Chapter 38 Call the Police, Solve the Case, and Arrest
Under the leadership of Song Wenjing, Song Jianping inspected each of the footprints circled by Song Wenming one by one. Especially on the fence, the two footprints were quite clear.
This is also thanks to the drizzle, which made the road muddy. Otherwise, it would not be so easy to make discoveries.
At the same time, this arsonist was not smart enough. Or he never knew the evidence to solve the case, so he left such obvious traces.
However, this cannot be blamed on this person.
In the 1980s, the channels for obtaining information were too scarce. There was no Internet, and there were very few TV sets. Apart from newspapers, there seemed to be no other sources of information.
It is basically impossible to write the details of these crimes in newspapers. If you are not a habitual criminal, you really don't know that you can find the real perpetrator through shoe print comparison.
"Second uncle, it's still early. Let's protect the evidence at the scene of the crime. After a while, I will go to the city and call my cousin to help." Song Wenjing said to Song Jianping.
"Your cousin is not a policeman in our town, is it useful to ask him to come over?" Song Jianping asked a little confused.
"I know that Song Cheng is a joint defense team member in the town. I'm worried that he is familiar with the police in our town. If someone is covering up, it will be more troublesome. And I called my cousin here as a relative of my family.
, it’s only natural to come and take a look. But with him here, after all, they are in the same system, so they don’t dare to mess around.”
It's not that Song Wenjing is suspicious, but that as a second-rate boy in the village, he can go to the town's joint defense team, so he must have followed someone's path. And these are all related to the police station, so Song Cheng must have a relationship with someone in the town
Unusual.
First a villain, then a gentleman. Zhou Yiping is at the city police station, and he is from Xieqiao Town. He must be familiar with his colleagues at the town police station. With him here, there is no need to worry about other possibilities.
"Well, Wen Jing, you ride my car to the city, and when it's about the same time, I'll go to the town to call the police. Let's make a time difference." Song Jianping said understandingly.
After the two agreed, Song Jianguo had already dressed and came out of the house.
The two children were driven back to the house to continue sleeping, as they had to go to school tomorrow. The three adults also had to tidy up the haystack to avoid the situation happening again.
It was getting slightly brighter, so Song Wenjing set off on his bicycle and rushed to the city.
When he arrived at Yi Ping's single dormitory, it was only seven o'clock, and Yi Ping had not gotten up yet.
"Wen Jing, so early? Did something happen?"
Seeing Song Wenjing coming home so early, Zhou Yiping knew that something must have happened, otherwise his cousin would not have come to find him so early.
Song Wenjing did not exchange any pleasantries, and explained the incident to his cousin straightforwardly.
"Cousin, I kept all those footprints because I was worried that it would rain again, so I covered them with something. I was just worried that there was someone in Song Cheng in the town. If he was protected, it would be difficult for me to deal with it."
"Tch..., you are just worrying. I guess this Songcheng just gave someone some gifts at most and then became a joint defense team member. It's no big deal. In this way, I will accompany you in a moment
Go to the town police station, my friend is there. Come on, I will take you to have breakfast first."
Zhou Yiping pulled Song Wenjing into the dormitory without any explanation. After washing up, he said hello to his colleagues next door and then took him to eat a bowl of soy milk and fried dough sticks.
When he saw that the time was almost up, he rode his bicycle to the Xieqiao Town Police Station with Song Wenjing.
When the two arrived, Song Jianping was also waiting at the door of the police station.
There was no other way. It was not time to go to work yet, so he could only wait outside. When he saw Song Wenjing and two people arriving on bicycles, he finally felt relieved.
It is indeed easy to get things done if you have connections. Zhou Yiping, wearing a police uniform, went directly to find his friend in the station and explained the matter clearly to him.
"Wen Jing, this is Police Officer Ma Jianfeng, my good buddy. If you need anything in the future, you can ask him for help." Zhou Yiping introduced his good friend to Song Wenjing.
Song Wenjing knew his cousin's kindness, so he immediately stepped forward and said with a smile, "Officer Ma, please take good care of me in the future."
Ma Jianfeng was not polite, and patted Song Wenjing on the shoulder, "You are Yiping's cousin, and you are my cousin. From now on, just call me brother in private. It's getting late, I'll go tell the director, and you can go report the crime as well."
Register at the office. Then go directly to avoid any accidents during the long night."
In this regard, Song Wenjing was of course happy to see the success.
Soon, everyone set off again. However, Song Wenjing and others left first, while Ma Jianfeng drove there with a colleague.
Now that we have basically identified the criminal, we can't just ride a bicycle over there. Then we will have to ride a bicycle to bring the criminal back.
After arriving at Songjia Village, another police officer locked onto Song Cheng's home after being identified by Song Wenjing. However, no action was taken, but temporary monitoring was carried out to prevent the other party from escaping.
The rest of the people came to Song Wenjing's home.
At this time, Song Jianguo was still guarding at home, and the courtyard door was closed tightly, not letting anyone in.
It wasn't until the police car sounded that the door was opened.
After getting off the car, Ma Jianfeng went directly to investigate the crime scene without saying a word, and recorded a confession for Song Jianguo and his son. Then he made a rubbing of the shoe print and took it to Songcheng's home.
"Xiao Zhao, Song Cheng is still at home, hasn't he gone out?" Ma Jianfeng asked another policeman.
"I haven't seen anyone until now, unless I escaped before we came. But I guess I haven't gotten up yet. I just heard his wife shouting towards the house." Xiao Zhao replied while smoking a cigarette with a smile.
"That's just right. When the other party doesn't respond, we can go directly over to see the shoes he is wearing, and then we can make a rubbing of the shoe prints and compare them."
Ma Jianfeng was a bit resolute in his work, so he led a few people towards the door of Songcheng's house.
"Who are you looking for?" Song Cheng's daughter-in-law Fu Min asked loudly.
When she saw several people wearing police uniforms walking into the courtyard, with Song Wenjing following behind, she expected that something was wrong.
Last night, Song Cheng couldn't swallow it. She insisted on taking revenge, and she couldn't stop him. Later, she also found out that her husband had set fire to other people's haystacks. If he hadn't noticed it early, he might have burned down his house.
Lose.
When she saw the police coming to the door, she knew something was wrong, so she quickly spoke loudly, hoping to alert her husband who was sleeping in the house.
How could the policemen not know about these little tricks? They rushed into the house without saying any more nonsense to her.
At this time, Song Cheng had also heard the noise outside, but he didn't know what happened.
Last night I went to burn the haystack and went to bed too late, so I'm still a little confused. When Ma Jianfeng led people into the house, he was still under the covers and hadn't gotten up.
"Song Cheng, you have done something wrong. Get up quickly and tell me the truth!"
As soon as Ma Jianfeng rushed into the room, he threatened Song Cheng who had just opened his eyes on the bed.
Song Cheng was confused when he suddenly saw the police rushing into the house. He was shocked. He was so startled that he wanted to get up and run away.
But how could everyone let him run away like this? They rushed up and pressed him on the bed.
At this time, Song Cheng came to his senses and said, "Comrade Ma, the misunderstanding is all a misunderstanding. I am Song Cheng, a joint defense team member in the town. We have met before. Moreover, I have not committed anything. I am sleeping at home."
Ma Jianfeng could already conclude from Song Cheng's immediate attempt to escape that this guy must have done something bad, otherwise he wouldn't be so guilty and want to escape as soon as he saw the police come in.
"Whether there is a crime or not is not up to you, it depends on the evidence." Ma Jianfeng took out the handcuffs and handcuffed Song Cheng directly.
At this time, when Fu Min saw her husband being handcuffed by the police, he immediately panicked. He was still in the same old routine, rolling around and fighting for his life. He even rushed out the door and called the villagers to bring justice to their family.
At this time, Officer Zhao had already picked up the cotton shoes beside Song Cheng's bed, rinsed the soles clean, took out a box of paint and applied it on the soles, and made a rubbing of the footprints with white paper.
The two shoe prints are exactly the same in size and style, and there is an uneven mark in the middle of the shoe print. Such a piece of evidence is enough to prove that Song Cheng is the suspect who appeared in Song Wenjing's yard last night.