As soon as these words came out, Li Zhenguo gave it up - he thought it was just another neighborhood rumor. Such rumors were everywhere, every day, and would naturally dissipate after a few days of gossip. However, Li Ziyu was agitated. He remembered the rumors that Sister-in-law Liu told him during the patrol yesterday that Widow Wang had a wild man.
An old man said: "Old Cui, there is something wrong with your words. I wonder if the ghost in Widow Wang's house is a male ghost or a female ghost?"
Lao Cui glanced at the old man: "Master Jin is someone who has passed through three levels and six piers. You can tell it right away!"
Now Li Ziyu became more and more certain that the matter was related to Widow Wang's wild man.
The tea guests then started making noises and asked Lao Cui to explain what was going on. Lao Cui smiled slightly and pretended to be deep. After being urged several times by everyone, he slowly said: "Speaking of last night..." Suddenly he was stuck as if he had swallowed his breath. He put down the tea cup and jumped up, holding both hands. Holding fists: "Thank you, sir, for coming..."
Li Zhenguo followed Lao Cui's line of sight and saw that it was Team Leader Xie who was walking up the stairs. At this time, not only the tea guests on Lao Cui's seat stood up and bowed with their hands, but also those on other seats who knew Team Leader Xie also said hello. Team leader Xie returned the gift with his hand, and was very polite and perfunctory.
Li Zhenguo thought to himself that the leader of the group was quite handsome and probably a figure in the scene.
Team leader Xie, while being perfunctory with others, turned around and saw Li Ziyu, with a look of surprise on his face, "Comrade Xiao Li, have you been to the humble residence just now? I heard my wife say, this is -"
Li Ziyu whispered: "This is a criminal police officer from the General Administration. I have something to tell you."
Team leader Xie knew that the police had confidential matters to discuss - he was called to the police station early in the morning to assist in the investigation, and it was probably the same thing. Immediately, he waved hello to Lao Cui and the others, went downstairs with them, and asked Qitang to arrange a private room.
This tea house is actually very small, and there are no special private rooms, but shopkeeper Xie spoke up, and Qitang immediately led them to a small courtyard at the back, set up a table, and served refreshments.
Li Zhenguo still asked about information related to the case, but it was much more detailed than when he held the symposium just now. In the so-called "heuristic questioning", ordinary people tend to ignore many small details. If you don't specifically remind them, then Can't remember.
Although there was no corpse and an autopsy could not be performed, Li Zhenguo roughly inferred from the large amount of blood stains left at the scene that the time of death and the time of dumping the body were very close, maybe not even half an hour, so he focused on asking about his cards around midnight. Something strange happened.
Shopkeeper Xie said that he went to bed very early these days and there was nothing unusual. The population of Guan Duan has not changed - there are very few people visiting relatives and friends recently, and you often don't see a stranger in a day. In order to show that he had indeed answered the question seriously, shopkeeper Xie recounted trivial matters such as a baby crying at night, a couple quarreling, etc. Li Zhenguo was not afraid of trivial matters, and wrote everything down in a small notebook he carried with him.
Finally, Li Zhenguo asked about the haunting of Widow Wang's house, but Team Leader Xie didn't even know about it. However, he said that although Widow Wang's house was not in his list, it was not far away. He knew very well about Widow Wang. Widow Wang's maiden name is Xiuzhu, and she is from Qingyuan County. Widow Wang's man is a resident on this street and makes a living as a doorman. Because my family was poor, I couldn't afford a wife in my thirties. A few years ago, I heard that there was a disaster in Qingyuan County, and one bucket of rice could buy a big girl. So I went to Qingyuan and exchanged three buckets of rice for this daughter-in-law.
Originally, the family's life was relatively stable. Unexpectedly, there was an epidemic in the city last spring. Her husband, mother-in-law, and children all fell ill and died, leaving her alone. Today, he sews and darns for poor people on the street and does odd jobs to make a living.
As for the claim that her home is haunted, Shopkeeper Xie doesn't believe it because he has never heard of it, and Widow Wang looked as normal when she went out early this morning, and it didn't look like her home was haunted at all.
Then he asked someone to call Lao Cui, who had spread the word, and asked him to explain the matter clearly.
Lao Cui is a talkative person who likes to gossip, and also has a hobby of being in the limelight. He was very happy to hear that the Australian police officers talked to him to learn about the situation: As we all know, the Australian police never engage in the extortion tricks they used to do in the past. If he went to talk to him, not only would he not lose money, but he would also be able to increase his income in the tea house. The capital of chatting.
So he said that he was also a good citizen of the Song Dynasty and had the responsibility to assist the police of the Senate in solving the case. Li Zhenguo expressed his gratitude for this and asked him to talk about the news about "Widow Wang's house is haunted" that was interrupted by Xie Paijia just now. Lao Cui then spoke eloquently:
It turns out that Lao Cui is a porter, and Nanjianzi Lane is his territory. According to the rules, the residents in this alley have to work in his hands whenever they carry heavy objects. You can’t look for outsiders. As for the porters outside, they can't find work here - unless they are moving in from outside. This is called "No entry, no exit". Of course, they must abide by this rule in other places and cannot seek a living on other people's territory. If a porter wants to find work in this alley, he must register with Lao Cui and pay monthly tea fees. Only in this way can we enter the tea shed where the porters gather to wait for work. Otherwise, they may break the poles and poles and drive you out of the country, or they may beat you violently until your bones and muscles are damaged and you will no longer be able to eat this bowl of rice.
Although Lao Cui is the leader, he actually has to do the work himself. Last night, Lao Cui and his porters took on a big job, and they didn't finish until very late. When we got home, the bell and drum tower had already struck eleven times. According to the past time, it was Hai hour. When Old Cui returns home, Widow Wang's door is the only way he must pass. Before he could reach the door, he suddenly heard a slight sound.
The sound came from the direction of Widow Wang's house. Although it was very dark that night and there were no street lights in Guangzhou, against the night background, he could clearly see the silhouette of a man climbing up the wall of Widow Wang's house. This person's movements are very agile. He can climb up and over the wall almost in one go - like a practicing master.
"It's nonsense on my part to say it's haunted. It must be someone who climbed over the wall."
This information immediately aroused Li Zhenguo's interest. The dark figure on the wall of Widow Wang's house may be a "Lian Jiazi"... all of them gave off a suspicious smell. And the time point is close to the time they inferred the crime was committed.
"Since you saw someone jumping over the wall, why didn't you report it to the patrol?" Li Zhenguo asked.
Lao Cui said with a smile: "Widow Wang is just guilty of being romantic. I am not from her husband's family, so why should I be such a bad person? The one who climbed over the wall is probably her wild man."
"She has a wild man?"
"Yes, I'm probably not the only one who knows this alley." Lao Cui said with a smile, "It's so strange that the widow can't bear it. She's only thirty, how can she not have such thoughts?"
"What kind of man is he?" Li Zhenguo asked.
What Lao Cui said was not much different from what Li Ziyu heard from Mrs. Liu. But what he knew in more detail was that this "wild man" did not leave at dawn every day as Mrs. Liu said, but would often spend the night at her house. Because one day Lao Cui was taking people to deliver goods and passed by her door. His porter was so thirsty that he couldn't bear it, so he went in to ask for water. It took her a while to come out. She looked very wrong at that time, and he also smelled the aroma of wine and meat. Not only was there wine, but it was also good wine.
"... She is a poor widow who usually lives a frugal life. She wishes she could break a penny in half and spend it. Why is she suddenly buying wine and meat? There must be a wild man at home who gave her money to buy it."
Lao Cui often walked around the alleys with his porters. After discovering this, out of the need to gossip and collect information in the tea house, he paid attention to Widow Wang's house. This attention really showed him the way.
He said that Widow Wang had a lot of unusual things recently. First, she often kept the door closed during the day. She worked as a handyman and was always prepared for an employer to come to her, so she always kept the door open and sat in the main room by herself. She was working in the fields while waiting for work; secondly, she often went out to buy groceries, which was not large enough for one person to eat, and the groceries were more refined than before. Finally, this woman who usually wears patched clothes and can only wear a wooden hairpin in her hair recently not only changed into brand new fine cloth clothes, but also had a gold hairpin!
Li Ziyu was secretly surprised. She didn't expect that the porter was so discerning! I patrol the streets every day. I see Widow Wang at least once or twice a day, but I have never noticed it. During class, the teacher said, "Be a thoughtful person in life and pay attention to observation." Although he took it to heart, he didn't completely notice it. Not applied properly.
Li Zhenguo also felt that this was a clue worth pursuing, and immediately asked team leader Xie to lead the way to Widow Wang's house for on-site investigation. As soon as a few people went out, they saw seven or eight porters surrounded by two porters making a noise. When they saw the porters coming out, they all came over to greet them and wanted to talk.
Lao Cui frowned and said, "If you have anything to do, tell me slowly! What does it look like to make noise in the street!"
It turns out that a porter came out early this morning to wait for work in the tea shed, but found that his pole was missing.
The pole is the porter's means of eating. Although it is a worthless thing, for those who work hard to eat every day, buying a new one feels distressing, not to mention that they will not be able to work for at least half a day.
Ordinary people would not steal this thing - usually shoulder poles are used to carry burdens, and only porters who often carry heavy loads can use it. The owner turned his suspicious eyes on a colleague. After saying a few words, a commotion broke out.
This kind of dispute is never reported to the official. As usual, it is handled by the leader of this section. If it involves people from other sections, the leaders of both parties come out to have tea.
Lao Cui was in a good mood today and wanted to save face in front of the two policemen. He immediately patted his chest and said: "Stop arguing, this leverage is mine. Let's go back to work." (To be continued.).
