I am a super cop

Chapter 1500 Obfuscation 【Seeking Monthly Ticket】

Feeling that the middle-aged woman's speech was a bit ambiguous and capricious, Lu Weiwei kindly reminded: "You can tell us after you think it through."

"Yes." The woman pondered for a second, and then said: "Anyway, I have heard Village Chief Zhao arguing with people a few times at night."

"A few times the dogs in the village were startled, and the dogs barked a few times, but I don't know exactly who he was arguing with."

"What about the time? When did it happen?" Gu Chen seemed to have discovered the problem, so he hurriedly asked the woman.

The middle-aged woman scratched the back of her head: "It should be in the last few days. To be precise, it should be this week. Anyway, as far as I remember, there have been about three times, all at night."

"However, I think it should be the old village head Zhao who quarreled with his son on the phone, but this time the quarrel was a bit fierce."

"If there is a contradiction, it is this time, and the rest is not clear."

"During this week? How many days of quarreling in a row?" Gu Chen recorded this suspicious point, and then asked: "So do you have the phone number of Zhao Shuisheng's son?"

"Yes." The middle-aged woman took out her mobile phone, and after searching for a while, she said, "His eldest son is Zhao Qiang, and his youngest son is Zhao Wei. Currently, one is in Pengcheng and the other is in Shanghai. The two of them will only come back during the Chinese New Year." Family."

"Do they know about the old man's death?" Lu Weiwei said.

The middle-aged woman nodded silently: "I should know. I heard from the villagers just now that I have contacted them, and I may be rushing home now."

"Contact me again and ask the two of them if they had any fights with the old man this week." Gu Chen said.

The middle-aged woman stared blankly: "Comrade policeman, this...how should I say this?"

"Just say that. We mainly want to make sure who is arguing 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 who quarreled with the old man.

Especially now, the old man's mobile phone and belongings were not found on the body, and it was even more difficult to investigate.

The middle-aged woman was embarrassed in every possible way, but in order to cooperate with the police investigation, she still made a phone call reluctantly.

Not long after, the woman got in touch with Zhao Qiang on the other end of the phone, and after explaining something, she confirmed Zhao Qiang's current location before hanging up the phone.

Lu Weiwei hurriedly asked, "What did he say?"

"Still on the high-speed train from Pengcheng to Jiangnan City, it may take a few more hours," the woman said.

"Then has he contacted the old man these few days?" Yuan Shasha asked again.

The woman continued to shake her head: "No, Zhao Qiang said on the phone that he hasn't contacted the old man this month."

"There's still Zhao Wei, keep fighting." Feeling a little lost, but Police Officer Wang continued to urge.

The middle-aged woman was a little helpless, so she could only pick up her mobile phone to make a call again.

Soon, the phone on the other end was also connected, 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 hasn't contacted the old man this week, and he is also rushing to Jiangnan in Shanghai. on the city’s high-speed rail.”

"That's weird." Gu Chen crossed his arms and walked back and forth twice, feeling that something must be wrong.

The old man drowned suddenly, but the time of death was strange.

In addition to the location where the corpse was salvaged, Gu Chen was also surprised to find that the branch used to hang the old man's corpse had obvious signs of being tampered with.

Coupled with what he learned from the middle-aged woman, the old man seemed to have been arguing with someone for three nights in the past week.

And now that the possibility of the two sons of the deceased having been contacted by phone has been ruled out, there is only one situation left, that is, Zhao Shuisheng once had a dispute with someone, and it is very likely that someone killed him at home.

And the old man Gu Chen saw at that time may have already 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 in the lower reaches of the river?

This gave Gu Chen the feeling that it was like a magic trick.

Even though he had a master-level observation ability, he didn't find any trace of the old man falling into the water.

And if we can judge from the situation that the old man Zhao Shuisheng was hung on the shore, he was obviously transported to the shore and then fixed with a hook on the tree trunk.

But in the big water, this kind of behavior is quite dangerous, even Gu Chen himself is not quite sure that he can do it.

All kinds of doubts made Gu Chen suddenly have the idea of ​​returning to the old man's house to check the situation again.

"I have to go back again." Gu Chen frowned, and said involuntarily, "I have to figure out how Zhao Shuisheng disappeared from our sight, and how he suddenly appeared on the downstream bank side, and hung there fast."

"If you don't clarify these questions, you may not be able to solve all the doubts."

After the words fell, Gu Chen left behind the contact information of the middle-aged woman, and then led Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha to the village on the other side of the river.

This time, the river began to drop slowly, and many submerged roads can now be seen clearly.

This time, Gu Chen did not take a kayak, but took a tool and detoured past the bridge that was flooded before.

At this moment, many local villagers have begun to return home one after another, and began to clean up all kinds of silt in their homes.

When Gu Chen came to the old house, he suddenly noticed a detail, so he quickly explained to everyone: "Before, I climbed to the roof of the old house 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 means that the old man was indeed sitting on the roof at that time, and the doors and windows of the house can only be locked from the inside."

"Well, do you want to go up and take a look?" Officer Wang pondered for two seconds, and said involuntarily:

"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 to the old house by rope.

But Gu Chen discovered that there was a wooden ladder standing at the door of a family.

Gu Chen didn't say anything, just trotted over, and asked a few residents around him, "Does this ladder belong to your house?"

"No, it belongs to their family." A middle-aged woman pointed to the building next to her.

Gu Chen turned his head to take a look, only to realize that this family was the man he had rescued before, and because he needed to move his belongings, he was trapped in the water.

In the end, it was Gu Chen and others who rescued him and transferred him to the central primary school in Xize Town.

At this moment, the living room door has been opened.

Gu Chen walked over directly, pushed open the door, and asked, "Is anyone home?"

After the voice fell, there was a response from a room, and soon, the middle-aged man poked out half of his head.

Seeing that it was Gu Chen, he immediately 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 man's body full of dirt, and said truthfully, "Is that ladder outside your house?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" The middle-aged man looked at Gu Chen with a puzzled expression.

Lu Weiwei answered, "Lend it to us."

"You want to borrow a ladder?" Looking at everyone's serious looks, the middle-aged man also asked curiously: "Are you here 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, looked at the old house and asked curiously: "What do you want to do in the house? Isn't the old man's body still on the side of the Central Primary School in Xizai Town? His two My son hasn't come home yet, I heard he's still on the high-speed rail."

"I know." Feeling that the middle-aged man didn't understand what he meant, Gu Chen continued to explain: "I want to go in and have a look again. The death of the old man is a bit strange. As the people's police, we should investigate the death of the old man clearly."

"Didn't Shuisheng drown?" At the same time as Gu Chen was speaking, an elderly lady walked over slowly and said, "I heard that Shuisheng's body was found on the downstream bank."

"That's right, I found it." Yuan Shasha took the initiative to step forward and explained to everyone, "However, how Zhao Shuisheng disappeared is still unclear to us."

"After all, yesterday when our rescue team from the Furong Sub-bureau rushed here to rescue, we found Zhao Shuisheng clearly sitting on the roof."

"But when we got closer, he disappeared out of thin air without even falling into the water. This is very suspicious, so we decided to go in and have a look..."

Yuan Shasha's remarks instantly attracted the attention of other villagers around her.

Everyone put down their work and gradually gathered around.

After some explanations, the villagers didn't pay much attention.

After all, in a violent storm, Zhao Shuisheng was a young man, 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 opinion.

The old lady also sighed: "This Zhao Shuisheng, logically speaking, should have good water skills. I saw him swim in the river last month."

"But in just a short while, I was drowned by the flood, and I wouldn't believe it."

Looking up at Gu Chen, the old lady couldn't help but say: "Comrade police, if you want to go in and have a look, then go in. You can use this ladder."

"Thank you." Gu Chen silently nodded to the old lady, then glanced at the middle-aged man beside him, and said, "Then lend me this ladder?"

"Yes." The middle-aged man also had a serious face.

Neighbor Zhao Shuisheng passed away, and everyone was in a bad mood.

Seeing the police coming to investigate the situation at this moment, logically speaking, there is nothing wrong with it, but it was because of Yuan Shasha's remarks that instantly aroused everyone's suspicion.

After all, it is strange that people with good water skills are drowned in the water, and they are not trying to save people.

Therefore, many villagers put down their work and gathered around Gu Chen and the others, muttering in low voices.

And Gu Chen didn't stay idle here, after setting up the ladder, he climbed to the roof again.

This time, Gu Chen was not disturbed by the strong wind and rain, nor was he in a hurry to rescue, so he observed the surrounding situation more cautiously than before.

"I remember that the old man was sitting in this position at that time." Gu Chen first climbed onto the roof and pointed to a position.

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 to check on the situation." Gu Chen moved his steps cautiously, and slowly approached the position where the old man was sitting cross-legged.

But when Gu Chen came to this place again, he suddenly found that there seemed to be signs of damage to the tiles around the position where the old man sat cross-legged.

Gu Chen frowned, and began to take out his mobile phone to take pictures of these damaged parts.

Lu Weiwei who came after him also stood behind Gu Chen, supported 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."

"So if the old man accidentally fell into the water, where do you think he should have fallen from?" Gu Chen asked again.

Without thinking about it, Lu Weiwei blurted out: "It must be from the back of the old house, because if it falls from the front and 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 a few steps lightly, and pointed at the corrugated area in the back row: "Now look at the situation again, is there anything different?"

"What's different?" Lu Weiwei took a closer look, scanning all directions.

Before Lu Weiwei could speak, Officer Wang, who climbed up to the roof from behind, said directly: "What else could be unusual? If a person rolls down from the back row, then these old corrugated panels will be damaged anyway, but I But didn't see it."

"Yes, Senior Brother Wang is right." After getting a definite result, Gu Chen also cut to the chase: "This is where my doubts lie."

"If a normal person rolls down, the corrugation cannot be kept so intact."

"Although these are some refurbished colorful corrugations, if I want to fall from here, I will definitely grab the corners of the corrugations."

"In this way, when the old house falls, the corrugation of the entire area will be affected, but I can't see any scratches here."

"Huh? Really." Hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei also seemed to feel that there was some truth.

But pointing to some of the damaged places, Lu Weiwei also asked curiously: "But what are these damaged marks? It seems that some fixed rivets were put on them to fix objects."

"But what is the roof of this old house structure used for?"

"I don't know." Gu Chen shook his head, feeling a few damaged marks, and suddenly his eyes lit up:
"No, these seemingly fixed positions with rivets seem to have been put on recently, and the signs of damage are all the latest."

"Let me take a look." Police officer Wang moved his steps carefully, and he saw the clue at a glance, and quickly explained:
"I know this thing. In engineering, it is usually used to install things like rivets and locks, which are directly driven into the wall."

"From my point of view, the positions of these damaged marks are indeed used for fixing."

"There are two places in the back row." Gu Chen saw the situation at a glance, then turned his gaze to the front row on the roof, and said: "There is also one in the front row, this is a triangular position, used to fix the central position, just The position where the old man sat cross-legged yesterday."

"What?" Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Police Officer Wang suddenly frowned.

You know, the reason why everyone investigates the situation of the old man is because they found the position where the old man's body was hung, and the possibility of man-made actions.

Therefore, everyone shifted their doubts to the location of the old house.

But looking at it now, there are three fixed marks on the roof for no reason.

As for the three fixed positions, if they extend toward the center, then the place where the old man sits cross-legged is the intersection of the three points.

"Could it be... Could it be that Zhao Shuisheng was locked in the center of the roof?" Gu Chen stared wide-eyed, looking at all the areas of the roof, it seemed more and more that the disappearance of the old man seemed to be done on purpose.

"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 noise, and he can even shout loudly."

"But we entered here yesterday and saw it all. 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 found that the middle-aged man's small western-style building happened to be behind the old house.

However, the balcony of the middle-aged man's house can be exactly parallel to the roof of the old house.

"Could it be that Zhao Shuisheng was transferred in parallel?" Gu Chen looked at the opposite balcony, there was no trace of damage, and he couldn't help but feel hesitant.

First of all, Gu Chen can be 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 central position fixed by the triangle, happened to be the center of the old man sitting cross-legged.

In addition, the old man Zhao Shuisheng was suspected to be fixed on the bank of the river, all this made Gu Chen feel that the old man he saw yesterday was not Zhao Shuisheng at all.

A terrifying thought came to mind, Gu Chen's face froze, and he couldn't help but say, "Could it be that all of this is just a trick?"

"Blinding... blinding eyes? Brother Gu, what are you talking about?" Lu Weiwei didn't understand Gu Chen's meaning, and hesitated for a while.

But Gu Chen said with a serious face: "Senior Sister Lu, Senior Brother Wang, we may have been deceived. The old man we saw when we rescued yesterday may not be Zhao Shuisheng at all."

"What are you talking about? Gu Chen, I'm almost confused by you." Police officer Wang didn't understand what Gu Chen meant, and felt that Gu Chen's explanation seemed a little foggy.

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