Chapter 8: Neighbors
On the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, families gather together to wait for the moment when the New Year's bell rings, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.
Tonight, no one is destined to sleep.
And we are destined to have no one to sleep.
After receiving the facts of the case, all departments in Ningzhou City were nervously entering a state of combat readiness, until when we returned from the scene of the crime, all departments could immediately conduct trace examinations, laboratory tests, and analysis of some physical evidence collected from the scene.
The seven deceased, the amount of biological samples and physical evidence is very large.
While everyone was collecting and sorting out the physical evidence, I went to the neighbor's house next door.
The layout of this neighborhood is like this, like the unit door of a building, one by one.
The first person who discovered the homicide and called the police was the neighbor on the first floor next door, and to some extent, the neighbor was also completely suspected of committing the crime, and after the murder, he pretended that nothing had happened.
This is definitely not a random speculation, because among the many criminal cases we have solved, there are not a few cases in which the murderer has reported the crime to the police.
Walking into the neighbor's house, Officer Wang was taking a criminal police officer to get a transcript for them and asking them in detail about the circumstances of the crime scene.
"How many years have you known this single-surname family?" Officer Wang asked seriously.
"We've known each other for over four years...... man's mouth shuckle.
This family is a young couple, the man is Jiang Wenbo, and the woman is Song Xuerou.
During Officer Wang's questioning, it was Jiang Wenbo who was answering questions all the time, while Song Xuerou was curled up on the sofa, her arms clasped on her knees, and her eyes looked a little dullly ahead.
According to Jiang Wenbo, the couple was about to go to deliver some prawns to their neighbors, and then found the body in the house, and it seems that Song Xuerou was visibly frightened.
Jiang Wenbo was also frightened, and in the face of the police's questions, he kept stammering to answer.
"More than four years?" Officer Wang frowned suddenly, and asked Jiang Wenbo again.
Jiang Wenbo nodded hurriedly, and replied weakly: "Yes, the two of us only moved here four years ago, and when we moved here, Lao Shan and they lived next door to us, and soon we became acquainted." ”
Officer Wang nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "How is the relationship between the two of you?" ”
"Relationship? We have a good relationship, the two of us belong to the kind of self-acquaintance, and the relationship with the neighbors is good. The old man next door lives with a large family, and their family is good, and their personalities are also very good. Jiang Wenbo said seriously.
"Do you know a single family of seven?" Officer Wang paused and asked again.
"Acquaintance, after all, we have known each other for more than four years, and when his family gave birth to a second child, we also went to the ceremony, as well as the full moon and milk, we all went."
As the problem deepened, Jiang Wenbo's mood slowly calmed down, especially when Officer Wang asked about these questions about daily life, Jiang Wenbo's answer was fluent, and his tone slowly stabilized.
"Do you have any enemies outside the single family? Or with whom do you have a dispute? Like economic disputes or something? Officer Wang asked suddenly.
Money is a good thing, but it's also the culprit that turns many people against each other.
Friends will cut off ties because of money, relatives will break off relationships because of money, and families will break up because of money.
We've seen too many examples of this kind of thing.
We have solved too many cases of murder because of money.
However, after all, some of this problem involves privacy, which belongs to the private affairs of a family, adhering to the principle that family ugliness cannot be publicized, and it is difficult for outsiders to know about the private affairs of the family.
"This ...... I don't know......"
Sure enough, Jiang Wenbo gave us a negative answer.
"You have such a good relationship with their family, have you heard anything? Or what do you learn from the chat? Officer Wang looked him in the eye and asked.
Jiang Wenbo thought for a while and shook his head: "I don't know." ”
Officer Wang nodded, also lost in thought, and then he realized that I had been standing by his side for a long time.
Immediately afterwards, Officer Wang asked again, "Have the Shan family any relatives come recently?" ”
"Relatives? I didn't pay attention to this, because they have a family of seven, and they really live together, and there are no relatives outside......" Jiang Wenbo's answer was a little hesitant, which made us feel a little strange.
It stands to reason that there is no need for him to hide anything from us on this issue.
There is also a possibility, because he is not very sure of this answer, so he seems a little hesitant.
"Are you sure?!" I frowned suddenly, took the conversation, and asked seriously.
This question is very crucial for us to solve this tragic case, and we have determined that this is a crime committed by an acquaintance, who Chinese New Year's Eve is not at home at night to make dumplings for the New Year, and the people who come to the single family are either relatives or neighbors.
Hearing my question, Jiang Wenbo suddenly became a little flustered, and began to stammer.
"I ...... I...... I don't know......" He swallowed hard and added, "I really don't know." ”
Officer Wang and I looked at each other, but neither spoke.
Then, Jiang Wenbo suddenly frowned, and said very complainingly: "This year's is really unlucky, you said you, what kind of prawns do you have nothing to send to your neighbors?!" ”
When encountering things, there are two kinds of people, one is accustomed to taking all the fault on themselves, saying that if they had done what they had done earlier, they would not have done so. There is also the habit of putting all the fault on others, saying that if the other person does not do what he does, he will not do anything.
Hearing Jiang Wenbo's complaint, Song Xuerou, who had not spoken beside her, suddenly widened her eyes, and immediately quarreled with Jiang Wenbo: "What do you mean for me to send prawns to my neighbors?" Can you rely on me for this kind of thing?! Besides, didn't you propose to send it in the first place?! ”
Jiang Wenbo was speechless when refuted, and he was speechless for a while.
"Stop, stop, don't quarrel during the New Year." Officer Wang interrupted the conversation between the two with some reluctance.
Song Xuerou glared at Jiang Wenbo fiercely, turned sideways and sat down.
Jiang Wenbo didn't know what to do for a while, and muttered vigorously: "It's really unlucky, when the New Year is over, I have to change the house." ”
Judging from the situation of the residents in this ancient pavilion alley, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and there are not many houses with lights on, so they should all go to relatives' homes to visit for the New Year.
In this way, the only way to investigate the case by visiting neighbors is Jiang Wenbo's family.
Now they can't say why, so we can only focus on investigating the social relations of the seven deceased......