Judging from the food, utensils, and clothes found, the man was very particular about food and clothing, and he should be a wealthy man.
Then, the second doubt was also discovered. Widow Wang's house is kept clean. According to shopkeeper Xie, Wang Xiuzhu is a clean person. Even though her family is poor, she will clean the house every morning when she gets up. If a person wants to commit suicide, it is unlikely that he will care so much about environmental hygiene. What's more, the basket for buying vegetables and several hundred copper coins were placed on the table in the main room - obviously, she was going to buy vegetables.
Combining the forensic doctor's conclusion with the two previously discovered doubts, the criminal police believed that Wang Xiuzhu died of homicide!
"I think the murderer is looking for something." Gao Chongjiu said.
"Property?" Li Ziyu said cautiously. After all, everything in the dressing box is gone.
"It may not be property." Gao Chongjiu frowned, "There are clearly five ingots and ten taels of silver in the box behind the bed. There are also some scattered silver taels in the drawer - none of them were taken."
There were obvious signs of disturbance in both places. The murderer clearly saw the money but did not take it, indicating that he was not looking for soft money. There were signs of disturbance throughout the house, but the murderer was careful when rummaging around in order to give the impression of "suicide."
By now, both Gao Chongjiu, Li Zhenguo and Li Ziyu know that this case is "deep". It is basically confirmed that Wang Xiuzhu's death is related to the "headless corpse" whose whereabouts are still unknown. The man climbing the wall that Lao Cui saw was a serious suspect.
Now that there is a second victim, the case has a new direction.
After the murderer killed Wang Xiuzhu, he disguised himself as a suicide, obviously to silence him. Wang Xiuzhu is likely to be a participant or important insider in the "Headless Corpse Case".
Li Zhenguo immediately decided to start investigating the interpersonal relationships around Widow Wang, focusing on finding out who Wang Xiuzhu's concubine was.
Although Wang Xiuzhu is a migrant, she has settled in Nanjianzi Lane for ten years. There are many acquaintances around. The neighbors had no special impression of her, they only said that she was diligent and capable. In the past, when her husband's family was still there, they had never heard of her getting into trouble with her husband's family or looking for a romantic partner.
In short, Wang Xiuzhu is an ordinary housewife from a small civilian family in Guangzhou.
As for the fact that she had recently found a lover, many people in the neighborhood knew about it, but they mostly found out about it from "street speakers" like Mrs. Liu and Lao Cui. Almost no one had actually seen this "wild man." ".
After some research, the only information they had about Wang Xiuzhu's concubine was what Sister-in-law Liu told Li Ziyu yesterday.
As a result, the reconnaissance work reached a deadlock again. Not only were there not many "wild men" found, a key link in the case: the headless body was not found either.
"Comrade Li..." Li Ziyu was a little hesitant. He had been following the criminal police all morning, and he had some thoughts in his mind that he had never had a chance to say. According to the rules, a newcomer like him who had just joined the job was not qualified to speak, but Li Ziyu was in Wanshou. Gong Yiqi can be regarded as a top student, and his ability to memorize is top-notch. He has memorized several training class textbooks by heart. There are cases in these books. He can be regarded as a glimpse into the Australian case-handling model and has a little knowledge. One or two.
"...I have an idea," Li Ziyu summoned up her courage and said, "Could the body not be thrown into the river, but put on the Dan family's boat?"
This idea made Gao Chongjiu and others' eyes light up. They both cursed themselves for being confused. There was no street gate on the river. The murderer put the body on the Dan family's boat and easily transported it out along the river. . It's no use even turning upside down in Nanjianzi Lane!
However, when they arrived at the exploration site early in the morning, they did not see the small boat on the river, which made this reasoning more likely.
Several people divided the work. Gao Chongjiu went to investigate the whereabouts of the two boats, while Li Zhenguo and Li Ziyu continued their investigation and exploration in Nanjianzi Lane.
It was a bit tricky when it involved Danhu, and Gao Chongjiu couldn't help but have a headache. It's not that Danhu have any "political sensitivity", but that Danhu are basically "foreign people", and the Ming Dynasty ignored Danhu. Theoretically, Dan households also have household registration, but their household registration is managed by the local river bank for the purpose of collecting fishing taxes.
As the years went by and the government became tired, the Hebo Office only wanted to search for fishing lessons and did not care about the real household registration status of Dan households. These household registrations are basically the same as the yellow books in the county government offices. Even more wrong.
Danhu usually live on the water, wandering and have their own special language and customs. There is a deep gap between them and the people on the shore, and there is very little communication. Therefore, the government knew nothing about the situation of Danhu.
Gao Chongjiu went out from the street gate, walked around to the street opposite the river, and found the river port Li Ziyu mentioned without any trouble. The river port is very small and is also at the bottom of a branch alley. The difference is that there are more residents in this branch alley, and people often use this river port to wash rice, wash vegetables and wash clothes. Danhu's boats often anchored here to sell river fresh food to residents. Over time, we all got to know each other. According to residents, there are three or four Danhu boats that often come here, and two of them were indeed moored at the river port for the night last night. The owner of one is called "A Shui", and everyone calls him "A Qiu" of the other. However, the two boats disappeared shortly after dawn today.
Apart from knowing that their names were "Ah Shui" and "A Qiu" and that there were several men, women and children on the boat, the residents could not provide any clues: ordinary people rarely interacted with the villagers, and the boat was in This river port has been doing business for seven or eight years, and no one even knows their exact name.
Gao Chongjiu thought that it was impossible for the corpse to be transported out of the city by boat - because leaving the city had to pass through Shuiguan. Shuiguan used to be guarded by relevant officials, but now it is also under the control of the police. No matter in the past or now, if a small boat wants to enter or exit Guangzhou, there must be an inspection at the water gate: the main purpose of the water gate is to collect taxes, so the inspection has always been relatively strict. There was no place to hide the body in the boat, so the body was probably abandoned midway.
But since it is a small boat that often goes into the city, people who are close to the water must have an impression. Maybe it’s possible to know a thing or two.
There are 10 water gates in the entire city of Guangzhou. As long as you are willing to take a detour, you can leave the city at any water gate, and they may not leave the city and park at a river port in the city. Gao Chongjiu thought about it, and it would be too slow to go to each Shuiguan to inquire. It would be better to go to the Hebo Station - now called the Shuishui Police Station to inquire.
Gao Chongjiu went to investigate the Dan family's small boat, while Li Zhenguo, Li Ziyu and the others continued to investigate and interrogate in the darkness of Nanjianzi Lane. They struggled until the sun was about to turn westward, but still found nothing. Just when I was feeling disappointed, Wu Xiang came.
Wu Xiang originally did not intend to intervene in this case, but he returned to the bureau after a busy day today and saw the newly released "Case Brief". The office conditions of the Senate Police System were extremely poor. Except for Lingao, most places There is no phone number that can be contacted at any time. However, the mission they undertake requires that the municipal bureau and branch bureaus, police stations, resident stations, and police stations must communicate with each other as soon as possible. Therefore, they followed the old-fashioned method of the 1950s: each branch and police station 12 noon every day Click to manually report various cases that occurred in various jurisdictions within 24 hours to the municipal bureau. The Municipal Bureau then quickly compiled the case status reported by each branch office into a briefing report, printed it and sent it to each branch office and office before 2 p.m. Ensure that everyone can get the latest case information as soon as possible.
Not only was the headless corpse in Nanjianzi Lane missing, but another "pretended suicide case" emerged, which piqued Wu Xiang's interest. He immediately rushed to Nanjianzi Lane and met Li Zhenguo who was in a state of distress.
After listening to Li Zhenguo's report, Wu Xiang fell into deep thought.
So far, Gao Chongjiu and Li Zhenguo's judgments are all right, including the pursuit of the Dan family's small boat, which is also a breakthrough direction. But Wu Xiang felt that there must be some details that they had not noticed.
Judging from the clues currently available, the murderers of the unknown corpse case are likely to be two people, because in order to use a lever to move the body, two people must cooperate - Wang Xiuzhu is likely to be one of them. For a young and strong woman like her who comes from a rural area, it is no problem to carry a load of one to two hundred kilograms. It's easier to fight with someone and a corpse.
The levers and ropes were found from the river, but only the tarpaulin sheet was missing. Why didn't the murderer sink into the river together? Wu Xiang estimated that ten of the murderers wrapped the body in oilcloth - this could explain why there were no blood stains along the way, and there was only blood stain at the entrance of Dongbazhi Lane where they left the body...
Wu Xiang suddenly thought: This is a headless corpse! Since it is a headless corpse, where did the head go?
The murderer deliberately chopped off the head before moving the body. Generally speaking, in this kind of case, he had a deep hatred against the victim, so he deliberately took the head away. The purpose was firstly to make the deceased end up dead without a complete body, and secondly to use it. as a memorial offering.
It is impossible to walk too far with a bloody head, and it will be easily exposed after dawn.
Whether it was the murderer or the body that was split into two parts, it was obvious that he was still hiding somewhere in this neighborhood.
Wu Xiang thought again and again and said, "Let's go, let's walk along the known route of the crime. See what new clues we can find."
Li Ziyu thought about how many times he had gone back and forth, and he was just about to shovel open the wall and dig out the paving stones. What new tricks can you see? No matter how capable Australians are, they can't just make something out of nothing. However, he also admires the meticulousness of the Australians - if they want to put aside the past, the government will not file a case without a body. Even if Widow Wang died, she would not make so many stories, and just "commit suicide" and it would be over. . He will never work hard to solve the case and find the murderer without looking for trouble. (To be continued.) m.
