Chapter 46: An unsolved case from many years ago
Yu Miaomiao stood by the car and made a phone call for nearly ten minutes. When she got into the car again, she said to Han Yun, "I contacted Tianya Community, and the staff there retrieved the account cancellation information. It showed a person named Chu Tian. Based on the ID card information left when registering, I called my former colleague to help check. I found that the ID card and name matched. This Chu Tian is from Qingwan City. Here is his phone number."
"Call him and ask about the article." Han Yun said after thinking for a while.
Yu Miaomiao dialed the number and turned on the speaker. The phone beeped a few times before it was picked up. The other party said, "Hello."
"Hello, this is the Beidu Police Station. I'm Yu Miaomiao from the Serious Crime Unit." Yu Miaomiao first gave his name, then asked the other party: "Excuse me, is your name Chu Tian?"
"Yes, I am." Chu Tian paused on the phone, then asked in confusion: "Why did the Beidu Police Department contact me?"
"It's like this. Do you still remember the article you published on Tianya Community in 2017 with the title 'A red light suddenly appeared, and the ferocious Arhat appeared in the world to eliminate harm for the people'?" Yu Miaomiao did not answer Chu Tian, but asked directly.
"I remember it." Chu Tian thought for a moment and said, "Is it the incident that happened in Lijia Village?"
"Yes, is what is described in this article true?" Yu Miaomiao asked.
"You are here to find me because of the recent murder case in Beidu, right?" Chu Tian said on the phone, "I saw the amazing sight of Arhat descending to the world when I was watching short videos."
"It was because of a murder that I found you, and then I saw the article you published on the Internet," Yu Miaomiao explained.
"Here's what happened. I have a relative in Lijia Village, and I heard about this from her." Chu Tian paused, then continued, "I posted this story online in 2017, but the incident did not happen in 2017, but earlier, probably in 2000. My relative said that the bully had connections with the township leaders at the time, and relying on this, he bullied the villagers in the village. The villagers in Lijia Village suffered so much that they had no way to appeal, and then this incident happened."
"There should be a police station in Lijia Village. Are the police involved in the investigation of this matter?" Yu Miaomiao asked.
"How can the police not get involved when someone died? It is said that the city sent an investigation team to investigate the incident." Chu Tian on the phone took a deep breath and said, "I don't know the specific details, but when the incident happened, many villagers went there and saw with their own eyes that there were deer antlers stuck in the chest of the deceased. Then I heard from my relative that the investigation team investigated the village for a week and finally withdrew without finding the murderer."
"The case will be left unresolved before the murderer is found?" Yu Miaomiao turned her head and glanced at Han Yun.
"There are only about a hundred households in Lijia Village, and they all know each other. It is impossible for them to do such a thing. If the case cannot be investigated further, it will become an unsolved case." Chu Tian said on the phone.
Han Yun opened his phone and typed a line of words on WeChat for Yu Miaomiao to see. After reading it, Yu Miaomiao asked Chu Tian: "There is a person named Xu Wenbin in Lijia Village. I wonder if you know him."
"I have not been to Lijia Village many times, so I don't know her, but my relative must know her. If necessary, I can give you my relative's phone number and you can contact her. She told me about this incident, and I thought it was quite bizarre, so I posted it online." Chu Tian said.
"Then please tell me your number." Yu Miaomiao said.
Chu Tian said a number on the phone, and Han Yun wrote it down on his phone. After saying the number, Chu Tian said, "This is my second aunt, her last name is Tian Lanni. I'll tell her that the police will contact me before I hang up. Otherwise, she will think it's a scam and hang up directly."
"Okay, thank you for your help. I'll call her in five minutes." Yu Miaomiao said and hung up the phone.
"It seems that this is true." Han Yun looked at the time, then looked out of the car window and said, "It's already noon. Let's take advantage of this time and find a place nearby to eat something."
The two got off the car and walked forward. They saw a ramen restaurant, so they walked in and ordered a bowl of noodles. When the noodles came, Han Yun saw that the time was already five minutes, so he got up and walked out of the ramen restaurant and called Tian Lanni at the door. After the call was connected, Han Yun said, "I am the case consultant of the Beidu Police Station. Chu Tian has already told you, right?"
"He said it was a female police officer." Tian Lannie answered on the phone.
"The person who contacted Chu Tian just now was my colleague." Han Yun explained. At this time, Yu Miaomiao also walked out of the noodle shop and stood in front of Han Yun.
"Oh, so that's it. Chu Tianer said you wanted to find out about Xu Wenbin, so I'll try to cooperate with you in everything I know." Tian Lannie paused and said, "Xu Wenbin's mother's surname is Li, her name is Li Na, and his father's name is Xu Hailong. Xu Hailong's family is from the next village. His family was very poor back then, so he married into Li Na's family . Later, they had a child, Xu Wenbin. Li Na and Xu Hailong went out to work after Xu Wenbin was born, and the child was left to his grandparents to take care of. The child was naughty when he was young, and his grandparents were too old to control him. I heard that the child was not honest and often went to small supermarkets to steal things."
"Has Li Wenbin returned to his hometown in recent years?" Han Yun asked.
"It seems that I haven't seen him since he went to school. His father died in an accident at a construction site outside the city when he was very young. I heard that his mother remarried, but the other party didn't want Xu Wenbin. However, his father received a sum of , and his mother left it to him. Later, I saw him a few times when Xu Wenbin's grandparents passed away. Xu Wenbin sold his grandparents' house, and he has no relatives here, and he has never come back." Tian Lanni said on the phone: "I seem to remember hearing someone say that I saw him in the city. At that time, he was with a big brother and was hanging out in society."
"I heard from Chu Tian that in 2000, a strange phenomenon of an arhat descending to the world occurred in your village, and then the village bully was killed by Lu Jiao. Was Xu Wenbin in the village when this happened?" Han Yun asked thoughtfully.
"Twenty years ago, Li Wenbin should not have been in the village." Tian Lannie said after thinking for a while.
"Thank you for your cooperation. That's it for now." Han Yun hung up the phone, then turned to Yu Miaomiao and said, "Among all the senior leaders of Baijia Supermarket, do any of them have a criminal record?"
"What...what do you mean?" Yu Miaomiao frowned.
"Tian Lannie said that Li Wenbin seemed to have been in gangs with Big Brother, so I think the people who are protecting Li Wenbin in Baijia Supermarket may not be his relatives, but good brothers who used to be in gangs with him." Han Yun put away his phone and walked into the noodle shop.
