Tiger Police

Chapter 479 The Broken Safety Rope
"Because there were many things and they were very complicated, I helped Bao Qiang boil the asphalt on the roof, and Wang Yaowen could operate the take-off and landing by himself, so after the inspection, he took a bucket of waterproof materials and went down from the sixth floor to make repairs."

"Everything was fine at first, and I didn't think there was any problem. Bao Qiang and I also said that according to this speed, we can probably finish the work tomorrow afternoon. Then I heard Wang Yaowen calling, asking who is shaking the rope upstairs? I As soon as I heard it, I felt something was wrong, so I hurried to the edge of the roof to look down, and just halfway through, I heard tinkling and clanging below, and Wang Yaowen was also screaming. By the time I ran over, he had already fallen."

Hu Pingtao interrupted Gong Biaozhu and asked, "That is to say, you didn't see how Wang Yaowen fell?"

Gong Biaozhu shook his head: "I only know that the rope is broken."

As he spoke, he turned his head and pointed to the safety belt in the glove box next to him: "This is it."

Hu Pingtao asked again: "How do you think the rope broke?"

Without thinking, Gong Biaozhu opened his mouth and answered: "It must have been broken by someone! Either a knife or scissors. The trace of the fracture is too obvious, and it is very clear at a glance."

Hu Pingtao asked: "Could it be that the rope was tied to the roof, went up and down, and was broken by the edge of the cement platform outside the floor?"

Gong Biaozhu laughed as soon as he heard it: "Look at what you said, you can tell that you don't have much contact with our industry. It is a technical job to do aerial work and install the buckles on the roof. Let me explain in one or two sentences. I don't know...Let's put it this way, after the safety rope is fastened on the roof, we have to make a small pulley outside. First use expansion screws to drive in on the surface of the wall, and then clamp the rope inside the pulley, so that As soon as you come, there is a short distance between you and the wall."

"It's not long, about five kilometers! So it's impossible for the rope to wear back and forth on the edge of the outer wall."

"Besides, even if there is wear and tear on such a thick rope, at most the surface layer is broken. Wang Yaowen did the exterior wall inspection before, and it only took about 10 minutes before and after. There were no cracks in the walls of the sixth and fifth floors. It took less than an hour to start mending, how could the rope be broken?"

Gong Biaozhu talked too much while talking: "I think this matter must have been caused by the residents of Changyuan Community."

Hu Pingtao stared at him: "Why do you say that?"

Gong Biaozhu explained: "We do projects and renovations, and we have seen many similar situations. There must be noise when doing renovations, whether drilling holes with electric drills or smashing walls with sledgehammers. External wall repairs are also noisy. Think about it, Falling down from someone's window, if someone is at home and suddenly sees someone coming out of the glass, they will be startled... If you have a good temper, you should understand each other. If you want to change the bad temper, at least point at you and scold Most of the day."

After finishing all the questions that should be asked, Hu Pingtao asked Yu Haihe to call Bao Qiang while taking notes.

When Bao Qiang came, he let Gong Biaozhu leave.The reason for this is to prevent the two from colluding with each other.

Bao Qiang's narrative is similar to Gong Biaozhu's.

……

Back in the ward, Wang Yaowen's condition was better than before.

Yu Haihe pointed to Hu Pingtao and introduced: "Xiao Wang, this is Police Officer Hu from the police station. He is now in charge of this matter."

Wang Yaowen struggled to sit up, but couldn't make any effort, so he lay down on the bed, forced a smile, and said hello to Hu Pingtao.

Hu Pingtao comforted: "Don't get up, lie down! Do you feel better now?"

"...My whole body hurts, everywhere." Wang Yaowen replied weakly, "It's mainly because of dizziness... When I fell from upstairs, my head hit a tree in the green belt."

His wife answered from the side: "The doctor came just now and said he suspected he had a concussion."

Hu Pingtao frowned: "Does it mean that the internal organs were injured?"

The woman said weakly: "...still investigating, but the results haven't come out yet."

As she spoke, she sobbed softly.

"The family relies on my man to make money. What should I do about his illness!"

"Both children are in school, and it's time to spend money. The hospital paid a large sum of money as soon as they came in, and if it continues like this..."

"What kind of evil did this do!"

Seeing this, Hu Pingtao and Yu Haihe persuaded them respectively.

"If you think about it, the difficulties will always pass."

"You don't have to worry about the money. I'll pay for the hospital's expenses first. I'll talk about how to calculate it later."

The woman wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, nodded gratefully to them, and thanked them repeatedly.

Hu Pingtao saw that Wang Yaowen had regained some energy, and asked seriously: "Remember what happened at that time."

The first half of Wang Yaowen's narrative is the same as that of Gong Biaozhu and Bao Qiang.

"High-level work is very dangerous, but as long as you are fully prepared, there is nothing wrong with it. Lao Gong, Bao Qiang and I arrived at the place and carefully checked the safety rope. After making sure that there is no problem, I started to tie the belt first. Wall inspection."

"There are no cracks on the sixth and fifth floors. There is a small crack on the fourth floor. The crack on the third floor is branched up from the first floor. I have seen this kind of situation a lot. It is mainly caused by the subsidence of the foundation. It is very troublesome to repair. It needs to be filled first, and then the waterproof paint can be applied."

"It took me half an hour to repair the wall on the fourth floor, and then I continued to descend. When I got to the third floor, I took out the materials for filling, and suddenly felt wobbly. I didn't have time to look up at that time, because It was the first time I encountered such a situation. I thought it was Lao Gong and Bao Qiang who moved the rope on the top, or they were just joking with me... I was terrified, it was the third floor! Falling down is not a joke Just for fun. I yelled loudly and said don’t touch the rope, don’t touch my rope.”

Hu Pingtao asked suspiciously: "Since you think it's dangerous, why don't you look up?"

Wang Yaowen explained: "We usually wear helmets when we work, that is, hard hats. It was very hot when we woke up this morning, and the sun was shining brightly on our bodies. When I was repairing the wall, the sun happened to shine on this side. I was It was so hot that I was sweating all over my body. I could barely brush the wall with my head down, but as soon as I raised my head, the sweat would go into my eyes. I was wearing canvas gloves and I had a material bucket hanging on my waist. It was so hot that I couldn't rub it off with my hands, so I couldn't lift my head."

Hu Pingtao nodded slowly, and continued to ask: "Do you think it was Gong Biaozhu and Bao Qiang, one of them broke the rope?"

Wang Yaowen thought for a moment and replied: "At first I thought it was them, but after thinking about it later, I found it unlikely. I have no grudges against them, why would they do this? Besides, we are all fellow villagers, and Bao Qiang is still me. Distant relatives, even if Gong Biaozhu wanted to harm me, he would not dare to do so with Bao Qiang by his side!"

Hu Pingtao gave a "hmm" and said, "Go on."

Wang Yaowen continued to recall: "As soon as I yelled, I felt that the rope was broken. I fell directly from the third floor, next to the green belt of the community. I fell on the tree first, and then landed... At that time, I was completely dumbfounded. I don't know what happened, but I woke up and was already in the hospital."

The woman added from the side: "His mobile phone was also broken."

Hu Pingtao pondered for a few seconds and asked, "Are you sure there is no problem when installing the rope on the roof?"

Wang Yaowen nodded: "I checked it several times. This kind of thing is fatal. I dare not be sloppy when I say anything!"

Asked everything.

Hu Pingtao put away the notebook and comforted him: "Don't think too much about it, just take care of your wounds these few days and listen to the doctor's instructions for treatment. We will conduct an investigation after we return here. Don't worry! I will definitely give you an explanation. "

……

Back at the police station, Hu Pingtao summoned Tan Tao and Zhou Changhao to explain the case.

"This should not be an accident." Tan Tao made a conclusion just after hearing it: "It must be man-made. Who the hell is so disgusting! Cut someone's rope properly, what kind of hatred is this?"

Zhou Changhao also looked serious: "Basically, it can be characterized as intentionally hurting people, and the nature of this matter is very bad."

Hu Pingtao added: "It is no exaggeration to say that it can even be ruled as murder."

Tan Tao understood the meaning of his words: "Boss, let's check the Changyuan community first?"

Hu Pingtao said: "Let's not waste time. I came back just to tell you, let's split up. Tan Tao, you and Lao Zhou split up the work and see who follows me? Who stays in the institute?"

"I'll go with you." Tan Tao replied without thinking, "Leave the affairs of the institute to Lao Zhou."

Zhou Changhao smiled bitterly and said, "You boy... I knew you would say that. As long as a case comes, you are more interested than anyone else."

Tan Tao smiled and did not deny it: "We are the police, okay?"

Zhou Changhao glared at him: "Make sure you understand that you are a household registration police officer, not a criminal police officer."

Tan Tao had a hippie smile: "To be a person, you must have ideas and the motivation to improve at any time, otherwise what is the difference between you and a salted fish?"

Hu Pingtao stood up from the chair: "Stop talking nonsense, pack up quickly if you want to file a case. Time waits for no one."

……

Half an hour later, Changyuan Community.

Hu Pingtao drove the electric car directly to a building downstairs.

Yu Haihe, Gong Biaozhu and Bao Qiang were also called over.

Everyone went upstairs first.

Hu Pingtao first they determined the location where the safety rope was tied.Gong Biaozhu and Bao Qiang demonstrated it on the spot, and then re-fixed the safety rope and stuck the pulley on it as required.

While doing all this, Meng Hui was filming with a law enforcement camera.

Hu Pingtao slowly lowered the severed safety rope from the roof, allowing it to hang freely.

Tan Tao took people downstairs to observe the position where the safety rope arrived, and made on-the-spot calculations.

After more than ten minutes, Hu Pingtao came down from the roof.

Tan Tao went up to meet him, and lowered his voice: "I've looked carefully, and I can basically determine that the place where the broken rope hangs down should be between the fifth floor and the fourth floor."

Hu Pingtao said "Well", his judgment was consistent with Tan Tao's: "That is to say, the suspect is a resident living on the fifth or fourth floor."

Tan Tao said: "The scope is small, easy to search. This person is not difficult to find."

Hu Pingtao thought for a moment: "I don't think it's easy to draw conclusions for the time being. Let's do it! Let's start from the sixth floor, including the third floor, and don't let it go. Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth, check all the residents on all floors. The key point is Fourth and fifth floors."

……

Knock on the door.

Everyone said they hadn't done it.

On the fifth floor is an old lady in her 60s. She is in good condition. She looks young and well-dressed.

"I don't know! This matter has nothing to do with me. Before, the property management of the community came to each family to ask. I counted the time. I was practicing yoga in the living room with music on. Because I was afraid of disturbing others, I wore Earplugs, didn't hear anything. I only found out later that someone had fallen from upstairs."

Although she is getting old, she has maintained her figure very well.It is said that "money can't buy you old and thin", but the old lady is very slender, wearing short skirts and shirts, with bumps on the front and back.

Facing Hu Pingtao's question, she answered generously: "I used to learn dance, and after I retired, I worked as a dance teacher in a preschool education institution."

Hu Pingtao carefully inspected the balcony. This family has sliding windows, and you can touch the safety rope hanging from the roof when you reach out.

On the fourth floor is an old man, about the same age as the old lady upstairs.

"I don't know." His opening remarks were the same as those of the residents upstairs: "I was sleeping at home!"

"How could such a nice person fall down?"

"I didn't do this. It's outrageous. I can't do anything!"

"You have to check upstairs, and check carefully."

Hu Pingtao went into the house to check and found that the balcony of this family had traces of overhanging.The old man explained next to him: "In the early years, I installed an anti-theft cage, but later the people in the city dismantled it, saying that it was taking up public space. Damn, what logic is this! Who is the hindrance to me by installing an anti-theft cage? Those who ride horses crowd out the public space... so what about those who wear glasses?"

Hu Pingtao ignored him, opened the window and looked carefully.

Judging from the position of the break of the safety rope, there is a high probability that it was on the fourth floor, and it was the old man who slept there.

Although the residents on the fifth floor were also suspected, the break of the rope was more than one meter away from the window. It was hard to imagine that the old lady on the upper floor bent down to complete the difficult action of cutting the rope in an extremely difficult way and angle.

Turning around, Hu Pingtao had come to a conclusion.He looked directly at the old man and asked, "Did you break the rope?"

"No!" The old man categorically denied: "Don't frame me! I'm a good person, and I can't do such indecent things."

"Show me your ID card." Hu Pingtao said seriously.

The old man was squirming, with a reluctant expression on his face: "I've already said that this matter has nothing to do with me, why are you looking at your ID card!"

Hu Pingtao did not let go: "Please show your ID card. The police handle the case, please cooperate."

The old man went back to the house and rummaged for a long time, took out his ID card and handed it to Hu Pingtao.

Zhang Youtian, 68 years old this year.

Hu Pingtao looked at the ID card, handed it to Tan Tao next to him for the record, and then turned to Zhang Youtian.

"I'll ask you again, did you cut the rope?"

(End of this chapter)