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【The Mystery of the Construction Site-07】

Which of the three possibilities is the most likely?

Homicide cases cannot be judged subjectively, and more clear evidence must be found. Yuexingwen asked Ke Shaobin to copy all the project materials related to Dexin Group, and also downloaded all the online reports on the incident and Weibo comments, and read it carefully from beginning to end.

He found several doubts.

First, the person whose Weibo ID is "Justice", the registration time of Weibo trumpet was in September, that is, a month ago.

This shows that as early as a month ago, he was ready to expose the salary arrears of Dexin Group to workers. The Xinyue Plaza project started construction in March. Since April, the workers have not been paid monthly salaries, and wages have been delayed for up to 6 months.

This person endured it from April to September before registering for the Weibo account. In September, maybe something happened on the construction site that made him have the idea of ​​"using Weibo to expose this incident" and registered an account in advance?

This person must have received a good education, with a high level of language organization, inciting public emotions, and is very familiar with the means of exposing incidents online.

Many migrant workers on the construction site have graduated from junior high school. Some of them are too old to catch up with the nine-year compulsory education. They have not even attended elementary school for a few years. number, post Weibo on the Internet, and tag it with hot search, @various media for help.

In this way, the suspect range of the person who posted Weibo can be narrowed - he should be relatively young, very familiar with mobile phones, the Internet and the media, with an education level of junior high school or high school or above.

The second doubt, after the Weibo was published, there were many strange messages in the replies, especially the one with the most likes: "It is said that the workers of Xinyue Plaza have been owed wages for half a year", the ID is called "Insiders" "The commenter is obviously also a worker at the construction site. Clicking on Weibo to see it, it is also a small account, and the homepage only forwards some news.

There are two possibilities. Either the person who posted on Weibo registered a large number of trumpet accounts, left messages and likes to himself, and exposed the incident step by step; or, he had several accomplices, and after he posted on Weibo, his comrades went there. Comments and retweets increase the popularity of the incident. If this is the case, then the workers on the construction site must know who the person who posted the Weibo is.

Multiple accomplices commit crimes?

Thinking of this possibility, Yue Xingwen looked at Jiang Pingce and said, "If the murderer has accomplices, then, Zhao Xuemei, Zhao Qiang, and Long Rui, who left in the early morning, may all be insiders? The three protect each other, It is also possible to make alibi for each other to clear the suspicion?"

Jiang Pingce followed his train of thought and analyzed: "That is to say, Zhao Xuemei screamed long ago, and after the murderer fled the scene and confirmed safety, she screamed and woke up the construction site at 5:30 in the morning. Everyone, most of the people were sleeping at that time, and the murderer could blend in with the crowd and reduce his sense of existence. And if these three people who have left the dormitory give each other alibi, the police investigation will fall into a dead end?”

The three who were not present testified to each other; the others were "sleeping", and they didn't know who had gone out, and the murderer did not leave any traces at the scene.

The murderer hidden among the workers is the real organizer of the incident. Are Zhao Qiang, Zhao Xuemei, and Long Rui all accomplices? If this speculation is true, they shield each other, how to find the murderer?

Yue Xingwen frowned and said: "The police don't know how the progress is going, they should have high-tech means, will they find fingerprints, hair and other things at the scene and take them back for identification? If nothing is found, the monitoring will also be done. There is no trace of the murderer, and this case is likely to be characterized as an accident."

Jiang Pingce said, "Where's the cell phone of the deceased? It was also taken away by the police."

Liu Zhaoqing reluctantly said: "The bodies have been carried away, and the mobile phone must be with the police. At that time, there were many people watching the scene, so we couldn't directly search the mobile phone in the deceased's pocket, otherwise, we would also become suspects. "

Yue Xingwen was silent for a moment before saying: "Everyone continue to keep in touch with the workers, and wait for the police's follow-up evidence. I guess they will come to the construction site again, it is impossible to close the case so quickly."

Yue Xingwen's guess was right. In the afternoon, the construction site suddenly became extremely lively.

First, Secretary Qin came to express condolences with a group of people in a daze. He held a loudspeaker and said that the city government was very concerned about the unpaid wages of the workers, and had contacted the developer. The city leaders attach great importance to this matter and will definitely safeguard the rights and interests of the workers.

These are all official words. People in his jurisdiction have been killed, and they have also been hotly searched on the Internet. Therefore, Secretary Qin's attitude was very cordial and gentle, and he talked a lot with the workers, and his concern was beyond words.

The city leaders offered condolences in person, and the workers’ emotions were comforted. Many people cried to Secretary Qin about their family’s predicament, hoping to pay wages as soon as possible. Secretary Qin said that he would urge the developers to solve this problem as soon as possible.

Immediately afterwards, firefighters came to the construction site for inspection, and as a result, some hidden safety hazards were really found, especially the drainage and circuit distribution of the underground garage were not compliant, and the project was required to be re-rectified.

Then the police came, and a few plainclothes criminals took Zhao Xuemei, Zhao Liang, Zhao Qiang, and Long Rui away. In addition, they also took away the Yan Kai who had bullied Xiaoliang.

Groups of people came and went, and people on the construction site were panicking.

Yue Xingwen couldn't go to the police station to listen to people's questioning, but he heard the private discussion among the workers—

"Is something wrong with Zhao Xuemei and Zhao Qiang?"

"There must be something wrong. Wasn't Zhao Xuemei's birthday last month? Zhao Qiang, a big fool, even went outside and secretly bought a cake for Xuemei, but I bumped into it..."

"Could it be that Zhao Qiang and Zhao Dayong quarreled about her?"

"It's possible that they are all from Zhaojia Village. Zhao Xuemei and Zhao Dayong were neighbors before." The young man who told Yue Xingwen a lot of "the past of Zhaojia Village" said in the morning, "Zhao Dayong is a boring gourd, although he doesn't like to talk. But in the past few years, when I went out to work, I sent clothes to his nephew every month, all of which were sent to Zhao Xuemei for her to hand over."

"Once, I saw Xuemei wearing a very beautiful dress, and said that someone sent it to her, maybe Zhao Dayong sent it." The young man whispered gossip, "Zhao Xuemei is good-looking and diligent. , Zhao Dayong and Zhao Qiang may both like her, and they will quarrel."

"So it is!" A group of people around showed the expressions of the melon-eating crowd.

"Could it be that Zhao Qiang did Zhao Dayong's death? Why did the police take them all away?" A dark-skinned man said curiously, "To be jealous because of women, not to kill people, right? "

"It's hard to say." An old man let out a smoke ring leisurely, "Maybe Zhao Xuemei and Zhao Dayong ran out in the middle of the night to have an affair, were caught by Zhao Qiang, and Zhao Qiang accidentally pushed the person downstairs in anger?"

"..." Yue Xingwen found that these uncles were quite imaginative.

"Hey, when the incident of Zhao Dayong happened, the leaders were all disturbed. Our wages should be fixed, right?" A worker said with a frown, "If we don't pay the money, the family really won't be able to open the pot."

After listening for a long time, Yue Xingwen found that these people did not mention Weibo at all. Yue Xingwen simply took the initiative to ask: "Brother, are you playing Weibo? This incident on our construction site was posted on Weibo."

"What is Weibo?" Someone showed a confused expression.

"I only play WeChat and video with my family." A young man took out his mobile phone and said.

"Lend me your phone, and I'll show it to you." Yue Xingwen took the phone from the young man, and there was no Weibo download on his phone. Jiang Pingce, Liu Zhaoqing, Ke Shaobin and others also came to help, and everyone borrowed their mobile phones to help them download Weibo on the grounds of "showing you the news".

In fact, I want to see who has Weibo on their mobile phone and posted a message.

On the girls side, Lin Manluo, Qin Lu, and Qin Miao are also helping the female workers download Weibo.

Everyone was busy for an hour, and only 8 workers in the entire construction site had downloaded Weibo on their mobile phones, and had their own accounts to follow some news and gossip in the entertainment industry. Most of the remaining people don’t use Weibo, and some even don’t know what Weibo is, and usually only use WeChat.

Yue Xingwen was puzzled: "You don't know, is the news of the dead at the construction site on the hot search?"

The workers looked puzzled: "I don't know!" "Who posted the photo? This person helps us talk, he is a good person!" "Could it be a reporter? Look at his Weibo and find a lot of media forwarding, sure It's a reporter."

Yue Xingwen: "…"

It seems that the person who posted the Weibo did not take the initiative to inform the workers about this, perhaps because they were afraid of exposing themselves? Could it be that the "insiders" and "workers" in the top posts on Weibo are all trumpet accounts opened by him?

Yue Xingwen looked around and found a total of 8 people with Weibo on their mobile phones, 7 of whom were unfamiliar with Zhao Dayong, and the remaining young man was the one who told Yue Xingwen a lot of love gossip about "the past of Zhaojia Village" The guy is named Zhao Anming.

Yue Xingwen turned his attention to him: "Brother Zhao, how long have you been playing Weibo?"

Zhao Anming said with a smile: "I registered an account after graduating from middle school, and I usually read entertainment news or something."

Yue Xingwen said, "Can I borrow your mobile phone to read the news?"

Zhao Anming generously handed over the phone.

Yue Xingwen opened Weibo, and there was no news related to the dead at the construction site in the browsing records. It was all gossip in the entertainment industry. He followed a few beautiful stars, and there was no option to switch accounts. His own account was called "Tomorrow will be updated. Okay".

Is he innocent? Or is it that he was so thoughtful that he deleted all the trumpet accounts and browsing records after posting on Weibo?

Yue Xingwen is temporarily unable to determine the identity of this person - Zhao Anming, is it the innocent passerby who provided clues, or the real murderer who is wearing a mask and hiding deeply?

He is from Zhaojia Village, and he knew about the death of Zhao Dayong's brother-in-law and his sister-in-law. He knew that Zhao Dayong and Zhao Xuemei were neighbors. He also said that the deceased Zhao Dayong, Zhao Xuemei, and Zhao Qiang were in a love triangle. It seems that he is a Zhaojia Village worker who loves to gossip. But how true is the information he gave? Will he deliberately mislead everyone's judgment?

If he is the mastermind of this incident, what about other people in Zhaojia Village to cooperate with him?

Yue Xingwen returned the phone to the other party and politely said, "Thank you, Brother Zhao. Do you have more people in Zhaojia Village who are related to each other? There is a Wangjia Village in my hometown, and the whole village is full of relatives."

Zhao Anming smiled and said: "Of course, the girls in our village never married out before. After a long time, the relationship between relatives is almost indistinguishable. My daughter-in-law is my sister-in-law's cousin's niece."

It sounds very messy, but such a village is also very cohesive. After all, everyone is close to each other. Yue Xingwen always felt that it was not quite right that this Zhao Anming was attentive to provide them with so much information about Zhaojia Village.

At about 4 pm, several people who were taken by the police team returned. Since they came back, it means that these people are not suspected enough to be detained, and the police just took them for questioning.

Workers rushed forward to express concern.

Zhao Anming asked, "Aqiang, how is it? What did the police say?"

Zhao Qiang looked embarrassed, touched his nose and said: "The police asked us why we went out at 4:30 in the morning, suspecting that we had something to do with Dayong's death. Dayong and I are brothers who grew up with bare bottoms, just quarreled a few words, I How could it be possible to kill him!"

Zhao Anming: "Then why are you going out in the middle of the night?"

Long Rui glanced at Zhao Qiang and Zhao Xuemei with a complicated look.

Zhao Xuemei's face was flushed, she turned around and left quickly, Zhao Qiang also had red ears and chased her away from the crowd.

Everyone immediately surrounded Long Rui: "Lao Rui, talk about it, what's going on?"

Long Rui took a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it on fire, with a vicissitudes expression on his face: "The two of them ran to the construction site early in the morning to make out. Alas, I was smoking nearby at the time, and I happened to bump into it. I didn't want to talk about it. , but if they don't say it, the police suspect that they have something to do with Dayong's death, so I have no choice but to say it."

Everyone: "…"

Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce looked at each other.

Things actually developed towards Yue Xingwen's guess - these three people made each other's alibi!

Zhao Xuemei and Zhao Qiang saw Long Rui smoking, and Long Rui saw them cheating.

All suspicions were ruled out.

Did they conspire and confess in advance? Or are they really innocent?

Yue Xingwen looked at Zhao Anming next to him, the young man still had a surprised expression of love for gossip: "I thought Xiaomei and Dayong were a couple, but I didn't expect that she likes Zhao Qiang?"

Are all the people in Zhaojia Village all comedians?