[Chapter 78, Speed Train 11-The real murderer]
There are five suspects who killed Li Zhemin, Mrs. Mei, Niu Dapeng, Zheng Weiguo, Liu Yuming, and Shu Ping. Although Shu Ping is the most suspected now, and all the evidence points to him, there may be other holes in this secret room.
Before confirmation, Yu Hanjiang decided to interrogate the suspect again.
He first called Niu Dapeng over and asked calmly: "You said you heard someone going to the toilet next door at midnight last night, and you saw a light through the crack in the door, and there were strange sounds coming from the trash can, right?"
Niu Dapeng nodded: "Yes."
Yu Hanjiang: "What time was it?"
Niu Dapeng scratched the back of his head: "I don't know, I was in a daze and didn't look at the time."
Yu Hanjiang then asked: "Did you hear that Mrs. Mei, who was sleeping on the lower bunk, also went to the bathroom?"
Niu Dapeng pretended to be innocent and said: "No."
Yu Hanjiang raised his head and stared at him coldly: "Some people saw Mrs. Mei and Liu Yuming going to the toilet one after another. You heard someone getting up next door and heard the movement of the trash can on the other side of the carriage, but you couldn't hear you on the lower bunk.
Is there any sound of someone opening the door?"
Niu Dapeng's face changed slightly, which really didn't make sense. He gritted his teeth and said with a sullen face: "I really didn't hear you. I fell asleep in a daze in the middle of the night. I only woke up for a minute or two and fell asleep again soon.
, I don’t know what happened.”
He insisted that he had not heard anything, but Yu Hanjiang, who was experienced in interrogating, knew from the look on his face that he was lying.
Yu Hanjiang said calmly: "You hate Li Zhemin, and you guessed that the person who got up to go to the bathroom last night might be the murderer, so you pretended not to hear it even if you heard it. You want to protect this person, right?"
Niu Dapeng's face instantly turned pale, his lips trembled slightly, but he gritted his teeth and refused to speak.
Yu Hanjiang said: "If you deliberately cover up and fail to cooperate with the investigation, the police can take you to the police station for re-interrogation on the charge of obstructing the investigation. You have to think clearly."
Niu Dapeng was silent for a moment, then finally slumped his shoulders in frustration and said, "I, I did hear Sister Mei going to the toilet."
Yu Hanjiang raised his eyebrows: "Time, number of times?"
"It seems like twice, once around three o'clock, once around four o'clock... I really don't know anything else." He raised his head and glanced at Yu Hanjiang anxiously: "This matter has nothing to do with Sister Mei, right? She is so old.
, my legs and feet are not very good, how can I kill someone?"
Yu Hanjiang said: "Since you think she won't kill anyone, why did you hide her going to the toilet last night?"
Niu Dapeng knew that he was in the wrong and murmured: "I thought this was not important. Isn't it normal for an old man to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night..."
Yu Hanjiang then asked: "The second time, that is, the time before four o'clock, how long did it take for her to go to the toilet and come back?"
Niu Dapeng said: "This time it took a long time, like half an hour. Maybe she had a bad stomach, right? Her gastrointestinal condition is not good."
Yu Hanjiang asked: "Did you hear any other sounds?"
Niu Dapeng thought for a moment and said: "Before Sister Mei went to the toilet for the second time, someone seemed to be going to the toilet in the next room without a light. It should not be Liu Yuming, but this person came back not long after he left. I heard the sound of opening and closing the door.
, less than half a minute before and after.”
Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou looked at each other - it seemed that Zheng Weiguo was going to the toilet next door. He stole the IOU and went to the toilet to destroy it. He found someone coming out of the toilet and quickly returned to the room with a guilty conscience. He went out and returned in less than half a minute.
I can explain it.
Niu Dapeng said seriously: "That's all I know, nothing else."
Yu Hanjiang met his sincere eyes, tentatively believed him, and nodded to let him go back.
Immediately afterwards, Yu Hanjiang interrogated Liu Yuming in Room 2.
Liu Yuming smiled at the beginning and acted like "I am a good citizen": "If you have any questions, just ask."
As a result, Yu Hanjiang asked directly: "Why did you lie?"
Liu Yuming's smile suddenly froze on his face. He quickly adjusted his expression and said with a dry smile: "What do you mean? I didn't lie."
Yu Hanjiang said: "The time you went to the bathroom last night was half past three, not three o'clock."
Liu Yuming pretended to be calm: "Ah... Really? I am old and my memory is not good. I may have remembered it wrong. Sigh... I usually forget this and that. Before I went out this time, my son Qian
I was told to bring a towel and a toothbrush, but I forgot them again, so I had to buy new ones at the station..."
Seeing him changing the topic with evasive eyes, Yu Hanjiang interrupted him directly: "Do you have a bad memory? Can you remember things like this if you lose your watch?"
Liu Yuming was stunned and looked a little embarrassed.
Yu Hanjiang pointed to his watch and said, "Your watch has been in the trash can for most of the night. It's quite clean, and it doesn't get the smell of the trash can."
Liu Yuming touched his nose and explained: "After I found the watch last night, I cleaned it in the sink."
Yu Hanjiang said calmly: "But the person who was using the restroom opposite you said that you went back without washing your hands after going to the restroom, and he didn't see your handwashing watch."
Liu Yuming hurriedly denied: "How is it possible? He didn't see me at all!"
The office suddenly fell into silence, Yu Hanjiang stared at him calmly, and Liu Yuming's face gradually turned pale from calm at the beginning, and then suddenly turned red again.
Yu Hanjiang said: "So, when you went to the toilet, there was indeed someone across from you?"
"..." Liu Yuming wanted to cry but had no tears.
Yu Hanjiang's interrogation almost made him faint. He was led by the other party all the time. He thought the focus was on the watch, but he failed to pay attention to the key point of "the person opposite you is using the toilet", and the other party used text traps to trick him into telling the truth.
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Yu Hanjiang found that the old man was in a daze, so he tapped the table with his pen and said: "One lie needs countless lies to make up for it, so why not tell the truth - what did you see when you went to the toilet at 3:30 last night?"
Is Shu Ping there?"
Liu Yuming came back to his senses and shook his head hastily: "It's not her, I didn't see clearly!"
Yu Hanjiang raised his eyebrows: "But someone in Car No. 4 saw it clearly and identified it to us. Shu Ping appeared in the bathroom at 3:30 last night and bumped into a nearby trash can."
Liu Yuming's face turned red and white for a while, as if he was having an ideological struggle.
Yu Hanjiang continued: "Shu Ping and Ruirui are good friends, right? When you were pursuing Ruirui, did Shu Ping help you a lot? You and Shu Ping should have a good relationship. Unexpectedly, Li Zhemin dug out
Shu Ping was abandoned by Li Zhemin, and both of you were let down, so you can be regarded as sharing the same fate."
He put the pen on the table, clasped his hands on his chest and looked at Liu Yuming calmly: "So, even if Shu Ping is the murderer, you don't want to come forward and identify her, because Li Zhemin deserves to die, she killed Li Zhemin, and Ruirui died.
You can rest in peace—that’s what you think, right?”
Liu Yuming's body trembled violently, his face full of horror.
Because what the other party said was exactly what he was thinking. This sharp-eyed man seemed to have the ability to read minds, directly piercing his mind. Over the years, he has a gentle wife, a filial son, and his life is still good.
Even though he was happy, he was trying hard to forget what happened at the time, but when he thought of the innocent Rui Rui, his heart felt like a knife.
"Li Zhemin really deserves to die, Ruirui was killed by him!" Liu Yuming recalled the past, his eyes turned red, and he roared like an enraged beast: "When Ruirui married him, Li Zhemin and
I swore that I would treat Ruirui well, and I believed it, and I thought that since they got married, I should bless them!"
"But I didn't expect that Li Zhemin, a well-dressed beast, would actually cheat on Ruirui when she was pregnant! He colluded with a young nurse in the hospital and sent flowers to the nurse every day. Ruirui accidentally bumped into her when she went to the hospital for a prenatal check-up and was furious.
I had to give birth prematurely and almost died in the operating room!"
"She suffered from postpartum depression because of this incident. When I went to see her at that time, she told me that she wanted a divorce... But not long after, she took sleeping pills and died! Because she had depression, the police finally determined
The result is suicide."
"Suicide? How could it be such a coincidence!" Liu Yuming said angrily: "Do you believe it? I don't believe it anyway! It must be the beast Li Zhemin who was afraid that the company's property would not fall into his hands after her divorce, so he forced her to take sleeping pills!"
"..." Xiao Lou had already guessed that Ruirui's death was not simple. He didn't expect that there was such a past event. According to Mrs. Mei, Li Zhemin was the nurse who married Ruirui a year after her death. But in fact
, he cheated on his wife when she was pregnant and was caught by her. Whether Mrs. Mei was unaware of this matter or deliberately concealed it, you have to ask Mrs. Mei to confirm.
"Li Zhemin should have died a long time ago! If it weren't for the fact that the child is still too young, I should have killed him when Ruirui left!"
Liu Yuming was so excited that he clenched his fists tightly and his fingers almost pinched into his palms. He obviously hated Li Zhemin deeply.
On the surface, he was on good terms with Li Zhemin, probably because he wanted to pay more attention to Ruirui's only son. He got married a few years after Ruirui's death. It can be seen that this man was actually very affectionate, and it took several years before he left.
He came out and was moved by his wife who was tenderly pursuing him.
Yu Hanjiang was not in a hurry to ask questions. After he finished speaking, he whispered: "Is there anything unusual about the death of Ruirui's father?"
Liu Yuming took a deep breath to calm down and said: "Mr. Lin has bone cancer and has metastasized to many places throughout his body. People from our company visited him before he died. He was sent to the intensive care unit and was supported for a month.
, and finally left without being rescued."
It seems that the death of Ruirui's father was a normal death from illness. Ruirui's death was probably the result of Li Zhemin's manipulation.
He had already cheated on her at that time. Once Ruirui divorced, he would not be able to control the company because Lin always left the company to his daughter. Legally speaking, this is a "donated" property. Property donated by parents to their children alone does not count.
The husband and wife's joint property can apply for non-division in the event of divorce. If Li Zhemin cheated on the property, it would be considered a marital fault and he would not get a penny.
As soon as Ruirui got divorced, he would have nothing. So, he secretly or forcibly gave her an overdose of sleeping pills, and then relied on depression, saying that she committed suicide due to depression. As long as Ruirui died, he, as his spouse, would
It is the heir to the property.
While Xiao Lou was taking notes, he felt a chill in his heart.
This Li Zhemin is really inhumane for money!
Yu Hanjiang asked: "Have you ever told Li Mo about this matter?"
Liu Yuming immediately shook his head: "No, I don't want Xiao Mo to suffer. His father killed his mother. It would be difficult for anyone to accept it!"
Yu Hanjiang expressed his understanding and continued to ask: "In your opinion, what kind of person is Li Mo?"
Liu Yuming said: "Xiao Mo is a very sensible and outstanding child. He has been very independent since he was a child and has not been close to his parents. He left home at the age of sixteen to study. Li Zhemin did nothing but give him money on time.
No matter, because Li Zhemin gave birth to a son with his second wife, he loved his younger son even more. He didn't expect his eldest son to be so powerful. The market value doubled in just one year after he graduated and took over the company. He found that his eldest son had a good mind and was very knowledgeable.
When it comes to doing business, my attitude has changed, and I always praise Li Mo for his potential when meeting everyone."
Yu Hanjiang grasped the key point and said, "Isn't Li Mo the actual person in charge of the company now?"
Liu Yuming said: "Xiao Mo is only the CEO, the chairman is still Lao Li, and the shares are all in the hands of Li Zhemin. I think Lao Li has a guilty conscience. His son is so outstanding, but he may have forced Ruirui to death. He is afraid.
!What if his son knows the truth? So, Lao Li retired in name and asked his son to help manage the company, saying it was for training. But the real power has been refused to be transferred. I guess he is waiting for his younger son to graduate from college and hand over the company to him.
To the younger son."
After Liu Yuming explained this, Yu Hanjiang let him go back.
Yu Hanjiang did not continue to ask Liu Yuming who the person he saw last night was. Sometimes, the answer does not necessarily need to be said personally. You can judge from his expression - the person he met near the bathroom last night was Shu Ping.
Yu Hanjiang then interrogated Zheng Weiguo: "Did you wake up at 3:40 in the morning?"
The old man, who was addicted to gambling, looked nervous and restless. It was obvious that the two consecutive interrogations had made him a little dazed. He did not struggle much and quickly confessed: "Yes, I woke up once."
Yu Hanjiang: "Did you steal the IOU and plan to go to the bathroom to destroy the evidence?"
Zheng Weiguo's eyes widened and he almost blurted out: How do you know?
He swallowed back his words, gritted his teeth, and said: "I, I admit that I stole the IOU. The crime of stealing the IOU shouldn't be too serious, right? I didn't say no to the money I owed Lao Li.
Come on! I just came over to take a look at the IOU, and accidentally..."
Yu Hanjiang: "Accidentally put it in your mouth?"
Zheng Weiguo's face was extremely embarrassed, and he seemed to think that his reason was too nonsense.
Yu Hanjiang said: "The crime of stealing an IOU is less serious than murder and covering up, so you'd better confess honestly."
Zheng Weiguo immediately confessed: "Okay, okay, I will tell you the truth!" He spoke quickly as if he was afraid that he would be late, "Liu Yuming went to the bathroom with a lamp at about three o'clock in the morning. I saw that Lao Li was sleeping well.
I was so worried that I secretly took the IOU out of my pocket. After Liu Yuming came back, he quickly fell asleep. About ten minutes later, when the three of them fell asleep, I went to the bathroom to wash away the IOU, but the result was that
When I walked nearby, a bathroom door across the street suddenly opened, so I turned around and went back to the house in fear of being discovered."
Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou. Xiao Lou, who was taking notes, also raised his head, and the two exchanged glances.
The reasoning is completely correct. It seems that they are getting closer to the truth.
Yu Hanjiang said: "Have you seen who that person is?"
Zheng Weiguo vowed: "Although I didn't see clearly, I know that person must be Shu Ping!"
Yu Hanjiang raised his eyebrows: "Why are you sure?"
Zheng Weiguo said: "Shu Ping loves to dress up, and she still dresses so beautifully even though she is so old. All the old ladies in our group wear flat shoes, but she is the only one who wears high heels... I saw her through the light of the bathroom door.
The shadow is wearing high heels!"
Yu Hanjiang said: "Why can't it be a lady wearing high heels in other rooms?"
Zheng Weiguo said mysteriously: "Not long after she came out, I heard Mrs. Mei next door getting up at night. Sister Mei has asthma, and her breathing and coughing sounds are easy to distinguish. She walked to about room 4,
I happened to bump into Shu Ping and I heard the two of them chatting. I don’t know exactly what they were talking about, but they must know each other.”
Shu Ping is the only one who knows Mrs. Mei and wears high heels.
This interrogation connected the entire timeline of the early morning.
3:10 Mrs. Mei went to the bathroom; 3:30 Liu Yuming went to the bathroom and met Shu Ping. Shu Ping hid in the bathroom and accidentally bumped into the trash can. Liu Yuming realized who the other party was and deliberately confused the time in order to cover her up.
line and made up an excuse to go to the trash can to dig through the watch.
At 3:40, Zheng Weiguo went to destroy the IOU and happened to spot Shu Ping coming out of the bathroom and immediately turned back. Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Mei went to the bathroom and met Shu Ping in the corridor. The two had a brief exchange.
The final murderer must be Mrs. Mei and Shu Ping.
Just when Yu Hanjiang was about to interrogate the two suspects, as soon as Zheng Weiguo left the office, Mrs. Mei walked in on her own initiative.
While coughing while covering her chest, she said calmly: "You don't need to ask Xiaoping anymore - I killed Li Zhemin."
Yu Hanjiang: "..."
Xiao Lou: "..."
An old man in his seventies, with white hair, a hunched back, and wrinkles left by time all over his face.
She looked extremely old, her steps were staggering, and she was shaky when she walked, as if she might fall down at any time.
But at this moment, the old man's eyes were particularly clear. She said slowly: "I recruited Li Zhemin into the company. The few people who interviewed me back then didn't give him high ratings. I think this young man has a sweet mouth and is motivated.
, he can be recruited and trained. With my persistence, the company finally hired him.”
She patted her head gently with her dry hands, and said with regret: "The root of everything is me. If it weren't for my persistence, he wouldn't have joined the company, Ruirui wouldn't have died, Yuming and Ruirui
They will be a happy couple... Dapeng will not be robbed of his position as manager. He can live a good life through hard work and performance... Xiaoping will not marry a domestic violence scumbag. She is so beautiful.
You will definitely find a good man..."
Mrs. Mei covered her chest and coughed violently. After coughing for a few seconds, she said calmly: "The root of everything is me. Li Zhemin has harmed so many people, and everyone wants him dead. Why don't you let me, an old woman, do it?"
Take action, I won’t live long anyway..."
The murderer took the initiative to plead guilty. This turn of events caught both Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou off guard.
However, the old lady looked serious and did not seem to be lying.
She took out a small bag tightly wrapped in cloth from her pocket, and inside was a photo.
The girl in the photo has a pretty face, a bright smile, and clear and bright eyes that seem to shine.
Mrs. Mei looked at the photo and said with a gentle expression: "This is Rui Rui. Li Zhemin seems to have forgotten a long time ago that today...is Rui Rui's death anniversary."
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The plot cards will be released after the secret room is cleared. Some questions and hidden plots will be explained clearly at that time!