Escape From the Library

【Construction Site Mystery-08】

Zhao Xuemei ran back to the dormitory and lay on the bed crying, out of breath. The female workers nearby ran to comfort her. Yue Xingwen winked at Lin Manluo and Qin Lu, and they immediately followed.

The female worker in the same dormitory patted her on the shoulder to comfort her, and asked with concern: "Xuemei, the police didn't make things difficult for you, did they? Why are your eyes swollen from crying?"

Zhao Xuemei choked up and said, "I didn't make things difficult for me, just asked me about Da Yong's situation."

She sniffed, her eyes were red, and her voice was trembling slightly: "Dayong and I grew up together. Our two families are neighbors. After his elder brother and sister-in-law died, he went out to work. He spends money recklessly, so every month he sends me the money, asking me to buy school supplies, clothes and snacks for Ah Liang."

Qin Lu whispered: "So, did the police ask you for confirmation after finding out that Brother Dayong often remits money to you?"

Zhao Xuemei bit her lip and nodded, her emotions were obviously a little out of control, she cried and said: "Brother Yong and I are like brothers and sisters, I gave all the money that Brother Yong sent me, and I gave it all to A Liang. I never thought that Brother Yong would fall down the stairs and die after only a month since he came to the construction site! If I had known, I shouldn’t have let him come here, I was the one who caused him to die!”

a month?This time point coincides with the registration time of the microblog account found by Xingwen.

Lin Manluo and Qin Lu looked at each other, grasped the key point immediately, and asked, "Brother Yong only came to the construction site a month ago? Isn't he here from the beginning?"

Zhao Xuemei choked up and explained: "He is a cement worker. He was decorating a house for a nearby family, and it happened to be finished last month. We are recruiting temporary cement workers at the construction site, so I asked him to come here to try. He got 280 points in the test and didn't even pass the college entrance examination, so he took A Liang to the construction site to learn crafts, and the two of them came together."

Zhao Dayong and Zhao Liang came to the construction site only last month, which is very important.

The workers mentioned that when Zhao Liang came, the logistics allocated a dormitory for him to live with a man named Yan Kai. The man surnamed Yan was a relative behind Mr. Zhang. Xiao Liang had no choice but to go to the building to play the floor.

Lin Manluo was a little puzzled: "Why don't their uncle and nephew live in the same room?"

Zhao Xuemei said: "Because Brother Yong came to the construction site first, Ah Liang was still in Zhaojia Village at the time, so he came two days late. Zhao Anming offered to live with Brother Yong. Brother Yong has been honest and dull since he was a child. When others told him to live with him, he I'm sorry to object, and Zhao Anming is a fellow villager with us, and they also know each other."

Lin Manluo said: "That is to say, after Brother Yong came to the construction site, Zhao Anming took the initiative to ask Brother Yong to be a dormmate, so when Ah Liang comes, there is only one dorm left, and he can only live with Yan Kai?"

Zhao Xuemei nodded.

The female worker next to her sighed, and said, "Xuemei, don't be too sad. It was rumored everywhere on the construction site that Zhao Qiang and Dayong both liked you, and they were jealous. That's why Zhao Qiang pushed Dayong downstairs. It must have happened this time." Is it right?"

Zhao Xuemei clenched her fists tightly, her face full of shame and indignation: "Ah Qiang and I have met our parents a long time ago, and we plan to get a certificate when we return to our hometown during the Chinese New Year. There is nothing between me and Brother Yong, and it is not my reason for their quarrel! Brother Yong's death, we are all very sad, what does he have to do with Zhao Qiang when he accidentally fell from upstairs?! Those people are really talking nonsense, and they are not afraid of flashing their tongues!"

Qin Lu comforted softly: "Sister Xuemei, of course we believe in you."

Lin Manluo said: "By the way, today's construction site has been trending on Weibo, have you seen it?"

Zhao Xuemei took out her mobile phone: "Weibo? Let me check."

She opened Weibo in front of everyone, swiped to the homepage, and skillfully entered the keyword "construction site" to search, and sure enough, she saw a hot search topic of #欣越广州工程地方抱梦死死#, clicked on the topic, and the number of comments already reached It's tens of thousands.

Zhao Xuemei was stunned, and said, "So many retweets and comments? Was Brother Yong's photo taken by someone from the construction site?"

She didn't seem to know about it, and she didn't leave a comment on this Weibo on her account.After clicking on Weibo, seeing the shocking bloody photo, she began to cry uncontrollably again.

Lin Manluo and Qin Lu looked at each other, exchanged a few words with them, then turned and left, and went back to report the results of the investigation to Yue Xingwen verbatim.

At the same time, Liu Zhaoqing and Zhang Xiaonian approached Zhao Liang, and also told Yue Xingwen the results of the inquiry.

Liu Zhaoqing said: "A Liang was summoned by the police because he was the only one in the building at the time of the incident, but the police found the place where Zhao Dayong fell, which was the crane on the seventh floor. A Liang was on the sixth floor at the time, and there was no one there. Fingerprints and footprints, plus he has a good relationship with his uncle, there is no motive for committing the crime, so the suspicion is temporarily ruled out."

Zhang Xiaonian added: "The police also checked his injuries and confirmed that he was beaten by Yan Kai, who was in the same room. Yan Kai also wrote a self-criticism at the police station and admitted his mistake, saying that he was drunk that day and was beaten by a child. Woke up by the sound of snoring, and upset, he slapped the child twice, and the two reconciled at the police station."

Ke Shaobin supported his glasses and said, "It seems that I guessed that he was abused and murdered by his uncle, so it can be ruled out."

Yue Xingwen sorted out these new clues in his mind, and analyzed: "Zhao Dayong came to the construction site last month, which coincided with the registration time of the Weibo account 'Request for Justice'. In other words, the appearance of Zhao Dayong made the murderer The idea of ​​exposing this matter came up, and I started planning to kill people."

Ke Shaobin asked seriously: "Is it possible that Zhao Dayong came to the construction site in September and found that everyone was owed wages, and the workers complained a lot, so he registered this Weibo account himself to help everyone?"

Yue Xingwen looked back at him: "There are photos of Zhao Dayong's death scene on Weibo. He can't take photos of his own death and post them on the Internet. Of course, if he registered this account after he arrived at the construction site in September, he would put The password tells others that it is possible for the two to collude." Yue Xingwen paused, "If this is the case, wouldn't Zhao Dayong already know that he would die?"

Jiang Pingce said indifferently: "He may have committed suicide."

As soon as this sentence was said, the surrounding students gasped.

Jiang Pingce went on to say: "There were no traces of the murderer at the scene, and the surveillance did not capture any third person entering the building except Zhao Dayong's nephew, and there were no clues left by the murderer in the underground passage. Or, the murderer is elusive and has been planning for a long time." , was careful enough to leave no evidence, or—there was no murderer."

Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce looked at each other, and said: "If Zhao Dayong committed suicide, then the surveillance did not capture the murderer entering or exiting the building; the underground passage did not leave any traces; the police did not find the third person's fingerprints, hair and other information at the scene. The relevant personnel were called for questioning, and all of them were released due to lack of evidence...all of this can be reasonably explained.”

Why can't there be traces left by the murderer?

Because there is no murderer.

Zhao Dayong climbed up the stairs by himself, jumped down by himself, and aroused a series of attention by committing suicide.

Liu Zhaoqing frowned tightly: "Is it necessary to sacrifice so much to gain attention by committing suicide? He is Zhao Liang's only guardian. If he dies, wouldn't Zhao Liang become an orphan?"

Xu Yishen also said: "I remember that Zhao Dayong is only 35 years old this year, right? He was in his prime. After his brother-in-law passed away, he entrusted his only son Zhao Liang to take care of him. Now Zhao Liang did not get into a good university and his future is uncertain. He left his nephew to commit suicide. It’s not reasonable. If they really conspired to find someone to commit suicide to gain attention, it would be more reasonable to find those elderly people who have no relatives to care about and who can’t live for a few years, right?”

A 35-year-old young man with a nephew who needs to be taken care of committed suicide by jumping off a building... This is really too much sacrifice.

Jiang Pingce said: "Xingwen and I just proposed a possibility. Even a rare event with only a 1% probability is still possible."

Yue Xingwen nodded in agreement: "Yes, the analysis should be more comprehensive. Although Zhao Dayong's suicide is not in line with common sense, it is also possible, and this conclusion can explain all the current doubts. Of course, the murderer was cautious enough to erase the traces from the underground. The possibility of escaping through the channel will be even greater."

He turned to look at Ke Shaobin: "Where did the account with the ID 'Request for Justice' come from? Can Ke Shao find it?"

Ke Shaobin said: "Registration on Weibo is a real-name system. Since this person has been planning for a long time, he will definitely not be stupid enough to register with his own ID card. He should have bought a small number. Check out the source."

Ke Shaobin turned on the computer, he was already connected to Wi-Fi, opened all the messages in the hot search topics, picked out all the IDs of the top posts about the construction site arrears, and looked for their fans, follow lists, and daily forwarding... Follow the clues, I searched all the way down, and found out that two of the trumpets followed a marketing account called "Boya Studio".

Ke Shaobin said excitedly: "A studio that specializes in selling navy trumpets!"

Yue Xingwen immediately leaned over to look at his computer screen: "Can I find the purchase record?"

Ke Shaobin said: "The studio sells Shuijun accounts, maybe there is an online shop that specializes in selling accounts." Ke Shaobin pretended that he wanted to buy Shuijun, and chatted privately with the other party: "Hello, I want to buy a few Weibo trumpets, how can I sell them? ?”

The other party's business is mature, so he directly sent a link: "Hi, dear, we have various packages, and there are discounts for buying hundreds of water army numbers at a time, you can take a look."

is a link to the online shop.Ke Shaobin clicked in and took a look. Its account was very cheap, and there were various gift packages. There were many positive comments in the comments, and there were also some default anonymous comments that "the user did not comment in time".

Ke Shaobin quickly scanned the list of comments, found the comments in September, and locked on one of the transaction records with sharp eyes.

——On September 9, the user (Zhao **) gave a positive review by default.

This user bought a "new account package", which coincides with the registration time of the Weibo that broke the news of "seeking justice".He logged into Weibo on the same day, confirmed that there was no problem with the account password, then paid, and sent a positive review by default.

Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce looked at each other.

In the Internet age, as long as you have bought something online, there will always be some clues left behind.Ke Shaobin followed the clues, and unexpectedly found the person who bought the account, Mrs. Zhao.

Although the two characters after the name were mosaiced, the word "Zhao" was enough to connect him with Zhaojiacun.Clicking on the purchase record of this user ** Zhao, I found that he also bought discounted shampoo, soap and other daily necessities online, as well as a few cheap white short sleeves for about 20 yuan.

Yue Xingwen said: "Sure enough, it has something to do with Zhao Family Village."

Jiang Pingce said: "The surnames are Zhao Qiang, Zhao Xuemei, Zhao Liang, and Zhao Anming. Among them, Zhao Qiang and Zhao Xuemei were taken by the police for questioning. They came out to have an affair in the early morning and were bumped into by Long Rui who was smoking. Suppose Long Rui had something to do with this incident. Nothing to do, the alibi of these two people is considered credible."

Zhuo Feng immediately said: "I have met Long Rui, a big smoker. His hometown is in the north, and it is more than 20 hours away from City A by train. He has a son and a daughter in his family, both of whom are in college. He is an electrician. He worked to earn some income, and when he mentioned the deceased Zhao Dayong, he said he didn't know him very well, and he didn't say a few words."

Yue Xingwen said: "He had no contact with the deceased in private. So, he went out to smoke in the early morning, but he really just woke up in the middle of the night and became addicted to smoking. As a result, when he went out to smoke, he ran into Zhao Xuemei and Zhao Qiang making out. It happened during this time that Zhao Dayong died... ...Will it be too coincidental?"

Jiang Pingce said: "It's a bit of a coincidence. But Long Rui's background and origin seem to have nothing to do with Zhaojiacun."

Yue Xingwen said: "If Long Rui is fine, the alibi of Zhao Qiang and Zhao Xuemei is true, at least it shows that they have no direct connection with the death case. Zhao Liang, the nephew, has no motive for committing the crime, and the remaining Zhao Anming squats there every day Chatting and gossiping with the workers, a lot of information about Zhaojia Village we have obtained so far comes from his dictation."

Jiang Pingce reminded: "He has Weibo in his mobile phone, and he is very familiar with various functions of Weibo. Moreover, when Zhao Dayong came to the construction site, Zhao Anming offered to share a room with Zhao Dayong. Is it convenient for him to observe Zhao Dayong's work, rest and living habits?"

Yue Xingwen nodded and said: "Zhao Dayong's roommate is indeed the person who knows Zhao Dayong's whereabouts best. This Zhao Anming, when chatting with the workers yesterday, mentioned that his family owes a lot of debt and urgently needs money. If the salary is not paid, the family will not be able to uncover the blame. If he kills Zhao Dayong to gain attention, he has the motive and the conditions for committing the crime."

The roommate can indeed accurately grasp Zhao Dayong's living habits. For example, he likes to get up early at 4 o'clock in the morning to go to the construction site.

The room fell silent again.

Who is Zhao ** who bought the Weibo trumpet?

Yue Xingwen wrote down the brand of shampoo that Ke Shaobin had found, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, and then visit the workers' dormitories to see who uses this brand of shampoo and soap."

Several people split up and went to various dormitories to borrow it under the pretext of "I ran out of shampoo".

But the result is surprising——

The dormitories of all the workers on the construction site use the same shampoo and soap.

Zhao Anming graciously recommended: "This is cheap and easy to use, and it can be sold in supermarkets outside the door."

Yue Xingwen looked at him with a smile and asked politely: "Brother Zhao, do you know how to shop online? My mobile phone broke a few days ago. Can I give you cash to help me buy a cheap mobile phone?" ?”

Zhao Anming: "No problem! How much do you want to buy?"

After he finished speaking, he opened the Taobao shopping page, and Yue Xingwen glanced at his username. It wasn't "Zhao **", but a very Jianghu-like online name "Zhoujian Tianya".

Yue Xingwen said with a smile: "I don't have enough money, so I'll ask my friend to make some money and give it to you."

Zhao Anming: "That's great!"

Yue Xingwen returned to the dormitory, puzzled.

Who is Mrs. Zhao?Can it be hidden so deep?

Whenever they found some clues and continued to search, they couldn't go any further.Originally, Zhao Anming was the biggest suspect, but the name of his Taobao account was not Zhao **, and the clues such as shampoo and soap were also broken.

This person is like a hazy fog, he is clearly by his side, but he can't grasp it accurately.

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【Construction Site Mystery-09】

Yue Xingwen felt that he had fallen into a misunderstanding of thinking, and was entangled between the few people surnamed Zhao. What if the murderer was not among them?Zhao** is the ID he uses for online shopping. Although it can allow people to contact Zhaojiacun, it does not prove that his surname is Zhao. Anyone can use a net name such as Mr. Zhao or Miss Zhao for online shopping.

If the murderer was not surnamed Zhao, who would he be?

Yue Xingwen pressed his temples with a headache, his head was about to explode.Jiang Pingce saw that his brows were frowning tightly, so he reached out and patted his shoulder lightly, and said in a low voice, "Don't think about it, just take a rest first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Yue Xingwen couldn't figure it out for the time being, so he nodded and said: "Okay, everyone has been busy for a day today, go back and rest first, there may be new clues later, today is only the second day, and we can't solve the case so quickly .”

Everyone went back to their rooms.

Since Secretary Qin came to inspect in person today, the mood of the workers was obviously much more stable, and everyone stopped making trouble, and went back to sleep after dinner.

Yue Xingwen was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, so he simply sat up and said, "Shall we go to the building to see? If the murderer moves in the middle of the night, maybe we can block him?"

Jiang Pingce said, "Maybe I won't be able to go out at night."

Yue Xingwen turned over and got out of bed, and tried to open the door to go out, but he heard a reminder: "Examination time, please do not leave the dormitory area at night."

Sure enough, the library would not allow them to directly witness the murder scene. If they stayed up all night on the first night and stayed at the gate of the building, wouldn't they have seen the murderer in action?The library forcibly restricted them to activities in the dormitory area, allowing them to judge the murderer through reasoning.

Yue Xingwen said helplessly: "Forget it, there may be new clues tomorrow."

Jiang Pingce said softly: "Well, don't think too much, you don't have enough brain cells, go to sleep."

Yue Xingwen closed his eyes and tried to hypnotize himself, and fell asleep unconsciously.

He thought he would be woken up by screams again the next morning, but it turned out that the day was calm and nothing happened, but there was a piece of news——

This news was released by the criminal police detachment of Chengnan District of City A through official channels.

Zhao Dayong's cause of death was determined to be an "accident".

Because the crane on the seventh floor of the construction site was not stable enough, when Zhao Dayong was standing in the crane to sort out the cement in the early morning, the guardrail became loose and he accidentally fell, hitting a steel pipe piled on the ground.

The police report made Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce look at each other in blank dismay.

Accidental fall?

Yue Xingwen frowned and said, "The case was closed so quickly, do you believe it was an accidental fall?"

Jiang Pingce shook his head: "It's definitely not an accident. But if the police didn't find any clues at the scene, and the surveillance didn't capture the third person, it really can't be defined as murder. The timing of Weibo hot search is too coincidental, so , it is more likely that Zhao Dayong committed suicide?"

During their reasoning yesterday, they raised the possibility of Zhao Dayong's suicide. Now, the police have ruled the case as an accident and did not mention the murderer at all. From this point of view, the probability of Zhao Dayong's suicide has increased instantly.

But he is only 35 years old, so young, is it too much to kill himself to attract media attention?

Yue Xingwen said: "If he committed suicide, then his purpose must not only be to detonate the hot search and help the workers get their wages. I think there are deeper things that have not been discovered."

Jiang Pingce agreed: "For example, the cause of his brother's and sister-in-law's death?"

Since Zhao Dayong was a temporary worker, the construction party did not purchase commercial accident insurance for him.The steel pipes piled up under the construction site and the loose crane were the direct causes of Zhao Dayong's death. The construction party mismanaged and assumed full responsibility, and had to pay Zhao Dayong's family, Zhao Liang, a certain amount of pension.

Zhao Dayong is a temporary worker and has not signed a formal contract with the construction party. If the construction party really wants to be sloppy, it may not lose money, but this matter has become a big deal and has attracted the attention of the media. So he brought people to the construction site, personally condolences to Zhao Liang, and promised to bury his uncle's body properly and give him a pension.

Zhao Liang was depressed and accepted Mr. Zhang's solution.

The second piece of good news was also brought by Mr. Zhang. Last time he tried so hard to appease everyone, but was scolded by the workers. This time, he was full of energy and picked up the loudspeaker and said: "The thing about our construction team being owed wages, It has aroused great attention from the leadership! Mr. Jiang of Dexin Group will come over to talk to you in person on the plane this afternoon, don’t worry, he will definitely give you a satisfactory answer this time!”

Hearing that the owner of the developer was coming, there was cheering on the construction site, and the workers were all beaming with joy. The power of the media is indeed strong. They have organized trouble several times before, but the effect was not as good as this time.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, as expected, several cars drove out of the construction site, and a boss in a suit rushed to the construction site.

Yue Xingwen recognized this person at a glance as Jiang Dexin, the boss of Dexin Group, a well-known local entrepreneur who has developed many real estate projects, including the Qingshuiwan resort near Zhaojia Village.

Because the death of Zhao Dayong's brother-in-law was too bizarre, Yue Xingwen never lessened his suspicion of Dexin Group. At first he wondered if Zhao Dayong found out some inside story of Dexin Group and was caught by the boss of Dexin Group. Send people to silence.He couldn't help but look at Boss Jiang a few more times. This 40-year-old entrepreneur looks like a man on the surface, and his smile is very friendly.

After he came to the construction site, he first cared about Zhao Liang, the family member of the deceased, and then patiently explained to the workers: "There was a problem with the approval of the project developed by our Dexin Group in City B before, and the bank loan has not been approved, resulting in a delay in the return of funds. I have negotiated with the bank recently, and I guarantee that at the end of this month, everyone will be paid the salary for the first half of the year, and they will be compensated according to the interest!"

Hearing that there was compensation, Zhao Anming immediately asked loudly: "How much compensation? Don't play tricks on us! You must make a written statement, sign and stamp it! If you continue to delay in paying wages, we will sue the court!"

Mr. Jiang's face froze, and he said, "This time, we will definitely not lie to everyone. We will issue a written statement, and the compensation will be calculated at 5% interest per month! In six months, each person will be compensated an extra 1000 yuan!"

Everyone was very happy to hear that everyone got an extra 1000.

The secretary next to him took the microphone and said: "Everyone, you can choose a few worker representatives and go to the office with Mr. Jiang to sign an agreement. Our Dexin Group will definitely fulfill our promise."

The workers discussed a lot, and soon elected a few representatives, and Yue Xingwen followed them, and came to the office to draft an agreement.

Mr. Jiang was really cunning and cunning, and he gave a lot of reasons to calm the workers' emotions. He was always smiling, kind and gentle, and the workers were not easy to get angry at him. In the end, the two parties signed the agreement peacefully.

Leaving aside whether this "declaration" agreement has any legal effect, the matter subsided too quickly, which made Yue Xingwen always feel that something was wrong.

After Mr. Jiang left, Yue Xingwen felt more and more uneasy.

Was the matter resolved so easily?

Zhao Dayong accidentally fell, Zhao Liang received compensation, alarmed Dexin Group's Mr. Jiang to come forward in person, promising to pay workers' salaries at the end of the month and give some compensation.

The purpose of the hot search on Weibo was achieved, Zhao Dayong did not die in vain, and the workers even took extra compensation with knives.

However, it is not worth it to exchange all of this with one person's sacrifice.

After Yue Xingwen returned to the dormitory, he began to analyze the information about Dexin Group that Ke Shaobin found. Unfortunately, there were very few reports on the Qingshuiwan project.

The day flies by, and when the investigation gets bogged down...

At two o'clock in the afternoon on the third day, the police suddenly came to the construction site and asked seriously who had been in contact with Jiang Dexin.

Mr. Jiang, who smiled and explained to the workers yesterday and signed the agreement in the office, has disappeared!