Zhu Kang turned his head and glanced at Zhao Xiangwan.

Zhao Xiangwan nodded, motioned for him to continue, lowered his head and began to take notes.

Zhu Kang picked up the picture that Ji Zhao had just drawn and looked at it carefully.

Even with grief in his heart and tears in his eyes, Zhu Kang still carefully examined the picture of murder on a rainy night in front of him.

This is the picture that has been hidden in my heart for twenty years.

It was this memory that haunted him for many years.

It was the little girl in the painting who had been appearing in his dreams.

Zhu Kang stretched out his hand and gently stroked the little girl with wide eyes, a deep knife wound on her head, and blood flowing through her eyes and cheeks, but she still remembered that she motioned to hide herself and not make a sound, and called softly in her heart: "Sister-"

Gong Rou was two years older than her younger brother Gong Yong, and was only nine years old when she was killed.

Now standing in the interrogation room and becoming a police officer, Zhu Kang is actually Gong Yong, born in 1969.

Zhu Kang is Gong Yong's cousin and uncle's only son.

The tragedy occurred in March 1975, when the spring rain was pouring and the spring was cold.

That night, in addition to Gong Yong's family of six, there was also a six-year-old cousin Zhu Kang. Uncle and aunt came to live at home for a period of time during the Spring Festival, Zhu Kang had fun with Gong Yong and Gong Rou, and always chattered when he got home, so his uncle sent him to Jiuwan Village a few days ago to play with his cousin and cousin.

Originally, the three children lived in the same room and slept in one bed, but that day Zhu Kang happened to be a little cold, so Gong Yong's mother took Zhu Kang over to take care of him and slept in the same bed with adults.

The murderer broke into the raider's house, killed a family of six, mistook Zhu Kang for Gong Yong, counted the corpses exactly six, thought that the door had been destroyed, and walked away.

It wasn't until the next day that the villagers found the family dead and called the police, who found Gong Yong hiding under the bed.

Gong Yong was too frightened and lost his memory.

Uncle and aunt are in the suburbs of Zhushi, growing vegetables for a living, and found that their only son died tragically, and in sadness, they were afraid of the murderer's revenge, so they took Gong Yong home to raise them.

In the 70s, the criminal investigation methods were limited, and all traces were eliminated on a rainy night, and the tragedy of the Gong family's destruction was not solved, and it became a local comprehensive unsolved case.

The villagers who still remember this incident shook their heads and sighed: Alas! It's so miserable, the whole family is dead, they are all good people.

There are also superstitious old people who still have lingering palpitations: evil ghosts ask for their lives, a family of six, Amitabha Buddha~

Zhu Kang remembered everything.

He slowly walked to the edge of the iron fence, held up the picture, and said to Ah Qiang, who was sitting in a chair: "Lu Fuqiang, you are also from Caiqi Township, right?" Folks, why? Twenty years ago, you were only sixteen years old, why did you kill people? Why did you kill Gong Dazhuang's family of six?! ”

The past that had been hidden in his heart for twenty years was suddenly broken by Zhu Kang, and Lu Fuqiang's heart was full of fear.

He was forced to lower his hand and looked up in a daze.

Facing the last face that had a six- or seven-point resemblance to Gong Dazhuang, Lu Fuqiang shouted wildly: "I don't want it either!" I don't want to it either! They forced it! They said that they had to surrender their names and commit murder. We built a three-knife club, got tattoos, and had to kill a few people to prove ourselves. ”

Murder Preaching?

Zhu Kang couldn't believe his ears: "Who are they?!" Why kill people to preach? Why did you build a three-knife club? Why choose Gong Dazhuang's family of six? ”

Lu Fuqiang was babbling and tossing for a long time just now, and his whole spirit was almost collapsed, coupled with Zhu Kang's face that resembled Gong Dazhuang's face and his thin but resilient figure like a small tree, his psychological defense line completely collapsed, and all the things that should be said and what should not be said were poured out.

"We didn't have anything to do after graduating from junior high school, and we passed the time with idle books all day long. Shangwu has a good brain, and gave our gang a name called Sandaohui, Sichun loves to draw, so he took blue ink and a needle, and tattooed a pattern on his arm. Isn't there a nine-pattern dragon Shi Jin in the Water Margin? That tattoo is beautiful. ”

"With the name of the gang and the tattoo, the next thing is to do a big case."

"Shang Wu said that in the Water Margin, when you go to Liangshan to be a hero, you must have a vote, and when Lin Chong fell into the grass for Kou, he had to kill people, so we also had to practice courage with three knives. I was actually afraid, but I couldn't stop the two of them from being active, so I discussed who to kill. ”

Sichun said that he killed his cousin Gong Dazhuang's family. I asked why, wasn't that his relative? ”

Sichun said that his grandfather and Gong Dazhuang's father were brothers, not that they had never been close, because the land reform was divided into families. Gong Dazhuang's parents were in good health and could earn work, but they only gave birth to one son, Gong Dazhuang, and after graduating from high school, they managed to send him to the city as a worker, and his life was getting better and better. But Gong Sichun's family is getting worse and worse because of the old man's poor health and the six children in the family. Last year, Gong Sichun wanted to continue his high school studies, but his family had no money, so he went to Gong Dazhuang's house to borrow it, but he refused to borrow. ”

"Just because of these things, Sichun hated Gong Dazhuang's family and decided to do it. He also said that because he was a relative, no one would suspect that it was his hand. We first stayed at my house in Xiaowan Village for a few days, so that everyone knew that we were together and not in Jiuwan Village. Find a rainy day, wait until after two o'clock when everyone is asleep, take three kitchen knives, walk across the bridge along the dirt road, go to Gong Dazhuang's house in Jiuwan Village, kill two old ones first, then kill two big ones, and finally kill two small ones. They robbed their belongings and made the police think it was a burglary. ”

"Gong Sichun was familiar with the environment and the room, entered through the back door of the kitchen, and took us room by room. Gong Sichun was so ruthless that he picked up the knife and slashed at the skull. The first room was two old ones, and for only two minutes, without even a sound, they were killed; The second room is two big ones, after hacking Gong Dazhuang to death, his wife woke up, protecting the child in her arms, Gong Sichun killed his cousin-in-law, and threw the small one to Lu Shangwu, Shangwu stabbed him to death in a trembling trembling.

Then, Gong Sichun said that he still had a child in his family, and he found out and killed him.

We walked together to the third room. It was dark, there was no light, and a bolt of lightning struck, and we saw a little girl standing barefoot by the bed, looking at us with wide eyes of horror.

Lu Shangwu said, is it a girl? Pity.

Gong Sichun urged angrily: Hurry up, take your things and leave.

He looked at me and pushed me forward: What are you doing standing stupidly? Hurry up and kill her! If you don't do it all the time, do you want to join the gang?

I had no choice but to step forward and slash her head a lot, and in my panic I almost tripped over her, and was scolded by Gong Sichun twice. I was scared too much, I was really scared, so much blood! So many dead people!

We all wore raincoats and rain boots, quietly returned to my house, changed our clothes and shoes, washed them overnight, and slept until dawn. The next day, when the police went to investigate village by village, we were still a little scared, but when they checked and checked, they didn't suspect our group of half-grown children at all, and they couldn't find out anything, so I was relieved. ”

Actually, I'm still afraid, really, very afraid. When I closed my eyes, the sound of the knife slashing at the skull, the scene of blood splashing when the knife sank into the flesh and pulled out, I had a nightmare for two years, every day and night, I carried a kitchen knife around the house, I lost my shape, and then ran away from home and wandered around, I suffered a lot, and made some money, but no amount of money could get me out of that nightmare. I can't sleep in the same bed with anyone at night, and I feel creepy as soon as I lie down. I've tried, I've really tried, but ...... I killed Ah Xia by mistake. ”

"That day, the two of us finally got along, Ah Xia lay next to me, and I hugged her and felt like I was embracing the whole world. But the next morning, I found that the bed was covered with blood, Ah Xia had been slashed on the head and body more than a dozen times, and I still had a kitchen knife in my hand. ”

"I know, I'm done."

"I just lived like a wandering spirit, like a mouse. I nested in that knife city, and only by looking at the room full of knives did I stop being so afraid. I brag everywhere that I killed many, many people, but in fact...... I only have two lives under my hands, one is Ah Xia, and the other is the little girl of the Gong family. ”

Speaking of this, Ah Qiang suddenly looked anxious and leaned forward: "Comrade policeman, you can arrest me." Did you know? I just took a nap in a chair in the detention center and slept soundly. It's safe and secure with iron bars everywhere. ”

Zhu Kang looked at him coldly: "Committing a crime at the age of sixteen, killing people left a psychological shadow, right?" ”

Cuong didn't speak, but slowly turned his head sideways and turned his right ear towards Zhu Kang.

It means that he is listening, reminiscing.

"At that time, I was young and ignorant, and when I saw the book about robbing houses and houses, falling into the grass, drinking wine in a big bowl, eating meat, and being manly, how manly, what a scene!"

"When the three of us were in junior high school, it was during the sports period, and the teachers didn't dare to care, they didn't dare to talk nonsense, and if they dared to force us to do our homework, we would put big letters on them. If they dare to criticize us, we will drag them out and put on high hats. No matter how much we go too far, as long as we hold the quotation and read it aloud, no one will dare to say half a word about us. ”

"But when I actually killed someone, I didn't feel any joy at all."

"I'm afraid, I'm scared to death! At that time, when Sichun was cutting his grandfather and grandmother, a lightning bolt struck, and I saw that his face was full of blood, and his eyes were also red, and he was so frightened that his hand carrying the knife was trembling all the time. ”

Zhu Kang gritted his teeth: "You killed my sister!" She's only nine years old! ”

Lu Fuqiang raised his head, looked at Zhu Kang blankly, and suddenly grinned: "Oh, your sister is that little girl, right?" I'm sorry, I don't know your sister, but Sichun said that he had to hack one to death, or he would kill me. I don't dare to cut adults, only children, I'm sorry......"

Lu Fuqiang grinned, revealing a mouthful of smoky yellowed teeth, ugly and eerie.

Zhu Kang asked: "What year did you kill Ah Xia, and where did you commit it?" What was done with the corpse? ”

Lu Fuqiang confessed honestly.

He has been hiding for the past 20 years, for fear of being imprisoned, afraid of being shot by the police, until today when he entered the detention center, he saw a policeman dressed in olive green, and told the sins that had accumulated in his heart, and suddenly he was relieved, and the whole person became relaxed.

After he finished explaining, he signed the transcript and made a request: "Comrade policeman, when you go to my hometown to investigate, can you help me go to see my parents?" In the past ten years, I didn't dare to go home once, I was afraid to go back, I was afraid to see the old house of the Gong family. ”

Zhu Kang was noncommittal, and his heart was extremely heavy.

Finally completed the interrogation, it was almost eleven o'clock in the evening, Zhao Xiangwan, Ji Zhao, and Zhu Kang returned to the office, Gao Guangqiang was still waiting for them, after understanding the situation, Gao Guangqiang stood up, stretched out his arms and hugged Zhu Kang, and patted him twice on the back.

Zhu Kang said in a hoarse voice: "There are also two murderers, Gong Sichun and Lu Shangwu, according to Ah Qiang's confession, the Three Knife Society fell apart after the murder case, and they never got together again." Later, Ah Qiang left home, only to hear that Gong Sichun stayed in his hometown, and Lu Shangwu moved to the county with his family, and he didn't know how they were doing later. ”

Gao Guangqiang asked him, "What do you want?" ”

Zhu Kang said: "I want to restart the investigation of the tragedy, I want to find out those two things that are not as good as beasts, and let them accept the punishment of the law!" ”

Gao Guangqiang nodded heavily: "Okay!" I will issue an investigation warrant to the Luo County Public Security Bureau, and you will go back to participate in the investigation. ”

Zhao Xiangwan said: "Lao Gao, I'll go too." ”

Ji Zhao was very resolute this time and looked at Zhao Xiangwan.

[I'll go too.] 】

Zhao Xiangwan was too busy with work and wanted to wait for her to accompany him, so it was better for Ji Zhao to take the initiative to follow.

Zhao Xiangwan glanced at Ji Zhao, thinking of the speed and accuracy of his portrait and drawing just now, this time he went to Luo County to investigate, most of them had to find people, so Ji Zhao, the portraitist, was very important, so he looked at Gao Guangqiang: "Let Ji Zhao go with him, he is responsible for portrait searching." ”

Gao Guangqiang: "Okay, Ji Zhao followed." Let Zhou Rulan also go with her, she can drive, she is careful, she has a set of file management, and it will be more convenient to restart the big case of destroying the door twenty years ago. ”

Zhu Kang and Zhao Xiangwan stood up at the same time and saluted: "Yes!" ”

Ji Zhao was not a police officer, he only straightened his waist and nodded slightly.

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The autumn breeze is cool, and the wind carries a greasy osmanthus fragrance.

Zhu Kang drove, Zhou Rulan sat in the co-pilot, Zhao Xiangwan and Ji Zhao sat in the back seat, and the four of them drove a newly bought jeep from the city bureau and drove onto the road to Luo County.

Now the provincial highways at all levels are being built better and better, and it takes about three hours to drive from Xingshi to Luoxian County. I left at 8 a.m. and arrived at the Luo County Public Security Bureau at about 11 a.m.

The person in charge of the reception was Pan Lei, director of the Political Work Office of the Luo County Public Security Bureau, who was very enthusiastic: "Is it a comrade from the provincial capital? Your Director Xu has already called to explain that we will definitely try to cooperate with your investigation, and if there is anything needed, just ask. ”

Zhao Xiangwan explained his intentions.

Because it was an old case twenty years ago, Pan Lei also felt a little tricky: "Alas, for such a long time, we have experienced ten years of movement, and a lot of our work has been revolutionized in seven or five years. People who will interfere don't know if the file is still there. Wait a minute, I'll ask which police station was in charge at the time, and see if the old file is still there. ”

Zhu Kang said eagerly: "It would be better if the police officer who was in charge of handling the case at that time could be found." ”

Pan Lei nodded again and again: "This is for sure, let's ask, it is estimated that we will not be able to give you news until tomorrow at the earliest." In this case, I will arrange for you to stay in the guest house first, and then find someone to take you around our county? ”

Zhao Xiangwan waved his hand: "You're welcome. I'm from Luo County, and I can arrange the accommodation and dinner by myself, so you just need to hurry up and find the files. ”

When Pan Lei heard that Zhao Xiangwan was from Luo County, he felt even more cordial, and after a few more idle words, Zhao Xiangwan left his contact information, and the four of them drove away.

This time, Zhou Rulan was driving, and Zhao Xiangwan was sitting in the co-pilot command.

Zhu Kang sat in the back row, anxious.

Zhao Xiangwan turned his head and comforted him: "We are the police handling the case, not a private revenge, everything must be done according to the process." Don't worry, we will definitely be notified when there is progress in Luo County, and then we will go to the countryside to investigate, and live in Luo County today. Hungry? I'll take you to my aunt's rice noodle shop for dinner. ”

The emperor of the meal was big, and the four of them quickly reached an agreement and went to the Ruyi rice noodle shop located on the catering street of the train station.

Located on the corner of the street, there is a small shop that looks clean and refreshing, and there is a gold-lettered signboard hanging above the storefront, and the five big characters of Ruyi rice noodle shop are particularly conspicuous.

It is the time to eat at noon, and it is very lively with people coming and going.

The characteristics of rice noodles in Luoxian County, Hunan Province are all kinds of yards that are freshly fried, including stir-fried meat with green peppers, fried pork liver with green peppers, stir-fried fat sausages, fried bacon with white peppers, and fried chicken offal...... A small spoonful of vegetables is poured over the rice noodles, plus lard, bone broth, and a variety of seasonings such as mustard, capers, sauerkraut, peanuts, garlic, coriander, and shallots on the counter.

A big bowl of Luoxian rice noodles, there are vegetables, noodles and soup, according to the different yards of two, three, five pieces, full and delicious, so in this railway station with a large flow of people, business is booming.

The last time they were on a mission, Zhao Xiangwan and Zhu Kang came and went in a hurry, and they didn't have time to visit their aunt at all, this time they finally stepped into this rice noodle shop, Zhao Xiangwan's eyes flashed with excitement and joy, and his steps were like flying, and he was rushed out and grabbed his arm as soon as he entered the store.

Zhao Dacui was wearing a brown apron, full of oil smoke, chubby figure, but extremely flexible, standing behind the counter and seeing Zhao Xiangwan at a glance, he was so happy that he didn't even cook the powder, ran out and grabbed Zhao Xiangwan, laughing and crying: "Xiangwan, you're back, why are you so busy?" I haven't been back for so long, and my aunt wants to kill you. ”

The customers queuing up at the back saw the chef in the back kitchen running out, and they were anxious and shouted one after another.

"Hey, what are you doing~"