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Chapter 22 The Dark Night Demon (8)
"Officer Yao, I really admire your ability. What you just said really hit my heart." Wang Baocai got up and shook off the dust on his body, and continued: "If it wasn't for that woman and His son, I believe this place will not become a ruin. An originally happy home has been torn apart by their mother and son. You just said that this ruin has carried too much hatred and pain from me. What you said is true It’s not wrong at all, I don’t clean up the ruins, just because I’m afraid that one day I will forget the hatred and pain I once had.”

"Is there any point in living a life of endless hatred and pain?"

"You haven't experienced that unforgettable moment, so of course you think it is meaningless. The motivation that supports me to live until now is hatred and pain, do you understand?"

"So you're going to kill people? Vent your hatred and pain on innocent people?" Yao Shun questioned.

"That's their damn!" Wang Baocai's expression was calm, but his tone of voice was obviously a little excited.

"Damn it? Is it because they had abortions? Disrespect for life? Or is it because they are similar to your stepmother Zheng Hui, that's why you took the murderous plan." Yao Shun said.

Wang Baocai once again stared at Yao and Shun in a daze, and then sneered, "Officer Yao, are you testing me? You must have underestimated me too much! Just now I said that I admire your ability, why did it take so long? Asking such a fool's question? Do you think I'll answer you?"

"Whether you answer or not is not important to me, because I believe the answer to the question will come soon." Yao Shun said confidently.

"From Officer Yao's tone, you seem to have obtained a lot of evidence, so why don't you continue to investigate and come here to find me? Are you here to protest against me?"

"I came here just out of curiosity, why do you come back here more than a dozen times a year, I finally figured it out today."

"Oh?" Wang Baocai looked at Yao and Shun curiously.

"Your heart is actually very tangled and contradictory. On the one hand, you want to forget all the past and let go of the big stone of hatred that has been pressing on your heart, but on the other hand, you don't want to let go of the hatred easily, because the things you lost Things can never be found back. So when the contradiction between letting go and not letting go arises in your heart, your heart becomes very entangled, and when you come back here, you hope that this area will carry your hatred and The painful place convinces yourself that you are no longer contradictory, no longer hesitant, and no longer want to let go of hatred, so that you can find a high-sounding excuse for your behavior, and then you can vent the hatred and pain in your heart by killing people. Purpose, how? Am I right?"

Yao and Shun's words seemed to hit Wang Baocai's vitals, he stared at Yao and Shun in a daze, with a look of surprise flashing across his face.

"Am I right? Wang Baocai." Yao Shun raised his voice and asked again, with an air of vowing not to give up until he reached his goal.

Wang Baocai trembled slightly, and just now he came back to his senses, he took a deep breath and said, "So what if it's right or wrong? Can you arrest me based on what you said? No, since you can't, then you say it." For a long time, even if what you say is right, it is also nonsense."

"Whether it's the truth or nonsense, you can't deny the contradictions in your heart. I've already asked the village head to find out about your past. I sympathize with your childhood experience, but I don't want you to put your own Hatred and pain are passed on to innocent people. If I guess correctly, you must be conflicted again now, and you have probably found the fourth target of the murder, and you are hesitating whether to continue My own behavior. And I came here just to advise you, if you still have a little conscience, stop your crazy behavior and stop implicating innocent people for your own hatred, otherwise what will happen to you, You should be very clear in your heart." Yao Shun said in a calm tone.

"You want me to surrender?"

"You have killed three innocent women. Even if you don't surrender, I will definitely find evidence to bring you to justice. Don't think that you can escape easily with your little cleverness. The reason why I told you today What I said just now is to hope that you will not make the same mistake again and again."

"Haha... Officer Yao, your thinking is too naive! You also said that I have already killed three women, and surrendering myself or being caught by you is a capital crime. Since the ending is the same, why should I stop? More What's more, I am not wrong, the fault is that those women themselves are sinful and promiscuous, they deserve to die."

"Since you said that, then I have nothing to say. My colleagues will continue to monitor all your actions. I want to see how your madness will continue." After Yao Shun finished speaking, he left without looking back. up.

Wang Baocai stood where he was, staring blankly at the background where Yao and Shun were going away, without saying a word. Before, he looked arrogant and arrogant, but at this moment, his face was blank, his eyes were empty, and he was completely different in an instant. People, people can't guess what is going on in his heart.

And in Wang Baocai's last sentence, he mentioned that the reason why those women deserve to die is that they are sinful and promiscuous. Although this is a casual remark, it has attracted Yao and Shun's attention. The reason why Wang Baocai said this must be related to his childhood This may be the reason why Wang Bao chose those women who had undergone abortions. Therefore, Yao and Shun did not leave Wangjia Village immediately after finishing the conversation with Wang Baocai, but found the village chief again.

"Village chief, I want to know more about Wang Baocai's stepmother, Zheng Hui." Yaoshun said bluntly.

"Zheng Hui? Didn't Baocai go back to the village? Why didn't you just ask him?" the village chief asked suspiciously.

"I'm worried that mentioning it will remind him of the unhappy past, so I want to ask you to understand." Yaoshun made an excuse and said perfunctorily.

"That's right. After all, no one wants to bring up such past events. But last time, didn't you say that something happened in Baocai's school, and you just learned about the teacher's situation as usual? Why do you want to know about Zheng Hui? After passing away for so many years, it should have nothing to do with what happened at Baocai School! Officer, did Baocai really commit some serious crimes?" The village chief obviously had some doubts, and he asked vigilantly.

"Didn't Wang Baocai go back to the village? If he really committed something serious, I believe our police will not let him come back easily like this! In fact, I want to know about Zheng Hui's situation, mainly because I heard your tone last time, I suspect that Zheng Hui set the fire back then, so I want to know more about the situation, no matter whether the fire was man-made or an accident, after the investigation, I finally have an explanation for the unfortunate victims of the fire, what do you think?"

Yao Shun's words were obviously just an excuse to prevaricate the village chief. He was afraid that the village chief would not tell the truth in order to protect Wang Baocai.

"That's it! You are really a responsible police officer! If you want to know anything, just ask." The village chief relaxed his vigilance and said.

"What I want to know is that Zheng Hui and Wang Yuzhu have been together for many years. Except when they were first married, Wang Yuzhu went to other places to work in order to make money to support his family in the next few years. He was not with Zheng Hui for many years. Did Zheng Hui get along with her? Do other men have illicit relationships?"

"This matter..." The village head showed embarrassment, and swallowed the words again.

"If you have anything to say, just say it!"

"To be honest, I really don't want to say some things. After all, people have been gone for so many years, and they are all things that have disappeared. It would be bad if it spreads out and affects their reputation." The village head said awkwardly.

"Don't worry about this. We will keep everything you say to us strictly confidential. Even a single word will not be leaked out. What's more, you don't want people to die in ignorance. In the face of truth and reputation , which is more important, you should be very clear." Yao Shun said.

After hesitating for a moment, the village chief said, "Okay, let me say, but I've heard these things from hearsay, and I'm not sure if it's true."

"It's okay, you can just say it boldly. We will judge the truth seriously."

"It's like this. When the villagers in this village are usually busy with their farm work and have nothing to do, it's common for the parents of the east and the parents of the west to have a short chat. There have been some gossip about Zheng Hui, which seems to be about her. Because Yuzhu was not around, she couldn't bear the loneliness, and she fell in love with a man in her own village, they all said that Zheng Hui was not a woman, Yuzhu was working hard outside to earn money to support the family, but she hooked up with men at home."

"Then do you know who that man is?"

"I'm not sure about that. Those women didn't say anything, they only knew that Zheng Hui was from the same village. But things like this are rumors spread among the villagers without any factual basis."

"If there are such rumors in the village, I believe it will soon reach Zheng Hui's ears. Didn't she have any reaction back then?"

"How could it not be? She was yelling around the village like a shrew cursing the street. The whole village was in a state of unrest. In the end, everyone didn't dare to talk anymore and wanted to keep their ears quiet. But after Yuzhu came back, Baohua told him about it, and Zheng Hui cried, made trouble, and hanged himself at home. It took three days to calm down, and Baocai brothers were beaten by Yuzhu because of this, saying that they were fine. look for a job."

After Yaoshun pondered for a while, he suddenly asked, "Then do you know if Zheng Hui has had an abortion?"

"I don't know about such a private matter."

Although it was just a trivial matter, Yao and Shun were quite interested in it, mainly because of Wang Baocai's inadvertent words of "sinful and promiscuous", so he decided to investigate to the end and not let go of any that might be the key to solving the case. clues.

Leaving Wangjia Village and walking for about ten minutes, Yao and Shun came to Zheng Hui’s natal family—Stone Village. Looking around, the village is full of stones of various shapes, round, square, short, long, and messy. Disorderly and quietly lying on the overgrown grass, the villagers here make a living by mining stones, and the village really lives up to its name.

Because Wangjia Village and Shitou Village are relatively close, the villagers of the two villages often communicate with each other. In addition, this is Zheng Hui's natal family, so the villagers in the village also heard gossip about Zheng Hui, and Yao and Shun passed through Shitou Village. The village chief easily learned about the identity of the male protagonist in the rumors back then.

According to the village chief, after the rumors spread to the village, the villagers often gathered together to chat and guess who the man who was fooling around with Zheng Hui was. Most people thought that this man was Zheng Hui's neighbor Liu Jun. However, because Liu Jun was domineering in the village, the villagers did not dare to inquire about it, and the matter gradually subsided over time.

As for this Liu Jun, Yao and Shun had a general understanding of him through the village head. His parents died early and he was an orphan. The family relationship is also very good.However, due to the lack of parental care and good education, he had a rebellious personality and fought and made troubles all day long. Later, he left the village and went to the city. He was sentenced to several years for participating in robbery. Li Ping in the village was his wife, and contracted the stone mining business of the whole village through violent means. At this time, Zheng Hui was married to Wang Yuzhu.After that, Zheng Hui was killed in the fire, and Liu Jun suddenly disappeared without a trace.But regarding his disappearance, no one in the village went to find out where he went, and most of them were glad that he finally left the village.

After getting a preliminary understanding of Liu Jun, Yao and Shun came to Liu Jun's home to further understand the situation.

Pushing open the courtyard door of Liu Jun's house, Yao and Shun saw a middle-aged woman sitting in the courtyard washing clothes, with two stacks of dirty clothes piled up beside her. This middle-aged woman was Liu Jun's. Wife Li Ping.

Seeing someone coming in, Li Ping hurriedly put down what she was doing and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Yao and Shun revealed their identities, but before he could speak, Li Ping couldn't wait to ask, "Have you found Liu Jun?"

"Not yet, I just want to know something about it." Yaoshun replied.

Hearing this, Li Ping sighed softly, shook her head with a lonely expression, and then led Yao and Shun into the house.

Yao and Shun looked around the house. Although there are all kinds of home appliances here, they are all products that have been out of date for a few years. As for the furniture, it is even more dilapidated, with paint peeling off and few legs, which is hard to believe. The male owner of this family used to be domineering in the village and monopolized the stone mining business in the village.

Li Ping saw what Yao and Shun were thinking, and she said with some embarrassment: "Since Liu Jun disappeared, the villagers have taken back the stone mining rights, and our family's living conditions have not been as good as before. Liu Jun’s evil deeds drove me out of the village. Instead, he let me stay here. Seeing that my life was difficult, he asked me to wash clothes for the villagers who went to the mountains to mine stones. Let Liu Jun make amends!"

Yao Shun didn't speak, he walked to the old TV in the living room, not because he was interested in TV, but on the wall behind the TV, there was a wedding photo of Li Ping and Liu Jun. Li Ping in the movie is very beautiful, and she smiles happily and sweetly, she is completely different from the sad face now.And Liu Jun is not as vicious as he imagined before, with a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a mustache, and a pair of silver-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, giving people a gentle feeling. From the description of the village chief, judging from the photos alone, it is difficult for people to associate him with the identity of a bully rampant in the village.

"You love Liu Jun very much." After seeing the photos, Yaoshun said.

Li Ping smiled bitterly and said, "How should I put this? In the eyes of the villagers, he is a bully, but in my eyes, he is a good husband. Everyone thinks that I am afraid of him, so I will I married him when he came to propose marriage. Actually, I didn’t marry him. I married him voluntarily. My parents passed away early, and my grandma and I were the only ones in the family. I was responsible for all the work alone. I remember that I was late coming back from the market that day. I was worried that my grandma would be hungry at home, so I wanted to take a shortcut and go home quickly, because snakes often appeared on that shortcut, so there were few people there. Let's go, I didn't care so much because I was worried about grandma, but because it was too dark at night, I accidentally fell, and there was a snake right where I fell, and I was bitten by it. After I yelled, Liu Jun ran over. He happened to be catching snakes in the woods. When he found that it was a poisonous snake that bit me, he sucked the poison out for me without thinking, and then carried me behind his back. I ran more than ten miles to the county medical office. If it wasn’t for him, I believe I wouldn’t be able to live to this day. So besides loving him, I am also grateful. I'm not bad, everything in this house was set up by him when we got married, although it looks dilapidated now, but it was pretty good back then, and since we got married, he has never made a bad face at me or scolded me."

When Li Ping recalled the past, her face was filled with a happy and sweet smile unconsciously, and the bitter sorrow before had long since disappeared.Yao and Shun listened with great interest and did not interrupt.

"Officer, I'm sorry, did I talk too much nonsense? The main reason is that I haven't talked to anyone like this for a long time." After recovering from the happiness of recalling, Li Ping realized her gaffe. Said kindly.

"It's all right." Yao Shun said with a smile.

"Just now you said that you wanted to come to find out something, but what is it?" Li Ping asked.

"That's right. Excuse me. I'm here to learn about some rumors about your husband Liu Jun and Zheng Hui. Is it convenient for you to tell me?"

Hearing this, Li Ping pondered for a moment, then said: "There is nothing inconvenient, it's all in the past, but knowing these things, can you help me find Liu Jun's whereabouts?"

From the beginning, Li Ping thought that Yao and Shun came to investigate Liu Jun's whereabouts, but Yao and Shun didn't explain anything, because even he himself didn't know what he wanted to investigate at this time, but he had a doubt and he had to understand it clearly.

"Perhaps it is possible!" Yaoshun prevaricated.

"Okay then! Ask if there's anything you need to know!"

"There were rumors in Wangjia Village that Zheng Hui had an affair with a man while her husband Wang Yuzhu was away working, but no one knew who it was, but the rumor said it was Zheng Hui's same village, plus Liu Jun's childhood relationship with Zheng Hui's family , so some villagers speculated that the man who had an affair with Zheng Hui was Liu Jun, but there is no definite statement about this matter, and you, as Liu Jun's wife, are also one of the parties involved, so I want to hear your thoughts on the rumors back then the opinion of."

(End of this chapter)