At 7 o'clock in the evening, it was just getting dark.
Outside the main entrance of the Second Petroleum Department, there is Doudou Restaurant.
"Brother, do you still plan to continue doing this business?" The young man who caught the cricket asked a middle-aged man who was cutting meat.
The young man who caught the cricket is named Zhao Ziyue, and he is only 19 years old this year. The middle-aged man cutting the meat is Xiao Ding, the current owner of Doudou Restaurant, Lao Ding’s son.
Zhao Yu stood tall behind Zhao Ziyue, carefully observing the situation here.
"Of course! Do you want to eat? You have to rely on the small shop to make a living!" The middle-aged man smiled honestly, "Don't worry, I have been working in this stall for more than ten years, and I have already passed on the old man's true knowledge. I’ve learned it! Hahaha…”
"Well... this is Mr. Police Officer. He wants to ask you something!" As he said that, Zhao Ziyue pointed at Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu immediately took out his police card and showed it to him, and asked at the same time: "I am here this time to ask you about the murder that happened in the second department apartment 10 years ago!"
Bada…
Unexpectedly, just after Zhao Yu said this, an unexpected sound suddenly came from inside the Doudou restaurant.
Zhao Yu looked sideways and saw a middle-aged woman in an apron dropping a handful of freshly skewered mutton skewers on the ground!
"Tsk, tsk..." Boss Xiao Ding suddenly straightened his face and shouted, "Can't you be more careful with this prodigal bitch? She's so frizzy, it's outrageous! Why don't you go to the water pipe and wash it..."
"Oh... oh..." The woman quickly picked up the meat skewers and ran to the water pipe behind to rinse them.
Having worked as a criminal police officer for such a long time, Zhao Yu's observation skills are self-evident. He had noticed this woman before. She had been calm and relaxed just now, humming a ditty while making strings!
But when she mentioned the murder case in the apartment, she suddenly became panicked and even dropped the meat skewers on the floor.
Why
Could it be that... this woman... knows something
"Officer, I'm sorry, my wife!" The boss said carelessly, "What did you ask just now? What murder case? Oh..." He thought for a moment and said quickly, "Is it the one where a woman died? What happened? Ahem! Don’t mention it, our family didn’t have much business for a month at that time, but it made my dad very anxious! What’s wrong?”
"I have read the records, and there is a testimony from your old man in the records, saying that this person at that time..." As he said, Zhao Yu handed him Lan Shuping's photo, "This person is a suspect, your old man said, this People drank in your restaurant from around 7 o'clock to around 12 o'clock. I want to ask you now, do you know about this?"
"Really? I really don't know!" the boss replied almost without thinking, "To tell you the truth, officer, when the murder case happened, I had some trouble with the old man and was not in the hotel! What you said No one has ever mentioned it to me! But... wait a minute, my wife was there at the time! She has been at the stall longer than me... Wife, wife... "
As he said that, the boss turned his head and shouted into the room: "Daughter-in-law, come here, the police are asking you something!"
"Oh..." The woman put the washed mutton skewers on the freezer, wiped her hands from her apron, and then walked out in a panic. She didn't dare to raise her head and asked, "What... what's going on?" "
"Damn, look at how coward you are, why are you still trembling?" The boss also noticed something was wrong with his wife and said quickly, "It's okay, the police officer just wants to ask you something!"
Zhao Yu said what he just said again, and the woman quickly replied in a trembling voice: "I... I don't remember!"
"I'll go!" At this time, not to mention Zhao Yu, even Zhao Ziyue saw the problem and asked quickly, "Sister? That's a murder case! Even a kid as old as me remembers it clearly. Someone showed up at your restaurant again, how could you forget?"
"Yeah, are you so nervous?" the boss yelled, "It's not you who killed him! Hurry up, we have to make dumplings later!"
"I... I really can't remember!" The landlady said hesitantly, "At that time, it was the old man who was talking. How can I remember?"
While Zhao Yu stared at the proprietress carefully, he thought in his mind that this woman obviously had something on her mind, and it was probably related to the murder case. Could it be that... Liu Jiao's murder, could there be any connection with this restaurant
"Alas!" Thinking of this, Zhao Yu sighed and used his special trick. He hurriedly said to the boss's wife on his mobile phone, "Sister, I might as well explain it to you! In that case that year, a new one has appeared. The situation, the police now suspect that the person on my mobile phone is the real murderer! Therefore, the confession your family gave at the beginning is very, very important, and I must confirm it with you!
"I can tell you, this is a matter of life and death. If you know and don't report it, you will be legally responsible! If this person is the real murderer, then you and your family will make false confessions, and you will be jailed! "
"Ah!?" The proprietress, who was already panic-stricken, fainted when Zhao Yu was so frightened. She quickly clenched her fists and bowed to Zhao Yu, "Officer, this is none of my business! Yes... they are all my father-in-law... our old man... "
"What!?" Zhao Yu's heart trembled when he heard the boss lady's words. I strangled a grandma bear, what's going on? Could it be... is this a case solved
"Ah!?" The boss Xiao Ding was stunned, put down his kitchen knife with a clang, and asked loudly, "My dad... what's wrong?"
"Oh!" the landlady said with a sad face, "Don't you know your dad is forgetful? Although it was 10 years ago, he already had symptoms at that time! When cooking, he often forgets to put the food aside. If I hadn’t reminded him, our sign would have been destroyed long ago, do you know that?”
"Daughter-in-law... Wife-in-law..." These words made the boss stunned. He shook his head and asked, "Daughter-in-law, what we are talking about here is a murder case. Why do you mention my father's forgetfulness?"
"Oops!" the landlady jumped to Zhao Yu and said, "Comrade police, the person on your phone did drink at my house that night! He ordered a small cold dish and grilled 10 mutton skewers, but drank almost one Box of wine! It’s so drinkable!”
"This... Sister, can we get to the point?" Zhao Yu was also anxious.
"On the third day after the death, the police came to ask us," the boss's wife continued, "They asked if the person on your phone had been drinking at our place? As a result, my father-in-law told them that this person had been drinking at our place. Drinking at our house from 7 o'clock to 12 o'clock would be like that! But in fact... it's not like that!"
"Oh?" Zhao Yu's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked quickly, "What is it like?"
"The man in the photo came here at 7:30, and he was the only one!" the proprietress recalled, "but when he finished his meal at around 9 o'clock, he had already paid and left! It cost 19 yuan in total, which is a lot of money." I collected it!”
"Ah?" Zhao Yu was surprised again.
"But, not long after, he appeared out of nowhere, sat down at the original table again, and ordered food and wine again! After a while, another man came, and the two of them were together. Drink, and then we drank until 12 o'clock in the middle of the night before leaving! When they left, the two people left with S on their faces, and I was even worried that they wouldn't be able to go home!"
"Oh, this... you can't blame my dad!" Boss Xiao Ding said with relief, "My dad has a bad memory, but then that person left and came back. Doesn't my dad remember it clearly?"
"Hey, you can't say that, can you?" Zhao Ziyue shook his head and said, "If you can't remember, just say you can't remember! If you say this, don't you mislead the police? What if that person is the murderer?"
"Ah?" The couple immediately turned pale with fright...
PS: Thanks to book friend 20170830103144702 and Fireworks on Fingertips for their rewards and encouragement!
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