Back to 1990. Criminal Investigation

Li Xun suddenly became enlightened, gave a thumbs up silently, and let the five people go to arrange the follow-up work. Li Xun returned to the office, picked up his notebook and looked through the case records. In front of Leng Jiucheng, "By the way, after you and the principal left yesterday, Liang Guoxiang and his wife came out of the school. Liang Guoxiang immediately changed his face as soon as he walked out of the school gate. He was a different person from the henpecked person in the principal's office. On the contrary, his wife became submissive. He was very dissatisfied with what happened in the office, swearing all the way, and told Liang Cheng's mother to go to school to make trouble again, ordering her to get the money, his behavior was very suspicious."

Leng Jiucheng asked: "Have you visited Liang Guoxiang's hometown?"

Li Xun: "Go, the neighbors confirmed that during the two days when the incident happened, Liang Guoxiang was indeed helping his mother mow the grass in the field."

Leng Jiucheng: "What about at night? Where was Liang Guoxiang on the night of the incident?"

"Liang Guoxiang sleeps at her mother's house at night. There are only him and the old mother in the house, and one person sleeps in the east and west rooms."

"That is to say, if there are no valid witnesses at night to testify to Liang Guoxiang, how long will it take to ride from his hometown to Jingchuan?"

"Less than an hour."

"Why is Liang Guoxiang so anxious for money? Does he gamble?"

Li Xun: "Liang Guoxiang was not found to have any bad habits. Judging from the interview results, he is just an ordinary and honest middle-aged man. Maybe he wants to change houses? Their family is very poor."

Leng Jiucheng thought of Ding Chong's words. Liang Cheng is a very closed person. If he wants to find the murderer, he must first enter his world. For minors, the original family is an important part of life. Jiu Cheng decided to go to Liang Cheng's house in person, the police car turned around and turned around, and finally found the dilapidated tube building in the depths of the long and narrow alley, and he knocked on the door of Liang Cheng's house.

There are six people living in Liang's family, Liang Guoxiang, his wife and four children. The one who opened the door to Leng Jiucheng was a girl about six years old. She said in a crisp childlike voice, "Who are you looking for?"

Leng Jiucheng: "Are your parents at home?"

"My dad is going to work, and my mom is shopping for groceries. If you have anything to do with them, you can go into the room and wait."

A child was crying from the room, and the little girl ran away, "Don't cry, the noodles will be ready soon."

Leng Jiucheng closed the door and walked into the room. There was a big bed that ran through the entire room in the living room, and a little boy about two years old was sitting on it, crying loudly. The little girl ran to the kitchen, tinkling to cook noodles for her brother. .

The cry of the little boy ran through the entire room. Leng Jiucheng took out a piece of candy from his pocket and handed it to the little boy. There were children's clothes everywhere in the room, homemade toys and books, and there was no place to sit. Leng Jiucheng could only stand In the corner of the living room, the door of the master bedroom was open, and he took a look inside. The bed in the bedroom was neat and clean, and the things were neatly arranged, which was completely different from the mess in the living room.

The little girl made the noodles, and took a small bowl to feed her younger brother one bite at a time. After the younger brother finished eating the little soup base, she threw her head up into her stomach, and made room for Leng Jiucheng by the bed. , "Uncle, please sit down."

Leng Jiucheng didn't sit down, pointed to the door of the master bedroom and said, "Your parents live in this bedroom? How many of your brothers and sisters live in the living room?"

The little girl shook her head, "Daddy and elder brother live inside, and we live outside with mom."

Leng Jiucheng frowned, "Liang Cheng? Your father and Liang Cheng live in the bedroom?"

"That's right!" The little girl didn't take it seriously, she was obviously used to it, so she didn't find it strange to say it.

Leng Jiucheng thought of what Li Xun said before, and the neighbors all responded that Liang Guoxiang treated Liang Cheng better than his own children. At that time, he didn't think much about it. Now when he went to Liang's house, he found that this situation was a bit strange. The husband did not sleep with his wife. , but slept with her stepson.

There was a family portrait hanging opposite Leng Jiucheng. Liang Cheng stood behind Liang Guoxiang, and the other three children stood behind their mother. He pointed to another boy in the family portrait and asked, "Is this your second brother?"

"Yeah, he went to work in the factory, and he wasn't at home today."

The dark and skinny little boy in the photo is about twelve or thirteen years old. Liang Guoxiang’s real eldest son went out to work at such a young age, while his stepson Liang Cheng could go to high school. Not many children could go to high school in 1990. It seems even more strange that Liang Guoxiang does not let his own son go to school, but supports Liang Cheng.

The little girl looked at Leng Jiucheng innocently, "Do you know my second brother?"

"I know your brother."

The little girl smiled and said, "He's dead."

Leng Jiucheng once again looked at the dark, skinny little girl with dull skin. Her eyes were innocent, and what she said made people shudder. She laughed when her brother died, "Do you know it's death?"

"I know, the second brother told me that if he dies, he will never come back."

"You don't like Liang Cheng? Or your second brother doesn't like Liang Cheng?"

The little girl was frustrated: "We don't like it. With my elder brother at home, my father doesn't even look at us. He only buys one apple for his elder brother, and he is not allowed to share it with us. He can only eat it alone in the room."

"Why?" Leng Jiucheng couldn't help asking.

The little girl was at a loss, "I don't know, Dad likes the eldest brother very much, no matter what the second brother and I do, Dad will not even look at us, he only has the eldest brother in his eyes."

Leng Jiucheng pointed to the master bedroom, "Can I go in and have a look?"

The little girl ran over and blocked the door, "No, if daddy finds out that we go in, he will spank us."

"Then I stand at the door and take a look?"

The little girl thought for a while, and ran back to her brother to let the door open. Leng Jiucheng lay by the door and peeped in. The small bedroom in the house was simple, with only a bed and a desk. There was a black and white photo on the desk. In the photo, Liang Cheng and Liang Guoxiang are two people. Liang Guoxiang is smiling happily with his arms around Liang Cheng's shoulders. Liang Cheng's face is drooping, without the slightest smile.

"Does your brother have a diary?"

"It used to be, but it was burned by my dad. Since then, my eldest brother has never written a diary."

"Why did your dad burn his diary?"

"After reading my elder brother's diary that day, my father was furious, dropped his pencil case, beat him again, and quarreled with my mother. Later, he burned the diary in front of my elder brother, and my elder brother cried sadly. He's in a better mood."

While chatting, the door suddenly opened, Liang Cheng's mother came in with a basket, and saw Leng Jiucheng yelling at her daughter: "Liang Lanlan, if you dare to talk nonsense, be careful that I will blow your ass open."

The little girl burst into tears, and she didn't dare to speak anymore under the quilt.

Leng Jiucheng explained: "I want to come over and ask you about Liang Cheng's situation. You chatted with her for a while when you were not at home. She didn't say anything to me. The main question is still for you."

When I met Liang Cheng's mother again, she no longer had the momentum she had in the principal's office that day. She put the vegetable basket aside, "He is dead, so what else can we say? You tell the school to pay quickly, and we won't let it go if we don't lose money."

Leng Jiucheng stared at him, "I feel sad for Liang Cheng, because his life is not as important as money in the hearts of his parents."

Liang Cheng's mother suddenly cried, as if she was afraid that people would see her tears, she hurriedly lowered her head and wiped them away, "Police officers who eat public rations, how could they know how difficult it is for us ordinary people? Look at this rotten house, there are so many People are crowded in this small house, and there is no place to sit, and we are also very sad about Liang Cheng, but we cannot refuse the money."

Leng Jiucheng sarcastically said, "Sad? I didn't see it."

Liang Cheng's mother stood up immediately, looked up at Leng Jiucheng, "We have to live, can we still cry when we meet people? Don't see my old Liang keep quiet about Liang Cheng outside, in fact, he comes back every night. Home, hold the photo and cry until midnight, no one is more sad than us, but what can we do? People cannot be resurrected after death, we cry blindly, and Liang Cheng can't survive, Liang Cheng's life is not good, death is also a kind of relief, next life Vote for a rich family."

Leng Jiucheng quickly extracted some important information from his words. Liang Guoxiang cried every night holding Liang Cheng's photo, which was not like a stepfather's performance.

What is the relationship between Liang Cheng and Liang Guoxiang?Is the relationship between them related to the case?Leng Jiucheng decided to take the risk and try again, and still said in a sarcastic tone: "Crying until midnight, I'm afraid it's not because I lost my son, right?"

Liang Cheng's mother's humble and weak eyes suddenly became very sharp, and she shouted at Leng Jiucheng, "What nonsense are you talking about? What else can you be if you are not a son? If you talk nonsense, please go out."

Her overly tense reaction just proved that, according to Leng Jiucheng's judgment, there is indeed a certain kind of distorted relationship between Liang Guoxiang and Liang Cheng, and Liang's mother knows about this relationship and ignores the existence of this relationship.

"You clearly know that this is abnormal, but you pretend not to see it. Liang Cheng's death has nothing to do with you."

Liang Cheng's mother grabbed her hair with both hands, cried out in pain, and panting heavily, rushed Leng Jiucheng out.

What kind of shady relationship is there between a middle-aged stepfather and an adolescent stepson?

Leng Jiucheng stood downstairs and wanted to smoke, but found that he didn't have a fire, so he borrowed a light from the old lady who was sitting smoking by the side of the road, and the old and the small sat on the stone downstairs to smoke.

The old lady had been sitting downstairs, watching Leng Jiucheng get out of the police car and go to Liang Cheng's house, she asked, "Are you the police coming to investigate the matter of that child in the Liang family?"

Leng Jiucheng smiled wryly: "I was kicked out by Liang Cheng's mother."

"You must have asked about Liang Guoxiang and Liang Cheng, right?"

Leng Jiucheng was surprised: "You know?"

The old lady smiled, "Liang Guoxiang has a good heart. Although Liang Cheng is not his own child, he treats the child very well. Sometimes they hold hands when they come back from school together.

Last year, we got married to a young daughter-in-law. During the chat, the young daughter-in-law said that the relationship between Liang Guoxiang and Liang Cheng was not normal. Unfortunately, Liang Cheng's mother heard it. She turned her face on the spot and quarreled with the young daughter-in-law. Dare to mention this matter, I don't know what young people are thinking now, isn't it normal for Liang Guoxiang to be kind to children?Besides, Liang Cheng is not a little girl, what can two men do?He must only regard him as his own son. Liang Guoxiang is too kind-hearted, and he is afraid that Liang Cheng will have thoughts in his heart, so he treats him even better. Liang Cheng's mother is definitely not happy that this kind of thing is twisted and spread. "

The old lady’s words awakened Leng Jiucheng. In 1990, everyone’s attitude towards the same sex was still taboo, and many people didn’t even know it. So the neighbors took Liang Guoxiang’s kindness to Liang Cheng as fatherly love.

They are likely to be a pair of homosexuals pretending to be in a normal family. With this conclusion, the matter about Liang Guoxiang's preference for Liang Cheng and sleeping in the same room can be explained.

"Grandma, how long have you lived here? Do you know why Liang Guoxiang didn't get married when he was young?"

The old lady said proudly: "I watched him grow up. He used to live in this house with his mother. After marriage, the old lady moved to the countryside and gave this house to them. I like him, but he has high vision and no one likes him, he kicks out all the people who come to the door to talk about marriage, and finally everyone else gets married, he has no choice but to take the second marriage."

Liang Guoxiang did not get married when he was young, most likely because he knew that he liked men, but in this environment, he dared not come out or live with men openly, and finally he was forced by various pressures to find Liang Cheng. Mother, although they have children, they have no feelings. Liang Guoxiang's heart is always empty until Liang Cheng grows up.

There was a layer of chill on Leng Jiucheng's skin, did Liang Cheng do it voluntarily or by force?How long has this happened again?From very young or recently?

Leng Jiucheng decided to talk to the forensic doctor who performed Liang Cheng's dissection.

He got back into the car and drove out. When he drove out of the small alley, he caught a glimpse of a pair of students carrying schoolbags standing on the side of the road. They were Ding Chong and Fang Yuanyuan. They were talking and laughing for some reason.

Ding Chong had never paid attention to Fang Yuanyuan before, why did he suddenly abandon those cronies and stay alone with Fang Yuanyuan?

Leng Jiucheng parked the car on the side of the road and watched them silently for a while, Fang Yuanyuan walked into the alley, Ding Chong ran towards the police car, opened the car door with a bright smile on his face, "Officer Leng, I have something new."