"I didn't care much about it, because it's been quite busy these days. I work in the restaurant at noon and don't get off work until twelve o'clock in the evening. It's in this Yipinxiang restaurant less than 500 meters away.
But...why is my husband related to the murder case again? He has no enemies and is quite kind. How could this happen? I think you must have made a mistake!" Zhang Xiaoli said with a look of disbelief.
"Do you know who your husband has frequent contact with on weekdays? Or has he had any conflicts with others recently?" the policewoman then asked.
"Contradiction? It doesn't exist. The only people he comes into contact with are the taxi drivers in the company..." After Zhang Xiaoli finished speaking, Qin Nan frowned, as if he had thought of something.
He took out the business card in his pocket. The name on the business card was Zhao Zhiqiang, and there was a series of numbers below.
"Do you know Zhao Zhiqiang?" Qin Nan stepped forward and handed the business card to Zhang Xiaoli and asked.
Zhang Xiaoli looked at him and said, "I know him. He often plays cards and drinks with them. I know that."
Qin Nan took the business card, looked at the phone number on it, and dialed it.
"Hey, is this Master Zhao Zhiqiang?" Qin Nan asked.
"Yes, yes, do you need a car now? Sorry, I am picking up another customer now, and it may take another ten minutes..." Zhao Zhiqiang said on the other end of the phone.
"Okay, let me make a long story short. Come to Zhu Qiang's house. We are the police looking for you." As soon as Qin Nan finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of brakes on the other end of the phone, and the passenger on the other end of the phone was heard cursing:
"Whatever car you were driving, it made me vomit!"
Then I heard Zhao Zhiqiang apologizing without reminding me on the other end of the phone.
"Okay, let's not talk anymore. After you finish seeing off this passenger, come over quickly. It's at Zhu Qiang's house..." Qin Nan said.
Zhao Zhiqiang quickly agreed and then hung up the phone.
Qin Nan couldn't help but sigh, because the driver was driving too "recklessly" and had no safety awareness. Although he was an experienced driver, his safety awareness was not as good as that of a novice who had just started on the road.
About twenty minutes later, Zhao Zhiqiang rushed to Zhu Qiang's house. When he saw Zhang Xiaoli, his eyes dodge slightly, as if he was afraid of something.
But Zhang Xiaoli looked calm and confused, always worried about where her husband was at this time.
Qin Nan saw the facial expressions of the two of them. For some reason, he always felt that the driver seemed to have something to do with him, or that he knew Zhu Qiang's whereabouts.
"Hey, Zhao Zhiqiang? You are here. Do you know where my old Zhu has gone?" Zhang Xiaoli asked anxiously.
"Sister-in-law, I don't know either. I was notified by the police and rushed over here in a hurry." Zhao Zhiqiang said anxiously.
"Have you been in contact with Zhu Qiang these days?" Qin Nan asked.
"Yes, but he didn't answer my calls, and he didn't reply when I sent messages on WeChat..." the driver said.
"Can you show us the chat history?" Qin Nan stretched out his right hand and said calmly.
"Ah...what...this..." Zhao Zhiqiang began to hesitate, his eyes began to dodge a little, and he looked at Zhang Xiaoli who was not far away. Zhang Xiaoli saw that he was hesitant at this time, so she said anxiously
:
"What are you doing, Lao Zhao? Let's show it to the police comrades quickly. Lao Zhu has disappeared for so many days. I'm almost dying of anxiety. If the police comrades hadn't come today, I wouldn't know what happened!"
"But...but..." Zhao Zhiqiang held the phone tightly in his hand, as if he really had some unknown secret.
"Hurry up and hand it over. Zhu Qiang is involved in a murder case. Do you want to help him hide something?" Ma Xiaotao raised an eyebrow and reminded.
Immediately, he sighed, opened the WeChat chat history between himself and Lao Zhu, and handed it to Qin Nan.
At this time, Zhao Zhiqiang took two steps back, then scratched his head and squatted on the ground. It seemed that there was indeed something else.
Qin Nan looked at Zhao Zhiqiang's mobile phone. He had indeed sent a lot of messages to Zhu Qiang in the past two days, and Zhu Qiang did not reply. In the call history of the mobile phone, Zhu Qiang did not answer the call either.
When Qin Nan turned to the previous WeChat chat, he heard their chat and raised his eyebrows...
"Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu, let's go to that bar again after get off work today?!" Zhao Zhiqiang said.
"I'm not going, I'm not going. My mother-in-law is still waiting at home today, no matter what." Zhu Qiang said in a helpless tone.
Then in the chat conversation the next day, Zhu Qiang took the initiative to send a WeChat voice message to Zhao Zhiqiang.
"Old Zhao, Old Zhao, let's have a couple of drinks after get off work today and then go to that place?!" Zhu Qiang said.
"Yes, yes, see you there at ten o'clock in the evening. I heard that a few young girls came there today." Zhao Zhiqiang said.
"A lot of money, a lot of money." Zhu Qiang said with a lewd smile.
"Same as before, same as before..." Zhao Zhiqiang said hehe.
Immediately, there was a bar location behind the chat history.
"What does this mean?" Qin Nan asked.
"This... ugh..." Zhao Zhiqiang scratched his head frantically, and then said:
"I took him to find a woman..."
"What, what did you say?!" Zhang Xiaoli frowned, stood up from the sofa, and slowly walked towards Zhao Zhiqiang.
"You took Lao Zhu to find a woman?! I won't fucking kill you!" After Zhang Xiaoli said that, she kicked Zhao Zhiqiang in the stomach. Qin Nan and Ma Xiaotao also hurriedly stopped them after seeing this.
"It's not all my fault, it's... Lao Zhu said he was a little tired of you, so I took him there after we both drank some wine that day..." Zhao Zhiqiang said softly.
"I won't fucking beat you to death, you piece of shit!" Zhang Xiaoli burst into tears, her face full of anger.
Not long after, she sat on the ground, covered her face and started crying. Over the years, Zhang Xiaoli has been doing her best for her family, and her child has just gone to college.
She had been taking care of housework and various tedious things, which made her look extremely haggard. Her face was originally only about forty years old, but she looked like a middle-aged woman in her fifties.
Zhu Qiang was also a little tired of her, so he listened to Zhao Zhiqiang's lies.
After hearing what Zhao Zhiqiang said, the people around them all frowned and sneered at him. After hearing this, Ma Xiaotao also clenched her fists, wishing to punch Zhao Zhiqiang and Zhu Qiang.
But she is a police officer and cannot do this at all.
Qin Nan frowned, took a deep breath, and then asked: "Does anyone in your group of drivers know the whereabouts of Zhu Qiang?"
"No..." Zhao Zhiqiang said, covering his head.
Qin Nan held his hands and paced back and forth in the room, wondering where Zhu Qiang should be at this time. Then Qin Nan called Song Yi and told the airport and long-distance transportation station to keep an eye on this person.
By the way, I checked to see if there were any recent records of this person's comings and goings. After about ten minutes, Song Yi called back and said that Zhu Qiang had not left Shuangqing City because Zhu Qiang's name had not appeared in the past few days.
those places,
Qin Nan and the others investigated the building's surveillance system and found that the man wearing a black hoodie entered the building and never left. Several police officers searched every household.
no clues,
Some houses without anyone posted a census note on the door, asking them to call back when they saw it.
Until seven o'clock in the evening, Qin Nan and the others still had no clues about Zhu Qiang. Zhang Xiaoli also recovered at this time. When she saw somewhere next to the TV, she suddenly frowned and said softly: "
I think he might be on the roof of this building..."
"What did you say? Rooftop?" Ma Xiaotao confirmed.
"Yes, when Lao Zhu encounters troubles on weekdays, he will take a small stool to the roof to drink and blow in the wind... Hey, it's strange, why is the small stool next to the TV missing..." Zhang Xiaoli pointed to the TV next to the TV.
Kong Di said.
Qin Nan and Ma Xiaotao looked at each other, and then he and the other two policemen rushed out of the door...
[Author's digression]: The event in this chapter is January 7