Gu Xizhou and the others drove to the neighborhood where the two elders lived. They stood at the door and knocked politely. After a while, the back door finally opened.
"What?" The old man who opened the door asked with a frown when he saw the four of them.
"We want to talk to you about your son …"
"Don't tell me. I don't want to hear it. I don't know anything. Anyway, he has been missing for so many years. I'll just pretend that I don't have a son."
The old man waved his hand and said impatiently.
"He has been dead for a week," Gu Xizhou said.
The old man didn't seem to understand Gu Xizhou's words. He said hurriedly, "If he wants to die, wait for him to die. I …"
The old man was halfway through his words when he realized that Gu Xizhou's words were different from what he thought.
"Who, who is dead?"
Gu Xizhou shook the report on his phone and said, "Your son. A body was found in Fenghuang Mountain in Ningqing City about a week ago. Yesterday, we used the DNA on your cigarette butt to confirm that the deceased was your son."
"A week ago?" the old man asked.
Gu Xizhou nodded. "Now, are you willing to let us in to talk?"
The old man with white hair stared at Gu Xizhou for a long time without saying anything. After a while, he let go of the hand blocking the door. He seemed to have aged a lot in an instant. At this time, the old woman who opened the door for them yesterday reached out and took the report in Gu Xizhou's hand and looked at it.
"Dead … He …" The old woman trembled and couldn't stand steadily.
The old man next to her looked at his wife for a while and said, "He's dead, this bastard! It's good that he's dead! "
"You …" The old woman pointed at the old man's face with her index finger. She opened her mouth but didn't make any sound.
The old man asked Gu Xizhou and the others to sit on the sofa in the living room and said, "Since you're sure that my son is dead, then I'll tell you the truth.
"Seven years ago, that bastard drove Ah Qiang home to see the two of us. On the way, that bastard said that there was an emergency in the company, so he asked Ah Qiang to drive over and bring the things for the two of us. In the end, the car suddenly caught fire and exploded. My Ah Qiang died … died …"
"The Qiang you're talking about is your second son, Zhao Qiang?" Song Qian frowned and tried to confirm.
The old man nodded and said with a choked voice, "Yes, it was actually my youngest son who died seven years ago."
"Is it because you want to cheat the insurance, so you said it's the youngest son?"
The old man shook his head. "At first, I didn't know that the two of them came back together. I also thought that the bastard had died. His identification was in the car. My eldest daughter-in-law, Feng Tian, also said that the clothes belonged to that bastard, so I really thought that he was dead. Later on, when my youngest son went missing, my hair really turned white. I cried and was tired. I felt terrible seeing my son go before his death …
"But one day, when I went to look for Feng Tian, I saw a person on the street who looked a lot like my eldest son, Zhao Guo. I followed him and called him … I thought it was my imagination, but the more I called him, the more he ran.
"At that time, I felt that something was wrong, so I went to ask Feng Tian. Feng Tian shook her head and said she didn't know. But that day, I saw a few people coming to her house to collect debts. Only then did I know that the bastard was gambling outside and had borrowed money from loan sharks. He owed them 800,000 yuan. I saw Feng Tian being beaten up by those people … "
Gu Xizhou said calmly, "And then?"
"I originally wanted to sell our house to pay off the loan sharks for Feng Tian, but Feng Tian rejected me. She said that previously, she had bought a commercial insurance policy for herself in the State of Zhao, and the compensation was about one million yuan. When the compensation was paid, she would pay off the money first and give the rest to us.
"To be honest … Feng Tian is a pretty good girl. She's just unlucky to be with that bastard!"
The old man's eyes were filled with tears as he spoke intermittently. "When the compensation was paid, Feng Tian had just returned the money. She called me and said that she would give the remaining 200,000 yuan to me and Old Madam Gu. She said that our two eldest sons had died and our youngest son had gone missing. She was talking on the phone when I suddenly heard her screaming that bastard's name.
"When Old Madam Gu and I rushed over, we saw that bastard at home … I asked him then, who was the one who had died? Only then did he say that he had gone back with his second son that day.
"At that time, I felt that something was wrong, so I asked him …"
It was a little different from what Gu Xizhou and Old Madam Gu had guessed, but not by much. Seven years ago, the one who had really died was the second son of the Zhao family, Zhao Qiang. As no one raised any questions at that time, there was no DNA test, so it was directly determined that the deceased was the eldest son of the Zhao family. The insurance company settled the claim.
"He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to us, begging us not to tell the police. He even kowtowed to Feng Tian until his head was bleeding. Feng Tian couldn't bear it, so when she heard him beg for mercy, she just looked at the two of us.
"As a parent, seeing that I only had one son, I couldn't bring myself to send him to the police station. I also felt that it was difficult to face my second son who had died. At that time, I told him that I would cut off all ties with him and that I never wanted to see him again.
"Now that he's dead, it's retribution!"
The old man wiped his tears as he spoke. As he spoke, the two old men cried at the same time, and the atmosphere in the house suddenly became oppressive.
Gu Xizhou and the others fell into deep thought. If that was the case, the deceased, Zhao Guo, was an illegal resident. His parents had cut off all ties with him. He had killed his own brother for fraud, so he had never been in contact with his former friends. It was very likely that Zhao Guo had been living in Feng Tian's villa all this time.
"Was Feng Tian with the deceased after that?" Gu Xizhou asked.
The old man nodded. "Should be. After that incident, the remaining two hundred thousand was left in Feng Tian's hands. That bastard wasn't much of a person, but he had a good head for business. He used the money to invest and earned a lot of money …
"I heard it from a friend. She came a few times, but we didn't accept the money she gave us."
Gu Xizhou looked at the old man. After a short moment of thought, he asked, "Did Feng Tian and Zhao Guo have any children over the years?"
"Children?" After a short moment of surprise, the old man said with certainty, "No!"
"No?"
The old man said without hesitation, "That bastard didn't have any children … He has Azoospermia."
"I see."
Fang Zhi noted down the important information. The two old men didn't know much about Feng Tian and Zhao Guo's life after that, so they didn't know about the child's situation. Gu Xizhou nodded slightly.
"Please don't tell anyone that we came to find you to avoid alerting the murderer," Song Qian reminded the two old men before leaving.
The two old men nodded repeatedly.
"Police officers, you must find the murderer …" The old woman spoke uneasily, but she was interrupted by the old man beside her.
"Hmph, what's there to find? He deserves it!" Every time the old woman wanted to speak, the old man beside her would glare at her fiercely. "You feel sorry for that bastard, but what about our Qiang? When you said that, did you think about Qiang's feelings? He'd be so sad if he heard it! "
When the old woman heard that, she looked at the old man and held back her words for a long time. She walked into the room crying.
"Then we'll leave first."
Gu Xizhou and the other two left. Just as they got into the car and fastened their seatbelts, Song Qian said, "Do you think … that the old man put righteousness before family? Hmm? "
"… You're thinking too much."
Song Qian: "How am I thinking too much? Look at that old man. He's so angry at the mention of the deceased. He looks like he wants to kill someone! "
"If he really had such a temper, why would he wait seven years to kill someone?" Gu Xizhou said calmly, "Compared to others, the possibility of Feng Tian killing someone is higher. She went to look for her parents the moment we left. When people need help the most, the first people they think of are their parents."
As they spoke, Gu Xizhou and the others drove to Feng Tian's house again. They waited for about forty minutes before Feng Tian returned from outside.
"Hello, Miss Feng. We meet again," Gu Xizhou said softly to Feng Tian, who had just returned home.
Feng Tian looked at Gu Xizhou angrily and was a little impatient. "Police officers, you're looking for me again today? I really don't know. I threw the ticket away! I don't know who picked it up, and I don't know why the deceased had my parking ticket on him! "
"We've confirmed that the deceased is your ex-husband who died seven years ago," Gu Xizhou said calmly.
Feng Tian was slightly stunned and her face turned pale. Suddenly, she pushed Gu Xizhou and turned to run! She turned and bumped into Song Qian. Song Qian staggered and fell in the middle of the road.
Feng Tian bumped into Fang Zhi and ran straight to her car!
"Stop!"
"Stop!"
Everything happened too quickly. Feng Tian started the car and drove forward with a fierce momentum. Gu Xizhou saw that the other party's car was about to run over Song Qian.
Before the word "run" could leave his mouth, he heard the ear-piercing sound of burning tires from the car. Feng Tian stepped on the brakes and sat in the car, crying bitterly.
"Phew …" Gu Xizhou let out a long breath. Fang Zhi next to him was shocked. He opened his mouth but did not make a sound.
On the ground, Song Qian held onto the hood of the Mercedes-Benz that was less than a fist's distance from him. His legs were trembling slightly. He stood up and looked at the woman who was crying in the car. "You, you get out first …"
Feng Tian sat in the car and wiped her tears. At this moment, Gu Xizhou strode forward, opened the car door, and pulled Feng Tian out.
Because of this incident, Song Qian was still a little scared. Therefore, during the interrogation, his temper was not good and he was furious.
"What's the use of crying? Tell me why you killed him. "
Feng Tian sat in the interrogation room and wept. She did not speak and only cried.
"Damn, Old Song's temper is that bad today?" a local policeman asked softly.
"How can it not be bad? He was almost run over by this woman's car! If it weren't for Ning Qing's Captain Gu and the others, we would be seeing a dead Old Song today. "
"No …" Fang Zhi was silent. He pointed at Feng Tian who was being interrogated and said, "She stepped on the brakes."
In the interrogation room, Gu Xizhou sat by the side. He waved at Song Qian and said, "Let her cry for a while. You should rest and calm down. Don't be angry."
Gu Xizhou handed Feng Tian a packet of tissue. He sat by the side and waited for Feng Tian to cry and calm down.
After crying for about twenty minutes, Feng Tian's emotions slowly calmed down. Just as she was about to speak, Song Qian's phone suddenly rang. He picked up the phone and listened to the first sentence. He put down the phone and whispered to Gu Xizhou with a bad expression, "Come out with me for a while."
"Okay." Gu Xizhou glanced at Feng Tian and left the interrogation room with Song Qian. After closing the door, he asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
"Feng Tian's father just turned himself in at the police station. He said he killed Zhao Guo …"
Gu Xizhou raised his eyebrows. "What's the reason?"
"He didn't want Zhao Guo to continue being a leech on his daughter." Song Qian frowned. "Feng Tian invested in these shops herself. That Zhao Guo could only hide at home. His character and temper are not very good. In the past seven years, there have been cases of him beating Feng Tian."
"Feng Tian's father said that it was because of this that he killed Zhao Guo." Song Qian continued, "Why didn't he turn himself in earlier or later? He must have realized that he couldn't get through to his daughter's phone and was afraid."
Gu Xizhou heard this and only felt that it was a little troublesome. If Feng Tian's father insisted that he killed someone, it would affect the sentencing.
"Let's interrogate Feng Tian first and see what she has to say."
The two of them went in together. By then, Feng Tian had calmed down. When she saw Song Qian, she said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Officer. I almost ran into you today."
Song Qian waved his hand. "Let's not talk about this. Let's talk about you first. Why did you kill Zhao Guo?"
Feng Tian looked at him and said softly, "I didn't kill him. Since you know that it was my husband who died … you should also know that it wasn't him who died seven years ago. It was his brother, right?"
"Yes." Gu Xizhou nodded.
"Seven years ago, he killed his younger brother to cheat his guarantor. After I got the money and paid off the loan sharks he owed, I was left with two hundred thousand yuan. I was going to give it to his parents, but he appeared in front of me again for money.
"At that time, he knelt at my feet and kept kowtowing to me. I couldn't bear it … so I didn't expose him. Instead, I helped him hide it. I know that I committed the crime of covering up. I admit it." Feng Tian said weakly.
"Then how did he die?" Gu Xizhou asked.
"… He lived with me for the past seven years. He watched television at home every day and played games when he was bored. He didn't contact his parents, but my parents kept urging me to remarry. In the end, we had no choice but to tell my parents that it wasn't Zhao Guo who died, but Zhao Qiang.
"But Zhao Guo told my parents that it was an accident and that he needed the money at that time … my parents said that they understood. Later on, perhaps because he was in hiding, his temper became very bad. Sometimes, he would hit me.
"There were a few times when I was sent to the hospital. My father was very angry. He hit me once not long ago. Because my father was angry, he went home and saw him playing games again. In a rage, he killed him, "Feng Tian said slowly.
When Gu Xizhou and Song Qian heard her say that the murderer was her father, they looked at each other. At the same time, they remembered that Feng Tian went to look for her parents on the day they found her!
It was possible that Feng Tian was telling the truth, but it was also possible that this was the result of Feng Tian's discussion with her parents that day. It was hard to confirm if she found someone to take the blame.
"What about your child?" Gu Xizhou asked.
At the mention of children, Feng Tian's body trembled. "Child? What child? "
"My husband has azoospermia. I don't have any children with him."
"Yes, the plush toy I took that day had saliva stains on it," Gu Xizhou said calmly. His meaning was obvious.
Feng Tian shook her head firmly. "I don't have any children. I've been wanting one all these years."
After realizing that they could not get any more useful information from Feng Tian, about an hour later, they met Feng Tian's father, Feng Sheng.
Feng Sheng was 1.85 meters tall and had a strong physique. With his size, he could have killed Zhao Guo directly if he had ambushed someone. Compared to Feng Tian, Feng Sheng was in a better state of mind. He also spoke in an organized manner.
"You said you killed someone. Please explain the details of the murder in detail," Gu Xizhou said calmly.
"He hit my daughter. I rushed to his house because I was angry and argued with him. I was so angry that I hit him on the head with an axe. He died before he could even make a sound … Then I used an electric saw to dismember his body and put him in a trash bag. I brought him to the car and drove to Phoenix Mountain to bury him."
"What car did you drive?" Gu Xizhou asked.
Feng Sheng thought for a moment and said, "My daughter's car."
"Why didn't you drive your own car?"
"No reason," Feng Sheng said calmly, expressionless.
"What about the murder weapon? Where is the murder weapon?"
Feng Sheng glanced at Gu Xizhou and said, "I threw it away."
"Where did you throw it?"
The man shook his head. "I forgot."
Gu Xizhou and the others walked out. A few of them frowned. Song Qian raised his eyebrows and said, "This is too contradictory. A father killed for his daughter, but he used his daughter's car to dump the body. This doesn't make sense!"
"How so?" a police officer Gu Xizhou did not know asked.
"Because a person wants to protect another person. After killing someone, he will definitely avoid connecting the incident with the other person. He drove to Feng Tian's house, so why didn't he drive his own car when he dumped the body?" Fang Zhi explained. At this moment, the confused police officer finally snapped out of his daze and said, "Oh."
Gu Xizhou suddenly slapped his forehead. He turned around and walked into the interrogation room. He placed his hands on the table and asked Feng Sheng, "I have another question."
Feng Sheng, "?"
"Where's your grandson?"
"He …" Feng Sheng opened his mouth. He seemed to have realized something. He said angrily, "How can I have a grandson? That bastard can't have children! "
As he spoke, he began to curse the deceased. Clearly, he was still brooding over this matter.
After a while, Feng Sheng suddenly looked at Gu Xizhou and asked, "When can I see my daughter? I've already confessed. I want to see her."
"There's no hurry. You can see her when the case comes to a conclusion," Gu Xizhou said.
Gu Xizhou left the interrogation room again. He looked at the others and said, "Feng Tian does have a child. Why won't they admit it?"
"Where's the child now?"
It was very likely to be related to this case! Now that Feng Tian and her father had given the same testimony, Feng Sheng took all the blame. Obviously, he hoped that his daughter would be acquitted!
"Let's go to Feng Tian's villa and see if there are any clues," Gu Xizhou said.
They left the police station and ate a bowl of noodles. Then, they went straight to Feng Tian's house. They bypassed the closed yellow police tape. After an inspection, there were still some traces of blood left in the house.
When they entered the villa again, Gu Xizhou entered a room full of toys. Just then, Fang Zhi shouted, "Gu Ge, look at this!"
Looking in the direction Fang Zhi was pointing, Gu Xizhou saw a uniquely shaped rattle-drum. It was the kind that children played with. There were rows of small teeth marks on it.
"There's a child!" Song Qian took a look and frowned.
With the rattle-drum and other things, Gu Xizhou and the others returned to the police station. At this time, Feng Tian was eating. When she saw Gu Xizhou throw the rattle-drum on the table, she was stunned. She looked up at him and asked, "What's wrong?"
"What's this? Where's your child? "Gu Xizhou asked.
"I told you, I don't have a child," Feng Tian said after thinking.
"Some of the toys in your house have traces of being used."
"This toy is an old toy."
"You're so rich. Why would you buy an old toy?"
Feng Tian looked at him coldly and asked, "Can't I?"
"Why can't I? But do you really want your father to take the blame for you? Your father is doing this out of love for you. What about you? Do you really want to be so selfish?
"Have you ever thought about your father's life in prison? He's already so old. Have you ever thought about it? "
Feng Tian ignored him and continued eating.
Gu Xizhou and Song Qian returned without success. Song Qian shook his head. "F * ck, this woman is quite shrewd. She thinks that her father is old and won't be in prison for more than a few years! She wants her father to take the blame! Although the deceased deserved it, this can't be helped! "
"You keep asking her about the child. Do you think the two are related?" Song Qian asked.
"Zhao Guo can't have children. The child is definitely not his," Gu Xizhou said softly. "Oh right, check Feng Tian and see if she has any records of giving birth. Also, visit her employees."
The next morning, Gu Xizhou received a text from Song Qian. Feng Tian did not give birth. Her employees could prove that. Feng Tian would patrol the store every Friday. Therefore, they were very sure that Feng Tian was not pregnant.
Gu Xizhou took the keys and said to Fang Zhi, "Do you want to visit your sister? I'll go alone today. "
"She's at school. It's not good for me to go. Work is more important. Are you going to Feng Tian's house today?" Fang Zhi said.
"Alright."
Once again, Gu Xizhou and Fang Zhi sped all the way to Feng Tian's villa. This time, they visited the surrounding neighbors.
"Hello," Fang Zhi greeted politely. "We are …"
The woman in red pajamas waved her hand and smiled. "I know. Police. I heard from my nanny yesterday that someone died in the house next door."
"But are all police officers so good-looking these days?" The beautiful woman smiled and looked at Gu Xizhou meaningfully.
Gu Xizhou: "…"
Before Fang Zhi could ask, the woman made a shushing gesture and said, "I know what you want to ask. My nanny already answered you yesterday. The woman next door did not do anything special."
Gu Xizhou was silent for a moment and said, "Have you seen Feng Tian injured?"
The woman waved her hand. "No. She's always dressed well. She's quite pretty, but not as pretty as me."
Gu Xizhou: "…"
Fang Zhi: "…"
The woman saw that Gu Xizhou and Fang Zhi were speechless for a long time and laughed.
After laughing, she pointed at the bonsai in Feng Tian's yard and said, "I won't tease you anymore. The only thing I think is strange is the bonsai she recently bought."
Gu Xizhou raised his eyebrows. "?"
The woman glanced at Gu Xizhou and said, "I have a friend who came to my house last time. He took a look at her yard and said that there was something wrong with the bonsai."
"What's wrong?" Gu Xizhou asked.
The woman said calmly, "I don't know about that. He just vaguely said that the feng shui is not good."
"Thank you." After Gu Xizhou thanked the woman, he asked Song Qian to bring some people over.
He used a small shovel to flip over all the flower pots. In less than ten minutes, Fang Zhi's shovel dug up a hard object.
"Gu Ge! It's a human head! " Fang Zhi felt cold all over. At the same time, he found a box containing ashes and a bloody axe in the other two bonsai!
"Let's go back."
Before Gu Xizhou left, he saw the woman in a red dress next door.
"You don't seem to be afraid at all?" Song Qian looked at the beautiful woman next door and asked in surprise.
The woman said nonchalantly, "What's there to be afraid of? He's a dead person, not a living person or a ghost. Why should I be afraid of him?"
Gu Xizhou sized up the woman slightly and thought to himself, 'Afraid of living people and ghosts. Perhaps this woman is like them, struggling in the mission world.'
The few of them drove back to the police station at lightning speed. Gu Xizhou walked into the interrogation room and said to Feng Tian directly, "Feng Tian, the murder weapon is in your flower pot. After a test, we'll know if your DNA is on it. I advise you to confess now. Considering that the other party has a criminal record of murder and insurance fraud, his sentence might be lighter."
Feng Tian looked at the photo and held it in for a long time. Suddenly, she said self-deprecatingly, "I didn't expect you to find it in the flower pot."
After laughing, she opened her mouth and said, "I lied before. He didn't hit me. He wouldn't dare."
Feng Tian said sarcastically, "I did have a child before, but it wasn't mine. I picked it up …
"Zhao Guo has a stillbirth syndrome. We have never had a child. About three months ago, I was drinking coffee on the side of the road after making my rounds when I heard a baby crying. A child had been lost. The child was very cute. He grabbed my hand and refused to let go. I don't know what I was thinking at the time, but I brought him home.
"I told Zhao Guo that I wanted to adopt the child. Zhao Guo objected at that time. During the argument, I said that he … he wasn't a man. I said that I wanted to adopt the child. Anyway, I wouldn't have children with him. If I adopted the child, I would have something to rely on in the future.
"In the end, he didn't object. I thought he agreed. The child loved to cry, and Zhao Guo hated him. Then one day, when I came home from work, I didn't hear the child crying. When I went to take a look, the child's body was cold!"
Feng Tian sobbed and cried, "I questioned Zhao Guo. Zhao Guo, he said … he found the child annoying and wanted to strangle him, so he tried to play with him. He didn't expect that he would accidentally strangle him to death. He was even laughing when he said that!
At that time, I thought that if I hadn't picked the child up, the child wouldn't have died. I thought of his brother, Zhao Qiang … His brother is really a good person. I've been feeling guilty all these years! When I thought of this, I planned to kill him. "
Gu Xizhou glanced at her and said, "He killed someone. You can expose him. You don't have to do it yourself …"
Feng Tian coldly interrupted Gu Xizhou. "So what if he killed someone? It's said that a life for a life, but how many people really pay with their lives? Isn't there a lot of cases where the death sentence is reprieved? I want him dead! "
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