sbdcsierra Chapter 54: Another person died.
Chapter 54: Another person died.
After chatting outside for a while, they went inside and began interrogating Gao Changlin that very night.
As soon as he entered, Gao Changlin began to sob and plead, "Officer, it really has nothing to do with me! I do hate my older brother, I hate how he always acts like he's the boss and lectures me, but I really didn't kill him! You have to interrogate me carefully! You can't let me kill someone and then claim credit for it!"
I am innocent.
"Whether it's a false accusation or not isn't up to you to decide!" Xu Bin chuckled, sitting down opposite Gao Changlin. "Tell me, didn't you say you were going to kill your older brother and sister-in-law?"
"I was just saying that in anger."
Where were you this morning?
"Morning? That depends on what time you mean." Gao Changlin wiped away his tears and said, "I played mahjong all night until nine o'clock this morning. After everyone left, I went home and fell asleep immediately, and didn't wake up until after five o'clock in the afternoon."
"Can anyone vouch for you?"
"I'm divorced, and my child is studying in another city. There was no one to vouch for me when I was sleeping at home. But the other three people I played mahjong with can vouch for me. By the way, when did my older brother and his brother die?" Gao Changlin asked tentatively.
"How do you remember so clearly that you played mahjong until nine o'clock in the morning?" Xu Bin asked again.
"There was someone inside who was hungry in the morning. He glanced at his watch and said it was already eight o'clock. No wonder he was hungry. He asked the boss to buy some bread and stuff. Then everyone played for a while and then we parted ways. When we parted, I glanced at my watch and it was just past nine o'clock."
"Are you sure those three people can vouch for you?"
"Sure!" Gao Changlin nodded repeatedly as if he had grasped a lifeline, and then added, "By the way, these guys often play mahjong all night when they're not working, just like me. Go find them now, at Xingxing Mahjong Parlor on the street near my house. If you don't believe me, go ask them."
"Xingxing Mahjong Parlor?"
"Yes, the 'prosperous business' kind of 'prosperous business'."
"You continue the interrogation, I'll go ask some questions!" Wu Song opened the door of the interrogation room and walked out.
"Hey you, Shu Tong, you go with Wu Song!"
"Hey!" Liu Shutong, who was also standing in the corner, quickly caught up and said with a smile, "Brother Song, it's a good thing you were promoted to a full-fledged employee a long time ago, otherwise the two of us would be breaking the rules when we went to handle a case."
"Hehe, it's not actually that strict." To be honest, rules are rules, but sometimes solving cases isn't so rigid.
"By the way, Brother Song, do you think Gao Changlin is the murderer?" Liu Shutong asked.
What do you think?
"I don't think so. If what he said is true, considering that it would take twenty minutes to drive between his home and the Shulin family, he wouldn't have had any time to commit the crime."
Moreover, the three people playing mahjong are important witnesses. We'll find out everything if we ask them. What's the point of him telling a lie that's easy to expose? Unless he can bribe those three people and the boss.
Gao Changlin's family doesn't have much money. I don't think he has that much money to get so many people to lie for him in a murder case!
After saying that, Liu Shutong subconsciously regarded Wu Song as a veteran criminal investigator and asked timidly, "Brother Song? Am I right?"
"Yes!" Wu Song nodded. "That's why we were sent to investigate. Actually, after Gao Changlin gave his alibi, my master and Captain Xu had already preliminarily ruled out Gao Changlin as a suspect."
As for the two scenarios of hiring a killer and exchanging killers, they could also provide Gao Changlin with a sufficient alibi.
Gao Changlin had no money to hire someone to commit murder.
Since there hasn't been another case of a murder exchange, it's impossible to determine the outcome.
Considering that Gao Changlin did not have any black mist on him, Wu Song was inclined to believe that Gao Changlin was not the murderer in this case.
……
Xingxing Mahjong Parlor is easy to find.
Gao Changlin's village has only one main street. If you follow the street, you'll find the house near Gao Changlin's house.
When I went inside, the room was filled with smoke, and four people were sitting around a mahjong table, smoking and playing cards.
One of them looked up with a smile when he saw Wu Song and Liu Shutong enter. "You two look unfamiliar. There are no seats available today."
"From the Criminal Investigation Team!" Wu Song pulled out his identification.
In an instant, the four people playing mahjong froze.
A person slowly collected the money that was placed in front of him.
The man who had first greeted Wu Song now wore a fawning smile, stood up, and shoved a pack of cigarettes into his hand. "I'm the boss here. We're just small fry, mainly here for fun."
"Hey!" Wu Song shoved the boss's hand away. "Don't play these games. I'll ask you a question, you answer it. Do you know Gao Changlin?"
"Yes, I know him! He's a regular here."
"We know each other, we even played cards together all night yesterday. Hey, why isn't Lao Gao here yet? We were supposed to play cards together at 11 o'clock."
"Yes, it was supposed to be the four of them playing, but he didn't show up when the time came, so I, the boss, had no choice but to join in." As he spoke, the boss shoved a cigarette into his hand again, "Just a token gesture."
"Take it back!" Wu Song shook his head, looked into the boss's eyes, and asked, "You said you fought Gao Changlin all night yesterday?"
"yes!"
"What time did it end in the morning?"
"Around eight o'clock, I think?"
"Nine o'clock, I guess."
"Yes, yes, nine o'clock."
"Did Gao Changlin go out around 8 o'clock?"
"No!" the boss said confidently. "There were only five of us this morning. I don't remember taking over for them; I just went to buy them some food."
Wu Song's gaze fell on the others.
"I've never been out."
"I don't recall him ever going out."
"We definitely don't remember this morning's events wrong; we certainly didn't go out."
"Sure?"
"I'm absolutely certain."
"Okay, sign here!" While Wu Song was questioning him, Liu Shutong kept taking notes. After all four of them testified for Gao Changlin, he took out the interrogation record and guided the four of them to sign.
"Comrade, what did he do wrong?" the mahjong parlor owner asked after signing the papers.
"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask!"
"Oh, yes, yes, yes!"
Turning back and walking out of the mahjong parlor, Wu Song took a deep breath of the fresh air outside. "It really wasn't him. Well, I still have to attend the funeral rites for the deceased's relatives and friends tomorrow."
"If the murderer is within his social circle, that would be great. With your sharp eyes, Brother Song, you'd easily find him. The problem is that he might be a fugitive. What if he committed the crime today and then fled to another place? That would be a real problem!"
"We have to look for it, even if it's hard!"
……
The next day.
Wu Song arrived at the branch office at 7:30 and sat at his workstation waiting for his master, Cao Dahua, to arrive.
After waiting and waiting, Cao Dahua finally arrived at eight o'clock.
Standing at the door, Wu Song made eye contact with him, and then Wu Song stood up.
As I walked towards the door.
"Ring ring ring!"
The office phone rang.
Old Ma answered the phone, "Criminal Investigation Team Three."
"What did you say?"
Ma Dazhi's expression changed drastically. He stood up abruptly and waved to Wu Song and Cao Dahua, signaling them not to leave yet.
After listening to the phone call, Ma Dazhi said in horror, "He's gone mad. This murderer has gone mad. There's been a shooting in the Xinjin residential area not far from the Shulin family. An elderly couple was shot and killed."