Tiger Police

Chapter 434: Father Gong
Judging from the evidence currently available, the probability is that it was an accident.

Ding Jian's phone call just now increased the probability of "accidental death" to at least 70.00%.

In all fairness, Hu Pingtao really wanted to use "accident" as the end of the whole case.

But he still has doubts about certain details of the case.

After thinking for a few minutes, he said seriously to Zhou Changhao: "Let's do this! Let's do it separately. I'm in charge of the families of Gong Xinxia and Liao Cunxue. You go to the telecom bureau and check the couple's recent phone records."

Before Zhou Changhao could ask, Hu Pingtao explained: "The mobile phone is one of the items we found on Gong Xinxia. If it was a homicide, the murderer must not have wanted to rob money. I think this woman must have something to hide from her husband, that is, Liao Cunxue .So check her call records first, especially the relevant time period on the night of the incident, it should be fruitful."

……

Hu Pingtao took Meng Hui to Yanhe New Village.

Although it is called "Yanhe New Village", the nearby residents are used to the term "community", so whether it is Yanhe New Village or Yanhe Community, it refers to the same place.

They are all relocated households in the same village. They know Liao Cunxue and his wife upstairs and downstairs. Several families have a very good relationship with them.

"You mean Liao Cunxue's couple? He just got married, and he hasn't seen them quarreling before!"

"Xiao Gong usually likes to play, and often invites me to play mahjong."

"The couple rarely cook at home. I often see them eating outside."

"Liao Cunxue used to like to drink with me. After getting married, he seldom came out and spent most of his time with his wife."

"Gong Xinxia was married from a foreign village. I met her parents when they got married, and they are both very honest."

I ran around and asked door to door, but the answers I got were almost the same.

More than an hour passed, and the situation was basically understood. Hu Pingtao and Meng Hui returned to the electric car.

Meng Hui looked down at the records on the paper, and said with a smile: "Boss, the personality differences between the couple seem to be a bit big! Liao Cunxue belongs to the quieter kind. He rarely goes out when he has nothing to do, and mostly stays at home. Occasionally, I would make an appointment with acquaintances for a drink, but the scope of activities was limited to the surrounding area of ​​Yanhe New Village, and I would not go too far.”

"Gong Xinxia is different. From this point of view, she is an old player. She especially likes to play mahjong. When she wins money, she invites her friends to go out for dinner. After eating, she also finds places like KTV to continue drinking. She must play to the fullest."

The "enjoyment" mentioned here refers to time.According to those who knew her well, Gong Xinxia often didn't come home until two or three o'clock in the middle of the night.

The interviewees also included Liao Cunxue.He himself admitted that once Gong Xinxia went out to play, he would come back very late.Most of the time, I have already fallen asleep.

Hu Pingtao looked at the record in his hand: "On the day of the incident, Liao Cunxue had an alibi. He stayed at home and did not go out, and at least five people testified for him. In addition, there was surveillance at the gate of the community. Liao Cunxue never went out. I haven't been out from 37:[-] to [-]:[-]."

After speaking, he raised his head, looked at the gray sky, and fell silent.

Meng Hui touched him with his elbow: "Boss, what are you thinking?"

Hu Pingtao said frankly: "I think there seems to be something wrong with this case."

Meng Hui asked puzzledly, "Boss, why do you insist that Gong Xinxia committed suicide? I think she just accidentally fell into the water and drowned. There is no external force to kill her!"

Hu Pingtao did not explain: "Let's not draw conclusions for the time being, let's wait for the news from Lao Zhou!"

Meng Hui looked at the sky and asked, "I've finished asking all the questions along the river. Boss, where are we going now?"

"Go to the branch." Hu Pingtao has already thought about the next step: "Ding Jian called me before and said that he had contacted Gong Xinxia's family. Her parents made an appointment to go to the branch to identify the body in the afternoon. Let's go and have a look. Learn about the situation in the deceased's home."

……

On the way, I received a call from Zhou Changhao.

His tone was excited: "Boss, I have found something here."

Hu Pingtao quickly gestured to Meng Hui who was driving, signaling him to slow down, and asked seriously: "What did you find?"

Zhou Changhao said: "On the night of the incident, Gong Xinxia received a call. The time of the call was displayed on the Telecom side as 42:65 pm. This number had been in frequent contact with Gong Xinxia before. In two weeks, the two parties had contacted as many as [-] times."

Hu Pingtao's eyes flickered, and a smile appeared on his face: "Where does this phone number belong to? What's the name of the holder?"

Zhou Changhao said: "The holder's name is Zhang Hao, and there is no mistake in the real-name registration. But he is not a local. The number shows...he is from Hedong Province."

Hu Pingtao was taken aback, thinking he heard it wrong: "What did you say?"

"He's a foreigner, from the east side of the river." Zhou Changhao repeated.

"Hedong Province..." Hu Pingtao frowned and fell into thinking. He quickly thought of another question: "You just said that Gong Xinxia has frequent contacts with this Hedong person named Zhang Hao. Among them, whoever calls more frequently?" ?”

Zhou Changhao replied: "Telecom has printed out the information I want, go back to the office and look carefully! I will talk about the phone calls between the two parties in the past two weeks. Most of them were called by Gong Xinxia to Zhang Hao. "

Hu Pingtao paid great attention to details: "How many times?"

"43." Zhou Changhao had carefully counted before.

Hu Pingtao was stunned: "So many?"

Zhou Changhao added: "These calls are basically made after seven o'clock in the evening."

Hu Pingtao thought about it for a while: "Go back when you're done with it! Meng Hui and I are going to the branch office to see Gong Xinxia's parents and learn about the situation by the way."

……

Gong Xinxia's parents are both elderly.

When Hu Pingtao and Meng Hui arrived at the sub-bureau, the old couple were sitting on chairs outside the reception room and crying.

This is a normal behavior of the family members of the deceased.

Facing Hu Pingtao's question, Gong Fu slowly stopped crying, and spoke in a low voice while wiping away his tears.

"My own child, I, the father, knows best. Alas...Xinxia has been a troublesome child since she was a child. She didn't work hard in school and didn't please the teacher. She was strong and tall since she was a child. She was not afraid of anyone, even the boys. When she entered junior high school, several girls in her class followed her, forming gangs, and even the principal felt a headache."

"During the senior high school entrance examination, Xinxia failed to enter high school and went to a technical school. I was low-educated, so I thought that as long as I could educate my children, it would be fine. Xinxia studied cooking and pastry making. After graduation, she worked in a pastry shop. The salary was low. It's a little low, but she likes it and hasn't made trouble outside, so let her go."

"Xinxia has been working in the pastry shop for more than ten years. Her craftsmanship is still good, and the boss also values ​​her very much. First, she raised her salary, and then gave her a commission to be the store manager. She even won the second prize in the industry association competition a few years ago. Award. With this skill of making dim sum, I bought a house in Xinxia City, and put my name and her mother's name on it... Speaking of which, although we are getting old, we are still considered children, so we are blessed of."

"We have been worrying about her marriage. To be honest, I know what my daughter looks like. Xinxia is not good-looking, and she has a thick body. If it was decades ago, before the reform and opening up, the man who chased my daughter There must be a lot of them. Because at that time, looking for a daughter-in-law only chose those with thick waists, who could work in the fields and have children. Later, it was different, and only those with thin waists were chosen...Xinxia is a rough woman. Me and Her mother has been worrying about this, she has found several matchmakers, but there has been no suitable matchmaker."

"Liao Cunxue met later through a matchmaker. At the end of the year before last, Xinxia quit her job in the store. I asked her why she had to quit a good job? Xinxia said it was meaningless to keep earning money for the boss, so she figured it out. Do it yourself. Anyway, the craftsmanship is nothing to say. She has saved a lot of money over the years, and our old couple will contribute to her. Just find a suitable store. It happened that the matchmaker came to the door and said that he had found a match for her, so he opened the store Let go of things for now."

"Xiao Liao likes Xinxia very much, but Xinxia doesn't feel good about him. Our old couple mainly follow Xinxia on this issue, as long as she likes it... The two of us didn't get along for a long time, and I don't know why later, Xinxia said He was willing to marry Xiao Liao, so the old people on both sides met and discussed how to do things for them."

Hu Pingtao asked while recording: "During this process, did Liao Cunxue and Gong Xinxia ever quarrel?"

Gong's father shook his head: "No. It can be seen that Xinxia should have carefully considered marriage during that time. She often said good things about Xiao Liao in front of us, and she was in good condition, smiling."

Hu Pingtao continued to ask: "What happened next?"

Gong's father said: "Xiao Liao said, let's use his relocation house in Yanhe New Village to get married. Xinxia has no objection. Xiao Liao's mother is also in the village, but he is not in the same unit as him."

Hearing this, Hu Pingtao raised his head and asked suspiciously, "Why?"

Gong's father replied: "I thought it was strange when I knew about it. The demolition is not unusual, but the strange thing is that his mother doesn't live with him. So when Xiao Liao proposed to get married, I was more careful and kept it secret. He ran a few times to Yanhe New Village to secretly inquire about the news."

"The relationship between Xiao Liao and his mother is not good, mainly because...she was married twice. When he was young, Xiao Liao's father went to work outside, and his mother fell in love with other men in the village. At that time, Liao Cunxue was young. , His father heard outside that his wife was having a relationship with other men at home, and when he went to work during the day, he was thinking about it, he didn't pay attention to his feet, fell off the tower crane, and died."

Hu Pingtao raised his eyelids and asked curiously, "You understand so clearly?"

Gong's father explained: "This is all from the old people in Yanhe Village. There must be some guesswork in it, but I don't think they are talking nonsense about the fact that Liao Cunxue's mother is dating other men. After all, there are no waves without wind. Women are at home and men don’t come all year round. I know that feeling. Thirty is like a wolf, forty is like a tiger. If you can’t help it, you have to look outside... In the past, the widows in our village were like this, just to see who did it secret."

"Later, Xiao Liao's mother remarried, and that man treated him badly and often beat him. When Xiao Liao grew up, it was naturally impossible for him to treat his stepfather well. I heard that Xiao Liao often scolded his stepfather and asked him to leave home. Get out. So after the demolition, the house will be divided into two sides, which makes sense."

Hu Pingtao asked: "You said before that Gong Xinxia wanted to come out and open her own pastry shop, why didn't she open it later?"

Gong's father sighed: "When my girl first got married, she had a good relationship with Xiao Liao. Although she didn't like Xiao Liao before, after spending a long time with Xiao Liao, she felt that he was a nice person, so her mind changed. Yes. The wedding room was redecorated, the money was given by my girl, and she brought a dowry of 10,000+."

Hu Pingtao asked: "In this way, the money is not enough?"

Gong's father replied: "Money is part of the reason. The main reason is that Xinxia wants to have a baby as soon as possible. She is not young. If she gets pregnant and has a baby after one or two years of marriage, she will not be able to take care of the work in the store. So I want to come If you want to go, let’s put aside the matter of opening a store for now, and wait until after the baby is born.”

Hu Pingtao frowned: "Gong Xinxia and Liao Cunxue have been married for so long, and she has never been pregnant!"

Father Gong said: "The main reason is that after they got married, Xinxia and Xiao Liao kept arguing...the quarrel was closed behind closed doors, and outsiders didn't know about it."

"Why are you arguing?" Hu Pingtao asked.

"For the house." Gong's father explained: "There is a family in Yanhe New Village who wants to sell the house, and the two houses only cost 90 yuan. Liao Cunxue wanted to buy it, but he didn't have that much money, so he talked to Xinxia and wanted to borrow it. She bought a house with her savings. Xinxia disagreed, and the two of them quarreled."

Hu Pingtao found it difficult to understand this: "Didn't Liao Cunxue own a house, why would he want to buy it?"

"He wants to buy it for investment." Gong's father explained: "The two houses are very large, with a combined area of ​​nearly [-] square meters. He thinks..."

"Wait!" Hu Pingtao quickly interrupted: "A house of 90 square meters only sells for [-]?"

Gong's father lowered his voice: "Strictly speaking, the price of relocated houses is not low. There are two types of houses here in Yanhe New Village. If they were commercial houses sold by developers, the average price would have already exceeded [-]. But if it is The price of relocation houses compensated to villagers is less than half of that of commercial houses.”

Only then did Hu Pingtao understand, and nodded: "Go ahead."

Father Gong said: "The money in Xinxia's hand is reserved for opening a store. She would never lend it to Xiao Liao to buy a house. After all, the current property market is not as good as it was in previous years. In the past, as long as it was a house, it could appreciate in value. But now, no one even asks about the house when it is put up, let alone a remote location like Yanhe New Village. Once it is bought, it may be thrown into the hands, and it will be sold in a monkey year."

"Liao Cunxue wanted to buy the house and rent it out, and he could earn several thousand yuan a month. But Xinxia thought that opening a dim sum shop was more promising, and neither of them would give in, so they quarreled about it every day."

(End of this chapter)