The key is one large and one small, and the small one is about three centimeters long, similar to an ordinary household key, and the large one is about four centimeters long, and there is a wavy pattern on the handle of the key. After seeing the big key, Liang Zhe immediately took out his own key, and compared it and found that the two were almost the same in shape and pattern, but there were slight differences in gears.

This big key is likely to be the universal door key of Liang Zhe's community.

Both keys have a small amount of dirt and gravel on the surface, moldy and rusty on the sides and bottom of the keys, and the traces left in the grooves are also obvious after the keys are taken out, and they are definitely not recently put in.

The key was blown by the wind and rain, and there must have been no trace of the user, so Liang Zhe took a picture first, and then put the key in a transparent plastic bag. As he walked out of the cave, the golden sunlight shone on him like flowing water, causing him to feel a sense of vertigo, and the scenery around him became very unreal. He sat down on the rock, took out the key, and looked through the plastic bag again. He couldn't be sure what his mood was at the moment, his mind went blank at the first glance of the key, then excitement and excitement, then irrepressible joy, as if Yang Yang had found it, and now he gradually calmed down, knowing that it was not over.

He began to think about what to do next.

His wife was much calmer than him and sent him a text reminding him: Do you want to call the police?

He also had this idea, but in the past few years, he has provided clues to the police, and every time he finds something, he can't wait to tell the police.

Just as he was thinking about it, the woman called, and Liang Zhe answered immediately.

"It's been a day." The woman was the first to speak, "How's the money going?" ”

"It's still in preparation." Liang Zhe wanted to delay, "Give me another day." ”

"I knew it." The woman's tone was serious, "Since you don't want to give money, then don't blame me for destroying the evidence." ”

"I've recorded all of your words." Liang Zhe decided to test it, "I want to call the police, you can't run away, even if you don't participate in Yangyang's affairs, just extortion is enough for you." ”

"Then I'll tell you the truth, I don't know any evidence at all, let alone Yangyang, I just happened to pass by the mountains a year ago, and I randomly stuffed a key in the cave to enter, if you believe it, you don't believe it." The woman's tone became relaxed, "As for the money, you are willing to do it, it is a normal transaction, and I didn't force you, this is called information fee." This number is a wild number, you can't find me at all, what's the use of your recording, what I said on a whim, I can be convicted, don't be too naïve. ”

The woman's words made Liang Zhe feel disappointed and even more angry, although judging from the state of the key, it doesn't look like it was put in in a short period of time, but it can't rule out the possibility that the woman stuffed it in a year or two ago.

"So, please." The woman hung up the phone directly.

Liang Zhe immediately called back, but the other party didn't answer, and called back again, prompting that it could not be connected, and it should have been blocked.

The joy and excitement just now were gone, Liang Zhe realized that a woman's request for 100,000 might be a pretense, her original intention was 20,000 or 30,000, yesterday's woman's insistence made Liang Zhe feel that she didn't look like a lie, and today the woman heard that Liang Zhe was going to call the police, and immediately picked herself up, and at a glance she was ready to retreat at any time.

Are women really liars? Liang Zhe was deceived by these two meaningless keys for 20,000?

But Liang Zhe always felt that something was wrong, he took two deep breaths and thought about it, but his thoughts were always not smooth, the woman's words and deeds were indeed unreasonable, and the timing of the appearance was also very coincidental, just after he found out that Yangyang was pushed down the pit by Pang Jinjin. There is another question that Liang Zhe can't figure out, that is, why are there two keys, if the woman has planned to deceive her, plugging a key can achieve the effect.

The woman knows both the turtle toy and the location of the cave, and takes such a risk, just for 20,000 yuan?

The wife sent a text: There is another possibility, that is, the key is real, the woman saw that you didn't want to give any more money, and you were going to call the police, so she thought about how much she could get, and quickly broke up the relationship and fled.

"It's a possibility." Liang Zhe's train of thought finally opened, "She retreated too quickly, more like a weak heart, maybe she said that she was afraid that I would call the police." But before calling the police, we need to confirm which of her claims is true. I think we have to start with these two keys, the key is the evidence, but also the clue. ”

Liang Zhe and his wife had a brief discussion, and then went down the mountain.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Liang Zhe returned to the city.

He first made a one-to-one copy of the two keys, including the gear and the handle, and tried it on his door, and the key could be inserted, but could not be rotated. Then he went upstairs to Deng Zhongquan's house, Deng Zhongquan had already moved out, he directly inserted the key into it to try, but he couldn't rotate it. Then he went to Pang Yi's house again, and after trying that the key could not be used, he knocked on the door, Pang Jinjin opened the door, and when he saw Liang Zhe, Pang Jinjin looked surprised and took two steps back nervously.

"Who?" He Ranran's inquiry came from the living room.

Pang Yi, who was wearing an apron, poked out half of his head at the entrance.

It's Saturday and none of them go to work.

Seeing Pang Yi standing still, He Ranran came over, and when she saw Liang Zhe, she was stunned at first, and then quickly stepped forward, pulled Pang Jinjin behind her, and said to Pang Jinjin: "It's none of your business here, go to the study." ”

After Pang Jinjin entered the study, He Ranran crossed his arms and asked Liang Zhe in a cold voice: "What are you doing?" ”

Liang Zhe directly explained his intentions: "In recent years, have you changed the door locks in your house?" ”

He Ranran replied reluctantly: "No, the door is the original match, and the door lock is also the original match." ”

Liang Zhe looked at Pang Yi at the entrance, a few meters away, he felt that Pang Yi's face was a little unfamiliar, as if this was not his friend for more than ten years, but a stranger who met for the first time, he asked Pang Yiyi: "Is that so?" ”

Pang Yi nodded, didn't speak, and his eyes behind the lenses looked detached.

He Ranran took a step forward and asked in an unkind tone, "What do you want to do?" ”

Liang Zhe didn't want to talk to He Ranran more, for fear that he wouldn't be able to control his emotions if he talked too much, so he turned around and left.

He Ranran followed out and said to Liang Zhe's back: "From now on, don't come to our house again." Also, if you dare to find trouble with Pang Jinjin, I will definitely not be able to spare you. ”

In the first half of the sentence, Liang Zhe stopped, and after the last sentence was finished, Liang Zhe turned back, grabbed He Ranran's collar, and said in a deep voice: "You remember for me, I just let you go for the time being, sooner or later I will settle accounts with you, and when the matter is over, I will definitely make your whole family pay the price, soon!" ”

Liang Zhe pushed He Ranran hard and pushed him directly into the door.

He Ranran didn't chase him out again, after Liang Zhe got on the elevator, he was still a little excited, as long as he saw He Ranran, he would think of the scene when Yangyang was pushed down, anger would come up, and there was an urge to kill, from the oldest to the smallest, there was no good person in this family, and he secretly decided that one day he would teach them a hard lesson.

Liang Zhe drove out of the community and went to Deng Zhongquan's new home.

The person who opened the door was Deng Feifei.

"Where's your parents?" Liang Zhe asked.

"I don't know." Deng Feifei said lightly.

Liang Zhe glanced inside, Deng Feifei turned around and walked towards the living room: "Come in and sit." ”

Liang Zhe hesitated for a moment, but still went in, he sat on the sofa and called Deng Zhongquan.

Deng Feifei put a glass of water on the coffee table, and Liang Zhe glanced at it, it was lemonade. The phone was dialed, and Liang Zhe told Deng Zhongquan that he was at his house and wanted to ask him in person if he had something urgent, and Deng Zhongquan said that he would go home within half an hour. After hanging up the phone, Liang Zhe found Deng Feifei sitting on the chair opposite the coffee table, looking at him.

"Do you know something?" Liang Zhe stared at Deng Feifei's eyes.

Deng Feifei didn't speak, still looking at him.

"Does Yangyang's disappearance have anything to do with you?" Liang Zhe raised his voice.

"Do you have to ask that question to everyone you see?" Deng Feifei's voice and expression were very indifferent.

Liang Zhe took a sip of lemonade, the sour and cold feeling was very refreshing, and his body was also a little refreshed. He does ask this question often, so he has also summed up a lot of experience, knowing that when he stares at the other party's eyes and asks with a serious expression, if the other party has a ghost in his heart, his expression and gaze will change, judging from Deng Feifei's reaction just now, there should be no ghost in her heart, and there is no need to talk.

The conversation between the two ended abruptly in the form of an inquiry.

Deng Feifei got up and walked into the small bedroom, the door was open.

Liang Zhe drank a glass of lemonade, leaned back on the sofa, and closed his eyes to rest.

More than an hour later, Deng Zhongquan came back, waiting for Liang Zhe's heart to be anxious.

"Have you changed the door lock in the last few years?" Liang Zhe asked.

"You mean hometown, right?" After Deng Zhongquan sat down, he lit a cigar leisurely.

"Yes." Liang Zhe observed Deng Zhongquan's expression.

"I want to think about it-" Deng Zhongquan squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, "I did, about five years ago, I changed the door lock." ”

Liang Zhe rubbed his hands lightly, knowing that the key was likely to belong to Deng Zhongquan's family.

"Why do you ask this?" Deng Zhongquan took a puff on his cigar and looked puzzled.

"I picked up a key, I don't know if it's before you changed the lock." Liang Zhe took out a plastic bag from his pocket and put it on the coffee table, he had already packed the two keys separately, and there was only a big key in it at this time.

Deng Zhongquan picked up the plastic bag and looked at it, shaking his head: "How can you judge this?" The locks are gone. ”

Liang Zhe immediately asked: "Do you still have the key before changing the lock?" ”

"I don't have it, Feng Yuan is also choked enough, if it was before moving, I could have looked for it, but now that I have moved, there is nowhere to find it." Deng Zhongquan seemed to think of something, and shouted into the small bedroom, "Feifei, come here." ”

Deng Feifei leaned against the door frame and looked at the two people in the living room.

Deng Zhongquan asked her: "Our family changed the lock once five years ago, do you still keep the key to the old lock?" ”

Deng Feifei thought for a moment and returned to the bedroom.

A few minutes later, Deng Feifei came out again and placed a key on the coffee table.

"Are you sure it's this?" Deng Zhongquan asked Deng Feifei.

Deng Feifei nodded. Liang Zhe immediately picked it up, compared with the key in the plastic bag, the size and pattern are the same, the gear can not be seen with the naked eye, he proposed to let the professional with the key judge, Deng Zhongquan and Liang Zhe together, came to a nearby key shop, the store household equipment checked, and concluded that the two keys are the same lock.

"This is what I found in the cave where Yang Yang disappeared." Liang Zhe suddenly said to Deng Zhongquan.

Deng Zhongquan was stunned, obviously not thinking about the causal relationship.

"It should have been carried by the person who murdered Yangyang." Liang Zhe deliberately put the word murder very seriously.

Deng Zhongquan glanced at Liang Zhe in surprise, his pupils dilated, and his eyes were inquiring.

"You, or Feng Yuan, are the biggest suspect!" Liang Zhe raised his voice and said.

"How could it be. Feng Yuan, I don't know, anyway, I definitely have nothing to do with it. Deng Zhongquan looked at Liang Zhe with a frank face, "If it really has a relationship, I will take the initiative to help you find the key and take the initiative to identify it with you?" ”

Liang Zhe didn't speak, this was a temptation for him, and he knew that Feng Guang was the biggest suspect.

"I remembered that the reason why we changed the lock five years ago was because of Feng Guang." Deng Zhongquan's eyes narrowed, "Do you remember Feng Guang?" It's Feng Yuan's younger brother who doesn't do business. Five years ago, he and his girlfriend lived in my house for a while, and after he left, Feng Yuan proposed to change the locks, fearing that he would suddenly come back, and that was before Yangyang disappeared. ”

Liang Zhe didn't notice anything unusual from Deng Zhongquan's change in expression.

"There's one more thing I want to tell you." Deng Zhongquan pointed forward, and as the two walked, he said, "The night before yesterday, a strange woman blocked me at the gate of the community, saying that she knew about Yangyang's disappearance five years ago, and if I didn't give her money, I would send Feng Guang to prison. Now that you've found the key, I wonder if there's any connection between the two. ”

Liang Zhe thought quickly in his mind, he didn't expect Deng Zhongquan to be so honest.

"You said you've always doubted me, and now that you have this key, you have to doubt me even more." Deng Zhongquan took a long breath and looked helpless, "Anyway, the key belongs to my family, so I am suspicious." But if that woman didn't lie, this matter really had something to do with Feng Guang, and he dropped the key? ”

Liang Zhe gritted his teeth, this is his train of thought, and confirming the ownership of the key is to verify the idea.

"I think you should call the police." Deng Zhongquan's expression was solemn, "Catch them and ask them to understand!" ”

Liang Zhe breathed a sigh of relief, at this moment, he was basically sure that the key had nothing to do with Deng Zhongquan, if it really had a relationship, not to mention that Deng Zhongquan's emotional reaction was not abnormal, just calling the police, Deng Zhongquan would definitely stop it.

"Don't worry." Liang Zhe remained calm, "The evidence is not conclusive, and we need to verify whether Feng Guang is really in the mountains first." ”

"That's right." Deng Zhongquan rubbed his chin and groaned, "I asked Feng Yuan the day before yesterday, Feng Yuan said that Feng Guang was not in the mountains at the time, but I think she was hiding something, and the timing of Feng Guang's departure five years ago was also very coincidental, just after Yangyang disappeared, he didn't come back for five years, I think I might as well ask Feng Yuan first." ”

"Okay." Liang Zhe has more trust in Deng Zhongquan, no matter what, this matter is related to Deng Zhongquan's wife and brother-in-law, and Deng Zhongquan's words and deeds show that he did not shelter his family, but stood on Liang Zhe's side.

"I'll help you find out." Deng Zhongquan patted Liang Zhe's shoulder, "It can be regarded as helping me clear my suspicions, I really didn't expect that this matter would be found on my head." Deng Zhongquan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

A trace of emotion rose in Liang Zhe's heart, and there was more friendship in his eyes when he looked at Deng Zhongquan.

Deng Zhongquan also looked at him, and the two looked at each other and smiled, just like five years ago.

A true friendship that will stand the test of time.