Chapter 10 fourth quarter

At dusk two days later, I watered my plants and flowers on the balcony.Qin Siwei leaned against the glass sliding door, frowning and staring at my every move. "I said you really have a leisurely heart." He said angrily, "Why don't you help me analyze it." He spent the past two days in constant disappointment.News came from Shanxi that Yu Kai had been with his colleagues in the troupe all the time. Because of the inconvenient transportation, he took the train back to Beijing last night to take care of his wife's funeral; two of Gu Bei's colleagues proved that they They rehearsed together in the opera troupe until 8:30 in the evening before leaving one after another.During the whole rehearsal process, Gu Bei only went out to answer two calls, which did not exceed three minutes.

"The divorce agreement you mentioned was found, and it's in a pile of documents in the study. The content is just like that provided by Lawyer Wang." Qin Siwei leaned over and helped me spray water on the leaves of Siji Begonia, "But they haven't signed it yet. .” "It doesn't matter whether you sign or not now." I gently picked off the petals of the Rhododendron, "How do you check those people who were fired by Zhang Yali?" "Everything can be ruled out." Qin Siwei said, "Now Zhang Yali's younger brother, Zhang Bo, is left. He said that he went out to dinner, shopping and watching movies with his girlfriend that night, and he didn't come home until after ten o'clock in the evening. His girlfriend also said the same."

"But you don't believe it, do you?" "The IQ of a woman in love is zero, so it's not surprising to give false testimony." Qin Siwei said, "Only Zhang Bo can profit from Zhang Yali's death." "Zhang Bo once beat Yu Kai for Zhang Yali, but he killed his sister himself in less than a month. Don't you think it's unbelievable?" Sometimes, I feel very helpless to Qin Siwei's stubbornness, "The motive for killing There are many kinds, legacy is just one of them." "But now we haven't found any other plausible motives." Qin Siwei said, "There is also the issue of when the crime was committed."

"Didn't Lu Yuzhen say that she saw a woman who looked like Gu Bei?" I reminded him, "It's a pity that she didn't see the woman's face, nor did she see her leave." "But it's definitely not Gu Bei, she has time to witness." Qin Siwei said, "According to the situation reported by Ning Junxiang, it can be confirmed that the time of the incident was between 7:35 and 8 in the evening. But the murderer quickly He left the scene at nine o'clock, and there were obvious signs of searching in the house, and he seemed to be looking for something."

"You can ask Yu Kai or Zhang Bo." "I have asked, but they all said that there is nothing valuable in Zhang Yali's house except for a few pieces of diamond jewelry. The jewelry is all there, and the cash in the house is more than 3,000 yuan, and the murderer didn't take it away. I was thinking, Could this be a blindfold, trying to mislead our thinking." "Of course, it's also possible." I went back to the room and poured two cups of black tea, and handed him a cup, "The murder weapon is still not found, is it?" "No, I just know it's a stick." Qin Siwei held the cup in both hands, "Nowadays detective novels are flying all over the place, everyone knows that when committing a crime, everyone should wear gloves and not leave the murder weapon behind. "

"Don't be discouraged." I put my arms around his neck, "The more difficult the case is, the more capable you will be." "Don't be funny, I'm at a loss now." He drooped his face, "I don't have any valuable clues." "Is there no news about Zhang Yali's Mini Cooper?" "I found it yesterday. It was parked in a public parking lot near Chaoyang Park. I have sent people to watch the car day and night to see who will come to pick it up." "It's useless, no one will pick up the car." I was drinking hot tea.

"What do you mean?" Qin Siwei said loudly, "You mean the murderer may have noticed our actions?" "Because that car has done its job." "What mission?" I smiled and didn't answer. "You're bullying me again, aren't you?" He rushed over and pressed me against the back of the sofa, "Tell me, what happened to that car?" I gently pushed him away: "Don't worry. I still need a little time." "You don't already know the answer, do you?" "Well, it's actually very simple." I smiled lightly, put down the teacup in my hand, and got up to get my coat.

"Where are you going?" Qin Siwei also stood up. "Guangming Garden District." I threw his padded jacket over, "Let's go, I'm idle anyway." It was already dark, and the community was very quiet. The lights from the windows were warm, and the aroma of food occasionally wafted through the air.Zhang Yali's home is in Room 502, Building 2, but the parking space downstairs was already full, so I had to park the car on the fire escape next to Building 4, and drag Qin Siwei upstairs. "Have you brought the key?" I took off the seal on the door.

Qin Siwei opened the door.This is a big three-bedroom set. The south-facing living room is about 40 square meters. The furniture is all mahogany in an antique style. There are a few Suzhou embroidery hanging on the wall. It is not expensive but looks quite elegant.The room remained as it was at the time of the incident. All the drawers and cabinet doors of the furniture were opened, including lockers, cloakrooms, shoe cabinets, and even the TV cabinet.The things that were turned out were scattered on the ground in a mess. "Zhang Yali collapsed here." Qin Siwei pointed to a dried up black mark on the floor, "The other rooms were the same, they were turned into a mess."

"Which one is the study room?" I looked at the three identical solid wood carved inner doors. "This one." Qin Siwei pushed open a door on the east side of the living room.I looked at it with my head, and backed out with satisfaction. "The one to the west is the master bedroom." Qin Siwei ran to the other side of the living room. "No, the matter is basically clear." I moved a pile of cushions on the leather sofa and sat down. He looked at me blankly: "Is this clear?" "Let me give you a few hints." I snapped my fingers, "First, the torn check; second, the purpose of the murderer's search at Zhang Yali's house; third, the Mini Cooper; fourth, Those marble chips."

"I don't understand..." Qin Siwei pondered. "Okay." I patted him on the shoulder sympathetically, "Think about it, why did the murderer choose to do it on a Saturday night?" "Because Yu Kai was on a business trip that day, Zhang Yali was the only one at home." He said without thinking. "anything else?" "and also?" "Don't forget, there was one million in Zhang Yali's bag at the time." I said, "That's a lot of money, enough to be a motive for murder." "But that one million is not cash, it's a check, okay?" Qin Siwei said nonchalantly, "Who would be so stupid to grab a check?" "What if the murderer didn't know that the one million Zhang Yali gave Zhang Bo was a check?" I smiled and asked, "Don't you remember what Ning Junxiang said? Zhang Bo and Zhang Yali have always talked about 'borrowing money',' Withdrawing money' and 'advancing money'. I think for most people, the concept of checks does not necessarily come to mind when money is mentioned." "Is the murderer going for the one million?" Qin Siwei began to understand, "However, he rummaged through the boxes and cabinets and found no bundles of cash. Later, he finally found a check in Zhang Yali's bag, and realized that the so-called one million was nothing but money." A piece of paper that he couldn't cash. So..." "So I tore up the check in a fit of rage," I took his words. "That way, it's easy to explain why he didn't touch the loose change and jewelry—he was looking for a million dollars." "But he can take the cash and jewelry afterward." "He's not a cold-blooded professional killer, it's just a moment of greed." I sighed softly, "I think he must have lost his mind in disappointment and anger, and didn't have the mind to think about those scattered banknotes." And jewelry. I didn’t clean up the scene carefully when I left in a hurry, so I left those marble fragments that confuse you.” "Do you know what happened to those pieces?" Qin Siwei was a little excited. "Let's put that aside for now." I waved my hand, "We already know the murderer's purpose, so who knows that Zhang Yali wants to lend money to Zhang Bo? Ning Junxiang was there at the time and heard their conversation, and She is also the last witness to see that Zhang Yali is still alive." "Impossible." Qin Siwei interrupted me, "Ning Junxiang and several fellow villagers live in a semi-basement in Building No. 6 of Guangming Garden, which is the staff dormitory of Ping An Property. I asked her fellow villagers, and they all said Ning Junxiang returned to the dormitory at about 7:40 on the night of the incident, and has never been out since then. The murderer left Guangming Garden around 9 o’clock, and three witnesses can confirm this.” "The problem is that all the witnesses saw Zhang Yali's car driving out of the community." I sneered, "Did any of them see the driver clearly?" "This..." Qin Siwei stopped talking. "So I just said that the Mini Cooper has done its job - convincing you that the killer left after nine o'clock." "You mean... there is an accomplice?" "Didn't you notice that in this case, there are only two people who have completely confirmed alibi? One is Yu Kai, who was on the car to Shanxi at the time; the other is Zhang Bo, although you are skeptical. Other than that In addition, the alibi of other people is not complete." My emphasis fell on the word "complete", "The time of death given by the forensic doctor was between seven and eight o'clock, so Ning Junxiang had time to commit the crime .She came to work to make money, and one million is basically an astronomical figure for her. And did you find out that there is an obvious contradiction in the testimony of Lu Yuzhen and Ning Junxiang." "That woman who is said to be very similar to Gu Bei?" Qin Siwei nodded, "The time when Lu Yuzhen saw that woman coincided with the time when Ning Junxiang left Zhang Yali's house - it was about 7:35 when the weather forecast ended. But Ning Junxiang said that she never met anyone." "Ning Junxiang is very sure." I said, "If that woman is not fabricated by Lu Yuzhen, how can I explain it?" Qin Siwei thought for a while: "It is very likely that Ning Junxiang lied about the time of departure. Judging from the time when she returned to the dormitory, it is impossible for her to leave Zhang Yali's house after 7:35, but she can leave early— —No one but her can prove that Zhang Yali was alive at 7:35. She can kill Zhang Yali at 7:00 and leave around 7:30, so that there will be time to deal with the murder weapon." "The analysis is pretty good." I smiled and applauded. A trace of embarrassment appeared on Qin Siwei's face: "But there are other possibilities." "There are ten thousand possibilities, but only one is true." I asked him, "When you got the report and arrived at the scene, were all the lights in the house turned on?" "Light?" Qin Siwei felt that my question was very inappropriate. "There is only one desk lamp on in the study, and the headlights in other rooms are turned on. The murderer left the lights on. It's all closed." "Have you not moved the headlight in the study?" "No, the light was off when we arrived." He was a little impatient. "Honey, haven't you noticed that the switch of the headlight in the study is in the 'on' position?" I smiled wryly, "The light has been broken long ago, but obviously someone didn't know it, so when I went in, I habitually turned it on." I flicked the switch, and forgot to reset it in a hurry when I left." "It's the murderer!" Qin Siwei suddenly realized, "But Ning Junxiang knows that the light has been out for two days." "So the murderer is not her." "Then...who could it be?" "Lu Yuzhen also went to Zhang Yali on the day Zhang Bo went to borrow money, and she must have heard the conversation Zhang Bo had with Zhang Yali when he left." "Impossible." Qin Siwei blurted out. "What is impossible in this world?" I said sarcastically, "Lu Yuzhen knows very well that her son will have nothing after divorcing Zhang Yali. She loves her son very much, as can be seen from the rows of mother-child group photos in her house. She Going to Zhang Yali is not to persuade her not to divorce, but to hope that Zhang Yali can take into account the relationship between husband and wife and give Yu Kai some property. Zhang Yali obviously does not buy it, which is why Ning Junxiang heard the sentence "He is ruthless to me." It’s meaningless’. Therefore, Lu Yuzhen felt resentful towards Zhang Yali, and thought of the one million. Although she is a bit older, she is tall and strong, and she is fully capable of committing crimes.” "Lu Yuzhen was playing cards at Aunt Li's house that night." Qin Siwei took out a notebook and flipped through it, "Aunt Li said that she arrived around 8:10 and left at 10:00. If you don't consider the car..." "Forget about the damn car for now, she has time to commit crimes. Moreover, if what Ning Junxiang said is true, then that mysterious woman was fabricated by Lu Yuzhen. If she didn't see such a woman, why? Did you mean there was, and you mentioned Gu Bei by name?" "Because she hates Gu Bei." Qin Siwei said casually, "It's easy to think of." "I think it should be said that she wants you to know that she hates Gu Bei." I looked at him with a mocking look, "And you were fooled without any suspense." "What do you mean?" Qin Siwei looked at me in surprise. "As I said just now, except for Yu Kai and Zhang Bo, the alibi of everyone else is incomplete, including Gu Bei of course. During the period from 7:00 to 8:30, she did meet with Colleagues together, that is to say, she did not have the time to kill Zhang Yali. But what about after 8:30? Who can prove where she is? And during this time, the Mini Cooper drove out of the Guangming Garden Community .” "Gu Bei and Lu Yuzhen!" Qin Siwei's jaw was about to drop to the ground, "How is that possible?!" "How is it impossible?" I said, "I don't know what Lu Yuzhen's true opinion of Gu Bei is, but it cannot be denied that there is an invisible bond between them." "Yu Kai?" He said hesitantly. "My God, don't you really understand?" I sighed, "It's that child. Yu Kai and Gu Bei already have a child, and that is Lu Yuzhen's grandson! figure it out." "What wool?" Qin Siwei still didn't quite understand. "That day, Aunt Li gave Lu Yuzhen a ball of wool and said that Lu Yuzhen took care of her. It was goose yellow wool. She would not wear this extremely pink color. Of course, it was impossible for her to wear it. Yu Kai wore it. And there was only a small ball of wool, but Lu Yuzhen said it was enough, and told me to use cashmere because the thread is soft." "She wants to knit a sweater for the child!" Qin Siwei finally got to the point, "This old lady, while saying that she hopes her son will not get divorced, started knitting a sweater for Gu Bei's child." "Chinese people always say that they love their houses and their children. Lu Yuzhen is full of expectations for her grandson, but she can't wait to accuse the child's mother of being a murderer. Don't you think this is unreasonable? So Lu Yuzhen throws out Gu Bei because she knows that Gu Bei has Witness of time. And the only thing her testimony can prove to the police is that she cannot be an accomplice with Gu Bei!" Qin Siwei fell silent.After a long time, he raised his head: "How could this be? It's terrible." "It's said that love can make people lose their minds." I said softly, "Actually, blood relationship is not like this." "It's terrible." Qin Siwei kept shaking his head, "But we have no proof." "The evidence has always been in your hands, it's just that you haven't discovered its significance." I stood up, "Let's go, let's go to Building No. 4 for a visit!" We climbed up the narrow stairs of Building 4 to the second floor.Qin Siwei hesitated: "Is it suitable to find Lu Yuzhen now? Don't startle the snake." "Don't worry, I don't want to alarm her yet." I rang the doorbell of Room 202.There were light footsteps inside, and the door opened a crack, Aunt Li looked at us blankly: "You are..." Qin Siwei showed his ID, and the old lady looked at it carefully for a long time with the light of the corridor before letting us into the house.The room was very lively. Several gray-haired old men were sitting around a square table talking and laughing loudly. On the table were scattered mahjong tiles and piles of melon seeds.When they saw us coming in, they stopped talking, their eyes full of curiosity. "It doesn't matter, the comrades from the Public Security Bureau came to find out about the situation." Aunt Li asked them to continue playing cards and invited us to sit on the sofa. "A few old neighbors, come over to play if you have nothing to do." She poured us two glasses of warm water, "Are you asking about Aunt Lu next door and her daughter-in-law? I don't know her very well, only occasionally meeting her a few times. " "Don't Zhang Yali and Lu Yuzhen walk around often?" Qin Siwei asked Aunt Li. She nodded: "I don't move around very much. Aunt Lu said that her daughter-in-law is too busy earning money to take care of family affairs. Yu Kai comes here often. I also told her that children and grandchildren have their own blessings. You see, My son and daughter have all gone to England, and my wife is gone, so it’s a pretty good life.” "Seeing so many old friends in your family, you can tell that life is going well." I said sincerely, "Does Aunt Lu often come to play?" "I come here often. I often go to her place when I have nothing to do." Aunt Li smiled relaxedly on her chubby face, "We two old women often cook and eat together, and we also go out for a walk together when the weather is good." "Aunt Lu is from the Northeast, so your accent is from Jiangsu and Zhejiang?" I asked her tentatively. "I am from Wuxi." The old lady said. "Then your tastes should be very different, can you eat together?" "Yes." Aunt Li told me that she had worked in Northeast China for many years when she was young, and her late wife was also from Northeast China. "I still like Northeast cuisine," she said, "especially pasta. Aunt Lu's pasta is nothing special." "Then do you remember, does Aunt Lu's house have a green rolling pin?" I seized the opportunity. "You know that too!" Aunt Li was very surprised, "Yu Kai brought it back to her from a business trip to Henan last year. She also bragged to me about the jade. I think it is an ordinary stone, dead and heavy. But she said that it is easier to use than the wooden one, and the weight is not easy to get flour." I glanced at Qin Siwei, he tried his best to hide his surprise, but it was not very successful. After leaving Aunt Li's house, Qin Siwei immediately rang the doorbell of Lu Yuzhen's house, but no one came to open the door after waiting for a long time. "Maybe it went out." He dragged me downstairs, "Hurry up, I have to go back to the police station to get a search warrant, the murder weapon may still be in the hands of the old lady." When I got downstairs, I was about to get in the car when I suddenly caught a glimpse of a light in the window of 201.How could a thrifty old man like Lu Yuzhen not turn off the lights when he went out?I didn't care about explaining, closed the car door, jumped over the half-meter-high wall of boxwood, climbed the anti-theft guardrail on the windows of the first-floor residents, borrowed some strength from the rough wall with my toes, and jumped gently onto the 20th floor. A palm-wide window sill. At the critical moment, the nasty high-heeled shoes plotted against me. The moment I landed, my center of gravity was slightly off, my ankle was tilted, and a piercing pain hit me.At this time, Qin Siwei also ran under the window: "What are you doing? Don't die!" He didn't dare to shout loudly for fear of disturbing the residents, but he waved desperately for me to come down quickly.I made a silent gesture to make him stop for a while, and looked out the window holding my breath. This is a small bedroom with only an old-fashioned wardrobe, a small table and a single bed.Lu Yuzhen was lying quietly on the bed, as if falling asleep.But after a closer look, I found something was wrong—she was not covered with a quilt, she was still wearing a coat and pants, and she didn't even take off her shoes. not good!I shivered, and before I had time to think about it, I took off my coat and wrapped it around my arm, and punched the thick glass window with 100% of my strength.The sound of glass shattering was particularly harsh in the quiet night. I ignored the sharp glass shards remaining on the window frame and jumped into the room.Fortunately, the old lady still has a pulse, but it is very weak.On the small table next to her bed was an empty bottle of sleeping pills, and under the bottle was a neatly folded piece of letter paper, you could tell what it was without looking.I rushed to the window and shouted to Qin Siwei who was dumbfounded downstairs: "Hurry up and call an ambulance!"