Chapter 8 second quarter

Early on Sunday morning, the sky was gloomy, as if it would snow at any time, and there was no sign of clearing until noon.I always thought that in such weather, besides sleeping, the only thing to do is lie on the sofa and read a book. After revisiting Agatha Christie's, I got up and went into the kitchen to research a delicious lunch for myself.Just as I was hesitating whether to go the extra mile to make stewed chicken with mushrooms or simply stir-fry a prawn curry, the doorbell rang. "Hey, let's start preparing lunch." Qin Siwei entered the door and saw the apron on my body, and said to Zhou Peng who was following behind him with a playful smile, "We came at the right time."

"Sister Xiying!" Zhou Peng smiled shyly at me.He is Qin Siwei's assistant, and he has been following him since he graduated from the police academy and was assigned to the criminal police team. "Aren't you on duty today?" I poured them two cups of hot water. "No, I ran into trouble early in the morning." Qin Siwei sat down on the sofa, "Do you know a person named Zhang Yali?" "I know, she is a regular customer in our coffee shop." I was very confused when he asked me so nonchalantly, "What's wrong?" "It's nothing." Qin Siwei rubbed his flushed face vigorously, "She's dead."

"Who's dead?" I didn't respond for a moment. "Zhang Yali is dead. We received a report this morning that she was killed in her own home." Zhou Peng said sternly, "Her notepad says that she has an appointment with you tonight." "Yes, their company wants to rent my coffee shop for a tea party. We have an appointment to meet this evening." I understood their purpose. "Do you know her well?" "I only know that her hometown is in Hunan, and she has a small investment company, but I don't know the rest." I asked Qin Siwei, "How did she die?"

"The skull fracture was caused by someone hitting the back of the head with something like an iron rod." Qin Siwei said, "The murder weapon has not been found yet, but based on the situation at the scene, it should be done by an acquaintance—she opened the door for the murderer. " "Could it be a burglary? Zhang Yali seems to be quite rich." I couldn't help thinking about it. "The blame is here." Zhou Peng told me that Zhang Yali's home had obviously been raided, but the cash and jewelry were not lost, but her Mini Cooper was missing.Someone in the community saw the apricot-yellow car driving out after nine o'clock in the evening, but they didn't see who was driving it.

"Look at this." Qin Siwei handed me a plastic bag containing physical evidence, which contained a personal check for one million.The check was written by Zhang Yali to a man named Zhang Bo, who tore it in half. "Who is Zhang Bo?" Looking at the crumpled check, I felt an indescribable feeling, very uncomfortable. "Zhang Yali's younger brother, he was the one who found the body." Qin Siwei said, "Zhang Bo registered an advertising company himself and borrowed money from Zhang Yali. He came to ask his sister to get the money this morning, and found Zhang Yali's body. .Of course, that's what he said." He put a lot of emphasis on the last sentence.

"It seems that the murderer tore up the check." Zhou Peng said, "Why didn't he take it away? One million." "The check must be cashed at the bank, okay?" Qin Siwei said angrily, "Isn't that a self-inflicted trap? And judging from the current situation, it seems that the murderer's purpose is not for money." "But why did he drive away Zhang Yali's car?" Zhou Peng looked sad, "And, why did he tear up the check?" "If I knew, wouldn't the case be solved?" Qin Siwei glared at him, then handed me a smaller evidence bag, "Can you help me find out what these things are?"

Inside the bag were a few pieces of gray-green debris, the largest of which was only the size of a soybean. It was not transparent in the sun, and there were faint white lines inside. "It should be marble. The stone is very rough and low-grade. Where did you find it?" "On the floor around the corpse." Qin Siwei shrugged, "We don't know what's going on." "Looking at the color, I thought it was jade." Zhou Peng leaned over. "Not all jade is green, and not all green is jade." I returned the bag to Qin Siwei. "Zhang Yali's home has a few marble handicrafts." Qin Siwei said, "but none of them are of this color."

"It's interesting." I really couldn't control my curiosity, "Is the time of death determined?" "Between 7:00 and 8:00 last night." Qin Siwei said, "The murderer must be someone who knows Zhang Yali very well. Zhang Yali's husband, Yu Kai, went to Shanxi on a business trip yesterday afternoon, and the murder happened that night. How can there be such a coincidence in the world?" things." I remembered the scene in the coffee shop that afternoon: "Speaking of her husband, I think of one thing..." I told them the scene in as much detail as possible.Qin Siwei's eyes lit up: "Did you see clearly that it was a divorce agreement? We didn't find such a document at the scene."

"It's written in black and white, so you can see it clearly." "What about the content of the agreement? Did you see it?" "I don't have such good eyesight." I advised him to go to Lawyer Wang to find out what happened.As Zhang Yali's legal advisor, he knew nothing about the inside story. I called Lawyer Wang and he readily agreed to meet at his office at 1pm.Because my mind was not on cooking, I took Qin Siwei and Zhou Peng to Wang Xinyang's law firm on Jinyuan Road after having a simple lunch at the Sichuan restaurant at the gate of the community.

Although it is a weekend, there are still many people working overtime in the office.After seeing Qin Siwei's ID, the secretary in a light gray suit showed us expressionlessly and led us to an office at the end of the corridor. "Zhang Yali is my client and friend." After hearing Qin Siwei's brief explanation of the situation, Lawyer Wang went straight to the point professionally.He spoke slowly, but with a strong persuasive force, "Last week, she came to me and asked me to draw up a divorce agreement for her. On the 4th, this Wednesday, I gave the draft agreement to she."

"Do you know why they divorced?" Qin Siwei asked. "Yu Kai has a lover outside." Lawyer Wang said frankly, "A strong woman like Zhang Yali cannot tolerate such things." "Lover?" Qin Siwei's tone suddenly rose an octave, "Can you tell me more about it?" "Her name is Gu Bei." Attorney Wang walked to the filing cabinet behind us, unlocked the glass door, took out a hard plastic folder from the bottom layer, and took out a photo from it and handed it to me.The photo was obviously taken secretly. The girl looked like she was only in her early twenties, not pretty, but she was full of energy. "Zhang Yali once asked me to help investigate this Gu Bei's situation. She is Yu Kai's colleague and has been dating Yu Kai for almost two years." Lawyer Wang put away the photos again. "How did Zhang Yali know about Yu Kai and Gu Bei?" "Before Chinese New Year this year, probably in mid-January, Gu Bei suddenly ran to Zhang Yali's house and declared her identity, demanding that Zhang Yali divorce Yu Kai immediately." Lawyer Wang pushed his glasses, "It was only then that Zhang Yali knew that her husband was behind her back. There's a lover out there." "So arrogant?" I found it incredible. "I have encountered many such things before." Lawyer Wang said flatly, "Nowadays, few people take extramarital affairs and divorce seriously. This is the atmosphere of the whole society. It turns out that we always talk about how Westerners are. No sense of responsibility, high divorce rate, etc. In fact, China's current divorce rate is much higher than that of the United States." "Did Zhang Yali propose the divorce?" Qin Siwei brought the topic back from social atmosphere to the murder case in front of him. "It was proposed by Zhang Yali, but Yu Kai also wants to marry Gu Bei after divorce as soon as possible. Because according to what I know, Gu Bei is already pregnant, so they have reached an agreement on whether to divorce. That's why I will be entrusted with drafting the agreement." "Can you tell me the general content of the agreement?" "I kept a copy, you can read it yourself." Attorney Wang took out a page from the folder and handed it to Qin Siwei. "The two have no common property?" Qin Siwei glanced at the agreement, "Don't they have a house and a car?" "Those are Zhang Yali's personal properties, and they have been notarized long ago." Lawyer Wang took out the property notarization certificate. "House, car, deposits under personal name... According to this, Yu Kai basically has nothing." Qin Siwei carefully read the notarial certificate. "I don't think it's unfair to him." Attorney Wang said sharply. "Because he had an affair?" "That's the next thing." Lawyer Wang said, "The little money Yu Kai earns every month is used to rent a house for his mother and pay living expenses. Their family buys a house, buys a car, and lives with Zhang Yali. Money. I think Yu Kai knows this very well. So when Zhang Yali proposed property notarization, he never objected." "But now that Zhang Yali is dead, they haven't divorced yet." Qin Siwei thought thoughtfully, "In this way, even with this notarial certificate, Yu Kai can still inherit most of Zhang Yali's property as her husband." "This is the case when Zhang Yali has not made a will." Attorney Wang took out another piece of paper from the folder and handed it to Qin Siwei, "But Zhang Yali has already made a will." This will was made by Zhang Yali in July last year, and she designated her younger brother Zhang Bo to inherit all the property under her name. "That is to say, Yu Kai won't get anything?" Qin Siwei's tone was full of confusion. "Basically, you can say that." Lawyer Wang nodded. "Does he know about the will?" "Zhang Yali and I discussed the terms of the will, and Yu Kai was present when she signed it." Lawyer Wang carefully put the will back into the folder. "Last summer, Zhang Yali found a lump in her stomach during the physical examination. The doctor advised her Operate as soon as possible. At that time, she was scared to death and thought she had an incurable disease, so she asked me to help her make a will. But after the operation, it was found that it was just an ordinary cyst, and it was a false alarm.” "But the will is still valid, isn't it?" "Of course it works." Lawyer Wang seemed dissatisfied with Qin Siwei's suspicion, "I will contact Zhang Yali's family as soon as possible to deal with this matter." Qin Siwei's cell phone rang, and he took a look at it, handed it to Zhou Peng, and signaled him to go outside to answer the phone. "Lawyer Wang, does Zhang Bo know about his sister's will?" I remembered the broken check. "I don't know about this." Lawyer Wang said cautiously, "Zhang Bo was not present when the will was made." "But Zhang Yali probably told her younger brother about her decision afterwards." Qin Siwei said. "Yes, very likely." Lawyer Wang repeated his words, emphasizing the word "possible".Qin Siwei smiled knowingly. "Last July..." I thought of the date on the will. "At that time, Zhang Yali probably didn't know about Yu Kai's extramarital affair. But in her will, she left nothing to her husband." "I reminded Zhang Yali that Yu Kai has the right to inherit." Lawyer Wang said, "But she didn't accept my suggestion, and I can't say anything more." "How long have you known Zhang Yali?" Qin Siwei asked. "My wife and Zhang Yali used to be colleagues and very good friends. I have known her for more than ten years, but I have been representing her in the company's legal affairs since 2002." "So according to your understanding, how is the relationship between Zhang Yali and Yu Kai? I mean, before Yu Kai's extramarital affair was exposed." "They can only say that 'it looks' very good." Lawyer Wang said meaningfully. "That is to say, isn't it really good?" Qin Siwei smiled knowingly. "But there is no deep conflict between them." Lawyer Wang showed a little disdainful expression on his face. "And I know Yu Kai a little bit. I don't believe he has the guts to kill someone." "Then do you know who Zhang Yali has offended? For example, business dealings..." "Zhang Yali is good to her subordinates and business partners, but sometimes she likes to be serious, which she calls sticking to principles." Lawyer Wang pondered, "If you want to offend someone... Could it be related to the layoffs?" "Zhang Yali's company is laying off staff?" "In the current financial crisis, investment companies like theirs are under a lot of pressure, and layoffs are a last resort." Lawyer Wang said, "Fifteen people have been laid off this month. Several people who were laid off went to the company to cause trouble a few days ago, and Zhang Yali almost called the police. .” "When did that happen?" Qin Siwei asked eagerly. "Friday, when I was in their company." "Do you know the troublemaker?" "There are three people here, but I can't even name them." Lawyer Wang shook his head, "Go to Zhang Yali's company and ask them, they should know better." We left Lawyer Wang's office, and Zhou Peng greeted him: "Boss, it was Zhang Yali's mother-in-law, Lu Yuzhen, who called just now. She said she had something important to report to us, but she refused to speak on the phone." "Really? Then I'll take a trip." Qin Siwei said, "Go and check on that Gu Bei and Yu Kai's whereabouts yesterday." "Isn't Yu Kai on a business trip?" Zhou Peng seemed to feel that Qin Siwei was unnecessary. "If you ask you to check it, you can check it. There is so much nonsense." Qin Siwei said sullenly, "Also, tell Wu Bin and Chen Qing to go to Zhang Yali's company immediately and ask for a list of all the people who have been fired recently. Lawyer Wang Say how many people went to make trouble on Friday, and find out who they are."