"Because there were many things to do and they were complicated, I helped Bao Qiang boil the asphalt on the roof. Wang Yaowen could operate the takeoff and landing by himself, so after the inspection, he took a bucket of waterproof material and repaired it from the sixth floor down."

"Everything was fine at first, and I didn't think there was any problem. Bao Qiang and I also said that at this speed, we would be able to finish the work tomorrow afternoon. Then I heard Wang Yaowen shouting, asking who was swinging the rope upstairs? I

As soon as I heard that, I felt something was wrong, so I quickly ran to the edge of the roof and looked down. As soon as I ran halfway, I heard the clanging of jingles below, and Wang Yaowen was also screaming. When I ran over, he had already fallen."

Hu Pingtao interrupted Gong Biaozhu and asked: "In other words, you didn't see how Wang Yaowen fell?"

Gong Biaozhu shook his head: "I only know that the rope is broken."

As he spoke, he tilted his head and pointed to the seat belt in the glove box next to him: "That's it."

Hu Pingtao asked again: "How do you think the rope broke?"

Gong Biaozhu opened his mouth and answered without thinking: "It must have been broken by someone! It was either a knife or scissors. The marks of the break are so obvious that it is very clear at a glance."

Hu Pingtao asked: "Could it be that the rope was tied to the roof of the building and was raised and lowered, and was worn away by the edge of the cement platform outside the floor?"

Gong Biaozhu laughed when he heard this: "Looking at what you said, I can tell at first glance that you have not had much contact with our industry. Doing high-altitude operations and installing roof buckles is a technical job. Explain it in a sentence or two.

I don't know... let's put it this way, after the safety rope is tied on the roof, we have to make a small pulley outside. First, use expansion screws to drive into the surface of the wall, and then clamp the rope inside the pulley.

There is a small distance from the wall as soon as it comes."

"It's not long, about five meters! So it's impossible for the rope to fray back and forth on the edge of the outer wall as you mentioned."

"Besides, with such a thick rope, even if it is worn, it is at best a surface line break. Wang Yaowen did an exterior wall inspection before, which only took about ten minutes. There were no cracks in the walls of the sixth and fifth floors. He only inspected the outer walls from the fourth floor.

I started repairing it, and it didn’t even take an hour. How could the rope be broken?”

Gong Biaozhu talked more and more: "I think this matter must have been caused by the residents of Changyuan Community."

Hu Pingtao looked at him: "Why do you say that?"

Gong Biaozhu explained: "We are doing engineering and decoration, and we have seen similar situations many times. When we are doing decoration, there will definitely be noise, whether it is drilling holes with an electric drill or smashing the wall with a sledgehammer. Repairing the exterior walls is also very noisy. Think about it,

Descend from outside someone's window. If someone is at home and suddenly sees someone coming out of the glass, they will be startled... If you are good-tempered, you should understand each other. If you change the person with a bad temper, at least point at you and scold you.

Most of the day.”

After finishing all the questions, Hu Pingtao asked Yu Haihe to call Bao Qiang while taking notes.

When Bao Qiang arrived, he let Gong Biaozhu leave. The reason for this was to prevent the possibility of collusion between the two.

Bao Qiang’s narrative is similar to Gong Biaozhu’s.

…

Back in the ward, Wang Yaowen's condition was better than before.

Yu Haihe pointed at Hu Pingtao and introduced: "Xiao Wang, this is Officer Hu from the police station. He is now responsible for this matter."

Wang Yaowen struggled to sit up, but couldn't muster the strength, so he had to lie on the bed, squeezed out a smile, and said hello to Hu Pingtao.

Hu Pingtao comforted: "Don't get up, just lie down! Are you feeling better now?"

"...It hurts all over my body, everywhere." Wang Yaowen replied feebly: "It's mainly dizziness...When I fell from upstairs, my head hit a tree in the green belt."

His wife answered next to him: "The doctor came just now and said he suspected he had a concussion."

Hu Pingtao frowned: "You mean the internal organs were injured?"

The woman said weakly: "...I'm still checking, but the results haven't come out yet."

As she spoke, she sobbed softly.

"The family relies on my man to make money. What should I do about his illness?"

"Both children are in school, so it's time to spend money. The hospital just paid a large sum of money as soon as they came in. If this continues..."

"What kind of evil did you do?"

Seeing this, Hu Pingtao and Yu Haihe both tried to persuade them.

"Be open-minded and difficulties will eventually pass."

"You don't have to worry about money. I'll cover the hospital expenses for you first. We'll talk about how to calculate them later."

The woman wiped the tears from her eyes, nodded gratefully to them, and thanked them repeatedly.

Seeing that Wang Yaowen had regained some of his energy, Hu Pingtao asked seriously: "Please recall carefully and tell us what happened at that time."

The first half of Wang Yaowen's narrative is the same as that of Gong Biaozhu and Bao Qiang.

"High-tech work is very dangerous, but as long as you are fully prepared, it doesn't really matter. Lao Gong, Bao Qiang, and I arrived at the place and carefully checked the safety rope to make sure there was no problem. Then I started to tie the belt. Wall inspection.”

"There are no cracks on the sixth and fifth floors, but there is a small one on the fourth floor. The crack on the third floor branched off from the first floor and came up upside down. I have seen this happen many times. It is mainly caused by foundation settlement. It is very troublesome to repair. The filling needs to be done first, and then the waterproof coating can be applied.”

"It took me half an hour to repair the wall on the fourth floor, and then continued to descend. When I got to the third floor, I took out the materials for filling, and suddenly I felt that it was shaking. I didn't have time to look up because This was the first time I encountered this situation. I thought it was Lao Gong and Bao Qiang who had moved the rope on top, or they were joking with me... I was so scared. It was the third floor! It was not a joke to fall. It was just for fun. I yelled loudly, saying don’t touch the rope. Don’t touch my rope.”

Hu Pingtao asked doubtfully: "Since you think it's dangerous, why don't you raise your head and look up?"

Wang Yaowen explained: "We usually wear helmets when we work. It was very hot when we woke up this morning, the sun was strong, and it was burning on our bodies. When I was repairing the wall, the sun happened to shine here. I was It was so hot that I was covered in sweat. I could barely paint the wall with my head down, but as soon as I raised my head, sweat would get into my eyes. I was wearing canvas gloves and had a material bucket hanging on my waist, and sweat would get into my eyes. It's so spicy that it hurts, and I can't rub it with my hands, so I can't raise my head."

Hu Pingtao nodded slowly and continued to ask: "Do you think one of them, Gong Biaozhu or Bao Qiang, broke the rope?"

Wang Yaowen thought for a moment and replied: "At first I thought it was them, but then I thought it was impossible. I have no grudges against them, so why would they do this? Besides, we are all fellow villagers, Bao Qiang is still me. Distant relative, even if Gong Biaozhu wanted to harm me, he wouldn't dare to do it with Bao Qiang by his side!"

Hu Pingtao said "Yeah": "Go on."

Wang Yaowen continued to recall: "As soon as I shouted, I felt the rope was broken. I fell directly from the third floor, next to the green belt of the community. I fell into the tree first, and then landed... I was completely confused at the time.

I don’t know the specific situation, but I woke up later and was already in the hospital.”

The woman added next to her: "His mobile phone was also broken."

Hu Pingtao thought for a few seconds and asked: "Are you sure there will be no problems when installing the rope on the roof?"

Wang Yaowen nodded: "I have checked it several times. This kind of thing is fatal. I don't dare to be careless!"

Asked everything that needed to be asked.

Hu Pingtao put away the notebook and comforted him: "Don't think too much, just take good care of your injuries in the past few days and follow the doctor's instructions for treatment. We will conduct an investigation after we return here. Don't worry! I will definitely give you an explanation.

"

…

Back at the police station, Hu Pingtao summoned Tan Tao and Zhou Changhao to explain the case.

"This shouldn't be an accident." Tan Tao concluded after hearing this: "It must be man-made. Who the hell is so disgusting! How much hatred is it to cut someone's rope properly?"

Zhou Changhao also looked serious: "Basically, it can be characterized as intentional injury, and the nature of this matter is very bad."

Hu Pingtao added: "It is no exaggeration to say that it can even be ruled as murder."

Tan Tao understood what he meant: "Boss, let's check Changyuan Community first?"

Hu Pingtao said: "Let's not waste time. I will tell you when I come back and let's split up. Tan Tao, you and Lao Zhou divide the work and see who follows me? Who stays in the institute?"

"I'll go with you." Tan Tao answered without thinking, "I'll leave the affairs in the office to Lao Zhou."

Zhou Changhao smiled bitterly and said: "You kid... I knew you would say that. As long as a case comes up, you are more interested than anyone else."

Tan Tao smiled and did not deny it: "We are police officers, okay?"

Zhou Changhao glared at him: "Please understand, you are a household registration police officer, not a criminal police officer."

Tan Tao smiled playfully: "As a person, you must have ideas and the motivation to make progress at any time, otherwise what is the difference between you and a salted fish?"

Hu Pingtao stood up from his chair: "Stop talking nonsense. If you want to follow the case, pack your things quickly. Time waits for no one."

…

Half an hour later, Changyuan Community.

Hu Pingtao drove the electric car directly to a building.

Yu Haihe, Gong Biaozhu and Bao Qiang were also called over.

Everyone went to the roof first.

Hu Pingtao first determined the position of the safety rope at that time. Gong Biaozhu and Bao Qiang demonstrated it on the spot, and then re-fixed the safety rope and clamped the pulley as required.

While doing all this, Meng Hui was filming with a law enforcement recorder.

Hu Pingtao slowly lowered the cut safety rope from the roof of the building, allowing it to hang freely.

Tan Tao led people downstairs to observe the position of the safety rope and made on-the-spot measurements.

More than ten minutes later, Hu Pingtao came down from the roof.

Tan Tao stepped forward and lowered his voice: "I have looked carefully and can basically determine that the location where the rope breaks should be between the fifth and fourth floors."

Hu Pingtao said "Huh", and his judgment was consistent with Tan Tao: "In other words, the suspect is a resident living on the fifth or fourth floor."

Tan Tao said: "The scope is small and easy to investigate. This person is not difficult to find."

Hu Pingtao thought for a moment: "I don't think we should jump to conclusions easily yet. Let's do this! Let's start from the sixth floor, including the third floor, three, four, five, and six. All the residents on all floors will be checked. The key point is

The fourth and fifth floors.”

…

Follow the knock on the door.
To be continued...