False evidence

Chapter 355 The Vanished Corpses

Pidan asked me what I had been through before, and how I ended up here.
I said it was a long story, and I gave her two choices: either hand me the clothes or do something we should do after a short separation.

A cough came from outside.

Pidan quickly tossed the clothes to me.

After putting away the carp, I went to the lobby and saw that the noise came from the driver who was slowly waking up.

The driver looked panicked, but quickly feigned surprise and asked, "Young man, what's going on? Have we run into robbers?"

Pidan pointed at him and said, "You bastard, you wouldn't even spare your own child!"

The driver's expression was a mixture of pain and confusion: "What child are you talking about? My daughter just got into university last year, she's at school now!"

Pidan wanted to say something more, but I stopped him, saying, "Don't waste your breath on him, let him talk to the police himself."

The driver's expression changed: "You...you guys aren't planning a robbery, are you?"

I was too lazy to say much. Seeing that the rain was getting heavier outside, I quickly went out to call my grandfather and the others in.

Erpang hugged me tightly, patted my back hard, and said excitedly:

"Sanzi, it's been over two years since I last saw you, you've grown so much!"

"I've always been older than you!"

Erpang and I have a long-standing friendship, dating back to when we went fishing naked in the river together and went hunting in the mountains with slingshots.

Both of them felt a little awkward when they met An Xin.

I simply pretended not to remember what had happened and told Grandpa that I was fine, but there was a problem with the driver who brought us here, and we had to deal with it first.

An Xin said, "Yes, he killed someone, and he even tried to kill us to silence us. I've already called the police."

The old man took the fish basket, looked inside, and said, "I don't like dealing with people from the government offices, so I'm leaving now."

I grabbed the old man: "Our home is gone, where are you going?"

The old man glared and said, “You ungrateful wretch! You’ve settled down in the south, can’t I go and stay for a few days? I’ll go to the city first to find an old friend. By evening, you’ll be almost done here, and I’ll have Erpang come and pick you up.”

The old man was always one to come and go as he pleased. He simply left behind this one sentence and dragged the quack doctor out.

The quack doctor turned around and said, "There should be two dead men in this building! Have the police investigate thoroughly!"

I went upstairs to get Pidan and the others' luggage, and let Pidan's mom go to the city with grandpa to settle down first.

The police arrived shortly afterward.

Upon seeing the police, the driver surprisingly accused us of robbery under the pretense of renting the car.

An older policeman listened quietly to him finish speaking, then suddenly asked, "Are you Qin Shengming?"

The driver stared at him for a moment. "Officer, do you know me?"

The old policeman said, "Oh, you probably don't remember me, but I remember you. I had just been transferred to the town not long before, and I broke my arm while on a call. My colleague introduced me to this clinic, and you were the one who set my bone."

It's been almost twenty years in the blink of an eye. Haha, we've all gotten old. Hey, I heard you went to work at the city's Traditional Chinese Medicine hospital? Why are you driving for a ride-hailing service now?

Qin Shengming said, "Oh, don't even mention it. I did go to the city hospital, but city people are different from us country folk. I did a pretty good job a few years ago, but then a medical accident happened, and the leaders insisted on blaming me. Sigh, I can only say that people are wicked, wicked. Don't even mention it, don't even mention it."

The old policeman nodded: "Indeed, people's hearts are hard to fathom. By the way, I remember there was a girl in your clinic who helped brew medicine, wasn't her name Han...Han Shuiling?"

Qin Shengming said, "Yes, it's Shui Ling. I... hehe, she not only worked for me, but we also dated for a while. But then... sigh, don't mention it, don't mention it."

"You think you can just say you won't mention it anymore?"

Pidan shouted, "Shuiling not only dated you, but she also had your child! It was you who, in order to marry a woman from the city and work there, actually drugged her and poisoned her to death!"

"Bastard!" Qin Shengming trembled all over, grabbing the old policeman with one hand, his face flushed red as he said:
“Officer Wang, you have to help me! Listen to me, this is what happened. They booked my car, saying their home had been damaged in a disaster and they needed to go to Xiangluo Village in Changhe overnight. On the way, this young man…” Qin Shengming pointed at me, “that’s him, he suddenly developed a high fever. It was raining so hard at the time, I had no other choice but to bring them here. But as soon as we entered the house, he acted like nothing was wrong. I immediately sensed something was wrong, so I made an excuse to go back to the car to get something, but before I even left the house, they broke my leg!”

"You! You're talking nonsense!"

An Xin was too young, and seeing him spout nonsense and distort the truth, she trembled with anger. "It was clearly you who couldn't find your way and that's why you came here. When we found out this was a clinic, we asked the doctor to treat him!"

The old policeman squinted and said, "This used to be a traditional Chinese medicine clinic, but that was nineteen years ago."

An Xin was even more anxious: "Officer, what I said is true! It wasn't like this when we came here last night! By the way, that doctor can testify! He charged us 31,000 yuan, and Brother Yan has the transfer record!"

"And what about the doctor?" the old policeman asked.

An Xin wanted to say more, but Yan Fengwei stopped her, saying, "Alright, that's enough."

Qin Shengming pulled the old policeman aside and said, "Officer Wang, you heard everything. Is this even human language? I grew up here. Even if I don't come back often, the village has changed so much. How could I not recognize my own home? A fever, and you charge 31,000? That's utter nonsense!"

"That's utter nonsense!"

The old policeman suddenly turned to him, "How did you know my surname is Wang?"

Before Qin Shengming could answer, the old policeman stood up and walked up to us. "You say Dr. Qin killed someone, do you have any evidence?"

Pidan looked at me, his expression somewhat conflicted.

An Xin pointed at Qin Shengming and said, "He confessed it himself! Earlier, in the second-floor restroom, he seemed to be sleepwalking and reenacted the entire murder! We all saw it!"

"And then what happened after you killed him?" the old policeman asked.

An Xin was speechless for a moment.

Pidan whispered to me, "We only saw him sleepwalking, and then he woke up."

I nodded and asked the old policeman, "May I ask your surname, Wang?"

The veteran policeman showed his badge.

I took out my ID card and, along with Yan Fengwei and the others, stated our identities and occupations.

Officer Wang rolled his eyes at me and said, "You seem to know our work process very well."

I told him I had a friend who worked in the Criminal Investigation Brigade of City X. Apart from An Xin being from Nanjing, he could verify the identities of me, Pi Dan, and Yan Fengwei.

Without further delay, I recounted what I had seen using clairvoyance on the second floor in a way that would be acceptable to the authorities.

Officer Wang stared at me and said, "You described it in great detail, it sounds like you saw it with your own eyes. But since you have police friends, you should know that we need evidence to investigate a case."

"Han Shuiling's body was bricked up under the bathtub in the bathroom on the right side of the second floor."

Officer Wang's eyes sharpened. "Are you sure?"

"Sure!"

Pidan and the others only saw Qin Shengming talking to himself in a sleepwalking manner, and did not see what happened next. However, I saw the whole process of hiding the corpse through the clairvoyance.

When Officer Wang called for backup, I saw Qin Shengming glaring at me defiantly, without a trace of fear in his eyes.

This gives me an uneasy feeling...

The bathtub was smashed open, and the brick base was completely destroyed.

Officer Wang walked up to me, his face grim and he didn't say a word.

I know he's waiting for me to offer an explanation.

Because there were no remains under the bathtub.

(End of this chapter)