"Tell me, what were you all doing when the deceased jumped from the fourth floor window sill."

Gu Chu followed a few small police officers to room 404. Everyone living in this house needs to record a statement.

Gu Chu's rank is higher than those of the little policemen, but as long as the case is not handed over from the local police station to the higher-level agency for one day, Gu Chu's powers cannot surpass these police officers.

Therefore, at this time, it was the two policemen who recorded the statement, while Gu Chu carefully observed the interior layout and several people living in this room.

The layout of 404 is basically the same as the house that Gu Chu first bought. The small square is divided into two rooms, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom. The living room and dining room are connected together. The space is not large and looks very crowded.

Before the old lady passed away, there were only two elderly people living in the house. The old man was 81 and the old lady was 76. They were not elderly people with very flexible legs and feet, so the room could not be cleaned very well. Gu Chu followed two policemen into the house. At that time, the living room was full of clutter, and there was almost no place to go.

The most common medicines and health products at home are all kinds of medicines and health care products. Gu Chu picked up a few at random. Many of them are medicines for the treatment of chronic diseases of the elderly. One of them is a medicine for high blood pressure. There is a plate on the table in the restaurant. There is one left, and the date is still fresh. There is also a version on the coffee table in the living room. It looks like it was recently opened, but the shell of the medicine has turned yellow. She glanced at the date, and it had expired. It's been a year and a half.

There are still many similar expired medicines in the room. It may be because the elderly have inconvenience in their legs and feet, and they habitually stock up on more medicines. However, because of their poor memory as they age, they often buy new medicines before they finish eating them. , When occasionally rummaged, it was easy to find out the medicines had forgotten before, and didn't notice the issue of the shelf life, so took it apart and continued to eat it.

In addition to these randomly placed medicines, the visible areas such as the living room and dining room are not very clean. There are obvious dirt in some places that are not easy to clean. There are some old oil stains on the old-fashioned wooden floor, covered with plastic foot covers Stepping on the ground, it made a sticky sound.

From this point of view, the children of the old couple do not seem to care much about their parents' living conditions.

And given the hygiene situation, Xu Ping walked to the balcony barefoot, how could most of the soles of his feet be clean.

Gu Chu put down the medicine in her hand and continued to observe the environment in the room. She noticed that there were several floor bunks in the living room. At this time, they were kicked aside and placed in a mess. Not long ago, someone should have been sleeping on them.

"Isn't that my mother died unexpectedly? Those of us who are children are not worried that the old man sleeps alone. There are not enough beds at home, so we make the floor."

The one who spoke was Jiang Fangfang, the daughter-in-law of the eldest of the Bai family.

"When Xu Ping had an accident just now, the old man slept in the master bedroom, and the second and the second lived in the second bedroom. We and my sister-in-law made a floor in the living room together."

Jiang Fangfang pointed to the two shops that were kicked aside.

The policeman who took the notes glanced at the location. If Xu Ping slept on her side at that time, when she came out of the room and went to the balcony, she would definitely pass by the three people who were sleeping in the living room. The two mattresses were blocked. If they passed by, there would definitely be movement.

"Didn't you find such a big living person passing by your side!"

The second child, Bai Zhi, obviously thought the same thing. He became violent again, pointed at the noses of the eldest brother, the couple, and the eldest sister, panting heavily, thinking that each of them might be the murderer.

"You can't say that!"

Being pointed to the nose and identified as the murderer, the two brothers and sisters of the Bai family were also anxious, Bai Ying stood up and pointed at the second brother's nose and yelled at each other.

"My eldest brother and I have nothing to do with your daughter-in-law. You said that we are fighting for family property, but killing for money, what about us? Besides, we really want to kill your daughter-in-law for money, why should we kill you? Don't think that I'm not as good at studying as you don't know the inheritance law, only the three brothers and sisters and the old man have a share of the little things left after my mother's death."

Bai Ying's expression was extremely aggrieved.

"As I said, you might as well think about whether you have wronged the second sister-in-law, or why would she want to commit suicide!"

Her question seemed reasonable.

"That's right, if someone hadn't knocked on the door just now, your eldest brother and I would still be asleep. We didn't even know about Xu Ping walking from the living room to the balcony."

Jiang Fangfang hurriedly added that her words were very interesting. She only picked herself and Bai Yong, the boss of the Bai family, out. They didn't wake up, and whether Bai Ying woke up or not, she didn't know.

Bai Ying didn't understand Ji Feng in Jiang Fangfang's words, and nodded vigorously beside her.

"And you."

A young male policeman hurriedly recorded the transcript, and then looked at Bai Zhi again.

Who is his wife by his side at night? When the other party got up from the bed, he didn't notice the movement of the other party getting up.

"I don't sleep well, especially when I came back from Ugly Country. I have to be jet-lagged. Before going to bed, I took sleeping pills. If you don't believe me, ask them. I didn't wake up just now when I knocked on the door of my room. The boss went in and pushed me away." Wake up."

Bai Zhi looked a little haggard, but his wife died after returning to the country. He still didn't know how to tell the children that their mother was gone!

He rubbed his face dejectedly. The husband and wife have been together for decades, even though they were noisy on weekdays, but now that they are gone, all the bad things in the past have become good.

"Who knows if you're pretending."

Jiang Fangfang was upset that Bai Zhi suspected them just now, so she muttered something in a low voice. Of course, the low voice was enough for the two policemen who were taking notes to hear.

"How could I lie about this matter? If you don't believe me, go in and take a look. The sleeping pills are on my bedside table."

Bai Zhi roared angrily, he didn't know what to think, his expression suddenly changed.

"By the way, my daughter-in-law also asked me for a sleeping pill before going to bed. She said that an old man had just died at home, and she was a little scared. I watched her take the sleeping pill with water. For a person who falls asleep with drugs, one drug is enough for her to sleep peacefully until dawn, how could she get up in the middle of the night and jump off a building."

Bai Zhi thought of the most critical evidence, stood up excitedly, and held the policeman's hand.

"My daughter-in-law definitely did not commit suicide. You must find out. Yes, yes, my wife and I are both citizens of an ugly country. If this matter is not handled properly, it will be an international dispute. You must do your best to make the police the most powerful people come to investigate the case."

Bai Zhi has been abroad for too long, and he still feels that the domestic development is unsatisfactory, and the ugly country is forced to be superior, and he unconsciously assumes the attitude of the citizens of the ugly country to be superior to others.

Little did they know that as soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of the two police officers became much lighter.

"Second brother, what you said is very interesting. It seems that the people's police in our country are not careful when dealing with their own cases. What's the matter, are the citizens of the ugly country superior to others?"

Bai Yong said unhappily.

"Yes, we do our best in every case."

One of the policemen chimed in.

"You are the husband of the deceased, are you willing to authorize us to conduct an autopsy on the corpse?"

The clues given by the husband of the deceased just now are indeed very important. Under normal circumstances, would a person who was drowsy after taking sleeping pills run to the balcony and jump to commit suicide?

Moreover, they had conducted a simple survey when they were downstairs. Judging from the position of the window and the distance from the corpse to the ground, when the corpse fell, there was an acceleration. This shows that she did not fall accidentally, but she should have jumped A jump, or a second person pushed her from behind.

"I, I agree!"

Bai Zhi gritted his teeth and said, anyway, this matter must not be easily dismissed.

"By the way, what were you doing, old man, when the incident happened?"

Although don't think that an 81-year-old man with limited legs and feet who has to sit in a wheelchair most of the time can push a middle-aged woman off the balcony on the fourth floor, but as usual, still have to ask.

Wearing pajamas, the white-haired old man was stunned, and he was pushed by the girl next to him before he realized it.

"I, I... I fell asleep..."

He looked down at his knees, and the hands on his thighs were trembling uncontrollably. This was an old problem, and he couldn't hold things steadily.

In the past, there was an old lady who had a relatively strong body and bones to feed him. Now that the old lady is dead, she serves the two meals at noon and evening. All over the place, the children complained a lot.

The old man's eyes turned to the black and white photo hanging in the living room. The old lady in the photo had a gentle and dignified smile, and her eyes were black and white, as if she was looking at someone.

The old man's hands trembled, and he lowered his head again.

"It's really strange. Except for her jumping down by herself, anyone who gets her down will make a little noise. It doesn't make sense that the people in our living room are all sleeping so dead."

Bai Ying muttered in a low voice.

"But during the day, I didn't see anything wrong with her. On the contrary, when she was fighting for the house, she was more fierce than the second brother. This kind of woman is willing to die? Could it be that the old lady is displeased with this unfilial daughter-in-law, so she turned into a ghost and took her away?" Are you leaving?"

As she said that, she also glanced at the old lady's widow, and then shivered.

"Scary."

She patted her chest, wondering if she should go back to her own house, after all, she was not a filial daughter.

That's all for the transcript tonight. The area around the incident has been blocked by a yellow line, and the body has been transported to the forensic office. The police will come to the scene tomorrow to do a more detailed investigation, and there may still be needs The family members cooperated with the investigation to the place, so before leaving, the police also told them that it is best not to leave Jincheng during this period, and to cooperate with the police summons at any time.

When leaving, Gu Chu picked up a piece of paper from the ground that Gu Dudu had torn and played with for a long time.

"Did you buy this from a candle shop?"

There are a lot of yellow paper in the shape of copper coins scattered in the living room, exactly the same as those that appeared in Gu Chu's house.

"Why are such unlucky things scattered everywhere, sister-in-law, are you not paying attention too much?"

Frowning, Bai Ying took the ghost paper from Gu Chu's hand, and only now noticed that there were more than a dozen papers scattered in the living room.

"I have nothing to do with that thing."

Jiang Fangfang glared at the sister-in-law.

"It's not bought by our family. Maybe some relative or friend dropped by when they came to deliver wreaths these two days. I remember that a lot was sprinkled in the corridor yesterday."

With that said, Jiang Fangfang went to the balcony and took a broom and came in, ready to sweep up all the ghost papers scattered in the room and throw them away. Two people died in this house one after another. If it wasn't because it was too late now, she would have wanted to go back to her own home.

Gu Chu looked at the closed rooms again, but unfortunately, he didn't sense anything. Gu Dudu just grabbed her thigh, looking honest and quiet, and probably didn't sense another one from this room. The presence of ghosts.

"I suggest that you should not live in this room these days."

Gu Chu friendly reminded, "It's best to take the old man outside together."

She can't force them to make a decision, it's up to them to listen or not.

"I know I know."

Boss Bai agreed perfunctorily, then sent Gu Chu and the other two policemen to the door, and then closed the door.

"How about we take Dad home to live for a while?"

After the police left, Bai Zhi sat in the living room in a daze. He hadn't recovered from the grief of his wife's death.

Although the others were also frightened, they couldn't compare to a strange friend when they faced a brother-in-law and sister-in-law who had only met a few times in decades.

Bai Yong and his wife hid in the kitchen and whispered.

"The old man still needs to be taken care of. You want me to serve this ancestor?"

Jiang Fangfang was not happy, "The grandchildren at home are enough for me to worry about. If you men are the shopkeepers, you know that you will cause trouble for us."

"Isn't it for the share in the old man's hand? Would you like to let the second or third child take the old man there? Then they will fool the old man with a few words and make the old man sign some will in a daze, and our money will be gone. "

Bai Yong hates iron for being weak, and a woman who is usually very shrewd, how can she be confused about this kind of thing.

Otherwise, why did the three brothers and sisters stay in this room tonight and refuse to leave? The second and the two clearly disliked the living conditions here, and they didn't say that they were going to stay in a hotel. Aren't they afraid that others would be close to the old man and gain the upper hand?

"you're right!"

Jiang Fangfang clapped her hands and was about to laugh when Bai Yong covered her mouth.

"Yes, yes, keep a low profile, don't let the second and third see it. I think that the second will not care about this house for the time being, but the third is still shrewd. We mainly watch out for her."

Jiang Fangfang lowered her voice and said she understood.

After another half an hour, the few people who had been arguing for most of the day couldn't hold it any longer.

Bai Zhi didn't want to sleep, so he smoked in the living room. Bai Ying ran to the old man's room to make a floor.

The room returned to silence again. Bai Zhi didn't know how many cigarettes he had smoked. The living room was filled with smoke, and there was a pungent smell of smoke. It was obvious that tobacco was something that stimulated the nerves. But gradually, Bai Zhi started to feel sleepy. , lying on the sofa.

A few yellow copper coins came in through the half-opened window.

"Squeak-"

The door to the second bedroom opened.

Jiang Fangfang came out of the room with her eyes closed, her footsteps were a little vain, she looked down, her toes were on the ground, her heels seemed to be stepping on something, and she walked slowly to the toilet on tiptoe.