Chapter 25 Section 3

Shaoling came to the grave with two wads of yellow paper money in her arms, first pressed two pieces of paper on the head of the grave, and then lit a corner of the paper money with a lighter. It was an unusually cold morning, the sky was frozen iron blue, the sun showed a pale face in an extremely distant place, the wind was blowing, and not a single blade of grass could stand upright.The flames took advantage of the wind to quickly devour the paper money, and the remaining embers, following the wind, circled among the leafless birch forests, and did not fall for a long time. Shaoling sat blankly in front of the grave. She was only wearing a crimson down jacket and no hat. Her face and ears were red from the cold, and two tear stains hung under the corners of her eyes like icicles.Even when she heard someone coming up behind her and sitting down beside her, she didn't look back.

"It's really cold!" Chu Tianying rubbed her hands, "I've always stayed in the city, I never imagined that autumn in the grassland would look like this - who are you burning paper money for?" "My mother." Chu Tianying let out an "oh" and didn't speak any more. After talking with Lei Rong on the phone, he never fell asleep again, and when he stared at a white streak passing by the window, he decided to go for a walk. There was no one on the street, all the houses were ashes like frozen tofu, and the biting cold wind swirled under the walls.Chu Tianying didn't know where to go, when she saw Chen Shaoling walking towards the village entrance alone, she couldn't help but followed her, and didn't go to strike up a conversation until she saw her going to the grave.

The two of them sat quietly like this for a long time, when someone shouted from a distance: "Chu Chu, Chu Chu..." Chu Tianying looked back and saw that it was Carrot who was holding a green military overcoat and ran over panting, "Chuchu, why are you so dumb, you ran out without wearing more clothes, there are three things you should not mess with on this grassland: The snow in Mao, the wind in the early autumn, and the mosquitoes in the late summer are killing people!" Said, putting the army coat on Tianying.Turning around, he said to Shaoling again: "Your child is also the same, which kind of grave do you go to early in the morning?"

Shaoling stood up slowly, "Our hospital will have training in the next few days, and we may not be able to come back, so I just want to visit my mother and say goodbye..." "Look at you kid, you look like you're going abroad..." Carrot said with a smile, but Shaoling had already gone far. Looking at her back, Chu Tianying said, "This girl was quite frightened that day." "That's not it." Carrot sighed, "As soon as the door was knocked open, there were six corpses lying on the ground. I don't know who my parents are..." Chu Tianying was taken aback, pointed to the grave and said, "Isn't this her mother's grave?"

"Not her own." Carrot said, "Her mother is also a weirdo. When she was young, she was a flower in the village. She fell in love with an educated youth who jumped in the queue. Later, he returned to Beijing. There was no news about her. She waited foolishly. No one married. Later, I went to the county hospital to work as a handyman. At night, I picked up a bundle at the hospital gate. When I opened it, it was a baby girl—abandoned by my parents, probably because they wanted a boy—she I thought that since I picked it up, it meant that the baby girl should be in my life, so I adopted it, and pulled the baby girl up with feces and piss. Who knows, before a few days of good life, she died of illness ..."

The two walked back side by side, Chu Tianying asked casually, "What did Shaoling's mother die of?" Carrot said nothing. "Huh?" Chu Tianying was a little surprised, "Old Hu, why don't you talk?" Carrot sighed, "It's really a long story. Although Shaoling was brought up by her mother, her mother also has to work, so it's inevitable that she can't take care of her. We rural people really, Regardless of when Shaoling’s bowl is empty, the grandpa and aunt of any family will add a spoon, so she can be said to have grown up eating a lot of food. This child is also caring, studies very hard, and the university is in the province I went to school, learned a major called old-age care, and didn’t look for a job in the province after graduation, and went back to my hometown to open a nursing home.”

"Nursing home?" Chu Tianying was surprised, "I think the folk customs in your village are quite simple, don't the children of each family provide for the elderly?" Carrot smiled wryly, "Hey, isn't this the times that have changed? Girls and boys all want to venture outside, leaving a large group of white-haired ones at home. There is no water delivery medicine. Shaoling came back and rented a few courtyard houses, redecorated them with the money she saved from part-time jobs when she was in school, and took care of several elderly people who had the most difficult life. Money, mainly for a 'kind fee'..."

"What is 'kind fee'?" Chu Tianying asked curiously. "It's just that everyone gathers together to live. Zhang's family grows more corn, and Li's vegetable garden grows more vegetables. Shaoling's mother is sick, so she also comes to help her. It didn't take long for the nursing home to be run. It's booming, and the county TV station even came to report it, and the Aging Committee allocated a sum of money to Shao Ling, asking her to set up a pilot... Isn't this all very good, who knows that something happened suddenly. Carrot frowned, "There is a thermal power plant thirty miles to the west of our township. It is contracted by the owner of a private enterprise. He is not willing to spend money to hire male workers, but only female workers. Especially for the coal transportation system, the wages are very low. There are many workers in our township. All the women went, and their faces were covered with ashes after working for a day. Shaoling’s mother also went, and when she came back after a few years, she coughed all day long and went to the hospital for a checkup. She got pneumoconiosis, which was quite serious. The old man also worked in that factory and got this disease. Shaoling looked uncomfortable and asked the county hospital to treat him. After inquiring, the disease could not be cured. It could only be controlled by lung washing and medication all the year round. Forget it, I can’t afford that money at all. After leaving the gate of the provincial hospital, I stood on the side of the road and didn’t know what to do. I saw a health care product store across the road doing an event to promote a new detoxification instrument. She I went up to consult, and the salesperson said that this device can detoxify by washing feet—especially detoxification in the lungs. It is safe and has no side effects. It costs more than 2,000 yuan a piece, which is equivalent to hiring a health doctor for the family, and then bringing out a bunch of experts. , The appraisal certificate from the medical school came. Seeing Shaoling's hesitation, the salesperson said that you can pay a deposit first, and our doctor will follow you home for a trial.

"Shao Ling took them home, poured hot water into the footbath-like detoxification instrument, sprinkled their company's special 'detoxifying powder', and asked her mother to wash it, hey, it really washed out a bunch of brown The green thing came and floated in the water like cotton wool. The salesperson said it was the dust in the lungs that had been washed out. Shaoling was very happy, and bought the detoxification instrument with the money allocated to her by the Aging Committee. Let her mother and the other sick old man wash their feet every day..." "I only heard that washing feet can hypnotize you, but I haven't heard that washing feet can detoxify?" Chu Tianying asked.

Carrot was a little tired from walking, so he stood still behind a leeward wall, took out a cigarette and lit it with a lighter, took a deep breath, and said, "Who knows what happened, anyway, it hasn't been half a year. , her mother died, she died so badly, she couldn't breathe, she was suffocated to death... When she was taken to the hospital for an autopsy, the doctor said that the lungs were as hard as a stone, and she kept blaming Shaoling It delayed her mother's illness. How do you think Shaoling felt when she heard this? Her eyes almost went blind from crying. The weasel only eats sick ducks, and the other pneumoconiosis patient in the nursing home died soon. , Someone from the village went to report the situation above, and Shaoling’s nursing home was completely closed... She had a serious illness, and after she recovered, she went to the county hospital to work as a nurse."

Chu Tianying suddenly remembered something, "Old Hu, tell me, the detoxification instrument that Shaoling bought...could it be produced by Jianyi Company?" Luo Luo was stunned, and stopped for a while with the hand holding the cigarette, and suddenly smiled, "Chu Chu, do you suspect that Shaoling did that case?" Chu Tianying thought about it carefully, then patted his forehead, "I've been tossing all night, it looks like everyone has blood on their hands." At this time, a tattered minibus came out of the village and stopped in front of the two of them. The glass window was rolled down, revealing Zhang Dashan's big red and rough face, "Old Hu uncle, Chu Chu, are you going to the county seat?" "No, no." Carrot shook his hand, "Let's talk here for a while. I said Dashanzi, look at your hands, they are all cracked from the cold, you should wear cotton gloves, otherwise you won't even I can't hold the steering wheel." Looking at this honest young man who looks like a bear because of his small eyes, Chu Tianying couldn't help but want to laugh. After the Hupanlou tragedy, he personally interrogated Chen Shaoling and Zhang Dashan: Shaoling was obviously terrified, and tremblingly asked three sentences; Zhang Dashan had a strong resistance, and couldn't answer three questions One sentence.It wasn't until Luo Luo told Chu Tianying that he had been in prison that Chu Tianying realized that this young man was wronged in three years of imprisonment.So he calmed down and communicated with him slowly, letting him understand that the public security system in the world does not only speak for the rich and officials, so Zhang Dashan told the truth about what happened that night.The most rare thing is that when Chu Tianying asked him, "Director Hu called you downstairs, why didn't you agree and came down after a long time", his face flushed, "I was walking around in the guest room on the second floor. Touch, see if there is anything valuable, but I promise I didn't take anything..." This is consistent with Carrot's judgment. Chu Tianying patted him on the shoulder, "Dashanzi, if you tell the truth, it means that you trust me and treat me as a friend, then I will make you a friend!" I, a former prisoner, actually made friends with the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Provincial Public Security Bureau? !Zhang Dashan opened his mouth wide in surprise, unable to speak for a long time... So, seeing Chu Tianying now, Zhang Dashan also smiled naively, "Chuchu, when will I return my gold cup? You see, I can only drive this broken car that I borrowed from someone." The car is pulling passengers." "The car is temporarily detained in the backyard of the police station as physical evidence. Don't worry, it will be returned to you once the case is solved." Chu Tianying said. "Dashanzi, don't just focus on making money, you have to pay close attention to finding a wife." Carrot put on a gesture of admonishing an elder, "Didn't you chase after Shaoling's ass when you were in school? Where is your ability now? .” Zhang Dashan's expression dimmed all of a sudden, "Uncle Hu, I'm not good enough for her... I... I have to leave beforehand." Then he stepped on the accelerator, and the car rumbled away into the distance. "A good kid..." Carrot couldn't help but recall the scene when he was sent to the city to learn crafts. As soon as the two returned to the police station, Li Kuohai came over to report that the inspection of the Grassland Hotel had been completed, and a large number of fingerprints belonging to the same person were found in the room where the yellow-faced guest stayed. After entering the group of fingerprints into the national fingerprint database system, no corresponding person was found. "That is to say, this person has never left a criminal record before." Li Kuohai said. Is it possible that a person who has no criminal experience killed six people at once and designed such an incredible secret room?Chu Tianying frowned. Li Kuohai went on to say: "Also, based on Onion's description, we made a puzzle of the faces of the yellow-faced guests, added various types of beards, and asked Li Dazui to identify them. He said with certainty: This is not The person who booked the lakeside building." Another dead end. For witnesses at the crime scene, the first thing criminal investigators should do is not to interrogate them, but to protect them so that they will not be life-threatening before making more accurate and objective testimony... Studies have shown that the relationship between heart rate and testimony Authenticity is inversely proportional, the faster a person's heart beats and the more tense he is, the less credible his testimony will be. He remembered a passage written by Si Miao in "Crime Scene Investigation Procedure". Si Miao, are you still stuck in the quagmire of amnesia due to excessive fright?Now, your sobriety is not only related to whether the case can be solved quickly, but also related to your personal safety and future!How much I need your testimony, even... even if it is a false testimony.When you get stuck in a maze, the scary thing is not that you go the wrong way, but that you have no way to go! "The higher-ups specially ordered that a 24-hour double post be added at the entrance of Si Miao's ward... How deep Si Miao's involvement in the case is, it is still unknown..." Lin Fengchong's words still ring in his ears. In fact, this is a form of detention in disguise. Thinking of this, Chu Tianying became a little anxious. He took out his mobile phone and dialed Ning's number six or seven times in a row. The last thing that came out of the microphone was always that polite and cold voice—— "The number you dialed has not been answered at the moment, please call again later." Team leader, you are right, but in fact—to my surprise, all the clues in this case, in terms of geometric figures, no matter point , arc, parabola, sine, hyperbola... They all seem to sink to the surface of the water in despair.