It was really hard for Gu Chen to imagine that a big entrepreneur's old house would be so dilapidated.
Logically speaking, this kind of big entrepreneur attaches great importance to the family's foundation.
Especially the old houses of ancestors. The more successful entrepreneurs are, the more they like to decorate the old houses magnificently.
But now it seems that is not the case.
Zhang Guifa seemed to have no such intention.
Also, Zhangjiacun is located on the mountainside with steep cliffs on one side. Living in such a place seems to require some courage.
But now, there is only one old woman left in the whole village, which really makes everyone confused.
"Let's go in and take a look." Adhering to the principle of coming as he comes, Gu Chen walked directly into Zhang Guifa's old house and began to search the surroundings.
Everyone has done their homework beforehand, especially in the area of search. Gu Chen’s team has considerable experience.
The main thing is to look at the degree of dust coverage.
The dust covering it is very thick and it has not been rubbed, indicating that no one has lived here for a long time.
In fact, Gu Chen already knew the answer when he opened the door lock covered with thick dust.
I went in to search just to confirm again.
However, such a search would not yield many results. After a while, everyone retreated to the door.
Lu Weiwei also looked frustrated and said: "No one lives in this old house at all, and Zhang Guifa has not returned to the village."
"After all, there is only one old lady in the village. She will definitely know when Zhang Guifa comes back, but she doesn't know now."
"Right." Officer Wang also looked helpless and could only shake his head: "Anyway, finding Zhang Guifa is our first task at the moment."
"Although Zhang Guifa didn't come back today, it doesn't mean he won't come back tomorrow."
"Furthermore, according to Zhang Ying's explanation, his father Zhang Guifa likes to go into the house in his hometown every time he encounters some troubles."
"This should be regarded as Zhang Guifa's safe haven."
After a pause, Officer Wang continued: "Actually, it can be seen that Zhang Guifa is also a very fragile person inside and needs a place to avoid disputes."
"Especially for big entrepreneurs like them, the competitive pressure they face every day is definitely not small."
"Senior Brother Wang, do you think Zhang Guifa will definitely come back?" Yuan Shasha asked.
Officer Wang nodded silently: "I will definitely do it."
After the words fell, Officer Wang looked at Gu Chen and asked, "Gu Chen, what do you think?"
"Yeah." Gu Chen nodded slightly and reinserted the key in his hand into the door lock.
After locking the door, he returned and explained:
"Judging from the door lock, Zhang Guifa has never come back. The door lock is covered with thick dust."
"However, Zhang Guifa may also feel that it is no longer safe here."
"If he had encountered poor business management and incurred a large amount of debt, he might have used the old house here as a safe haven."
"But things are different now. What Zhang Guifa is now engaged in is serious criminal activity."
"You know, once you are caught, you will go to jail."
With a faint sigh, Gu Chen said helplessly: "There may be no problem with the information provided by Zhang Ying."
"But the problem is that the current objective conditions have changed. If Zhang Guifa was self-aware, he would definitely hide in a place where no one can find him."
"Junior Brother Gu, according to what you said, where should he go?" Lu Weiwei has no idea now, after all, there is too little information about Zhang Guifa.
Gu Chen smiled slightly and looked at the old woman not far away. She was still sitting at the door, quietly enjoying the sunshine.
Gu Chen turned around and whispered: "The most dangerous place is the safest place."
"Huh?" Yuan Shasha was a little confused and quickly asked Gu Chen: "Brother Gu, you mean... Zhang Guifa..."
"Zhang Guifa actually lives in this village, right?" Lu Weiwei quickly understood Gu Chen's inner thoughts and asked quickly.
Gu Chen smiled slightly and nodded silently.
"No way?" Officer Wang frowned and hesitated:
"Gu Chen, what is the basis for your thinking?"
"Based on that? I've said before, the most dangerous place is the safest place." Gu Chen said.
"That's not it." Officer Wang felt that Gu Chen was teasing him, so he quickly added:
"I mean, what you said is correct, but what do you think is the basis for Zhang Guifa hiding in Zhangjiacun?"
Gu Chen did not answer immediately, but looked back at the old woman at the door of the next door house.
Officer Wang followed Gu Chen's gaze, glanced at it casually, and then raised his eyebrows and asked, "Could it be that the old man is your basis?"
"Yeah." Gu Chen's answer was still concise and to the point.
Officer Wang hissed, but he still didn't quite understand, so he quickly asked Gu Chen again:
"Why?"
"Because, the old man seems to be lying." Gu Chen whispered back.
"Lying? The old man is lying?" Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha heard this and echoed in unison.
Everyone looked at each other, as if they didn't quite understand.
Officer Wang was also impatient and said: "Gu Chen, did you find something? If you found something? Just tell me quickly? It makes me anxious to death."
"Yes, Senior Brother Gu, please hurry up and say it." Yuan Shasha secretly glanced at the old lady who was sunbathing, and whispered.
Gu Chen saw that no one seemed to have observed any important clues, so he waved to everyone to come closer.
Everyone looked at each other and approached Gu Chen.
Gu Chen replied in a low voice: "Senior Sister Lu and I just came to Zhangjiacun and found this old lady."
"And, according to the old lady, she is the only one living here these days, and no one else has been here."
"I asked her, how do you deal with the food and drink you usually have? She told me that they are all relatives in the town, and they will send things to the village every other week, or about 10 days."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "After all, the old lady seems to be a bit stubborn, and her family can't do anything to her, so they can only rely on her."
"So, later I asked her when was the last time her family gave him something? She said it was a week ago."
"Yes, I heard it too." Lu Weiwei heard this and agreed with Gu Chen's words.
Officer Wang scratched the back of his head, still a little confused and asked: "What happened next? How did you conclude that this old man was lying?"
"The reason is very simple." Seeing that Officer Wang didn't seem to know the specific situation at all, Gu Chen said again:
"While I was using Senior Sister Lu to communicate with the old lady, I went to her room and walked around casually."
"Yes, I went there too, and I felt that the decoration in the house was simple." Officer Wang heard Gu Chen's remarks and said casually, then asked again:
"But, what does this mean?"
"Brother Wang, didn't you check the trash can?" Gu Chen just asked casually, but Officer Wang quickly fell into deep thought.
"Trash can? What happened to the trash can? There is indeed a trash can in the kitchen. I saw it."
After thinking about it, Officer Wang quickly asked Gu Chen: "So Gu Chen, did you find anything special in the trash can?"
"Yeah." Seeing that Officer Wang finally asked the key points, Gu Chen simply didn't hide it, but said straightforwardly:
"I took advantage of Senior Sister Lu's position at the door and went to check the trash can while chatting with the old lady."
"Because, according to the old man, she has always lived here alone, and her relatives usually come to the mountain to deliver supplies to her once a week to 10 days to see if she needs anything?"
"Sometimes I may come to the mountains for a longer period of time, and I will communicate with her on the phone in advance."
"But it's strange that I found a plastic bag in the trash can. It looked like it was brought from shopping in the mall."
"And there's even a barcode label on the transparent bag."
"I checked the date and it was last night."
"Bar code?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei was stunned for a second, then she realized what she said and said quickly:
"In other words, the plastic bag in the old man's trash can is a barcode affixed to something someone bought from a shopping mall or supermarket?"
"That means that this bag of things may have been delivered by someone last night, right?"
"Yeah." Seeing that Lu Weiwei had said everything she wanted to say, Gu Chen could only nod silently.
"Good guy." Officer Wang who reacted was also overjoyed and said:
"It seems that this old man is helping Zhang Guifa, and Zhang Guifa may have bought these things last night."
Glancing secretly at the old lady in the distance, Officer Wang also said disdainfully: "You still say you haven't seen her? This old man looks quite honest. How come he keeps telling lies when he opens his mouth?"
Shaking his head, Officer Wang also felt a little unhappy and said: "It seems that you really shouldn't trust the people in this village too much."
"Who told Zhang Guifa to be from Zhangjia Village? Maybe this old lady has received too many small favors from Zhang Guifa before, so her heart is towards him." Lu Weiwei said at the side.
Yuan Shasha also echoed: "Isn't it true? If the person we are looking for happens to be your neighbor."
"Moreover, you have lived here for several generations, and everyone regards each other as relatives, or in other words, has a kinship relationship."
"You, the police, are here to arrest him. Of course, they have to find ways to help. It is understandable that they fool our police."
"After all, what old man would like to see a person he grew up watching, and later became very promising, suddenly taken away by the police? It would be difficult for me to kill my relatives out of justice."
Listening to everyone's various analyses, Officer Wang suddenly felt that this was the situation and it was excusable.
After taking a deep breath, Officer Wang still looked at Gu Chen and asked:
"Then Gu Chen, what do you think we should do now? After all, we have to arrest this Zhang Guifa."
"Yes, I know that." Facing the question raised by Officer Wang, Gu Chen nodded silently.
After thinking for a short time, he calmly said: "To untie the bell, the person who tied it needs to be tied. In my opinion, I still have to do some ideological work for the elderly."
"I think the old man has a soft heart after all and it is difficult to accept the fact that people around him commit crimes."
"As long as we have more patience, I think bad things may not always be bad things. They may be good things. Maybe she will help us find Zhang Guifa?"
"She? That old man? Helped us find Zhang Guifa?" Listening to Gu Chen's explanation, Officer Wang laughed and shook his head:
"Gu Chen, you think too highly of these elderly people. Sometimes you become stubborn. No matter whether you are black or white, as long as she is unhappy, you can't pry a word out of her mouth."
"How will you know if you don't try?" In Gu Chen's dictionary, there is no word impossible.
Seeing Officer Wang being so pessimistic, Gu Chen disagreed. Gu Chen had good experience in communicating with the elderly.
The main thing is that he has a delicate face, which gives people a natural sense of closeness.
Seeing that Gu Chen was already walking towards the old lady, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha looked at each other and quickly followed her.
Officer Wang stood there, sighed, shook his head, and continued to follow behind the few people.
He saw that the policemen who were searching Zhang Guifa's old house just now had returned to him.
The old lady also smiled and said: "How is it? Have you found Zhang Guifa?"
"Grandma." Gu Chen did not answer directly. Instead, he weighed the key in his hand and returned it directly to the old man's hand, saying:
"You must be very familiar with Zhang Guifa, right?"
While talking, Gu Chen casually pulled out the wooden stool beside him and sat directly opposite the old lady.
The old woman smiled with deep wrinkles on her face, and nodded silently: "Yes, I have watched Guifa grow up since I was a child. Didn't I tell you before?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Grandma, you have such a good memory." Listening to what the old man said, Lu Weiwei also echoed softly.
The old lady seems to like Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei very much, especially because these two are handsome and beautiful, making people want to get close to them just by looking at them.
So the old lady also said meaningfully: "I can't do it now, and my memory is not as good as before."
"But you just need to remember that someone has been here." Yuan Shasha said in an insinuating way when she saw this.
The old lady didn't seem to realize the problem yet and continued chatting with everyone:
"I usually live here alone. After my wife passed away, I started to get used to being alone."
"Originally, my parents, who are about the same age as me, would often come to the old house to stay with me."
"Unfortunately, last year, both of them passed away one after another. It feels like there are two less people to accompany me in this world."
After saying this, the old lady took a deep breath and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her rough right hand.
Officer Wang saw this and said casually: "As this person reaches his age, he will leave one day. Anyway, one day at a time, why not make yourself happy?"
After a pause, Officer Wang continued: "Just like you, you are already very old. You live alone in this old house in the mountains, and you don't even have anyone around you to take care of you."
"You said that if something suddenly happened to you and you didn't even have anyone to take care of you, how pitiful would that be?"
"Harmful!" After hearing Officer Wang say this, the old lady didn't seem to mind, and she also talked about it:
"I'm used to it. In this life, life, old age, illness and death are all fate."
"Anyway, if the day comes when it's time to leave, just leave quietly."
"Anyway, I am already a burden to my family now. Staying with my family is also a burden. Living here alone can make my family feel more relaxed."
"As long as they can come and see me two or three times a month, I'll be satisfied."
After saying this, the old lady also chuckled.
But this smile, everyone wonders whether the old man is really smiling or fake?
At least there were tears in the old man's eyes.
Gu Chen calmed down for a moment and then asked: "What do you think of Zhang Guifa?"
"He?" After hearing Gu Chen's words, the old woman raised her eyebrows, raised her head, and said slowly:
"This kid has been smart since he was a child. He is smart and capable, and he is very energetic."
"In the village, he is the kind of person who is very promising at first sight."
"It's a pity that our place is relatively remote and the village is not rich. Our ancestors moved the village here to avoid the war."
"But sometimes, security has two sides."
"During war, we can keep our families safe, but once there is peace, our place will seem incompatible with the outside world."
"Of course our ancestors thought about their families, but the remote geographical environment still added a lot of burden to us descendants."
After saying this, the old man couldn't help but pick up a carton of milk next to him, follow the straw, and take a few sips.
Gu Chen noticed the packaging of milk and thought it might be the batch delivered to the mountain last night.
So Gu Chen quickly asked: "Then you think that the geographical environment of the village has restricted Zhang Guifa's development, right?"
"That's right." The old lady told the truth and continued to add:
"Because the environment here is relatively isolated and there are not many fields, there is no problem in feeding the people in the village."
"But if Guifa wants to develop further, it will put a lot of burden on him."
"When he was a child, in order to go to school, Guifa had to walk a long way up the mountain to study at the foot of the mountain. I feel that this trip back and forth added a lot of burden to him."
"Later, in order to study better, Guifa lived in the school's dormitory and has lived there since elementary school."
"But this kid Guifa is smart and studies very hard. Especially in terms of grades, I feel he is always far ahead."
Speaking of this, the old lady did not forget to emphasize: "Guifa's lead is far ahead, but there is a gap in the lead."
"My grades are much higher than those who ranked second in the class. I even skipped a grade when I was in elementary school."
"Later, I was admitted to a foreign trade university and studied foreign trade. Later, I started my own company and the company grew bigger."
Having said this, the old man's praise for Zhang Guifa seems to be beyond words.
Everyone can see this, the old man likes Zhang Guifa from the bottom of his heart.
Lu Weiwei nodded silently and continued: "But, I heard that he had an unfortunate marriage."
Lu Weiwei's words seemed to be asked at the wrong time.
The old lady was in high spirits just now, but when Lu Weiwei said this, her good mood suddenly disappeared.
He then became embarrassed, as if this question shouldn't have arisen here.
But this is the effect Lu Weiwei wants, which is to interrupt you and pour some cold water on you when you are praising Zhang Guifa desperately.
Judging from the effect, it seems that the purpose has been achieved.
The old lady said with a gloomy face: "Yes, his love life is indeed not very good. He is divorced."
"Divorced?" Yuan Shasha on the side heard this, and under the prompting of Lu Weiwei's eyes, she also deliberately said in a sinister manner:
"Ah? Why did he get divorced for such a successful person? Shouldn't he have a happy family?"
"Harmful!" After hearing Yuan Shasha's words, the old lady also put on a helpless expression, shook her head and said:
"It's not just that the relationship between the couple is at odds. Originally, Guifa had this child and was busy with his career. It is inevitable that the couple would have some unnecessary conflicts due to work issues."
"But how did I hear that Zhang Guifa had another woman outside? And there was no divorce." Lu Weiwei likes to pour cold water on her.
The old lady felt that her lungs were about to burst with anger, but she still tried to control herself.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At least he didn’t look that angry. He just looked at Lu Weiwei with a fake smile and said jokingly:
"Little girl, how do you know so many things?"
"I'm a policeman? I'm here to see Zhang Guifa. I must know something about him."
"But you are here to catch him," the old woman said.
"That's right." Lu Weiwei made no secret and said solemnly: "He has committed a crime, and I will definitely catch him. Otherwise, he will hurt more people."
Since Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen came here just now, they just had a brief communication with the old lady and briefly told her the reason for their visit.
Of course, if the old lady had contacted Zhang Guifa in advance, maybe Zhang Guifa would have confessed his current situation to the old lady.
Therefore, for people in the same village, especially the old lady who watched Zhang Guifa grow up, they will naturally look towards their own people.
I feel that my own people are always the best. If I make a mistake, I will be deceived by others.
In fact, the elderly are the easiest to be soft-hearted, especially if they are ignored by their own people, it is easy to lose their own principles.
Obviously, the current grandma seems to be in this situation.
Since she didn't know Zhang Guifa's situation, the old lady still asked for advice: "By the way, how much money does Guifa owe me?"
"In business, sometimes you encounter difficulties. It's inevitable. There's no need to push people into despair."
"But if I tell you that Zhang Guifa is engaged in contraband trade and is suspected of paying to kill people, what do you think?" Gu Chen had long seen that the old woman seemed to have drank too much of the ecstasy soup given by Zhang Guifa, and couldn't help but tell the truth.
But this statement instantly stunned the old lady on the spot.
In other words, according to the old man's previous understanding, Zhang Guifa undoubtedly suffered a temporary defeat in business, had a relationship with someone, and finally involved the police.
After all, Gu Chen also learned about it from Zhang Ying in advance.
Zhang Guifa once came to his hometown village to avoid debts when his business suffered a setback.
Perhaps at that time, I explained the situation to the old man.
Only then did the old man believe that Zhang Guifa returned to the village just to avoid debts.
The main reason is that business is difficult to do.
But now it seems that the news he got from the police is indeed shocking.
The old lady was stunned for a long time before she came to her senses, and quickly asked Gu Chen: "Young man, you said Zhang Guifa dealt in contraband? He was also suspected of paying for murder?"
"Yeah." Faced with the old lady's doubts, Gu Chen nodded silently and said seriously:
"In fact, through investigation from multiple channels, we have already discovered that Zhang Guifa participated in illegal economic activities when his business was frustrated, and he had already touched the bottom line of the law."
"Moreover, we already have sufficient evidence to prove that Zhang Guifa was suspected of paying a murderer and getting rid of the killer as well."
"And one of the victims was a good friend of his daughter."
"You mean...one of the victims is Yingying's friend?" Of course the old woman knew about Zhang Ying, and even Zhang Ying's friend could not escape death.
The old man's mentality suddenly collapsed, and he felt that the things he had insisted on before seemed to have no effect at all.
Gu Chen also took advantage of the victory and continued to remind him: "Actually, Zhang Guifa has always had two faces. His daughter Zhang Ying and I are also good friends."
"She works as a nurse at the People's Hospital. She was always taking care of my uncle when he was injured and hospitalized."
"So, I can particularly understand Zhang Ying's emotions. The reason why she drew a clear line with Zhang Guifa is because she has long seen the sinister side of Zhang Guifa."
"In Zhang Ying's view, Zhang Guifa is selfish. He has now committed a crime entirely because of his own fault."
"If he still had some conscience, he wouldn't do such a bastard thing..."
Also listening to Gu Chen's narration, the old woman's eyes gradually widened. It seemed that what she heard was completely different from what Zhang Guifa told her.
If we say that the old lady prefers Zhang Guifa and protects Zhang Guifa, it is out of the instinctive reaction of an elder.
So, the bastard things Zhang Guifa did really disappointed the old lady.
With a heavy sigh, the old lady couldn't help but lower her head. Her mood seemed to have changed from sunny to rainy.
Seeing the old lady breathing heavily, Gu Chen saw that the time was right, so he got straight to the point:
"Grandma, actually you already knew that Zhang Guifa came to Zhangjiacun last night, right?"
"Ah?" Gu Chen suddenly said this, and the old man looked nervous for a moment.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei quickly agreed: "Actually, we have known for a long time that Zhang Guifa came last night and bought you a lot of things, right?"
"You...how do you know?" The old man is old after all.
When Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei said this, she showed her weakness, and her reaction was still a little out of step.
But the old lady, who soon realized that she had exposed herself, was also panicking at this moment.
Officer Wang smiled slightly and said jokingly: "Old man, look, you yourself know that he has been to the village. Isn't that okay? If he has been here, he has been here. Is it necessary to hide this murderer?"
"Can you keep Zhang Guifa by lying? Isn't this a joke? He is a criminal."
"You... don't talk nonsense. Zhang Guifa didn't come here at all last night, and he didn't buy anything for me at all." The old lady was now completely broken.
It's completely inhumane and seems to be a bit rogue.
Gu Chen smiled slightly and looked at Yuan Shasha who was near the door.
Under the prompts from her eyes, Yuan Shasha instantly understood what Gu Chen meant, so she quickly walked into the house and reached the kitchen while wearing white gloves.
Not long after, Yuan Shasha walked up to the crowd with the trash can and placed the trash can in front of the old lady.
"You...what are you doing?"
"Didn't you say that Zhang Guifa never came here last night?"
Gu Chen also smiled slightly, then bent down and took out the plastic bag with the barcode label from the trash can.
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"Then look now, what is this?"
"What... what is this?" The old lady, who responded slowly, undoubtedly echoed.
"This is the shopping barcode from yesterday's supermarket." Officer Wang couldn't stand it any longer, so he didn't try to show off to the old man and directly explained the situation:
"This barcode clearly indicates the time last night."
"Because the barcode can be typed out at any time, the barcode affixed to the plastic bag can prove that the items in this bag were purchased last night."
"But it was obviously something from the supermarket last night, but why did it appear in your kitchen trash can?"
"And you yourself said that you have never left the mountain during this period, and have been living in the old house."
"Besides, your family hasn't come to see you for a week."
After a pause, Officer Wang took a deep breath and asked the old lady:
"So, old man, tell me, how did this product from last night fly to your kitchen trash can? Or was it sent by Zhang Gui and you didn't remember to put it away?
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As if she was ashamed after being asked by Officer Wang, the old woman lowered her head like a child who had made a mistake.
Seeing that the old lady seemed to be under too much pressure, Gu Chen also sighed softly and tried to calm down. Then he spoke softly and communicated with the old lady again:
"Grandma, we know that Zhang Guifa is like your own child to you."
"And it can be seen from the conversation that you prefer Zhang Guifa. You feel that Zhang Guifa has a lot of potential. This is true in itself."
"But Zhang Guifa's current crime is not an ordinary economic crime, but has violated the bottom line of the law and moral conscience."
"The evils he has committed may have caused many families to be destroyed, and the victims he murdered, who should they turn to for justice? Do they deserve to die?"
These words were deafening.
The old lady seemed unable to refute. Facing Gu Chen's "education", the old lady seemed to feel more and more that how she helped Zhang Guifa in the first place was just to defend the devil.
Being emotional doesn't seem to work now either.
Listening to Gu Chen's account of Zhang Guifa's various crimes and deeds, the old woman couldn't help but shed tears of disappointment, and her voice began to become choked with sobs.
Gu Chen sighed quietly, and continued to ask her in a soft tone: "So, can you tell me now, where is Zhang Guifa?"
At this moment, the old lady did not speak, but nodded to show her attitude.
