It felt like the middle-aged woman's words were a bit ambiguous and erratic, so Lu Weiwei kindly reminded her: "Think it through before you tell us."
"Okay." The woman pondered for two seconds, and then added: "Anyway, several times at night, I heard Village Chief Zhao quarreling with others."
"He frightened the dogs in the village a few times and caused them to bark a few times, but I don't know exactly who he was quarreling with."
"Where's the time? When did it happen?" Gu Chen seemed to have discovered the problem, so he quickly asked the woman.
The middle-aged woman scratched the back of her head: "It must have been in the past few days. To be precise, it must have been this week. Anyway, I remember about three times, all in the middle of the night."
"But I think it was village chief Zhao who was quarreling with his son on the phone, but this time the quarrel was a bit fierce."
"If there is a contradiction, it is this time. I don't know about the rest."
"This week? How many days have we been quarreling in a row?" After Gu Chen recorded this doubt in the record, he asked again: "So do you have the phone number of Zhao Shuisheng's son?"
"Yes." The middle-aged woman took out her mobile phone, searched for it, and said: "His eldest son is called Zhao Qiang, and his younger son is called Zhao Wei. Currently, one is in Pengcheng and the other is in Magic City. The two of them will only come back during the New Year.
Home."
"Then do they know about the old man's death?" Lu Weiwei said.
The middle-aged woman nodded silently: "I guess I know. I just heard from the villagers that I have contacted them and may be heading home now."
"Contact me again and ask the two of them if they have had any quarrels with the old man this week." Gu Chen said.
The middle-aged woman's eyes were stunned: "Comrade police, this...how should I say this?"
"Just put it like that. We mainly want to determine who is quarreling with the old man this week. If it's not the two of them, we will conduct other investigations."
Officer Wang felt the need to explain clearly to the woman.
You know, if it wasn't the old man's son, there might be someone else quarreling with the old man.
Especially now, the old man's mobile phone and belongings were not found on the body, making the investigation even more difficult.
The middle-aged woman was embarrassed in every possible way, but in order to cooperate with the police investigation, she reluctantly made the call.
Not long after, the woman got in touch with Zhao Qiang on the other end of the phone. After explaining, she determined Zhao Qiang's current location and then hung up the phone.
Lu Weiwei quickly asked: "What did he say?"
"Still on the high-speed train from Pengcheng to Jiangnan City, it will probably take a few hours," the woman said.
"Then has he been in contact with the old man these days?" Yuan Shasha asked again.
The woman continued to shake her head: "No, Zhao Qiang said on the phone that he has not contacted the old man this month."
"Then there is Zhao Wei, keep fighting." Feeling a little disappointed, Officer Wang continued to urge.
The middle-aged woman was helpless and could only pick up her mobile phone and make a call again.
Soon, the call on the other end was answered, and the middle-aged woman patiently explained to the other party and asked about the situation.
Glancing at Gu Chen for the last time, the woman hung up the phone and took the initiative to explain to everyone: "Zhao Wei also told me that he has not contacted the old man this week, and he is also in the capital and rushing to Jiangnan.
On the city’s high-speed rail.”
"That's weird." Gu Chen crossed his arms and walked back and forth twice, seeming to feel that there must be something fishy in this.
The old man suddenly drowned, but the time of death was somewhat strange.
In addition to the location of the recovered body, Gu Chen was also surprised to find that the branches used to hang the old man's body had obvious signs of being tampered with.
Coupled with what I learned from the middle-aged woman, it seemed that the old man had been quarreling with others on three nights in the past week.
And now that the possibility of telephone contact between the two sons of the deceased has been ruled out, there is only one situation left, that is, Zhao Shuisheng had a dispute with someone and was very likely to be killed at home.
The old man Gu Chen saw at that time might have been a corpse.
Of course, these are just Gu Chen's preliminary inferences.
The most important thing is that it is difficult for Gu Chen to understand. If the old man was already a corpse at that time, how could he suddenly appear downstream of the river?
This gave Gu Chen the feeling that it was like a magic trick.
Even with his master-level observation skills, he found no trace of the old man falling into the water.
And if we can judge based on the situation of the old man Zhao Shuisheng being hung on the shore, he was obviously transported to the shore and fixed with hooks on the tree trunk.
However, in large water, this kind of behavior is quite dangerous, and even Gu Chen himself is not quite sure that he can accomplish it.
All kinds of doubts made Gu Chen suddenly have the idea of returning to the elderly home again to check the situation.
"I have to go back again." Gu Chen frowned and said involuntarily: "I have to find out how Zhao Shuisheng disappeared from our sight, and then how he suddenly appeared on the downstream bank.
side, and was firmly hung there."
"If we don't understand these issues, all the doubts may not be solved."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Chen left the middle-aged woman's contact information and directly led Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha again to the village on the other side of the river.
This time, the river water began to slowly decline, and many submerged roads can now be seen clearly.
Gu Chen did not take a kayak this time, but took the tools and took a detour to pass by the bridge that was previously flooded.
At this moment, many local villagers have begun to return home one after another and begin to clean up all kinds of mud in their homes.
When Gu Chen came to the old house, he suddenly noticed a detail, so he quickly explained to everyone: "I climbed up to the roof of the old house before and entered the back of the old house through the attic skylight."
"I found that all the doors and windows of the old house were closed, which shows that the old man was indeed sitting on the roof at that time, and the doors and windows of the house could be locked from the inside."
"Well, why don't you go up and take a look?" Officer Wang pondered for two seconds and couldn't help but said:
"After all, it was windy and rainy at the time, and the situation was complicated. Maybe you missed something."
"That's right." Gu Chen looked up at the roof of the old house.
Since the water level has dropped now, it is no problem for Gu Chen to climb up the old house by rope.
But Gu Chen discovered that there was a wooden ladder placed at the door of a house.
Without saying a word, Gu Chen ran over and asked several residents around him: "Does this ladder belong to your home?"
"No, it belongs to their family." A middle-aged woman pointed to the building next to her.
Gu Chen turned around and took a look, only to realize that this family was the man who had been rescued before. He was trapped in the water because he needed to move his belongings.
In the end, Gu Chen and others rescued him and transferred him to Xize Town Central Primary School.
At this moment, the living room door has been opened.
Gu Chen walked over, opened the door, and asked, "Is anyone home?"
After the words fell, a response came from a room. Soon, the middle-aged man poked half of his head out.
When he saw it was Gu Chen, he stepped forward happily and said with a smile: "Isn't this the police comrade who saved me? Why are you back again?"
"Come here to do something." Gu Chen looked at the dirt and grime on the man's body and said honestly: "Is that ladder outside your home?"
"Yes, what's wrong?" The middle-aged man looked at Gu Chen with a confused look on his face.
Lu Weiwei answered: "Lend it to us."
"Do you want to borrow a ladder?" Seeing everyone's serious looks, the middle-aged man also asked curiously: "Are you coming to help clean up the houses in our village?"
"That's not true." Gu Chen turned around, pointed directly in the direction of the old house, and said, "I want to go in and have a look."
"Enter this room?" The middle-aged man walked to the door and looked at the old house curiously: "What do you want to do in the house? Isn't the old man's body still lying at the end of Xize Town Central Primary School? His two
My son hasn’t come home yet, and I heard he’s still on the high-speed rail.”
"I know." Feeling that the middle-aged man did not understand what he meant, Gu Chen continued to explain: "I want to go in and have a look. There is something fishy about the old man's death. As the people's police, we should investigate the old man's death clearly."
"Didn't Shuisheng drown?" At the same time as Gu Chen was speaking, an elderly lady slowly walked over and said, "I heard that Shuisheng's body was found on the downstream bank."
"Yes, I found it." Yuan Shasha took the initiative to step forward and explained to everyone: "But we still don't know how Zhao Shuisheng disappeared."
"After all, when our Furong Branch rescue team arrived here yesterday for rescue, they found Zhao Shuisheng clearly sitting on the roof."
"But when we got closer, he disappeared out of thin air, and there was no sound of even falling into the water. This was very suspicious, so we decided to go in and have a look..."
Yuan Shasha's words instantly attracted the attention of other surrounding villagers.
Everyone also put down their work and gradually gathered around.
After some explanations, the villagers didn't pay much attention.
After all, there was a violent storm, and Zhao Shuisheng, who was still old, fell into the water and was washed away by the water.
In the eyes of everyone, this seems to be a normal thing.
But the police gave their own opinion.
The old lady also sighed: "This Zhao Shuisheng, logically speaking, should have good water quality. I saw him swimming in the river last month."
"But in just a moment, he was drowned by the flood. I wouldn't believe it."
Looking up at Gu Chen, the old lady couldn't help but said: "Comrade police, if you want to go in and have a look, just go in. You can use this ladder."
"Thank you." Gu Chen nodded silently to the old lady, then glanced at the middle-aged man beside him and said, "Can you lend me this ladder?"
"Okay." The middle-aged man also looked serious.
Neighbor Zhao Shuisheng passed away, and everyone was in a bad mood.
At this moment, the police came to investigate the situation. Logically speaking, it was nothing. But what Yuan Shasha said just now aroused everyone's suspicion in an instant.
After all, it would be very strange for a person who is good at water to drown in the water without trying to save others.
Therefore, many villagers put down their work and gathered around Gu Chen and others, whispering in low voices.
Gu Chen was not idle here either. He directly set up the ladder and climbed up to the roof again.
This time, Gu Chen was not disturbed by the heavy wind and rain, nor was he as urgent as when he was rescued. Therefore, he observed the surrounding situation more cautiously than at that time.
"I remember that the old man was sitting in this position at that time." Gu Chen climbed up to the roof first and pointed to a location.
Lu Weiwei, who was the second to climb onto the roof, also confirmed: "Your judgment is correct, I also remember this place."
"Senior Sister Lu, be careful. I'll go over and take a look at the situation." Gu Chen carefully moved his steps and slowly approached where the old man was sitting cross-legged.
But when Gu Chen came to this place again, he suddenly discovered that there seemed to be signs of damage to the corrugations around where the old man was sitting cross-legged.
Gu Chen frowned and began to take out his mobile phone to take pictures of the damaged parts.
Lu Weiwei, who came later, also stood behind Gu Chen, held Gu Chen's shoulders, and asked: "Did the old man fall from here?"
"It doesn't look like it." Gu Chen shook his head and said involuntarily: "Senior Sister Lu, do you still remember where we were when we rescued you?"
"Of course I remember." Lu Weiwei replied readily: "I remember we were at the front door of the old house at that time."
"So if the old man accidentally fell into the water, where do you think he fell from?" Gu Chen asked again.
Lu Weiwei blurted out without thinking: "It must be from the back of the old house, because if it falls from the front or side, we will definitely be able to see it, so it can only be from the back."
"That's right." Gu Chen stood up, moved slightly, and pointed at the corrugated area in the back row: "Look at the situation now. Is there anything different?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "What's different?" Lu Weiwei took a closer look and scanned all directions.
Before Lu Weiwei could speak, Officer Wang, who had climbed up to the roof from behind, said directly: "What else is unusual? If someone fell from the back row, these old corrugations would be damaged no matter what, but I
But I didn’t see any of this.”
"Yes, Senior Brother Wang is right." After getting a definite result, Gu Chen also said straight to the point: "This is also where my doubts lie."
"If a normal person rolled down, the corrugations would not be able to remain so intact."
"Although these are some renovated colorful corrugations, if I were to fall from here, I would definitely catch the corners of the corrugations."
"In this case, when the old house falls, the corrugations in the entire area will be affected, but I can't see any scratches here."
"Huh? It's true." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei seemed to feel that it made sense.
But pointing to several of the damaged spots, Lu Weiwei also asked curiously: "But what's going on with these damaged marks? It looks like some fixed rivets were driven in to fix the object."
"But what is the roof of this old house structure used for?"
"I don't know." Gu Chen shook his head and touched a few signs of damage. Suddenly his eyes lit up:
"That's not right. These fixed positions appear to have rivets on them. They seem to have been put in recently. The signs of damage are all the latest."
"Let me take a look." Officer Wang moved his steps cautiously and saw the clue at a glance, so he quickly explained:
"I know this thing. When doing projects, we usually use this to install things like rivet locks and drive them directly into the wall."
"In my opinion, the locations of these damage marks are indeed used for fixation."
"There are two places in the back row." Gu Chen saw the situation at a glance, turned to the front row of the roof, and said: "There is also one in the front row. This is a triangular position, used for fixing the center position, which happens to be
The position where the old man sat cross-legged yesterday."
"What?" After hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Officer Wang suddenly frowned.
You know, the reason why everyone investigated the old man's condition was because it was discovered that there was a possibility of human action at the position where the old man's body was hung.
Therefore, everyone shifted their doubts to the location of the old house.
But now when I look at it, I see that there are three more fixation marks on the roof for no apparent reason.
If the three fixed positions extend toward the center, then the place where the old man sits cross-legged will be the intersection of the three points.
"Could it be...could it be that Zhao Shuisheng was fixed to the center of the roof by a lock?" Gu Chen's eyes widened and he looked at all the areas on the roof. He seemed to feel more and more that the disappearance of the old man seemed to be intentional.
"No, this situation is definitely not right." Lu Weiwei was also shocked and said: "If the old man falls into the water, there will be a lot of movement, and he can even shout loudly."
"But when we entered here yesterday, we all saw it. There was no movement at all, and there was no shouting. But the old man was indeed sitting here, and then he disappeared."
"Could it be that the old man didn't fall into the water, but..." Gu Chen stood up and looked around.
Suddenly, I discovered that behind the old house was the middle-aged man's small foreign-style building.
However, the balcony of a middle-aged man's house can be exactly parallel to the roof of the old house.
"Did Zhao Shuisheng be transferred in parallel?" Gu Chen looked at the balcony opposite. There was no trace of damage at all, and he couldn't help but feel hesitant in his heart.
First of all, Gu Chen was 100% sure that he did not notice the old man falling into the water at that time.
But the strange marks on the roof and the fixed center position of the triangle happened to be the center of the old man sitting cross-legged.
In addition, the old man Zhao Shuisheng was suspected of being fixed on the river bank. All this made Gu Chen feel that the old man he saw yesterday was not Zhao Shuisheng at all.
A terrible thought occurred in his heart. Gu Chen's face froze and he couldn't help but said: "Is this all a cover-up?"
"Obstruct...the blinding method? Junior brother Gu, what are you talking about?" Lu Weiwei didn't understand what Gu Chen meant, and felt hesitant in her heart.
But Gu Chen said seriously: "Senior Sister Lu, Senior Brother Wang, we may have been deceived. The old man we saw when we carried out the rescue yesterday may not be Zhao Shuisheng at all."
"What are you talking about? Gu Chen, I'm almost confused by you." Officer Wang didn't understand what Gu Chen meant. He felt that Gu Chen's explanation seemed a bit confusing.
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