At this time, Duan Feng said in a deep voice, "Could the cases of Wu Laoliu and Chen Gaoshan be the same as those who killed several tomb robbers?"
After hearing this, Meng Zhe shook his head and said, "They should be related, but they are not the same person... Because the time does not match up, when Wu Laoliu and Chen Gaoshan died, the ancient tombs had not been opened by a few thieves."
While Song Jiang and the others were studying the case in Duan Feng's office, a stooped old man was dragging a dirty sack back and forth between the trash cans, pulling out some waste cardboard and mineral water. Water bottle……
This area is not the old man's usual scavenging territory. Today, in order to pick up more waste, he went out in the middle of the night, so as not to run into the lame woman who was picking up waste in this area during the day, otherwise he would inevitably be scolded again.
The old man's name is Wang Xicheng. He is almost 70 years old this year. He has cultivated land all his life when he was young. He thought that when he got old, his son would take him to the city to take care of him. Unexpectedly, he didn't know until he came that his son's monthly income was only He only had enough to live on, and he had no pension. When he came to the city, he could only earn a living and suffer the cold eyes of his daughter-in-law.
In order to support his family, Wang Xicheng had to go out to pick up scraps. Although he didn't earn much, it was still an income. If he had money to pay home every month, his life would be easier...
At this time, Wang Xicheng saw a large bag of garbage thrown out by a bar that had just closed in front of him. This was why he came here at this time. There were so many shops doing business on this street, and he couldn't pick up a lot of it every time he came. plastic bottles, but the premise is that you must avoid the lame woman who often picks up waste here during the day, otherwise you will be scolded.
Wang Xicheng was stupid and didn't know how to retaliate when others scolded him. He could only blush and leave in a hurry. So when he saw the bartender throwing out the garbage bag, he hurried forward to look for the plastic bottles inside. Neither of them noticed that the sack in their hands was glowing with a faint red light...
After putting the last beverage bottle in the garbage bag into the sack, Wang Xicheng weighed the weight of the sack and felt happy. With the "iron lump" he picked up yesterday, he estimated that he could buy it for a hundred and eighty this time.
It turned out that Wang Xicheng was the scavenger who discovered Chen Gaoshan's body yesterday. In fact, he had already discovered that Chen Gaoshan was dead yesterday morning. The reason why he delayed calling the police until the evening was because he took away the crime scene The same thing...
At that time, Wang Xicheng was frightened when he saw the corpse for the first time. But after all, he had lived for most of his life. When he was in the countryside, he often helped others with their daily chores. What kind of dead person has he not seen? Therefore, he quickly calmed down, and then discovered a green iron lump lying next to the body.
Wang Xicheng saw that the thing was similar to the incense burner in the temple, with three legs and two ears, so he walked over carefully, picked up the thing and looked at it, and found that it was quite heavy. How much could it be worth if he sold the scrap metal? I needed some money, so I hurriedly put the thing into the sack...
Just because he took this "incense burner", Wang Xicheng did not call the police at that time, thinking that the body would be discovered by others sooner or later... Maybe he was a little guilty, so he thought about going around the neighborhood at night, but he went there Finding that the body was still there, he had no choice but to go to a nearby convenience store to borrow a phone and call the police.
Seeing that the police finally took the body away, Wang Xicheng felt relieved. However, he still kept a cautious mind and did not rush to send the "incense burner" to the scrap collection station. He wanted to wait for this Let’s talk about it after two days of rumors have passed.
Wang Xicheng usually collects scraps to a certain amount before using a human-powered tricycle to take them to the scrap collection station to sell them. Their family lives on the first floor, so Wang Xicheng usually puts the classification codes of the scraps he picks up on the first floor. In the small courtyard, although doing this always arouses dissatisfaction from the neighbors, Wang Xicheng's daughter-in-law Ma Dongqin is not a good person, and she can scold her away every time...
Although Ma Dongqin didn't like to see the yard full of garbage when she looked up, when she thought about the two to three hundred yuan that would be handed over to her every few days, she naturally stood by her father-in-law unconditionally.
In fact, it is not that Ma Dongqin cannot tolerate her father-in-law. After all, he is her husband's biological father. However, their family has a tight life every month, and their children have to spend money from morning to night. She has no job, and her family All the food and drinks for the young and old are earned by her husband Wang Peidong when he goes out to help others drive cars. Having more mouths to eat naturally means more expenses.
As the old saying goes, people are poor and have short ambitions. Ma Dongqin doesn't care what her neighbors think of her family. She even encourages her father-in-law to go out to pick up scraps to supplement the family income. If she didn't have to take care of the daily life of her two children all day long, she would like to follow her father-in-law. Go out and pick up scraps...
Ma Dongqin was making breakfast and thinking about all the troubles at home, when she heard the fence door of the small courtyard ringing. She knew it was her father-in-law coming back for breakfast, so she took out two steamed buns from the steamer, and then filled them with He put a bowl of porridge on the table. When he heard Wang Xicheng enter the room, he said without raising his head, "The food is on the table..."
Wang Xicheng walked in with a chill in the morning, and felt warm when he saw the hot breakfast on the table, so he hurriedly walked over and sat down, holding the hot porridge bowl in his hands, and drank it one mouthful at a time.
It was just getting dark at this time. Ma Dongqin had made breakfast and was about to wake up her two children. However, she accidentally saw a red light flashing in her small yard, so she looked at Wang Xicheng with a strange face and said, "Dad, What electronic products did you pick up today? Why is there a red light in the yard?"
Wang Xicheng was stunned when he heard this, and quickly got up to look, only to find that the red light came from the sack from which he picked up waste, so he hurried out to check, and Ma Dongqin followed him out when he saw it... Wang Xicheng opened the sack and took a look, Suddenly, he was dumbfounded and saw that the "incense burner" he had picked up next to the dead man was glowing faintly with red light.
Ma Dongqin exclaimed when she saw it, "Dad, why did you pick up an antique?"
But at this time, Wang Xicheng no longer felt as happy as before. He felt a little uneasy about the red-light incense burner, so he quickly found waste cardboard to cover the sack, then pulled Ma Dongqin into the house and whispered this " Let’s talk about the origin of “incense burner”...
After hearing this, Ma Dongqin's eyes widened and she said excitedly, "I'm afraid this thing is already worth a lot of money. Dad, you have picked up a big treasure this time. Maybe Dongzi won't have to go out for a sports car in the future. We are a family." I can finally live a good life with no worries about food and clothing.”
(End of chapter)
