After Wang Gang learned the whole story from Shui Ziliu's mouth, he also noticed something fishy inside.
According to Shui Ziliu, three of them beat one person, and the person was beaten to death.
But Shui Ziliu was beaten down early in the morning because of his lameness and drunkenness. He had no idea what happened in the meantime.
After waking up, Tu Zhiqiang was taken away and admitted to the fight, taking full responsibility.
As for Luo Shibin, he always said that he also fainted and didn't know what happened.
Wang Gang noticed three problems.
First, the person who was beaten had strong and weak fighting ability. He was able to knock down two of them in a one-on-three fight. In the end, he was beaten to death by Tu Zhiqiang. I don’t know whether he was a strong or a weakling.
Second, Shui Ziliu and Luo Shibin were unconscious throughout the whole process, which is very suspicious.
Shui Ziliu has a disability and has poor fighting ability. He might be knocked unconscious. Luo Shibin has no disability and still has the upper hand three against one. How did he fall?
Third, after Tu Zhiqiang was arrested, he did not resist at all. He took everything on himself and refused to see anyone. This is also very abnormal.
Wang Gang was sure that there must be something fishy about Tu Zhiqiang's affairs. Combined with Luo Shibin's twinkling eyes, Wang Gang was probably sure that he knew something but didn't say anything.
"I know about Brother Qiangzi. I'll ask someone later to see if there's anything I can do to help him," Wang Gang said to Shui Ziliu.
"Thank you. Regardless of whether you can help Qiangzi or not, I thank you. Since Qiangzi's accident, you are the only friend who still cares about him." Shui Ziliu said sincerely.
Wang Gang nodded, then glanced at Luo Shibin and found that he was evasive, as if he was very afraid of him.
Maybe it was the previous punch that gave Luo Shibin an instinctive fear of Wang Gang.
"How can I find you?" Wang Gang asked Shui Ziliu.
"My home address is..." Shui Ziliu told Wang Gang his home address without warning.
Wang Gang wrote down the address and left on his bicycle. Shui Ziliu and Luo Shibin also went back to wait for the news.
Not long after the two returned home, Luo Shibin found a reason to leave Shui Ziliu's home.
Ten minutes later, Shui Ziliu heard a knock on the door and thought it was Luo Shibin who had left something behind, but when he opened the door, he saw Wang Gang.
"Why are you here? Is there any news about the hadron?" Shui Ziliu asked doubtfully.
"I came here to see you after seeing Luo Shibin leave." Wang Gang looked around and said, "Don't invite me to come in and sit down."
Only then did Shui Ziliu react and invite Wang Gang into the house.
After Wang Gang entered the house, he found that the water flow did not seem to be doing well. Although the house was not completely bare, there was nothing of value.
"Do you want to drink water?" Shui Ziliu wanted to pour Wang Gang a cup of hot water, only to find that there was no water in the kettle.
"No need to bother." Wang Gang sat on the bench and said to Shui Ziliu: "I am here to talk to you about Brother Qiangzi. I will leave after I finish talking."
Shui Ziliu asked: "Is there anything else you want to know?"
Wang Gang paused for a moment and then said: "Do you believe Brother Qiangzi can kill someone?"
"I don't believe it." Shui Ziliu said without hesitation: "Qiangzi sometimes loses his temper, but he would never dare to kill someone."
Wang Gang nodded and said: "There were only three of you at that time, not Brother Qiangzi. You fainted again. Didn't you suspect that it was Luo Shibin who did it?"
Shui Ziliu didn't show any surprise on his face, obviously he had thought about it too.
"It can't be Binzi. If it were really him, Qiangzi wouldn't take the blame for him?" Shui Ziliu said.
"If I won't take the blame for Luo Shibin, will Brother Qiangzi take the blame for you?" Wang Gang asked.
Shui Ziliu didn't answer, but you could tell from his expression that the answer was yes.
"The relationship between you and Brother Qiangzi is not as simple as ordinary friends!" Wang Gang said slowly.
The water flows by itself and his face looks a little unnatural.
"I know Brother Qiangzi is different from ordinary men." Wang Gang finally let the water flow and broke through the defense.
"How did you know?!"
Wang Gang smiled and said: "Brother Qiangzi and I have known each other since childhood, and later we were assigned to the same factory. I have known him much longer than you."
Shui Ziliu lowered his head unnaturally.
"Don't worry, I have no discrimination against you, otherwise I wouldn't associate with Brother Qiangzi." Wang Gang said sincerely.
Shui Ziliu exhaled slowly, stared at Wang Gang and said, "Thank you for understanding us."
Wang Gang said: "Back to the subject, according to your description before, you fainted early during the fight and did not see the process at all. Is there a possibility that Luo Shibin killed the person, but he told Brother Qiangzi that it was your responsibility?
Brother Qiangzi took the blame for you."
Shui Ziliu opened his mouth slightly and said in disbelief: "It's impossible! If that's the case, why didn't Hadron tell me."
Wang Gang said: "Maybe Brother Qiangzi loves you too much and doesn't want you to bear the burden of killing. Luo Shibin deceived both of you."
Shui Ziliu's expression changed, and he finally said: "Do you have any evidence?"
Wang Gang said directly: "What kind of evidence do you need? Can't you just ask Brother Qiangzi directly?"
"Qiangzi refuses to see me." Shui Ziliu said.
"You can ask someone to bring him a message, saying that you know everything, and he should see you." Wang Gang stood up and said:
"Come to me again when you find out the truth!"
After saying that, Wang Gang left Shui Ziliu's house.
In the evening of the next day, Wang just came home from get off work and saw the water flowing again at the corner. This time he did not bring Luo Shibin over.
Wang Gang stopped his bicycle and said to Shui Ziliu, "Have you met Brother Qiangzi?"
Shui Ziliu nodded with a gloomy face.
"As you expected, Luo Shibin told Qiangzi that I accidentally killed the man. He was so stupid and took the blame for Luo Shibin."
Wang Gang sighed and said, "He took the blame for you. Now that we know the truth, Brother Qiangzi should be saved!"
Shui Ziliu shook his head and said: "The matter is not that simple. Qiangzi confessed his crime. Now unless Luo Shibin takes the initiative to stand up, no one can save Qiangzi."
Wang Gang frowned and said, "It is impossible for Luo Shibin to plead guilty on his own initiative."
Shui Ziliu gritted his teeth and said, "It's really impossible given his behavior."
Wang Gang said: "He finally found a scapegoat, how could he plead guilty?"
"Thankfully I regard him as a brother. I didn't expect him to be such a person."
Wang Gang remained silent.
In fact, in the TV series, the character of Luo Shibin was adapted or even whitewashed, and he was later made into a successful businessman.
But in the original novel, Luo Shibin was basically a villain who did all kinds of evil, and he later relied on illegal means to make a fortune.
"What are you going to do now?" Wang Gang looked at Shui Ziliu and said, "We can't tie Luo Shibin to the police station."
Shui Ziliu gritted his teeth and said, "If Qiangzi dies, I want Luo Shibin to be buried with him."
Wang Gang sighed: "No, you can go to the police and talk to the police. We can't let the real culprit go unpunished."
Shui Ziliu's eyes changed several times, and finally he said: "Okay, I'll surrender."
Wang Gang stopped the water and said, "Wait a moment."
Wang Gang thought of one person, Gong Weize, the film policeman in charge of the optical film.
"I know someone who might be able to help you."
There is nothing we can do now that the water flows by itself, we can only count on Wang Gang.
Wang Gang took Shui Ziliu to Gong Weize and told him everything.
After Gong Weize learned about it, he immediately said with a bitter face:
"Bingkun, you really think highly of me. I'm just a police officer. How could I get involved in such a big case? I can't help you."
As Gong Weize was about to leave, Wang Gang held down his bicycle and said with a smile: "Uncle Gong, maybe this is your chance to get promoted!"
Gong Weize was stunned and asked: "What do you mean?"
Wang Gang said: "You think, if the truth is found out in your hands, the superiors will not reward you, and your promotion will be a matter of time, right?"
When Gong Weize heard this, he found it quite reasonable.
"But what can I do?"
Wang Gang looked at Shui Ziliu and said: "Luo Shibin has done a lot of stealing. As long as you catch him, you can interrogate him carefully and pull out the carrots and bring out the mud. It will be a big case."
Gong Weize didn't understand it yet, but Shui Ziliu was a smart man and understood it immediately.
"I know Luo Shibin is speculating in the black market, and I can give you evidence." Shui Ziliu said to Gong Weize.
Gong Weize's eyes lit up and he said, "Do you really have evidence?"
Shui Ziliu said: "Not only do I have evidence, but I also know when he will go to the black market. By then you will be able to steal the stolen goods."
What Luo Shibin did was clearly known to Ziliu. With him as the internal coordinator, it would be difficult not to catch Luo Shibin.
Wang Gang said to Gong Weize again: "Uncle Gong, you have also been a young film policeman for many years. This may be an opportunity. Whether it succeeds or not does not affect you. If it succeeds, you will make a lot of money."
Gong Weize thought the same thing. Anyway, it was just a hard trip and it would do him no harm at all, so why not do it.