Rebirth in 1958: Getting rich starts from Nanluoguxiang

One morning in August 56, a female corpse was found in the bushes beside Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace. Her skirt was lifted up, revealing her lower body, and her pants were pulled down below her knees. It was obvious that she had been raped.

Preliminary forensic identification showed that the female corpse was strangled to death and had been raped before death. The time of death was probably between 7 and 9 o'clock the previous evening. There was no useful evidence left at the scene, only a button in the female corpse's hand.

The Haidian Branch received the alarm, dispatched police, and then reported it to the Municipal Bureau. Deputy Director Feng Fengnian, who was in charge of criminal investigation, and Director Yu Minghe of the Criminal Investigation Department also rushed to the scene with their men.

It was soon discovered that the deceased was Yu Qiuying, a singer from the city's song and dance troupe. According to people in the troupe, Yu Qiuying had asked for three days off, saying she wanted to return to her hometown in Hebei, but no one knew why she went to Kunming Lake.

The Municipal Bureau was originally going to take over this case, but was stopped by the deputy director of the branch, Yan Wenlong. He was at a critical period of promotion and urgently needed a great achievement to get promoted.

Feng Fengnian was Yan Wenlong's old superior, so he knew what was going on. He immediately handed the case over to the police station. Yan Wenlong set up a special task force, and it took only two days to identify the criminal (there was no such thing as a suspect in that era).

The criminal was named Peng Songnian, a technician at a power plant. After watching Yu Qiuying's performance, he became madly infatuated with her and began to pursue her.

It is said that Yu Qiuyun did not explicitly reject him, but was just distant. If Peng Songnian asked her out ten times, she would come out two or three times, and she never refused any gifts from Peng Songnian.

When Qin Dabao heard this, he felt very familiar. Aren’t these the Queen of the Sea and the Licking Dog of later generations?

Wang Tusheng continued to say that the main evidence for determining Peng Songnian as the murderer was the button, because when they traced the button, they found that this type of button was specially used for work clothes in power plants.

On the night of the incident, someone saw Peng Songnian riding a bicycle out of the factory gate, heading towards Kunming Lake.

Yan Wenlong and Zhou Hu, the head of the pre-trial department at the time, led people to the power plant and caught Peng Songnian sleeping in the dormitory. They also searched and found the work clothes. There was a button missing from the work clothes, which, after comparison, matched the button in Yu Qiuyun's hand.

When Peng Songnian was interrogated, he refused to admit to killing Yu Qiuyun. He only said that at around eight o'clock that evening, the security guard told him that a woman named Yu Qiuyun asked him to meet her immediately at the Long Corridor of the Summer Palace, and said that they would meet there. He hurried over, but when Yu Qiuyun did not show up at around eleven o'clock in the evening, he returned to the dormitory to sleep in disappointment.

The next morning, he took a leave and went to the song and dance troupe to find Yu Qiuyun, but he heard that Yu Qiuyun had taken three days off and returned to her hometown. He didn't care and returned to the unit.

As for the buttons on his work clothes, he couldn't say when they fell off.

In Qin Dabao's opinion, this case is full of loopholes, but Director Yan Wenlong doesn't think so. He is sure that Peng Songnian is the murderer.

Zhou Hu and his men performed a 24-hour memory restoration operation on Peng Songnian. Two days later, Peng Songnian finally admitted to raping and murdering Yu Qiuyun. A week later, Peng Songnian was taken to the execution ground and shot.

The case was settled, and Yan Wenlong got his wish and became the branch director. Zhou Hu took over his position and became the deputy director.

The case had long been settled, but who would have thought that Cheng Xiaozhi would reveal the murderer today? It was his uncle, Cheng Jianming. How could Wang Tusheng not be horrified? He knew too well that if this case were to be overturned, the Haidian branch would be in turmoil.

Qin Dabao didn't know Yan Wenlong. In his previous life, Yan Wenlong was transferred to Hubei within two years of his employment. He knew Zhou Hu and was quite familiar with him because Zhou Hu retired as the deputy director of the Municipal Bureau.

In his impression, Zhou Hu was a very domineering person who always had his way no matter what. He retired smoothly, and this alone showed that the world he was reborn into was not the same as that world.

After Wang Tusheng finished explaining everything, he looked at Qin Dabao and said, "Dabao, this is a serious matter. What are you going to do?"

Qin Dabao stretched himself and said with a smile: "Now that I know, I have to chase her. I have to be worthy of this uniform, right?"

Wang Tusheng hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "You're right, we have to live up to these clothes."

There were no grand speeches, but the thought of facing the two powerful men in the previous branch made them both feel heavy in their hearts.

This is the world of personal relationships. It is very difficult to overturn such unjust, false and wrong cases no matter what era it is, because there must be some people who are partial and unjust, manipulating the situation. Overturning the case is actually no different from overturning the person.

Qin Dabao didn't feel too burdened. Even if the sky fell, his uncle would hold it up. Lu Jianbang smiled bitterly: "Thank you, nephew..."

Wang Tusheng is different. He was promoted by Yan Wenlong this year. Of course, Yan Wenlong must have done this for Wang Guohua's sake, but it was ultimately a favor. If he and Qin Dabao teamed up to overthrow Yan Wenlong and Zhou Hu, then the label of an ungrateful person would be firmly pinned on his head.

Thinking of this, Wang Tusheng deeply regretted coming to the Sijiqing Commune Police Station today. Wasn't this just a waste of time? He had originally simply wanted to build a relationship with Director Lu's nephew, but he hadn't expected this place to be such a quagmire that he couldn't get out once he got in.

Wang Tusheng sighed secretly, this was really bad luck.

The office door was pushed open and Cheng Xiaozhi was escorted in. After eating two steamed buns, he felt much better.

Qin Dabao waved him to sit down and took out paper and pen from the drawer of his desk. This was a serious matter and he was worried about others taking notes. Whether or not the secrets would be leaked was secondary. The key was that he was afraid that the notes would not be detailed enough and would easily be found fault.

"Name?"

"Cheng, Cheng Xiaozhi."

After Qin Dabao finished asking the basic questions, he went straight to the point.

"Cheng Xiaozhi, tell me about your third uncle Cheng Jianming."

"Oh, my third uncle Cheng Jianming, a technician at the power plant, got married two years ago. His wife is Wang Lu, the daughter of Wang Yuhe, the deputy director of the power plant..."

Wang Tusheng frowned. Power plant technician? Isn't this the same unit as Peng Songnian?

"Go on, tell me, how did you know that Cheng Jianming killed someone?"

"Three years ago, I was attending the commune middle school. One evening in August, my father and my second uncle were drinking at my house. I went to the toilet and saw my third uncle riding a bicycle to my house. He was covered in mud and it was obvious that he had fallen.

After going to the toilet, I returned to the room and heard the conversation between my father and my second and third uncles.

My third uncle said, "Big brother, second brother, I killed someone..."

It’s over. Who did my second uncle say to kill?

My third uncle said that he killed Yu Qiuying,

My father blamed him and said that they were just friends, why kill people?

My third uncle said that he asked Yu Qiuying to come out and talk about breaking up, but Yu Qiuying disagreed, so he strangled her to death.

My second uncle asked my third uncle to take him to the scene, and then I was so scared that I went back to the house. I don’t know the rest, but a few days later I heard at school that the murderer had been caught. His surname was Peng. I went home and asked my father about it. My father beat me up and warned me not to say anything nonsense...

After Qin Dabao finished taking notes, he asked Zhao Wuhe and Liu Xiangmei to take the man to the east wing and tie him up, and never let him run away. Zhao Wuhe and Liu Xiangmei agreed and took Cheng Xiaozhi out.

Qin Dabao put down his pen and looked at Wang Tusheng: "It seems this is true. We have the details of the murder and the motive."

"Oh?" Wang Tusheng looked back at Dabao in confusion. Don't blame people at that time for being simple-minded. It was because public security personnel like Wang Tusheng in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China most likely had no experience in solving cases. How could they be as experienced as Qin Dabao, a reborn person who had watched more than 500 episodes of Conan and was influenced by criminal investigation dramas?

"The motive for the murder is very clear. Cheng Jianming and Yu Qiuying were classmates and developed into lovers. Later, Cheng Jianming wanted to climb up the social ladder and dump Yu Qiuying, but Yu Qiuying disagreed. This is the motive.

The murder was committed by Cheng Jianming who asked Yu Qiuying out and strangled her to death after having sex. After the murder, Cheng Jianming returned home and told his eldest brother Cheng Jianmin and second brother Cheng Jianping. Cheng Jianping, who was a police officer, helped Cheng Jianming fake the murder scene.

"What about Peng Songnian?"

Qin Dabao lit a cigarette and handed the cigarette box to Wang Tusheng: "That's a bootlicker."

"Wait, what is a dog licker?"

"It's people who kneel down and lick others without any dignity, just like a dog, licking whoever gives them food."

"Oh." Wang Tusheng still seemed to understand.