Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 759 Found a clue!
Jia Dongming visited two households in succession, but did not obtain any valuable clues from them. However, he did not give up because he did not find any clues, but continued to walk towards another household.

"Dad! These tiles are almost all broken. If you just piece them together like this and put them on the roof, we'll definitely turn into a waterfall when it rains, with water leaking everywhere." Just as Jia Dongming was walking towards a house in front of him, a child's complaining voice suddenly came from that house.

Hearing the child's complaints, Jia Dongming looked into the yard and saw a father and son squatting on the ground tidying up the broken tiles in the messy yard.

Looking at the father and son working diligently in front of him, Jia Dongming took another look at the small courtyard and realized that the damage to this courtyard was far more serious than that of the other three courtyards. Not only were all the glass windows in the courtyard shattered, but even the roof was blown off by the shock wave from the explosion.

Perhaps sensing someone entering his courtyard, the middle-aged man instinctively looked up and saw two police officers standing at the gate. A look of confusion crossed his face, and he immediately stood up, asking them curiously, "Officers! What brings you to our house?"

Upon hearing the middle-aged man's question, Jia Dongming smiled and introduced himself, "Comrade! Hello! We are from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Major Crimes Unit. My name is Jia Dongming, and this is my colleague Sun Hua. May I ask your surname?"

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's self-introduction, the middle-aged man immediately introduced himself to the two men: "Hello, Officer Jia! Hello, Officer Sun! My name is Yang Guiwu, and I'm a lathe operator at a hardware factory. May I ask what brings you to my home?"

Upon hearing Yang Guiwu's question, Jia Dongming glanced at Yang Guiwu and his son, then smiled and asked Yang Guiwu, "Master Yang! How many people are in your family?"

When Yang Guiwu heard Jia Dongming ask about their family situation, although he didn't understand why the police knew about their family, he still told the truth: "Officer! There are five people in our family. My eldest son responded to the national policy last year and went to the countryside in Northeast China to become an educated youth. This brother is my second son, and my youngest daughter went back to her parents' home with my wife two days ago."

Upon hearing Yang Guiwu's explanation and noticing his somewhat tense expression, Jia Dongming smiled and asked Yang Guiwu, "Master Yang! Did you see anyone deliberately entering Xue Chaoyang's house between 6 PM and 10 PM last night?"

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's question, Yang Guiwu shook his head without hesitation and replied, "Officer! After getting off work yesterday, I drank a few ounces of liquor at home and went straight to sleep. I didn't go out at all."

Upon hearing Yang Guiwu's explanation, Jia Dongming smiled and asked, "Master Yang! I heard that only cadres from the hardware factory are qualified to move into the tenement building across from your house. Xue Chaoyang is a worker at the hardware factory just like you, so why was he able to move into the tenement building?"

When Jia Dongming asked why Xue Chaoyang had moved into the dormitory building, Yang Guiwu recalled what had happened at the hardware factory a few years ago. Thinking of the gag order issued by the factory leaders back then, Yang Guiwu's face showed a hesitant expression. He answered against his will, "Master Xue is an advanced worker in our factory, so the factory leaders allocated him a dormitory building."

Upon hearing Yang Guiwu's reply and seeing the evasive look in his eyes, Jia Dongming immediately realized that Xue Chaoyang's ability to move into the dormitory building where cadres lived, despite being a worker, likely concealed some unknown matter. Considering this was the hardware factory's living area, Jia Dongming didn't deliberately make things difficult for him, and said with a smile to Yang Guiwu, "Master Yang! Thank you for your cooperation, we'll take our leave now."

Next, Jia Dongming and Sun Hua visited more than a dozen households. When Jia Dongming asked why Xue Chaoyang was able to live in the tenement building, almost all of them showed the same reaction as Yang Guiwu. This made Jia Dongming even more convinced that Xue Chaoyang's murder and the destruction of half of the tenement building were definitely related to Xue Chaoyang moving into the tenement building.

“Captain! Just now, all the workers from these hardware factories avoided talking about why Xue Chaoyang was living in the tenement building. I suspect there's more to this than meets the eye. It seems this bombing has nothing to do with enemy agents; it's more like a deliberate act of revenge.” Sun Hua followed Jia Dongming out of a worker's house, recalling their recent visit, and said to Jia Dongming in a low voice with a serious expression.

Upon hearing Sun Hua's words, Jia Dongming instructed Sun Hua as they walked: "Sun Hua! If the murderer had a grudge against Xue Chaoyang, he had already achieved his revenge after killing Xue Chaoyang and his wife. There was absolutely no need for him to create another bombing incident to try to collapse the entire tenement building. This was clearly aimed at the people living in the tenement building."

"What kind of deep-seated hatred could drive this murderer to use such extreme methods to take so many lives? If I'm not mistaken, once we unravel this mystery, we might uncover an even bigger case."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's analysis, Sun Hua became instantly excited and immediately asked Jia Dongming, "Captain! So, how should we investigate this case?"

Upon hearing Sun Hua's question, Jia Dongming pondered for a moment as he walked before instructing Sun Hua, "Sun Hua! Go and find Li Bin. Let's go to the local police station together."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's instructions, Sun Hua immediately nodded and replied, "Okay! Captain! I'll go and find Li Bin right away."

"Captain Jia! Have you found anything over there?" Just as Jia Dongming was standing in front of the ruins, waiting for Li Bin to ride over on his broken tricycle, Captain Peng and his team had finished their interviews. When Captain Peng saw Jia Dongming standing in front of the ruins, he immediately walked up to him and asked him with eager anticipation.

Upon hearing Captain Peng's question, and considering his own suspicions, and taking into account that this wasn't the proper place to talk, Jia Dongming didn't answer Captain Peng's question. Instead, he smiled and asked Captain Peng, "Captain Peng! Do you have any leads?"

When Captain Peng heard Jia Dongming ask about the results of their investigation, his face turned serious. He subconsciously shook his head and replied, "Captain Jia! We visited more than fifty households in the vicinity of the tenement building. Although some of them went out last night, no one encountered any suspicious persons near the tenement building."

(End of this chapter)