The Book of Death by Heart Poison

Tongzilou are rare in cities. They are inlaid among tall buildings, like an ugly but precious scar.

In the northwest corner of Chuanming City, Weijia Alley.

The demolition of Tongzilou here has been waiting for at least five years, and old houses are demolished every year, and Weijia Alley is not available every year.The people living in the building have no expectations for anything, but hope to receive the demolition money in their lifetime.

"Old Zhao, he lives here. He moved here more than ten years ago, right? I also played cards with him. He was alone. I heard that his wife ran away." Old man Dong who lived on the third floor pointed to a He opened the dusty wooden door and said, "Here, that's his home. I don't know where he went."

Hua Chong asked, "When was the last time you saw Zhao Tianjun?"

Old man Dong put his hands on his hips and thought for a long time, "I saw him once during the Spring Festival. He bought vegetables and wine, and the TV was turned on very loudly. In our house, the walls and doors can't block the sound. If there is any movement in the house, other houses can hear it clearly. That is to say, we old neighbors are used to living in it and think it’s nothing. You people who live in good houses must not be able to bear it.”

"Bought food and wine?" Hua Chong asked again: "Did he come back alone, or did he bring someone with him?"

"I didn't see anyone." Old Man Dong shook his head, "Old Zhao is a bachelor, and he has been alone for many years. But he actually had a wife. He used to be a teacher. He made a mistake and was expelled from school, so his wife divorced him. He is very tired to be alive. His leg is limping badly, he limps when he walks, and he goes downstairs very slowly."

Hua Chong listened and thought.

When Zhao Tianjun rescued a student who fell off a cliff, he broke his leg.What the school meant was that when Zhao Tianjun was discharged from the hospital, his leg had been healed.But according to old man Dong, Zhao Tianjun's legs are very problematic and his movements are not flexible, so whether he has the ability to commit crimes is a question mark.

But the person Wang Xinxin saw was also lame.

If Zhao Tianjun had nothing to do with this series of murders and disappearances, where is he now?Why did he disappear too?

If he is related to the case, what role does he play as a person who is not convenient to go downstairs?He has help?Why did this helper help him?

Hua Chong continued to ask: "Think about it carefully, when Zhao Tianjun lived here, did anyone visit him?"

There are dense buildings in Weijia Alley, and there is no surveillance. We can only look for witnesses as much as possible.

Old man Dong thought about it for a longer time, and suddenly raised a finger, "You reminded me, he brought a child here before, when he moved here for two or three years."

Hua Chong: "Child?"

"It's not a very small child, it's still so tall." Old man Dong raised his head and gestured twice. "It must be ten years old. It's a boy doll, very thin. I thought it was his relative. I asked him about it." If he doesn't say anything, I won't bother to ask any more."

"How many times has this kid been here?" Hua Chong said, "When was the last time you saw him?"

The old man Dong said vaguely: "I can't remember clearly. It must have been in five years? Or maybe it was six or seven years? Anyway, I have been here many times before, but I stopped coming. Why, are you looking for the old man?" Zhao, should we still look for that male doll?"

Hua Chong blurred the question, "By the way, you said you played poker with Zhao Tianjun just now, so what did you talk about during the poker game?"

"Talk about everything!" Men of Mr. Dong's age group like to talk about national affairs when they get together, "Look, the people we live here are either factory workers or peddlers who work late at night. Teacher, the profession of a teacher is enviable. It is a master. But when we mentioned teachers, Lao Zhao was not happy, saying that what he regrets most in his life is being a teacher. Let me say that being a teacher is good, it is him I didn't do my job well."

Hua Chong said: "So he likes to complain to you about the teacher's job?"

Old man Dong nodded, "He always said that the society is unfair to teachers, and that teachers are punished by death if they make mistakes. I think society is unfair to us old workers! After arguing a few times, he stopped talking and didn't come to play cards. Tell him to play cards, and he says he wants to wander around by himself."

"He hasn't worked since he moved here?" So far, the police found out that Zhao Tianjun didn't work anymore, and Hua Chong felt it necessary to confirm again.

"He used to sell stewed vegetables." Old man Dong said, "It's just outside the alley. Isn't there a bus station there? He buys there every afternoon and evening. Don't mention it, selling stewed vegetables is quite profitable. His dozen I must have saved a lot in the past year, maybe I quietly moved to live in a big house."

At this time, Hua Chong's cell phone rang.It was Liu Zhiqin calling.

Hua Chong asked Yue Yue to continue asking old man Dong, and walked aside to answer the phone.

"Zhao Tianjun has a fixed monthly unemployment benefit, which is played on a card. Before March last year, he would withdraw the money every month. But on April 3 last year, he deposited 4 in it. After Yuan, he never touched this card again. Other cards still have access records.” Liu Zhiqin said: “His asset status is much better than what we learned before. He has a card for purchasing wealth management products. Card, around the 11th of every month, he will deposit a sum of money into it, at most 2, at least 30."

Hua Chong said: "Zhao Tianjun's neighbors said that he has been selling stewed vegetables near his residence for a long time, and the money should be his income from selling stewed vegetables."

"Well." Liu Zhiqin continued: "March last year was a critical time node. Zhao Tianjun used to buy financial products on an annual basis and invest repeatedly, but after March last year, he did not use his deposits for investment. In mid-March , he took out 3, and then took out another 3."

"It's also March when I no longer receive unemployment benefits." Hua Chong said: "The last time Zhao Tianjun's neighbors saw him was during the Spring Festival this year. Has Zhao Tianjun withdrawn money since the Spring Festival?"

Liu Zhiqin said: "I did, the most recent time was on April 4, at an ATM near Weijia Alley. And I checked the route he used to withdraw money. Although it was not always in the same place, it was not far from Weijia Alley. Not far."

Hua Chong frowned, "That means Zhao Tianjun is still in Wei's courtyard? But why doesn't he go home?"

"It cannot be ruled out that he did this on purpose." Liu Zhiqin said: "The monitoring system in the old city is not perfect, but the bank entry and exit must be photographed, and ordinary people know this. Maybe Zhao Tianjun doesn't want people to know that he is currently in the city. Where, so every time I withdraw money, I go back to Weijia Alley."

Hua Chong thought for a while, "Have you discovered anything about communication?"

"Zhao Tianjun's real-name number has been shut down." Liu Zhiqin said, "I guess he has another number, but I haven't been able to find it yet."

"In the past few years, I have deposited money in the bank and bought wealth management money to generate money. After March last year, I started to withdraw money in batches." Hua Chong said slowly: "He either bought something with the money, or They are preparing for 'disappearance'. By the way, I also learned that Zhao Tianjun's legs and feet are inconvenient. It may not be a big problem for him to follow people, but the crime is probably unknown."

Liu Zhiqin said, "Does he have helpers?"

"A boy was brought home by him many times." Hua Chong said: "The identity is unknown. According to witnesses, the boy is about 25 years old now."

Since Zhao Tianjun could not be contacted through various means, the special operations team applied for a house search permit.

Knowing that the murderer has not been caught yet and another former teacher is missing, Yuan Tie's face is extremely ugly.

The task force led by him bet on the taint of No.1 victim Wang Yuxia, but the deeper they dug, the more they found that not only could they not find the suspect, but many things were just the one-sided words of Zhang Aiyi and her boyfriend Ge Meng.

"Captain Yuan!" A team member rushed into the police room, "Come here, there is a commotion outside!"

"What kind of place is this? Municipal Bureau! Someone is causing trouble and you don't know how to deal with it?" Yuan Tieben was in an agitated mood, kicking the chair over with one foot, and feeling that he had lost his composure in front of the team members, "Okay, I'll come right away."

The corridor of the Criminal Investigation Detachment was as noisy as a vegetable market. Wang Yuxia's daughter, Wang Yu, had disheveled hair and bloodshot eyes. The news of her mother's death made her distraught, and her mother's slander by students made her unacceptable.

"Snapped--"

There was a loud slap, and there was a brief silence, followed by a piercing scream.

Zhang Aiyi covered his red face from the beating, and struggled frantically in the policewoman's arms, "How dare you hit me! What are you! That old woman of yours is a beast! You are also a beast!"

Wang Yu trembled with anger, "You slander my mother, you are the real beast!"

Seeing that the two were about to wrestle again, Yuan Tie rushed to separate them.

Wang Yu burst into tears, "I want to sue her! As a teacher, my mother has worked hard all her life and never did what she said! She ruined my mother's reputation, I must sue her!"

The reason why Zhang Aiyi's post aroused strong reactions was because she said in the post that Wang Yuxia forcibly opened the bathroom door to watch underage boys take a shower.

But this, in the follow-up investigation by the police, was proved to be a rumor.

Yuan Tiemao tried his best to make a breakthrough in this so-called stain, but during the repeated interrogation, Ge Meng, the person involved, cried and said that Wang Yuxia had never seen him take a bath.

"Zhang Aiyi hated Mr. Wang. She said that Mr. Wang must have died a long time ago since he had been missing for so long. The dead would not refute it. Moreover, Mr. Wang did come into our room to collect clothes, clean things, and live together. All the boys know it, and they all find it annoying for her to go in and out of the room like this. So as long as I say that Mr. Wang peeked at me taking a shower, everyone will believe me. I also hesitated. Mr. Wang is very kind to me, and often buys us fruits. It's like the kind of elder who takes care of everything and likes to talk."

Ge Meng's voice became smaller and smaller, "The fact is, I was taking a bath at home alone that day. When I came out, I saw Teacher Wang sitting in the living room. She said that she was a little tired and came back to take a rest. I went to study late at night and told everyone to eat it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be broken."

"I didn't know it would become such a big trouble." Ge Meng cried more and more, "Zhang Ai didn't tell me when he posted the post. I only saw the post later. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry..."

Hua Chong didn't know about the farce played out in the Municipal Bureau. At this time, he was looking around Zhao Tianjun's home.

One bedroom and one living room, the kitchen and toilet are very narrow, nothing is placed on the table in the living room, and the main valves of water, electricity and electricity are all closed. It seems that Zhao Tianjun is ready to leave here.

"The closet is empty." Haizi stood in front of the old-fashioned wooden cabinet in the bedroom, "There are only a few clothes left, and the bedding is also put away. Flower team, where do you think Zhao Tianjun will go?"

In addition to the bed and wooden cabinets, the bedroom also has a desk and a chair.Such an arrangement makes the bedroom look cramped.

In stark contrast to the empty wooden cabinets and living room table, the desk and the floor on either side are filled with books.

Hua Chong picked up a few books and found that they were all elementary school mathematics textbooks, with yellowed and moldy papers.

"Zhao Tianjun is not a teacher for a long time, and he even brought over the old books and papers!" Haizi was shocked, and quickly flipped through them, "Everything has been corrected, and even the checks written by the students are still kept."

Because of these books and scrolls, the bedroom smelled of pages that had been left for too long, and the smell seemed to form a barrier between the bedroom and the outside world.

They tell of Zhao Tianjun's unwillingness and anger.

They seem to be silently asking - why?Why?

This dissatisfaction has not faded with time.Selling stewed vegetables makes more money than being a teacher, but even so, Zhao Tianjun still didn't let go.Being fired has been a scar in his heart from beginning to end.

But now, the books and papers are abandoned here by him.

"Brother Liu, look here." Xu Xiaozhou paused, and Zhao Tianjun appeared in four videos.

This was the surveillance near Jianshan Vocational High School in late November last year. After focused re-screening, Xu Xiaozhou finally found that Zhao Tianjun often guarded outside the school gate at night.

It is self-evident who he is waiting for and who he is following.

On December 12, the day Zhang Xu disappeared, Zhao Tianjun appeared near the food stall, looking around.

"Wait a minute!" Liu Zhiqin's expression froze, "This car..."

A gray car suddenly appeared in the lower left corner of the video, and Zhao Tianjun walked towards the car.Limited by the angle, only a small part of the front of the car was exposed, and the license plate could not be seen, so it was barely discernible that it was a van.

When Zhao Tianjun disappeared from the screen, he was very close to the van, as if he got into the car, and then the car backed out of the screen.

No one in Weijia Alley heard that Zhao Tianjun had a car. Old man Dong said, "He only has a tricycle with people sitting in the front and a board in the back for stewed vegetables. His legs and feet are inconvenient, so he can't ride it. It's electric. As soon as the city management came, he slipped away very fast!"

When Hua Chong returned to the Municipal Bureau, Liu Zhiqin was doing sports modeling.Hua Chong stood behind him, leaning on the back of the chair with one hand, staring at the boring but crucial lines on the screen.

"Add the part outside the picture. There is someone in the driver's seat, and Zhao Tianjun is in the middle row of seats. The van is heading west, and there is no surveillance on that entire road." Liu Zhiqin said: "I suspect that the van is being monitored. It was an accident that a corner was photographed. Zhao Tianjun, and the person we don’t know for the time being, must be very aware of the blind spot of surveillance. The exposure of this corner was affected by some kind of influence. It may be possible to judge something from this angle."

"Zhao Tianjun doesn't have a car under his name, but some private transactions don't have to be transferred. Perhaps some of the money Zhao Tianjun took away was for buying a car." Hua Chong said: "It is also possible that the car is under another person's name. Now we must Lock this car immediately."

Liu Zhiqin turned the armchair and looked at Hua Chong, "I tried to find a private surveillance camera in a nearby store, but unfortunately, the angles were all wrong, and I couldn't take pictures of this location."

"The store can't do it. Check the same time period. The vehicles passing by here may be rewarding." Hua Chong propped up on the table with one hand, gestured on the display screen with the other hand, his eyes were burning, "Other vehicles don't need to avoid surveillance, they can be found by the license plate number If the dash cam captured the situation and the video is still there, you can see the whole picture of the van."

This investigation is very hard, but the hard work pays off. A Mercedes-Benz owner provided driving records during the same period.

The video is short, but it is enough to see Zhao Tianjun get into the van, and there is a person in the driver's seat of the van.Most importantly, the license plate number of the van was photographed.

"Can you give the driver's seat a fine-tuning?" Hua Chong stared at the screen for too long, his eyes a little sore.

Xu Xiaozhou shook his head, "This is already the clearest picture."

The man in the driver's seat was wearing a fisherman's hat, sunglasses, and a mask, and his entire face was almost completely blocked. In addition, the video was not clear enough to judge his appearance.

"Ignore this person for the time being." Liu Zhiqin said, "We'll talk about it after we find the van."

Hou Yifeng opened a noodle shop in the west of the city. Because the rent is cheap, the shop is not small, but it is not a grand shop. It is a business for the surrounding residents and migrant workers.

When the special operations team found him, he didn't know anything about the van and Zhao Tianjun.

"That's right, this car is mine, what's wrong?" Hou Yifeng looked puzzled, "I don't know this Zhao Tianjun!"

"I don't know him, why does he drive your car now?" Liu Zhiqin asked.

"Ah? I don't know what you're talking about." Hou Yifeng said, "My son is driving this car, and I gave it to him last year."

"Where is your son now?"

"I don't know, the class is not going well, and he is not happy to ask him to come back to help."

After going through many twists and turns, the special operations team found Hou Yifeng's son Hou Huan in a massage parlor in the west of the city.

"I know this uncle." Hou Huan was listless and kept yawning as he spoke. This kind of person is too familiar to the criminal police—he is an "addict".

According to Hou Huan, the van was indeed given to him by his father, but when he was short of money last year, Zhao Tianjun approached him and said he wanted to "rent" his car to drive. If you want to take the car back, just let us know in advance.

After receiving the money, Hou Huan handed over the van to Zhao Tianjun, and never asked about it again.

This is absurd, Hua Chong asked: "You don't know Zhao Tianjun at all, he rents your car with the car money, so you are not afraid of accidents?"

"I don't know him, but I know Qian." Hou Huan continued to yawn, "And the car is not in my name, so if something goes wrong, let me take care of it."

"Is Zhao Tianjun the only one in contact with you?" Hua Chong asked again.

"That's right." Hou Huan stared at those dull eyes, "Why, did something happen to that car? Don't make things difficult for me, go find me!"

The clues to the car seemed to be broken again, but Liu Zhiqin, Xu Xiaozhou and the Chuanming City Traffic Police Detachment cooperated to delineate the fixed range of activities of the van through limited surveillance images.

There is a very depressed commercial center in the northwest corner of Chuanming. Back then, the developer thought it could develop an urban-rural integration economy, but after investing in it, they found it was a failure. 90% of the shops in the center were closed, and only a few were doing business.

"I've seen him." After seeing Zhao Tianjun's photo, a proprietress who sells children's clothing pointed to a shop with a rolling door on the second floor and said, "That's the shop he rented, but I've never seen him do business. .”

The rolling shutter door opened, and Hua Chong subconsciously raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose - a thin but familiar rancid smell rushed towards his face.