Chapter 137 Portrait of the Murderer: Announcement (2)
In Jianmin Community, as most of the police forces have left, only a few members of the forensic team are still examining some minor traces within the cordon of the scene.
The crowd watching the excitement gradually dispersed, and calm returned to the community.
A lot of people came to the scene today to watch the fun, so a lot of garbage was left behind. Therefore, the Rag King was quite satisfied with today's harvest. At this time, he was carrying a bulging snakeskin bag filled with bottles and cans.
can, and at the same time, in his pocket, there were a few hundred-dollar bills given to him by reporters just now.
At this time, he was in a good mood, humming a song and walking towards his den. However, when passing by a dark corner, he suddenly heard some subtle noises.
"Huh?"
The Rag King turned his head. After his eyes gradually got used to the darkness, he finally saw what seemed to be a man standing in the corner. The man was wearing a large black coat and his face was covered with a hat.
The Tattered King was surprised and said: "This big brother...who are you?"
The visitor walked out of the darkness and reached out to take off his hat. The Tattered King immediately looked around nervously. After realizing that there was no one else, he whispered: "Brother Chen, why are you here?"
Chen Liangshan whispered: "Why are you..."
"Shh!"
The Tattered King stretched out his finger to make a shushing gesture, and whispered: "It's not convenient to speak here, so go to my house! I have a dedicated living room there!"
After finishing speaking, he took Chen Liangshan to hide and carefully arrive at the corner of the courtyard wall, but suddenly whispered: "Brother Chen, several policemen came to my house to search today. It is inconvenient to go there now. Receptionist
room."
"Reception room? You still have a reception room??"
The Tattered King shrugged his nose and said proudly: "Of course, if it weren't for Brother Chen today, come over and follow me in the reception room!"
The two then walked towards the other end of the community. After a while, they came to an abandoned public toilet. Chen Liangshan frowned and said, "Reception room?"
The Rag King smiled and said: "Don't worry, Brother Chen, this place has been abandoned for a long time and has no smell! Huh? Why the hell is this door locked again!"
Following his gaze, he saw that there was a lock on the wooden door of the abandoned toilet. The Broken King looked around and found that no one was around, so he picked up a stone and smashed the lock with two bangs.
, took Chen Liangshan and walked in.
After entering the toilet, the Tattered King walked to the innermost pit very familiarly, took out a small square table with broken legs, and said with a smile: "My homes are everywhere in this community. I usually take people there."
There are different levels. People like you, Brother Chen, must be worthy of the highest standard of reception here. Please sit down first and I will find you something to drink."
The moment the Rag King turned around, Chen Liangshan suddenly grabbed the other person's wrist. His eyes were cold, and his strong hands pulled the other person over and sat opposite him.
Chen Liangshan whispered: "Brother Shattered, you should know why I'm looking for you."
Seeing the other party's cold appearance, the Tattered King didn't feel nervous at all. He smiled and said: "Hehe! The heart is like a bright mirror, the heart is like a bright mirror!"
The Tattered King showed his yellow teeth when he smiled, and deliberately lowered his voice and responded: "Brother Chen, not long after you climbed over from my dog hole to the villa area today, the news came that Liu Jianmin died at home. Isn't that right?
It's obvious...Liu Jianmin was killed by you, right?"
Chen Liangshan's eyes were full of wariness and he whispered: "But why did you say that in front of reporters?"
The Rag King raised his eyebrows when he laughed, "How do you put it? Haha..."
Chen Liangshan said: "I have watched your interview video. In the video, you said that the murderer was tall, weighing about 100 kilograms, and had a beard all over his face. I understood at that time that you
You didn’t betray me on purpose, right?”
The Rag King smiled and said: "Haha, Brother Chen didn't expect you to remember it so clearly. To tell you the truth, those reporters gave me 500 yuan and insisted on describing the murderer's appearance, but do you really think
Am I the kind of person who would betray my benefactor for just a few hundred dollars?"
"Benefactor?" Chen Liangshan asked doubtfully, "What does this sentence mean?"
The Rag King took out half a cigarette butt from his pocket and lit it. After puffing for a while, he smiled and said: "I deliberately made up a few characteristics casually, just to protect you, brother!"
Chen Liangshan asked: "Why do you do this?"
A trace of anger suddenly appeared in the Tattered King's originally lazy eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Chen, I'm afraid you don't know something...I am what I am today because of Liu Jianmin, the man who killed a thousand swordsmen."
Grant! Since you killed that idiot, you are my benefactor. Although I know that people with status like you look down on me as a rag-picker, I understand the basic ethics of the world! I am definitely not the same.
The kind of scoundrel who betrays his benefactor for a little money!"
Chen Liangshan frowned, but still looked at the other party warily, and whispered: "Does this mean that you once had a relationship with Liu Jianmin?"
The Rag King nodded, his mind seemed to be lost in memories again.
——"Back then, when I was in the 27th Company, I was still a household worth ten thousand yuan with a house, land, food, and a wife and children who lived on the kang. Can't you tell?"
——"It turned out that some big boss took a fancy to my piece of land, so Liu Jianmin joined forces with the local village tyrants and forcibly demolished my house."
——"In the end, during that conflict, my wife was accidentally beaten to death by one of them. However, when the police station arrested the person later, they found that the person who beat the person was a minor under the age of 16."
——"The murderer was finally released after being imprisoned for a few years, but my wife...my wife was beaten to death by them in vain!"
Seeing the other person's painful look when recalling it, Chen Liangshan also sighed deeply, took out a thick red envelope from his coat and pushed it to the other person.
"Brother Chen, you...what do you mean?"
Chen Liangshan said: "Actually, when I saw your video today, I already knew you were a man. You didn't betray me, so I will recognize you as my brother in the future. I don't know how to say thank you, but the money
Just keep it and treat it as a piece of my heart."
"It can't be done! It can't be done!"
The Tattered King refused continuously: "Brother Chen avenged me today. You are my benefactor. How can I accept money from my benefactor!"
Unable to withstand Chen Liangshan's repeated requests, the Tattered King finally accepted the money. He had tears in his eyes, as if he hadn't experienced this feeling for a long time.
Immediately, the Tattered King stood up and said to Chen Liangshan: "Brother Chen! Today you treat my younger brother as a human being! From now on, whenever you need me, brother, just speak up! Brother, I will never give up!"
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Speaking of excitement, the Rag King turned around and walked into a squatting position in the toilet. He lay directly on the mud-filled ceramic squatting pit and stuffed his arms directly through the hole in the squatting pit. After a while,
Then he brought out a dirty wine bottle and said excitedly: "Brother Chen, this is the half bottle of wine that my brother and I picked up when I first came to this community. I haven't been willing to drink it, so I just hid it here. Today we two brothers
Let’s get drunk and rest!”
"No need!" Chen Liangshan looked at the wine bottles with yellow sludge on the labels. He suddenly felt sick in his stomach. He hurriedly took out two bottles of white wine from his coat pocket and said to the Tattered King: "Brother, come on.
Drink this from me! In fact, I came here specifically to thank you today!"
Looking at these two bottles of white wine, which cost tens of yuan, the Tattered King's eyes almost gleamed. He bit off the bottle caps with his teeth and took a big sip of it for himself. He immediately let out a long sigh of comfort.
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In this way, the two of them sat on both sides of the small broken table, drinking wine dryly without any food or wine. The two bottles of one-pound white wine were quickly drained by half, and the conversation between the two began.
"King of Rags, what happened to your children after your wife died?"
The Tattered King took a sip of wine and said with red eyes: "I got sick a few years ago and had no money to treat it. It's gone."
"Then you are always alone like this? Have you never thought about finding a companion?"
"Looking for? Haha, who can appreciate my ability to pick up rags? I don't want to think about it anymore. This is what I will do in my life... hiccup!"
"King of Rags, did Liu Jianmin and his men forcefully drag your family out of the house and then demolish it?"
"No, they negotiated compensation for the demolition first...but I thought the money was too little...so I wanted to ask for more money from them, but unexpectedly, these idiots took action directly...Damn it, I should have known it would happen.
If it turned into what it is today, I should have moved away at that time... burp!"
"..."
Soon, the two bottles of high-strength liquor were drunk, and the Tattered King fell asleep on the ground with his arms stretched out.
Chen Liangshan was born with a good drinker, but he also deliberately drank the other party's liquor from just now. At this time, seeing that the other party was drunk and unconscious, he quietly stood up and walked to the other party's side.
"The Rag King?"
"The Rag King?"
After calling several times in a row, the other party remained lying on the ground without responding, and a purring sound came from his mouth.
When Chen Liangshan saw this, he let out a long sigh, and then slowly took out a piece of hemp rope from his pocket. His eyes suddenly showed murderous intent, and he whispered: "I'm sorry, brother..."