Chapter 57 Chapter fifty-six

From the gate of the yard, I saw the lights in the house. Gao Dong held an umbrella and walked in slowly. He noticed that there were two cars parked in the yard, both of which were covered with sunshade cloth.He walked over and gently pulled the front of the first one, it was a Hyundai, he had seen it before.Afterwards, he walked to the second car, pulled it away, and it was an Audi! The same Audi car as Li Aiguo and Zhang Xiangping! Gao Dong resisted the shock in his heart, and was standing up, when a voice came from the door of the house: "Hey, who is it, what are you doing!" Gao Dong looked up and saw a young man in his twenties. He recognized him. This was Xu Ce's cousin Xu Zihao.

Xu Zihao also recognized Gao Dong immediately, and ran out quickly, smiling all over his face: "Leader Gao, why are you here to find my cousin?" Gao Dong hummed and nodded. Xu Zihao said: "My cousin returned to the United States yesterday." "Back to America?" Gao Dong opened his mouth half-open. "Well, the plane yesterday morning has probably arrived in the United States by now." "Oh..." Gao Dong looked disappointed. Xu Zihao said: "Leader, you can sit in the room first." Gao Dong nodded in agreement and followed him into the room.Gao Dong walked very slowly, carefully inspecting all the objects in the house with every step, but found nothing of value.

Xu Zihao looked at Gao Dong's expression very strangely, but he was the leader who rescued him after all, so naturally he couldn't say anything, thinking that when big leaders come to inspect, they often have this expression. He poured Gao Dong a cup of tea and took out some snacks. Gao Dong shook his hand, indicating that he would not eat.He took out good cigarettes again and entertained Gao Dong.Gao Dong lit one and said, "Your cousin has gone to America, why are you at his house?" Xu Zihao said: "My cousin said that you might come to him in the next few days—"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Gao Dong: "Old Xu said that I might come to him in a few days?" "Well, yes, he asked me to live here for a few days. It's almost New Year's Eve. Let me take care of the house for him. By the way, if you come, he asked me to tell you his American number." "That's it." Gao Dong took Xu Ce's American number anxiously and put it in his pocket. Did Xu Ce predict that I would come to him in a few days?This is too scary! Gao Dong was in no mood to light a cigarette, looked at everything around him, but didn't see any clues.He had no choice but to say casually: "Old Xu's family is quite big."

"Yes, my cousin's father used to be a businessman, a rich man, and this homestead is also very large, and there is a house behind it." "Is there a house behind the house?" "Well, yes, the area is slightly smaller than here." Gao Dong turned his eyes: "Can you take me there to have a look?" "This..." Xu Zihao couldn't understand why the leader wanted to visit the back, and said, "There are sundries in the back, nothing there." Gao Dong smiled and said, "Let me see how big Lao Xu's house is. Come on, go and have a look."

He pulled Xu Zihao up and left. Xu Zihao took him to the back room. As soon as the key opened the door, Gao Dong smelled a faint smell of gasoline.After turning on the light, he walked into the back room and looked around. Just some old furniture, nothing else. At this time, he noticed that there was freshly poured cement on the ground, about two square meters in area, and the cement was still not dry.He asked curiously, "Why is the ground patched here?" Xu Zihao said: "Here, this was originally a cellar at the back of the house. Later, the cellar was no longer needed, so a house was built above the cellar. The cellar was used as a basement, where some sundries were piled up. No, the basement caught fire the day before yesterday, and the contents inside It was completely burned, and then my brother sealed up the place."

Gao Dong said, "Why is the basement on fire?" "Do you smell the gasoline smell? It hasn't dissipated yet. My brother said that there was a barrel of gasoline stored in the basement. I didn't expect it to catch fire at some point. Fortunately, the fire was not very big, and it burned the sundries in the basement. Others Neither the house nor the people were affected." Gao Dong felt frustrated.Obviously, the fire in the basement couldn't be started by himself. Xu Ce must have set it on fire, and he burned the evidence. The basement was completely burnt down, how... how can we continue to investigate this?

Gao Dong turned around helplessly, bid farewell to Xu Zihao and left, and stepped into the sleet and rain again. His steps seemed heavy. Obviously, even if he could guess that Xu Ce was the real murderer, what should he do next? ?