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Chapter 19 The Dark Night Demon (5)
"I'm just here to understand the situation as usual, village chief, don't have any scruples, just speak up if you have anything to say." Yaoshun said.

"Officer, as far as the situation in our village is concerned, I believe you have seen it as soon as you entered the village. It is inevitable that some things were mismanaged in the early years." The village chief blamed himself.

"So the content registered in Wang Baocai's household registration information is wrong?"

"Yes, the situation of Wang Baocai's family is actually a little complicated. If you don't ask the police officer, I really don't want to mention it! Wang Baocai's father, Wang Yuzhu, first married Wang Mei from the village. Wang Baocai and his younger brother Wang Baohua are both Liu. Mei was born, but it's a pity, because the conditions were extremely backward when giving birth to the twins, Liu Mei suffered a hemorrhage after giving birth to the twins, and unfortunately passed away. A year later, because of busy farming work, and To take care of the children, Wang Yuzhu was really powerless, so he wanted to marry another wife. If nothing else, at least he could help take care of the children. He talked about a marriage through the matchmaker. The woman is Zheng Hui from the next door Stone Village. This Zheng Hui was divorced and brought her two-year-old son Zheng Peng with her. Wang Yuzhu knew her own conditions very well. It would be good to have someone willing to marry, so she didn't demand so much, and she soon married Zheng Hui. Hui is married. However, since the household registration information has not been changed, the four brothers Wang Yuzhu, Wang Mei, and Wang Baocai are always registered on the household registration."

"I see." Yao Shun nodded.

But at this point, the expression on the village chief's wrinkled face suddenly became a little heavy. He sighed helplessly, and then continued: "After marriage, a family of three becomes a family of five. With an acre of land, Yuzhu’s family could not even afford food and clothing. Because Yuzhu used up almost all his savings to get married, he decided to go to the city to work. But at that time, it was not easy to find a job in the city. Ah! In addition, he has never read a book and can't read a few big characters. It is even more difficult to find a job in the city to make money. But there is no other way. For the life of the family, he has to work hard. He After leaving the children in the care of Zheng Hui, he went to the city by himself. Yuzhu was doing the work for others in the city. Although the money he earned through hard work was not much, it was no problem to meet the daily expenses of the family in the village. However, after the money was sent home, it only improved the lives of Zheng Hui's mother and son. Wang Baocai and his brother got nothing, and their food and clothing were the worst. No wonder, after all, they were not Zheng Hui's biological sons. How can it be good for them?"

"Does Wang Yuzhu know about this?" Yao Shun asked.

"What's the use of knowing? During the Spring Festival that year, when Yuzhu went home to celebrate the New Year, Baohua told Zheng Hui about bullying them and feeding them leftovers. This is good. Yuzhu asked Zheng Hui, Zheng Hui was pissed, she cried, made trouble and hanged herself, saying how difficult it was for her to take care of three children at home alone. Yuzhu only listened to what the children said and blamed her, and said that it was because she didn't buy them for the Baocai brothers. They wanted toys, so they wronged themselves, and in the end they had to go back to their mother's house. Seeing this, Yuzhu didn't dare to say anything more. After all, he had to work outside to earn money, and Zheng Hui could only rely on Zheng Hui at home. , so this matter will be over after that.”

"Then besides feeding Wang Baocai and Wang Baocai with leftovers, did Zheng Hui abuse and bully Wang Baocai?"

"Hey! It's hard for us outsiders to say anything about this kind of thing, but stepmother is definitely not as good as my own mother, not to mention Zheng Hui has her own child. It is already good that she is willing to take care of Brother Baocai, and she wants her to take care of her own son. , then it’s probably difficult!” The village chief obviously didn’t want to talk about people’s rights and wrongs behind their backs, especially for people who have passed away for many years, so he just pointed to the end and didn’t make it obvious, and then he continued: “After Yuzhu’s death After he left, Zheng Hui seemed to have started to take revenge on the Baocai brothers. He could hear the beatings and scolding at home every now and then, but the villagers turned a blind eye to it. Dare to meddle in other people's business, after all, this is other people's family affairs, Yuzhu can't control it anymore, who will outsiders. In the next few years, Yuzhu has been working outside to earn money, rarely going back home, until the age when the child is going to school, he will come back I went there, but all three children were of school age, but Yuzhu’s money was only enough for two of them. Just because of this, Zheng Hui and Yuzhu had another big fight. In the end, it was Baocai brothers who were sensible. Since the two of them are twin brothers with almost the same appearance, it was decided that the younger brother Wang Baohua would go to the school to report first, and then the two of them would have a round of classes for a day, and then they would tutor each other when they came back. Only paying the tuition fees of two people will calm down the turmoil."

"Then Wang Baocai and Wang Baohua took turns to go to school, has it never been discovered?"

"It's really hard to tell who is who from the appearance of the two brothers, but their personalities are different. The older brother Wang Baocai is honest and honest, he doesn't talk much, and he often keeps silent when he is bullied; his younger brother Wang Baohua is just the opposite. He is smart and very talkative. If he finds Zheng Hui and her son Zheng Peng bullying his elder brother at home, he will definitely stand up and protect his elder brother without saying a word. As for their taking turns to go to school, it was indeed not accepted at the beginning. People found out, but it didn't take long for the school to know. At that time, Wang Baohua suspected that Zheng Hui asked her son Zheng Peng to tell the school. After knowing the situation of his family, Wang Baocai was exempted from tuition fees, which calmed down the matter. However, Zheng Hui often made things difficult for the brothers in the future, but whenever Yu Zhu came home, Zheng Hui showed She looked like a good wife and loving mother, but Baocai brothers knew that it would be useless to tell their father about the matter, so they simply said nothing. Yuzhu thought that the relationship between the two parties improved when he was away , so I didn’t say anything more.”

The account of the village chief allowed Yao and Shun to have a deeper understanding of Wang Baocai, which could not be provided to him by those "non-speaking" paper materials.

The village head continued: "If you want to say that Wang Baocai and his brother are really competitive, their grades in school have always been among the top few. In contrast, Zheng Peng is much worse. Not only is his academic performance at the bottom, but he also fights and makes troubles all day long. He cannot be compared with the Baocai brothers at all, all his homework is done by Wang Baocai, for this reason, Wang Baohua even fought with him several times."

"From this point of view, the relationship between Wang Baocai and the brothers is really very good."

"That's not true, let's just say that in the fire that year, it was Baohua who sacrificed himself to save his elder brother Baocai."

The village chief had just finished speaking, and Yao and Shun's interest was immediately aroused. He immediately asked the village chief, "Can you tell me about the fire that year in detail?"

Although the village chief is already 70 years old, his body is still quite strong, especially his memory has not declined at all. He recalled the past and said unhurriedly: "I remember that it was a summer more than 20 years ago. It happened during the college entrance examination. After Zhang Bang Day, both Wang Baocai and his brother were admitted to the university with excellent grades. On that day, our whole village celebrated them together like a new year. Walking out of two college students is really as difficult as "Yugong Yishan"! Wang Baohua took the university admission letter to Zheng Hui, saying that he and his brother had put up with her for many years, and now they finally don’t have to. Get angry with her again, they will rely on the knowledge they have learned to help the villagers get rid of poverty and become rich in the future, but they will never include Zheng Hui's mother and son, making them suffer from poverty for the rest of their lives, and saying that this is their retribution. After getting angry, Zheng Peng almost fought with Wang Baohua, but was persuaded by the villagers. Zheng Hui angrily told Wang Baohua not to be too happy, and when he regretted it, he even said that her son did not pass the exam. Go to college, and the two brothers don't want to go to college easily."

"Could it be that Zheng Hui started the fire?" Yao Shun blurted out.

"It's hard to say that, since we're gone, we can't just gossip behind our backs." The village chief replied cautiously, "But because of going to college, brothers Zheng Hui and Wang Baocai had a big quarrel at that time. One, Yuzhu was there at the time, and the quarrel could be described as 'earth-shaking'. What Zheng Hui meant was to ask Wang Baocai and his brothers to give up a place and let her son Zheng Peng go to college instead, otherwise They didn't take out the money to let the brothers go to school. But the Baocai brothers naturally wouldn't agree easily, Zheng Hui cried, made trouble, and hanged herself, causing the whole family to be restless, and Yu Zhu was trapped inside and outside. In the end, Wang Baocai was the first to let go. He said that he would give the seat to Zheng Hui’s son, and hoped that she would give money to let his younger brother Baohua go to school. But Wang Baohua didn’t agree with anything. He said that if his brother didn’t go to school, he would I won’t go anymore, it’s a big deal, and the two parties have been at a stalemate like this, and the villagers dare not persuade them, no matter who they persuade, they will offend others.”

"And then there was a fire?"

"Yes, seeing that it's almost time to start school, and the matter has been unable to be resolved, Baohua put on a tough stance. After all, all the money in Zheng Hui's hand was earned by Yuzhu working hard outside, so Baohua decided to Let his father make the decision, and said that their brothers have been angry with Zheng Hui all these years, so it's fine if his father doesn't say anything, now it's about the future of his own son, if his father continues to indulge Zheng Hui's mother and son to behave mischievously, they will The two brothers would rather sever the relationship between father and son, but instead of letting Yuzhu make a decision, Baohua was slapped in the face. Look for me, and explain the reason of the matter to me in detail, I hope that through me, I can borrow some money from the villagers in the whole village to study, and when they make money, they will definitely repay it. Alas, what is the situation of the two children? Can you be unclear? Naturally, I can help if I can, but there is no impenetrable wall in the world. Let Zheng Hui know about this, and the trouble will become even bigger. If any company borrows money, she will designate that person to run away The family could scold for a whole day, but the villagers all sympathized with the Baocai brothers, and it was so easy to have two college students in the village, which one would not support it? So Zheng Hui made a fuss, and the villagers endured it, and donated the money that should be donated , I finally collected enough tuition fees for the two brothers, but who would have thought that before they were about to leave, the fire broke out. If it hadn’t been for God’s eyes and rain, the fire would not be extinguished. Woolen cloth."

The village chief shook his head helplessly, and ended the memory with a sigh. His old wrinkled face was frowning tightly. It was an unforgettable and painful past. Although it had been many years, when he recalled that moment, The sad pictures are still vivid in my mind.

"Is Wang Bao the only survivor? Have you asked him what happened?"

"Yes, we found four bodies from the ruins after the fire, but they were all charred, and we couldn't tell who was who. I also asked him what happened, but he didn't say anything. He just kept staring at the ruins in a daze, probably terrified. When he escaped, he held in his arms the money donated by the villagers to his brothers to go to college, and kept muttering that he wanted to go to school. He didn’t respond to anything, probably because he was over-stimulated, we were all worried that he couldn’t think about it, but fortunately, he was fine, and finally reported to the school on time.”

"Why can you be sure that it was Wang Baocai and not Wang Baohua who escaped? According to what you said before, it is difficult to tell who is who from the appearance of the two of them." Yao Shun questioned.

Obviously, the village chief hadn't thought about this question before. He stared blankly at Yao and Shun, and after a while he came back to his senses and said hesitantly, "The reason why I'm sure is because of the characters of the two brothers. I've said it before. , Baocai is honest and honest, doesn’t talk much, Baohua is smart and can talk very much, the one who escaped from the fire has been silent all the time, and the villagers are unwilling to say anything, isn’t it Baocai, is it still Baohua No?"

Yao and Shun obviously disagreed with the village chief's hasty judgment, because no matter how cheerful a person is, after experiencing such a big blow, his psychology will definitely be affected to a certain extent, and he will become taciturn. It is obviously unreasonable to judge a person's identity by saying nothing.

"Just this one characteristic judges his identity, don't you think it's a bit sloppy?"

"This one……"

Faced with Yaoshun's questioning, the village chief was at a loss for words for a while, he didn't know how to answer such a question that he had never thought about before, but from Yaoshun's questioning, he seemed to feel something, and looked at Yaoshun uneasily .

"Officer, did something serious happen to Baocai in the city?" the village head asked nervously.

Yao and Shun knew why the other party had such doubts, but before the case was clear, he was unwilling to say anything more, not to mention that Wang Bao was the pride of the whole village, if he was revealed as a criminal suspect now, No one will believe it, and it is likely to make the villagers feel repelled, so that no clues can be found.

"It's nothing, the main reason is that I just heard you talk about the events back then, and I was curious, so I wanted to know more about it." Yaoshun prevaricated.

"That's it!" Although the village head said so, he still looked at Yaoshun suspiciously.

"Then how did Wang Baocai dispose of his family's remains?"

Yao and Shun ignored the village chief's doubts about him, but continued to ask new questions.

"I don't know about this either. Originally, we wanted to dig a grave for him afterwards, but Baocai refused to agree. He told us not to worry about it. He will handle it himself. Now that he has said it all, what else can we do? The four corpses have been placed in the open space outside the ruins since they were dug up. Baocai kept guard for two days and two nights, and did not dispose of them until the third day. However, we don't know how he disposed of them. I made it after the villagers were asleep."

"Is there no tomb?"

"No, we were also very curious at the time. It would be understandable if there were no tombs of Zheng Hui and her son, but it would be really strange if there were no tombs of his father and younger brother. But he didn't talk about this kind of thing. It's not easy for us to ask."

"By the way, I want to ask, has Wang Baocai been back recently?"

"No, I haven't seen him for a while." The village chief said after thinking for a moment.

After finishing the conversation with the village chief, Yao and Shun walked around the village again, and asked a few villagers to understand the situation, but what they said was basically the same as the village chief.

Although what he learned was not enough to prove that Wang Baocai was the real culprit in the two murders, it gave Yao and Shun a more detailed and comprehensive understanding of him. This was the main purpose of Yao and Shun's trip, and he also discovered some problems.

Wang Baocai didn't go anywhere after returning to the village, but just sat on the ruins. What could be his purpose?

The most puzzling point for Yao and Shun is the question he raised to the village chief before, that is, the identity of Wang Baocai. Wang Baocai and Wang Baohua are twin brothers, and it is difficult for people to tell them apart from the outside. It is indeed a bit hasty to conclude that he is Wang Baocai's identity.

Of course, the reason why Yao and Shun doubted Wang Baocai's true identity was also related to the personalities of the two brothers. It was only after hearing the village chief that he had such doubts.

In the two murder cases, the murderer took advantage of natural conditions such as rain to destroy the scene, making it impossible for the police to find any valuable clues from the corpse and the scene of moving the corpse. It is almost difficult to find out the reason for the murderer's murder from the dead.It can be said that the murderer's method of attack has no flaws so far.

However, judging from Wang Baocai's simple and honest character in the eyes of the villagers, is it really possible for him to commit two well-planned murders?Faced with Zheng Hui and her son's bullying, Wang Baocai can only rely on his younger brother to protect him. Can such a person really kill?In contrast, Wang Baohua was smart and dared to speak and act. He not only confronted Zheng Hui, but also threatened to sever ties with his father in order to go to college. It was also he who came up with the idea of ​​borrowing money from the villagers to go to college. Strong-minded and intelligent, he is more in line with the identity of a murderer than his elder brother.The thing that made Yao and Shun most suspicious was Wang Baocai's provocation to him. Such behavior was definitely not done by a simple and honest person.

"Could it be that Wang Baocai's real identity is Wang Baohua?" Yaoshun made a bold assumption in his heart, "Wang Baocai sacrificed himself to save his younger brother when the fire broke out, and after Wang Baohua suffered such a blow, he became taciturn. , because there is no obvious difference in appearance, so in the eyes of outsiders, he is regarded as Wang Baocai. The reason why he has used the identity of his elder brother until now is very likely because some things that can prove his identity were destroyed in the fire. Burned down, the admission notice back then was also his brother's, so he has used his brother's identity until now. But these are still secondary issues, no matter the real identity of the murderer is Wang Baocai or Wang Baohua, the next thing to consider is the motive of the murder , What was the reason that prompted him to commit murder? And what was the reason that made him choose the two dead to kill?"

For a while, Yaoshun's brain was running fast, trying to use various methods to integrate clues together. Various assumptions, guesses, and doubts were like a "magic cube", spinning back and forth in his mind and combining repeatedly.

"Could it be related to Zheng Hui?"

This question suddenly flashed in Yaoshun's mind. The people who seemed to have nothing to do with the case seemed to him to have some kind of connection.

(End of this chapter)