Xing Le asked doubtfully: "I have no opinion on the issue of falling into the water. But why did Zhang Hao only wet his pants but the coat he was wearing was dry? Master Zeng mentioned this before when he was in the traffic police team."

Hu Pingtao stood up from the chair, raised his hand and gestured to himself, explaining: "The artificial lake in the Wetland Park is very shallow, and the deepest part can only be flooded up to the chest level."

Xing Le shook his head: "This is a bit unreasonable. Gong Xinxia's electric bicycle was found in the lake. The hard scratches on the lakeside indicate that she rushed down on the bicycle and fell into the water. Now various evidences show that Zhang Hao was most likely present. If he was at that time

Also in the water, your clothes will definitely get wet.”

Hu Pingtao smiled and said: "This involves two situations. The first one: Zhang Hao goes into the water to save people. The second one: he kills people in the water."

Xing Le asked in confusion: "Rescue people? Kill people? Where do you start talking about this?"

Hu Pingtao explained: "First of all, the reason why Gong Xinxia is willing to go to the Wetland Park to meet Zhang Hao at night shows that the relationship between them is very close, even surpassing Gong Xinxia's husband Liao Cunxue to some extent. Let's not ignore Gong Xinxia for the moment.

The reason why she fell into the water, since she was very close to Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao must have taken action after falling into the water - he had no more than two options at the time: the first was to pull Gong Xinxia up from the water, because the water in the artificial lake was very

Shallow. This is easy to do."

"But Gong Xinxia is already dead. The autopsy results show that she drowned."

"When I was investigating the case before, I felt that this setting was a bit unreasonable. After all, the lake was too shallow... I admit that the dark and cold environment, coupled with the panic after falling into the water, would prevent Gong Xinxia from making correct judgments.

, struggled in the water involuntarily, and then drowned. But she was an adult after all, and the chance of this happening was too small."

"If...I'm talking about if, someone took advantage of the chaos and pushed her into the water, the situation would be different."

Hu Pingtao looked around and said with emphasis: "The call records Zhou Changhao obtained from the telecommunications bureau showed that in the past month, Gong Xinxia and Zhang Hao had very frequent calls. The two people made calls to each other, and the calls were frequent.

Most of the time, Zhang Hao was the caller. The same was true on the night of the incident. Gong Xinxia received a call from Zhang Hao and hurried out. She didn't even tell Liao Cunxue where she was going, but made up a reason casually."

"If a man and a woman can reach this level of intimacy, Gong Xinxia and Zhang Hao should be lovers."

Ding Yi frowned and asked: "About Liao Cunxue...could he deliberately lie on this issue? As a husband, he should be very sensitive to whether his wife has other men outside."

Zhou Changhao disagreed: "What if Liao Cunxue is one of those people who is insensitive?"

Ding Yi shook his head: "I don't think it is possible. I have read the conversation record between Director Hu and Liao Cunxue: he clearly remembers everything before and after marriage, especially paying attention to the property issues of both parties. If Gong Xinxia has a man outside,

That means divorce may come up at any time, and since he and Gong Xinxia had their property notarized before their marriage, Liao Cunxue will get nothing once they divorce."

Hu Pingtao agreed with Ding Yi: "Xiao Ding is right."

The doubt in Xing Le's mind has not been eliminated: "Don't interrupt, I'm asking why Zhang Hao's clothes were not wet by water? Let's solve this problem first before talking about anything else."

Hu Pingtao gave her a meaningful look: "There are many reasons. I will only mention the most likely one - if Zhang Hao took off his shirt before falling into the water."

Xing Le was still frowning and shaking his head: "When I was in the traffic police team, Master Zeng said: Zhang Hao was wearing a white shirt underneath. Even if the light was dim at the time, you should be able to tell how dry and wet the clothes were!"

Hu Pingtao explained: "It's really hard to say. Take a good look at the surveillance video from the traffic police: Zhang Hao is sitting in the passenger seat with his coat wrapped tightly. Only from the collar can you see that he is wearing a white shirt underneath.

.I think Master Zeng made the judgment because of this."

"It was very cold on the night of the incident. Zhang Hao must have been shivering all over when he climbed out of the water. I guess it was a difficult walk for him to walk outside the park while wrapped in his coat. It was very cold. The phone was soaked in water and couldn't be used, otherwise

Master Zeng happened to be driving by, so Zhang Hao might have to walk a long way to get a taxi."

After saying this, Xing Le understood: "In other words, the fact that the coat is dry proves that Gong Xinxia fell into the water not by accident, but by murder?"

Hu Pingtao nodded hard and then issued an order: "Everyone, let's move! The main goal now is to find Zhang Hao. As long as we find this person, we will not be far from solving the case."

…

Monitoring is very useful.

Based on the clues provided by Zeng Heping, Hu Pingtao retrieved the surveillance video of the surrounding road sections focusing on Zhang Hao's drop-off point on the night of the incident.

The night is dark, the weather is cold, and there are very few people walking on the road. At this specific time period, it is easy to judge the appearance of someone wearing a coat and jeans.

At noon the next day, the Zhanqian Police Station sent a message: They found Zhang Hao in a rental house in an urban village west of the train station.

Hu Pingtao immediately arranged an interrogation.

…

Tan Tao is very concerned about this case, and Xing Le and Ding Yi were temporarily transferred from the criminal investigation team. Together with Hu Pingtao, there are as many as four interrogators.

Zhang Hao looked sluggish, lowered his head, looked like he hadn't slept well, and kept yawning.

Hu Pingtao stared at him, and after asking the other party's name according to the procedure, he said straight to the point: "You should understand why we are looking for you."

Zhang Hao lowered his head and said with a wry smile: "...it's for Gong Xinxia."

Including Hu Pingtao, all the interrogators present did not expect that he would say this. Hu Pingtao, who was in charge of the interrogation, was startled and asked unexpectedly: "It seems that you already know that something happened to her?"

Zhang Hao did not hide anything, he was very cooperative: "That night at the Wetland Park... Well, speaking of it, I didn't expect things to turn out like that."

Hu Pingtao asked attentively: "What was the situation at that time?"

Zhang Hao explained: "Xinxia and I... I called her to come out and made an appointment at the Wetland Park. After she came, she took me in on an electric car. We usually like to go to the lake because no one is there at night.

Xinxia drove faster than usual. Unexpectedly, she slipped when we were near the lake, and we rushed down together with the car. As a result..."

Hu Pingtao raised his hand to stop: "Wait a minute, please talk about the relationship between you and Gong Xinxia first. Start from the beginning, from the time you know each other, and go slowly bit by bit."

Zhang Hao spoke happily: "I came to the provincial capital to work for a few years. I started as an advertising salesperson, but then I stopped. I have learned cooking before and I am good at cooking, but I don't have a chef certificate, so I can only work in a restaurant."

Help the chef in the restaurant."

Hu Pingtao asked: "Where is the restaurant where you work?"

Zhang Hao replied: "On the commercial street next to Yanhe New Village."

Hu Pingtao stared at him with sharp eyes: "Then why do you rent a house near the train station? There are more than a dozen stops on the bus one way between these two places. Why go so far?"

Zhang Hao quickly explained: "The restaurant I work at is a Sichuan restaurant called "Yuwei Jingjing". The boss is quite rich, so he directly rented the two floors upstairs and downstairs, and also dedicated two rooms as staff dormitories.

When I first arrived in the provincial capital, I rented a house near the train station and signed a one-year contract with the landlord. Because I wanted to find a job nearby, the house was small, and there was an agent to help negotiate the price, so I decided to rent a house.

I paid a monthly rent of 700 yuan. I signed a rental contract, paid annually, and paid an agency fee... Later, a friend introduced me to work in Yanhe New Village. I thought it was a good fit. I originally wanted to buy the house next to the train station.

I refunded the money, but the landlord didn't want to. She said that the contract had been signed in black and white, and the contract must be carried out. Whether I can live in it or not is my own business, and she won't refund my deposit just because of this."

"I talked to the landlord several times on the phone about this matter, but we couldn't reach an agreement. Later, I thought that since I didn't want to refund, I would just live in the store when I was working, and I would come back on my days off."

This reason made sense, but Hu Pingtao did not delve into this aspect and instead asked: "How did you and Gong Xinxia meet?"

Zhang Hao replied: "I usually have nowhere to go after get off work. There are several teahouses next to the restaurant. She and I met playing mahjong."

Hu Pingtao asked very carefully: "Which teahouse is it specifically?"

Zhang Hao replied: "I'm next to the Sichuan restaurant. The house number seems to be No. 63 plus No. 1. Playing mahjong there is quite cost-effective: you only pay for five cards and you get a snack for lunch."

"

Hu Pingtao asked: "What size of mahjong do you play?"

Zhang Hao replied: "Playing bloody battles costs ten yuan a shot. I am a part-time worker, and I can't afford to fight in a big way."

Hu Pingtao asked: "Gong Xinxia also pays ten yuan?"

Zhang Hao nodded: "She started playing later, just over a month behind me! Xinxia's skills are not good and she often loses. I gave her some pointers, and then we often made appointments at the same table. She followed

I said that after we won a few games, we made an appointment to have dinner together in the evening, and she treated me."

Hu Pingtao asked: "Do you know the situation at her home?"

"I know." Zhang Hao replied: "Xinxia said she was married and had a man. At first I didn't think much about it, I just thought of her as multiple friends. Then one time she won mahjong and invited me to dinner and some drinks.

Wine. I saw that she was in a good mood that day, so after finishing the meal, I invited her to sing at a nearby KTV."

"Then what?" Hu Pingtao asked.

Zhang Hao didn't hide anything and said frankly: "Xinxia didn't go back that night, so we rented a room outside... Since then, our relationship has been different."

Xing Le frowned and asked, "Do you really like Gong Xinxia?"

The reason why I ask this is because of Gong Xinxia's appearance - she is average-looking and fat. According to normal aesthetic standards, this type of woman is not very lovable. On the other hand, Zhang Hao has a well-proportioned figure, good facial features, and overall good looks.

You can hit around seventy points.

Zhang Hao hesitated for a moment, swallowed his throat, and opened his mouth to answer: "I am working alone in the provincial capital, and it is quite lonely. In fact, I am very open-minded about women. After all, Xinxia is from the city and has a house.

She is rich. Although she is fat and not beautiful, she is a woman after all. I have no burden to be with her, and she often buys me small gifts... In fact, I asked her to sing outside that day, which was my original intention.

Want to fuck her."

"As for women, it's almost the same when the lights are turned off. Besides, even if I don't have Xinxia, ​​I have to spend money to find another woman when I need it. I don't have to spend money to be with Xinxia, ​​and she often subsidizes me when I lose in mahjong.

, how nice.”

Xing Le's face showed an angry look: "This...you..."

She wanted to open her mouth and curse a few words, but after thinking about it carefully she endured it.

Now is the interrogation. From a female perspective, what Zhang Hao said is indeed unacceptable to Xing Le. But from another perspective, at least he is honest.

Hu Pingtao glanced at Xing Le, telling her to calm down, and then asked Zhang Hao: "You should know Liao Cunxue, right?"

Zhang Hao was stunned with his mouth open. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. He nodded unnaturally and said "hmm".

Hu Pingtao lit up a cigarette: "Liao Cunxue said, you and he are old friends. We used to work together in an advertising company. How do you explain this?"

"Well...I..." Zhang Hao stuttered and replied: "We...yes, we have known each other before."

Hu Pingtao asked slowly: "Then you just said that you rented a house at the train station, worked in a restaurant here, and only met Gong Xinxia when playing mahjong in the teahouse... Let me ask you, which sentence is true?
To be continued...