At 9:03 p.m. on March 13, the police station in the XX District of City A received a call to the police.
The reporter was Ye Kangping. His father Ye Hongsheng died in his room, and his niece Ye Zhenzhen was found unconscious in the living room on the first floor.
When the police arrived at the scene, they found a small puddle of blood on the stairs, and Ye Zhen Zhen, who was unconscious, had already been sent to A Central Hospital. The room of the deceased Ye Hongsheng was on the second floor. He was stabbed twice in the chest with a sharp weapon and died.
Zuo Yi was not on duty that day, but he was summoned by a phone call. The police immediately sealed off the scene, apart from Ye Zhenzhen who was sent to the hospital for treatment, there were four other people in the Ye family's mansion.
The victim's second son Ye Kangping, his wife Sun Qian, his servants Aunt Zhou and the gardener Wang Ergou.
After preliminary identification by the forensic doctor, the time of death of the victim was probably between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. The cause of death was stabbed in the chest by a sharp weapon. However, the police did not find the sharp weapon at the scene.
After Zuo Yi understood the situation, he began to question the witness's statement.
The first was Ye Kangping and his wife who called the police.
"Where are you guys doing between 7pm and 9pm?"
Sun Qian's face was pale. She glanced at Ye Kangping and said nothing. Ye Kangping coughed, and his voice changed a little: "We, we were watching a movie outside. After watching the movie, I was worried that my father would be alone at home, so I came to have a look. I didn't expect..."
Zuo Yi frowned: "You have always lived separately from the deceased, why are you suddenly worried that he is at home alone?"
Ye Kangping coughed again: "You, you don't know, today is the anniversary of my mother's death. Every year on this day, my father will drive out the servants and stay at home alone for a day."
Zuo Yi frowned even tighter: "Then why are Aunt Zhou and Wang Ergou here?"
"This, you have to ask them."
Zuo Yi glanced at him, and changed the question: "What movie did you watch?"
"Ghost, ghost school, the one starring Mo Tianwang, my wife is his fan."
Li Xinran's eyes lit up, who was following Zuo Yi, and he almost whistled: "I didn't expect the rich wife to chase stars~"
Zuo Yi glanced over, and Li Xinran froze immediately: "Hehe, you know, my girlfriend is also his fan." Mo Tianwang is simply the public enemy of men.
Zuo Yi turned his head and continued to ask Ye Kangping: "What time does the movie end?"
"Around eight or half past eight, we drove here directly from the cinema."
"Do you have a ticket stub?"
"Meh, no."
Zuo Yi's brows raised when the tone changed again: "Your throat is uncomfortable?"
"Cough, cough, cough." Ye Kangping coughed several times, and finally calmed down his tone, "I'm just a little, overly frightened."
Zuo Yi looked at him silently, and Ye Kangping felt that every pore of his body seemed to be under the surveillance of the other party, and suddenly he felt a little uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Zuo Yi quickly looked away: "Is there anyone else who can prove that you went to the movie?"
Ye Kangping thought for a while and said, "It seems not."
Zuo Yi glanced at the record he made just now, and slightly raised his eyes to glance at Ye Kangping: "I'm in a good mood to go to the movies on the anniversary of my mother's death."
"Because, because..." Ye Kangping's voice started to change again.
"Because today is the anniversary of our meeting." Sun Qian, who had been huddled next to Ye Kangping, finally said.
Zuo Yi closed the notebook noncommittally, ready to find the next target. Seeing him walking away, Ye Kangping and his wife breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time.
The second statement came from Aunt Zhou.
Aunt Zhou looked very calm. Compared to Sun Qian, she was more like a calm noble lady: "I have been at my daughter's house, and it was about 8 o'clock when I left. It takes about one hour to get here from where my daughter lives When I arrived, Mrs. Sun and the others were calling the police."
Zuo Yi couldn't help but look at her a few more times. According to the data, she was 49 years old, but she could still see her youthful demeanor. What concerned him the most was that she was too calm, even now that he looked at her like this, he only frowned slightly.
"I heard that today is Mrs. Ye's death day, you should stay outside."
Aunt Zhou nodded: "The Ye family does have this unwritten rule, but I have worked in the Ye family for 25 years, and the master's health is not as good as before. I am really worried that he will stay at home alone, so I came back. have a look."
Zuo Yi paused, then asked again: "Who can prove that you have been staying at your daughter's house?"
"My daughter."
"Besides her?"
"there is none left."
Zuo Yi closed the notebook: "Thank you for your cooperation."
Aunt Zhou glanced at the back of his leaving, and continued to do her own work.
The last witness is Wang Ergou.
"Where and what were you doing between 7 and 9 tonight?"
Wang Ergou's face was slightly red, and his hair was a little messy, as if he had just woken up. He looked at the police officer in front of him, and replied honestly, "I'm sleeping in my room."
Zuo Yi said: "Why did you stay at Ye's house and not go out?"
"I was going to go out, but I have a fever today. I took a medicine and planned to sleep. I went out after the fever subsided, but I accidentally overslept. I only woke up when you came."
Zuo Yi glanced at Li Xinran beside him, and Li Xinran nodded.
Zuo Yi asked again: "Then who can prove that you have been sleeping in your own room?"
Wang Ergou smiled honestly: "Officer, I don't have a wife. Who can prove that I sleep in my own room?"
Zuo Yi closed the notebook: "Then it's gone?"
"Uh, no."
Wang Ergou is not tall, but he is very strong. His skin is slightly dark, and his white teeth can be exposed with a grin. The traditional point of temperament is rustic, and the fashionable point is Erque.
Seeing the other party looking at him all the time, Wang Ergou scratched the back of his head embarrassingly, and smiled at Zuo Yi.
Zuo Yi staggered his gaze: "What are you usually responsible for in the Ye family?"
"I'm mainly in charge of the garden, and I also help with some physical work that Aunt Zhou can't do."
Zuo Yi thought for a while and asked, "What kind of person is Aunt Zhou?"
"Aunt Zhou, she has been in Ye's house for many years, and she is very capable. She is responsible for the daily meals and daily life of the master and miss, and has been keeping the Ye's house in order all these years."
"How was her relationship with the dead man?"
Wang Ergou said: "The master trusts her very much, and she also respects the master."
"Thank you for your cooperation."
After asking everyone's confession, Zuo Yi stood aside and stared at the notebook in a daze.
After confirming Aunt Zhou's daughter's statement, Li Xinran walked up to him and said, "Boss, I've confirmed that Aunt Zhou did leave around eight o'clock."
Zuo Yi changed his posture and leaned against the wall, and glanced at Li Xinran: "The testimonies of relatives are not very reliable."
Li Xinran nodded: "Then did you find anything else?"
"Discovered?" Zuo Yi smiled, "None of them have alibi."
At ten o'clock in the evening on March 15, the lights in Zuo Yi's office were still on.
He flipped through the confession recorded on the day of the crime, trying to find something that he had missed.
The murderer killed Ye Hongsheng silently on the night of the 13th, and pushed Ye Zhenzhen downstairs without disturbing anyone. It seems that the murderer knew that there was no one in the Ye family mansion that day, so he chose to commit the murder on this day.
From this point of view, the murderer should know the deceased, even very close, so he knew this unwritten rule.
Ye Kangping and his wife, Aunt Zhou, Wang Ergou, and Qin Kong all have the conditions to commit the crime, and they have no clear alibi, but what is the motive
Zuo Yi rubbed his temples, picked up the cold coffee on the table and took a sip.
"Boss, why don't you leave? You don't want to live in the bureau again tonight, do you?" Li Xinran had already changed back to his casual clothes, and when he came to get a car key, he saw Zuo Yi still in the office.
Zuo Yi put down his cup and glanced in his direction: "You go first, I'll go right away."
Li Xinran picked up the key and walked a few steps outside, then turned around and said to him: "Boss, cold coffee hurts the stomach."
Zuo Yi laughed, waved his hands at him, Li Xinran coquettishly blew him a kiss, and left the office.
Zuo Yi was the only one left in the huge office. He looked around for a week, and somehow felt that it was much more empty than before.
Looking down at the various materials on the table, Zuo Yi sighed, poured out the cold coffee, picked up his coat and walked out of the office.
City A at night looks like two cities during the day. When many people have already fallen asleep, the other part officially starts their day's life.
The bar street in Qingnan Lane is at its peak business season, and drunk men and women can be seen along the way. Zuo Yi lit a cigarette and walked in from the intersection. Under the streetlight not far ahead, a woman in a red dress was being pestered by a drunk man.
Zuo Yi spit out a smoke ring, stomped out the cigarette butts on the soles of his feet, and walked up.
"What's the matter?" He grabbed the big man's right hand and stopped his next move. The big man glanced at Zuo Yi with slightly drunken eyes, and became angry because he failed to hug the woman's waist as he wished: "Who are you? It's none of your business!"
The strong smell of alcohol in his mouth made Zuo Yi slightly frowned. He bent his mouth and took out his ID from his pocket: "Police."
The big man was stunned for a moment, and although he still looked like he was hanging on, he took a step back subconsciously: "Are the police amazing? Is it illegal for me to drink too much?"
"Drinking is not against the law, but prostitution is against the law."
The big man wanted to say something, but after meeting Zuo Yi's eyes, he silently closed his mouth. Seeing the big man walk away cursing, Zuo Yi turned around, and was kicked by the woman opposite: "Fucking boy, who are you calling a whore?"
Zuo Yi glanced at her helplessly: "Auntie, I asked you to sell the bar and open a restaurant a long time ago, but you didn't listen. It's interesting to be entangled by drunk customers every day, isn't it?"
Zuo Qianman brushed her wine-red hair, turned around and walked towards the bar: "My old lady is a flower in Qingnan Lane. If I move away, how many customers will cry."
Zuo Yi followed her up to the second floor, Zuo Qianman poured him a glass of lemon juice, and looked at him with a smile on his face: "Boy, did you come home last night, did you have a woman?"
Zuo Yi rolled his eyes in his heart: "Investigate the case."
"Case?" Zuo Qianman thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Isn't it the case of Ye Hongsheng's murder that was mentioned in the news?"
Zuo Yi picked up the lemon juice on the table and took a sip: "Yes."
Zuo Qianman grabbed his arm excitedly: "Then have you seen his granddaughter? The news said that he left a large sum of money for his granddaughter, estimated to be more than a billion!"
Zuo Yi raised his eyes and glanced at her: "So what?"
"Then take care of it!" Zuo Qianman looked at him as if he was looking at a pile of RMB, "You said that you are already 27, and you know how to investigate cases all day long, and you haven't even had a girlfriend! This time While investigating the case, why don't you take down that granddaughter as well?"
Zuo Yi drank the lemon juice in the glass in one breath, and smiled at her: "Wash up and sleep."
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At the same time, Ye Zhenzhen also saw the report about Ye Hongsheng's murder in the hospital's newspaper. With a whoosh, the newspaper in his hand fell lightly to the ground.
Grandpa left her an inheritance? It is said that there are... a billion? !