As a local policeman, is it appropriate for you to take over the job of a criminal policeman?

When Ye Lin followed Sun Jinghua to the village, he only found Liu Jiansheng. According to what he said, he did go fishing by the river the afternoon before yesterday, but he did not go downstream. He liked to go a little upstream, so he did not see Lin Xianhao and Fang Rongjie.

This made Ye Lin a little disappointed, but he said with certainty that Liu Jinming was fishing a little downstream at the time, and he remembered it very clearly.

According to his original words: "Jin Ming usually lives in the city and rarely comes back to fish, so when he came the day before yesterday afternoon, I said hello to him. I originally wanted to take him to fish upstream, but he insisted on going downstream, so I remember it very clearly."

Since the old man was so sure, Ye Lin did not delay and directly asked for Liu Jinming's number, called him, and arranged a meeting place.

Liu Jinming usually helps the boss guard the gate at the factory and works as a security guard. The salary is not high, but it is relatively leisurely. Ye Lin and his friends went directly to the factory and met Liu Jinming in the security room.

After Ye Lin explained his purpose, he took out the photos of Lin Xianhao and Fang Rongjie for him to identify. Liu Jinming carefully examined them for a while and said with certainty: "I have seen these two people."

"Really? Are you sure?" Ye Lin was overjoyed.

"Sure." Liu Jinming nodded. "The location I found that day was quite remote, far from where they were fishing upstream, so there weren't many people around. So I saw these two people coming from afar."

"Then tell us about it."

"It was this man who came at first." Liu Jinming pointed at Lin Xianhao and said, "After he arrived, he stood by the river in a daze. I thought he was also fishing, so I took a look and didn't pay any attention to him."

"But after a while, I suddenly heard a loud quarrel coming from over there. There was another man there, and the one who came first was scolding the one who came later."

"Can you hear clearly what is being said?" Ye Lin asked.

"I could probably hear a little bit, something obscene and shameless, but I couldn't hear the specifics."

"And then, what happened to them?"

"Then it seemed like they started fighting. Because there was more grass over there, I couldn't see them clearly. They seemed to have fallen to the ground, and I heard someone cursing."

"I stood up because there was a fight and wanted to see what was going on."

"But as soon as I stood up, the man who came earlier also stood up, pointed at the ground and cursed, kicked it a few times, and then walked away cursing."

"Did you see him holding a stone or something?" Ye Lin asked.

Liu Jinming thought about it and shook his head. "I didn't see him. I just saw him leave and walk towards the road."

"Then?"

"After he left, the man who came later also stood up, stood there in a daze for a while, and then left." Liu Jinming said.

Ye Lin's expression froze. That meant that after Lin Xianhao beat Fang Rongjie, Fang Rongjie was really still alive.

"This man is dead, right at the location you see. Did you see anyone else at the scene?" Ye Lin said, holding a photo of Fang Rongjie.

"What? Dead?" Liu Jinming was shocked and his face changed.

"Comrade police officer, I didn't see him. I saw him standing there for a while and then he left. I thought there was nothing exciting to watch, so I continued fishing. And I just happened to catch a fish at that time, so I went to check on my fish. I actually caught a fish that weighed almost half a pound."

Liu Jinming's tone became a little stuttering. He originally thought that the police came to ask about the fight between the two people, but he didn't expect that someone died. He was a little nervous.

"Let me confirm with you again, did you indeed see this person stand up?" Ye Lin asked.

"Police comrade, I am really sure of this, I really saw it." Liu Jinming said with a tearful voice. He didn't know whether it was good or bad to say that he saw it, but he really saw it.

Ye Lin nodded and asked Sun Jinghua to take a record and Liu Jinming to sign it. With this document, it was ironclad evidence that Lin Xianhao did not kill anyone, and it also proved that there was indeed a third person present at the time.

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation." After finishing the record, Ye Lin did not stay for long. This news was very important, and he had to go back and report to Yu Haifeng as soon as possible.

Looking at Ye Lin and the others' receding backs, Liu Jinming silently took out his cell phone and opened a message from a stranger.

Click to reply: The police came to see me just now, and they said someone died. I feel that I should be worth more than this price.

After posting, he recalled what happened a few days ago:

That day, he received an unfamiliar text message on his mobile phone, hiring him to do a job, which was to go to a designated location on the bank of Song River to fish for a day, the day before yesterday, and the reward was 2000 yuan.

He was a little skeptical at first and thought it must be a scam, but the man told him a place and asked him to go there to get a deposit of 1000 yuan, and then give him another 1000 yuan after the job was done.

He went there with a skeptical attitude, and actually got a deposit of 1000 yuan from the inner wall of a trash can.

Now he believed it, so he asked for leave as requested and went fishing. He also specifically asked what else he could do besides fishing?

The man's reply was very simple, saying that he had dreamed of a deceased old man who told him to go fishing just to fulfill a wish, and that he didn't need to do anything else, except sit there until after 6pm.

Liu Jinming didn't quite believe in things like dreams, but he also believed in them. Anyway, he would just do it if people gave him money. Even if they didn't pay him later, he would accept it. Where can you find such a good thing as 1000 yuan a day?

So the day before yesterday, he went there early in the morning as required and fished until 6 pm. The next day, he went to the same place and received the balance of 1000 yuan.

This unexpected fortune made him happy for a long time. You know, his monthly salary was only 3000 yuan, and he earned 2000 yuan in one day. He was so happy.

Until Ye Lin and the others came to him today, he had a feeling that the purpose of inviting him might not be as simple as fishing.

Driven by greed, he sent the text message to test the person. If the person was guilty, he could make some money again.

Soon, there was a response from the other side: How much do you want?

Liu Jinming was overjoyed, he really had made the right bet, the chance to make a fortune had come. He rubbed his hands, entered the amount several times and deleted it.

If it’s too much, I’m afraid people won’t give it to me; if it’s too little, I won’t

Finally, he hardened his heart and replied: 20, no bargaining.

He felt that 20 was an okay amount. In fact, he wanted 50, but he didn't have any substantial evidence and was afraid that the other party would not give him that much.

There was silence for a long time on the other end of the message. Liu Jinming no longer had the heart to look at the gate and only stared at his phone.