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    Tu San asked Mrs. Liu's neighbor for the address of the butcher shop.

    When we arrived, we found that the store was only a few hundred meters away from the school, and it was next to the alley where the crime was committed.

    - Excellent location.

    When he arrived, the door of the butcher's shop was closed. After checking the time, the butcher's shop was supposed to be open long ago.

    I waited at the door for several hours, but still saw no one.

    Today is not the weekend, many residents came to buy meat, and the door gradually became lively. From their discussions, learned that the butcher shop will not be open today without prior notice.

    Tu San and the others felt uneasy, and thought, he must have guessed it, the butcher shop owner really had an affair with Mrs. Liu, helped her kill her husband, and now he absconded in fear of crime?

    Tu San looked around, the owner of the fruit shop opposite the butcher shop was a middle-aged woman, she seemed kind and talkative, so she decided to go over and ask about the situation.

    "Boss, I have a question, why isn't the butcher shop across the street open today?"

    "Oh, this." Just as the fruit shop owner was about to speak, he was interrupted by an unexpected visitor.

    "Hello, we are the police. We want to ask something, please cooperate." Captain Deng suddenly came out from behind Tu San, holding his ID card and rushing in front of Tu San.

    Tu San smiled and greeted him, "Hi, long time no see, Captain Deng."

    Captain Deng looked at Tu San coldly, ignoring him, and turned to ask the owner of the fruit shop, "Do you know where the owner of the butcher shop opposite is?"

    Fruit store owner: "If you're not in the store, you can be at home."

    "We just came back from his house. There is no one at home, and the phone can't be reached."

    "Eh?" The owner of the fruit shop thought for a while, "Aren't you at home?...I must have gone to distribute missing person notices again."

    "Search notices?"

    "His son was lost more than 20 years ago. Every week, they spend a few days looking for him everywhere. You can go to his house to look for him later."

    Captain Deng asked again: "Then do you recognize Liu Yihe?"

    Fruit shop owner: "Yes, his wife often comes here to buy things."

    Captain Deng then asked: "Do you know the rumors about Liu Yihe's wife and the owner of the butcher shop?"

    "Rumor? What rumor?" The owner of the fruit shop suddenly remembered, "Oh, I know, it's all fake!"

    Before Captain Deng could speak, Tu San spoke first, "Fake? But many people saw them hiding from others and behaving intimately."

    Captain Deng turned his head and glanced at him.

    The owner of the fruit shop quickly waved his hands, and said helplessly and ridiculously: "Where are these rumors coming from? The children of their two families were lost together. The police said that they were most likely abducted by the same trafficking gang. They have been abducted by the same gang for so many years.They often go out together to look for their children, and the parents of the two families just meet to exchange information, how did it get rumored like that?!"

    "The kidnapping case..." Captain Deng muttered to himself, as if he remembered something.

    He asked: "Is it the child abduction case that happened in Canglan Middle School 22 years ago?"

    "That's right!" said the owner of the fruit shop: "Back then, the parents basically didn't move away, and they waited every day for their children to come home one day."

    Tu San noticed that Captain Deng's face became strange when he mentioned the abduction case.

    After inquiring, found out that Canglan Middle School used to have a primary school and a middle school, but 22 years ago, several pupils in the primary school were abducted on the way to school, and their whereabouts have not been found so far.The elementary school was also canceled due to pressure. Today, this case has become a case of no suspense. Even if the suspect is caught, the criminal retrospective period has passed.

    And the person who handled this case was the old police officer who was shot and killed by Wu Yu, Captain Deng was also a student of the old police officer, so he naturally knew how much regret this headless case left in his master's heart, and the old police officer had done it many timesPlease give him time to pay more attention to this abduction case.

    Unexpectedly, the case was not solved for a long time, and the old police officer had an accident first.

    Captain Deng's cold eyes drifted to Tu San.

    Tu San didn't want to touch his bad head, so he thought about groping and retreated first. Before he took two steps, a big hand pressed his shoulder from behind, and then several policemen came forward to block his way.

    Captain Deng's deep and deep voice sounded behind him, "Lawyer Tu, don't leave in a hurry, we also have something to ask you."

    Without giving Tu San a chance to refuse, he half pushed and pushed him into the police car.

    Tu San sat in the back row, sandwiched between the two policemen, the car was extremely dull, Tu San couldn't stand the atmosphere, first looked at Captain Deng in the front row to make sure he was reading the case files, and didn't notice his small movements, secretlyHe took out his phone from his pocket.

    "There's no need to call Zhou Zheng, just ask a few questions, and I'll let you go after asking." Captain Deng raised his head at some point, and took a panoramic view of the dissipated embarrassment through the rearview mirror.

    Since he was not here to catch him, Tu San had no reason not to cooperate, and put his hands on his knees, conveying the meaning of being obedient and harmless, "Excuse me, I must be very obedient."

    After finishing speaking, he also showed a cute smile.

    It's a pity that Captain Deng doesn't like this, "What do you want to investigate this case for?"

    "It's not that I want to investigate, but my client Mrs. Liu entrusted me to investigate." Tu San replied calmly.

    Captain Deng seemed to sneer, "Do you think I will believe it? A lawyer with an eye for money, and the clients he receives are either rich or expensive, would he come all the way to sue an ordinary middle school dean??”

    Tu San didn't expect such a small detail to be caught by him, and said with a smile: "Maybe it's my conscience that I want to do something good."

    "Then how do you explain your presence at the scene of the crime?"

    "Dear Captain Deng, I've explained it to you more than ten times, don't you understand?"

    It is understandable to listen, but since the seeds of doubt have been planted, it is not so easy to pull them out.

    Captain Deng stopped asking, and stared at Tu San with falcon-like eyes. A huge sense of oppression hit Tu San. He stared at Tu San for a long time, but he still didn't catch any flaws.

    When the policeman's years of experience told him that there were only two possibilities for a person who could survive his repeated temptations, either he was really innocent, or this person was a terrible person.

    He asked: "Do you still remember the serial killer in the case of Wu Yu and Mei Youde?"

    Tu San: "Remember, what's wrong?"

    Captain Deng was always paying attention to the slight changes in the expression on Tu San's face, "Wu Yu was not the first murderer, there were three similar cases before him, and we recently discovered an interesting detail when sorting out the files."

    He paused intentionally, and said, "It's related to you, Lawyer Tu."

    "Oh." Tu San showed curiosity, "How should I say it?"

    "All the victims were once your clients. With your help, they all escaped from the crime, and then all died within a week. Don't you think it's too coincidental?"

    "It's quite a coincidence," Tu San said in a contemplative manner, "According to what you said, that murderer may always be paying attention to the case I took over."

    Captain Deng shook his head, "I think that person is paying attention to you, and I also heard that you have a younger brother, who now..."

    "Me?!" Tu San raised his voice, sat up suddenly, hit his head heavily on the roof of the car, and had to sit back in pain, his eyes looking for protection swept over everyone, and his frightened hands had nowhere to rest, "Then what should I do?, Captain Deng, that pervert's next target won't be me?"

    Captain Deng didn't speak, just looked at him quietly.

    Tu San was in a hurry, this is a matter of life and death, "Captain Deng, I offended you before, it was my fault, I will pay you for it, you can't just ignore it!"

    "Should I apply for police protection?"

    "How about I hide for a while?"

    "No, no, what if the murderer chases him abroad?"

    His words were rushing like running water, leaving no room for others to speak.

    Captain Deng: "You..."

    Taking advantage of other people's unpreparedness, Tu San rushed over and grabbed Captain Deng by the shoulder and shook it vigorously. He said in extreme fear, "Captain Deng, why don't I live next door to your house? He shouldn't dare to commit crimes under the noses of the police.Am I right."

    "..."

    Lawyer Tu, who "does all kinds of evil" and is extremely arrogant outside, turned out to be more cowardly than anyone else in the face of death, and he wanted to hang on to Deng Gang, which they did not expect.

    All the police officers in the car were silent.

    Captain Deng's police uniform was wrinkled by him, and he shook off his hand with a look of disgust, "Don't worry, this kind of thing won't happen."

    Tu San: "How can I rest assured?! It's me who will be killed! It's not you!"

    "I don't care, you must give me a protection plan today!"

    "Otherwise I won't be able to get on this car!"

    "..."

    Finally, under his persistent nagging, Captain Deng couldn't bear it anymore and threw him out of the car, directing the comrades who were driving to drive away.

    "If you don't care about me, I'll call the police every day to annoy you!" Tu stomped his feet angrily at the speeding police car.

    Until the exhaust gas disappeared, all the cursing disappeared instantly.

    "Huh." Tu San heaved a sigh of relief.

    If Captain Deng turned back at this time, he would see that Tu San's hands could not stop shaking, and the shirt on his back was soaked in sweat. If you got closer, you could even hear the brutal rampage of your heart in your chest.Come out when the skin is broken.

    I didn't expect them to investigate so quickly, and they already knew that Tu Jun had a younger brother...

    Even if this fooling is over, Captain Deng will definitely not give up like this. Sooner or later, he will find out that he and Tu Jun are twins. He and Ran Ran, who is currently the suspect, grew up in the same orphanage.As for the matter of him replacing Mr. Tu, at that time, it would be useless even if Lao Zhou came to scoop him up.

    There is no time left for him to waste, the murderer must be found as soon as possible!

    Originally, after the principal ruled out the suspicion, Mrs. Liu, who was rumored to have cheated on her, was the biggest suspect, but the current situation has changed again.

    On the evening of the 7th when Liu Yihe disappeared, the owner of the fruit shop saw with his own eyes that Mrs. Liu went directly to the shop to meet with the butcher's family after sending Liu Yihe to work.It's okay, went over to listen, and bought a plate of fried crispy meat for free. They didn't go back to their respective homes until twelve o'clock in the morning, when they made an appointment to go to other provinces to find someone together.

    So the butcher shop owner and Mrs. Liu both had alibi at that time.

    Although there are still many doubts about Mrs. Liu, the facts are in front of her eyes.

    Tu San took out the list Mrs. Liu had written for him, read the names on it silently, and looked up in the direction of Canglan High School.

    Going around, still have to go back to this school.

    These few days are in the period of changing seasons, the sky above Canglan High School is gloomy, the air is stuffy and humid, the occasional muffled thunder sounds like the dry cough of an elderly old man, the sky is dim but nothing comes out, a word, dull.

    Tu San had greeted the principal in advance, and the security guards saw him let him go straight away. As soon as his front foot entered the teaching building, a drop of rain landed on his shoe print.

    "It's so dangerous, I almost got caught in the rain."

    Tu San heard the sound and saw that Zhang Chunran was holding a tall stack of homework books, with two playful ponytails tied up, and the square-frame glasses before were replaced with silver-rimmed eyes. After not seeing each other for a few days, she looked much cleaner. SheGreeting him with a smile, it seems that he is going back to the classroom from the office.

    "Have you changed your glasses?"

    "That's right, I stayed up late every day to take the exam, and my prescription has increased again. By the way, why is Senior Tu coming again?"

    "Come to ask something." The names on Mrs. Liu's list appeared before her eyes, and Tu San took a few steps up to help her share part of the homework.

    "Thank you, Senior Tu." Zhang Chunran was not polite to him, and led him to the classroom. She looked at Tu San and asked, "Is it Director Liu's business?"

    Tu San: "Well, I want to see the surveillance on the day Liu Yihe disappeared."

    "Surveillance? I can't help with this. I have to apply to the principal." Zhang Chunran said again: "The police have already checked it. The principal, teachers and staff have all ruled out the suspicion. We students are busyExams for exams, competitions for competitions, and no chance."

    Of course, Tu San knew that Captain Deng must have screened it several times, and said helplessly: "But the process still has to go, otherwise I'm sorry for the lawyer's fee I charged, Mrs. Liu cried like that, and I can't give her an explanation."

    Zhang Chunran: "She's not crying for Director Liu, she's pretending to show it to someone."

    She blurted out this sentence, and immediately realized that she had said the wrong thing, and looked at Tu San in a little panic, and he really looked at himself suspiciously.

    Tu San stopped in his tracks, stepped in front of her, approached her, looked at her, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you so sure that it's not Director Liu who she's crying about?"

    "Didn't I tell you that she cheated?" Zhang Chunran raised her head, and the ponytails on both sides flicked slightly with her movements. She blinked innocently, such a young and innocent girl in a uniform and monotonous school uniform, It is really easy to gain the trust of others.

    Although Tu San has met all kinds of people, he can't tell whether she is really innocent or just pretending in a short time.

    However, a female student with an arm no thicker than a sugar cane, and a simple interpersonal relationship, and she was participating in a competition at the time, basically had no possibility of committing a crime.

    At this time, the class bell rang.

    Zhang Chunran yelled "Oops!" She grabbed the part of the homework that Tu San was holding and rushed into the classroom.

    "Class is over, thank you Senior Tu, goodbye Senior!"

    Tu San said from behind: "Run slowly, don't fall."

    In the blink of an eye, the man disappeared with the crowd that crowded into the classroom.

    The corridor was empty, so Tu San took out the list, took out a pen from his coat pocket, and put a cross behind Zhang Chunran's name.

    But looking at the place where she disappeared, remembering how we got along these days, the tip of the pen slid, crossed out the cross, and drew a question mark instead.

    Still the same sentence, until the real culprit is found, everyone is equally suspicious.

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