Chapter 60 The Widow [Please read it! 】
A team of people hurried to the scene of the crime. Liang Yue looked at Lao Hu's anxious look and asked Chen Ju in a low voice: "The person who died was a businessman. How can Lao Hu compare to Zhen Chang's death last time?" Are you nervous?”
Chen Ju said: “This piece of writing has a great background, it may be more important than a sixth-grade official.”
Chen Ju introduced it to Liang Yue along the way. The situation of Zhang Xingkai.
This person is also from a scholarly family and an official.
He was a scholar in his early years. Later, his family was convicted and he was sent to Yuezhou for military exile. After he was pardoned for his meritorious service there, he simply stayed in the local area to do business, working in the construction industry.
Not long after Jiang Zhenye, king of Dinggou, led his army to destroy the Nanxiang Kingdom, the territory of Yuezhou in the southeast of the Yin Dynasty expanded a lot. The imperial court changed the government system there, rebuilt the city, and moved a large number of people there.
Zhang Xingkai won many official construction projects from the court in this trend. He made a lot of money during the more than ten years of building the city, and became the president of the Yuezhou Chamber of Commerce. Only recently Turn to Longyuan City for development.
When he returned to Longyuan City this time, he was no longer what he used to be. He had gone from being a member of the family of a criminal who was sent out to becoming a wealthy man.
It is said that the Yuezhou Chamber of Commerce intends to develop real estate in Longyuan City and has purchased many properties in Nancheng.
It's a pity that he died before he could feel proud.
Hearing this, Liang Yue suddenly remembered that the old couple in the tavern had said that the person who wanted to buy the Linmen Street shop was a Yuezhou businessman.
Could it be this Zhang Xingkai?
Is the Longya Gang’s acquisition of Chengnan Real Estate also related to him?
Hu Tiehan probably heard what they were talking about, so he came closer and said, "When Zhang Xingkai first arrived, he hosted a banquet for all the imperial guards stationed in the south of the city. During the banquet, even the left minister of the Ministry of Industry came to support him. , it is clear that he is showing us his strength and making everything easier for us in the future. It would be fine if he dies naturally this time, but it will be a big trouble if he dies suddenly.”
Seeing Old Hu's worried look, Chen Ju smiled and said, "Brother Hu, I have a plan."
"What?" Hu Tiehan looked over.
Chen Judao: "Whether it was a violent death or not, we will treat it as a natural death. No matter what the way of death, we will say that he committed suicide. Then there will be no trouble."
"You kid... ..." Lao Hu sneered and said, "I hope my little guard officer will be dismissed, right?"
"Yeah." Chen Ju smiled playfully, "You guessed it."
"You are a bit mean-spirited, but not much." Liang Yue said from the side.
A group of people quickly arrived at a warehouse area. In front of the gate was a plaque with the name "Yueyang Trading Company". There was a young man waiting in front of the door, bringing the Yuduwei people over.
"Zhang Xingkai has no parents or relatives and no heirs. Now he died suddenly. His wife should be in charge here." Old Hu said again: "I will see Mrs. Zhang later, please be respectful."
He glanced at Chen Ju again, "Especially you."
Chen Ju was praised by name, and he immediately raised his head and said, "What does it have to do with me? Although my brother likes beautiful women, he is lustful Youdao, how can you treat a widow..."
As he spoke, his words stopped abruptly.
Because they walked to the middle of the warehouse area and arrived in front of a large, charred and dilapidated warehouse. There was a group of people waiting there, and a woman in black robe was surrounded by them.
As everyone arrived, the woman raised her face to greet them.
Chen Ju saw the other person's face, and the words on his lips suddenly stopped. He paused for a long time, and then said to himself: "Widow...ah...what did I just say?"
After thinking for a moment, he slapped his forehead and said, "Ah, yes, it's not impossible to be a widow."
...
This woman is tall and wears a large black robe with her head covered, which cannot hide the bulging curves of her figure. She raised her face, revealing a plain face. Although she had no makeup and was slightly swollen after crying, her features and eyes were still charming.
Needless to say, she is naturally the widow.
Half of the roof of the warehouse at the back has collapsed, with many dark holes. It was obviously a fire.
People were burned to death?
"Mrs. Zhang." Lao Hu stepped forward and said, "I am Hu Tiehan, the junior guard stationed in Fukangfang. We have met before."
"As I remember, this time there is Commander Lao Hu. "Yes." Mrs. Zhang's voice was a little dull and hoarse, she must have been crying for a long time.
"Please Madam, please tell me about the situation at that time." Hu Tiehan went straight to the topic.
Mrs. Zhang turned around, pointed to the warehouse, and said: "He was doing accounting in it that day. Because he likes to be quiet when working, the accounting clerks were not in it either. Listening to their description, he suddenly He started lighting candles around him, and no one noticed until the fire got bigger. "Did anyone see it with their own eyes?" Liang Yue interjected.
"That's right." Mrs. Zhang pointed to the people behind her, "The accountants all saw it with their own eyes at that time."
The people behind her nodded and said, "Yes, we rushed into the fire scene and thought We wanted to rescue our boss, but he beat us all out, turned around and rushed into the depths of the fire. By the time we called Qin Huyuan, the fire was already very strong."
The last one standing in the team. A tall old man with a short beard and a gray beard, his appearance looks quite tough, and he does have a charlatan air.
This person is the guardian of this reservoir area, Qin Youfang. He said solemnly: "By the time I rushed in, the warehouse collapsed and my boss was trapped inside. It was too late..."
"Where is the body?" Hu Tiehan asked again.
"It's inside." Mrs. Zhang led everyone into the warehouse.
The mess in the warehouse should have been cleaned up, but the scene was maintained to the greatest extent. The entire ground was scorched black by the fire, and on the other side there were many fragments of fallen tiles and rocks from the roof.
A corpse was parked on the charred ground, covered with white cloth, with its limbs curled up. There was a charred candlestick next to it.
Probably for the convenience of investigation, the body has not been moved, but the beams, bricks and rubble on it have been cleared away.
There was a circle of yellow talismans posted around it, which should be some kind of method of lowering the temperature to keep the body fresh. Wisps of cold air seeped out from the circle of talismans.
Hu Tiehan glanced around, then turned around and asked: "Xiao Liang, what do you think?"
Liang Yue wanted to reply that there must be something fishy about this, but felt that this was not a joke. time.
He stepped forward in person and said, "Let me examine the body."
As he spoke, he approached the frozen victim and slowly opened the white cloth.
Mrs. Zhang seemed to want to say something, and Hu Tiehan spoke first: "Xiao Liang is the best guard in our station who can solve cases. Nothing will go wrong. Madam, please rest assured."
Hearing The corners of Liang Yue's mouth rose slightly unconsciously at the word "zhengwei", but he immediately restrained it.
The exposed parts of the body were covered with red and black skin lesions, and were completely changed beyond recognition. Liang Yue used a cloth to cushion the body, and gently opened the mouth of the body, and found that it was full of traces of burns and charcoal ash.
He did die by fire.
He opened the curled palms of the corpse one by one and found nothing, only a white mark on his left thumb.
He looked up at Mrs. Zhang: "Are you sure this body is your husband?"
"Yes." Mrs. Zhang nodded without hesitation.
He asked again: "Did the deceased have any enemies during his lifetime?"
"My family officials have been in the shopping mall for more than ten years. It must be a lie to say that there are no enemies. But here in Longyuan City, we When he first arrives, he will definitely not have any enemies. The enemies in Yuezhou are eager for him to leave, so they probably won't come here to hunt him down." Mrs. Zhang said slowly.
"Did he practice during his lifetime?" Liang Yue asked again.
Mrs. Zhang said again: "The official has a Confucianism cultivator, but he is very weak, only the second level."
Liang Yue blinked.
The second realm is the second realm.
What does it mean to be weak?
I feel inexplicably insulted.
However, let alone a Confucian cultivator in the second realm, even a dog in the second realm cannot be burned to death by fire.
If Zhang Xingkai died in the fire, something must have gone wrong.
He stood up, looked around, and asked: "Since he is doing the accounting here, the goods in the warehouse should be there, right? What kind of goods is stored here?"
"Um..." Several accountants were suddenly at a loss for words. They seemed to have never thought that he would ask this question. After looking at each other for a while, one of them answered: "Even some flammable goods have been burned."
Liang Yue's eyes swept across the ground without making a sound. Instead, he walked around the warehouse and searched for a long time on the messy bricks and tiles on the ground.
After carefully confirming that no important clues were missing, he came back and whispered to Hu Tiehan: "Brother Hu, they didn't tell the truth."
Hu Tiehan listened to his whisper and nodded lightly. , and then said to everyone in the store: "Everyone, if you don't trust Yuduwei and are unwilling to tell us the truth, then it will be difficult for us to investigate the case. Who knows, we may even suspect you of deliberately setting the fire."
"Where do you start talking about this..." Everyone was puzzled.
Hu Tiehan glanced at Liang Yue, indicating that he could start performing.
Liang Yue turned around, pointed to the ground under his feet and said: "If this warehouse was originally filled with goods, the burning marks on the ground inside and outside would not be so even. According to what you said, the fire The burning time was not long, and even if the fire was intense, the place covered by the cargo would not be like this. The falling beams and broken tiles above the head would not be in this position."
"But if there was no goods inside, then there is no need for him to go in and take inventory. So, were the goods that originally existed hidden by you, or were they stolen?"
Liang Yue looked around at everyone. , under his gaze, all the accountants and nursing staff looked embarrassed, obviously hiding something.
“Could the original goods in this warehouse be related to President Zhang’s death?”
(End of Chapter)