Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 501 Depressed
"I wipe..."

Looking at the not-so-obvious scratches on the ground, Li Yancheng couldn't help but curse in his heart.

And he has certain experience in counter-reconnaissance. What the hell is this? How come everyone has this experience?
"Did you find any fingerprints on the cabinets and drawers in the house that were turned upside down?"

"We have extracted it, but we also found several traces left by people wearing gloves. We also found a bloody fingerprint on the cabinet in this house, but it is also not suitable for comparison because it was left by people wearing gloves."

Ok!

Li Yancheng was speechless. He couldn't understand what was wrong with these criminals nowadays and why so many of them had learned counter-reconnaissance.

But now is not the time to think about this. After seeing the scene, he immediately went to the commune police station, where he met the two suspects, Qin Xuezhi, the ex-husband of the female deceased Guo Meihua, and Wang Erniu, who was said to have had a good relationship with the male deceased but had quarreled with him several times over a debt of twenty yuan.

These two people are from the village next to Yangjia Village.

When these two people were found by the county bureau's criminal police team, people from the city bureau's headquarters had already arrived, so Captain Liu did not arrange for anyone to interrogate them. They were just kept in custody in the station, waiting for the arrival of people from the headquarters.

"What is your name?"

"My name is...my name is Qin...Qin Xuezhi."

Qin Xuezhi was brought from his bed at home by police officers. When the county bureau's criminal police team arrived at his home, this guy was still lying on the bed and sleeping soundly. When he saw the police coming to look for him, apart from showing fear, he did not show any other unusual behavior.

But judging from the tiredness on his face, he probably didn't sleep last night.

What did you do when you didn't sleep? This must be clarified.

"Comrade Public Security, you...you...I...I didn't...didn't...do anything bad."

At this time, Qin didn't know why the police wanted to call him over. He thought that his money-spending incident last night had been exposed, but it didn't seem like it, because although he was in the commune police station, he had never seen any of the police officers in front of him, which made him feel scared and confused.

"You know whether you have done anything bad or not. I am from the criminal police team. Now you answer whatever I ask. Do you understand?"

The person who questioned Qin Xuezhi was Captain Liu from the Criminal Police Team of Rouhuai County Bureau. Li Yancheng, Lin Wentao and Zhu Dongjun were listening in.

From the criminal police team?

Qin Xuezhi didn't know what the criminal police team meant, he just nodded timidly.

"say"

"Yes, Comrade Public Security, I heard it clearly." Seeing Captain Liu's eyes widened, Qin Xuezhi said quickly.

"Where were you last night?"

"I...I'm sleeping at home."

Qin Xuezhi spoke without even thinking.

“Bang… bang… bang…”

Before he finished speaking, Captain Liu knocked on the table and said, "Qin Xuezhi, I advise you to think carefully before answering my questions. If you don't want to cooperate, I don't mind asking you to go to another place. If that doesn't work, you can go with us to the County Public Security Bureau. We can talk about it there."

"Uh..." Qin Xuezhi was panicked. He couldn't understand why the police were looking for him. In his opinion, although they had gambled with money last night, it shouldn't be necessary for the county bureau to come and investigate.

"I...I was playing cards with...with some friends last night."

"How long will the game last?"

"A little after five this morning."

"With whom?"

"This..." Qin Xuezhi was a little hesitant. He didn't know whether he should give out the names of the people who played cards with him. He was also wondering whether he should show his loyalty, but Captain Liu's next words made him immediately give up the idea.

"Qin Xuezhi, you don't think we came all the way from the county just to catch you playing cards and gambling, do you? I tell you, you are in big trouble this time. If you don't explain your specific movements last night and provide relevant witnesses, it will be impossible for us to take you to the county. We can let you go to the city for free.

Listen carefully, those people are all from the city. If you don’t want to explain the problem here, you can only go to the city.”

Going to the city?
Qin Xuezhi, who had lived for thirty years, had been to the county town only a handful of times, let alone the city. He had never been there once and was full of yearning for the place, but even if he wanted to go there again, he had never thought of being taken there by the police.

To be honest, even if he was taken to the county public security bureau, although he was afraid, he would not feel overly scared. After all, he was from Rouhuai. But it would be different if he was taken to the city. There he would be hopeless and hopeless.

"I... I say, Public Security Comrade, I say..."

Because he was afraid of being taken to the city, Qin Xuezhi still honestly revealed the names of the people who played cards with him last night, even though he didn't know why the police were so interested in his whereabouts last night.

Seeing that his subordinates had already written down the names and addresses of those people and had gone out to arrange people to investigate, Captain Liu asked again.

"Qin Xuezhi, do you know Guo Meihua?"

"Yes... Of course I know her, she is my ex-wife." Qin Xuezhi had more question marks on his forehead at this time. He couldn't understand why this woman was dragged out again for no reason.

"When was the last time you saw Guo Meihua?"

"The last time? Uh... it seemed to be the end of last month." Although he couldn't figure out why the police asked this, he still answered the question truthfully, but the doubts in his eyes grew stronger.

The date he mentioned is consistent with the time when the villagers of Yangjia Village responded.

"You haven't seen Guo Meihua since then?"

"no"

"What about Yang Daguang?"

"Yang... I have seen Yang Daguang before."

"When and where have you seen me?"

"It should be a week ago. He came to our village to ask Erniu for money. I heard that Erniu borrowed money from him and never paid it back."

"What's the full name of the Erniu you mentioned?"

"Wang Erniu"

"Qin Xuezhi, do you often go to Yang Daguang's house?"

???

After hearing this question, Qin Xuezhi reacted a little. It seemed that, probably, maybe, the police brought him here today because of his ex-wife's house?
What happened to her house? Did she call the police because I went there several times to look for her?
But even if I had caused trouble a few times in the past, it wouldn't be necessary to call the city police over!

"Comrade Public Security, I admit that I have been to Yang Daguang's house several times and fought with him a few times, but I was at a disadvantage every time, and I just wanted my money back. You don't want to arrest me for this little thing, right?"

At this time, everyone present realized that Qin Xuezhi really seemed to be unaware of the incident in Yang Daguang's family.

When he was taken away from his home by the police officers from the county criminal police team, the news of the murder of the Yang couple had just reached their village. When the villagers saw him being taken into the car, they were all talking about it.

But this guy hadn't woken up yet at that time, and was in a daze. He probably didn't hear clearly what the onlookers said, so now he has a confused look on his face and has no idea what was going on.

Captain Liu did not hide it anymore and immediately told everyone what happened in Yang Daguang's home.

When Qin Xuezhi heard this, a barely perceptible look of joy first flashed across his face, followed by shock, and after the shock came fear. He finally knew why the police were looking for him.

"Comrade Public Security, you...you must...you must investigate this thoroughly. This is definitely not something I did. I was playing cards with Xiaoliu and the others last night. I didn't even leave the house. They all knew about it.

I admit that although I wish Guo Meihua would die, but... I really don't have the courage to do it."

This guy was so scared that he almost cried. This was a murder case, no one wanted to be on the hook, and few people could afford to lose their heads. "Don't worry, we will investigate it thoroughly. If you did it, you can't get away. If you didn't do it, we won't wrongly accuse you and put the blame on you."

After saying this, Captain Liu turned his head and looked at the leaders. At this time, Li Yancheng had already stood up from behind the table and was ready to leave. Zhu Dongjun and others also stood up.

Judging from Qin Xuezhi's reaction, he really seemed to be completely unaware and was now waiting for feedback from the police officers who were investigating the people he had just confessed.

As for the fact that they gathered together to play cards and spend money, the commune police station will follow up, and the criminal police team will generally not intervene unless the amount of money reaches a certain amount, or the card-playing stall is specially organized by someone with a clear division of labor, and the organizer is also taking a cut from it, which then becomes a completely different matter.

In another room, unlike Qin Xuezhi who was confused when he was brought in, Wang Erniu already knew why the police were looking for him when he was brought in.

When the news that Yang Daguang and his wife were murdered and their two children were missing reached their village, he had already started working.

The biggest difference between Wang Erniu and Qin Xuezhi is that although he also plays cards and gambles, he still goes to work in the production team as usual. Even if he plays cards, he never plays all night because he doesn't want to delay work. When the news of the accident in the Yang family came, he knew it at the first time.

After hearing the news, his first reaction was happiness. Since Yang Daguang and his wife were both gone, didn't that mean he didn't have to pay back the twenty yuan he owed?

Don’t think that twenty yuan is not a lot of money. For farmers who have not yet implemented the household contracting system, saving a hundred yuan after working hard for a year is a lot.

After the happiness came sadness. Although Wang Erniu refused to pay back Yang Daguang's money, and the two had quarreled several times over this matter and parted unhappily, the fact that he was able to lend him twenty yuan in that year fully demonstrated that the relationship between them was originally very good. Otherwise, why didn't he borrow money in his own village, but ran to the next village to borrow from someone.

When the police came to his house and took him to the police station, he knew that someone must have told the police that he and Yang Daguang had had a fight over a debt.

When he was in the car, he took the initiative to say that what happened to the Yang family was not done by him. At that time, the police told him not to worry and they would investigate it thoroughly.

Despite this, half an hour had passed since he was brought here, and no one had come to question him. Wang Erniu began to become extremely scared.

He was worried that what happened to the Yang family would be pinned on him, and then he would die unjustly.

Just when his patience was completely exhausted and he wanted to rush out of the house regardless of anything, the door was pushed open and several people walked in from outside. He didn't know any of them, let alone seen them before. Looking at the serious expressions of these people, Wang Erniu felt his legs go a little weak. He wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth but no sound came out.

"What is your name?"

The questioning of Wang Erniu was started by Captain Liu from the county bureau’s criminal police team.

"Wang Erniu"

"Do you know why we asked you to come here?"

"I know. Something happened in Yang... Daguang's family."

"Very good, then tell me, where were you last night?"

"I am home."

"You've never been out?"

"No, after lunch I chatted with my friends in the village for a while and went home around 8 o'clock. After I got home I never went out again. My parents know about it."

Wang Erniu's parents are in poor health. Every year, the old couple has to spend a lot of money just on medicine. Moreover, due to health reasons, they cannot do physical work in the fields. The family can only rely on him. Because of this, his family conditions are among the worst in their village. He is already thirty years old, but still has no partner.

When the girl's family heard about his family's situation, they shook their heads. Even the most patriarchal family just wanted to use their daughter to get more dowry, or hoped that even after getting married, their daughter could help her parents' family. Few people would push their daughters into a fire pit knowingly.

"You sleep in the same room with your parents?"

"Uh... no, I'm in another room."

"Is there anyone else who can prove that you didn't go out last night?"

"This... Comrade Public Security, I really have not gone out since I returned home last night. I can guarantee it with my life." Wang Erniu became anxious when he saw that the public security did not believe what he said.

But his head is of no use to the police. What they want is to solve the case, Captain Liu said, waving his hand expressionlessly.

"Don't talk to me about that. I'm not interested in your brain. Just think about it and see if there's anyone who can prove that you didn't go out last night."

"There are only three of us in my family, my parents and I. This...this is not...huh?"

Wang Erniu was so anxious that tears were about to flow out. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something. After a moment of silence, he said uncertainly: "Comrade Public Security, I seemed to have heard vague crying noises coming from Li Dayou's house next door to mine last night. I was half asleep at the time and didn't know what time it was. Anyway, it seemed that his family was making a fuss for quite some time. Does this...can this prove that I haven't been out since I returned home last night?"

"Is Li Dayou's family next door to yours?"

"right"

"Don't you know the exact time?"

"Uh... Public Security Comrade, I don't have a clock at home, so I don't know what time it was. But Li Dayou's family has a clock. They should know what time it was because of the noise they made."

"Do you know why his family is making trouble?"

"It's probably because Dayou got drunk and beat his wife when he got home. Apart from this, I can't think of any other reason why his family would be in a commotion in the middle of the night."

"You mean there's always a lot of noise in his house?"

"That's right. Dayou loves to drink. Every time he comes home after drinking, he beats his wife and children."

"Where did he drink last night?"

"I don't know. It was either one of the families in the village where he often drank with, or one of his friends' house on the commune street."

"Wang Erniu, you used to have a good relationship with Yang Daguang, right?"

"Yes"

Speaking of this, Wang Erniu seemed a little embarrassed. No matter what, he had never paid back the money he borrowed from his friend, and the two of them had even had a quarrel over this. It was all his fault. This behavior did not seem like something that friends should do.

Captain Liu didn't care what he thought and asked, "Then do you know who else has a conflict with Yang Daguang?"

Judging from the situation at the crime scene, although it looks like a theft that was discovered turned into a robbery and murder, there are still many suspicious points.

The first question is why the two children disappeared. If nothing unexpected happened, the two children should have been taken away by the murderer. Why did the murderer take the children away?

There is also the murder weapon. Whether it was the weapon that hit Yang Daguang's head, the dagger that stabbed Guo Meihua, or the rope that strangled her, none of them were found at the scene. This shows that the murderer took the murder weapon away after committing the crime. Another possibility is that the murder weapon was originally brought by the murderer, so they would definitely take it away.

But in general, if the thief breaks into the house and picks the lock, he will not carry such a weapon when stealing. After being discovered by the host, he will slip away and try to avoid direct conflict with the host. Because those who often steal things know that stealing and robbing are two different concepts after being caught by the police.

The most crucial point is that when a thief targets a house, he will scout the place in advance, and at least understand the family conditions of the house he is going to steal from.

Although it is still unclear what was lost from Yang Daguang's family, from the information obtained during the visit to the village, his family's conditions were just ordinary, and it was a big deal for them to have a hundred yuan in cash at home. Logically speaking, this amount of money should not attract the prying eyes of thieves.

Therefore, they judged that the reason why Yang Daguang's house was turned into such a mess was most likely because the murderer wanted to cover up his tracks. The purpose of doing so was to divert the attention of the police and make them misjudge the motive of the crime.

"Who else has a conflict with Daguang?" Wang Erniu thought carefully and said, "It can only be his brother, Yang Daming."

"Who?"

Captain Liu was stunned for a moment, and Li Yancheng and others who had been listening silently were also a little confused. How come there was a brother? When they were in the village, the villagers clearly said that Yang Daguang's family had no other direct relatives.

"Yang Daming, Daguang's brother."

"Brother?"

"Yes, oh no, how should I put it? His brother was adopted out when he was a child. Now he should be called Dong Daming."

(End of this chapter)