Serious Case Tracking

Chapter 17 Hatred
"You had the time to destroy the evidence, but you didn't. Why?" Meng Shaohui continued to ask.

"Because it's unnecessary." After a moment of silence, Zhao Tietou said: "If I throw away those things, my behavior will be the same as that of Wei Qiuyuan back then. I don't want to cause unnecessary trouble to his future life because of my behavior."

At this point, Meng Shaohui finally breathed a sigh of relief. Hu Zhendong, who had been pretending to be "Zhao Tietou" before, finally admitted his identity.

"Your police officers are really good at handling cases. You even found out about our exchange of identities." Hu Zhendong, who had recovered his identity, said in admiration.

"I believe that even if we can't find out about your exchange of identities, you will come to the police station and surrender."

"You are really special and a very confident person."

"Hehe, my self-confidence is based on years of experience in handling cases, and to be honest, I am betting with my years of experience. If I lose, maybe I will bid farewell to this police uniform, but my Experience tells me that the chance of me losing is very small." Meng Shaohui laughed.

"Yeah! You won beautifully." Hu Zhendong nodded, "From the moment you found Zhao Tietou to replace me, I knew I would definitely lose."

"Can you tell me your story now?"

"Huh..." Hu Zhendong took a deep breath, believing that this breath has been suppressed in his heart for too long, "I believe that I will not really forget and let go of what happened when I was 15 years old until the day I died. I remember that the weather was a bit gloomy that day, but now that I think about it, the weather was very suitable for the occasion. My father must have felt the same as the weather at the time, but I was still young and didn’t think about it so much. I thought my father was taking me to the city. Playing, I was very happy at the time. When I arrived in the city, my father handed over the stones he brought from the village to a scientific research institute in the city, and then took me to play happily in the city for a few days. The happiest time, because that was the last time I played with my father, and it was also the last time I saw him. Later, my father went to the scientific research institute to get the test results of the stones. After reading the reports, his face changed. It was very ugly. Because I was not familiar with the place in the city, he took me to an orphanage. When he left, he told me not to go back to the village for the time being, but to stay in the orphanage for a while and wait for him. This is the last sentence he said to me. I asked him the reason at the time, but he refused to say anything. He just told me not to ask, because the matter related to the whole village. Until the orphanage closed and I was sent to the army, I never saw my father again, and I never heard any news about my father. I asked the director of the orphanage if my father didn’t want me anymore, the director Let’s talk about my father’s difficulty, because at that time, in the environment where the living conditions were relatively poor, many children were abandoned because of the family’s poor life, so the dean did not have any doubts about what happened to me. Finally, Because I could not get in touch with my family, the dean sent me and the rest of the children to the army. The conditions in the army were indeed much better than in the orphanage. For those of us who were not old enough to serve in the army, the army appointed instructors to teach We read and read, and although our lives have become much richer, we still miss our parents for a moment. Until two years later when I formally entered the army, I accidentally met Zhao Tietou from the same village. Maybe it was God’s will! I was with him In the same class, his parents died of cancer, and he had nowhere to go. He wandered into the city. The squad leader of the army saw him on the street and brought him into the army. I learned from him The news that my parents were burned to death, when I heard the news, I really felt like the sky was falling, but I didn't cry, not a single tear fell, not because I was heartless, but because I knew that no matter how much I cried No matter how many tears I shed, the death of my parents has become a fact, I can't change it, all I can do is wait, after I leave the army, I must seek justice for my parents."

"You knew at that time that your parents didn't die in an accident?" Meng Shaohui asked suspiciously.

"Of course, my mother is a very careful person. She will carefully check the kerosene lamp that is extinguished every night before going to bed. Even if she blows out the candle, she will not be relieved until the smoke from the candle has completely dispersed. Go to bed, she has always taught me when I was young, these fire sources in the house, although they are small, they cause great harm, so you must check carefully before going to bed every night, people have only one life, carefully Although the inspection will waste a little time, it will allow you to sleep peacefully. Just imagine, how could a person as careful as my mother accidentally catch fire because of the kerosene lamp?"

"Then did you suspect that this matter had something to do with Wei Qiuyuan?"

"No, I only know that my father took me to the city for something, and it was related to the stones in the village, so I started to use my spare time after training to search various books, as long as I didn't miss any information related to stones Finally, I read in the book that some luminous stones are radioactive. If they are just scattered stones, their radioactivity is relatively weak, and the harm to the human body is not great. However, if you are exposed to piles of radioactive stones for a long time If you buy luminous stones, it will cause some serious harm to the human body, among which cancer is the most common. From this, I thought that my father probably suspected that the villagers got cancer and mining luminous stones, so he took me into the village. In fact, his purpose was to test whether those luminous stones were really radioactive that would endanger the lives of the villagers, and he sent me to the orphanage because he was worried that I would come into contact with radioactive luminous stones when I returned to the village.”

"It was Wei Qiuyuan's idea to mine these stones to make mahjong. Your father knew the dangers of luminous stones, so he went back to the village to find Wei Qiuyuan for a showdown, hoping that he would stop mining these stones to make mahjong, but Wei Qiuyuan would definitely not agree, because this is His source of income, stopping mining is equivalent to cutting off his source of income, but if he insists on going his own way, your father will expose him in front of the villagers. Wei Qiuyuan was worried that the matter would be exposed and his source of income would be cut off, so he set fire to kill him. Killed your parents to cover up the truth of the incident." Meng Shaohui said.

"Yes, that's what I could think of at the time, but there is no evidence, and it has been a few years, no one will believe my one-sided story, so I have to go back to the village to find evidence, fortunately, it happened In 85, when the military was disarmed, I chose to leave the army, and Zhao Tietou also retired with me. He said he wanted to stay in the city to study law, so I told him to use his status to go back to the village and wanted to Investigating the murder of his parents, it happened that ID cards had not been popularized at that time, and when he left the village, he was about the same age as me, and he was just a child. After many years, his appearance will change somewhat when he grows up. So the villagers don't care so much at all, not to mention that I am not returning home, and the villagers don't pay much attention to it. In this way, I have been living in the village as Zhao Tietou until I applied for an ID card in 86. In order not to be I exposed my identity, so I used Zhao Tietou's identity, and he used mine to apply for an ID card, and everything was so logical, making me feel as if God had arranged everything deliberately." Hu Zhendong said with emotion road.

"Then why haven't you done it until now? Is it because of the will?"

"This is also one of the reasons! In fact, it is very easy to kill him, but that is just my own revenge. I killed him for hatred, and he killed my parents for his own benefit. In essence, there is nothing at all The difference. So I don’t intend to kill him easily. I not only want to avenge my parents, but also find a way to make his death bring benefits to the village, although these benefits cannot return the lives of the villagers who died mining stones for him. , but it can be regarded as a kind of compensation for their families! But don’t think that my behavior is so great, I just don’t want to take advantage of Wei Qiuyuan like this, you know, he can get what he is today, all thanks to the villagers He bought it with his own blood and sweat."

"Actually, doesn't the mahjong factory already own 50% of the shares in the village? Whether Wei Qiuyuan is dead or alive, or whether he has made a clear will, it is profitable for the villagers."

"50% of the shares are actually just superficial. The mahjong factory can go today because of the hard work of the villagers. Some villagers even lost their lives for this. Although the mahjong factory is owned by Founded by Wei Qiuyuan, but he is only responsible for contacting customers, and the villagers who really pay the most are the villagers. Police officer, think about it, if he dies, the other 50% of the shares will be completely left to his family. For him For their family members, it is a long-term meal ticket, they can lie in bed and let the villagers make money for them without doing anything, is this fair?" Hu Zhendong said indignantly.

"So you have to find a way to make the mahjong factory completely owned by the village, and then kill Wei Qiuyuan."

"Yes, but this is not easy to do. After all, Wei Qiuyuan founded the mahjong factory alone. It is impossible for him to give half of the shares to the village. I once thought that the worst plan would be to kill his whole family. Kill them all, but doing that is no different from him killing my family members to keep a secret, so I have to find a way to get close to him and gain his trust. To reduce the number of deaths. My waiting was not in vain. Once, he had a bad cold and couldn’t drive to deliver the goods, but the other party was in a hurry to ask for the goods, and his four children were not around. No one could drive a truck, so I took the opportunity to volunteer, because I had learned to drive in the army, and I also had a driver's license. It can be said that it was a good start. After that, I took advantage of the fact that his four children did not live up to expectations, I often chat with him, and use the car repair knowledge I learned in the army to help him repair cars, deliver goods, and so on. He also trusts me more and more. In addition, I was a soldier in the army. So I was asked to work as the director of security in the village. So far, I finally felt that I was getting closer and closer to the day of revenge, and at this time I found that he had been looking for the secret of "birds returning to their nests". While drinking and chatting, he vomited bitterness to me, saying that none of the four children will live up to expectations, and sooner or later the family property will be lost to them, so he will never hand over the inheritance to the four children easily. They must be given a test, and only those who pass the test can inherit his legacy."

"This test is the search for 'birds returning home' as mentioned in the will, isn't it?"

"Yes, I later recommended Zhao Tietou's law firm to him. Of course, he didn't know Zhao Tietou's identity, let alone the fact that Zhao Tietou and I had switched identities. I had notified him in advance. I asked Zhao Tietou to arrange for another lawyer to receive Wei Qiuyuan. You know, he was playing my role at that time. Once the name 'Hu Zhendong' was known to him, it would definitely cause trouble. After that, I began to prepare my There's a revenge plan."

"Then you learned about the content of the will through Zhao Tietou, so you decided to do it as soon as possible, lest Wei Qiuyuan reveal the secret of 'Bird's Return' and make the inheritance fall into the hands of his four children, right?"

"Yes."

"So the secret of 'Bird Homing' really exists? But what is the secret? Has Wei Qiuyuan really unlocked the secret?"

"Judging from Wei Qiuyuan's attitude, I believe the secret of 'Bird Homing' should exist. If 'Bird Homing' doesn't exist or if he hasn't solved the secret, he will definitely not use this to test his four children , unless he was really disappointed with his four children and never thought of letting them inherit the estate, but if that was the case, he didn't need to make such a troublesome will at all, so since he could write that I believe he has unlocked the secret of the content of the will. On the surface, he is very disappointed with the four children, but on the other hand, they are his own children after all. Blood is thicker than water. In fact, he still hopes that they can inherit the inheritance Yes. I remember I asked him if he had been searching for the "Bird Homing" for so many years, because I have heard about the secret of "Bird Homing" since I was a child, but I have never heard that anyone has solved it. And he told me that in fact, he has already looked down on the secret of finding the "Bird Homing" now, not because he couldn't find the secret, but because he has been believing that the song is related to the secret of "Bird Homing" all these years. I studied the Buddhist scriptures and learned a lot of truths from them. I did an irreparable mistake for my own self-interest back then. Looking back now, I really shouldn’t! Wealth is like floating clouds, and people die , Everything he had before his death was dust to ashes, dust to dust, no amount of money would be brought with him when he was born, and he would not take it with him when he died. Now his four children are all good at gambling. Retribution for the mistakes he made! So he hopes that his children can also search for the "Bird Homing" with all their heart, and realize some principles of life from the Buddhist scriptures, so that they will no longer be addicted to gambling and live a normal life. I would rather donate all my inheritance to more needy people.”

"You said just now that the will was one of the reasons why you killed Wei Qiuyuan. I believe the other reason was Wei Qiuyuan's sentence 'I did an irreparable mistake for my own self-interest back then'! Because of this sentence , you are even more sure that he is the real culprit who killed your parents, right?"

"Yes, in fact, there is another reason that my heart has been shaken, because from my return to the village until I gained Wei Qiuyuan's trust, and finally killed him, he didn't seem to me to be heinous, because that At that time, he was already looking for "birds returning to their nests" and spent a lot of time every day studying Buddhist scriptures in the bird temple. During this period, he often chatted with villagers about Buddhist scriptures and advised them to do more good Jade, and as long as any villager is in trouble, he is absolutely obliged to help. I think he may be atoning for the mistakes he made back then! Because of this, my heart was really shaken, but every night, I Lying alone on the bed, the scene of my parents being burned alive appeared in front of my eyes, and the hatred in my heart completely suppressed my compassion."

"Zhao Tietou doesn't know about these things, does he?"

"Yes, although he once asked me, but I never mentioned half a word to him, and told him not to ask, no matter what happens. He can have today, entirely because of his own hard work Work hard, I can't be selfish enough to drag him into this muddy water because of my hatred, so he has never known the truth of the matter, he only knows to do what I tell him to do."

"Then his alibi on the night you killed Wei Qiuyuan is believed to have been arranged by you in advance, right?"

"Yes, because I know that homicide is a big case. It's not like in the past. No one outside knows about the death of a person in a small village. I was just worried that your police would find me sooner or later, so I informed him in advance and let him know." On the night of the crime, he had to find an excuse no matter what, find some friends to be with him, and at the same time find some irrelevant people to prove his absence for him, so as not to implicate him when the time comes, after all, he is a lawyer , if he becomes a suspect, or is suspected of murder, it will undoubtedly have a negative impact on his career."

"You are very righteous."

"It's not a matter of loyalty. Of course, the crimes I committed must be borne by myself. There is no need to implicate others."

"Then why didn't he resist when you killed Wei Qiuyuan?"

"Perhaps he has really understood life and death from Buddhist scriptures! That night I went to Wei Qiuyuan's house and showed him the cards. He didn't feel any surprise at that time. On the contrary, he was very calm. He said that he knew this. One day it will come sooner or later, but he hopes that I will not embarrass his children. He did it alone and has nothing to do with his family. Of course, from the beginning, my goal is only Wei Qiuyuan. At that time, I really hesitated, seeing him still thinking about the safety of his family at the moment of life and death, I was somewhat moved, but when I thought of his ugly face of killing my parents for profit, his current happiness is based on my Above the pain, his hands were stained with the blood of my parents, and my hatred took over my mind."

"Then why didn't you turn yourself in to the police afterwards?"

"I just wanted to see if Wei Qiuyuan's four children knew the secret of 'Bird Homing', because if they knew, I would have to kill them to protect the interests of the villagers, so I didn't turn myself in right away, but I didn’t expect Wei Dongsheng and Wei Yannan to be killed one after another, I knew it must be something difficult, and since there are basically no outsiders entering the village, the people who killed them must be the people in the village, so I want to see who killed them.”

"Does it matter to you? Do you know the murderer?"

"Although I don't know who the murderer is, I have a feeling that the murderer seems to have similar reasons to me."

"Maybe! It's just that the case hasn't been solved yet, so I can't give you the answer for now, but I believe you will know the answer soon." Meng Shaohui said confidently.

"Well, you must remember to tell me when the time comes, I am very interested in his story."

(End of this chapter)