Dressed as a mystery novel victim

The man looked very restrained sitting on the chair, it could be seen that he was a taciturn person, and he still stammered a bit.He introduced himself to Yang Qingshui, and his name was Li Xingyi.

"You've been staring at me in the room for this reason?" Yang Qingshui asked.

Li Xingyi lowered his eyes, "...Yes, I want to confirm whether you can really help me. I noticed you a...month ago, you are willing to help the weak, the man who hanged himself on the sixth floor People, don't... others don't know, you helped him reverse the case."

There was only one chair in the room, and Yang Qingshui was sitting on the bay window, smiling wryly, the murderer was not caught because of foreknowledge of the following, but was actually regarded as the messenger of justice by others.

Li Xingyi went on to say: "This case is the only important thing in my life. I want to find a trustworthy person to reverse the case for me."

The story is 25 years old.But in Li Xingyi's mouth, it seems as if it happened yesterday. In the past 25 years, it has been going around and repeating in his mind, becoming more and more profound and lasting.There doesn't seem to be any sign of it going away.

Twenty-five years ago he was accused of killing his girlfriend, Zhou Qi, by throwing her off a footbridge and throwing her off the road.

"That day, when I was still doing research in the laboratory, a lot of...the police rushed up and pinned me to the ground, and took me back. Interrogation, forced confession, court judgment, and 25 years passed in a blink of an eye. I was... still Student, I am an old man today. Zhou Qi... I went to see her tombstone, and the picture is still young."

Like listening to a story, Yang Qingshui occasionally asked, "Why did the police treat you as a suspect from the beginning?"

"Before Zhou Qi's accident... Some classmates saw me arguing with her at the door of the laboratory. I was young and energetic... I slapped her, and she ran away in anger. I chased after her. They thought I was on the overpass... After catching up with Zhou Qi, his anger blinded his reason, and he threw him off the overpass." As he spoke, Li Xingyi's eyes glistened with tears.

Yang Qingshui asked: "After 25 years, do you want to appeal?"

"No... I want to catch the person who killed Zhou Qi. As long as he is caught, it will naturally prove that I... am wronged." Li Xingyi's thin cheeks trembled with excitement, "Do you think I am a good person or a bad person?"

Yang Qingshui asked back: "Are you worried about what I think of you?"

"Others... I don't need to care, but you will become my detective... I hope you believe it, I care if you really believe... believe that there is a black hand behind Zhou Qi's case!"

"Calm down first." Yang Qingshui thought for a while, "I don't want to take this case for now."

The case of Jiang's parents left a shadow on Yang Qingshui. Is he a good detective? Yang Qingshui dare not admit it.If Li Xingyi was really wronged, his child's play investigation progress may have delayed Li Xinyi's chance to be rehabilitated.

Li Xingyi clenched his fists and asked, "Are you worried that I don't have any money? Even if I want to be an ox... a horse for the rest of my life, I will give you this money, you... don't worry."

Yang Qingshui shook his head, "I just don't quite believe in myself. I don't know what your observations are like, but all I did this week was catching mice and sending children to school. Maybe my ability is only here. This big If the case is in my hands, I may not be able to complete it."

Li Xingyi said, "No—"

Yang Qingshui interrupted him and said, "How about this? After all, the case has been going on for 25 years, and it will take a long time to find the relevant materials and evidence. After I read the case and file, I will decide whether to accept the case or not. "

Li Xingyi did not answer.His thin body is huddled on the chair, and he no longer has the youthful look of the past, and the wrinkles on his face are like knives. Perhaps no one will believe that he was once the proud son of heaven, a top student in a prestigious university.When sending him out, Yang Qingshui noticed that his clothes were quite sloppy, and he didn’t seem to care about washing clothes, the trousers had a greasy hard texture, and the top of his head was shiny with oil, maybe it was because he kept smelling garlic on him s reason.

Early the next morning, Yang Qingshui hailed a car and went to the address of his next entrusted case.

"It's great that you're here! Brother Bao jumped off the balcony for some reason, and he hasn't been home for a week." Seeing Yang Qingshui coming, Mrs. Li, the client, grabbed his sleeve and pulled him to the balcony. Talking non-stop, "I also thought it was strange, he is usually very lazy, he doesn't even play with the ball, why he even bit through the net and got out, the white cat next door is in heat, attracting my leopard Brother also rustled, and rushed out when he saw other cats. Detective Yang, I heard that you are the best private detective in this area. Please help me find Brother Bao. I love him like a son. , he’s gone, and I don’t even know what to do.”

"Okay, okay," Yang Jinshui nodded solemnly, "Is the thing I asked you to prepare ready?"

Mrs. Li nodded quickly, "Of course." She took out two full-body photos of Brother Bao and handed them to Yang Qingshui.

Yang Qingshui took the photo, took out a pair of large scissors from his backpack, walked into the kitchen of Mrs. Li's home, filled a basin of water on the stove, and put the scissors on the basin.

Then he opened the scissors, and the direction of the opening pointed to the door of the house.While operating, he usually muttered: "Brother Leopard was 8 months old, and the tomcat, Lihua, left on December 15th and never returned. I respectfully invite the god of the stove cat, sit in the treasure house, and guide the lost kitten home—Brother Leopard Brother Leopard, your master, Ms. Zhou Aifen, is very worried, please go home immediately and show up quickly."

Mrs. Li was stunned watching from the side.When he finished his set of rituals, "That's it?" Mrs. Li asked worriedly.

Yang Qingshui packed his backpack, "The sea of ​​cats is vast, and they have been lost for a week. To get them back, of course, we have to do everything possible. This is called believing in what you have, not believing in what you don't have."

"..."

"Don't pour this basin of water, it depends on whether you can find it or not. Don't worry about the superstitious method, and the scientific method. I'll go find the cat now, and the expenses for the carriage and horses will be deducted from the entrustment fee." With that, Yang Qingshui picked up his backpack and bowed to the basin again.

Mrs. Li was speechless, but a dead horse is a living horse doctor, so she had to listen to him once, clasped her palms together and begged the cat god to bless her.

After going out, Yang Qingshui took a full-body photo of Brother Leopard and printed a large stack of cat hunting notices, with all the details and rewards.From Sifang Street to the urban area, every traffic light post on every street corner is affixed with Brother Bao's face.

Walking, Yang Qingshui passed the Municipal Library, thought for a while, and went in anyway.

The librarian was drowsy, looking at the computer with his head propped up.Probably no one thought that there would be people so eager to learn at noon that they would come in without eating to look for information. What they were looking for was a file related to a murder case 30 years ago.

Newspapers back then regarded Li Xingyi's case as a murder of a spectacle.After all, college students were rare back then, and they were outstanding students from top universities. One was killed and the other was arrested as a suspect, which was considered a rather appalling social event.

Zhou Qi was 24 years old at the time, and his facial features can still be recognized in the black and white photos. He and Li Xingyi are classmates in the same department of university.On that day, eyewitnesses saw that Li Xingyi and Zhou Qi had an extremely fierce quarrel at the entrance of the university laboratory, and many people saw that the two had moved their hands and feet.Not long after that, Zhou Qi fell to his death on the overpass on Xiangchun Road outside the university gate.

There was no surveillance video at the time, but someone passing by saw a second person on the overpass. Zhou Qi was thrown from a height. This was a murder case.As a suspect, Li Xingyi was arrested.The system at that time was not yet perfect, and the authentication methods were also in their infancy.Even though Li Xingyi kept complaining about being wronged, he never failed to reveal his alibi. The case was soon submitted to the court, and the trial ended. Li Xingyi was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Two years ago, because of good behavior, his sentence was reduced to 25 years, and he was released from prison this year.

Looking at the old newspaper reports, Yang Qingshui felt that the possibility of this being an unjust case was quite high, but it was not easy to reverse the case. In the case of 25 years ago, it is very difficult to find the people who were related to the deceased. It is unknown whether the witnesses, the police who handled the case, and the students who accused him are still alive today.

He is still a little puzzled. The case 25 years ago, even if it was really an unjust case, has been served in prison and served his sentence. Since Li Xingyi was released as a free body, why is he still persistent?

Speaking of the word innocence, it seems to be of great significance, but compared with the imminent needs of life, it is actually a bit lighter.Li Xingyi didn't ask him for judicial compensation, but repeatedly asked to find the murderer who killed Zhou Qi. He seemed to be more concerned about the second person on the bridge that day.