After hanging up the phone, he sat in the car and said to Wang Yongxin: "I have something to do now, let's talk later."

Wang Yongxin opened his mouth and answered hurriedly: "Oh...oh...Okay, okay."

He was a little embarrassed and a little unwilling.

Hu Pingtao saw everything. While urging Wang Gui to drive, he waved to him and comforted him: "Don't worry, I will call you later and we will have a good chat then."

Wang Yongxin could only nod: "Okay! Then you go about your business first and talk about it later."

…

Rush to the hospital.

Hu Pingtao called the reporter on the road. When the electric car stopped at the entrance of the hospital, a young man wearing T-shirt and trousers trotted up to meet him.

Hu Pingtao got off the station and asked, "Did you report the case?"

The young man nodded repeatedly and said anxiously and angrily: "Officer, you are finally here. My brother...he was stabbed with a knife and is still undergoing surgery in the emergency room."

Hearing this, Hu Pingtao suddenly looked solemn—it was a serious crime to injure someone with a knife.

He turned around and asked Wang Gui to follow him, then followed the young man and strode towards the emergency room. As he walked, he asked, "What's going on?"

The young man's face was full of remorse, mixed with anger: "The person who stabbed my brother was his ex-girlfriend."

Hu Pingtao's foot speed did not slow down and he asked: "Are the young couple at odds? Emotional disputes?"

"That woman..." The young man hesitated to speak. He followed Hu Pingtao, shaking his head and sighing: "I can't explain a word or two... Forget it, we can talk about it in detail when you meet someone later.

!”

There were several people standing in the corridor leading to the emergency operating room, including men, women, old and young. Judging from the standing position, they were divided into two groups.

One group is young men, that is, the people who reported the crime. They are headed by an old couple, and there are six men and women of different ages next to them. They form a circle, and in the circle is another old couple standing in the middle.

A young woman in her twenties.

The reporter quickly walked closer, pointed at the woman in the circle, and shouted angrily: "That's her! She was the one who stabbed my brother with a knife!"

The woman was wearing a common style T-shirt and shorts. Her long hair was messy and covered half of her face. She was leaning sideways and sobbing. From where Hu Pingtao was, you could clearly see her cheeks were swollen and there were clear bruises.

Fingerprints.

It was obviously caused by being slapped several times.

Hu Pingtao walked into the venue and asked seriously: "What's going on?"

The leader of the old man outside the circle took a step forward, his brows furrowed, and it was obvious that he was suppressing his anger: "Officer, my name is Tang Ping."

He pointed to the young reporter who had led the way: "This is my eldest son Tang Chaoyu."

His fingers moved to the woman surrounded in the field: "Her name is Zheng Shanshan, she was the former girlfriend of my youngest son Tang Chaozhou. She found my son today and stabbed him with a knife."

Hu Pingtao quickly took notes and asked without raising his head: "Where did the incident happen?"

"In my home." Tang Ping's wrinkled face showed anger and pain: "My son has broken up with her for a long time, and I didn't expect her to come to the door today. I thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend before, after all,

We were close, so we didn’t pay attention. Unexpectedly, she and my son got into an argument not long after they were in the room, and then my son yelled, “Kill someone.” When we came to our senses and rushed in, we saw her holding a

Dao, my son...Xiaozhou, is lying on the ground, covered in blood."

Hu Pingtao subconsciously raised his head and looked around.

Mainly because the names Tang Ping gave to his two sons made him think they were quite interesting - Xiaoyu, Xiaozhou.

The thought of a joke flashed through his mind. Hu Pingtao continued to ask: "How is the injured person's current condition?"

Tang Ping glanced sideways at the operating room at the end of the corridor: "My son was stabbed once in the leg and buttocks, and he bled a lot. We caught Zheng Shanshan, called 120, called an ambulance, and sent him to the hospital. The doctor

I was told that surgery must be done immediately. I’m still in the hospital now.”

Hu Pingtao turned his gaze to the opposite side and locked on the young woman who was lowering her head and sobbing: "What's your name?"

This is the normal inquiry process.

Zheng Shanshan lowered her head and didn't say a word.

The woman standing next to her had a smile on her face: "Officer, her name is Zheng Shanshan, she is my daughter."

Hu Pingtao glanced at her: "Let her answer it herself."

It is not a deliberate attempt to make things difficult, but it is necessary to do this in order to determine whether the other party's mental state is normal.

Her voice was hoarse: "...my name is Zheng Shanshan."

Hu Pingtao continued to ask: "Please tell me what happened."

Hearing this, Zheng Shanshan started crying loudly. She raised her finger and pointed to the opposite side, crying repeatedly: "They... they beat me."

One sentence instantly angered everyone, including the old couple of the Tang family.

"What's wrong with hitting you? I hit you lightly!"

"Let me tell you, Xiao Zhou is my nephew. If anything happens to him, I will kill you!"

"You are a young person and a woman. Why do you talk nonsense when you open your mouth? Why don't you tell us why we beat you? How can there be consequences without a cause?"

Tang Chaoyu had a ferocious look on his face and said bluntly: "If my brother cannot be rescued today, I will throw you down from the upstairs... Damn it, I will beat you to death!"

Zheng Shanshan was frightened and kept leaning towards Hu Pingtao. She shrank with fear on her face: "He threatened me... He was the one who beat me like this. You should catch him quickly and put him to death."

Catch him!"

Both parents are here, so the situation is basically clear.

Hu Pingtao forcefully pulled out his right arm, which was held by Zheng Shanshan, and said to everyone present: "A representative from each of your two families will go to the police station with me. If you have any questions, go to the police station to discuss it."

The hospital is not a place suitable for dealing with disputes. It is easy for both parties to quarrel, and loud noises will attract the attention of people around you.

…

Back at the police station, Hu Pingtao arranged for people to separate the two families.

He originally wanted to ask Zheng Shanshan directly, but she kept crying and was in a bad mood. Hu Pingtao had no choice but to hand her over to Mi Qiunan.

After all, men and women are different.

Because it was a case of stabbing someone with a knife, Li Tao and Wang Haokun were called back in advance. They had already rushed to the scene of the crime. Tang Ping rushed back from the hospital to join them for on-site investigation.

Tang Chaoyu was carrying a bag in his hand. When he walked into the interrogation room, he took the initiative to open the bag and took out a plastic bag from it.

It is a very common household fresh-keeping bag that can be bought in any supermarket.

There was a blood-stained folding knife in the bag. The blade was about fifteen centimeters, in the style of a fruit knife, a common street vendor.

Tang Chaoyu said bluntly: "This is the knife that Zheng Shanshan stabbed my brother with. It was very chaotic at the time. I rushed into the room and saw my brother lying on the ground. I grabbed Zheng Shanshan and slapped him several times. Later, my mother slapped her

I called an ambulance, and my dad rummaged through the box to find a first-aid kit to stop my brother's bleeding. I tied Zheng Shanshan's hand with a rope, then picked up the knife from the ground and put it away."

"This is evidence, you police will definitely need it."

This alone eliminates the suspicion of Tang Chaoyu committing the crime to a large extent.

Hu Pingtao asked curiously: "What's going on? Why did Zheng Shanshan do this?"

Tang Chaoyu sighed: "She is my brother's ex-girlfriend... Let me start from the beginning! Let's talk about their relationship first."

"My younger brother's grades were very good when he was in school. He was admitted to a key university in 1985. He was also good in his major. Later he was admitted to graduate school and received a master's degree."

"Zheng Shanshan is my brother's high school classmate, in the same school but in a different class. During the college entrance examination, I chose a university in the same city as my brother. But the quality of the school was far inferior to that of my brother. We met at a hometown gathering once, and we met each other.

I developed a good impression and became boyfriend and girlfriend."

"My brother likes her very much. During the winter vacation that year, he took Zheng Shanshan home..."

Hu Pingtao interrupted Tang Chaoyu and asked doubtfully: "Bringing your girlfriend home just a few months after we met? That's pretty fast!"

Tang Chaoyu explained: "I'm not bragging, but my brother is a top student. When he was in school, he didn't listen to anything outside the window, and he only read the books of sages. Later he entered university and it was the same. His friends took him to that hometown gathering.

.My dad used to hold a position in the workplace, and my mom worked with friends outside.

We started a company together. Our family's financial situation is still very good, with several houses and two cars. I make my own catering, and my income is not bad. My brother is not scheming, and he can get it out of others just by asking.

Speaking of which...he really wasn't trying to show off, but he just answered whatever others asked him."

Hu Pingtao understood: "You mean, Zheng Shanshan learned about your family's situation from your brother's mouth, and then took the initiative to pursue your brother Tang Chaozhou?"

Tang Chaoping nodded: "Anyway, I think it should be like this. You also saw it in the hospital today. Zheng Shanshan looks very average. At most, she has a good figure. When she came to the door for the first time, my parents and I

They all thought that she was a quiet girl. She didn't like to talk very much. She basically asked three questions and answered one. I told my brother at the time that I didn't have a good feeling about this girl. But my mother thought she was okay.

He said that what he wants to live at home is an honest wife."

Hu Pingtao narrowed his eyes and asked: "Then what is your brother's attitude?"

Tang Chaoyu complained: "My brother is just a fool. He has never experienced this before, especially a woman like Zheng Shanshan who takes the initiative. He doesn't know how to refuse. In fact, I am not against them being together, but

It’s because I feel that Zheng Shanshan is very scheming, and in the end my brother may not be able to play with her."

"My younger brother goes to school in Shanghai and wants to stay there after graduation. He works in IT and the Internet. At that time, he found a very good company with a monthly salary of 18,000 yuan, as well as five insurances and one housing fund."

Hu Pingtao said: "Strictly speaking, the salary of 18,000 yuan in an Internet company is not too high. Especially in a place like Shanghai."

Tang Chaoyu said: "At that time, my brother had just graduated and was still in the probation period. The other party promised to give him this price, and there will definitely be room for improvement in the future!"
To be continued...