Chapter 8 Chapter Eight: Old Mai is Lying

The real and fake photos of Chuxiong were pasted side by side on the board, and the police officers in the criminal investigation department were in an uproar. Fang Fang exclaimed: "This is the 'one wave of unrest and another wave'." She had already forgiven Li Wang for jumping off the car halfway. , Before such an explosive discovery, some grievances were not worth mentioning, and she regained all her admiration and infatuation for him. Xiao Chen corrected: "No, it should be said that there is no way out of the mountains and rivers, and there is another village with willow banks and flowers."."

Jiang Hong smiled wryly and said: "It's not right, it's 'Cheng Yaojin killed halfway'. Fortunately, the report has not been handed in, otherwise it would have been an oolong. It seems that the case must be restructured, and all investigations will have to be repeated. " Everyone hissed, but they also knew that the matter was too serious to be ignored. Jiang Hong marked the key points on the blackboard: "When Pei Yuheng watched the video of the hotel, he once said that the mysterious person who left from the secret passage was like Chu Xiong. It may have appeared at the scene of the crime! The previous evidence showed that apart from Chu Xiong and Chen Sheng, there was no fingerprint of a third person at the scene. This fingerprint was probably wiped off by Ye Ying! He was the one who died after Gu Haowen left. Before returning to the room, the person who came to the hotel to wipe off his fingerprints is the last person Chu Xiong saw before he was alive, and may even be the real murderer of Chu Xiong!"

Fang Fang raised his hand: "Then when did he enter the hotel?" Li Wang had already figured out the cause and effect yesterday, and answered fluently: "The hotel video captured Chuxiong entering the door at 4:30. We have always had a question. When did he go out? What can he do in such a short time? He said he had never seen him, so where did he go? Now it is very clear: Chu Xiong has never gone out, the person who entered the door was not Chu Xiong, but Ye Ying! So he hesitated for a while before walking to the elevator. Because he didn't even know which direction the elevator door was before."

"That's right!" Everyone was stunned, "That makes sense. If Chu Xiong was in the room all the time, and Ye Ying entered the hotel at 4:30 and left through the secret passage at 5, the timing would be very consistent. " Jiang Hong also nodded and said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out: Gu Haowen left after overthrowing Chuxiong, and then Ye Ying entered the door, collided with Chuxiong again, and directly led to Chuxiong's death. It is also because Ye Ying is the murderer that the She changed into the clothes of the cleaning staff of the hotel and ran away, and lied about leaving the city to hide the truth after the incident, but she kept following Pei Yuheng because she was worried about the investigation results. He Linglong obviously knew about this matter, otherwise she would not help her husband hide it whereabouts."

"What was the motive for the murder?" "The biggest possibility is the murder of love. Chuxiong and He Linglong were lovers when they were in college, but they broke up after they broke up. They even had a phone date with He Linglong on the day of the crime. If Ye Ying found out about this, then the motive for the murder would be obvious." Jiang Hong assigned a task: "Li Wang, you should subpoena Ye Ying now to cooperate with the investigation; at the same time, Xiao Chen, check Ye Ying's identity and background, in case he continues to lie and visit the garden with us; Fang Fang , you go to the Children's Palace to find He Linglong..."

Li Wang raised his hand: "Captain Jiang, can you send someone to interrogate Ye Ying, I have something important to ask Gu Hao again, please approve!" "What's up?" Li Wang hesitated, and decided to tell the truth: "Pei Yuheng said that Gu Haowen might have clues about the vase, and she wants to visit Gu Haowen again..." When Fang Fang heard Pei Yuheng's name, his face darkened immediately, and he interjected, "Where does she work as a police station, and she can see whoever she wants?" Jiang Hong smiled: "Fang Fang, your nameless jealousy is really out of place. You don't even feel at ease when the family of the deceased visits the murderer. Isn't it too lenient?"

Xiao Chen also joked: "Yeah, you and Li Wang are not even boyfriend and girlfriend, and you even have to take care of other people's cases. If this is really a couple, don't you even have to report to you when you yawn and fart?" Fang Fang blushed anxiously: "Who says I'm jealous? Who says I'm taking care of him? I'm reminding Jiangtou not to let that Pei Yuheng go too far." Jiang Hong waved his hand: "It's pitiful enough for a dead husband. It's not an exaggeration to want to visit the murderer again and learn more about the process. What's more, that Pei Yuheng is a reasonable person, and he didn't have a big fight when he met Gu Haowen last time." You made a big fuss, but Gu Haowen’s attitude of pleading guilty is much better. Isn’t that great? Li Wang, this time you found such an important clue and made a great contribution, so continue to follow your path and ask again Gu Hao asked, what was Chuxiong like when he left, first to see if there was any discrepancy with the last record, and second, to judge the possibility of Ye Ying's murder."

The team members split up, and Li Wang called Pei Yuheng to come to the interrogation department.After not seeing each other for a few days, Gu Haowen lost a lot of weight, and his rosy face also turned black and yellow. When he saw Pei Yuheng, he bowed first, and said repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Yuheng took out the photo of the broken vase and asked humbly: "I found this among my husband's relics. I want to put it back together. I don't know if there is any trick." "The folk method can be glued with garlic mixed with egg white, and the official way is to use high-molecular epoxy resin..." Gu Haowen looked at the photos seriously, and suddenly said, "I recognize this bottle, and I introduced it to Chuxiong. Unexpectedly, he still bought it."

"You know him?" Li Wang was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and suddenly felt a big hand grabbing his heart, lifting it so high that he could barely breathe.He tried to calm down and asked carefully, "Where did you see this bottle, what is the specific situation, what else do you know about this bottle, speak slowly, and don't miss a single detail." Gu Haowen recalled slowly: "I saw this bottle last year when I accompanied Chuxiong to Porcelain Street, and saw it in Laomai's workshop. Chuxiong said he would buy it at that time, but Laomai refused to sell it, saying it was only this one. For the remaining ones, Chuxiong said he was willing to pay a high price, but Lao Mai refused. I persuaded Chuxiong that such bone china is available in Changnan, so forget it. Unexpectedly, Chuxiong still couldn’t let it go. I bought it."

"Old Mai Studio?" Li Wang remembered, "I went to Lao Mai's Studio, but he said he didn't recognize the porcelain vase, and said that there were bubbles in the bone china. It wasn't his product, and his craftsmanship was better than this. Much more." Gu Haowen looked at the photo again, and said with certainty: "This piece of porcelain work is really not top-grade, which is why I advised Chuxiong not to buy it at the beginning, but I am sure it is the one I saw at Lao Mai's house. At that time, I Accompanying Chuxiong Manchangnan to look at porcelain, this old Mai is a famous bone china maker, of course he must know it. When Lao Mai was happy that day, he took us to visit his underground warehouse. This bottle was stored in the basement. In an inconspicuous corner, Chu Xiong caught his eye and wanted to buy it immediately."

Li Wang asked: "Did Chuxiong say why he insisted on buying that bottle?" "He said that the painting on the bottle was the house of his hometown, so he wanted to buy it as a souvenir." "His hometown?" Yuheng was stunned. "Isn't Chuxiong's hometown in Changnan?" "Really? But that's what Chuxiong told me at the time, and that he often fished on this bridge, but I didn't ask in detail." Gu Haowen was also a little dazed, "You are his wife, don't you know that? Where is the place on the bottle?" "I know." Li Wang replied heavily, "I've been to this place before. It's in Sixi River, Wuyuan. This bridge is called Tongji Bridge. This house is just across the bridge." He didn't say a word : The two little people in this painting are me and Qinghua. "Then you know more than I do." Gu Hao asked to push away the photo, "That's all I know about the bottle, does it have anything to do with the case?" Li Wang avoided answering and asked instead, "Do you know why Lao Mai concealed that he made this bottle?" "I can't think of that. I probably feel that the craftsmanship of the bottle is poor, so I don't want to admit it." However, Li Wang believed that the truth was never that simple. The last time he saw Lao Mai, he always felt that his expression was flickering and his words were in a trance. At first, he insisted on refusing to sell the bottle, and after he sold it, he refused to admit the origin of the bottle.What is his relationship with Qinghua?Why do blue and white paintings appear on the bottle? "How much do you know about Lao Mai? For example, is he a native of Changnan? When did he enter the porcelain industry? How is he? Tell me everything you know." "I know a little about Lao Mai." Gu Haowen recalled slowly, "I heard that his hometown is in the ancient town of Yaoli, where kaolin is produced, and the craftsmanship is passed down from his ancestors. He has been in Changnan for at most ten years, my wife. I didn’t come here in the country, but my son works as a mechanic in Changnan Machinery Factory. His work is good, blue and white, pastel, hollowed out, and bottle set, all of which are available, and bone china is even more unique, so he soon fell on the street of Huafang. Feet. Sometimes he would ask me to help raise the price when he burned a particularly proud porcelain job, and sometimes I would ask him to help me when I received a new product. It was a bit of friendship, but not too deep. .” Yaoli Ancient Town!Li Wang's heart tightened again, that was Qing Hua's home.In other words, Lao Mai and Qing Hua are from the same hometown, so he must know the origin of the painting, but why should he hide it?Could it be that he was directly related to Qing Hua's disappearance? He couldn't bear it any longer, he had to rush to Porcelain Street immediately, and ask Lao Mai all the facts, otherwise, he couldn't guarantee whether he would explode in the next minute.He closed the folder: "I'll stop here today, and I'll come back to you if I have any questions." Walking out of the detention center, Li Wangcheng expressed his gratitude: "This hour of interrogation is more than what I have learned in five years, Yuheng, thanks to you!" "Are you going to Huafang Street now?" Yuheng said understandingly, "I'll go with you." "I'm going to handle the case..." "Chu Xiong bought the vase in Lao Mai's studio. I want to walk the path he walked, go to the places he has been, and meet the people he has met." Yuheng asked, "Maybe, Lao Mai will Tell me more about Chuxiong." Li Wang couldn't refuse, and at the same time he also felt that taking Yuheng to visit with him would be less serious and might have better results.After all, asking Lao Mai for questioning was not part of their action plan for this case. When I came to the wheat field studio again, the old wheat was pounding paints, and the table was full of bottles and jars. When I saw someone coming, I quickly covered it with a newspaper, and then I could see the person clearly. I was startled, and then laughed: "Officer Li is free today, and brought his girlfriend to choose porcelain?" Li Wang knew that the expert's paints were prepared by himself, which was an exclusive secret.However, Lao Mai's panic was obviously not because he was afraid of someone stealing his teacher, but because he didn't expect to come again.He stared into Lao Mai's eyes, and introduced calmly: "This is not my girlfriend, but Chuxiong's wife. Do you remember Chuxiong? He bought a vase from you not long ago." "I've already said, I didn't burn that vase..." "Look at this photo carefully and think about it." Li Wang took out the photo. Lao Mai didn't look at it or answer it, but he took a step back unconsciously, but his tone was very strong: "I really haven't seen it before." "But Gu Haowen made it clear that I saw this vase in your basement." Li Wang resorted to his trump card, "Gu Haowen said that he will introduce Chuxiong to you and sign a large sum of money. The contract, this kind of thing should not be forgotten, right?" "Oh... I remember it!" Lao Mai suddenly patted his head exaggeratedly, and said as if suddenly enlightened, "Look at my memory, alas, I remembered it when you mentioned Lao Gu, yes, last year he brought a Mr. Chu came to me to choose bone china. At that time, Mr. Chu took a fancy to this vase, but I didn’t sell it. But he came again a few days ago and discussed with me about ordering a set of special bone china for exhibition. Here comes the bottle..." Li Wang continued: "You are not willing to sell just for a vase, but Chuxiong is a big customer, and he wants to order a whole set of porcelain from you, and the price is very high. In order to make this business, you have to agree to sell the vase. Did you sell it to him?" "Yes." Lao Mai lowered his head, "However, this vase was not included in the porcelain set, and it was not included in the contract order, because Mr. Chu said that he bought the vase personally and wanted to give it to others as a gift." Pei Yuheng suddenly turned his back, Li Wang knew she was crying, but at this moment he didn't care about her, he just stared at Lao Mai and asked, "I asked you last time, why did you hide that this bottle is yours?" "I didn't think about it all at once." "Such a big deal, and Chuxiong came twice for this vase, how could you not remember?" "I'm old, that's it, my memory is very poor. To tell you the truth, I have forgotten what I ate this morning." Lao Mai casually picked up a medicine bottle on the table and pointed it to Li Wang. "You see, I have mild Alzheimer's disease, and I need to take medicine to suppress the disease. This memory is good and bad. I really didn't remember last time." "Then who painted the painting on this bottle, do you remember?" "I didn't burn this bottle." Li Wang became a little anxious, he clearly saw a lot of information in Lao Mai's expression: shame, fear, disgust, embarrassment... He is definitely related to this vase, and also definitely related to Qinghua! "There are all witnesses and evidence, you still don't admit it?!" "I really didn't burn it." Lao Mai emphasized, "Fake ones can't be real, real ones can't be fake. Although I don't remember who this bottle was sold to, it's not my craft. If you don't believe me, you can find an expert to appraise it. Everyone has their own way of firing porcelain, you can compare this bottle with my bone china and you will know." "Then why is it here with you?" "I really can't remember this. I don't know which expert put it here, or when I took it in, or it was left by the original owner when I took down this warehouse. I have no impression at all. If Mr. Chu didn’t want to buy it last time, I wouldn’t have noticed that I still have such a bottle. I didn’t want to sell it just because the origin of the bottle was unclear, so as not to let it go out and say that my wheat field’s products are not up to standard. But Chu The husband insisted on buying it several times, and promised me a big deal. I thought it was an unowned item anyway, so I sold it. Otherwise, I will return the money for selling the bottle to you.” "Who is the original owner of the warehouse? Do you have his contact information?" "This person has immigrated abroad, otherwise he would not have resold the workshop and warehouse. We paid the money with one hand and pledged it with the other, and we have never been in touch again." Could it be that the clues that were finally connected will be broken again?This road is blocked, so Li Wang changed another road and tried again: "What about the painting on the bottle? Do you know the person who painted it?" "The bottle is not mine, how do I know whose painting it is?" "Her name is Qinghua." Li Wang stared at Lao Mai with fiery eyes, afraid of missing even the slightest expression on his face, "Her family is in Yaoli Ancient Town, and she is from the same town as you, remember?" "Qinghua..." Lao Mai looked suddenly enlightened again, trying to recall, "I seem to have a little impression, there was a girl named Qinghua in our ancient town, do you know her?" "She has been missing for ten years, don't you know?" "Ah, yes, yes, there is such a thing, I remembered. Well, I have been away from my hometown for several years, and I have forgotten a lot of old things, and my old neighbors have stopped talking. You said that this bottle was painted by her? Then It's also possible that our two families are from the same village, maybe her family gave it to my family, and the country people have a lot of gifts, and they send it back and forth, so things are all mixed up." "Impossible, it is impossible for her to paint this bottle and give it to you. Besides, she disappeared shortly after finishing this painting ten years ago. When did she give you the bottle?" "Oh, I really can't remember. You also said that it happened ten years ago, and it's not a valuable bottle. How can I remember it clearly?" Li Wang became more and more anxious. The old Mai said "don't remember" on the left and "don't know" on the right, sincerely leading the clues into a dead end.Through micro-expression analysis, he determined that Lao Mai was lying.But analysis is not the same as evidence.An old man in his sixties is not a suspect, what can you do with him? After Yuheng entered the store, he did not speak, but carefully looked at every piece of work and hanging paintings in the store.The same is the paint and brush, but it is so interesting to paint here with the porcelain body as the canvas.She picked up a small frame on the workbench: "This is your wife and son, right? Maybe they will remember this vase." "It's impossible for them to remember." Lao Mai hastily denied, and then wiped his sweat and said, "My wife is in the country, and usually doesn't care much about it. My family's craftsmanship is passed on from male to female, and the matter of porcelain I don’t want women to meddle; my son doesn’t like this job, so he went to work as a worker in a machinery factory, and seeing that this ancestral craft has been cut off in my generation, I can’t teach my son well, I’m sorry for my ancestors..." He said, Simply wipe away tears. Li Wang knew that he couldn't ask any more questions, and he already had a new plan, so he asked Yuheng to comfort the old man, turned and walked out of the workshop. It was already lunch time, when they passed by the fast food restaurant, the two looked at each other tacitly, and said at the same time, "Why don't you sit here." After going in and ordering two set meals, Yuheng asked, "When can I return that vase?" "I'm afraid I can't return it to you for the time being." Li Wang glanced at Yu Heng's eyes and quickly explained, "Don't get me wrong, it's not because I want to investigate Qinghua's case, but because Chu Xiong's case has not been closed yet, and we found some New clues, but I can't tell you yet." Yuheng was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Then Chuxiong..." Li Wang said apologetically, "I'm afraid the body can't be claimed right away. In a few days, trust me, the case will be closed in a few days." Yu Heng nodded sadly, thought for a while and said, "Since this is the case, I'll be fine if I stay in Changnan. I want to go to Sixi for a walk." "Go to Sixi?" "Didn't you say that the painting on the vase is Tongji Bridge in Sixi River? Gu Hao asked, the reason why Chuxiong wanted to buy that vase was because the painting on it was his old house. Chuxiong insisted on buying this vase It must be given to me to let me see what his hometown looks like, so I want to go there and have a look." Li Wang said with emotion: "Even if you find that he is not the perfect person in your mind, you still love him so much." "Who is perfect?" Yuheng sighed, "He was always unhappy, but I didn't realize it. It was my negligence that caused his death. I can't make up for it. I can only walk with him again. I believe , and his soul will be with me." "Soul" again.Li Wang hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether he should tell her about Ye Ying, but after thinking about it, he decided to postpone it for a few days until the matter was investigated clearly, otherwise, it would only arouse her emotions in vain.He comforted her: "Chu Xiong may be eager for quick success, but it's normal for people to go to high places. It's just that he used the wrong means, so you can't be blamed anyway. Why do you blame yourself so much?" "Psychologically speaking, if a person pursues something too deliberately, it is because he has dissatisfaction in his life and his wish cannot be fulfilled, so he has to make up for it with other things." Yuheng insisted, "He is always joking, I always thought he was very happy, but now I know that he has something on his mind. He spent so much time designing the plan to get rid of the bag, and he will not be happy. I never noticed it. " Li Wang wants to say, Chu Xiong is young and promising, and he is married to a beautiful wife like a flower. He is already the happiest person in the world. What wish can he not fulfill?But suddenly he thought of He Linglong, maybe that was the crux of Chu Xiong's never-satisfaction?Don't you say that what you can't get is the best?He couldn't help but fall silent. Yuheng would be wrong, and took the initiative to change the subject and said, "Will Lao Mai's words help you find blue and white?" "He didn't know what he asked, and he didn't have any new clues. However, it was because of this that he was even more suspicious. From the analysis of his micro-expressions, it can be said that he didn't tell the truth." "Can you read minds?" "I've done a little research. Pretending is human nature. People can't help but cover up or exaggerate their true emotions or psychology, but micro-expressions and micro-reactions will reveal their true thoughts. For example, I am a policeman, and my professional prerequisites are more important than For our own safety, we must not back down when we are in danger, we must be brave, but some small body movements will instinctively show backing down; another example, you have always restrained your emotions, but your micro-expressions are more complicated and sensitive than ordinary people. Just now When you entered the wheat field, seeing those large and small paintbrushes, your fingers kept moving slightly, as if you were picking brushes from a row of pen holders. This is the micro-reaction brought out by your working instinct. Long time no Doing paintings, you are eager to return to the painting table, right?" Yuheng was shy, not used to being analyzed by others, so he hurriedly asked, "What about Old Mai? What does his micro-expression indicate?" "When he saw me, his face and body were in a state of rigidity, which is a typical 'freeze response'. When he spoke, he deliberately wanted to appear relaxed, and used various small movements to cover up his emotions. He kept rubbing his face and swallowing saliva. His right foot is rubbing back and forth on the ground, which is a 'comfort response' in the face of discomfort, trying to cover up the truth. When he said he didn't know or remember, his eyes kept avoiding contact with me, his nose twitched slightly, and he took a deep breath to express himself He adjusted, stood sideways, and showed a strong 'fleeing response'. The entry of the tourists gave him a good excuse, and he walked away immediately. He put the fleeing response into practical actions, which greatly relieved him , so when talking to guests, there was more than one comforting reaction of licking lips." Yuheng was convinced: "I also think it's a bit strange. Although dementia can't remember the things in front of you, but you can remember the past things very clearly. He shouldn't forget so cleanly." "I have been to Guzhen, it is a very small village, there are two rows of houses sandwiching a small river, there are not many people in the village, the people in the village are not as isolated as in the city, when a cow is lost in the east of the village, the whole village will go out to help Looking for it, let alone such a big thing as Qinghua's disappearance? The more he said he didn't remember, the more he was guilty, but he just didn't know what he was hiding." Following Li Wang's series of analysis, Yu Heng tried hard to recall everything just now, nodded and said, "When I mentioned his family, he seemed very nervous." "That's right. When you picked up the photo frame, his back suddenly straightened and retreated, as if trying to escape something; but his arms stretched forward, as if trying to snatch the photo frame from your hand. The direction of this movement is Dissonance shows that he has a big secret in his heart, and everything he says runs counter to that secret. At the same time, he is very afraid that I will go to his family and rush to say that they don't know anything, but say At times, the eyebrows are depressed and the upper lip is raised, expressing disgust." "He said that his wife didn't care about things in the country, and that his son didn't like this job..." Yuheng recalled every word of Lao Mai carefully. "So, his wife and son probably know something." "Yes, the more he is afraid of me asking, the more I want to ask his wife and son right away." Li Wang found that although Yuheng was not a criminal investigator, discussing the case with her was more clear-headed than with Fang Fang.There is an idiom that says "the heart has a tacit understanding", which is probably the case.