Reborn in 1995, Criminal Investigation Records

"Yeah, why?" Fang Duo muttered. Zhou Yang's explanation did indeed seem a bit illogical.

"Perhaps..." Fang Duo thought of a reason.

"The emergency call was made around 6 p.m., and all the convenience stores near those phones were open!" Zhou Yang said, explaining that he had asked about these things when he went downstairs.

After all, in July, it doesn't get dark until almost 8 o'clock, and nobody goes home to sleep at 6 o'clock.

"That might be..." Fang Duo whispered.

"The owners of the two nearest public phones both know the man at the grain station, Yao Fengshou. He used to make a lot of phone calls there!" Zhou Yang said with a smile, seemingly knowing what Fang Duo was going to say.

Seeing that her words had been shut down again, Fang Duo resignedly shrugged and said, "Alright, Brother Yang, just give me a straight answer!"

Hearing the other person's awkward address and seeing their eager expression, Zhou Yang gave them a speechless look. It wasn't that he was deliberately trying to sell the case, but rather that he wanted to guide them. After all, it's better to teach someone how to fish than to give them a fish; developing a problem-solving strategy is far more important than simply giving them the answer.

But it's clear that this isn't something that can be accomplished overnight.

"What if Yao Fengshou doesn't really want to save Gong Xiaojun?" Zhou Yang analyzed.

"If you don't want to save them, you don't have to. Why go all the way here..." Fang Duo paused, seemingly remembering something, "But he has no choice but to save them. Besides the fear of affecting his business, it's also because... someone is forcing him to save them!"

Fang Duo slapped her thigh: "Yao Fengshou not only knows that person, but is most likely an accomplice!!!"

Zhou Yang nodded; that was exactly what he wanted to say.

The recycling station was located in a slightly remote area, but it was still on the main road. Judging from the items in the room, Yao Fengshou usually worked here. He would only go home when the station was empty of grain.

The fact that Gong Xiaojun was buried alive by grain here at the end of last month is enough to show that there was a lot of grain. Under such circumstances, Yao Fengshou would definitely stay here.

To bring a living person without being discovered by him, and then bury that person alive with grain, is nothing short of a pipe dream. Therefore, the two are not just acquaintances, but must be accomplices!

However, a disagreement arose between the two. Although the person who took action was still in charge, Yao Fengshou did not agree with the other party's actions from the bottom of his heart.

It's not that he disagrees with burying Gong Xiaojun alive, but rather that he disagrees with saving Gong Xiaojun; otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to such lengths to call a public phone booth.

It's obvious that the person who buried him alive probably guessed Yao Fengshou's intentions, so he probably dug Gong Xiaojun out before Yao Fengshou made the phone call.

The problem now is that Yao Fengshou is not cooperating with the investigation.

"Should we take him back to the station for interrogation?" Fang Duo, having figured out the crux of the matter, asked Zhou Yang.

Logically speaking, the act of burying Gong Xiaojun alive is not something that Gong Xiaojun's side can simply ignore and Yao Fengshou's side can get away with by pretending to be ignorant. At the very least, it could be considered attempted murder, which would warrant prosecution and bringing Yao Fengshou back for questioning.

"Let's wait a bit longer!" Zhou Yang thought for a moment and then gave his answer: "Right now, what I want to figure out is who these other three groups of people Yao Fengshou mentioned are!"

"Who do you think they are?" Fang Duo took out her notebook, found the handwriting from earlier, and drew two horizontal lines under the three strokes.

"One group should be Gong Hongxing, and the other group is hard to guess. It could be Gong Xiaojun, He Ying, or someone else!" Zhou Yang shook his head. He was a human, not a god. As for guessing Gong Hongxing, that was from a human perspective.

A normal father, regardless of his position or wealth, would investigate if his son almost lost his life, unless he did it himself.

"What about another group?" Fang Duo made these guesses under the bar.

"Murderer!"

Fang Duo paused, looking over with a puzzled expression: "The murderer?"

"Yes, the killer!" That was what he had just thought of.

"So, according to you, there were two groups that wanted to kill Gong Xiaojun. One group was Yao Fengshou, and the other was the murderer!" Fang Duo held up her notebook. "Therefore, Yao Fengshou also met the murderer!"

To be precise, Yao Fengshou met two murderers, one of whom was the one who buried the body alive, and the other was the one who gathered information.

"Why are you so sure that one group is the murderer?" Fang Duo wrote a big question mark on her notebook.

"Get in the car first, park it a little further away, then call the team and check Yao Fengshou's interpersonal relationships!" Zhou Yang urged Fang Duo as he saw fewer and fewer people selling grain and Yao Fengshou came out with a broom.

On the way, he explained his thoughts. The team had previously classified the case as a revenge killing, so they would focus the investigation on interpersonal relationships.

Revenge killings are usually premeditated, waiting for the right opportunity, while retaliatory killings may also be premeditated, but are more often spontaneous acts of passion or revenge.

Combined with Tian Mingming's account of Gong Xiaojun's apology and Gong Hongxing and his wife's talk of pigeon spirits, all of this stemmed from a mobile live burial at the grain collection station!

Zhou Yang even connected the bird droppings at the crime scene to the fact that the murderer had deliberately spent time throwing food to attract birds like pigeons in order to lure Gong Xiaojun.

The prerequisite for the murderer to do this is that he must know what happened during that time!

So, one option is to listen to Gong Xiaojun's own account, and the other is to go to the crime scene to inquire, which will leave an impression on Yao Fengshou.

Yao Fengshou himself was also involved in the live burial, and he was already somewhat guilty. In addition, someone came to his door to inquire, and the person who carried out the live burial complained. He could only rely on this arrogant attitude to cover himself up.

Logically, arresting Yao Fengshou at this point and having him identify the murderer would be the simplest and most appropriate method. However, there are no suspects now. Who are you going to make him identify? Himself?

As for the investigation sketch?

Zhou Yang was even certain that, given the other party's attitude on the phone before, if he knew that Gong Xiaojun had been murdered, even if he admitted to burying the other party alive, he probably wouldn't reveal the appearance of the murderer.

Most importantly, Zhou Yang felt that someone who had cleaned up the entire scene and even removed the bird droppings wouldn't openly and honestly ask questions without any pretense.

"I've contacted the bureau, and they've made progress on their end. Shall we meet up?" Fang Duo got into the car, closed the door, and started the engine.

"Okay, sure..." Zhou Yang said, then paused and shook his head, "Let's go to Gong Hongxing's house first; they should have some leads too!"

Fang Duo tried her best to think, but she couldn't keep up with Zhou Yang's thoughts. She could only pout and press the accelerator hard.

"Just like we guessed before, can Gong Hongxing see Yao Fengshou's problem?" Zhou Yang looked at the other party's expression and knew where the boat was tilting.

"How could he know... Wait a minute!" Fang Duo said, immediately negating her own statement: "Liu Da said that Gong Hongxing was very capable before he went into business. He should, definitely be able to see the problem!"

Then, Fang Duo analyzed as if she had unlocked a key to understanding: "Since he could see the problem, he either pried Yao Fengshou's mouth open, or he was monitoring or following Yao Fengshou!"

"So, Gong Hongxing might have also met the murderer!!!"