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Chapter 82 Confession
Because there were more villagers who had close contacts with Liu Hongmei and the Wang family back then, Pang Rongsheng asked the village chief to arrange a few small rooms, and several policemen asked them to record statements alone.
"Remember, it is very important to ask Liu Hongmei's family how they got along, especially how the first victim, Wang Ting, was treated at home. It is very important to find out when Wang Ting disappeared and why Wang's family didn't call the police. Ask if Liu Hongmei behaved strangely when she returned to the village some time ago."
Before the separate cross-examination, Pang Rongsheng gathered all the people he brought for a small meeting to prevent them from missing the point when taking the statement. In fact, all the people present were elites. Even if he didn't remind them, everyone knew what to ask. What kind of problem, Pang Rongsheng really took this case too seriously, so that he was always worried and didn't dare to leak a single detail.
The partner who recorded the statement with Gu Chu was a young policewoman. The other party was not very talkative, but she was very strict in her work.
The first person to come in was an old lady who looked to be in her sixties or seventies and was about the same age as the deceased Liu Hongmei.
Fangming's name is Liu Hongying, and she is Liu Hongmei's cousin. The two sisters married to Zifeng Village, so they are very close. If you want to know about Liu Hongmei, you should ask her for the most clear information.
"Hong, Sister Hongmei, is she really...really dead?"
Liu Hongying looked very sad, with a dazed look in her eyes, as if it was difficult to accept the news that Liu Hongmei had been killed.
"My condolences, but the most important thing now is to find the murderer who killed Liu Hongmei. The questions we will ask are very important. I hope you can calm down and answer our questions truthfully."
The young policewoman spoke. She first calmed Liu Hongying's emotions briefly, and then emphasized the importance of the questions they asked to solve the case. If Liu Hongying really cared about her cousin and hoped that the police would find her murderer, then It should be told truthfully.
"……it is good."
The old lady sniffed her nose and replied with a cry.
"You must catch the murderer, goddamn thing, what a pitiful person Sister Hongmei is, she has never enjoyed happiness in her life, and she died so badly in the end, the person who killed Sister Hongmei is a beast, a beast Ah, you must catch him and shoot him."
She babbled on and on, saying that Liu Hongmei was pitiful, and angrily cursing the cruelty of the murderer.
"When was the last time Liu Hongmei returned to the village?"
The policewoman interrupted her rambling helplessly.
"Yes, it was seven days ago."
The old lady was choked, and looked at the ignorant policewoman sadly, and then counted the time when her cousin came back last time with her fingers.
Seven days ago!
Gu Chu and the colleague beside him looked at each other. This time happened to be the second day after Liu Hongmei's son went to her dormitory to make trouble.
"Are you sure?"
Gu Chu asked a question.
"Sure."
The old lady was upset. Although she was getting old, her mind was still working. What happened to these two little policemen, one was more ignorant than the other.
"That day I heard that sister Hongmei came back and visited her home. She is going to bring the old washbasin and some things from home to her work place. It seems that all the things used there are made. It’s bad, when she left, I even packed some melons and vegetables I grew for her, and she was very happy, saying that the vegetables I grew were better than those sold in the city.”
The little policewoman was thinking about whether people would miss the point when they were old. Her grandparents were also like this. They would always diverge a question very widely, so she still had to interrupt the other party's words.
"When Liu Hongmei came back, was there anything unusual?"
"Strange?"
The old lady couldn't understand Wen Zouzou's words.
"It's just that there is no difference from usual, such as being particularly sad and sad, such as having a bad complexion and looking haggard. You have such a good relationship, and it's rare for her to come back. Didn't she tell you something that bothers you?"
The policewoman explained patiently.
"You said this, I really remembered."
The old lady reminisced and narrated.
"Sister Hongmei seems really strange to come back from this trip. I'll go to her house to talk to her, and find that she's been in a trance. I talk to her for four or five sentences, and she only speaks a word. Sometimes she asks me when I talk to her. Hers is different."
"Hey, Sister Hongmei has a hard life, her man left early, the burden of this family is on her shoulders, and there is not even anyone who can help her, Wang Fu is also not up to expectations, this time it is guaranteed again It's him who is angry with Sister Hongmei."
As she said that, she nodded firmly. Except for Wang Fu, she couldn't imagine who would be so sad for her cousin.
"In addition to Liu Hongmei and Wang Fu, there is also a daughter, Wang Ting, in the Wang family's household registration book. Why haven't you mentioned it."
Gu Chu opened his mouth.
"Bah, don't mention that unscrupulous little bitch, if it weren't for her, Sister Hongmei's life wouldn't be so hard!"
When mentioning Wang Ting's name, Liu Hongying seemed extremely angry.
"This little girl has no conscience. If she was still at home, Sister Hongmei wouldn't be living such a hard life. The two police comrades, you also judge, everyone is a woman, and they are all daughters. , why did she ignore any filial piety, left her mother and brother and ran away, and she hasn't sent a penny to her home all these years."
Liu Hongying seems to be deeply resentful towards Wang Ting, her niece.
"Is it easy for my sister to raise her as a girl? When she is old, she can earn money and get married, shouldn't she repay her family? If she doesn't run away, how can Sister Hongmei need to work hard alone? Raise Wang Fu, and when the dead girl Wang Ting gets married, the family will be able to get a dowry money and keep it for Wang Fu to marry a wife. He is in his thirties, and because his family is poor, he can't afford a house. So far, I haven't been able to get a wife, and a man can't grow up until he has a family. Wang Fu is so ignorant now, and most of it was forced out by his sister."
While talking, Liu Hongying stared straight at Gu Chu and the other female police officer, as if she wanted to get approval from them.
But what kind of bullshit brain circuit is this?
Before, she complained that Wang Ting was not filial, and the two were still thinking about what the hell Wang Ting had done back then, but in the end, it was because Wang Ting didn't send money to her family and didn't sell herself a sky-high betrothal gift and leave it at her parents' house for her brother to marry. Daughter-in-law, so Wang Fu's failure and idleness, all became the fault of Wang Ting's sister.
"It is the responsibility of parents to raise a son. What does it have to do with elder sister?"
The little policewoman couldn't hold back and replied.
"Why doesn't it matter! Parents who gave birth to her are kind, and if she doesn't repay her kindness, she loses her conscience. Who doesn't care about her son? Isn't raising a girl just to help her son? How did your parents teach you? So selfish, and Wang Ting That little girl has a virtue."
The old lady's face is arrogant, for her, that is the truth that her ancestors have insisted on for generations.
"When did Wang Ting disappear?"
Seeing that there was going to be a quarrel, Gu Chu interrupted.
For a woman who has been brainwashed for most of her life and regarded as the truth, you should never try to convince her that she is wrong in a few words. If you can convince her, it may be a miracle of medicine.
"What's missing, ran away with pretty boy!"
Liu Hongying glared at Gu Chu and said angrily.
"It all happened more than 20 years ago. I can't remember exactly which year it was. Anyway, the mother and daughter quarreled fiercely at that time. One day, someone saw Wang Ting's little girl dragging her suitcase away. , and she never came back."
At that time, if people ran away, even if they reported missing, it would be very difficult to find them back.
Because many modes of travel do not require ID cards, if you hide in another province and want to find someone, it is equivalent to looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Before that girl ran away, she told her mother to let her go, and said that she would let her family treat her as dead. Sister Hongmei was also mad at this girl, and she never mentioned this unfilial daughter again."
"Do you know the name of the boyfriend Wang Ting had at that time, where did he live at home, and what job did he do at the time?"
Gu Chu asked several questions in succession.
"Who knows this?"
Liu Hongying shook her head, "It's definitely not a good thing anyway, maybe it's a hooligan, Wang Ting ran away with this kind of person, and now I don't know where to live a hard life, bah, deserve it!"
Liu Hongying's subjectivity is too strong, obviously from her mouth, there are no valuable clues.
The two sorted out the transcript, and then called the next villager.
It was a man who seemed to be honest and friendly. The man had been frowning since he entered the room, and seemed very unhappy that he was involved in such a troublesome matter.
The man is said to have had a "deep" relationship with Liu Hongmei.
When Liu Hongmei's man died, his eldest daughter Wang Ting was thirteen years old, and his son Wang Fu was five years old. There were many disputes in front of the widow's door. At that time, in the gossip of the villagers, Liu Hongmei and many men in the village had beginnings and endings. This honest manIt is one of them, and for a period of time, the two did not shy away from outsiders, and they had a tendency to bring this relationship to the bright side.
But in the end, don't know what happened, the man began to avoid this relationship, and Liu Hongmei was not compelled to catch up with him, so the two slowly faded away.
The other party provided less information, but Gu Chu noticed that he hesitated several times, but as soon as he asked, he kept his mouth shut, as if hiding some important clues.
But the man in front of him was not a suspect. He had sufficient alibi when Liu Hongmei was murdered, so they could not torture him as a suspect.
"If you have any important clues, you can contact the local police station as soon as possible. Before we leave today, you can also come to us to provide that clue. Liu Hongmei died tragically. Even if it's just a stranger, you should hope Catch the murderer as soon as possible."
What's more, you are not strangers and have had a relationship.
When the man left after answering the question and walked to the door, Gu Chu suddenly spoke.
The man's footsteps stopped for a moment, but he still lowered his head, hunched his back, and left slowly.
More than two hours passed, and finally all the confessions were recorded.
Several transcripts were circulated, and everyone came to the same conclusion.
The first is the character Wang Ting. People in the village have mixed opinions on her.
Few people praise her for being smart. It is said that Wang Ting was always the first when she was studying, but she was unlucky. Her father died when she was in junior high school. She continued to study, because high school fees are expensive, and the distance to live on campus is a lot of money for the Wang family.
According to Liu Hongmei, girls only study dexterity in elementary and junior high school. After high school, they will not be as good as boys. Who knows if she can maintain such good grades in high school, and her family is poor, so Wang Ting should Work early to subsidize the family, and when her younger brother grows up, she will naturally repay her sister.
Wang Ting was sad about this for a long time. During that time, she could be heard crying every day, and Liu Hongmei beat her with bamboo and cane to make her obedient.
Not everyone in the village prioritizes boys over girls, and some people are very advanced in thinking. They sensed the changing trend of the times early on, and felt that in an era when they no longer rely solely on labor to make a living, men and women have the same potential for development. Therefore, Liu Hongmei’s approach Do not agree.
But no matter what, that is Liu Hongmei's daughter, without any relatives or reasons, and they are not good at interfering with the way people teach their children.
According to these people, Wang Ting had a very hard life from childhood to adulthood. She had to work at a young age. Later, her brother was born, and she had another job to take care of her brother. Anyway, as long as Wang Fu cried, Whether she was wrong or not, she was always going to be beaten.
Maybe because of this, Wang Ting has been very gloomy since she was a child. She is different from other children. This child basically never saw her smile. In this case, Wang Ting couldn't take it anymore. My friend ran away, and everyone thought it was normal to have such a result.
If Wang Ting married locally, she might be sucked by her mother and younger brother for the rest of her life. It's better to run away. Even if the man treats her badly, she can always live a little easier by herself.
But there are other people who say the exact opposite. Most of these people have the same attitude as Liu Hongying.
What's up with the girl doing some housework? The girl raises up and repays what happened to her family?
Wang Ting didn't listen to the arrangements of the family and married a man who knew the basics. Instead, she chose to run away with a man outside who she didn't know at all. She would definitely suffer. Maybe she met some trafficker and was kidnapped into the mountains to be her daughter-in-law. It is also possible.
This part of the people attributed the hard times of Liu Hongmei and Wang Fu to Wang Ting's disobedience.
And Liu Hongmei, apart from being a little biased towards her children, does not have any serious problems. Many people think that she can support her in-laws and children after the death of a man. need her to be raised by the mother.
Liu Hongmei is really saving, and she is also really poor. She is still working outside in her 60s. The house in her hometown has not been repaired for decades, because all the money she saved was taken away by her son.
As for the evaluation of Wang Fu, everyone agrees that he is unpromising. He is in his thirties and is still supported by his mother's money. When his son married a wife, without a mother-in-law or children, Wang Fu naturally had no motivation to make money.
From these confessions, it can be seen that the relationship between the mother and son is not harmonious, which is why the family and relatives and friends did not report to the police after Wang Ting disappeared more than 20 years ago.
They all felt that it was normal for Wang Ting to escape from this home.
At that time, when Wang Ting left, there were witnesses, but unfortunately the witness had passed away, so there was no way to ask him what he saw at that time.
Because as far as the current clues are concerned, it does not rule out the possibility that Wang Ting did not leave, but was just killed.
Liu Hongmei and even Wang Fu, who was only twelve or thirteen years old at the time, were suspected of killing Wang Ting.
The most urgent task is to find Wang Ting's boyfriend at the time. If it can be confirmed that this person exists and that Wang Ting really left with him at that time, the suspicion of Liu Hongmei's mother and son can be alleviated, but if there is no such person, from beginning to end It was all compiled by Liu Hongmei, and Wang Ting's elopement needs to be considered.
In addition, through this confession, also learned a relatively important news.
That is, Liu Hongmei was really different during this time. When she returned to the village seven days ago, she was in a trance. Several villagers confirmed this. According to their narration, they greeted Liu Hongmei face to face, but the other party didn't seem to see it. Like them, they passed by in a daze.
After collecting all these confessions, several people went to the old house of the Wang family.
Because Liu Hongmei works outside all the year round, she only comes back to live for a few days occasionally. The house is very dilapidated, several rooms are leaking, and the walls are covered with moss and mildew.
The door was locked, and they pried it open. Several of the police officers went to set up a cordon. Before the case was solved, no outsiders could enter the house.
Compared with Liu Hongmei's dormitory, there are more traces of life in this old house.
For example, a few yellowed old photos, and some old clothes in the master bedroom wardrobe from childhood to adulthood...
In the process of rummaging, the policewoman who had just partnered with Gu Chu found something worth a little money - a pair of silver bracelets wrapped in red paper and hidden in an old swaddle.
The ring is very small, and it looks like it is used for a newborn baby. The silver bracelet has been oxidized and blackened, and it looks like it is a few years old.
One of the pair of hidden silver bracelets was wrapped with a lot of red thread.
"I remember some gold and silver jewelry made by the old man in the past. If the ring is wide enough to prevent it from slipping, it will be wrapped in some red thread."
In Gu Chu's memory, her grandmother had a gold ring wrapped with a red thread. It was a dowry given by her grandmother's mother. Because the ring was a little big, it had to be wrapped with a red thread so that it wouldn't slip off.
Obviously, this silver bracelet wrapped with red thread has traces of being worn.
But it doesn't seem like an important piece of evidence, does it?
Gu Chu put on gloves, picked up the two bracelets and observed them around, and then put them in the evidence bag together with the red cloth that wrapped the bracelets and the old swaddle.
When we got back, it was almost half past ten.
Just when Gu Chu was about to get in the car, the man who faltered while recording his statement during the day suddenly appeared. He stopped Gu Chu and said that he still had a clue to provide, but he didn't know whether it was important or not.
Seeing that the man seemed to only trust Gu Chu, Pang Rongsheng motioned for Gu Chu with his eyes.
"I-I suspect that Liu Hongmei was killed by Wang Ting."
The man's mouth was astonishing. He didn't know that Wang Ting had been killed in 1994. In the hearts of the villagers, Wang Ting just eloped with others and is still alive.
"why would you say so?"
Gu Chu didn't tell the man about it, she was even more curious why the other party had such a guess.
"That girl, that girl is a pervert."
Recalling that past, the man was still a little scared, he swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva before mustering up the courage to tell Gu Chu.
The rumors in the village are true. In fact, back then, he and Liu Hongmei were indeed talking about getting married. One of them lost his wife and the other lost his husband. When the two fat fish were happily about to send to Liu Hongmei, they saw a scene that terrified him.
The eldest girl of Liu Hongmei's family, namely Wang Ting, was holding a newborn puppy with a sharp stone in her hand.
She cut off one of the puppy's legs with the sharp side of the stone. No matter how sharp the stone is, it is not as good as a knife. She chopped it once, twice... until the leg was chopped off, the puppy kept going Howled, but Wang Ting's eyes were extremely excited.
In fact, it was chopping, not to mention that the leg was smashed again and again.
He didn't know how to describe his shock and fear when he saw that scene. He stood there stiffly, not even having the courage to speak out, watching Wang Ting chop off the puppy's limbs and poke the puppy to pieces. eyes, and then buried the puppy in her backyard.
At that time, Wang Ting was only fourteen years old.
It wasn't until Wang Ting walked back to the house that he seemed to come back to his senses, and went back with the two fish as if he had never been there before.
Since then, he has been indifferent to Liu Hongmei, because he thinks that girl Wang Ting is too scary, and if he stays under the same roof with such a girl, he is afraid that he will be killed one day.
"Didn't Liu Hongmei be dismembered? I think Wang Ting did it."
The man said firmly.
At this time, Gu Chu's face couldn't hide his shock. If what he said was true, it was very reasonable for him to have such a guess, but Wang Ting was the first victim of the dismemberment case?
Could it be that the murder in Kaiyang City was the revenge of ghosts?
It may be that Gu Chu has experienced too many similar things recently, and this is her first reaction at this time.