Siheyuan: Seventeen-year-old He Yuzhu

The police questioned everyone in turn, especially Xu Damao, who saw the crime scene with his own eyes.

Xu Damao was timid when facing the police. He told them what he had seen with difficulty.

Moreover, he said that he did not see the man clearly and did not know who he was.

The others gave similar answers.

Bai Ling was one of the people who stayed to ask questions.

When it came time to ask He Yuzhu, she asked, "Yuzhu, are you okay?"

Although He Yuzhu was sitting peacefully opposite her, the worry in her heart still made her ask this question.

He Yuzhu felt the worry in Bai Ling's tone, and his heart warmed. He said, "Officer Bai, I'm fine. The murderer is not coming for me. Even if he is coming for me, he can't hurt me."

Bai Ling said: "It's good that you're okay."

"Yuzhu, tell me everything you know about what happened tonight."

He Yuzhu said that he was sleeping at home when he heard some noise outside. He put on his clothes and went out to look. The yard was full of people. He only knew what had happened after listening to their stories.

Bai Ling asked: "So you didn't see the murderer?"

He Yuzhu nodded, "Well, I didn't see it."

Bai Ling added: "Think carefully about whether there is any information you missed. After all, your home is very close to the Jia family. You should be able to hear some of the noise in their home."

He Yuzhu thought for a moment and said, "No, I slept very soundly. If it wasn't so noisy outside, I wouldn't have woken up at all."

Bai Ling frowned. What He Yuzhu said was of no value.

She was a little worried. From the testimonies, she only knew that the murderer was a man, not short, and that the weapon he used was a knife.

The rest are unknown.

I don’t know his age, identity or motive.

Of course, the motive is simply speculation, it should be pure revenge.

Nothing in the Jia family was missing, and everything was put back in its original place.

This shows that after the murderer entered the Jia family, he went straight to the two people on the bed. His purpose was clear: to kill people.

The murderer must have a grudge against Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhangshi, and the hatred value is not small.

Bai Ling asked again: "Yuzhu, you live in this courtyard. Have you ever noticed that Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhang have grudges against anyone, or have any conflicts with anyone?"

He Yuzhu said: "Well...if we just say there are grudges, then there are too many."

"Every household in the yard has had some grudge against them, even me."

"But these are just minor issues during the festival. I don't think it will lead to murder."

Bai Ling nodded. She had also heard about this from other residents. She then asked, "Do you know who they have a grudge against outside this courtyard?"

He Yuzhu said: "I don't know about that."

Lu Qi's behavior can be said to be killing for revenge, but the revenge was not his own, but Qin Huairu's.

If the police continue to search for clues based on their current assumptions, it will probably be difficult to find out Lu Qi's identity.

He Yuzhu said: "Officer Bai, could it be due to other reasons?"

"In fact, the murderer's friend, family member, or lover has a grudge against the Jia family. He himself has no connection with the Jia family. Is this behavior for revenge?"

Bai Ling thought for a moment and said, "Yuzhu, what you said makes sense, but these are all speculations. The biggest possibility at the moment is that the murderer has a grudge against the Jia family. As for whether the grudge came from someone close to the murderer, there is no direct evidence to prove it."

"In short, the identity of the murderer is difficult to find out."

Candles were lit in the yard near the two of them. With the light of the candles, Bai Ling carefully looked at the transcript, and then handed it to He Yuzhu, "Yuzhu, take a look. If there are no problems, sign your name below."

He Yuzhu took it, glanced at it, and signed his name.

Bai Ling said: "Yuzhu, this murderer is very dangerous. If you find any clues later, you must inform me in time."

He Yuzhu nodded, "No problem."

In fact, he already knew the clue. When Bai Ling and others were taking statements in the yard, Lu Qi had already arrived at the hiding place, which was an abandoned cellar.

The cellar was located in a deserted courtyard.

This is equivalent to having double layers of insurance. First of all, this yard is very remote, no one lives around it, and usually no one comes here, so it is not easy to be discovered if you hide here.

Secondly, he was hiding in the cellar, which was a very secretive location. Even if others discovered the yard, they would not be able to find the cellar.

Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, Lu Qi will be safe in the short term.

But He Yuzhu's ability to taming animals was an accident. He could check Lu Qi's movements at any time through animals.

Naturally, this cellar could not escape his eyes.

He Yuzhu was in a dilemma. He should have given the clue to Bai Ling. After all, Lu Qi really killed someone and was very dangerous.

But if I tell her the place directly, Bai Ling won’t believe it.

If I revealed such a secret hiding place, people would only think that I was in cahoots with the murderer, and as a result, there would be an internal conflict or something, and I would give the murderer away.

To put it bluntly, it definitely won’t work.

It has to be done indirectly.

It would be best to lead the police over there and let them discover it themselves, so that you won’t have to get involved.

For now, let’s focus on Lu Qi first.

At this time, he probably couldn't leave the city or escape.

All the information in the Jia family's house was sorted out, and then Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu were taken away.

They were indeed dead, because their hearts were pierced by sharp weapons.

......

The next day, things got serious again.

Such a terrible incident happened in the old city. The leaders were very angry and demanded that the case be solved within three days.

As a result, more police officers were dispatched, and together with the soldiers of the Military Control Commission, they searched for Lu Qi's whereabouts in the city of Sijiu.

They followed the blood trail yesterday and walked most of the way to the south of Sijiu City.

Then, the blood was gone.

After all, this was blood, not the blood from Lu Qi's injury, and it dried up quickly.

The police felt that the murderer was most likely hiding somewhere in the south of the city, and a large number of people were searching there.

But in fact, although Lu Qi was very frightened last night, he still tried his best to stay rational. He first ran to the south of the city, and then turned around and ran to the east of the city.

The place where he is hiding now is located in the east of the city.

Therefore, the police's search direction was completely wrong, and it was impossible to find any clues here.