The interrogation of Guo Encheng is being carried out intensely, with Su Le serving as the interrogator, Liu Guan taking notes, and Hu Jianzhong and Zhang Pengfei in the observation room.
"Name?"
"Guo Encheng."
"age?"
"50 years old."
"Do you know why we arrested you?"
"I don't know." Guo Encheng had been detained and sentenced several times when he was young and knew how to deal with police interrogations.
"Have you been out of Gui'an City recently?"
"No, I train in the fitness center every day, so I don't have time to go out."
"Then look, does this car belong to you? We know exactly where you have been." Su Le showed Guo Encheng the printed footage of the vehicle captured by the surveillance camera.
When Guo Encheng saw that the police had found traces of his vehicle, his facial expression became solemn. He thought for a while and said:
"Oh, I forgot, I went out once."
"Guo Encheng, if we didn't have evidence of your crime, we wouldn't have mobilized a large number of people to invite you here. I hope you can tell the truth and strive for leniency."
"Yes, yes, I will confess, I will confess everything."
"Tell me, where did you go that day? What did you do?"
"My uncle Xu Zhiguo came to me a few days ago and asked me to take him to see his old comrade Han Jun. We had agreed to leave that afternoon, but my uncle called me at the last minute to say that he was not feeling well.
I was asked to deliver the gifts alone. I didn’t want to go, but for my uncle’s sake, I went anyway.”
"Xu Zhiguo and Han Jun are comrades in arms?"
"Yes, I have heard my uncle mention it many times, saying that he has the best relationship with his comrade Han Jun."
"Then go on, what did you do when you arrived at Dahan Village?"
"I called Han Jun when I got to the village and asked him where his home was. He told me that he lived by the river. I found him with my things, said a few words, put down my things and came back."
"Nonsense! Guo Encheng, you'd better be more honest and don't squeeze out toothpaste. This will only aggravate your crime."
"I'm not talking nonsense, I dropped my things and came back." Guo Encheng pretended to be innocent.
"It seems that you didn't shed tears without seeing the coffin. You didn't put down your things and come back. Instead, you killed the old Korean soldier and then came back."
"No, I didn't kill him."
"Since you refuse to explain, let me tell you. You found Han Jun by the river, had an argument with him, beat him, and then dragged him to the river and took his
I pressed his head into the water and drowned him, then threw his body into the river. How about that? Am I right?"
"I didn't kill anyone. What evidence do you have that I did?"
"I found remnants of your skin tissue in Han Jun's fingernails, which were left when he scratched his neck. I also found your long yellow hair by the river. Isn't this evidence enough?"
"Ah! I, I had a scuffle with him, but I didn't kill him."
"Whether you admit to killing him or not, it doesn't matter now. Tell me why you had a conflict with him."
"I......"
"I warn you once again that we already have the motive and evidence of your crime. If you deny it like this, it will only aggravate your crime."
"My uncle asked me to ask about five old people." Guo Encheng said dejectedly.
"Tell me the whole story carefully from the beginning."
Guo Encheng raised his head with a look of panic on his face:
"Xu Zhiguo asked me to go. I really didn't kill anyone."
"Why did Xu Zhiguo ask you to go?"
"Xu Zhiguo called me that afternoon and said that the police came to him to ask about the five elderly people. He asked me to ask Han Jun how the five elderly people were doing at his place."
"Since you have Han Jun's phone number, you can just call and ask. Why do you have to make a trip?"
"I also said that I could just call and ask, but Xu Zhiguo insisted that I go there and ask in person."
"Then why did you clash with the Korean army?"
"I found Han Jun by the river and asked him how the five old people he sent there were doing. But he said he had not received the five old people. I became anxious with him at that time because I personally sent the old people to him.
The two of us had a quarrel, and I hit him. But I didn’t kill him, I knocked him to the ground, turned around and left."
"How did you hand over the old people to the Korean army?"
"I remember very clearly that it was raining heavily that day. I sent the old people to the door, and the Korean army came out to pick them up. Then I drove back."
"Who else was in the nursing home that day besides Han Jun?"
"There is no one else. I only saw Han Jun alone."
"You said you handed over the elderly people to Han Jun, but we searched all the files of the nursing home and could not find the admission information of the elderly people. The elderly people did not go to Kangde Nursing Home in Changtian County at all."
"This is impossible. I did hand over the elderly people to Han Jun at the entrance of the nursing home."
"Then why wasn't it registered?"
"I don't know about this. Maybe Han Jun has forgotten it."
"Nonsense, we checked the information of the nursing home. The management of the nursing home is very standardized, and there are detailed records of admission and discharge."
"Then I don't know. Anyway, I handed over the old people to the Korean army." Guo Encheng pretended to be innocent. He knew that he was dead and had no evidence.
After the interrogation of Guo Encheng ended, Su Le and Captain Hu discussed the case together.
"This Guo Encheng is very cunning, it can be said that he is watertight." Captain Hu said.
"Yes, if we don't have evidence, he will refuse to admit it." Zhang Pengfei said.
"In Han Jun's case, we can prove his guilt even if he doesn't admit it. The evidence in our hands is enough," Su Le said.
"But there are still no clues about the whereabouts of the five old people." Captain Hu said.
"It seems that our plan to follow the clues of the five elderly people has to change, so we can only investigate the demolition." Su Le said.
"The investigation of the demolition is more complicated, and it's hard to say whether it is related to Xu Yongchang's case," Captain Hu said.
"There is another clue that needs to be verified. Guo Encheng called him on behalf of Xu Zhiguo. When the Xu family was in trouble that day, they also said that Xu Zhiguo made several calls. We need to find out how many calls Xu Zhiguo made after we left.
, who are they calling?" Su Le said.
"Okay, this clue is very important and needs to be investigated clearly." Hu Jianzhong said,
Several people were discussing the case when Dr. Qiao walked in with a pile of information. After handling Han Jun's case, he did not return to Zhongjiang immediately, but stayed in Gui'an to assist Su Le and the others.
"I found a clue." Dr. Qiao took out a photo from the file and held it up for everyone to see:
"This photo is a photo of the head wound on Xu Yongchang's body. The autopsy report at the time stated that the roof beam on the top of the chicken farm fell and hit Xu Yongchang's head, causing injuries. But I studied this photo carefully.
The shape of the wound does not conform to the characteristics of a wound caused by a blow from top to bottom."
"What does this mean?" Captain Hu asked.
"It means this wound was not caused by falling beams."
"It's also possible that Xu Yongchang was unconscious at that time and the beam fell again," Su Le said.
"Yes, I have also thought about this possibility. But the shape of the wound shows that it was caused by blows from bottom to top." Dr. Qiao explained.
"From bottom to top, how is this possible? Unless..." Hu Jianzhong said halfway and did not continue.
"Yes, unless someone attacked Xu Yongchang before he fell to the ground." Dr. Qiao said.
After listening to Dr. Qiao's explanation, no one in the room said anything. They were all thinking that if, as Dr. Qiao said, someone attacked Xu Yongchang before he fell to the ground, who would that person be?
Hearing that Su Le and others were going to the Meijing Community, Dr. Qiao also expressed his willingness to go with them to see the site. So Su Le and the four of them came to the Meijing Community again. Xu Zhiguo's family was full of hostility towards Su Le and others' visit again.
Su Le and the others were already prepared for this, so they arrived in police uniforms this time.
"We need to take a look at the mobile phone Xu Zhiguo used before his death." Su Le said calmly to Xu Wenjuan and her mother who were sitting on the sofa.
The old lady wanted to stand up after hearing Su Le's words, but was held down by Xu Wenjuan. Xu Wenjuan looked at Su Le who was standing in front of her in uniform, and said in a contemptuous tone:
"My dad doesn't have a cell phone."
"You said it yourself at the police station that Xu Zhiguo made several phone calls after the police left. Which phone did he use?" Su Le seemed to have been prepared for this.
"I never said that." Xu Wenjuan turned her head and stopped looking at Su Le.
"The entire meeting at the police station was videotaped, and we can verify it. Now we are performing official duties, and we also have our law enforcement recorders on. Please cooperate with our work."
"I didn't break the law, why did you come to me?" Xu Wenjuan continued to be uncooperative.
"Every citizen has the obligation to cooperate with the police in handling cases. If you continue to deliberately conceal and obstruct our handling of cases, we can detain you." Su Le said righteously.
"Detain me, you detain me now, let's see who of you dares to detain me!" Xu Wenjuan raised her voice and showed her true nature as a shrew.
Su Le was about to speak when a panting fat man came up from downstairs. It was Xu Wenyong, the director of Meijing Community. He was holding on to the door frame and panting. His face was pale. When he had some room to breathe, he quickly said
:
"Officer Su, don't be familiar with her. If you have anything to say, tell me."
"Director Xu, we want to see the mobile phone used by the old village chief before he died." Seeing that Xu Wenyong was reasonable, Su Le became more polite to him.
"It's easy to talk, it's easy to talk, Mom, hurry up and get dad's cell phone." Xu Wenyong said to his mother, still breathing heavily.
Hearing this, the old lady threw away her daughter's hand, stood up and walked to the front of the TV cabinet, took out a mobile phone from the drawer and handed it to Su Le. Su Le took the mobile phone, opened it and looked at it, then handed it to Zhang Pengfei and said,
He said:
"All call records on the phone have been deleted."
"Auntie, I would like to ask if this mobile phone has been kept in the drawer?" Su Le said to the old lady.
"No, it has always been on the table. I just put it away this morning."
"Director Xu, have you ever seen anyone use this phone after the death of the old village chief?"
"Oh, it's hard to say. There have been a lot of people coming and going in the past few days, and I didn't pay attention to who was using this phone. Besides, this phone can only make calls, who would fiddle with it." Xu Wenyong finally adjusted his breathing
to a normal rhythm.,
Seeing that they had achieved their goal, Su Le and the others stopped entangled with the Xu family, said goodbye to Xu Wenyong, and went downstairs.