Mystery Pursuit

Wu Yuzhou said: "If what Zhang Linlin said is true, there must be more than one woman who has been raped by Uncle Wu in recent years. Zhang Linlin has no evidence, which does not mean that all the victims have no evidence. Find other victims, and maybe you can find evidence .”

Zhang Miao patted the edge of the table, "Yes! I often walk by the river, and there is no one who doesn't get wet shoes. We have been in elementary school for almost 20 years now. How many girls have been injured... Sigh? How do we find these people? ? No one would easily say such a thing.”

How to find the victims of these years is indeed a difficult problem. It is non-official and cannot use the resources of the bureau. It is almost impossible to find other victims with only a few of them. When Wu Yuzhou frowned and thought, Zhang Miao's eyes full of justice suddenly Er darkened, "If evidence is found, will Uncle Wu be sentenced?"

Wu Yuzhou gave a soft "um".

"This matter is going to become a big deal, and the neighbors know about it. What will Aunt Wu and Jingyi do in the future? The daughter of a LT addict and a QJ prisoner, all kinds of vicious words can puncture her spine. Back then, my dad couldn't bear the pressure of public opinion. , and embarked on the road of suicide... When Zhuzi comes back one day, how sad should he be when he sees his family gone?" Between justice and personal feelings, Zhang Miao hesitated.

Wu Yuzhou lit a cigarette and said nothing.

The two were silent for a moment, and Zhang Miao asked, "Say, what do you think?"

"On that day, I will do my best to keep this matter from being exposed and minimize the harm to Aunt Wu and Jingyi..." Wu Yuzhou's eyes were cold and his tone was calm, as if he was talking about someone who had nothing to do with him.

"You...you don't hesitate at all? Whether in the past or now, Uncle Wu has nothing to say to us...I'm a little entangled."

Wu Yuzhou flicked the cigarette ash, and said calmly: "He was an adult when he did those things, he had the ability to think independently, he also knew what the consequences would be, and he knew that his actions would cause harm to others. He knew everything, but Or did it, if I pity him, who will pity those who are ruined?"

"Are you all so ruthless as policemen? At first I wished I could rush over and chop him up, but when I calmed down and remembered how kind Uncle Wu was to me, I lost that urge..." Zhang Miao's voice became softer.

"One year, a relative in my family was arrested for stealing. They came to ask my dad for help. My dad refused without thinking. The relative was very dissatisfied. My grandma couldn't bear face and scolded my dad for being cold-blooded. I was young at the time, and my thoughts were similar to yours. I also think my dad is cold.

After an accident at home, I was sent to the south to perform a mission. For nine years, I watched my companions die one by one. In order to take care of the overall situation, they knew that they would die without hesitation. There is no one who is not afraid of death. They did so only for the light in their hearts.

If the punishment of criminals is given up due to personal feelings, how can it be worthy of the life sacrificed for justice? "

Zhang Miao was startled when he heard that, "You really have changed a lot."

Wu Yuzhou sank the cigarette butt into the remaining half glass of wine on the table, "People always change."

"The person who did this is Uncle Zhou, and you are merciless?"

"Well, if my dad is still alive, I think he will make the same choice as me." Wu Yuzhou said firmly.

"Uncle Zhou won't even let off thieves. He would never do such a wicked thing."

"In fact, there are quite a few people with this habit, but not everyone will become a pervert and hurt others. Uncle Wu has read so many books and understood so many truths, but let his desire expand. This is also one of the reasons that cannot be forgiven."

"I hope that Zhuzi will not come back in the future. I know my father must be very sad for doing such a thing. I also hope that he will not be on TV. The mistake was made by Uncle Wu alone. Punish him. Now that the Internet is so developed, if someone finds out about the situation of the Wu family , the information about Jingyi and Xiaozi was exposed, how will their siblings live in the future?" The father's suicide because he couldn't bear the pressure of public opinion left a shadow on Zhang Miao, fearing that the tragedy would happen again, the room was quiet for a moment, Zhang Miao didn't When Wu Yuzhou replied, he looked up and saw that he was deep in thought, so he raised his hand and pushed, "What are you thinking?"

Zhang Miao’s words brought Wu Yuzhou to another issue, “Ten years ago, the Internet was not well developed, and there were no smart phones like today. In addition, the police did not disclose what happened to my house to the media. In fact, only a small number of people knew what happened to my house. People, how could this small group of people cause such a big harm to public opinion?

The neighbors knew that my house was burned to death, but they didn’t know the exact cause of death. Due to my father’s identity, the bureau kept the case strictly confidential. Those who visited all thought that the reason for the investigation was the fire. That is to say, the neighbors thought my house was burned to death. Yes, there are many reasons that can cause a fire, not necessarily someone setting it on fire. How could this situation lead to Uncle Zhang committing suicide? "

Zhang Miao thought for a while, "After the police came to visit my house, the news that my father was the murderer began to spread everywhere. I didn't think about it before. When you said it, I realized that the news spread among the neighbors overnight. spread more widely.”

"The neighbors said that Uncle Zhang had conflicts with my father during the day and came to kill our family at night. What they said was killing, not setting fire to my house, which means that someone knew the truth about my parents' death.

Except that the news spread quickly and was highly targeted, these points are enough to show that the public opinion that forced Uncle Zhang to death was deliberately spread and disseminated. With such an understanding of the cause of death, apart from the police, it was the murderer.

The police may leak the news, but there is no reason to target Uncle Zhang, so the person who created public opinion is likely to be the murderer. "

Zhang Miao couldn't bear the heavy news that came one after another that night, and his head was dizzy after drinking. He unscrewed the bottle of mineral water and poured it directly on his head. The cold water woke up his mind, and then he cleared Wu Yuzhou's words, " You mean, someone killed your family first, and then came to plot against my dad?"

Wu Yuzhou nodded, "Let's go, let's go to your house to sleep tonight, and I'll talk to my aunt tomorrow morning."

"As long as my mother knows everything, she told the police more than ten years ago. It is impossible for her to know who the murderer is."

"The purpose of the murderer's creating a storm of public opinion is to force Uncle Zhang to die. He must have a reason for wanting Uncle Zhang to die. Apart from your father, the person most likely to know the reason is your mother."

"I understand my mother. If she knew the reason, she couldn't have said nothing... You can talk to her again, maybe there was something I missed back then."

Wu Yuzhou didn't answer again, he stared at the gradually solidified hot pot soup, Zhang Miao pushed again, "I'm really tired of chatting with you criminal police."

Wu Yuzhou came back to his senses and said: "Not everyone will be crushed by public opinion."

Zhang Miao was confused, "What do you mean?"

"Some people don't care what other people say. For this kind of person, no matter how much public opinion they create, they can't drive him to death. The murderer forced Uncle Zhang to death by creating public opinion, which shows that the murderer knows him very well. Personality can't bear other people's finger pointing."

This time Zhang Miao understood, "The only person who knows my father very well, except my mother, is Uncle Zhou." The words behind were stuck on his lips.

"Wu Weiguo." Wu Yuzhou helped him out.

Zhang Miao opened her mouth slightly and said nothing for a long while, before she said: "No... can... right? The three of them grew up together and climbed out of the countryside together. They are as close as brothers. How about Uncle Wu?" Maybe it hurts my dad and your dad?"

"In the case of my family, in addition to acquaintances committing the crime, there may also be peer competition and criminal revenge. I only guess, not necessarily Uncle Wu." From a personal emotional point of view, Wu Yuzhou hopes that this guess will never come true, after all, in the past ten years , The relationship between the three families is really good.

"That's all for tonight, my brain is going to explode, I really..."

Wu Yuzhou went to sleep at Zhang Miao's house. On the way, he said, "If a case happens, I don't have so much time to investigate the matter of Uncle Wu and Zhang Linlin. Then I will leave it to you."

"No... How can I investigate the case?"

"It's okay, you will follow my instructions then."

Early the next morning, Zhang's mother was very surprised to see Wu Yuzhou appearing at her home, "When did Xiaozheng come?"

"Zhang Miao drank too much last night, and it was too late after I sent him back."

Mother Zhang smiled, "It just so happens that I made a lot of breakfast today, come and eat."

Zhang Miao didn't get up, Wu Yuzhou and Zhang's mother had breakfast face to face, "Auntie, do you know why Uncle Zhang and his father had an argument before my family had an accident?"

Mother Zhang stopped picking dishes, and then put down the bowls and chopsticks, "I understand your doubts about Lao Zhang. After all, you suspected that he killed your family back then, but Auntie uses my old life to assure you that Lao Zhang will never Could kill your parents."

"You misunderstood. I believe that Uncle Zhang didn't harm my parents. I asked you about the past because I found some ideas to solve the problem. I need to learn more about what happened back then."

Hearing that Zhang's mother has relaxed, she and Zhang Cheng's relationship is pretty good, Zhang Cheng never hides from her anything, except that he didn't say the reason for the quarrel, Zhang Cheng came back from Zhou's house that afternoon, he was bored without saying a word Smoke, Zhang's mother saw that he was in a bad mood, and asked the reason, not only did he not say anything, but quarreled with her a few words, she was angry and ignored Zhang Cheng all night, and Zhang Cheng drank alone until late at night after dinner, and fell asleep in the middle of the night , she didn't leave the house all night, so she was absolutely sure that Zhang Cheng didn't harm anyone.

"Before that, did Uncle Zhang tell you anything?"

"No." Zhang's mother thought for a while and said: "Before your family had an accident, Lao Zhang was very cheerful and smiled at everyone, but a few days before your family's accident, he seemed very depressed, his smile was less He likes to talk to people, sometimes he has to shout twice before he can hear."

Before the accident at home, Wu Yuzhou was in a passionate relationship with Yu Ye, and he had been thinking about the relationship all day long, so he didn't observe the emotions of his parents carefully. Now that he thinks about it carefully, he vaguely remembers that his father was not in a good mood in those few days, and he even quarreled with his mother because of trivial matters about food. , with a dull pain in his head, he stopped recalling in time and said: "My dad was also in a bad mood those few days."

Zhang's mother patted her forehead, "Look at my stupid brain, if I want to know what happened to them, just ask Wu Weiguo directly, the three of them are good and put on a pair of pants, Wu Weiguo must know why they quarreled."

Suspecting that Wu Weiguo was just Wu Yuzhou's conjecture. There was no evidence, so I didn't tell Zhang's mother. Instead, I followed her suggestion and went to Wu Weiguo after dinner. During the Spring Festival, Wu's family came and went. There were relatives and parents of students. When Wu Yuzhou went Early, only their family of four.

Wu Jingyi is helping her younger brother with homework, Wu's mother is busy with housework, Wu Weiguo is practicing calligraphy, a happy family, when Wu Yuzhou comes in, Wu Weiguo takes off his glasses and greets him, "Xiaozheng, come and see how my handwriting is ?”

Wu Yuzhou didn't know calligraphy, so he praised him casually.

Wu Weiguo smiled from ear to ear, put down the paper in his hand and said, "Why didn't Lulu and the child you picked up come?"

"They're not up yet."

Wu Jingyi, who was in the study, leaned out half of her body and shouted: "Are you a fake brother? Lulu woke up early, and she sent me a WeChat message at seven o'clock, saying that she will come to my house to play today."

Wu Yuzhou smiled and said nothing.

Mother Wu brought a fruit plate, "Xiaozheng came here so early, is there something wrong?"

"It's nothing, come and talk to Uncle Wu."

"You two are talking, I'm going to buy vegetables, and I'll have lunch here later." After Wu's mother left, Wu Weiguo turned to look at him, "Is work not going well?"

"I'm fine. It was the elementary school reunion in the second day of junior high school. Everyone was talking about you. Today I just happened to pass by and stop by to have a look."

"It's been almost 20 years since you graduated, and there are still people who remember me as an old guy, so it's not a waste of teaching."

"We all remember that a teacher is like a father, the squad leader... Zhang Linlin has gone."

Wu Weiguo frowned and recalled, "Was Hao Feng the monitor of your class?"

"Well, he is three years old today."

"Time is so fast."

Wu Yuzhou deliberately mentioned Zhang Linlin's name, but Wu Weiguo didn't mention a word, and he said: "Everyone is married and has children, only Zhang Miao and Zhang Linlin are single."

"Zhang Miao's vision is higher than the sky, and ordinary girls don't like it." Wu Weiguo kept silent about Zhang Linlin.

It has been tested twice in a row. If Zhang Linlin is mentioned frequently, it will cause suspicion. Wu Yuzhou is unwilling, but he has no choice. When he is thinking about what to say next, Wu Weiguo asked, "The Zhang Linlin who often wears double ponytails?"

"It's her, she's beautiful now."

Wu Weiguo smiled, "She was good-looking when she was young, so why doesn't she have a boyfriend?"

"There may be other circumstances. I didn't ask about personal matters."

When Wu Weiguo mentioned Zhang Linlin, his expression was very calm, and Wu Yuzhou couldn't find any flaws, "Uncle, it is written in the file that before my accident happened, some neighbors saw Uncle Zhang go to my house to quarrel with my dad, do you know what they are arguing about? "

Wu Weiguo handed the peeled orange to Wu Yuzhou, and then sighed, "It was rumored back then that Zhang Cheng killed your father. You doubt that his uncle understood, but Zhang Cheng lay there for the rest of his life, and the pain was no less severe than your father's." , can be regarded as punishment, so what can you do if you arrest him and take him to the police station? Xiaozheng should be released as soon as he is supposed to."

Wu Yuzhou said bluntly: "I can't let go."

"Sigh... There are some things that I wanted to be rotten for the rest of my life, but now it seems that I can't do it. If I don't talk about it, I'm afraid you won't be able to let it go for the rest of your life.

You know, who was the first person to see your mother when we were young? "

Qi Li was beautiful when she was young, and there were not a few suitors. Only Zhou Zhendong pursued her the most. He was very smart and knew that it was useless to please Qi Li. The most important thing was the Qi family's parents. Giving gifts from work coaxed the two old people into smiles and won the victory from many suitors. This is the version Wu Yuzhou has heard.

"Your father wins in intelligence, but Zhang Cheng first fell in love with your mother. He has been in love with your mother for a long time and has not dared to confess it. Your father knew that Zhang Cheng was interested in your mother, but still disregarded brotherhood and took the lead in chasing your mother. This matter buried a knot in Zhang Cheng's heart... For the next ten years, he was very kind to your mother, that kind of kindness surpassed friendship, your father didn't want it, and they often quarreled over this matter.

Later, your father found out that Zhang Cheng and Qi Li had an improper relationship. Which man can bear this?So that time they quarreled fiercely, your father wanted to break off friendship with Zhang Cheng, and he was not allowed to meet your mother again, and something happened to your family that night. Wu Weiguo paused, and then said: "I don't know if Zhang Cheng committed suicide because he missed your mother, or because he was ashamed of your father?" "

Wu Yuzhou endured a headache and tried hard to recall the past. In his memory, Zhang Cheng was busy with restaurant business, so he didn’t come to the house very often, and he didn’t communicate with his mother too much. Moreover, if his mother had an affair with Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng’s wife, who is also a woman, why would Didn't find it?

Wu Weiguo seemed to see his doubts, got up and went into the study, and when he came out again, he held a letter in his hand and handed it to him.

The letter paper was slightly yellowed, and it could be seen that this letter had been there for many years. Wu Yuzhou unfolded the letter paper, and it was a letter to his mother.

Parents were married in 1995, is what Wu Weiguo said true?

"I know you can't accept it for a while... If you don't keep letting go, I plan to be a rotten belly for the rest of my life."

Wu Yuzhou never opened his mouth. First, he believed in the quality of his mother. Second, if there was no such thing as Zhang Linlin, he might have believed in Wu Weiguo, but he could not trust Wu Weiguo after knowing what Wu Weiguo had done. Facing this letter, he could not produce any evidence to refute Wu Weiguo. If you say that, it is like walking into a foggy forest for a while, and the heavy fog blocks your vision and you can't see the way forward.

Wu Weiguo patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't think about it, Zhang Cheng's life is hard, life is better than death."

Wu Yuzhou couldn't keep silent, so he could only pretend to believe his words, showing a sad expression, "Thank you uncle, tell me the truth."

"I don't want to ruin your mother's reputation. I only said these words to you."

Wu Yuzhou thanked him again.

"Don't think about it, stay for lunch later." Wu Weiguo got up to write calligraphy.

Wu Yuzhou sat alone on the sofa, and the sentence from the "Book of Changes" was still hung on the opposite wall: Yi has Tai Chi, which produces Liangyi, Liangyi gives birth to four images, and four images give birth to gossip.

There are additional photo frames on the outside of the gossip diagram next to the brush characters. Before, it was pasted on the wall with tape. This time, it is displayed with a golden photo frame. There are eight directions in total, including southeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, northwest, and northeast. Different directions correspond to different times. He Gua, he stood up and went over, and was about to raise his hand to touch the material, when Wu Jingyi suddenly called out, "Brother Zheng, I advise you not to touch that picture, it is my father's treasure, it is more important than the emperor's map of mountains and rivers. "

Wu Yuzhou withdrew his hand.

Wu Weiguo raised his head when he heard the sound, "Don't listen to her nonsense, what are the pictures of mountains and rivers, I just prefer classical culture."

Yu Ye hadn't seen Wu Yuzhou for 24 hours, so he called him as soon as he woke up. This phone call happened to be the reason for Wu Yuzhou to leave Wu's house. When he returned home, Zhou Qilu was not there, so Maodou and Yu Ye sat in a corner of the sofa, one reading a book and the other watching his mobile phone. .

Yu Ye wanted to stick to it, but because of Maodou's presence, he had to hold back the idea of ​​hugging and kissing him, and sat in a decent manner. Among the three of them, one wounded and one child, the difficult task of making lunch fell on Wu Yuzhou. After Zhou Qilu came back, the kitchen added a lot of food. Kitchen utensils, full fridge.

Wu Yuzhou put on his apron, rolled up his sleeves, and took the posture of a chef. Yu Ye leaned on the door frame and watched him while directing. Maodou looked at the kitchen with his head down and continued to read. After a while, he looked over again and saw Wu Yuzhou from In the refrigerator, he took out a piece of meat wrapped in plastic wrap and was about to cut it. He was stunned, closed the book and ran to the kitchen, "Brother, is the hamburger delicious? I want to eat a hamburger."

Yu Ye looked down at him, "Brother Zhou's cooking is better than hamburgers, let's go out to eat hamburgers at night, be obedient."

"No!"

Maodou has always been well-behaved and quiet, and it is rare for such a willful moment. Wu Yuzhou saw that the child really wanted to eat a hamburger, so he untied his apron, picked up Maodou, "Come on, let's go out and eat a hamburger."

Yu Ye followed behind him, muttering softly, "I want to hug too."

Wu Yuzhou: "..."

There weren't many people in the fast food restaurant. During the three of them eating, Yu Ye received a call, so he didn't finish the meal, so he hurriedly took Maodou to the scene of the crime.

The crime took place in an old building in the northeast. Wu Yuzhou settled Maodou and walked into the crime scene. The room was less than [-] square meters with one bedroom and one living room. Taking two forensic doctors to do a preliminary autopsy, Yu Ye stood aside and frowned.

Wu Yuzhou walked into the crowd and frowned when he saw the corpses on the ground clearly. There were three corpses stacked together in the center of the living room, and a male corpse was sandwiched between two female corpses. The three corpses were tightly bound with hemp rope. No blood.

Three corpses were stacked together. The dead were two female and one male. The crime took place indoors. The circumstances of this case were basically consistent with the murder of Liang Hong's family.