Chapter 41 second quarter

The next morning, he was woken up by loud voices. When he looked at the clock, it was only after eight o'clock.The sound came from outside the window.He rubbed his face sleepily, looking down at the movement outside from the window.His room is on the second floor. There were several patrol cars parked on the road, surrounded by crowds of onlookers.Taking a closer look, he saw the policemen coming and going frequently in the alley where he witnessed the two arguing yesterday. Xiaosan went out in the undershirt he wore as pajamas, and went around behind the crowd of spectators. "Excuse me, what happened?" He asked a middle-aged woman who looked like a housewife in front of him.

"Someone was killed in the alley." After the housewife finished speaking, she saw Xiao San's attire, and hurriedly walked away.His undershirt hadn't been washed for an unknown amount of time, and it exuded a strange smell. No wonder the housewife avoided it.He usually never spoke to his neighbors either. "Killed..." Xiao San swallowed his saliva.Someone was killed in that alley?Could it be related to the scene we saw last night? "This area is very dangerous at night." Someone next to me said. "Yeah, the management of street lights is not in place."

"I heard that the man was stabbed in the chest, and he probably ran into a robber. Now that the economy is in a downturn, there are more cases of this kind." "is not it." Listening to the two who seemed to be husband and wife chatting, Xiaosan stretched his neck and looked towards the alley, but the corpse had already been transported away. In the afternoon, the landlord of the apartment came to collect the rent.The landlord is an old man who is nearly seventy years old. He glanced at the room from the entrance, and couldn't help frowning. "Can you clean the house a little too? There's dust everywhere, and there's a weird smell." He said, sniffing.

"Oh, sorry, I was going to clean it today." "I hope you will do what you say, and you are not the only one living here." The landlord said with a straight face. After paying the rent, Xiao San tentatively asked, "I heard that there was a murder case?" The landlord nodded, his face still full of displeasure. "The world is really unsafe now, and the word-of-mouth in this area seems to be getting worse and worse." Judging from his tone, it seemed that he was worried that no one would care about the vacant apartment. "I don't know who was killed?"

"It is said that it is the owner of a Chinese restaurant next to the bus lane, but I have never patronized it." Xiaosan had never been to that store either. "Have you found any clues to the murderer?" he asked. "I don't know. I heard that the police will come to visit the residents nearby and look for witnesses, but there should be little hope. The murder happened late last night, and there are few people in this area at night." The landlord was about to go out, but Xiao San grabbed his hand. "etc!" "What are you doing?" The landlord frowned.

"Did the police come for you?" "Not yet. Even if I come, I can't provide any clues. I go to bed early every day." "Then you will come here too?" "Here? Who knows, maybe it will come. Why are you asking this?" the landlord said impatiently. Xiao San hesitated for a moment, then finally made up his mind and said: "Actually, I saw it." "See? See what?" "It's the murder scene. Last night..." "What?" The landlord's eyes widened, "Is this really true?" "Yeah. I came back from get off work last night, around twelve o'clock, I saw it in that alley."

The landlord turned around and looked at Xiaosan. "Then you have to tell the police. This is a very important testimony, please contact me immediately." His spittle flew straight onto Xiaosan's face. "But, maybe it's irrelevant..." "Whether you want to be a policeman or not, you can judge for yourself. Your testimony is probably the key clue. Okay, let me contact you for you." After finishing speaking, the landlord left the room and went downstairs, even the wallet containing the rent Forgot on the shoe cabinet in the house. Thirty minutes later, two criminal policemen rushed to Xiaosan's residence.One of them has a square face and looks very severe, while the other is very young with sharp eyes.Both were wearing gray suits.

"Please talk in detail about what you witnessed last night." The square-faced criminal policeman said with a serious expression. Xiaosan started from the beginning with a little nervousness. "...After I left the miscellaneous cooking shop, I walked all the way to the alley. It should be around twelve o'clock. I heard movement in the alley. Looking there, there were two people in the alley. man." "What are they doing?" "This..." Just as he was about to say it was a scuffle, Xiao San hesitated again.If the other party immediately asked, since they saw the two scuffling, why didn't they go in and stop it, it would be really difficult to answer.Had he gone to fight at that time, the owner of the Chinese restaurant might not have been killed.

"Nothing special...like standing there and talking." "The two are standing in the alley talking, right?" The square-faced criminal policeman confirmed seriously. "yes." The criminal police nodded frequently in agreement.Seeing this, Xiaosan felt that there should be nothing unnatural in his testimony, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief "Do you remember how they looked and dressed?" "One is fat and short and the other is thin and tall." The two criminal policemen nodded at the same time, and it seemed that one of them matched the shape of the victim.

"What about the appearance? Do you have any impression?" "Look... I just glanced at it at the time, so I can't remember it." The young criminal policeman showed a visibly frustrated expression.Seeing this, Xiaosan couldn't help secretly worrying that such testimony must not be of much use. "If you see that person again, will you recognize him?" asked the older criminal policeman.This is nothing more than a life-saving straw for Xiaosan. "Hmm...should be able to recognize it." The criminal policeman nodded, as if appreciating the answer, and the young criminal policeman also seemed to be satisfied with taking notes.

"Do you remember any other features? Especially the tall, thin guy?" "Characteristics mean..." "Like clothes or something." "Clothes..." There must be some clues, Xiaosan thought anxiously.The previous testimony seems to have little meaning to the criminal police. At this moment, the memory in his mind suddenly revived. "I remember!" He clapped his hands, "I'm wearing a striped sweater..." "Stripes? Are you sure?" "That's right. It's gray and red stripes, yes, that's it." Xiao San clearly recalled the color of the sweater.But which one is that wearing?which one? "It's the thin one," he said. "It's for thin men." The eyes of the two criminal policemen were obviously different from before.The elder handed over the color, and the younger said "I'll take my leave first" and hurried out the door. "Do you remember anything else?" asked the criminal policeman who stayed behind. "Others? Well, I don't have much impression of others. But," Xiaosan looked at the criminal policeman, "I seem to remember his appearance." "What does it look like?" "Slender cheeks, thin eyebrows, long hair." Xiao San replied without thinking.Why he suddenly remembered so clearly, he himself did not understand.