Just when Mingshu and Fang Yuanhang left the "Wanwancai", the assistance team of the Beicheng Branch also learned from the platoon that Huang Mengquan (sound), who often pushed a trolley to sell skewers in Kanzi 3rd Lane, Shanxiang Street last year, this year. did not appear.
Wang Hao was not willing to be Mingshu's subordinate. When he found a clue, he asked the team members to report to Mingshu. Although this case is related to Beicheng District, it was in the hands of the serious crime team early in the morning, and the detection was also the credit of the serious crime team. He couldn't get any benefit from it. It would be fine if he could pass it on face. , is silly.
But the team member who was sent to report - Xiang Tao, a young man who was just assigned to the Beicheng branch this year - was quite positive. Wang Hao asked him to "talk" to Mingshu. The practice is to bring the residents who provided important information in the process of scouting to Mingshu.
"Huang Mengquan sells skewers downstairs in my house. It's been sold for several years. Before, he also sold marshmallows and sesame candies, which are all children's favorites." Liu He'an lives in Kanzi 3rd Lane. It's a long-winded thing that women of this age often have, "His skewers are not delicious, they use gutter oil, rotten vegetables and rotten meat, every time I pass by, I can smell a bad smell, those potatoes and lettuce. , it's all turned yellow, and it's all about chili peppers to suppress the rancid taste, so disgusting! I don't think many people usually buy his skewers. I said last year that he can't make much money, and sooner or later he will have to pack up and leave. people."
Mingshu asked, "Do you think Huang Mengquan suddenly disappeared because the business couldn't go on?"
"Why not?" Liu He'an said in a rough voice, "I haven't seen him since the Spring Festival this year, so he must have run away in despair. I don't think he is like people here. He speaks with an accent, and I don't know. Which village did he come from. I am so thankful that he left. Our alley is not on the street, and the urban management does not care. My little granddaughter is about to grow up. If Huang Mengquan is still selling skewers there, my little granddaughter secretly What if you buy it to eat?"
"Are you sure that Huang Mengquan never showed up again after the Spring Festival this year?" Mingshu asked.
Liu He'an has lived for most of his life. The first time he was questioned by the police, his eyes rolled upward for a long time, "I'm sure. At that time, I even told my wife, why didn't this 'yellow stringer' come? My wife said "What are you anxious about, the New Year's Eve hasn't passed yet. Later, the New Year's Eve passed, and Huang Mengquan still didn't come."
"Huang Mengquan is a mobile stall owner. He has set up a stall on Shanxiang Street all the year round, so this is easy to check." Mingshu said: "First, he should live near Shanxiang Street. The hawkers in the alleys, but I have probably paid attention."
Xiang Tao was very positive, "I'll go to the police station to determine Huang Mengquan's residence!"
Mingshu smiled at him, "It's hard work."
"Liu He'an and the proprietress of 'Wanwancai' noticed that Huang Mengquan hadn't appeared for a long time, but they didn't think it was a strange thing." Fang Yuanhang said: "Either he thinks that he can't do well in business and has gone to find another way to make a living. , or think that he went back to his old family to farm, and no one realized that he might have been killed."
"Ordinary people, who live their own lives in peace and stability, how can it be so easy to think of being killed?" Mingshu paused after speaking, "But..."
Fang Yuanhang quickly turned his head, "Master, but what?"
"Did you hear anything from Liu He'an's words?" Mingshu asked.
"Huh?" Fang Yuanhang frowned and thought for a while, "Liu He'an has hatred for Huang Mengquan."
"Yes." Mingshu said as he walked forward, "The hawkers on the main street will be chased away by the urban management, but not in the alleys. The old house where Liu Hean lived had no property management, and Huang Mengquan did it in the alley. The spicy skewer business will inevitably produce a strong odor, and there will also be garbage and sanitation problems, which will inevitably affect the lives of the surrounding residents. If Liu He'an has a face, he can quarrel with Huang Mengquan. If he can't, he can only endure it. The longer you endure, the stronger the hatred of course."
Fang Yuanhang followed, "But what does that mean?"
Mingshu turned sideways, his eyes faint, "It means that some people, such as those who hate Huang Mengquan more than Liu He'an, may hope that Huang Mengquan will die."
Fang Yuanhang suddenly widened his eyes, "Master, are you serious?"
"This is also a possibility." Mingshu said: "So far, who has not appeared on Shanxiang Street and Suzheng Street after the Spring Festival this year? We only know one Huang Mengquan, but in fact Huang Mengquan is not necessarily that one. Substitute. His way of making a living makes him easy to attract hatred, which is a point that interferes with the investigation. Brother Hang, don't be careless."
Suddenly he was taught a lesson, Fang Yuanhang was still digesting it, and when he heard the sound of "Brother Hang", he felt like he was being tricked. Your master, you are my Ma Zaile!
The scouting is still going on. Wang Hao immediately became furious when he learned that Xiang Tao had become Mingshu's "pawn", but Xiang Tao didn't care and continued to inquire about Huang Mengquan.
"This person is not called 'Huang Mengquan', but these three characters." The police called up a document, "His name is 'Huang Muquan', and he lives in Kanzi Nine Lane, Shanxiang Street."
There are a total of nine back streets and alleys on Shanxiang Street. The larger the number, the more remote the location and the older the house. "Wanwanxiang" is located on the main street of Shanxiang Street. It is the best place for business nearby. Kanzi 1st Alley is next to the main street. There are also many small restaurants. Further inside, there are only mobile stalls.
According to the information provided by the police station, Huang Muquan is from Hulu Town, within the jurisdiction of Dongye City. He is 53 years old this year. He came to Dongye City a few years ago and has been living alone at 4-1, Building 4, Kanzi Nine Lane.
The house was bought by his long-dead daughter from an old man.
"No family, I live alone, I am 53 years old, and I haven't been in the place where I used to set up a stall for a long time, but no one finds it strange. This is completely in line with our proposed stand-in conditions." On the way to Huang Muquan's house, Fang Yuanhang said: " Another point, he is a peddler, and he is more likely to be noticed by the murderer if he shows his face?"
Mingshu didn't dare to make an assertion, but based on the clues he had so far, it was very likely that Huang Muquan was a substitute.
Many houses in Kanzi Nine Lane were empty, and seeing someone coming, a few stray dogs walked vigilantly against the wall with their tails between their tails.
The trace inspectors have arrived, and Mingshu knocked on the doors of the 4-5 residents on the same floor while waiting for Xiao Man to enter the house to collect traces.
There are six households on the first floor of this house, four of which have serious dust accumulation on their doors. Only the door locks of 4-5 and 4-6 are relatively clean, and there should be people living there.
Doors 4-5 opened, with a safety chain in the middle.
Mingshu immediately noticed that compared with the old door, the new safety chain was very abrupt.
An old woman with gray hair in the door was looking out with a pair of cloudy eyes.
Fang Yuanhang also rushed over. Seeing that the old lady lived in 4-5, he quickly put his ID card between the door and said, "Hello, we are the police."
There was a muffled sound in the old woman's throat, the wrinkles on her face piled up and trembling, and then she closed the door with a "bang" without saying a word.
"This..." Fang Yuanhang felt inexplicable, "Why is it closed? Do we look like bad people? Do my documents look like fake ones?"
"It's okay. It's a good thing for the elderly to have a strong sense of precaution." Mingshu turned to 4-6, knocked on the door for a while, but there was no movement inside, it seemed that no one was home.
Soon, Xiao Man shouted in 4-1, "Team Ming, you can come in."
The area of Room 4-1 is only 20 square meters, the furniture is very old, the windows are closed, and the table and floor are covered with a thick layer of ash.
Mingshu asked while wearing shoe covers and gloves, "Did you find anything?"
"There are footprints and fingerprints. The fingerprints are severely damaged, and it is difficult to restore and compare, but the footprints are well preserved and can be used as evidence." Xiao Man looked at Mingshu: "But there is only one set of footprints."
"One group?" Ming Shu sorted out the gloves, "That is to say, no one else has been here, and the fingerprints and footprints belong to Huang Muquan..."
Xiao Man said: "It should be like this."
Mingshu walked to the electric box, "No, I still have to take it back to do a modeling."
"Well, I understand." Xiao Man said, "I have seen the electric box. The main power supply is turned off, and the water valve and air valve are also closed."
Mingshu nodded and walked to the refrigerator again.
The refrigerator door is open, and the food inside is already rotten, and the odor is no longer heavy.
There are three compartments in the refrigerator compartment, and there are eight bowls and bowls. These bowls and bowls have food in them. In addition, there are four plastic pockets that contain uncooked ingredients.
"Everything in the bowl has been sampled and checked back." Xiao Man said.
Mingshu scanned the kitchen and heard Fang Yuanhang shout in the bedroom, "Huang Muquan's closet is full."
The bedroom is very narrow, with a bed and a bulky wardrobe, there is almost no room left.
The wardrobe exudes the smell of old wood and aged paint. Most of the space is stuffed with cotton wool, and the other half is filled with Huang Muquan's clothes.
There are everything from outerwear to intimate clothing. Although there are not many, these clothes should be all Huang Muquan's clothes for a person in his fifties who earns a living by setting up a stall.
"There are dishes in the refrigerator that I haven't had time to cook, and eight bowls of leftovers. The clothes haven't been taken away, but people have disappeared for more than half a year." Mingshu said: "It can't be that he took the initiative to go out, the only explanation is that he is leaving I didn't know I couldn't come back. But the water and electricity... "
"Do you have the habit of closing the main water and electricity valve when you leave home?" Xiao Man asked.
Fang Yuanhang shook his head, "I don't even turn off wifi."
"Many elderly people will close the electric valve and air valve, thinking it is safer." Mingshu looked at the water valve again, "but the water valve... Except for leaving home for a year and a half, few people will actively turn off the water. Valve, make sure all the faucets are turned off before going out."
"That's weird!" Fang Yuanhang said, "Huang Muquan turned off the water valve, but he didn't even deal with the leftovers in the refrigerator, and he didn't take any clothes away."
"The conflict has come to the fore. Huang Muquan turned off the water valve, which means that he was prepared to go far away, but the dishes in the refrigerator were not processed, which means that he did not think he would be away for a long time." Mingshu folded his arms and lowered his eyes to think. After a while, "By the way, are there any signs of fighting in the house?"
"I can't see it." Xiao Man said, "But there is one thing I am very concerned about."
"Where?"
"I think the house is overly clean."
"clean?"
"It just feels like someone has deliberately cleaned it up."
Fang Yuanhang said: "Wouldn't every household do cleaning before the Spring Festival?"
"No." Xiao Man said, "It's not the kind of 'clean' you think. Even if Huang Muquan cleaned the room before the Spring Festival, it has been half a year now."
"I understand what you mean." Mingshu said, "You think the traces that should exist don't exist."
"Well. Criminals are afraid that they will leave directional traces on the scene. Usually, after committing a crime, they will clean up the scene." Xiao Man said: "I have been to the scene so many times, and the 'clean' here is for me Similar feeling."
"Wait a minute!" Fang Yuanhang clapped his hands, "As you said, this place was cleaned up on purpose, so isn't this the crime scene? Huang Muquan died here, and then the body was taken away, so the vegetables in the refrigerator were No treatment was done, and the clothes in the closet were not taken away. However, the main valve of water and electricity was closed. The murderer did not need to help Huang Muquan to clean the refrigerator. The food was rotten inside, and the refrigerator door was closed. Go home, but the main valve of water and electricity must be closed, because in such an old house, in case of power failure, electricity, water, or equipment failure, the water pipe may burst. As long as this happens, someone will definitely come to the door. , maybe even call the police!"
Mingshu said: "This basically explains the self-contradictory situation just now. Has the Luminol test been done?"
"There is no blood reaction." Xiao Man packed the survey box, "I have to go back first and model the footprints."
"If this is really the first scene, how did the murderer take Huang Muquan away?" Fang Yuanhang said, "There is no blood in the luminol reagent, so the murderer should not have divided the body here... Ah, I again Thinking about it, Huang Muquan died without bleeding, at least without massive bleeding."
Ming Shu stood by the only table in the living room, and stroked the edge of the table with his gloved hand, "Without dismembering the body, taking an adult away as a whole is likely to attract the attention of others, and when people see it, they say indefinite."
"Then it's very important to find the witnesses." Fang Yuanhang was full of energy, "I'll go right now!"
Later, the footprint comparison did not yield results. However, Xiao Man judged based on the shoes and shoe sizes that Huang Muquan left at home, the footprints could not be left by Huang Muquan himself.
In this way, Xiao Man's previous judgment is likely to be close to the truth, that is, the Huang family is the first scene. After killing Huang Mouquan, someone cleaned up the traces left by themselves and Huang Mouquan's fingerprints.
Only in this way can we explain why there is no trace of Huang Mouquan's own life in the Huang family.
But another question arises. Now that the site has been cleaned up, whose footprints and damaged fingerprints are there
Could it be that after Huang Muquan had died, another person came to the scene again
What is the purpose of this person coming to the Huang family
It was already midnight, and the night wind in early autumn was a bit chilly. Mingshu looked blankly at the low-end but very lively small shop on Shanxiang Street, as if he was in a daze. In fact, thousands of clues were filtering through his mind. .
There is no doubt that Huang Mouquan was involved in a case.
As for whether it is a case in the same vein as the Wu Zhen case and the Sha Chun case, it is still uncertain.
It is common for conflicts to arise between hawkers, between hawkers and the surrounding residents, between hawkers and urban management, and conflicts eventually turn into conflicts and murders, which are not uncommon in any city.
The possibility of Huang Mouquan being harmed by his enemies is actually far greater than the possibility of being chosen as a substitute by the man behind the Wu Zhen case.
but…
In all murder cases involving hawkers, nine out of ten cases are committed with passion. The murderer's awareness of anti-reconnaissance is very weak, and some even have no awareness of anti-reconnaissance at all.
Therefore, once a similar case occurs, it can be detected immediately.
The situation at Huang Mouquan's house obviously did not conform to this characteristic. Someone cleaned the room, and Huang Mouquan disappeared without a sound. If it wasn't for the serious crime team's investigation of the Sha Chun case and all the way to Shanxiang Street, at most there were " "Bowls of Vegetables", the proprietress and others found that Huang Muquan was no longer here.
For half a year, there have been no rumors about Huang Muquan on Shanxiang Street and Suzheng Street.
From this point of view, Huang Muquan does not look like he was murdered with passion because of a revenge with someone he knew in his life.
As for the other enemies, there are no clues yet.
If Huang Mouquan is associated with "Professor" and Wu Zhen...
Ming Shu suddenly had an idea, and called Xiao Man, "Haven't all Wu Zhen's personal belongings been brought back? Let's see if Wu Zhen's shoes can match the footprints. That person, then Wu Zhen has nothing to do with him, and the footprints may be left by Wu Zhen. If not…”
Xiao Man understands, "If not, then the case of Huang Muquan's disappearance will be decided by the Xiao Bureau, who will investigate whether we or the Criminal Investigation Team 1 and 2!"
The night was getting deeper and deeper, the old woman living in 4-5 was still reluctant to open the door, and the residents in 4-6 finally came back.
Just as Mingshu imagined, living in 4-6 was a man in his twenties, working as a waiter at a barbecue restaurant on Suzheng Street that was open until midnight.
"On this floor, there are only me and my mother-in-law Xu from 4-5." Li Zhenfei had a very natural attitude when facing the police, pointed to 4-1, and said, "There used to be someone who lived in that house. Moved away."
Mingshu asked, "Move away? Did you see someone move? When?"
"That's not true." Li Zhenfei shook his head, "but no one came in and out, didn't he just moved away? And I heard a movement during the New Year."
Mingshu asked, "What's the movement?"
"It's just the sound of moving things." Li Zhenfei said: "The overtime pay is high during the Spring Festival, and I didn't go home. I heard noise outside on the day of my vacation, but I was lying in bed and didn't bother to watch. After that, I didn't watch it again. It's uncle."
"Master!" Fang Yuanhang said, "What Li Zhenfei heard was not moving, but someone moving Huang Mouquan..."
Mingshu said: "Remember the safety chain hanging on the door of the old lady in 4-5? Compared with the door, the safety chain is obviously too new. Li Zhenfei heard the movement, but did not look because he was lying down. It's normal, he's very tired from working the night shift. But 4-5 is closer to 4-1, Li Zhenfei can hear the movement, and the old lady can hear it even more."
"You mean, the old lady not only heard it, but also saw it?" Fang Yuanhang suddenly realized, "She saw a scene that made her feel scared, so she put on the safety chain!"
At this time, Xiao Man called, his voice trembling slightly with excitement.
The footprints left on the scene are consistent with Wu Zhen's pair of shoes. And through the modeling and comparison of footprints, his height and weight are also in line with Wu Zhen!