At the entrance of Jiefang Road Primary School in Dongcheng District, Zhongjiang City. Although it is not yet the end of school, the school entrance is already crowded with parents picking up students from school.
In the late 1990s, cars were not yet popular, and most of the vehicles used to pick up and drop off students were human-powered tricycles. Families with the conditions would install a wind and rain shelter on top of the tricycle. In the gaps between these sheds
, parents gathered together in small groups and chatted.
Liang Shi climbed to the top of the teaching building of Jiefang Road Primary School and used binoculars to look for the old man who made the phone call. He heard from the old man that the roof of his tricycle shed was green and he was the only one among the many tricycles.
Beside the tricycle in the green shed, four old people were talking and laughing. Next to the old man on the phone, stood a short old man with fair skin. At first glance, it seemed that this old man and Liang Shi were at Li's house.
The old man he saw in Wancun looked very similar. However, this old man looked nothing like a thief. He looked wise and kind, with kind eyes and a steady demeanor.
"The resemblance is so similar." Liang Shi thought to himself.
The students came out. They flew to their grandparents and parents like birds, and then got on tricycles or bicycles and started to go home. A little boy with a quiet demeanor came next to the "Eagle". The two of them were not riding bicycles.
Instead, he walked home. Liang Shi's colleagues followed quietly.
After tracking, the police found out where "Eagle" lived, and learned through the aunt in the neighborhood committee that the old man's surname was Zhang, Zhang Dafu, and he had moved here five or six years ago. The child was not his grandson, but his.
The adopted son of Zhang Dafu usually treats people well and has never had any conflicts with his neighbors.
By this point in the investigation, the police had basically confirmed that this person was not the Rongmen eagle they were looking for, so they organized and archived the investigation information. This task fell on Liang Shi.
When Liang Shi was sorting out the copies of Zhang Dafu's identity information, he accidentally discovered that Zhang Dafu's hometown was in the same village as his grandmother. Out of curiosity, Liang Shi picked up the copy of the ID card and looked at it carefully.
At that time, the first generation of ID cards had just been popularized, and most of the photos on the ID cards were distorted, making it difficult to use the photos on the ID cards to verify whether it was the person he or she was.
After carefully examining it for a long time, Liang Shi felt that this kind of photo was a bit similar, but also a bit different. He was not sure whether the ID card was the same as his own. If he were an ordinary policeman, he might just randomly put the information into a file bag.
He just threw it into the pile of information and was done. But Liang Shi was a serious person. He felt that this issue should be clarified, and he also had the conditions to clarify the matter.
Taking out his phone book, Liang Shi found the village committee number of the village where his grandmother lived. At that time, there were only one or two telephones in each village in the countryside. If you wanted to find someone in the village, you could call the village committee.
People from the committee and village committee will use loudspeakers to call people over to answer the phone.
Liang Shi didn't need to use a loudspeaker to call because his uncle was the head of the village and the person who answered the phone was his uncle.
"Uncle, how are your grandparents' health?"
"Oh, it turns out to be a little stone. Your grandparents are in good health. Why do you have time to call your uncle and not solve your case?"
"Uncle, I called you just because I solved the case."
"Oh, tell me what is going on." When the uncle heard that it was about solving a case, he immediately became energetic.
"Uncle, is there a man named Zhang Dafu in our village?"
"Zhang Dafu? Let me think about it, there are five families named Zhang Dafu. Oh, I remembered, there is one named Zhang Dafu."
"Then do you know where he is now?"
"I know, why are you looking for this Zhang Dafu?"
"You tell me where he is first, and then I'll tell you."
"He is dead. He has been dead for several years."
"What? Dead? Uncle, are you sure?"
"You're sure. I was responsible for his burial at that time. I dressed him in clothes, took him to the crematorium, and brought his ashes back. That's right."
Hearing the news that Zhang Dafu was dead, Liang Shi's heart beat faster. He knew that he was about to get to the truth of the matter. But to be on the safe side, he patiently checked Zhang Dafu's ID number with his uncle. After confirming
After discovering that Zhang Dafu in his grandmother's village and the little old man who picked up his children from school used the same ID card, Liang Shi had a proud smile on his face.
In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the police changed the number of people who tracked "Eagle" at Jiefang Road Primary School. From the moment "Eagle" received his adopted son, they followed them closely until the old and young children entered the home.
corridor.
This is a four-story unit building with two units on one staircase, a total of four corridors, and 32 families living in it. Since the eagle is an extremely cunning character, the police dare not be careless. Before dark, in addition to changing the guard at the stairway,
Except for the personnel, the police did not send anyone into the community to disturb the eagle.
At night, it was completely dark. An armed police squadron quietly surrounded the entire unit building where the eagle was. It was difficult for even an eagle to escape from the police encirclement, let alone a person.
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Liang Shi and a colleague came to Yingying's door and knocked on it. The door consisted of two doors, one was a steel pipe security door on the outside, and the other was a wooden door on the inside. The wooden door opened, and a little boy appeared at the door.
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"Who are you looking for?" the little boy asked in a childish voice.
"We are here to see Zhang Dafu. Please open the door."
"My father is not at home."
"I just saw him coming in. Please open the door and I'll go in and look for him."
"I told you, my father is not at home, and you still have to look for him." The little boy said as he reached out and turned the handle of the security door.
Liang Shi and the armed policemen who were ambushing the stairs swarmed in. However, Liang Shi and the others turned over the entire unit and found no trace of the eagle.
"It's impossible. We clearly saw the eagle leading the little boy into this door, and no one has gone out since then. It's impossible for the eagle to just disappear out of thin air." said the colleague responsible for monitoring the eagle.
"Where is your father?" Liang Shi grabbed the little boy and asked.
"My father went out again after returning home. He said he had something to do tonight and would not come back tonight. He asked me to go to school alone next morning." The little boy answered fluently and looked at Liang Shi with his big bright eyes.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. Our people watched him enter this building with our own eyes, and there was always someone watching the entrance to the building. The eagle never went out from here." Liang Shi thought.
After a brief discussion, Liang Shi and the others decided to search all eight households in this building. Maybe the eagle entered the neighbor's house when the police were not paying attention.