Chapter 109: Probing to no avail
After hearing this, Chen Ziyan nodded in agreement, then looked at the traces on the ground and asked, "Then do we need to continue searching?"
"No need for the moment. We have almost all the clues we need to search for. Let's go to the village and ask questions first. This way we will have more clues at hand, which will help advance the case. I will take the sample first and look back to see what it is.
The model of gasoline may be enough to infer the car model. After all, there are only a few common good cars in the world, and we cannot rely on video data."
"Okay." Chen Ziyan watched Zhang Chuge take samples of the traces on the ground and put them into a transparent bag before getting back into the car.
The village in the Abandoned Factory Bureau is not far away. In less than ten minutes, the vehicle has stopped at the entrance of the village committee.
At this time, the village leadership team was having a meeting. After seeing Zhang Chuge, an old man walked out.
"Officer Zhang, our village attaches great importance to what you said earlier. We are currently in a meeting and are sorting out the list of people who may be in the time period you mentioned that day. Why don't you wait a moment?"
"Well, thank you for your help."
The old man took him to another room, and Zhang Chuge was extremely polite.
After the old man left, Zhang Chuge smiled and said to Chen Ziyan: "This old man is the village chief, and he was the one who reported the crime yesterday. At that time, there was a meeting in the village due to village affairs, so he had the opportunity to see the fire, so
At that time, I told him to sort out the people who work in the city and the sheep herders in the village, and see if we can find some people who pass by the factory, so we will wait and they will probably make arrangements."
Sure enough, the meeting ended ten minutes later, and the old man came to the room where the two of them were with a list in his hand, and then began to introduce several names on the list to them.
"Officer Zhang, look, these are the children from our village who work in the city, but as far as we know they came back after seven o'clock, and they said they didn't find anything unusual, and they didn't see any cars. This is the village team going to the house.
It took a whole day to get the information from door-to-door inquiries. As you know, many homes are empty during the day, so it has not been completely compiled until now. In addition, there is only one household that grazes sheep in the village, and it is about the same now.
came back."
"Oh, does that mean that the only one we can ask about for the time being is this sheepherder?"
"Well, because most of the young people in the village have gone to work outside, and they may not come back for a long time. And in our village, everyone is busy making fires and cooking at around six o'clock, and few people go out after that."
Hearing this answer, Zhang Chuge frowned slightly, but soon smiled at the village chief: "Okay, then let's ask this sheepherder. By the way, I have another question, which one comes up from the village?"
How many people know about highways and byways?”
"Well, not many people know about this. There was no such road originally. It was later built by the owner of the factory for convenience. And the people who know about it are almost limited to this village. But speaking of it, there was one a year ago.
A young man rented a house here. His accent was from another place. He said he came here to visit and liked the quietness of the village, so he stayed there for a while. He seemed to be quite wealthy and kind-hearted. He usually drove a car.
In and out.”
"Oh? Can we still contact this person in the village? Does he have any unusual behavior in the village?" After hearing the news, the sensitive Zhang Chuge immediately asked.
"I'm afraid this is difficult. The development of our village is not particularly good. Not many people here have mobile phones. All calls come to the village committee. To say that this is unusual, I don't think it is unusual. I just complained at the beginning that I had to go around to get into the village.
Daquan, but after I got to know the alley, I didn’t complain about anything. And speaking of it, he didn’t live long. He paid three months’ rent, but left after more than a month. Even I
My sister didn't even want to refund his money. So, I'll ask my sister. The house he rented was my sister's house. Maybe he left some contact information. I'll help you see if the sheepherder has returned.
, if so, I will ask them to come directly to the village to find you."
"Well, please help us take a look. We think this tenant may be suspicious, so we will ask him then."
"It doesn't look like that. That young man looks quite honest and good-looking!"
Hearing Zhang Chuge say that he was suspicious, the village chief seemed a little unbelievable.
Hearing this, Zhang Chuge smiled: "We are just trying to find out. Judging from the current clues, the murderer already knows this trail very well, so we just asked. Don't think too much about it."
"Okay, then you can wait here and drink a cup of hot water to moisten your mouth." He poured hot water into the cups of the two of them, and the village chief left on a cross-beam bicycle.
Looking at his back, Zhang Chuge and Chen Ziyan returned to the house again. Once inside, Chen Ziyan spoke: "This tenant is indeed a bit suspicious. Generally speaking, no one would choose to rent a house in such a place."
"Well, let's see if we can get in touch then."
After a brief exchange, the two began to sort out the case again.
After a while, an old man in shabby clothes came to the village committee and found the two of them.
It turned out that the old man was the only sheep herder in the village. However, the old man obviously did not pay much attention to the situation at that time. He just said that he seemed to see some bright lights in the factory, but could not hear any sounds.
In this regard, Zhang Chuge asked him many questions, but the old man didn't know anything about it. He said that he couldn't find a sheep at that time, and he had come back late after finding it. He was in a hurry to get home, so he didn't pay much attention. When he got home,
It's about ten o'clock.
Seeing that the questioning was fruitless, Zhang Chuge had no choice but to let him go back.
After a while, the village chief returned to the village committee, looked at the two men and shook his head.
"My sister said that the man didn't leave any contact information and he couldn't be contacted since he left."
"It's okay. I just wanted to ask. Since there is no contact information, forget it. I won't disturb your work. If you find anything else, please contact us at that time."
Knowing that this trip was fruitless, Zhang Chuge and Chen Ziyan stood up and said goodbye.
After driving out of the village, Zhang Chuge was obviously helpless.
"I didn't expect this village to be like this. I can only go back and see if Wu Tian has any clues."
"This is normal. After all, if all the clues are in front of us, the case will be easier to solve."
"That's true. I'll send a criminal portrait painter to the village later to see if I can draw a portrait of that person through the memory of the homeowner. After all, this person is very suspicious. Maybe it's just to find a suitable location.
As an explorer of the kidney harvesting site."
"feasible."
Chapter completed!