Chapter 256 Eyebrows
"So you better be careful, kid. If you dare to make Xiao Min angry and Sister Juan finds out, she will definitely come to your house with a gun to talk to you."

"Tsk, stop scaring me, why would I make my wife angry?

By the way, Xiaotong, which department does Sister Juan work in in the army? I saw her coming yesterday when we took Chen Linfeng away. "

"Hmm?" Su Xiaotong's eyes widened.

"Sister Juan came here yesterday? Why didn't I see her?"

"Yes, she was standing in front of the car. I took a quick look at her."

"Hey, Sister Juan was transferred back to work this time, and was assigned to the security department of the army. I don't know what position she was assigned.

Tsk tsk, I tell you Yancheng, Sister Juan is really as good as any man, she is amazing. "

Security department?

Hearing this, Li Yancheng did not ask any more questions. It was better not to ask too much about some things. He lowered his head and ate the rice and fried vegetables his wife brought him with big mouthfuls.

……

Around four o'clock in the afternoon, some of the people who had gone out to investigate had started to return.

“It can be confirmed that the injury on Guan Weizheng’s neck was caused after 8 o’clock last night.

The child of the neighboring unit on the first floor of the east household said that he saw Guan Wei walking past his window at around 7 o'clock, but he didn't notice anything around his neck at the time.

"How old is that child?" Su Xiaotong suddenly looked up and asked.

"Uh... twelve."

"Okay, you continue."

"Also, through interviews, we found that someone in Building No. 4 saw Guan Wei walking towards the backyard. This person worked overtime in the workshop until 7:50 and came back. It took him less than ten minutes to walk from the workshop to the family compound.

The master walked side by side with Guan Weizhen and called out to him. He was very sure that Guan Weizhen had nothing around his neck at the time, and his walking posture and expression were no different from usual.

But it is still not possible to confirm whether the wound on his neck was caused in the backyard or outside after he escaped through the tunnel.

"Yancheng, you also saw the wound on Guan Weizheng's neck this morning. Can you tell what caused it?"

After listening to the investigator's report, Su Xiaotong turned to Li Yancheng and asked.

"It's thicker than the head of a screwdriver, and it should be hollow. Only in that way can the poison pass through."

"Needle?"

"It's probably not for human use. I've never seen needles that thick for human use. I've asked Hong Bing to take people to the zoo and the animal husbandry station to borrow all kinds of needles used for animals."

"Okay, Yancheng, keep an eye on the poison."

"Well, I've sent Guan Weizheng's blood sample to the Institute of Pharmaceutical Research. I don't think the laboratory in the bureau can produce the result."

"Didn't Mr. Zhang from the laboratory say that you don't trust him?"

"Tell me what you want. I really hope he can come and slap me in the face with the report card right now."

Li Yancheng shrugged indifferently.

"Hehe." Su Xiaotong smiled and shook his head, then looked at Tian Linjun and asked, "What did you say when you sent someone to the welfare home?"

"We found the retired aunt who was in charge of the daily life of Mao Chunan's group of children.

She had a deep impression of Mao Chunan, firstly because he was one of the first batch of children adopted by the welfare home after liberation.

Second, he was adopted in 1950 when he was four years old, but he ran away again just one month later, and he refused to go even when the couple who adopted him came to look for him.

The aunt said that at first she thought that the couple was not good to the child, so she went to the couple's residence to inquire, but the neighbors said they didn't find anything unusual.

There was no other choice, so the couple finally adopted another little girl.

Later, after careful observation, the aunt discovered that there was a boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old who often came to see him, and Mao Chunan called that child brother.

The aunt asked around and found out that the boy's family and Mao Chunan's family lived together before. When there was a fire in their home, the boy rescued Mao Chunan, who was less than one year old at the time, and brought her with him. It is said that he raised her by begging for food for two years, and then she was sent here after the orphanage was established after liberation."

"A boy, fifteen or sixteen, so he should be thirty-five or thirty-six this year. What's his name? Where is he now?"

"That auntie didn't know. She only knew that the boy's surname was Bao, but she didn't know his specific name. She provided us with two old neighbors from that area. I have asked someone to go and ask them."

"Does Mao Chunan have any other good relationships with people in the welfare home?"

"Yes, he has a good relationship with several children in his group. The welfare home provided information about these people, and I have asked someone to find them."

"Okay, give us feedback as soon as we have news." Su Xiaotong nodded and looked at Sun He, deputy chief of the investigation section.

"Director Su, I am leading people to look for Mao Chunan's technical secondary school classmates. We have already met two of them, one of whom was his roommate.

When talking about Mao Chunan, people say that he is a loner and hardly interacts with his classmates.

His roommate did provide a clue, saying that he had seen Mao Chunan interacting with a man who was a dozen years older than them.

And Mao Chunan seemed to be very afraid of that man.

Once when he passed by the two men, he heard Mao Chunan repeatedly saying that he was wrong and would never do it again. The man seemed very angry at the time.

He turned his head out of curiosity to take a look, but Mao Chunan immediately stopped talking after seeing him.

He asked again after he got back, and Mao Chunan said that was his brother.

Based on what Section Chief Tian just said, I suspect the man this roommate saw was the one with the surname Bao.

The roommate couldn't remember the man's appearance, but he said that the man was wearing a navy blue work suit with a pocket on the left chest with the company name in red and a pen in it.

At this point, Sun He shook his head and smiled: "We plan to check how many companies have uniforms with red factory names and navy blue. I have the impression that many factories have uniforms like this. We can only give it a try. After all, there are not many people with the surname Bao."

At this time, Tian Linjun said: "Let's check the cadres and technicians first. Ordinary workers don't put pens in their pockets."

"Okay, Chief."

After Tian Linjun and Sun He finished speaking, "Mao Fei" and others, Su Xiaotong called out the name of the captain of the second team.

"Su Chu"

"Mao Fei, select some people from your team to assist Sun He in the investigation. He has a lot of work to do."

"Yes"

After finishing his explanation, Su Xiaotong turned around and looked around: "Did Hong Lin take all the people in the team to Wuxuan?"

"Yes, Director Su, they have Mao Chunan's photo and have started searching with the cooperation of the Wuxuan Branch."

"Okay, that's it. Continue to investigate according to your respective tasks and report any problems you find in a timely manner. Mr. Lin, you stay for a while."

……

Wuxuan District is not big, but also not small. With the cooperation of the police station, street office and neighborhood committee staff, the speed of reviewing it all is quite fast.

Beitangzi Hutong is located in the east-central part of Wuxuan District, running east-west with a total length of less than 200 meters. The hutong has both independent courtyards with neat buildings and large courtyards with haphazard construction. There are more than 30 house numbers in total, and more than 80 households live there.

This alley was demolished forty years later and disappeared in the long river of history.

With the cooperation of the local police station and neighborhood committee, Team 1 deputy captain Zhou Jianwen and a team member checked the western alley and then came to Beitangzi Hutong.

After entering four courtyards in succession and failing to get any information, Director Zhang of the neighborhood committee pointed to a small door with house numbers 1-11 and said, "Captain Wang, Captain Zhou, this is a private house. The owner is Liu Jiaquan, years old, a college student, and used to work at the Textile Research Institute.

Last year, I was transferred to a textile factory or a cotton mill in Jinshi to guide some work. I will stay there for three years. I took my wife and children with me and the house is temporarily empty.

I asked a friend to help look after it. I have never met this friend, but I heard from others that he often comes over at night. "

Zhou Jianwen walked forward and looked inside through the crack in the door. Facing the door was a narrow corridor, three or four meters long, with a screen wall at the top, so he could not see the scene in the yard at all.

"Director Zhang, this is a private courtyard, right?"

"Yes, the yard is not big, there are three rooms in total."

"How old is the man who helps look after the house?"

"Oh, I haven't seen him, but he should be about the same age as Liu Jiaquan. It seems that they were classmates. I also heard about it. The details..."

Before Director Zhang could finish his words, the gate of the next yard was opened, and a sleepy young man walked out. As soon as he came out, he saw several people standing here, which frightened him.

"Oh, it's Uncle Zhang. Director Wang is here too."

"Guoqing, did you just wake up? Did you work the night shift last night?"

"Yes, Uncle Zhang. I just worked the night shift this morning and also covered half of someone else's day shift. I didn't fall asleep until I got back at noon. I'm so sleepy."

"Just in time, you come here, I want to ask you something."

Director Zhang raised his hand and waved, motioning the young man to come over.

"What's wrong, Uncle Zhang?" The young man looked at Zhou Jianwen and another team member who were wearing police uniforms with some curiosity. He had never seen these two people before.

"Have you seen the man who looked after your uncle Liu's house?"

"Yes, I have. He always comes over at night. From the sounds he makes, he comes to clean up. He stays for an hour at most and then leaves."

"How old is that person?" The person who asked this question was Zhou Jianwen.

The young man did not answer the question. He just looked at Director Zhang of the neighborhood committee, and then turned to look at Deputy Director Wang of the local police station.

Seeing him looking over, Deputy Director Wang raised his hand and said, "Guoqing, this is Captain Zhou from our Municipal Bureau. If you know the answer to his question, please cooperate."

"Oh, okay." The young man looked at Captain Zhou again and nodded, then replied, "Captain Zhou, the man who helped Uncle Liu look at the house looks to be in his thirties or forties."

"Do you see him often?"

"No, he only comes here once a month or so. I've only seen him twice in total. He seemed to have come here last night."

"You saw it?"

"I didn't see anyone. I saw a light in the yard when I was working the night shift at 11pm. That person sometimes comes here quite late at night. My dad even said that the person is sick. He didn't sleep at home in the middle of the night and came here to sweep the floor."

"Did you hear the sweeping noise last night?"

"Uh…I wasn't paying attention last night."

"Guoqing, please take a look at this photo and see if you have seen the person in the photo."

"Hey"

The photo was of Mao Chunan. The young man frowned as soon as he took the photo.

Seeing his expression, Zhou Jianwen felt something in his mind, as if there was a way.

"I think I've seen this person before."

"Don't rush the National Day, look carefully and think slowly."

"No problem, I saw him the day before yesterday at noon. He was walking out of our alley and I happened to be turning in from the entrance of the alley.

We were both walking fast and not paying attention, so we bumped into each other. He was holding a ball of waste paper, which fell to the ground, so I had to pick it up for him and gave it to him.

He said sorry to me, took the waste paper and left. "

call……

Zhou Jianwen and his team members looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. They had been running for several hours and were exhausted, but finally there was some progress.

Then they both frowned at the same time. This alley led to many directions. Just because they had been here before didn't mean this was their destination.

Just when Zhou Jianwen was about to ask something else, another person came out from the young man's yard.

"Guoqing, you are here... Oh, it's Director Zhang and Director Wang. Why don't you come in when you are at the door? Come in and sit down. Guoqing is such a jerk. You didn't even ask your uncle Zhang and uncle Wang to come in."

"We're not going in, Aunt Wang. We're just here to ask questions." Deputy Director Wang smiled and waved his hand, then said to the young man, "Guoqing, show that photo to your mother."

"Okay, Mom, look at the photo and see if you've seen this person before."

"Let me see"

As the young man's mother spoke, she took out a pair of reading glasses from her pocket and put them on, then took the photo and looked at it carefully.

"I've seen him. This kid is a subordinate of your uncle Liu's friend who looks after houses next door. I've seen him several times."

Zhou Jianwen's eyes almost lit up like light bulbs, and he hurried over.

"Sister-in-law, have you seen the person in the photo?"

"I have seen him. He has been here several times. The most recent time was... the day before yesterday at noon, right? If I remember correctly, he started coming here two months ago. He said he was Director Li's subordinate and came to help clean the house. He always came at noon.

There is also a young man, and they take turns."

There is another one? Zhou Jianwen was slightly startled, and quickly reached out to ask his subordinates for Guan Weizheng's photo: "Sister-in-law, can you see if the other young man is him?"

"Yes, yes, it's definitely him. This kid is handsome. I only saw him once and I remembered him."

If he encountered this, Zhou Jianwen would want to throw his head back and laugh out loud three times.

"Sister-in-law, do you know which unit Director Li you mentioned works in?"

"Oh, I'm not sure. It seems to be some kind of research institute or academy. I'm not well-educated and don't know many words. I just remember this young man..."

The young man’s mother raised the photo of Guan Weizheng in her hand.

"The young man was wearing work clothes when he came over that time. There were words printed on the left chest. I saw them but didn't recognize them. I just remember that the last three words were very similar to the last three words on the work clothes that his uncle Liu usually wore."

Research institute?

The name flashed quickly in Zhou Jianwen's mind.

But as far as he could remember, there was no director with the surname Li in the research institute, not even a middle-level one.

Never mind, let’s go and inform Captain Zeng first.

Thinking of this, he turned around and gave some instructions to his men, asking them to go find Captain Zeng as soon as possible.

"Director Zhang, Chief Wang, we are going to enter this courtyard later."

"This……"

Director Zhang from the neighborhood committee turned his head hesitantly and looked at the deputy director of the local police station next to him.

Deputy Director Wang nodded without even thinking about it.

"No problem, I'll do my best to cooperate. Captain Zhou, do you want me to call a few more people over?"

When the branch leader called to notify us, he said that we must unconditionally cooperate with the work of the Social Affairs Bureau.

For Deputy Director Wang, even if the sky fell, there were tall people from the Social Affairs Bureau to hold it up. What was he afraid of? Not only would they pick the lock to check, he would also cooperate even if the house was pushed down.

Over there, the mother and son of the Wang family were listening with shining eyes. It was the first time for them to be questioned like this by the police. It seemed that something had happened in the Liu family next door. The fire of gossip in the hearts of the mother and son was burning so fiercely that they didn't even care about making dinner.

……

Zeng Honglin ran so fast. When he received the notification that Mao Chunan and Guan Weizhen were spotted in Beitangzi Hutong, he rushed over with his men.

After coming over and understanding the situation, he immediately asked someone to pry open the lock on Liu's door.

The yard looked fine, but the bloodstains on the floor of the main house, the secret compartment that should have been hidden but was now open, and the pile of things on the bed all told us that something big had happened here.

As soon as he came in and took a look, Deputy Director Wang immediately pulled Director Zhang of the neighborhood committee out. He did not even want to leave the house, but went straight out of the yard.

"What's wrong, Wang Suo?"

Director Zhang didn't know why Deputy Director Wang wanted to pull him out, and asked in confusion.

Deputy Director Wang waved his hand without saying anything. He reached out and pulled the mother and son of the Wang family, who were standing in front of the gate and looking inside, back a few steps.

"Guoqing, go to our institute now and ask Director Chen to bring people here immediately. Tell him to speed up."

"okay"

"Wait a minute, wait a minute"

Deputy Director Wang stopped the young man who was about to run away.

"Tell Director Chen again and ask him to call our branch's duty room. Just tell him what's going on."

"it is good"

After instructing the young man, Deputy Director Wang turned to Director Zhang of the neighborhood committee and said, "Old Zhang, go and notify the street office immediately. Tell them that something has happened here. Ask them to bring Liu Jiaquan's personal information here. Tell them to hurry up and don't delay."

"Wang... Wang Suo, it can't be... Liu..."

Director Zhang was almost speechless.

"Don't make blind guesses. Liu Jiaquan should be fine. Maybe his friend is in trouble. But if we can't find his friend, we must look for him first."

"Oh, yes, yes, I'll go right away. I'll go right away."

After Director Zhang ran to find the people from the street office, the young man's mother asked curiously, "Chief Wang, what happened?"

"Sister Wang, please stop asking and go back to your room. I think someone will come to question you later."

"Why are you still asking me? I've already told you everything I know."

(End of this chapter)

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