Lu Ming walked slowly to an iron gate at the end of the corridor. The police officer standing guard outside saluted and opened the iron gate.
Further in, there are two cells on the left and right. The two outer ones are single rooms, and the two inner ones are iron-fenced rooms facing each other.
In front of one of the fenced houses, there was the only female member of the action team. She was very strong, with broad shoulders and a big waist. She was sitting on a bench fiddling with her round and thick fingers. When she saw Lu Ming coming in, she quickly stood at attention.
Lu Ming walked over and stood in front of the fence gate.
Those who are locked up in iron-barred cells have no human rights. It is a very narrow space with only two hard beds. You can see the inside at a glance. The only thing that is slightly covered by the bathroom in the corner is a low wall less than half a person's height. But even if you squat to defecate, your head and half of your body are still exposed.
Gao Wang was curled up on the hard bed with a blanket wrapped around her.
The moonlight shone through the tall iron window and fell on her, making her look very cold and lonely.
She heard footsteps, looked up, and looked at Lu Ming, with a faint smile on her pretty face, "Commissioner Lu, I knew you would come."
Lu Ming nodded. This woman actually knew him.
This means that since she got involved in this case, she has been preparing for the worst and has also studied the composition of the prosecutors investigating this case. Therefore, she knows what kind of unit this independent government agency is, and furthermore, she has studied herself.
It would be fine if she had seen myself in a recent TV interview, but if she had found all the newspapers and magazines that had mentioned me in the past and saw my photo through them, then this woman is really scheming.
"Mrs. Gao, it must be very inconvenient here, please forgive me!" Lu Ming sat on the bench in front of the iron fence.
Gao Wang smiled slightly, "Commissioner Lu, if you want to talk to me, I hope you can call my lawyer."
Lu Ming spread his hands and said, "I'm the only one here to chat with you. You should understand that I can't be included in the confession."
"Yes, I can't make a real confession, but you will also find a way to hint what I said to the jury, right?" Gao Wang chuckled.
Lu Ming nodded: "It seems that Madam Gao also thinks she is guilty, so she has these concerns?"
Gao Wang's expression changed slightly, and she put away her smile, "Commissioner Lu, if you harass me again, I will file a complaint against you."
Lu Ming looked at her. She was a very smart woman, but after all, all her intelligence and talent were used in the inner house. Therefore, he also hoped that a "smart man" like himself would understand that she was a wise woman.
But I've never dealt with detectives or anything like that.
Therefore, the flaw was revealed when he spoke.
Of course, this flaw is of no use. At most, it confirms the guess in my mind a little more.
Just as he was about to say something else, the iron door on the other side of the corridor creaked open, and a member of the action team ran in quickly, came to Lu Ming, lowered his head and whispered a few words in Lu Ming's ear.
Lu Ming frowned slightly, stood up, glanced at Gao Wangshi, and walked out.
Gao Wang looked at his back with no expression on her face.
…
"Commissioner, I'm sorry!" Duan Lian's face was filled with shame.
Shemos shook his head. "The main responsibility lies with me. I didn't expect her to do this. Why?"
Mrs. Gao committed suicide by taking poison. By the time the members of the action team who were monitoring her discovered something unusual, it was too late.
She left a suicide note, admitting that she was the one who beat and pushed Uncle Deng into the water because of a verbal dispute, and that this was not the first time she and Uncle Deng had fought.
She even admitted in her suicide note that she was the one who killed Aunt Zhao in the wine cellar and framed the drunkard.
Because when she pushed Deng Bo into the water, she was seen by the drunkard, but the drunkard was drunk and might have mistaken him for someone else. So, she was worried that one day the drunkard would remember the truth, so she framed him.
But she had been taken care of by the Gao family for many years, and she never expected that because of her, Councillor Gao's house would be searched and even his mistress would be taken away and thrown into jail. She felt very uneasy and guilty towards Councillor Gao, so she decided to tell the truth and bring peace to Councillor Gao's family.
"Any news about Zhao Si's son?" Lu Ming asked Fu Mo Si, then waved his hand, "Detain Zhao Si, and bring Gao Yulong back for questioning."
Looking at Formosa, "There's nothing hard to figure out. Mother's love is like a mountain. You don't have a woman's feelings, so you don't understand!"
If someone else dared to say that to her, Shemos would have turned hostile long ago, but at this moment he could only roll his eyes.
Duan Lian hesitated and said, "Commissioner Lu, this is too big a matter, isn't it?"
Regardless of the truth, at present, of course, Gao Wangshi should be released first to give the Gao family mansion some peace and quiet. Several people have died in succession, and now a servant who has served for many years has committed suicide out of fear of punishment. It is reasonable and emotional that the Gao family mansion also needs this peace and quiet.
Even if you have any questions, just explore them slowly.
But not only did he fail to appease the Gao family, he continued to come to capture new people, even including the young master of the Gao family. This
Lu Ming waved his hand, "Do as I say!"
Duan Lian had no choice but to stand at attention and turn around to leave.
"Are there any new clues in Xihuang?" Lu Ming looked at Fu Mo Si.
Fu Mosi shook his head. "I found the children who played with Gao Yulong and Gao's son a few years ago. They have almost forgotten what happened four years ago. There is an older one who is thirteen years old this year. He was nine years old when Gao's son died. He remembers it clearly, but he said that Gao Yulong and Gao's son were very good. They played together every day and never quarreled, let alone fought. They were like brothers."
"Also, I heard from the people in Xihuang that Gao Sao and her son have always had a very good relationship. If Gao Sao's son can't see his mother for a day, he will cry and look for her everywhere."
Lu Ming nodded: "It seems that I need to talk to Gao Depei."
…
Gao Depei sat behind the table in the interrogation room with a grim face. The lawyer sitting next to him was Xie Dading.
He didn't even look at Lu Ming opposite him, and just sneered when he came in: "When I get out of here, I promise you will regret it!"
Xie Dading wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Lu Ming from time to time.
Lu Ming has read all his materials. His style has always been to appear weak to others, like a sickly person, but when he actually exerts his strength, he is extremely aggressive.
"Chairman Gao, is Gao Yulong really your biological child with your current wife?"
Lu Ming's first question made Gao Depei frown.
Xie Dading wanted to say something, but Lu Ming waved his hand and said, "Lawyer Xie, Councillor Gao, you don't have to answer my question. I'll answer it instead."
"Gao Yulong wasn't born after Madam Gao's ten-month pregnancy, right?"
Xie Dading was stunned and looked at Gao Depei. Gao Depei frowned slightly but said nothing.
"Chairman Gao, where is Gao Yulong's biological mother? Are you in love with her, or is she just trying to give birth through surrogacy?" Lu Ming stared at him. "This question is very important. It may be closely related to what happened in your house recently."
"Nonsense!" Gao Depei closed his eyes.
Xie Dading then said: "My client has no comment to make. This is my client's privacy..."
Lu Ming waved his hand and continued to say to Gao Depei: "If she is still alive, it may be okay. If she has passed away and her death is a little strange, then..."
Gao Depei opened his eyes suddenly: "What did you say?!"
Lu Ming looked at him without saying a word.
"After Xiaoqiao gave birth to Long'er, because I took Long'er home right away, she fell seriously ill and became addicted to smoking to numb herself, becoming even weaker. Then one day, she committed suicide by burning charcoal... But a few days before she committed suicide, she told me that she wanted to see Long'er, and that she wanted to quit smoking and be a good person..." Gao Depei looked at Lu Ming fiercely, "What do you mean?"
Lu Ming pondered and said, "Since you brought Gao Yulong home, has it been Madam Gao and Sister Gao who have taken care of him?"
Gao Depei nodded: "Yes, the wet nurse was found by Ling'er. Because of Xiaoqiao, I feel uncomfortable every time I see Long'er, so since I brought him back, I rarely..."
He suddenly fell silent. He might have kept these words in his heart for more than ten years and never told anyone.
But today he suddenly said it in front of the guy he hated to death, and he might even feel a little strange about it.
"Mrs. Gao has a child who is only one month younger than Gao Yulong, so she has plenty of milk. That's probably why Mrs. Gao hired her."
"But four years ago, Gao's son died suddenly."
Gao Depei nodded, "I know about this. It was when Long'er went to the countryside that he was sad for a long time. I also sent him some condolence money."
"Mrs. Gao's son was strangled to death." Lu Ming suddenly said.
"What?!" Gao Depei's eyes widened suddenly.
"Mrs. Gao's son was not buried in the Gao family tomb, but in the back mountain of Xihuang, because Mrs. Gao said that her son liked to play there and watch the sunset."
"Seven years ago, Gao's wife divorced her husband. Her husband was a drunkard and a gambler. Everyone said that Gao's wife, who was a virtuous woman, was ruined by her husband all her life."
"That's true. The land in the back hill was under her husband's name. Someone bought it not long ago."
"Her husband is almost dying from smoking opium. It seems that he has forgotten that he once had a son who is buried in the back mountain."
"The person who bought the land wanted to develop it, so he moved the child to a public auction. However, he didn't expect the coffin to rot halfway through, and the child had become a skeleton. The person who bought the land had studied medicine, and he felt something was wrong when he saw the bones, so he called the police. Forensic examination showed that the child's neck was broken. He must have been strangled by someone, suffocating to death. The murderer used too much force, and the child was very young at the time, only five years old, so the neck was broken."
Fu Mo Si scratched his head. The piece of land was naturally bought by his young master, and he had someone handle it himself.
In order to investigate the case, the young master tried his best, but he said that a vineyard could be built there, as the grapes produced by the soil there were suitable for making wine.
Moreover, what the young master did was far more than that. He almost dug out the ancestors of these people, which was much more cruel than what he imagined.
Of course, that requires financial resources and connections. If you want to do it yourself, there are many things you are unable to do.
In this way, a clear picture of the case gradually emerged, but the evidence was insufficient.
As Gao Depei listened to Lu Ming's words, his expression became more and more serious.
"Mrs. Gao said that her son was weak and had an acute illness, so he died that night."
Lu Ming pondered, "What a pity, Mrs. Gao committed suicide. Perhaps, we will never know the truth."
Standing up, "Okay, Speaker Gao, you can go now. Thank you for your cooperation! However, I still have some questions for your wife and son. Don't worry, it will take at most one more day tomorrow. They won't suffer any grievances here."
Gao Depei nodded, said nothing, looked at Lu Ming deeply, stood up and walked out.
Lu Ming was just pondering when Liu Teng walked in quickly and whispered in Lu Ming's ear, "Commissioner, Zhao Si confessed that Gao Yulong beat and pushed Uncle Deng into the water. Gao Yulong had also beaten and killed the servant Liu De before, and he helped to clean up the mess. And Uncle Deng's son was also bribed by Zhao Si."
Lu Ming listened and nodded expressionlessly.
Liu Teng was originally full of joy. It turned out that Commissioner Lu was not unreasonable to suspect that little pervert. The man was really killed by the little pervert. This little pervert was too scary.
But when he saw Lu Ming's expression, Liu Teng was stunned and the smile on his face quickly disappeared.
…
Outside the iron window, the sky was already turning pale.
Lu Ming sat outside the iron fence. Inside, Gao Wangshi was still in the same position, wrapped in a thin blanket, sitting on the bare hardwood bed with her knees hugged.
In the iron-barred cell on the other side, Gao Yulong sat quietly.
"It's almost dawn, Commissioner Lu. A lot of things happened tonight, right?" Gao Wang sighed softly.
"Mrs. Gao's suicide was beyond your expectation, and Zhao Si's confession was something you had arranged long ago?" Lu Ming said indifferently.
"I don't understand what Commissioner Lu said!"
"You must have admired and loved Gao Depei, so you didn't hesitate to marry a widower who was nearly thirty years older than you."
"Speaking of which, how did Gao Depei's first wife die? Unfortunately, it happened a long time ago, more than 30 years ago, and she died of a heart attack. There is really no way to find out what caused the heart attack."
Gao Wangshi just looked at Lu Ming quietly.
"However, Gao Depei must have difficulty conceiving, so neither his original wife nor you have been pregnant."
"Originally, you were very satisfied with everything and didn't care whether you had children or not. You just wanted to live happily with him."
"But, continuing the family line is still very important to Gao Depei."
"But, there is a gentle and affectionate woman out there who is pregnant with him."
"He and you were deeply in love, and he told you the truth, thinking you would understand. But for the first time, you started to oppose him and opposed him taking a concubine. Instead, you persuaded him to give the child to you to raise as soon as it was born."
"But you hate him in your heart. You hate that child, and you hate that woman even more. Maybe you also start to hate Gao Depei. You hate that you devoted your whole heart to him, but he betrayed you in the end."
"It just so happened that your former maid, Mrs. Gao, got married and became pregnant, so you discussed everything with her and planned everything."
"The real Gao Yulong was brought back home and was replaced with Gao Sao's son not long ago. In other words, the current Gao Yulong is Gao Sao's real son."
"Gao Depei felt sorry for Gao Yulong's biological mother, so every time he saw the baby in the cradle, he felt sad and rarely met him. This also gave you the opportunity to switch the baby. Most importantly, Gao Depei, I never thought that you would be so cruel."
"However, if Gao Yulong's biological mother is still alive, she might discover the secret sooner or later. Therefore, she deserves to die. She must die."
"As for the real Gao Yulong, perhaps when he was 5 years old, he was playing with Gao's wife's son and discovered something. Or perhaps, the real son and the fake son were both there, and Gao's wife let it slip. In short, she strangled the real Gao Yulong to death. Perhaps, at the time, he was nearby and witnessed everything. He knew his life experience and his psychology began to become distorted."
As Lu Ming spoke, he pointed at Gao Yulong in another cell.
Gao Yulong and Gao Wangshi had the same expression, neither surprised nor panicked, they just listened quietly.
Lu Ming looked at Mrs. Gao Wang, "Originally, you just wanted to take revenge on Gao Depei, but you didn't expect that Gao Yulong would really die. Although, you may have thought that Gao Yulong just died of illness. But from that time on, you should have been on guard against Mrs. Gao's attempt to usurp your throne. Therefore, Zhao Si became your spy, keeping an eye on Gao Yulong for you, and also satisfying his perverted need to kill people."
"When you first learned that Gao Yulong would kill someone, you might have been very happy. Even if Gao Depei were dead a hundred years later, this mother and son would not be able to turn the tables. Everything in the Gao family would still be yours."
"Without love, you start pursuing power and wealth, and within the party, you start exerting influence."
"And now, Mrs. Gao is dead and has taken all the blame for her son. Even if I want to close the case, it will be closed smoothly."
"But this is what you don't want to see, right? Because Mrs. Gao didn't get your consent at all. She used death to protect her son. Moreover, there will be no evidence from now on. Her son will become the true young master of the Gao family."
"Maybe, Mrs. Gao has been thinking about her son's future for a long time. My investigation made her feel that she had reached a desperate situation, because you must have exaggerated and exaggerated my abilities to scare her and further control her."
"Although Mrs. Gao was frightened by you, she also saw some hope, the hope of truly getting rid of your control, so she is willing to die."
"This makes you very angry. Besides, Zhao Si should have received your instructions long ago. After you are detained, if there are major changes in this case, he should come forward to testify against Gao Yulong, right?"
Gao Wang smiled, "Commissioner Lu, I have to admire you. You are really smart and your stories are fantastic, but I don't understand what you are talking about at all." After thinking for a while, "Commissioner Lu, in fact, now, most of the time, I am the one who handles the affairs of the Justice Party. My master is old and unable to handle it, so he goes to curry favor with the playboys. Many people in the party are dissatisfied with him, and many people hope that I will be the new leader. Commissioner Lu, we will have many opportunities to cooperate in the future. I am sincere. I like to cooperate with smart people. We can become very close allies."
Lu Ming nodded: "Let me tell you two a story. In my hometown, this story is very popular for testing. It says that there are two sisters who went to a funeral. At the funeral, the younger sister fell in love with a boy. When she got home, she killed her sister. Why?"
Gao Wang shook her head and said, "I don't know."
Lu Ming turned around and looked at Gao Yulong, "Kid, can you tell me the reason?"
Gao Yulong looked at Lu Ming quietly, "Because, this way, she will be able to see the boy at her sister's funeral."
Lu Ming stared at him for a while. "In my hometown, your answer is usually that you have the potential to be a serial killer." He smiled again: "A witness accused you of murder. It was your so-called mother who instructed the witness. What do you think?"
"I don't know..." Gao Yulong pressed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, "I don't understand what murder is, uncle. Maybe I'm sick?"
"If I do something wrong, I am willing to accept punishment, go to medical treatment, or be put in jail. I will be a good boy. If I do something wrong, I must accept punishment. My father taught me this since I was very young."
"When I recover from my illness, or when I have been punished enough, I will go home and be a better child, and live happily with my parents forever."
The voice is childish, but somehow it makes people feel uneasy.
Lu Ming looked at Gao Wang and said with a smile: "How about it, do you have a creepy feeling? You won't be able to control him in the future. But, actually, you don't have to panic. It's very simple to kick him out of the Gao family. In fact, the research on blood types is very mature now. There is even a genetic technology that can identify whether Gao Yulong is Gao Depei's biological son." Genetic testing and the like are naturally nonsense. At the very least, it will take thirty years. However, there are related ideas in academic journals because the double helix structure of molecules was just discovered last year, which opened the door to molecular biology and laid the foundation for future genetic technology.
Behind me, a child's voice came: "Gene technology is just a guess now. My father, mother and I all have type A blood, so I am my father and mother's biological son!"
Lu Ming turned to look at Gao Yulong who was speaking and said with a smile: "You are only 9 years old, but you are very interested in this aspect. You must have read a lot of information on this aspect, right?"
He said to Gao Wang: "Think about it! You have type A blood, and your son probably knows it better than you do."
Get up and walk out.