In the hot July, Zhou Song followed his father to a villa in the countryside to escape the summer heat, staying there for four or five days. His bedroom was in a south-facing room on the second floor. Standing by the window, he could see the colorful garden in the yard.
, he likes to lie on the bay window and look out the window. Every time he can see his father wearing rain boots and rubber gloves, working in the garden with a flower hoe. His father occasionally stops to rest, and every time he looks up.
He walked upstairs and waved to him with a smile.
There were many insects in the garden that could not be seen in the city. Once, my father caught a few green grasshoppers and strung them up with grass roots as toys. He played with those grasshoppers all day and put them on the bed when he went to bed at night.
On the bedside table, I specially brought some vegetable leaves to feed them, but the grasshoppers did not eat those vegetable leaves.
He was very anxious and asked: "Dad, why don't they eat?"
Chi Chenguang sat on the edge of the bed and tucked the quilt for him, and said: "Because they are timid and you keep staring at them, of course they don't dare to eat. Go to bed quickly, and they will not eat until you fall asleep."
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Zhou Song asked: "Really?"
Chi Chenguang smiled softly and said: "Of course, has dad lied to you? Okay, okay, close your eyes and go to sleep."
Zhou Song obediently closed his eyes. Chi Chenguang turned off the bedside table lamp, walked out of his room with a tight step, and gently closed the door. Zhou Song was thinking about those grasshoppers and secretly opened his eyelids.
He went to look and found that several grasshoppers had indeed jumped onto the vegetable leaves. He quickly closed his eyes again, fearing that he would scare them.
Unknowingly, he fell asleep and was woken up by a noise. He opened his eyes in a daze and saw a grasshopper breaking free from the rope and jumping onto the lampshade of the desk lamp through the moonlight shining through the window. Night
It was already very dark, and there was only a thin layer of white crepe curtains in the room. The moonlight shone in from between the ribs of the curtains, and the white curtains floated with a faint hazy light.
I don't know if he saw it wrong, but a red light suddenly flashed behind the curtains. He got out of bed, walked to the window, opened the curtains, and looked down. He saw two police cars parked in the yard, with red and blue police lights.
Stop flickering, like two blinking eyes in the deep night.
The door was suddenly pushed open, and a man in police uniform stood at the door and shouted: "Brother Han, there is a child here!"
Then an older, tall man walked in, smelling heavily of cigarette smoke. He squatted in front of Zhou Song and asked, "Are you Chi Chenguang's son?"
Zhou Song nodded and asked him: "Who are you?"
The man said: "I am a policeman, and my surname is Han." Seeing Zhou Song's bare feet, he found a pair of shoes for Zhou Song to put on, and then held Zhou Song's hand and went downstairs.
Zhou Song stood in the yard and saw a police car parked in front of the garage. The police were very busy coming in and out. More police officers entered the garden and were pulling out the flowers inside, and even dug out several deep holes.
He grabbed the policeman's hand, pointed to the garden and said, "That's my father's garden. Don't pull out his flowers, he will be angry."
The policeman didn't say anything. He picked him up and walked to a police car. Then he put him into the car and said to the policeman sitting in the driver's seat: "Take him home."
The police car drove towards the gate and when passing by the garden, Zhou Song saw Chi Chenguang standing in the garden with messy soil and flower branches at his feet. Chi Chenguang's hands were handcuffed and two policemen were holding his arms.
He slapped the car window hard and shouted: "Dad!"
Chi Chenguang seemed to hear it. He raised his head and looked at the police car. The lights of the police car flashed on his face, as if two thick layers of oil paint were applied to his face. The police car quickly drove away, leaving the room with the flashing police lights on.
The villa was abandoned far away in the mountains. It was not until much later that Zhou Song knew that that was the last time he saw Chi Chenguang.
The police rescued a woman named Wen Yushan from Chi Chenguang's basement. She was tied to a long wooden table in the basement by Chi Chengguang, her hands and feet were tied, her clothes were stripped off, and every joint of her body was damaged.
She was painted with red lines, and Chi Chenguang would cut her body strictly according to these lines. When the police rushed into the basement, Chi Chenguang had already sawed off Wen Yushan's right leg.
Later, the police discovered photos of other victims hanging on the basement wall and dug out their stumps from the garden. A total of seven women. The physical evidence was complete, and Chi Chenguang could not quibble and confessed his crime.
Chi Chenguang was burdened with blood debts, and the death penalty awaited him, but he died unexpectedly before going to court. After the Chi Chenguang serial murder case was solved, Chi Chenguang was transferred to the detention center and was killed on the first night of entering the detention center; someone took him to the detention center.
A sharpened toothbrush was inserted into his throat and pierced his neck. In the end, resuscitation failed and he died on the operating table.
As for the survivor Wen Yushan, she had just celebrated her 18th birthday when the incident occurred. When she was found by the police, her right leg had been sawed off by Chi Chenguang. She witnessed her leg bones being cut off bit by bit by Chi Chenguang's hand saw.
The scene left her with a strong mental stimulation. Even though she was later rescued, her soul was still trapped in that basement. The doctor said that she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, and her self-protection mechanism closed off all senses.
He stood up and turned into a doll made of human skin, losing his ability to think and act independently.
Wen Yushan was originally cared for by her widowed mother, but her mother died of cerebral infarction ten years ago. After her mother's death, she was sent to a nursing home and lived in the nursing home for ten years.
Zhou Song never thought that he would meet Wen Yushan again in his lifetime. It had been a whole day since he returned from the nursing home, but he could never forget the way Shao Dongcheng looked at Wen Yushan. It was exciting and cunning.
Cruel eyes. He once went hunting with his friends in Australia. They hunted a wild boar. It was a beast with black manes all over its body and a sharp mouth and fangs. Its eyes were green, and in its eyes, it was not a prey.
, humans are the ones. The sound of gunshots cannot scare it away, it can only make it manic and excited. It roars and rushes towards the hunter, with a green light in its eyes, a look full of animality. Shao Dongcheng reminded him of
The wild boar that died under the gun barrel, because they have similar eyes.
His intuition told him that Shao Dongcheng knew Wen Yushan, or at least met her, otherwise his reaction would not have been so violent. As for what happened between him and Wen Yushan, it was a mystery. He could not tell Shao Dongcheng
Cheng and Wen Yushan turned a blind eye, so he decided to solve the mystery.
The coffee shop on the corner could see the Public Security Bureau across the street. Zhou Song waited in the restaurant for nearly an hour, but the person he was waiting for arrived late. Han Feilu opened the door of the shop and walked in. He looked around in the lobby and saw
When Zhou Song was sitting in the booth against the wall, he walked over and sat across from Zhou Song. He put the mobile phone and sunglasses in his hand on the table and said: "Hurry up, you have something to say, I can't stay much longer."
minute."
Zhou Song knew the answer and asked, "Are you busy?"
Han Feilu picked up the kettle and poured water for himself: "It's the end of the quarter soon, and some cases have to be rushed. What's the matter with you? You have to call me out, and you refuse to talk on the phone."
Before he came, Zhou Song had fully prepared himself mentally, but it was still difficult to speak in front of Han Feilu. Han Feilu poured a cup of black tea and put a few pieces of ice in it. Before Zhou Song could
He opened his mouth, then frowned and glanced at Zhou Song, signaling him to speak quickly.
Zhou Song also picked up the cup, deliberately not looking at him: "Did your father handle Chi Chenguang's case?"
As soon as Han Feilu took a sip of black tea, he could neither swallow nor spit it out. He stared at Zhou Song for a while, then swallowed the tea with a gulp and put the cup on the table: "Why...
I suddenly asked about this matter."
Just now, his hand holding the cup shook, and water splashed out and wet his hand. Zhou Song took out a few tissues and handed them to him, saying, "Just ask."
Han Feilu knew in his heart that Zhou Song was not asking casually. He knew that Zhou Song had always avoided Chi Chenguang, let alone talking about Chi Chenguang's case. Chi Chenguang was the shadow of his life and the abscess in his heart.
He would never expose his own scars unless necessary.
Han Feilu: "What happened? Someone is causing trouble for you?"
Although Zhou Song knew in his heart that Han Feilu was only concerned about him, Chi Chenguang felt like a heavy burden on his shoulders, so heavy that he couldn't lift his head: "No, I want to know the details of his arrest. I only know you.
A policeman can only come to question you."
Han Feilu carefully selected his words and said: "That was a case fifteen years ago. I have never seen the case file. Now the case file is sealed in the municipal bureau archives, so it is probably difficult to find it."
I don't know if he declined deliberately, but Zhou Song didn't want to think too much. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief at Han Feilu's refusal: "Forget it, I'll find another way. Don't you still have something to do? Go and get busy."
After saying that, he turned to look at the sidewalk outside the window, never having the courage to look Han Feilu in the face.
Han Feilu sat thoughtfully for a while, then picked up his phone and went out.
Zhou Song thought he was gone and took a long breath. However, he saw Han Feilu standing on the sidewalk making a phone call. He talked for about two minutes, then hung up the phone and came back.
Zhou Song quickly sat up straight and kept his previous posture motionless.
Han Feilu sat down opposite him and drank the remaining half cup of black tea: "Have you paid the bill?"
Zhou Song: "No."
Han Feilu raised his hand to call the waiter to pay, then picked up the sunglasses on the table: "Let's go."
Zhou Song was stunned for a moment. Han Feilu had already strode away. He stood up and followed Han Feilu, walked out of the tea restaurant and stood on the roadside. Han Feilu's SUV quickly drove over and stopped in front of him. He got in the car.
Sitting in the passenger seat, wearing a seat belt, he asked: "Where are you going?"
Han Feilu said: "Find an old policeman who knows the inside story."
He was led by Han Feilu to a community in the east of the city. There was a large square inside the community, surrounded by green trees and shade, where many residents of the community gathered, mostly the elderly and children. In the center of the square stood a large square with dozens of people.
A square formation of aunts was dancing to Ye Qianwen's old songs. A circle of verandahs was built around the square, and several chess tables were placed under the veranda. Each chess table was filled with old men, and people gathered around to watch chess.
, the atmosphere is lively and noisy.
An old man wearing a white vest and waving a cattail fan saw Han Feilu and said with a smile: "Xiao Fei is back."
Han Feilu smiled and said: "Uncle Zhang is back, where is my dad?"
Uncle Zhang pointed to the verandah with his cattail leaf fan: "It's on the table, in the usual place."
Han Feilu: "Okay, let's talk to you later, uncle."
Zhou Song arrived for the first time and followed him through the long corridor to the last chess table. Han Feilu greeted a group of old people, then put his hand on the shoulder of an old man wearing a white silk shirt and said
: "Old Han, you are going to lose this game."
Han Yuliang slapped the chess piece in his hand on the table and said, "I can't lose if you don't come."
He picked up a crutch leaning against the corner of the table, stood up with the crutch, turned around, and saw Zhou Song. He stared at Zhou Song's face for a while and smiled, "Hey, you've grown so big.
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Seeing Han Yuliang's face, a certain memory fragment suddenly became clear in Zhou Song's mind; on the night Chi Chenguang was arrested, an elderly policeman named Han took him downstairs and carried him into a police car. That policeman
It is indeed Han Yuliang. Fifteen years have passed, Han Yuliang has not changed much, except that his temples have turned white and a few wrinkles have appeared on his face. He still looks like a handsome young man.
Han Feilu asked: "Should we go home or find a place here?"
Han Yuliang said: "Go home, go home."
Han Feilu helped Han Yuliang walk in front, and Zhou Song followed them. He found that Han Yuliang's right leg had difficulty moving, his knees seemed unable to bend, and he walked very stiffly, so he used a crutch more than one meter long.
They walked into a unit building and took the elevator to the 19th floor. The two-unit building has only two entrance doors. The room 1901 on the left is the Han family. The Han family originally lived in an old community without an elevator. Han Yuliang was getting older.
, climbing stairs became more and more inconvenient, so Han Feilu advocated buying the old house. He used all his salary savings in the past thirty years, plus the money from selling the old house, to buy this one-elevator and two-family elevator.
A house for my parents to provide for their retirement.
This is a well-planned apartment with three bedrooms and one living room. The windows are clean and spotless, but most of the furniture is covered with dust-proof white lace gauze. The decorations on the wall are also cross-stitched with the four words 'Home is a good moon'.
Big characters. From the furniture to the decoration, it is obviously not the style of young people.
Han Feilu took out a pair of brand new slippers from the shoe cabinet and handed them to Zhou Song. He looked around the living room and asked, "Where is my mother?"
Han Yuliang sat on the sofa and said, "I went to the supermarket. Eggs are on sale today."
Han Feilu told Zhou Song to sit down casually, then walked to a bedroom door facing the entrance, knocked on the door twice, and said: "Yin Guang, I will bring back a handsome boy for you."
A girl's voice came from inside: "Go away, I'm doing a test!"
Han Feilu: "You really don't want to come out and take a look? Don't blame me for not reminding you. The one I brought back is more beautiful than all your oppas put together."
The door was pulled open with a roar, and a girl wearing short-sleeved shorts, a bun and glasses came out: "You are so shameless, let me control your eyes!"
Before she could finish her words, she was stunned when she saw Zhou Song standing in the living room.
Zhou Song smiled politely: "Hello."
Girl: "Ah, hello, hello."
She turned around, silently gave Han Feilu a thumbs up, then walked back to the room in small steps, and closed the door again.
Han Feilu explained to Zhou Song: "That's my sister, her name is Yingguang, she is one year younger than you. She is preparing for the law exam, and she is almost stupid."
Zhou Song stood stiffly and said stiffly: "The legal exam is very difficult."
Han Feilu pushed him to sit on the sofa, then moved a small stool to sit in front of the coffee table, and said with a smile: "Old Han, you still recognize him, right?"
Han Yuliang: "So many years have passed. If we met on the street, I would definitely not recognize you." He smiled and asked Zhou Song, "Do you still remember me?"
Zhou Song nodded and smiled: "Police Officer Han."
Han Yuliang smiled and said: "Call me uncle, I have retired a long time ago."
Han Feilu said: "You handled Chi Chenguang's case back then, and Zhou Song wants to know what happened back then."
Han Yuliang said: "I was not responsible for that case. I was responsible for Yu Yushan's disappearance case."
Han Feilu: "Starting from Wen Yushan, please briefly explain the whole process of finding Wen Yushan."
Han Yuliang glared at him: "Why are you so anxious? Xiao Zhou didn't say anything."
Hearing this, Zhou Song had to speak: "Officer Han, I want to know more about Wen Yushan's disappearance."
Han Yuliang: "Why? It's been so long."
Zhou Song didn't know how to explain it, so he had to look at Han Feilu for help.
Han Feilu: "Dad, this kid came to you after he mustered up the courage. If you ask a few more questions, you'll scare him away."
Han Yuliang had some pity for Zhou Song's life experience, but Han Feilu persuaded him not to ask, saying: "Then let me tell you from the beginning. It was probably July 2006, when Wen Yushan's parents went to the police station to report the crime.
, Wen Yushan had been out of contact for two days. The case was assigned to our squadron and I was responsible for it. I searched for Wen Yushan for three days and found nothing. On the fourth night when I got home from work, I received a phone call.
The person on the phone told me that Wen Yushan was kidnapped to Building 01, Building C, Changfeng Valley Villa District in the southern suburbs. Wen Yushan's life was in danger, so let us the police go to rescue her as soon as possible. Regardless of whether it is true or not, I decided to go and take a look first, so
The team quickly went to the Changfeng Valley villa area. What happened next... you all know."
Han Feilu: "Who made the call?"
Han Yuliang: "I checked the phone number and it was from Pingxian County. And it was a public phone in a newsstand. The owner of the newsstand couldn't even remember who the caller was."
Han Feilu felt strange: "Even if the masses reported it, Pingxian County is hundreds of kilometers away from our city, how could this person know the whereabouts of Wen Yushan?"
Han Yuliang shook his head: "This is a knot that cannot be untied."
Zhou Song asked: "Officer Han, is the person on the phone a man or a woman?"
Han Yuliang said without hesitation: "He is a man. His voice sounds quite young, in his thirties. His Mandarin is not very standard, and he has a bit of a Shaanxi accent."
Shaanxi? Zhou Song went to recall Shao Yang's ancestral home. He was a native of Yucheng. Shao Dongcheng had also been a worker in Yucheng all his life. His speech should not have a Shaanxi accent. From this point of view, the mysterious whistleblower was not Shao Dongcheng.
The door opened, and an elderly woman walked in carrying two cloth bags filled with vegetables, eggs and meat. She saw a strange young man sitting on the sofa and said with a smile: "Are there guests at home today?"
Han Feilu introduced to Zhou Song: "This is my mother."
Mother Han warmly invited Zhou Song to stay for lunch, but Zhou Song politely declined and stood up to leave.
Han Feilu said: "I'm leaving too. I still have a lot of things to do in my unit."
Mother Han pulled him back: "Why are you leaving? Let's have a meal at home. Don't let your friends leave. Mother will cook some good dishes for you."
Han Feilu pointed at Zhou Song's face and said with a smile: "This kid is shy and will not be happy eating at our house. Don't worry about us, I will take him out to eat."
Mother Han: "I'll give it to you."
Han Feilu: "What are you giving me? Go back and rest. I'll be back on the weekend."
He closed the door and entered the elevator with Zhou Song. Zhou Song took a long breath while standing in the elevator, and the tension in his heart finally disappeared. Han Feilu was right, he was indeed afraid of the harmonious, warm and lively family atmosphere just now.
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Coming out of the gate of the community, Zhou Song looked back at the unit buildings and said, "Your home is not small, why do you still rent a house?"
Han Feilu pressed his cell phone and said: "Our family doesn't care about this. If you want your own space, you can live by yourself. If you get tired of living by yourself, you can move back home. The whole family doesn't have to live in the same house. This noodle shop
Not bad, I’ll treat you to some noodles.”
He made his own decision and turned into a ramen shop on the roadside. Zhou Song followed him in, and the two of them sat in a booth with four seats. Han Feilu ordered two bowls of beef noodles and two plates of cold vegetables. The cold vegetables were served before the noodles.
Feilu held some peanuts and said, "Can I ask?"
Zhou Song: "What do you ask?"
Han Feilu: "Why do you suddenly want to know about Wen Yushan's case?"
Zhou Song slowly opened a pair of disposable chopsticks, hesitated for a moment, and then decided to tell him the truth: "Shao Dongcheng is very weird."
Han Feilu: "What's weird?"
Zhou Song: "I sent him to the nursing home two days ago and met Wen Yushan. He looked at Wen Yushan very strangely." He stopped and looked at Han Feilu, and then said, "I think he knows Wen Yushan."
At least I have met Yushan."
Han Feilu ate a few peanuts, put down his chopsticks, took a sip of water, and said, "That phone call from Ping County was also very strange. If it hadn't been for that phone call, Han Feilu wouldn't have been able to find Wen Yushan.
There will be nothing more to come."
He was very precise in his excuses and deliberately did not mention Chi Chenguang.
The waiter brought two bowls of noodles, and Han Feilu said, "Let's eat. I'll go back and check the social relationship between Shao Dongcheng and Wen Yushan, and I'll give you a reply in the next two days."
After dinner, Han Feilu drove back to his unit and dropped Zhou Song near the company. Zhou Song got out of the car and waved to him. Han Feilu nodded, raised the window, and drove away.
Zhou Song walked to the group building. On the way, his cell phone rang. It was Qin Xiao. He answered the phone: "Hello?"
Qin Xiao said: "I asked a friend to find out. The person who killed your father is named Zuo Ye. He was released from prison three years ago and is still in Yucheng."
Zhou Song stopped and said, "I want to find him."
Qin Xiao didn't know who he asked a few questions, and then said: "I know where he works."
Zhou Song: "Send it to me."
Qin Xiao: "It's too dangerous for you to go alone. I'll go with you."
Zhou Song thought for a moment: "Okay, I'll go find you now."
He turned around and walked back, standing on the side of the road and hailing a taxi. The taxi quickly drove away.