beckoned the two elderly people to sit down and gave them a brief introduction to themselves.

The two are Li Xuemei's parents, the old man's name is Li Wu, and the wife's name is Kong Guizhen.

When I met the eyes of the two old men, I could clearly see the light in the eyes of the two old men, not only tears, but also a pleading, trusting, and firm gaze.

This is what the victim's family should look at when facing the police.

On the other hand, He Zhen's gaze is particularly complicated, and even I, who have been a criminal police officer for many years, and Li Meng, a criminal psychologist, cannot accurately capture He Zhen's psychological thoughts at that time.

"Last night, He Xiangshan and Li Xuemei were killed at home, according to the police investigation of the scene, this is a typical vendetta, and the murderer is a dwarfism." I said in a deep voice.

The two old men had learned of the murder of their daughter and son-in-law, and I restated the case to them, mentioning the identity of the murderer, a person with dwarfism.

"Do you know dwarfism people in your lives? Or Li Xuemei and He Xiangshan, do they know dwarfism, have they mentioned it to you? I asked softly.

Li Wu and Kong Guizhen glanced at each other, and then they thought about it for a while, and shook their heads one after another, saying that they didn't know dwarfism, and they hadn't heard their daughter and son-in-law mention related people.

"How long have the two of them been running a commissary?" I paused and asked.

"After the two of them got married, they started to open a commissary, think about how they have been married for more than ten years." Li Wu sighed and said quietly.

After listening to him, Kong Guizhen next to him immediately added to us: "It's been twelve years, Xiaomei got married at the age of twenty-four, and she is Chinese New Year's Eve six years old today, so the commissary should have been open for twelve years." ”

Li Wu calculated carefully, and replied in a loud voice: "Yes, yes, yes, it's been twelve years." ”

"After they ran the commissary, did they make any enemies? Or has something like that been mentioned to you? Li Meng took over and continued to ask.

This question is important because the nature of the case is most likely a vendetta.

Li Wu and Kong Guizhen also deeply understood the importance of this question, so they did not dare to answer it easily.

They glanced at each other, carefully recalling the bits and pieces of the past twelve years, for fear of missing a single detail.

"By the way, two years ago, my daughter mentioned that a person came to buy something and gave fifty yuan of counterfeit money, is this considered a grudge?" Li Wu asked me suddenly.

"Is there a follow-up to this counterfeit incident?" I immediately asked.

Li Wu thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No, the person who spent the counterfeit money never came again." ”

Hearing this, I smiled slightly and explained to the two old men: "The so-called vendetta must be that Li Xuemei and He Xiangshan had a quarrel with each other, or clashed, or touched each other's interests. Only in this way will the other party feel resentful and come to take revenge. The victims of counterfeit money incidents are them, not the other party. ”

I gave the two of them a vendetta standard and asked them to think according to it.

The two old men thought about it for a long time and told us a lot of things about the feud, but as far as we policemen are concerned, these things are just trivial things, and they will not rise to the level of homicide cases.

"I really can't remember, after all, we don't live together, these two children are sensible children, and they never report good news or bad news. So we don't know what happened to them in their lives, and that's all we can think of at the moment. Li Wu looked at me with some excitement, he was very helpless at this time, that helplessness was resentment towards himself, he hated himself for not being able to provide more useful clues.

"He Xiangshan and Li Xuemei, do you usually have close contact with you?" I pondered for a moment and suddenly asked.

Kong Guizhen nodded again and again and said, "Closely, we often have video calls and often meet." After all, the relationship between the two of them and their in-laws is not good, and they are very stiff. ”