1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 432 Who is pretending
Not only did Liang Ziqiang look strange, but even his eldest brother Liang Tiancheng looked strange as well.

Liang Tiancheng knew quite a few words, and he barely understood the confession. Although Liang Tiancheng had no idea how the gangster Lao Ya and others mentioned in the confession died, he knew about the death of Hou Han, the bomber of the reef.

When he was fishing for snapper on the island, he also saw the skinny monkey and the fat man being blown up on the spot. Now that he thought about it, he naturally guessed that the skinny monkey was the Hou Han in the confession.

At this moment, Liang Ziqiang was filled with emotion.

When he just received the tape from Deng Zhaocai a few days ago, he was still wondering why, after more than two years, the other party wanted to harm his father and brothers, but why didn't they do it again except for the incident in August 1983?

Now I understand that it’s not that he didn’t make a move, but that he made three moves in a row, and each time he was defeated by Liang Ziqiang himself…

By now, all the puzzles in Liang Ziqiang’s mind at that time have basically been solved.

But at the same time, there is another question that can't be shaken off:

Who is the real blackmailer who repeatedly pretends to be his family members, blackmails Dai Qingfu time and time again, and succeeds every time?

There was still no answer from Dai Qingfu's confession. Because Dai Qingfu still believed that Liang Defu was blackmailing him...

Liang's father could not recognize all the words, so Liang Ziqiang roughly told his father the parts of the confession that involved his father.

"Who the hell is this? He took so much money from Dai Qingfu and almost killed my family! I never thought that Dai Qingfu had strangled someone with the rope in his hand!" Liang's father was furious, with a look of vomiting blood on his face. He said unwillingly, "Comrades in the Public Security Bureau, you now know that someone is impersonating us. You must find a way to find the real blackmailer! Don't say that Dai Qingfu doesn't want to let him go. I don't want to let him go either!"

"We are investigating now," Wang Chen continued. "It seems that it will be difficult to investigate. So far, there is no clue about the real blackmailer!"

Speaking of this, Liang Ziqiang remembered the thoughts that came to his mind when he was sitting in the shrimp pond yesterday.

He thought of several possibilities yesterday.

At that time, he wondered if someone inside the wall had just climbed up the wall and lay there to witness Dai Qingfu and the second and third brothers strangling people. Now it seems that this possibility can be ruled out.

Because the confession clearly mentioned that Dai Qingfu and others looked up and carefully examined the wall at that time, but there was nothing on the high wall.

Such a high wall also blocks the fishermen’s sight, and they cannot see outside the wall.

There is another possibility, Liang Ziqiang thought, could it be that the second and third brothers followed Dai Qingfu to strangle someone openly, but then secretly stabbed Dai Qingfu in the back and blackmailed him secretly? This can now be ruled out.

Judging from their confessions, the second and third brothers were indeed very loyal to Dai Qingfu, and were considered the two most trusted confidants of Dai Qingfu.

They knew too many secrets about Dai Qingfu. If they really wanted to blackmail him, they wouldn't have to wait until now. Any secret would be enough.

Of course, this is not certain. The most important thing is that as early as September of the previous year, the second and third brothers had already died, but the blackmail did not stop. Instead, two more severe blackmails came after that.

Both possibilities are no longer valid, leaving only one possibility. Liang Ziqiang expressed his conjecture:

"Captain Wang, Captain Gao, I thought hard for a long time yesterday about how the blackmailer knew that Dai Qingfu had killed someone. I also asked my father and brother, and they both said that there was absolutely no other ship that came to the island to take shelter. But to see Dai Qingfu killing someone, you don't have to be on the island!

Some of our fishermen carry telescopes on their boats, the kind used for fishing, which can see far away. Could it be that some boat, although not close to Banjiu Island, happened to have people on the boat looking out with telescopes, and saw Dai Qingfu and his men strangling people with ropes on the island?" Hearing this, Wang Chen pondered for a moment, looked at Liang Defu and said:

"Your son's possibility cannot be completely ruled out. In addition to noticing that there were no boats next to you, did you pay attention to the farther distance and whether there were any other boats on the sea? Did the people from other villages who were fishing with you come closer?"

Father Liang thought about it carefully again and shook his head:
"I didn't see any boats sailing farther out on the sea. The two fishing boats from other villages you mentioned are still far away from here. They thought that the wind was not a big deal for their boats, so they didn't sail towards Banjiu Island at all..."

Liang Tiancheng also said that he did not see any ships moving on the sea.

In this case, Liang Ziqiang's idea becomes extremely unlikely.

Wang Chen nodded and said:
"It's unlikely. In addition, the Qingwei Group also has some fresh-catch ships that go back to the island to load and unload fish and shrimp during the day. We have already learned about this. They are all at the special dock on the island. The line of sight is basically in front of the island and cannot be seen from this side.

Normally, they didn't have the habit of sailing to the sickle-shaped bay where the incident happened. So, it's still unclear who it was and how he suddenly appeared at the scene and saw Dai Qingfu killing someone. "

At this time, Liang Tiancheng, who was not very talkative, took over and expressed his own thoughts:
"There is no way to investigate from the point where the accident happened, so can we investigate from some of Afeng's friends? If you have never seen Afeng's handwriting, how can you imitate it so well?"

"Your idea is both right and wrong."

Wang Chen woke up and said:
"One thing is very clear. This blackmailer must meet two conditions at the same time. First, he was actually at the scene and saw Dai Qingfu strangling someone with a rope; second, he should know your family.

Theoretically, the second condition is not necessary. He could have seen a murder and discovered a boat called the Defu appeared nearby. In order to extort money and divert attention, he could have gone looking for the boat afterwards. After finding your house, he could have stolen the homework book from you and imitated the handwriting on it.

But if we look at the timeline, the murder on Banjiu Island occurred on July 7, the blackmail letter was sent four days later, and Dai Qingfu received the letter on August 22.

If the blackmailer was a complete stranger to you, how could he find out that Defuchuan was from Pomwang Village in just two or three days? You know, Dai Qingfu sent his second and third brothers to look for you, and it took them eight or nine days before they found out that you were from Pomwang Village.

Therefore, the first and second conditions should be met by that person at the same time.

But in comparison, the first condition is more important. So many people who knew Liang Zifeng had never been to Banjiu Island, so how could they blackmail him?

We will also go to the capital to find out from Liang Zifeng whether any homework books were suddenly lost during that period, and ask about other situations.

But at the same time, we will also study other angles to see if we can find clues to catch the blackmailer."

"By the way, you can also pay attention to see if there is any family among the people you know who suddenly became rich for no reason in the past two years and became very generous. Thirty thousand yuan, such a huge sum of money, no matter how hard you try to hide it, there will be some signs. This can also be one of the clues for our investigation." Wang Chen added.

Liang Ziqiang and his two sons thought about it but couldn't think of any suspicious person who met these conditions.

Wang Chen asked Gao Jianzhang again if he had anything to add. Gao Jianzhang said a few words and then told Liang Ziqiang and his two sons that they could go back.

On the boat back to the village, the father and his two sons had another discussion, but after guessing over and over again, they still had no clue at all.

The police have no clues yet, so how can they easily catch the imposter hiding in the dark...

(End of this chapter)