In fact, the interrogation of Li Mingming did not go well, and he remained silent about the police's questions. His eyes were indifferent, and there was a hint of mockery at the corners of his mouth. He doesn't seem to care about his crimes and doesn't want to justify himself. The police tried to break his psychological defense by various means, but to no avail. Li Mingming is like a mystery, elusive.
However, in the end, he still said something insignificant, such as the fight between him and his father, and he admitted the contradiction between them, but as soon as he asked him the specific reason, he fell silent. His eyes dodged, his lips pursed, as if he didn't want to say something on his mind. His attitude made Captain Hou very dissatisfied, we all felt that he was deliberately hiding something, Captain Hou wanted to force him, but he was as hard as steel, no matter how we asked, he refused to say a word.
When Uncle Jiange and I returned to the Li family manor, it was almost noon, the sun was blazing, the air was stuffy, I felt very tired, covered in sweat, and I wanted to quickly fall into bed and get a good night's sleep.
As soon as we entered the door, we met Zhang Mengling, the little nanny of the Li family. She was coming from the backyard, carrying a basket of clothes in her hand, looking busy.
So Uncle Jiange stopped her and said in a very kind tone: "I'm sorry to disturb you, I have a question I want to ask." "
"Please say." Zhang Mengling replied respectfully, placing the basket on the ground, hanging her hands down, and bending slightly.
"Is there a lighter in the kitchen?" Uncle Jiange asked, his eyes flashing with an imperceptible sharpness.
"Lighter?" Zhang Mengling blinked, looking puzzled, she didn't understand why he asked this question.
"Yes, lighter." Uncle Jiange repeated, his voice becoming more serious.
"What kind of lighter?" Zhang Mengling asked, she wanted to find out his intentions.
"Well, let's say, disposable plastic lighters." Uncle Jiange gave an example, his expression was calm, but I could feel a nervous anticipation in his heart.
"Mr. Li likes to smoke, he has lighters in his bedroom, study and living room, but in the kitchen, he never has a lighter, and there has never been a disposable lighter at home." Zhang Mengling replied affirmatively, her tone was firm, without a trace of hesitation.
"Oh, so, I see, thank you!" Uncle Jiange said, a look of disappointment on his face, he didn't seem to get the answer he wanted.
"It's okay, it's what I'm supposed to do. Zhang Mengling said politely, but before the words were finished, Mengling suddenly covered her mouth, as if feeling disgusting, her face became pale, her eyes were full of panic, and then hurriedly said sorry, and rushed to the bathroom on the first floor, leaving the two of us looking at each other.
"Looks like we have to go to the hospital." Uncle Jiange looked at her back and said to himself, his brows furrowed, and a sly smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He seemed to have found some important clues, but instead of telling me right away, he picked up a piece of clothing in the basket, examined it carefully, and stuffed it into his pocket. I watched his movements and was curious and didn't know what the hell he was doing. I wanted to ask him, but he signaled me not to make a sound, and then quietly walked upstairs, and I had to follow him, full of doubts.
Back in the guest room, Uncle Jiange opened a can of cold beer, handed it to me, and then opened another can for himself.
With an indescribable expression on his face, he seemed to be pondering some complicated question. I didn't bother him either, just waited quietly for him to speak.
After a while, he finally spoke. "I think Li Mingming was wronged. Uncle Jiange shook the beer can for a long time, was silent for a long time, and finally spoke. His tone was affirmative, but he didn't give any reason, which made me curious.
"I feel that way too, but I don't have proof, just speculation. "I thought about Li Mingming's performance from the early morning to noon today, and I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't tell what was wrong. His attitude was very strange, neither like a real murderer, nor like an innocent victim, but like something pressing on his heart and daring not say it.
"Sometimes laymen who are not detectives have accurate instincts. Uncle Jiange complimented me, then added, "Of course, intuition must also be based on evidence, not guesswork. "
"So where do you think the doubts are? "I asked him, hoping he would give me some clues.
"I think there might be a few points:
First, although Li Mingming basically did not disclose any useful information this morning and did not mention the reason for his quarrel with his father, he always repeatedly stressed that what he and his father said was just a momentary anger, not serious; This makes me think that he is hiding something, or excusing himself, because if he really has no motive for killing, he can frankly state the reason for their quarrel, which is more conducive to his defense;
Second, after repeated questioning from yesterday to today, he said that he did not know about the beneficiaries of the will and insurance, and when the police told him that his father's will and insurance beneficiaries were only him, this also surprised him: the stepmother has followed his father for so many years, why did he not leave any inheritance to the stepmother, he thought that either his father modified the will and gave nothing to himself, or he and his stepmother were half alone. Moreover, after cross-examination, no loopholes were found, so there is a high probability that he does not know that this is true; This made me think that he had no motive for greedy for property, and he had no plan to murder people, otherwise he would not be so surprised;
Third, Li Mingming said before that he understood the result of his parents' divorce, and the two of them were not happy with each other together, and now Dad and Xiaoma are much happier together. He said he didn't hate his mom or blame his father, he just wanted them to be happy. His words sounded sincere, and he did not show any jealousy or hatred, which made me think that he had no motive to kill because of his father's marriage, and he did not have any malice towards his little mother. "
"So under this premise," I took over, "he has basically no motive for committing the crime." "
"Yes, I think so too." Uncle Jiange replied, "However, he did not have an alibi, there was a time to commit the crime, and it was strange that he ran back to Yongjia from Hangzhou at this time, which is too strange." "
"Captain Hou thinks that Li Mingming is complicit in the conspiracy, what do you think about this?" I asked.
"I think this is very unlikely, almost impossible, because the more people involved and know, the greater the risk of things leaking, and if so, we may have found clues long ago." Uncle Jiange shook his head in denial.
"Then why wouldn't he say why he and his father had a conflict and why he ran back to Yongjialai from Hangzhou?" I asked.
"I have a conjecture." Uncle Jiange poured a sip of beer into his mouth, and then wiped the foam at the corner of his mouth.
"What?" I asked curiously.
"He's protecting someone." Uncle Jiange uttered an answer that surprised me.
I opened my mouth wide in surprise, unable to believe what he said. How did he come to this conclusion? Does he have any evidence? Who is he protecting?
A series of questions came up in my heart, wanting to ask him, but he wouldn't give me a chance.
"Okay, okay. Let's talk about the investigation in the afternoon, I've been busy for most of the day, so let's take a good rest. Uncle Jiange poured another gulp of beer into his mouth, then stood up and patted me on the shoulder, signaling that it was time for me to go and rest.
He had a mysterious smile on his face, as if to imply that he knew more than I did, but didn't want to say it. He took the beer can, walked to the door, turned to me and said, "Think about it, if you were Li Mingming, who would you risk murder for, and refuse to tell the truth?" "
With that, he closed the door, leaving me alone in the room, deep in thought.
In the evening, Captain Hou called us again. His voice sounded tense and excited, as if something major had been discovered.
"We have made new progress in our investigation of the people around Li Mingming," Captain Hou told Uncle Jiange, "and we have found from the records obtained from the bank that Zhang Mengling, the Li family's little nanny, has remitted several sums of money to her hometown in recent months, all of which are remitted back to her hometown, amounting to tens of thousands of yuan, which is obviously not something she can earn by working as a nanny in the Li family." "
"Are you suspecting that Li Mingming is giving her money in private? Uncle Jiange asked. He also felt the unusualness in Captain Hou's words, the Li family is a rich family, Li Mingming is a rich second generation, but he will not give so much money to a small nanny for no reason, unless there is some hidden secret between them.
"This is obvious, didn't you also synchronize a message for me, saying that Zhang Mengling herself admitted to liking Li Mingming." Captain Hou said. He meant that when Uncle Jiange questioned Zhang Mengling the day before, he tried to ask her who the woman Li Shilan saw in the room the night before the accident was, but Zhang Mengling flatly denied that it was herself or that she knew who the woman was, and did not admit it I knew about that incident, but finally admitted that I liked Li Mingming.
But Zhang Mengling said that she liked Li Mingming, but she didn't say that she was Li Mingming's girlfriend. Uncle Jiange said.
Captain Hou felt that Zhang Mengling's words were not credible, she may be covering up her true relationship with Li Mingming, or she was lying for Li Mingming to help him evade police investigation.
"The two doors are not right, and it may be more difficult to be his girlfriend, but it does not hinder the relationship between the two of them, because we found out that Zhang Mengling went to the gynecology department of the county second hospital for examination about three weeks ago." Captain Hou said.
He sent Zhang Mengling's medical records they had retrieved from the hospital to Jiange's uncle, which said that Zhang Mengling had come to see her because her menstrual holidays were not allowed, and the doctor diagnosed her as pregnant.
"Do you suspect that Zhang Mengling is pregnant, and the child is Li Mingming's? Uncle Jiange deduced.
"Yes," Captain Hou felt that this was very likely, because this could explain why Li Mingming would give Zhang Mengling so much money, and it could also explain why Zhang Mengling would have such deep feelings for Li Mingming. Captain Hou said.
He felt that they had found the key clue that Li Mingming conspired to commit the crime, and as long as they followed this clue, it was possible to find evidence of Li Mingming's crime.
Uncle Jiange smiled, and then said into the phone: "Well, I have a small piece of physical evidence here, maybe you can test it and see if you find anything." It turned out that the dress that Uncle Jiange secretly took away was intended to be used for this purpose. The clothes he said were one of Zhang Mengling's underwear, which he found in the laundry basket when Zhang Mengling ran to the toilet at noon, with some spot-like marks on it, which he guessed might be Sperm spots left by someone. He hid his clothes in his bag and didn't tell anyone else. He wanted Captain Hou to take it for DNA identification to see if there were Li Mingming's genes in the traces. If there is, it shows that there is indeed an improper relationship between Li Mingming and Zhang Mengling.
"What physical evidence do you have? Captain Hou asked. He was curious about Uncle Jiange's words, and he didn't know what else Uncle Jiange had found during the search.
Putting down the phone, Uncle Jiange said to me, "Let's go, let's go out." "
"Where to go? "
"The second county hospital, where else can I go?" He said, and the electronic version of the medical record displayed on his mobile phone had the words "Zhang Mengling" written on it.
According to the information provided by Captain Hou, we found the female nurse named Huang Yan in the Second County Hospital. She was wearing a white coat and holding a checklist in her hand, ready to go to the examination room to examine the patient.
"Go and go, this is the gynecology department, you can't come in, the families are waiting outside!" "When she saw us looking at the door of the gynecological clinic, she came out and bombarded us.
"We are not family members, we are here to find people. Uncle Jiange told her.
"You can't come in when you look for someone, you can't enter when you can't come in, I can help you bring a word, who are you looking for?" "
Uncle Jiange said to find Huang Yan.
"I am. But I don't know you, who are you? "
Uncle Jiange showed his police card, which had his name and photo on it.
Huang Yan glanced at it, and her attitude softened: "Are you looking for me for something?" "
"We want to know about Zhang Mengling's visit to the hospital for examination about three weeks ago, that is, Zhang Mengling, the nanny of Li Shilan's family. "
"Are you talking about that Li Shilan who lives in the Li family manor? What happened to their babysitter? "
"We found out that Zhang Mengling came to the gynecology department of our hospital about three weeks ago for an examination, and from the medical records, it was you who gave her an examination. "
"Yes, I have the impression that she hasn't been on her menstrual holiday for two months, so I came to check it, and then the examination showed that she was more than two months pregnant, which I think you police have seen from the medical records." "
"Yes," Uncle Jiange replied, "but we would like to know more. Did she say who the father of the child was? "
"No, she came alone, the child's father did not appear, and she refused to say. "
"The child didn't flow? "
No, she was hesitant to stay. I told her that this is a very precious life after all, and if she has a good relationship with the child's father, she should stay and get married. "
"Did she say anything? "She didn't look happy at all, she looked lost. Dr. Huang carefully recalled, "I don't know what her situation is, but judging by her reaction, it feels as if she can't be with the child's father." "
"For Zhang Mengling, do you have any other information that can be revealed? "
Without. Huang Yan thought for a while, "Although I often meet her when I go to a friend's house to play, it is only limited to saying hello, and there is no deep contact. "
"Oh? She also often goes to your friend's house? "
"It's not. Mainly because my girlfriend's family lives next door to Li Shilan's house, so I often meet on the road. "
"Oh, how can I venture to ask, who is your best friend? "
"It's He Xiaoya next door to Li Shilan's house, does it matter? Do you police even have to deal with this? "
"No, no, no. It's just that such a big accident happened to the Li family, and as a policeman, he naturally wants to visit his neighbors, it's just a routine. "
"Oh. You have to believe that He Xiaoya will definitely have no problems, she is a very gentle and decent girl, I went to school with her in high school, I am inseparable every day, I know her very well. "
"I heard that her family used to be very poor. "
"Yes, she is very pitiful, she has not had a father since she was a child, and her mother and daughter have always had a hard time. When we were in school, at first she refused to go to the cafeteria with us, I didn't know what was going on at the time, and then I realized that she was inferior, afraid that she would be ridiculed by us for all vegetarian dishes, but then after a long time we cooked her, she was willing to eat with me, and I often mixed with her to eat meat dishes. "
"She wasn't embarrassed anymore? "
"In fact, there is, but people are poor and short-minded, besides, we did not discriminate against her, she has always studied very well, we always copied her homework at that time, and told her that this was a compensation for eating meat with us, and after a long time, her heart slowly let go, and we became good friends." "
"But lately her family seems to have suddenly become rich." "
She didn't go to college after graduating from high school, because she couldn't make up the tuition, so she went to the south to work. She was beautiful in high school, and there were many boys chasing her and passing her small notes or something. When I grew up, I was more beautiful, and then I dressed better and better every time I came back, and I didn't go out again after the New Year this year, and then the house was renovated, bought new furniture, and bought a new car. "
"Are you curious why?"
"We asked, as her best friend, how can this kind of gossip not be inquired," Huang Yan said, "but there is nothing to say, she said that she doesn't know, it's not that she earns, it's her mother's business, as for what kind of business, she can't tell, we don't." Kind enough to ask. She said that her mother was very mysterious and did not let her ask more, but only let her enjoy life at home and did not have to suffer outside. "