Zhang Gu is not tall, but very strong. He seems to be a very taciturn man. There were so many officials in his house, but it didn't make him frown. Zhang Gu walked in and only glanced at Zhang's mother, then lowered his head. Cen glared at him.
Song Que saw this scene, called Xiao Bing, and told him something in his ear. Xiao Bing agreed, turned around and left again. Mrs. Cen and Mrs. Zhang glanced at Xiao Bing who was exiting. Zhang Gu lowered his head and showed no reaction.
Song Que asked Zhang Gu and Zhang Mu to lead the way, saying that he wanted to visit the place where Zhang Mu collected firewood that day.
Zhang Gu, who had been depressed since he came in, spoke: "Sir, let me take you alone. My mother is old."
Song Que said: "That won't work. I want to see if you two can point out the same place."
His suspicions were almost openly put on the table, but this sentence was very effective. Almost as soon as he said it, Song could sense the sudden anxiety between the two of them.
Song Ke pretended not to know, but he stood between the two of them. There were many police officers guarding him, so that the two of them had no chance to make confessions.
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When they reached the river bank where women often go to wash clothes, Song Que's mood became obviously gloomy. Xiao Bing, the only one who knew the reason, was not there. The Changlin County police officers were surprised in their hearts that this famous prosecutor had an eccentric temperament.
Song Que stood on the bank of the river and observed for a while. There were several large rocks on the bank, which were not even used for pounding clothes. They were very suitable for washing clothes directly on them with a clothes pounding pestle. The rocks are very flat and a little higher than the river. It is just the right height for easy access to water without being flooded. It also means that it is difficult for the river to hit the stone bank. The large stone is flat but not smooth. It is not easy for someone to slip on it and cause an accident.
Song Que picked up a few pieces of gravel from the ground, threw them to several locations, and assessed the depth of the river bed and the turbulence of the river. This section of the Changshi River is not fast, but the river bed is quite deep. If a person who does not know how to swim is thrown into it, he will not be able to step on the ground no matter how hard he struggles. Looking at the direction of the current, there is also a tendency to hit the shore.
Song took a few steps back and saw a few discarded bamboo poles on the side. Although they were not neatly arranged, they were still piled together. Only one was scattered aside.
Song Que retreated and asked Zhang Mu to lead the way.
Zhang's mother tried to shirk the situation, saying that she was just collecting firewood and didn't pay much attention to the road; she said that her waist had slipped and she was in pain.
But Song didn't care at all and said: "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter where you go. You usually come here to collect firewood. There is always a road up the mountain, right? Let's go to the mountain and have a look."
Zhang's mother had no choice but to take him up the mountain. The place to collect firewood was easy to find, but how could she tell Zhang Gu about the same place
Song Que accompanied Zhang's mother in a long circle, and every time she reached a steeper place, he asked her if she had lost her back here. Zhang's mother was very cooperative. In her words, this place looked like that, and that place also looked like it. Finally, she patted her head and said that she was old and stupid.
But Song had already confirmed that something was wrong with her, and the expression on his face became increasingly cold. His appearance, once solemn, was extremely imposing. Zhang's mother originally wanted to say a few more words, trying to fish in troubled waters, but when she saw him like this, a chill ran down her spine and she didn't dare to speak.
After Zhang's mother, Song Que took Zhang Gu up the mountain alone. Facing Zhang Gu, Song Que was more direct: "Are you still leaving? You don't know what to say, do you?"
Zhang Gu still lowered his head and said: "Sir, my memory is not very good. Maybe I can remember it if I walk around more."
Song Que asked again: "Why do you always lower your head? Is it because you have done something wrong and dare not see others?"
Zhang Gu said in a muffled voice: "I fell down on my pillow recently and can't lift it up."
Zhang Gu had a good attitude and answered all questions. Even if Song Que asked something extreme, he was not annoyed. Quan Dang only heard the normal half of the question.
Between these questions and answers, Song Que gradually figured out his temperament.
Song stopped talking. He went back and forth on the existing information and gradually pieced together the most likely process in his mind. Although there were still some details that lacked confirmation, it was already the most likely situation based on the performance of these two people.
As expected, Zhang Gu didn't point out any specific place. The reason was that he was anxious at the time and was busy carrying his injured mother back, without noticing where on the mountain it was.
Song was noncommittal and asked him what he thought of Cheng Li while walking down the mountain.
Zhang Gu's previous performance was quite flawless, but he suddenly got stuck on this issue and fell into a rare silence. After a long while, he said: "He is a good person."
Song Que said: "Is there anyone in your dyeing workshop who doesn't like him?"
Zhang Gudao: "He is skillful with his hands, and the cloth he dyes is particularly beautiful. The manager thinks highly of him, and everyone else has a good relationship with him. As for privately, I dare not say anything to death, but Cheng Li has a kind temperament, and it is difficult for others to do so." hate him."
Song Que said: "It's hard for others to dislike him, but what about you?"
Zhang Gu touched his forehead and said: "Of course I don't hate him. I'm older than him, but not as capable as him, which is a bit embarrassing. But he is a generous person, doesn't hide anything, and doesn't hold grudges. You and I He may not even realize that you are angry with him for two days. How can you become disgusted with such a person? "
Song Que said: "He was a very good man, but it was a pity that he died young, right?"
Zhang Gu: "...Yes."
Song clearly felt that the man next to him was taking heavy steps, and said again: "Did you know? The child in his wife's belly already has all the features and has hair. He is a boy. He is a little smaller. He already has a child. What will it be like if he can be born?"
Zhang Gu's footsteps stopped, but Song felt something and turned around to look at him. His mouth opened and closed, as if he wanted to say something, but also seemed afraid that he would really say it, looking very painful.
Song waited patiently for a moment, but Zhang Gu didn't speak in the end. It couldn't be said that he was disappointed. Song even thought sarcastically that it was because of this that he would do such a thing.
When the two of them went down the mountain, Xiao Bing was already waiting on the shore. He went to find out the news on Song Que's order, and now he came back with the information Song Que wanted to confirm.
The manager of the dye house checked the records and confirmed the time. On the day Su Xiuxiu and Cheng Li disappeared, the dye house asked Cheng Li and Zhang Gu to leave work early, and they left together.
Xiao Bing asked other people in the dyeing workshop, but none of them had bad words to say about Cheng Li. When he asked who was more difficult to deal with than Cheng Li, he thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a name. On weekdays, Cheng Li either stays in the dyeing workshop or helps with work at home. It is difficult for him to go to other places and have conflicts with others. Like Su Xiuxiu, he has no unnecessary communication and has the closest relationship with the opposite Zhang family.
Xiao Bing also went to find out what other neighbors thought of the Zhang and Cheng family. The two families were very fierce in fighting, mainly Zhang's mother and Cheng's mother. The two of them refused to suffer any losses and tried to overpower each other in everything they did. . Next are Cen and Su Xiuxiu, but these two were unilaterally initiated by Cen after being brainwashed by Zhang's mother. Su Xiuxiu has a soft temper and cannot make a quarrel no matter how much she is targeted. Mr. Cen was also used to tearing things apart. When Su Xiuxiu ran away without making any noise, she punched the cotton with her fist, but she couldn't use any force. Although Zhang's father and Cheng's father didn't quarrel as much as Zhang's mother and Cheng's mother, they still had to bicker when they met. Because their quarrels and quarrels are not a big deal, the neighbors can just watch them as a spectacle, and they can have more food to talk about.
In the fight between the two families, the Cheng family had always had the upper hand, but there was still back and forth, and it was Su Xiuxiu's pregnancy that broke the balance.
Although the Cheng family previously said that my eldest son is better than your eldest son and that my eldest daughter-in-law is more educated than your eldest daughter-in-law, the Zhang family can also counterattack by saying that my youngest son is studying and will be an official in the future and has a bright future. Although the results of the second eldest son of the Zhang family are not outstanding, after all, he is in the academy. When he mentions it, the Cheng family loses some confidence.
Cheng's mother would sometimes get angry and say that she would throw the eldest son back to study, but Cheng Li was already past that age and had a skill that could support him. How could he really go back to study just because Cheng's mother was angry.
At this time, Su Xiuxiu was pregnant. Although she didn't get pregnant quickly, it was much better than her opponent. Cen has been in the family for more than five years, but she has never shown signs of pregnancy. In the first two years, she was bullied by Zhang's mother and forced to see a doctor and take medicine. Later, Mrs. Cen suddenly became tough. On the surface, Zhang's mother said that she loved her daughter-in-law, but privately everyone guessed that Zhang Gu was useless. Otherwise, with Zhang's temper, there would be no reason to bow her head first. In short, the matter of having a grandson has almost become a worry for Zhang's mother. She can't get pregnant no matter what, but the belly of the opposite door has a bulge.
Although I usually feel sad that Cheng Li is looking for a wife who is weak and can't lift her shoulders or lift her hands. But once you're pregnant, it's different. Su Xiuxiu looked like she had read a lot of poems and books. Could the child she was pregnant with be smart? Moreover, Su Xiuxiu liked to eat acid after she became pregnant. Mother Cheng revealed this to Mother Zhang eight hundred times, intentionally or unintentionally. It is said that sour children make hot girls. Zhang's mother gave birth to two boys, and her mouth was always sour during pregnancy. She firmly believed this statement. At that time, when the Zhang family mentioned their second child, the Cheng family mentioned their unborn eldest grandson, which completely silenced the Zhang family.
After Xiao Bing finished reporting the information he had inquired about, the last piece of the puzzle was put into place for the blank piece in Song Que's mind.
He asked Zhang's mother and Zhang Gu to walk to the river bank, stand on the stone bank, and look at the river: "That day, Mrs. Su came to the river bank to help Mrs. Cheng get the clothes-pounding pestle. Unexpectedly, the clothes-pounding pestle was in the hands of the murderer. During the negotiation between the two, the murderer suddenly felt malicious and hit the back of Su's neck with a clothes pestle. Later, he found that Su was not breathing. He panicked and pushed Su into the river, trying to pretend to be drowned. But Su's body floated Her body was too close to the river bank, so the murderer used a bamboo pole to push her body away from the bank so that it could float away with the river. Unexpectedly, Cheng Li came to look for Su, and the scene was completely thrown off. When he came up, he pushed the murderer away and wanted to Pull back the Su family. After discovering that the Su family was dead, Cheng Li either wanted to take revenge personally or report to the official, but was tightly held back by the murderer. At this time, the fourth man appeared, and he was an accomplice. The accomplice helped to hold him back. After killing Cheng Li, the murderer hit Cheng Li on the back with a pestle and knocked him into the water. Cheng Li couldn't swim and struggled in the water, trying to grab the shore. The murderer used a long bamboo pole to poke him. After beating him, Cheng Li struggled several times without success, and finally slowly lost his strength and was drowned alive by the two people on the shore."
The faces of mother and son were exactly the same, and Zhang's mother gritted her teeth. Even now, she still has no intention of surrendering.
Song turned around and smiled at them, ghostly, and whispered: "Do you know how I know? It was the two corpses and three ghosts that traveled through the three towns and came to me in person to tell me. They said , take revenge tonight.”