sincerity of lies

The household registration department was very helpful, and it didn't take long to send the information on Zheng Xuewang's household registration.

In the message sent, Zheng Xuewang's parents Zheng Jiaguo and Wang Guiyu's residential address, work unit, and contact number; Zheng Xuewang's own residential address, work unit, and contact number are all included.

It is worth noting that Zheng Xuewang also had a twin brother, Zheng Xuejun, who died young.

郑学望、郑学军都是1979年生人，今年郑学望37岁，而郑学军死在20年前，1996年的6月1日。

"June 6st." Tan Mingjiu pondered, "It seems that Zheng Xuewang asks for leave on June 1st every year to pay homage to his younger brother? It makes sense..."

"What's the cause of death?" Ji asked.

"The death notice stated that the medical treatment did not work." Tan Mingjiu replied that the records in the household registration department were only a result, and there would be no detailed cause and effect. "Maybe it was some kind of illness. I just came to ask Zheng Xuewang's parents."

"It's time to ask." Ji Xun hummed.

They went to Zheng Xuewang's parents' house.

Zheng Xuewang's parents' home is not too far from the No. [-] Hospital. They live in an old community in the city center. Generally speaking, this kind of old community is not bad, with insufficient greening, lax management, no elevator, and not clean enough.

The train of the times is always moving forward, and in the rapid progress, people and things in succession are always easily left behind.

Unlucky, this mid-afternoon raid came to the door, and no one was at home.

After Tan Mingjiu called and asked, he found out about Zheng Xuewang's father. Zheng Jiaguo just went on a trip with an elderly group yesterday. The trip was not short, and he came back half a month later.

Tan Mingjiu was suspicious: "...isn't it a coincidence that Zheng Xuewang really has a problem? So he arranged for his father to go out and hide early?"

Ji Xun didn't bother to answer such pretentious questions, and motioned Tan Mingjiu to continue asking where Wang Guiyu was.

Tan Mingjiu replied: "Zheng Jiaguo said that Wang Guiyu is at home, but look."

He raised his chin toward the iron door in front of him, and shook his phone again, meaning: there is no one in the door, and the phone cannot be connected.

Ji Xun pondered for a moment: "...Okay, what do you want to eat tonight?"

"Is it finally time to eat?!" Tan Mingjiu immediately salivated, "Don't think about it, I'm ready, just Sichuan cuisine! Spicy chicken, Maoxuewang, boiled pork slices, dry pot fat intestines, pickled pepper kidneys, no double pepper Not fun!"

Ji Xun: "Think again, you still have plenty of room for thinking."

Tan Mingjiu: "What are you thinking about? Right now, I need a bit of spicy food to stimulate my spirit and taste buds, so as to get the most stimulation so that I can make persistent efforts and work hard, so we might as well find the nearest Sichuan restaurant——"

"It's only five o'clock."

"It's okay, I can have dinner early!"

Ji Xun didn't refute Tan Mingjiu, he just called a car and took them to a new community.

"Rain, flowers, small, district."

There was a big gap between dream and reality, Tan Mingjiu read out the name of this community word by word.

"Yes."

"Yuhua Community is Zheng Xuewang's home."

"Yes."

"Zheng Xuewang is not at home now."

"That's right, but I have to find some compensation for running away from Zheng Xuewang's parents' house."

"If we want to go in - need some formalities - I believe Team Huo is already working on the formalities - there is no problem with the formalities - the most important thing is, my Sichuan food -" Tan Mingjiu wailed louder and louder After all, he couldn't stop Ji Xun's hand.

When the elevator reached the floor where Zheng Xuewang lived, Ji Xun only took two seconds to open the heavy and safe door.But at this moment, just as he was about to open the door, Ji Xun stopped suddenly.

He pressed the iron door, turned around and mouthed to Tan Mingjiu:

Someone is inside.

This is Zheng Xuewang's home, and Zheng Xuewang is still being detained by the police, who would be in his home? !

Tan Mingjiu, who had been making jokes this afternoon, reacted no slower than Ji Xun. His hands moved quickly, one in front of the other, pressing the police badge with one hand and the gun with the other.

Ji Xun waved his hand to tell Tan Mingjiu to be calm.

He listened for a while, and heard the small voices inside.

These sounds that did not disappear seem to prove that the people staying in the house did not find them who opened the lock, which is undoubtedly good news, putting them in a position where they can attack and retreat.

He pushed the door open a crack gently.

Through the gap, with good luck, they saw a gray shadow in the living room with their backs to them. Through the outline of the gray shadow, they could still see the small white refrigerator——Zheng Xuewang said in his statement that he The place where the money given by Chen Jiashu is hidden.

That crouching, crooked gray shadow was crouching over the pile of money, took one pile, put it back, took two more piles, put it back again, bent down and hugged the whole pile of money... just like that , both greedy and hesitant.

While the two were spying on Gray Shadow, and Gray Shadow was focusing on spying on money, Tan Mingjiu gradually relaxed.

"Wang Guiyu?" He asked Ji Xun in a breathy voice.

Ji Xun nodded slightly.

While the son was away, the mother searched the house and found the hidden money, which seemed abnormal no matter how you looked at it.

Ji Xun rubbed the phone in his pocket, thinking about what he found out from the nurse while avoiding Tan Mingjiu when he brought milk tea home.

He asked the nurse if anyone who came to see Zheng Xuewang recently left any impression on them.

The nurse simply said yes.

"Who?" Ji Xun asked at the time, "Appearance?"

When he asked this, the image of Meng Lingshan suddenly flashed in his mind.

"We know that person." The nurse's answer had nothing to do with Meng Lingshan, at least on the surface, "He is our accompanying doctor."

"Escort?"

"Yes, escort. It is a profession that specially accompanies some foreigners and the elderly to the hospital for treatment." The nurse said, "After Dr. Zheng left, there were still a few people who inquired about Dr. Zheng, but most of them were treated by Dr. Zheng." Patient, these people don’t mind after hearing that Dr. Zheng resigned. But this escort, after we told him that Dr. Zheng had resigned, still asked a lot about Dr. Zheng. In short, it’s somewhat strange , I always feel that I didn’t come here to see a doctor.”

I didn't come here for medical treatment, but of course I came for other purposes.

I can't tell who it is who asked the accompanying doctor to inquire about Zheng Xuewang, I can only conclude...someone is inquiring about Zheng Xuewang.

Will this person be satisfied with just scouting people at Zheng Xuewang's previous workplace?

If he wanted to inquire about Zheng Xuewang, besides his workplace, he would also get in touch with Zheng Xuewang's friends, Zheng Xuewang's family members, and, most importantly... Find a time to visit Zheng Xuewang's home.

A residence that has been inhabited for a long time can inadvertently reveal too many secrets of the owner.

But now, not to mention how much the secret left by Zheng Xuewang in the house has been destroyed, at least [-]% of the traces left by "that person" have been covered and polluted.

"Old Ji, Lao Ji." Tan Mingjiu called him in a low voice, "What are you thinking? It's a good opportunity, let's rush in now and call Wang Guiyu, so that we don't have to bear the responsibility of incomplete procedures, and we can catch her before she comes back to her senses." I have asked everything that should be asked, killing two birds with one stone!"

Ji Xun came back to his senses.

Also, Wang Guiyu, who stole the money, has a guilty conscience and is very easy to deceive.

"Why is the door open?" Ji Xun immediately acted out, "Police, hello, what are you doing, what relationship do you have with the head of the household, are you breaking in and stealing illegally?"

Tan Mingjiu walked in swaggeringly, and all he saw was a figure clutching the money, eager to put all the money back into the freezer.

But in just a few seconds, it is of course impossible to put all 68 back into the freezer.

This kind of hasty cover-up is destined to be like a clown doing futile work.

"Don't move! You still want to make small moves under the noses of our police?! It's useless to push it back. Say, why steal something."

"Comrade police, I'm not a thief, I'm not a thief!" The gray shadow they saw lying on the money through the crack of the door finally turned around. Seeing the handsome outline, there are many shadows of Zheng Xuewang on her body—or in other words, Zheng Xuewang has inherited many of her genes.

She shouted something that anyone with eyes could guess:

"I'm Zheng Xuewang's mother. This is my son's house. I'll help him pack his things!"

Tan Mingjiuhu has a face that is completely different from his daily gag temperament. As a criminal policeman, it is inevitable to prepare a few more faces when facing all kinds of vicious criminals.

"You said you came to help him tidy up, tidy up the debris all over the floor, and tidy up a pile of money?"

"I'm reorganizing..." Wang Guiyu justified.The banknote, which she was still reluctant to part with just now, was like a hot potato at this moment, and she was far away from it, and then she asked, "I'm sorting out my son's things, what's the matter with the police?"

This doesn't seem like a fun old lady either.

"Under normal circumstances, it doesn't matter." Tan Ming Jiu Laoshen is here, "If the money is stolen money, it is very important. Do you know that the money is stolen money?"

Judging from Wang Guiyu's shocked and apprehensive expression, she didn't know, but she more or less guessed it.

It's more interesting.Ji Xun thought, she probably came here specifically for the money, how could she know that Zheng Xuewang had the money?In the recent contact, did Zheng Xuewang reveal his wealth to his parents?Or was the conversation detected?Or is it someone else—such as a character like an accompanying doctor who indirectly reminded their son that he has made money recently?

The rummaging of boxes and cabinets all over the floor seemed to know that his son hadn't just been rummaging wantonly recently. To find such a secret place to hide money, maybe it was the mother's understanding of his son's habits?

Does Zheng Xuewang like to hide things in the refrigerator?

While Tan Mingjiu was asking Wang Guiyu, Ji Xun looked at the room.

Overall, the room is not too big, about 60 square meters by visual inspection, but because only one bedroom is made, each space looks not small. Ji Xun first saw a huge table with a length of two or three meters. In the dining room, opposite the table and against the wall, there is a whole row of bookcases.

The door of the bookcase is designed with half transparent glass and half plate.

Looking inside from the transparent glass, most of the placed books are books. As for the plank cabinet doors, they are also opened. In addition to the normal storage of winter clothes and bedding, the unit of measurement is a whole cabinet. Various building blocks.

The conversation between Tan Mingjiu and Wang Guiyu is still going on.

After being taken the lead by Tan Mingjiu, Wang Guiyu might have been nervous, calmed down, and answered Tan Mingjiu's question honestly, but couldn't help but mutter twice:

"What kind of stolen money, it can't be stolen money. Xuewang has excellent grades since he was a child, and he abides by the law. He...will not commit crimes."

"Does Zheng Xuewang like building blocks very much?" Tan Mingjiu asked business-like.

"Building Blocks?"

"There are a lot of building blocks in Zheng Xuewang's home and office. If you don't like it, why do you buy so many?"

"...that's not what he likes." Wang Guiyu was stunned for a while, then sighed, "That's what his brother Xuejun likes."

Wang Guiyu looked at the big table in front of him.

When Ji Xun came in, he noticed that on the big table, apart from the open freezer, banknotes, and medicines, there was also a photo frame, the back was opened, and a white bone piece was placed next to the photo frame. Judging from the traces that match the shape of the piece, this bone has been stuffed inside the photo frame.

Wang Guiyu's eyes touched the bone, and immediately withdrew it as if it had been burnt.

She stammered: "This... this should be the ashes of my second son, Xuejun. I didn't expect him to hide here... I haven't noticed..."

Ji Xun picked up the photo frame, it is a bit like a refrigerator magnet, with magnets on the back, and it usually sticks to the freezer. It looks like a picture postcard from the front, but if this layer is removed, it will be a photo, two young teenagers The two-year-old children cross their shoulders and shoulders. They really look alike. At a glance, it is almost impossible to tell who is who. Perhaps the one on the left who looks more refined in a white shirt is Zheng Xuewang, and the one on the right who looks more wild in a T-shirt is Zheng Xuejun.

Zheng Xuewang attached the photos to the freezer that he uses every day and is his favorite place to store things...but he also concealed the photos?

why?

"I read the records. Zheng Xuejun died in 1996. Was he seriously ill?" Ji Xun asked.

Wang Guiyu said: "It's not a serious illness. The second child is different from the eldest child. No matter how good the first child's grades are, the second child will not learn well. He ran around wildly at a young age. Later, he fell from the abandoned factory and landed on his head in the hospital. The vegetative person lay in bed for several months and spent a lot of money. If it wasn't for...someone helped, there was no way to cure it. In the end, I didn't open my eyes, and I called us again, so I just left."

Someone help.

When he said this, Wang Guiyu paused for a while, was it intentional or unintentional?

Ji Xun thought to himself, he didn't startle the snake, and changed the subject: "Is Zheng Xuejun's death an accident?"

Wang Guiyu bowed his head for a moment: "Who knows?"

"What do you mean?"

"A group of people were fighting over there, and the person standing on the edge was pushed down by someone. It was intentional. You police asked around, but you couldn't find the person who did it on purpose. Let's say it was an accident. We again Not reconciled, why is our child so unlucky?"

According to Wang Guiyu, Zheng Xuejun's fall was caused by a gang fight. As for who was responsible for Zheng Xuejun's death, the police did not come to a conclusion, and the case might be closed by accident.

20 years is a bit long, I don't know if the archives are still preserved.But no matter what, I have to look up Zheng Xuejun's affairs when I go back...

"Has Zheng Xuewang talked about his brother's death at home?" Ji Xun continued to ask, "Have you shown any hatred for those who participated in the fight at that time?"

When he learned that Zheng Xuejun died in a brawl, he thought of Chen Jiashu.

But this year Zheng Xuewang is 37 years old, Chen Jiashu is 48 years old, 20 years ago, Zheng Xuejun was only 17 years old, and Chen Jiashu is 28 years old, it seems irrelevant.

"Really not." Wang Guiyu shook his head, "Not at all. Even if we talked about Xuejun, Xuewang never answered the question. We didn't know that his brother was so deeply hidden in his heart."

The question is over.

Seeing that Ji Xun didn't have anything more to say, Tan Mingjiu nodded and told Wang Guiyu: "Don't leave Ning City recently, the police may ask you for some information."

"I know..." Wang Guiyu asked hesitantly, "Comrade policeman, what did my son do? Believe me, he is really a very good boy and will not do anything wrong."

"Including avenging his brother?" Ji Xun asked jokingly.

Wang Guiyu was stunned for a moment, and then she replied with little hesitation: "Yes, no! I can't blame anyone for his brother's matter, it's just bad luck..."

The entire afternoon's investigation was barely rewarding. When they bid farewell to Wang Guiyu, they brought the freezer full of money—this was an important evidence.

Wang Guiyu faced them sideways, with a look of wanting to see but not wanting to look, exactly the same as the look of reluctance they saw through the crack of the door. Finally, when they stepped out of the door, they couldn't help but say:

"Well, Comrade Police, will the money be returned?"

"That depends on the outcome of the case." Tan Mingjiu said, "Don't worry, our police enforce the law impartially and will not engulf the legitimate property of the people. Take away the list of confiscated items that I gave you before, and if you are notified later to come to pick up the items, Remember to bring the list..."

"I know, I know." Wang Guiyu explained, "More than 60 yuan is not a small amount. You can only see so much money twice in a lifetime."

Who is not.

Tan Mingjiu didn't show it on the face, but he was quite sad in his heart. He saw Wang Guiyu twice, but he only saw it this time. He held the more than 60 yuan, his arms were hot and trembling, and he was afraid that a robbery would come along the way. Yes, aim at the target, "snap", snatch him away...

However, this concern disappeared immediately after the two entered the Sichuan cuisine restaurant that Ji Xun had promised.

Tan Mingjiu was sweating profusely after a meal of spicy Sichuan food. Compared with Tan Mingjiu, Ji Xun, who doesn't like spicy food, was more restrained. He drank a large pot of water after tasting the dishes.

When the two returned to the police station, Huo Ranyin already knew all about the situation in the afternoon and made additional investigations.

"There is not much information about what happened 20 years ago." Huo Ranyin said while passing a piece of bread to Ji Xun, "At that time, the nature of the police investigation was a social gathering to fight."

Ji Xun, who was half full from eating spicy food and only drinking water, was in need of this. He tore open the packaging bag, gnawed on the bread and asked, "Social? Are there social personnel involved?"

"It should be said that most of the participants are social workers. Only Zheng Xuejun, who was 17 years old at the time, was still a student at school."

"What is the composition of these social personnel?"

"Basically, they are jobless and vagrants. Several of them had criminal records of petty theft and fighting."

"Can these people still be found now?" Ji asked.

Zheng Xuewang has the conditions to kill Chen Jiashu, but there must always be a reason for killing.Judging from the current investigation results, among the relationships around Zheng Xuewang, only his younger brother who died early can be tapped, which may be the reason.

"It's been too long, I can look for it, but I may not be able to find it." Huo Ranyin shook his head, "In 96, the identity information did not start to be connected to the Internet. These social personnel who fought and fought were not law-abiding citizens. Some of them Many have changed their names and fled to other places.”

"Did Chen Jiahe and Cao Zhengbin catch their tails?" Ji asked Huo Ranyin about his progress.

"I can see the shadow of Chen Jiahe." Huo Ranyin said simply, "But it will take some time to confirm the exact location."

"Then now, the only thing we have in our hands is actually..."

Ji Xun looked at Erzhi's table.

The small freezer that Tan Mingjiu moved back was placed on top of it.

"Have you checked?" Huo Ranyin followed Ji Xun's gaze.

"Checked... no, no check."

Huo Ranyin looked back at Ji Xun.

"No inspection." Ji Xun explained, "When I entered the door, I saw Zheng Xuewang's mother carrying banknotes, and she put the banknotes back later, and we came back with the freezer."

Huo Ranyin nodded, put on his gloves, and opened the freezer.

"The amount of money is correct. Let the rest be inspected by the Evidence Department. Maybe there are fingerprints and hairs on it." Ji Xun said casually.

"It seems that you think you can find some clues on the freezer." Huo Ranyin said.

"I just hope to find a clue." Ji Xun responded quickly.

In a few words, the freezer was emptied, and the medicines and money inside were taken out and placed separately.

Huo Ranyin first checked the types of medicines, and then reconfirmed whether the money was consistent with what Zheng Xuewang said. After confirming everything, the strict police inspector was ready to put these things back into the freezer.

But when putting things away, Huo Ranyin stopped.

"What?" Ji asked.

Huo Ranyin looked at the inside of the empty freezer, frowned for a while, compared the height of the outside, probed the size of the inner cavity, and finally tapped with his fingers.

Just listen to:

"Boom"——

"Boom"——

The sound was hollow, and it was obvious that there was an internal space under the bottom plate of this freezer.

"Thank you for your good words." Huo Ranyin said, "There are indeed some things hidden in this freezer."

"..." While stunned, Ji Xun couldn't help but sigh, "He really likes to hide things in the freezer..."

A sheet of sheet covering the bottom of the freezer was removed to reveal a long, flat wooden box that rested on the true bottom of the freezer.

Huo Ranyin was very careful when picking up the flat long wooden box.

He looked back and forth first.

The flat and long wooden box is not big, only the size of a 32-page book, with a thickness of more than 2cm. The lid is pulled out, and a paper seal is stuck on the box. As long as someone opens the wooden box, it will be torn.

Huo Ranyin looked at the seal thoughtfully for a while: "It's very new, it was just replaced recently."

Ji Xun gnawed on the bread silently, without making a sound.

He wondered unexpectedly, had Meng Lingshan been to this room to find this box?

Intuitively, he smelled the breath of the other party's presence.It should be said that there is a shadow of Meng Lingshan in Zheng Xuewang's unsolved mystery.

So did Zheng Xuewang notice Meng Lingshan's arrival?I'm afraid not, at least not sure, otherwise it would be impossible to put such a large amount of money in the freezer in the same position.

So who is the newly affixed seal protecting against?Targeting your own mother like today?Or paranoid just in case?

Huo Ranyin didn't mean to force Ji Xun to express his opinion. After observing the outside of the wooden box, he finally opened the box, revealing Zheng Xuewang's most hidden thing—Zero Zero Zongzong, more than 20 letters written by a person named Li Xiaochu. letter from woman.

"It's all letters?" Ji Xun looked at the old and new letters unexpectedly, "Is this the woman Zheng Xuewang likes?"

"...I'm afraid not." Huo Ranyin replied after roughly flipping through the letter, with a slightly strange look on his face.

"What's written in it?" Ji asked. When Huo Ranyin was flipping through the letter just now, he saw stick figures on it, which reminded him of the bookcase in Zheng Xuewang's house—except for 80% of the medical professional books in the bookcase. In addition, there are 20% of the content of the picture book. I felt a little strange when I saw it at the time, but because Wang Guiyu was there, I didn't think about it.

Seems to be connected now.

He took his mobile phone and searched for the name "Li Xiaochu", and the search results quickly popped up. Baidu Encyclopedia showed that this is a 37-year-old children's picture book painter with the pen name "Li Xiaochu".

37 years old, the same age as Zheng Xuewang?

"She is also from Ning City, and she is also Zheng Xuejun's girlfriend." Huo Ranyin affirmed Ji Xun's guess, "These letters are sent one a year, from the year after Zheng Xuejun's death, when Zheng Xuewang was admitted to university, until this year. , all talking about Zheng Xuejun."

"My brother has been remembering my brother with his past girlfriends for so many years..." Ji Xun said to himself, "How to put it, it's quite touching."

"Besides, Zheng Xuewang also pursued Li Xiaochu back then."

"This is a bit bloody..." Tan Mingjiu, who had been silently listening, was stunned for a moment, and finally couldn't help speaking. Following this new clue, his mind had already made up the mountains and seas of two men and one woman. Women love and hate entanglements with the same room, "Did Zheng Xuewang express in his letter that he wanted to be with Li Xiaochu?"

"Not at all." Huo Ranyin ruthlessly broke Tan Mingjiu's reverie, "All the conversation between this couple revolves around Zheng Xuejun. And judging from the letter, Li Xiaochu is married and has a child."

"Maybe I just want to remember my younger brother with people I know and who know my younger brother besides my parents. In addition to being very close and talking about everything, children and parents can also be very distant without talking." Ji Xun said, he recalled Looking at the conversation with Huo Ranyin just now, he suddenly frowned, "Wait, you said this year's letter has arrived?"

"Correct."

"But it's not yet April. Isn't Zheng Xuewang's death in June this year? Shouldn't the correspondence be in a more meaningful time for one letter a year?"

"Their communication time is not June 6st, but April 1st." Huo Ranyin corrected Ji Xun's assumption.

April 4st, April Fool's Day.

What does this mean?Does this day have any special meaning?

Just as Ji Xun was thinking about it, Tan Mingjiu suddenly said: "Today is March 3. Chen Jiashu died in the early morning of the 27th, just a few days before April 26st. Team Huo, if all the medicine in the medicine bottle we looked at before After eating, can it last until April 4st?"

"Yes, I can just eat it." Huo Ranyin said concisely.

At this time, the countless clues have already approached each other ostentatiously, and there is only one last clue to connect them.

Tan Mingjiu cheered up: "Old Ji, we haven't asked Wang Guiyu this afternoon, when exactly did her son fall off the factory!"

As he said that, without waiting for Ji Xun's answer, he impatiently called Wang Guiyu and asked this question.

On the phone, Wang Guiyu's voice came indistinctly:

"You mean the day when my son fell?...I remember, that day was too bad...April 4st, what kind of April Fool's Day for foreign devils, right?"

The author has something to say: Chen Jiashu's previous age setting was too young, so this chapter shall prevail.