Er Gouzi? What's that name
I was very puzzled by the name Er Gouzi, and Officer Yang continued, "The old man also said that Er Gouzi disappeared later, and his family's mud house collapsed because no one lived in it for many years. In the end, someone renovated it and built a new house. There is no way to verify it."
After Officer Yang finished speaking, I was speechless. What kind of clue is this? It has no meaning except for the name of Er Gouzi.
Bai Qi was also puzzled, frowned and asked: "Anything else?"
"No, that's all the old man knew. But our people have investigated the grave under the jujube tree and indeed found what appears to be human heart tissue. It has now been taken back to the bureau for further DNA verification. I believe the results will be out soon."
Unexpectedly, Officer Yang, who rushed back in a hurry, only gave some irrelevant clues, which immediately disappointed the three of us. I asked helplessly: "Do you know what the real name of Ergou is? Can the old man draw his portrait based on his memory? Also, how old was Ergou at the time?"
Officer Yang shook his head helplessly and said, "The old man is already over 70 years old. It's hard to communicate with him. Don't expect him to remember what Er Gouzi looks like. As for his name, the old man only knows that he is called Er Gouzi. His real name is not clear. However, the old man said that Er Gouzi should be a young man of 27 or 28 years old at the time. He remembers this very clearly because he is the only person in the village who has not married at that age."
"It seems that your trip was not without results. At least now we are certain that the murderer is around 37 or 38 years old, and we can completely rule out the courier Wang Zhen as a suspect." Bai Qi seemed very dissatisfied with Officer Yang's investigation and nodded reluctantly.
After saying that, Bai Qi turned to look at me and said, "Ji Wen, what do you think?"
I was still immersed in the story of Ergouzi told by Officer Yang just now. Suddenly, I seemed to remember some clues and was trying hard to think about it, but was interrupted by Bai Qi and forgot everything again.
"I think that in addition to finding the location where the victim's heart was buried and some of the murderer's past deeds, we should now be able to understand the murderer's motive for killing. Er Gouzi's mother happened to die of illness ten years ago, and the heart-digger also started committing crimes ten years ago. In other words, there must be some unknown connection between the two events. Moreover, after each murder, the murderer buried the heart in front of his mother's grave. In my opinion, this should be the murderer using the deceased's heart to commemorate his mother. As for why, I'm afraid I can only ask the murderer himself."
I told everyone my idea, and everyone agreed. Bai Qi sighed helplessly and said, "Immediately tell your people to secretly monitor that lonely grave. If they find anyone suspicious, arrest them immediately!"
As he spoke, Bai Qi took a file bag from Officer Yang. It looked like it contained the detailed information of the deceased ten years ago and now that Bai Qi wanted.
"Ji Wen, I forgot to tell you that we found the courier slip that Wang Zhen didn't put on the empty package in his pocket. When the police arrived at the recipient's home, the recipient had already been killed. It was still done by the Heart-Eating Demon. This Heart-Eating Demon is really arrogant and doesn't take us police officers seriously at all. We must catch him this time!"
In fact, I had guessed it without Bai Qi telling me, because when Bai Qi was asking Officer Yang for information, he mentioned four murders. I knew that the recipient on the fourth courier note must have been killed as well.
"We can definitely catch him. There were no empty packages on the courier today. First, Xiao Wang is dead, so the murderer has no accomplices. Second, Xiao Wang's arrest has alerted the murderer, so he should be more careful. But from my understanding, the murderer will definitely not give up. As long as we find the murderer's next target in advance, we will definitely be able to catch him on the spot. This depends on you, Uncle Bai and Officer Yang."
We talked in the teahouse for nearly two hours, and when we came out, it was already past eleven o'clock. I hurriedly drove to deliver today's express. After all, some units get off work at twelve o'clock, so the express delivery would have to wait until after two o'clock.
Despite this, I was still much slower. Looking at the express deliveries in the carriage that had hardly been delivered, I was worried. Although these few things would not take me much time, I was used to getting off work at two or three o'clock, so I was still unhappy when I thought that I would have to be busy until four or five o'clock this time.
Of course, what made me even more unhappy was that Zhang Qishan suddenly went crazy and insisted on delivering the express with me. Not to mention that it was inconvenient for me to drive with two people in the car, she kept causing trouble for me.
Having been a courier for more than a year, I am quite familiar with this industry. Couriers are originally in the service industry. No matter where we go, we must first keep a low profile and be humble and polite. This is the basic quality of us couriers. Of course, we also have dignity. If we encounter people who insult our personality or make unreasonable demands, verbal disputes will still occur, but after all, these are in the minority.
Zhang Qishan said she wanted to help me. I was quite happy at first, after all, two people could deliver the package much faster than one person. But after we delivered the package to the first stop, I completely didn't want her help anymore. When I called to notify the recipient, my tone was very kind, but she spoke in a very stiff tone, as if the recipient owed her money. This made several recipients who usually had a good relationship with me have opinions about me, and I kept apologizing to them.
Just like that, with the "help" of Zhang Qishan, I successfully broke my record. Less than a hundred express deliveries were delivered at six o'clock in the afternoon. The boss's wife went back early, and by the time I went back to finish the order and signed for it, it was already seven o'clock.
I feel more tired today than any other day, but Zhang Qishan feels good about herself. She is so excited today that she even insists that she wants to come with me to send off the goods tomorrow.
"I helped you all day today. How do you want to reward me? Treat me to spicy crayfish."
I looked at Zhang Qishan with contempt and said, "You blackmailed me for a meal at noon, and you still want to eat now? Just eat a bowl of noodles. I'm almost exhausted. Go home and sleep early after eating. You won't stay at my house again today, right?"
I clearly heard Zhang Qishan mutter "stingy" and then said, "Yeah, where else would I live? My sister's house is not safe right now, so I'll live in your house first and think about what to do after the murderer catches me."
I knew very well that the reason Zhang Qishan wanted to stay at my house was not because she liked me, but because she liked the reward I would get after solving the case. She was afraid that I would not give it to her. I did not expose her and just took her to eat a bowl of noodles. After returning home, I went to bed early.
The next morning, I was woken up by the phone before my alarm went off. I have a very bad temper when I wake up, so I picked up the phone from beside my pillow with great anger, wanting to see who was calling me so early.
I picked up the phone and saw that it was not yet seven o'clock, but the number on the caller ID was Bai Longfei.
"Hey, Brother Long, what's up so early?"
Unexpectedly, Bai Qi's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Ji Wen, I have a major discovery. Our previous inferences may be wrong."
What? Wrong? Although I just woke up and my mind was not very clear, Bai Qi's words made me feel very uneasy. I immediately asked, "Uncle Bai, what do you mean by this?"
Bai Qi seemed very anxious and said, "It's hard to explain it clearly in a few words over the phone. Go to the place where we had tea yesterday and we'll talk there." After that, Bai Qi hung up the phone.
Bai Qi's call made me completely sleepless. I got up, dressed, packed up and prepared to go out. At this time, Zhang Qishan was still asleep. His sleeping posture on the sofa almost made me bleed from the nose. I quietly stood aside and peeked for a while before getting ready to go out to meet Bai Qi.
"Have you seen enough? Someone sneaked out without calling me. Is he hiding something from me?"
Just as I was about to go out, I heard Zhang Qishan's sleepy voice behind me. I turned around quickly and found that Zhang Qishan had sat up and was rubbing his eyes.
I don't know if this girl is careless or what, she was clearly in the same room with a strange man like me, but she only wore underwear when sleeping. Just now she was holding the quilt and half covering her face, but now she sat up and the quilt slipped off, exposing her beautiful figure, which made my eyes pop out.
"No, Uncle Bai suddenly called and said that our previous speculation might be wrong, and asked me to go over there quickly. I saw that you were still asleep, so I didn't dare to wake you up."
"Was the previous inference wrong? Did he discover something? Come on, I'll go with you."
After saying that, Zhang Qishan put on his clothes in front of me, went to the bathroom to wash his face, and then hurriedly followed me to the store and drove the courier truck to the teahouse opposite the company.
When we got there, Bai Qi and Officer Yang were already waiting there. Seeing how worried they looked, I had a bad feeling.
"Come on, sit down."
Zhang Qishan and I sat across from them and asked Bai Qi hastily, "Uncle Bai, what exactly do you mean by our inference being wrong? Have you found any new clues?"
Officer Yang passed out cigarettes and we each lit them. Then Bai Qi said, "Yesterday I carefully read the information about the victims ten years ago and now that Old Yang gave me, and found that it was not what we thought. Except for this little girl's sister and father, the other deceased people had no connection at all."