Back to 1990. Criminal Investigation

Ding Chong woke up shaking, opened his eyes and the cold face of Jiu Cheng appeared in front of him, "What are you doing?" He turned over and continued to sleep.

Leng Jiucheng lifted the quilt and forcibly pulled him up, "Where does your grandma live?"

"Xiaxia Village... What are you looking for with my grandma?" Ding Chong said in a daze.

"Hurry up and take me there." Leng Jiucheng urged.

Ding Chong was soundly asleep, he could not wake up.

"Your parents may be in danger, now is not the time to sleep, get up immediately and take me to your grandma's house."

Ding Chong's eyes widened suddenly, "What's the danger? What's the danger of my parents going to grandma to do farm work?"

Leng Jiucheng: "Take me there first."

Being tossed by Leng Jiucheng so much, Ding Chong lost his sleepiness, got out of bed and put on his shoes, went out with Leng Jiucheng, sat in the back seat of the car and was completely awake when the wind blew, looking at the back of Leng Jiucheng riding the bicycle, thinking Last time Leng Jiucheng dug his ancestral grave, I don't know what to do when he went to grandma's house this time, "What danger is there to my parents? You don't want to dig graves again, my grandma has a bad heart when she is old."

Leng Jiucheng: "..."

After a while, Leng Jiucheng said, "Is there anything wrong with your parents these days?"

Thinking of the money his mother left behind, Ding Chong told Leng Jiucheng what had happened, "I just went to my grandma's house to do farm work, but left my family fortune to me, and asked me to leave money for marriage. It's really inexplicable." "He suddenly stopped, the money is the mother's lifeline, if there is no major incident, she can't take it out, are the parents really in danger?Feeling that something was wrong, Ding Chong turned his head forward and asked, "What danger are my parents in the end?"

The serious voice was completely different from the confused state before, and Leng Jiucheng didn't hide it anymore, "I don't know what the specific dangerous situation is now, I can tell you what I found, but you must calm down."

Hearing this, Ding Chong understood that this was not a trivial matter, so he responded with a "hmm".

"Your parents may be the murderers who killed Fang Yuanyuan." Leng Jiucheng waited for Ding Chong's loud questioning and a series of surprised and excessive reactions, but the back seat of the car was silent, only the whistling wind could be heard.

The boy didn't respond at all, but Leng Jiucheng panicked instead, explaining: "This is my reasoning and conjecture, not necessarily the truth."

"Why did they kill people? What did you infer based on? Where is the evidence?" Ding Chong's voice was very steady, without any panic or tremor.

Leng Jiucheng was a little surprised, "I went to Chen Ling to find out why she was hiding from you recently. That night she saw a person wearing the same raincoat as you and went to bury his body in the mountain. She thought that person was you."

Ding Chong's pupils dilated slightly, and his voice remained steady, "The raincoat is the only one. I was with you that night and there was no time to commit crimes, so you suspect that the person wearing the raincoat is my parents?"

Leng Jiucheng emphasized: "It's just an inference. I want to see your parents as soon as possible to find out what they were doing that night. Has your father behaved abnormally recently?"

Ding Chong recalled that after Ding Jianmin made a big fuss at Bairen’s birthday banquet, he hadn’t returned home for a few days. He hadn’t seen his father these days, and he knew nothing about Ding Jianmin’s whereabouts. He couldn’t answer Leng Jiucheng’s question, so he changed the subject. Said: "My mother can't kill someone."

Leng Jiucheng didn't speak.

"She doesn't even dare to kill a chicken. How could she kill someone? My dad might be drunk, but he doesn't know Fang Yuanyuan at all."

"I haven't thought of the reason for the murder, so I must see them as soon as possible."

Ding Chong breathed out slowly into the air, without further words, the sky was slightly bright, the mountain path was shrouded in mist, Leng Jiucheng accelerated his speed, and when he arrived at Grandma Ding Chong's house, it was already daylight, and the car stopped at the gate of the courtyard. There was a barking sound, and a big black dog in the cage bared its teeth at Leng Jiucheng.

Ding Chong went over and kicked the dog cage, "Dahei, stop barking."

The black dog stared at Leng Jiucheng and snorted.

Leng Jiucheng's eyes shifted from the dog to the dog bowl. There was half a bowl of raw meat in the aluminum bowl. Judging from the imprint on the side of the bowl, it was originally a bowl full of meat. The dog ate half of it, and now there is half left. 1990 Meat is such an expensive thing. He looked at Grandma Ding Chong's dilapidated earthen house. How could a family that couldn't even build a house be willing to buy meat for the dog? Feed the dog at home at night?

Leng Jiucheng squatted down, trying to untie the dog's cage, take out the meat and send it for testing. The black dog was wary of him for the first time, and when he got close to the cage, the black dog kept barking. At this moment, Jianmin stormed out of the house Come out, "little bastard, what are you doing here? Will you let people sleep in the early morning?"

The moment he saw Leng Jiucheng, the rough voice stopped abruptly, Ding Jianmin froze, and pushed Leng Jiucheng away suddenly in the next second, "Stay away from the dog, be careful that it bites you." Ding Jianmin turned to Ding Chong and asked: " Who asked him to come? Why did everyone bring everyone to grandma's house? Grandma is old and can't see strangers, let him go quickly."

Ding Chong ignored his father, leaned forward and looked into the room, "Where's my mother? Why didn't my mother come out?"

Ding Jianmin rolled his bloodshot eyes, "Your mother has gone to grandma's house."

"When she left, she clearly said that she would come to grandma's house to help, why did she suddenly go to grandma's house?"

Ding Jianmin: "The legs are long on her body, she can go if she wants, and I can tie them up to prevent her from going?"

Ding Chong didn't believe it, so he rushed into the room. The elderly grandmother not only had bad eyesight, but also had poor hearing. The old lady sat on the kang, squinted her eyes and asked, "Ah Chong? Is it Ah Chong?"

The room was not big, Ding Chong looked around, but there was no mother, he walked up to the old man, and shouted loudly: "Grandma, where is my mother?"

The old man couldn't hear clearly.

After shouting again, the old man understood, "I'm going to your grandma's house."

"When did you leave?"

"I left that night."

Ding Chong felt relieved a little, and asked again: "Grandma, what is my dad doing at home these days?"

"Chop meat."

Ding Chong frowned instantly, "What meat to chop? Where did he get the money to buy the meat?"

The old man pointed to his eyes, "I'm old and can't see clearly. He was jingling in the kitchen at night. I asked him what he was doing. He said he bought a sick pig and chopped it up for Dahei to eat." The old man pointed to his eyes. Holding Ding Chong's palm, "Dead pork is a plague, and Ah Chong can't eat dead pork even if he checks for gluttonous meat."

Ding Chong glanced at the kitchen, it was clean, there was no pork, and there was no trace of chopping meat. Realizing that something was wrong, he let go of the old man, "Grandma, please sit first, I will go out for a while."

the other side.

Leng Jiucheng and Ding Jianmin were relatively speechless, Leng Jiucheng stared at the pot of meat, Ding Jianmin stared at him, after a long silence, Ding Jianmin spoke first: "Stay away from the dog cage, my big black is very fierce, bit you and us Never mind."

Leng Jiucheng stood up and looked directly at Ding Jianmin. When he didn't speak or smile, his eyes were like two sharp swords, staring at Ding Jianmin with nowhere to escape.

Ding Jianmin lowered his head and didn't look away from him. He reached into his pocket and groped around. He took out a pack of cigarettes for a long time, lit it and smoked.

Leng Jiucheng: "No matter how fierce an animal is, it can't compare to a human being."

Ding Jianmin said impatiently: "You...why are you telling me these things? If you have nothing to do, go away quickly, and be careful that the dog will come out to bite you later."

Leng Jiucheng refused to leave, and took a step forward, "Have you met Fang Yuanyuan? Ding Chong's classmate, not tall, black and thin, with loose hair the day he disappeared, and carrying a dark green schoolbag."

Ding Jianmin swallowed, "I haven't seen it before, and I don't go to school, so how could I know such a brat."

Leng Jiucheng smiled without saying a word, and asked casually, "Where is Grandma Ding Chong's house? Is it far from here?"

Ding Jianmin was extremely impatient, and he threw the cigarette butt under his feet and smashed it out, "It's your business, get out of here."

Unmoved, Leng Jiucheng pointed to the dog bowl and asked, "What kind of meat does Dahei eat?"

"Dead pork."

"How much is a pound?"

Ding Jianmin was stunned for a moment, and then he cursed, "I like to buy things with a lot of money, and it's your fault."

At this time Ding Chong came out of the house, "Dad, what's the matter with the dead pork that grandma said? You have money to buy meat? Where is the pork?"

After the police questioned, the son asked again. Ding Jianmin ran out of patience and picked up the stick beside him to beat him. Leng Jiucheng stepped forward and grabbed his arm and broke it. Ding Jianmin screamed, the stick fell to the ground, and his arm was dislocated. Whispering his arms and screaming.

Ding Chong ignored Ding Jianmin and shouted at his father: "Where is my mother?"

"Little bastard, you dare to question me, you are a fart, no father can have you? If you are a descendant of my Ding family, drive away this stupid policeman, he actually took off my arm..."

Leng Jiucheng glanced at the anxious Ding Chong, "Why don't you go to grandma's house first?"

As soon as the words were finished, an angry burly man came in from outside the door, and swung a stick at Ding Jianmin without saying a word.

Ding Jianmin hid behind Ding Chong.

Before Ding Chong could speak, the stick slammed down on Ding Jianmin, "You idiot, where is my sister?"

Ding Jianmin groaned, put his arms around Ding Chong's waist, didn't dare to poke his head out, and hid completely behind Ding Chong, "I didn't ask you for someone, but you should sue the villain first.

The tall man swung the stick, and Ding Jianmin was hit on the back again. He screamed in pain, "My son is talking about your uncle. Dad's arm is dislocated and he can't move. If this continues, he will be beaten to death by Zhang Qing."

Ding Chong ignored him, raised his eyes and asked Zhang Qing, "Uncle, did my mother go to grandma's house?"

Zhang Qing gasped heavily, "He said your mother went to my house?"

"Ah."

Zhang Qing bent down, grabbed Ding Jianmin by the neck and pulled him forward, yelling: "My son is lying, are you a fucking human?" He stabbed Ding Jianmin's neck mercilessly.

Between the fire and light stones, Leng Jiucheng stepped forward quickly, grabbed Zhang Qing's wrist suddenly, and twisted the tip of the knife that was close to the skin to another place. Grab the knife from uncle's hand.

Zhang Qing moved his wrist, looked at Leng Jiucheng and said, "Who are you?"

Ding Chong introduced: "My neighbor is Police Officer Leng."

Zhang Qing took the initiative to shake hands with Leng Jiucheng, "I'm sorry I didn't know you were a policeman just now." He took out a cigarette and handed it over.

Leng Jiucheng waved his hand to refuse, at the same time the black dog barked wildly, Leng Jiucheng and Ding Chong looked over at the same time, saw a finger appearing in the meat, Zhang Qing also saw it, while Leng Jiucheng and Ding Chong were not paying attention, he Then he took out a knife from his waist and stabbed Ding Jianmin fiercely at Ding Jianmin who was about to run away.

Ding Jianmin screamed again.

When Leng Jiucheng and Ding Chong heard the sound and turned their heads, Ding Jianmin had already fallen to the ground with a knife stuck in his back, and the wound kept bleeding. Zhang Qing didn't stop there, and raised his hand to touch the other side of his waist. His hand just touched the murder weapon. .

Leng Jiucheng stepped forward and grabbed him, handcuffed him, and yelled, "What are you doing?" He pulled out the knife at his waist and threw it aside as he spoke.

Ding Jianmin's back was bleeding profusely, humming "help" and crawled in front of Ding Chong with his fingers on the ground, "Son, save me...Son, save me..."

Ding Jianmin's praying face overlapped with the smiling face in Ding Chong's memory. At that time, Ding Jianmin was not addicted to alcohol, and he would often take him to the fields to catch frogs and climb trees to dig out bird eggs...Ding Jianmin was at fault, but it was his father after all. He bent down Just as he was about to carry him on his back, Zhang Qing suddenly roared hysterically, "Ding Jianmin killed your mother, Ah Chong, let this beast die."

Ding Chong's back movement stopped.

Ding Jianmin: "Son, don't listen to your uncle's nonsense, how could I kill your mother? Take me to the hospital quickly."

"You're still fucking stubborn, damn it, give me back my sister." Zhang Qing's neck was bulging with veins.

Leng Jiucheng went over to carry Ding Jianmin on his back, and said to Ding Chong, "Save people first, and hurry to find a car."

Ding Chong raised his legs and ran out.

"As expected of a beast's son, you actually went to save the murderer after your own mother died... How could my sister give birth to a son like you..."

Ding Jianmin has legal punishment for wrongdoing, so what is the difference between death and a murderer?No matter who the person in front of him was, Ding Chong would not sit idly by, let alone Leng Jiucheng, Ding Chong ignored Zhang Qing and strode out.

Zhang Qing was angry and hated. In a rage, he raised his foot and kicked Leng Jiucheng's back. Zhang Qing was tall, mighty and powerful, and he was caught off guard. Leng Jiucheng and Ding Jianmin fell to the ground.

Ding Jianmin spat out blood on Leng Jiucheng, and Leng Jiucheng had bruises on his face and arms. He ignored the pain of the wound, turned around and grabbed Zhang Qing by the neck, and roared, "He is a murderer, and the law will sentence him to death, but if you kill him, It's not justice, it's also a murderer, calm down."

Zhang Qing was dumbfounded by Leng Jiucheng's yell, and froze there slightly.

Ding Jianmin couldn't take the initiative to climb onto the person's back, so Leng Jiucheng picked him up and continued walking.

There is no car in the village, so Ding Chong found a tractor, and several villagers who were willing to help. Although Ding Jianmin's situation is not suitable for taking a tractor, there is no better way at the moment.

Putting Ding Jianmin into the car, Leng Jiucheng went back and dragged Zhang Qing into the car together, and dragged them to Jingchuan City.

Ding Chong accompanied Ding Jianmin to the hospital in the urban area. Leng Jiucheng took Zhang Qing back to the police station. When he arrived at the police station, he immediately arranged for Li Xun to take someone to search Ding Chong’s grandma’s house. to test.

After the matter was arranged, Leng Jiucheng went to the interrogation room where Zhang Qing was. After the initial anger was vented, Zhang Qing calmed down a lot and looked down at the ground without speaking.

Leng Jiucheng cut to the chase: "Why do you say Ding Jianmin killed Zhang Juan?"

Zhang Qing suddenly raised his head, opened his mouth but said nothing, he took out a letter from his pocket and threw it on the table, "Look for yourself."

It was a letter with no stamps on it. Zhang Juan should have asked someone to take it back. The content of the letter was very simple. Zhang Juan told her brother that if she did not return to her natal home these days, she was probably killed by Ding Jianmin. Please go to Grandma Ding Chong. Everyone is looking for her, even if the person is dead, they must find the body.

Leng Jiucheng put away the letter, "Based on this letter alone, do you think Zhang Juan is not there? Have you looked elsewhere at Grandma Ding Chong's house?"

"If my younger sister was here, she would definitely come out to greet me. Ding Jianmin, that bastard, is addicted to drinking and often beats my younger sister. I would have disliked him a long time ago. If my mother didn't stop me, I would have interrupted him long ago. " Mentioning Ding Jianmin, Zhang Qing was full of anger, "Comrade policeman, you don't know Ding Jianmin, he dares to do anything when he is drinking, he dare not kill and set fire, if the letter said someone else, I would hesitate , Ding Jianmin must be right."

"But they are husband and wife, why did Ding Jianmin kill Zhang Juan?"

"I don't know about their husband and wife, and my sister didn't say anything. No matter what the reason, he killed my sister to pay for his life. There is also the dead old woman in the house. I will chop them up together. The old lady is now blind and deaf. Stop jumping, when I was young, the old lady made things difficult for my sister, my sister married into Ding's family for more than ten years and worked hard without complaint, didn't get a good point, and was often beaten, even Ding Chong's little bastard turned towards his father."

Leng Jiucheng immediately retorted: "Ding Chong cares about his mother very much, the first thing he rushed into the yard was looking for Aunt Zhang."

"Hey, if he really cared about his mother, he shouldn't care about Ding Jianmin. Only when Ding Jianmin dies can my sister rest in peace."

Leng Jiucheng looked at the man in front of him and was distracted for a moment. Zhang Qing was close to 1.9 meters, and his body was very strong. He was neither fat nor thin. From his words and Ding Jianmin's fear of him, we can see that Zhang Qing is not a cowardly man , Killing people with just one letter shows that Zhang Qing is very reckless.He and Ding Chong were here again today, but Zhang Qing had injured Ding Jianmin. If they were not there, Zhang Qing would most likely have killed Ding Jianmin.

Ding Chong’s parents both disappeared in 1990 in his previous life. For the next 30 to [-] years, Ding Chong, as a policeman, never looked for his parents. Except for Fang Yuanyuan’s fringe families who are extremely patriarchal, normal families face the disappearance of their loved ones. He will definitely search for it with all his strength, and Ding Chong does not mention it or read it, and he does not look for it, probably because he knows the situation of his parents.

The whole story of the case was quickly connected in his mind. Leng Jiucheng failed to change Fang Yuanyuan's fate, but changed Ding Jianmin. Ding Jianmin, who was supposed to die, is now alive.

Ding Jianmin is not dead, and Zhang Juan may not be dead either.

As long as the meat is not from Zhang Juan, there is still hope. Leng Jiucheng left the inquiry room and drove to Grandma Ding Chong's house. Li Xun greeted him as soon as he entered the courtyard, "Captain, we found a human finger in the dog cage. A half-decomposed body was found under the kitchen chopping board."

"Take me to have a look."

Leng Jiucheng opened the body bag, and the corpse appeared decomposed. The skin that was not decomposed could be seen to be fine, dark and thin. It was Fang Yuanyuan's corpse.

"Look again, search every corner of the yard, search the ground carefully, and dig any loose soil."

"Okay, I'll give orders right away." Li Xun turned to leave, but was pulled back by Leng Jiucheng, who raised his chin in the direction of Grandma Ding Chong, "What's the old man's situation?"

"The eyes are not very good. She can only see what is in front of her. Her ears are not good. She can only hear when she speaks loudly."

Grandma Ding Chong is not completely blind or deaf. If Ding Jianmin and Zhang Yiqiaojuan quarrel in the house, the old man can hear and see, which means that she knows everything about Ding Jianmin's house. Leng Jiucheng walked over, "Grandma, do you know where your daughter-in-law is?" ?"

The old man stared out of the window and ignored him.

Leng Jiucheng took a step forward, raised his voice and said it again.

The old man still ignored it.

It was clear that he didn't want to talk to Leng Jiucheng, so in desperation, he had no choice but to search outside with his colleagues. The yard was not big, and there was a water tank at the entrance of the yard, which was similar to the layout of Leng Jiucheng's courtyard. He habitually leaned on the water The edge of the tank moved slightly just after the back was attached to the water tank. The water tank is not small, so how could it move when the ground is flat?

He squatted down to observe the ground near the water tank. There were two small marks in the surrounding soil, which were left when the water tank was moved. There was a tiny gap on the left side of the bottom of the tank. Leng Jiucheng got up and held the edge of the water tank to the left. Move, move the water tank away little by little, revealing a circular hole, "Here comes the flashlight, Li Xun."

At this moment, Ding Chong ran out of the door out of breath, went to Leng Jiucheng and said, "I went to the police station to look for you, they said you came here, where is my uncle?"

Leng Jiucheng: "He's still in the police station, how is your father?"

"I didn't hurt any internal organs, and it's stable. With my aunt and the police, I came out." Ding Chong looked down at the hole, "This is the cellar where grandma used to store radishes and cabbage. Do you want to go down? You know me. Where is mother? And uncle said that my father killed my mother, is it true?"

No matter what the truth is, Ding Chong's family is scattered, and the death of both parents is a big blow to the teenager. If Zhang Juan can live, Ding Chong will not have to be so sad.Leng Jiucheng didn't answer directly, but said, "I'll go down and have a look first."

He bit the flashlight, stepped on his feet, and climbed down. Ding Chong followed closely. Under the dim light of the flashlight, Leng Jiucheng could clearly see the people curled up in the corner of the cellar. He ran over, "Aunt Zhang."

Zhang Juan didn't move, her eyes were closed, there was blood on her head, and she couldn't figure out the specific situation of Zhang Juan. Leng Jiucheng raised her hand to stop Ding Chong, "Pick him up first."

Ding Chong and Leng Jiucheng worked together to lift him up.

On the ground, Leng Jiucheng still stopped Ding Chong from approaching. He knelt down and tried it under Zhang Juan's nose. The crowd stared at him holding their breath, but he couldn't feel the breath between his fingers. Leng Jiucheng felt a chill in his heart. Reluctant to give up, he touched Zhang Juan's stamina and felt warm. His finger was placed under Zhang Juan's nose again, touching the skin. This time he felt a faint breath, "He's still alive, hurry to the hospital."

"Mom!" Ding Chong rushed over again, this time Leng Jiucheng didn't stop him.

Ding Chong followed his mother into the ambulance, and Leng Jiucheng stayed at the scene of the crime to deal with the next problems. There were only Ding Chong and Zhang Juan in the car. Ding Chong held his mother's hand and whispered: "I haven't been admitted to college yet. Hold on, mom, you must wake up to see me go to college..." His eyes were red, and then he took a deep breath to adjust his mood. He took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood from Zhang Juan's forehead, and accidentally touched Zhang Juan's forehead with his fingertips. blood, and then fainted for a while.

In the chaos, he came to grandma's yard again. The scene was exactly the same as when he came to grandma's house this morning, but what he saw was quite different from what happened today.