Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 762 The Truth Becomes Increasingly Clear!

Not long after, Director Qiao walked into the office from outside with two household registration forms and introduced them to Jia Dongming and Captain Peng: "Captain Jia! Old Peng! Liu Zhijun and Guo Yongkang's household registration information is here."

"According to the household registration information, there were a total of five people in Liu Zhijun's family: Liu Zhijun himself, his wife Lin Fengmei, his eldest son Liu Aiguo, his second son Liu Aimin, and his youngest daughter Liu Aiying. However, not long after Liu Zhijun's death, his wife Lin Fengmei took the children and left Beijing, returning to their registered residence in Hunan Province."

"Guo Yongkang's family consisted of four people. Guo Yongkang's wife was named Xiao Xuemei. According to the household registration information, Xiao Xuemei died of illness three months after Guo Yongkang's death. Guo Yongkang's son, Guo Liang, was sent to the Northwest as an educated youth by the street office after Xiao Xuemei's death. He returned to Beijing six months ago. Guo Yongkang's youngest daughter, Guo Lili, drowned after Guo Liang went to the Northwest."

Upon hearing Director Qiao's explanation and learning about the two deceased individuals, Jia Dongming became even more certain of his judgment. He addressed the crowd, saying, "Comrades! According to the family information of these two deceased individuals, the hardware factory likely did not arrange for their relatives to take over their shifts after their deaths."

"After Liu Zhijun's death, Liu's wife took their three children and left Beijing to return to Hunan Province. This basically rules out the possibility that Liu Zhijun's relatives committed the crime."

"After Guo Yongkang's death, his wife passed away for unknown reasons. Guo Yongkang's son was sent to the Northwest as an educated youth by the street office. His youngest daughter, Guo Lili, drowned while Guo Liang was away as an educated youth. For Guo Liang, this can be described as the destruction of his family. Therefore, I suspect that the murderer is Guo Liang."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's analysis, Captain Peng agreed and replied, "Captain Jia! Your analysis makes perfect sense. Regardless of whether there were any hidden circumstances surrounding the fire five years ago, the Guo family ultimately suffered the fate of being destroyed and losing their lives because of that fire. Under such circumstances, Guo Liang would naturally hate those who stood up to testify back then, causing the Guo family to be destroyed and losing their lives. So now, as long as we find Guo Liang, everything will naturally come to light."

After Captain Peng finished speaking, he immediately asked Director Qiao, "Old Qiao! Is Guo Liang's home address on your household registration information?"

When Chief Qiao heard that Detachment Leader Peng asked about Guo Liang's home address, he immediately introduced him to Detachment Leader Peng: "Old Peng! Guo Liang lives in the compound at No. 32, Guihua Lane, Yongtaizhuang."

Upon learning of Guo Liang's address, Captain Peng immediately said to Jia Dongming, "Captain Jia! Let's go to Guo Liang's house right away."

The group rode in two sidecar motorcycles and arrived at the gate of No. 32 Guihua Lane in less than ten minutes.

Led by Director Qiao, the group quickly entered the No. 32 compound. An old man in the compound saw Director Qiao and his entourage entering from outside and immediately greeted Director Qiao with curiosity, saying, "Director Qiao! What brings you to our compound today?"

Upon hearing the old man's question, Director Qiao immediately asked politely, "Sir! We came here specifically to look for Guo Liang. Have you seen him today?" The old man, understanding the purpose of Director Qiao's visit, asked curiously, "Director Qiao! I haven't seen Xiao Liang for two days now. Is there something you need him for?"

Upon hearing the old man's words and seeing the curious neighbors around him, Jia Dongming immediately smiled and said to the old man, "Grandpa! We have something we'd like to ask Guo Liang about. Do you know where Guo Liang went?"

When the old man heard Jia Dongming's explanation and thought about Guo Liang's family situation, a look of sympathy appeared on his face. He couldn't help but sigh and said, "That boy Xiao Liang is also a poor soul! He went to the Northwest as part of the 'Down to the Countryside Movement' and came back, but because he couldn't find a job, he could only do odd jobs outside. It's not the first or second time that he hasn't come back for two or three days like today."

When Jia Dongming heard the old man's words and saw the sympathetic expression on his face when he mentioned Guo Liang, he asked the old man, "Grandpa! I heard that Guo Liang's father, Guo Yongkang, was a worker in a hardware factory. After Guo Yongkang passed away, Guo Liang could have easily gone to the hardware factory to take over his job. Why didn't Guo Liang go to the hardware factory to take over his job?"

When the old man heard Jia Dongming ask about Guo Yongkang, he couldn't help but recall what had happened back then, and couldn't help but say, "Officer! The reason Guo Liang couldn't go to the hardware factory to take over the job was because the leaders of the hardware factory said that the fire at the hardware factory was caused by Guo Yongkang smoking, so they didn't agree to Guo Liang going to the hardware factory to take over the job. Besides, Guo Yongkang doesn't smoke at all, how could he have caused a fire by smoking?"

When Captain Peng heard the old man mention that Guo Yongkang didn't smoke, his eyes lit up, and he quickly asked the old man to confirm, "Grandpa! Is it true? Guo Yongkang really never smokes?"

When Captain Peng asked the question, the old man replied very confidently, "Officer! We've been neighbors with the Guo family for decades. How could I not know whether Guo Yongkang smokes or not? If you don't believe me, you can ask the other neighbors in our courtyard."

"After Yongkang passed away, I heard Xuemei say that someone in the hardware factory told them that when Yongkang saw the warehouse on fire, he ran to put it out, but not only did he lose his life, he was also falsely accused of causing the fire because he was smoking."

"Xuemei went to the hardware factory to demand an explanation for Yongkang's demands, but she didn't get an explanation and ended up leaving with that kid Yongkang. As for Xiaoliang, he had a younger sister to support, and for some reason, the neighborhood committee sent him to the Northwest to work in the countryside."

“At that time, because Xiao Liang was underage, he did not meet the requirements for going to the countryside. So when Xiao Liang learned of this, he went to the street office to make a scene. Later, the street office said that the staff had mistakenly reported Xiao Liang when submitting the list of educated youth.”

"Because the list cannot be changed once it is submitted, the neighborhood committee promised to give Xiaoli a living allowance of five yuan per month and to arrange a formal job for her after she comes of age. However, not long after Xiaoliang went to work in the countryside, Xiaoli inexplicably fell into the river and drowned. Why don't good people get good rewards?"

(End of this chapter)