At about 8:00 p.m. on August 27, 2000, a fierce quarrel was heard from a family surnamed Zhang in Changba Town, XiongXian County, Yunnan Province, when Xiang Mingqian, then nine years old, heard the "bang" of the Zhang family's light bulb and was exploded, and the whole house fell into darkness for a while, followed by a scream from his father.
Then, the closed door of the Zhang family was suddenly opened, and Xiang Mingqian's father, covered in blood, was crawling hard outside the door, but the Zhang family behind him did not allow him to escape easily, and dragged him into the house with a hard drag.
This scene was like a horror movie for nine-year-old Xiang Mingqian, who had a blank brain at the time and stood stupidly not far from the Zhang family watching the crime scene.
Later, realizing that they had committed a felony, the Zhang family fled in all directions like frightened birds, and xiangjia relatives who heard the news rushed to help Xiang Mingqian's father up and send him to the nearest hospital for treatment.
However, because he was too seriously injured and missed the best time for treatment, the doctor helplessly announced after rescuing him: Sorry, we tried our best. Xiang Mingqian's father eventually died of his injuries.
In the 17 years since, the image of his father's murder has been like a lingering nightmare, always wrapped around Xiang Mingqian, until he personally found the murderer and gradually dissipated.
A bloody case caused by a splash
Recalling the trigger for the murder, Xiang Mingqian was very upset, saying that if he had not played outside with the neighbor's children at that time, maybe the whole thing would not have happened.
At noon on August 27, 2000, Xiang Mingqian and his playmate Zhang Jun, who grew up with him, played around a small ditch, and I don't know who started first, and the two began to throw stones into the ditch to attack each other in a splashing manner.
Children are angry, and the reasons for quarrels are often childish. After a while, the two began to argue over who splashed the water more, arguing, and the parents of the two rushed to the scene one after another.
According to Xiang Mingqian, the relationship between the two families has always been very good, he and Zhang Jun are like brothers in peacetime, and their mothers sell things on the street, and they inevitably take care of each other on weekdays.
Therefore, no one thought that a simple child dispute would trigger the next series of follow-up reactions.
Zhang Jun's grandmother arrived at the scene of the quarrel first, the old man was eager to protect his grandson, and as soon as he arrived, he involuntarily pushed Xiang Mingqian, and this scene was just seen by Xiang Mingqian's sister Xiang Mingxiang.
Xiang Mingxiang was not willing to show weakness, and immediately quarreled with Zhang Jun's grandmother, and then Zhang Jun's aunt also heard the sound, the three women accused each other on the street, no one wanted to give in, Xiang Mingxiang was also beaten by the other two.
In the afternoon, Xiang Mingqian's parents learned the ins and outs of the whole thing, but Zheng Mingxiu, the mother who could not see her daughter being beaten, walked into the courtyard of the Zhang family in a huff and asked the Zhang family to give an explanation.
The quarrel between Zheng Mingxiu and the Zhang family soon alarmed the surrounding neighbors, and the villagers who rushed to see the liveliness persuaded the two families to take a step back, and Zheng Mingxiu vented his resentment at this time and returned to his home after heeding the advice.
At this point, everyone thought the matter was over.
Who knew that in the evening, Xiang Mingxiang's husband Wang Jianxiang could not swallow this breath, and went to the Zhang family alone, ready to find justice for her.
Wang Jianxiang is a grumpy person, Xiang Mingxiang is worried that he will go to the Zhang family alone to argue with the Zhang family, and rushes back to Xiang's home to inform his parents.
Xiang Mingqian's father, Xiang Wenzhi, was also worried after hearing this, and he hurried to the Zhang family to find his son-in-law in slippers. It didn't take long for the Zhang family to hear a fierce quarrel.
No one could say exactly what was happening in the Zhang family's house at that time, but Xiang Mingqian always clearly remembered the scene when his father died.
When everyone was rushing Xiang Wenzhi to the hospital, an extremely faint voice came from his mouth, xiang Mingqian said, and his father had been murmuring in his mouth at that time: "It's so cold, so hungry." ”
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A family that has been changed
Xiang Wenzhi's death completely changed the life of Xiang's family.
Previously, Xiang Mingqian's family was a well-off family in the town, xiang Wenzhi had a fixed job, and had a good income. As early as when the TV was still a rare object, There was already a black-and-white TV in Xiang Mingqian's home.
At that time, the whole town would sit around the small courtyard of Xiang's home and watch TV shows together, and the lively popularity satisfied Xiang Mingqian's little vanity. On the day of the accident, Xiang Wenzhi was preparing to change the black-and-white TV at home to a color one.
Xiang Mingqian was originally in the second grade of primary school, he belonged to the top students in the class, and the class teacher liked him very much. However, after the death of his father, due to the sharp decline in family conditions, Xiang Mingqian had to choose to drop out of school.
The class teacher persuaded him to continue his studies more than once, and even offered to reduce his tuition fees for him, and thanked the class teacher politely to Ming Qian, but finally declined this kindness.
In Xiang Mingqian's heart, there are more important things waiting for him to complete, that is, to find the real murderer of his father and bring him to justice.
To Qian Ming and his mother
After the death of his father, his mother Zheng Mingxiu remarried three times, because of this, Xiang Mingqian has not been very close to Zheng Mingxiu, and Zheng Mingxiu, who has a new family, has to tilt the focus of his life to that side, and rarely asks about Xiang Mingqian's life.
Young Xiang Mingqian had to rely on his brother for his life, the brother is an honest and introverted person, usually rarely say intimate words to Xiang Mingqian, the most direct way for the brother to express love is to share half of the few yuan he has earned.
Xiang Mingqian, who has no relatives to take care of, has degenerated from a good student with high grades to a "gu confused boy" in a mixed society, and he mixes with many children who are also single-parent families and stays up all night in Internet cafes.
Xiang Mingqian and his brother
Xiang Mingqian's body is covered with scars that life has given him, these are the "medals" that he has been able to fight in society for so many years, but he said, "Even if it is bitter, I have not stolen, I have not robbed."
His only vision of a mixed society is that when he becomes a "big brother", he will be able to help his father who died tragically to get justice.
Thousands of miles to pursue the murderer
On the night of the crime, one of Xiang Mingqian's cousins rushed to the scene and took the lead in reporting to the police, however, Xiang's family did not see the arrival of the police that night.
The next day, someone from the police station took Zhang Jiaren and Xiang's family away for questioning at the same time, and in the process of police investigation and interrogation, they hacked and killed Xiang Wenzhi's main criminal, Zhang Guangqi, and absconded for fear.
When he learned of this news, Xiang Mingqian, who was only nine years old, was very angry, and he could never forget the dark face of his father when he was autopsyed, and Xiang Mingqian quietly clenched his fists, vowing that he would definitely pull Zhang Guangqi out.
In order to mobilize the strength of society, Xiang Mingqian began to make social friends, and because of the family changes, he had a firm perseverance and a strong heart that adults did not have.
He told everyone that as long as he could provide Zhang Guangqi with effective clues, he would meet all the reasonable requirements of the informant within the scope of his ability.
Because he promised a lot of money to find Zhang Guangqi, for a time countless true and false clues flew towards Ming Qian, and he carefully identified the authenticity of the clues while rushing to various possible places to confirm.
In 2007, xiang Mingqian first searched for murder away from home, when the cable people told him that Zhang Guangqi was probably secretly hiding in the Kunming railway station to run a motorcycle.
After Xiang Mingqian received the news, no one told him that he left his hometown county alone and rushed to Kunming to find Zhang Guangqi's whereabouts. Unfortunately, Xiang Mingqian searched for a long time and still did not find any clues, so he had to return sadly.
After that, he continued to toss and turn many places, as long as it was possible, he would rather kill by mistake than let go, and in the day-to-day pursuit of murder, Xiang Mingqian was constantly growing.
Finally, in 2017, Xiang Mingqian ushered in a major turning point on the road to pursuing the murderer.
In August of that year, Xiang Mingqian suddenly received an unknown phone call, and the person on the other end of the phone swore that he knew Zhang Guangqi's whereabouts, but to get a clue, Xiang Mingqian had to pay a clue fee of 60,000 yuan.
Xiang Mingqian did not hesitate in the slightest, immediately agreed to this request, after the informant met with him, indicating that Zhang Guangqi had been working in a tableware factory in Xinzhen, Nan'an City, Fujian Province, in order to help Xiang Mingqian find Zhang Guangqi, the informant proposed to rush to Fujian with Xiang Mingqian.
After rushing to the cutlery factory mentioned by the informant, Xiang Mingqian ate a closed door soup, it turned out that the cutlery factory had closed down long before they arrived, and at this step, the clue was disconnected again.
Xiang Mingqian was not discouraged, and his intuition told him that Zhang Guangqi must be near here, and since this tableware factory had closed down, in order to make a living, he was likely to work in other tableware factories not far from here.
Turning around, Xiang Mingqian set his sights on an unknown tableware factory in the next town, and according to the information provided by the informant, Zhang Guangqi had appeared around the tableware factory.
Xiang Mingqian immediately decided to wait for the rabbit in the small forest opposite the tableware factory and wait for Zhang Guangqi to appear.
Two days ago, Xiang Mingqian did not wait for Zhang Guangqi's appearance, until the third day, a familiar and unfamiliar figure appeared in Xiang Mingqian's line of sight, "The first time I saw him, I was sure that he was Zhang Guangqi, and I knew him when he turned into ashes." ”
Xiang Mingqian, who caught Zhang Guangqi's figure through the telescope, was extremely excited, and a stream of heat surged in his heart, and his hands could not stop trembling, "Finally waiting for this day." ”
Criminals are punished
In order to successfully catch Zhang Guangqi, Xiang Mingqian did not hit the grass snake, he immediately contacted the local police in Nan'an and asked them to arrest Zhang Guangqi and bring him to justice.
After investigation, the Nan'an police told Xiang Mingqian that Zhang Guangqi was not wanted online, and that his account had been cancelled, and that the reason for the cancellation was death.
Xiang Mingqian felt very strange, the Zhenxiong police had already received a report that Zhang Guangqi had killed his father, why did the local police not want Zhang Guangqi on the Internet after he absconded?
But at the moment, he did not have the heart to think about these problems, and he could only contact the local police in Zhenxiong again, telling them that Zhang Guangqi had appeared and asking the police to hang up an internet arrest warrant for him.
After a series of operations, Zhang Guangqi was finally listed as a fugitive, and on August 30, 2017, Zhang Guangqi was arrested in Fujian, and Xiang Mingqian felt that one of the most important events in his life was over.
Xiang Mingqian also said that the cost of going to Fujian to find Zhang Guangqi this time is huge, including the informant fee of 60,000 yuan, he spent a total of 80,000 yuan, but as long as Zhang Guangqi can be found, these costs are worth it.
On October 10, 2018, the Intermediate People's Court of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, issued a judgment on the case, and Zhang Guangqi was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment because he "objectively carried out the act of stabbing, and his behavior was not defensive."
Xiang Mingqian holds a legal document
Zhang Guangqi was not as relaxed as he thought, and he believed that Zhang Guangqi was not the only one who participated in the killing of his father, and the rest of the Zhang family should also accept the punishment of the law.
Xiang Mingqian's brother-in-law, Wang Jianxiang, also suffered serious trauma in the case, and the main suspect who stabbed him was Zhang Guangqi's brother Zhang Guangming.
Shortly after Zhang Guangqi's arrest, Zhang Guangming was also arrested for intentional injury, but not long after, because the case had exceeded the statute of limitations, Zhang Guangming was not formally prosecuted.
For this, Xiang Mingqian has always been grumpy, "I feel that those who should be punished have taken advantage of legal loopholes to escape punishment." ”
Xiang Mingqian's second dream
From the age of nine to twenty-six, for 17 years, Xiang Mingqian had only one dream - to find his father's murderer Zhang Guangqi and let his father Die to Wenzhi.
Now, after more than ten years of unremitting pursuit of the murderer, he has finally realized this dream.
But Xiang Mingqian also said that he felt that this matter was not completely over, and Zhang Guangming and other members of the Zhang family did not get the punishment they deserved one day, and he would not be willing for a day.
He also mentioned that the file of this case had traces of being artificially damaged, and he did not dare to make a conclusion as to whether this trace was related to the fact that the Zhang family had not been sanctioned for more than ten years.
In September 2020, the case file submitted to Ming Qian attracted the attention of the Zhenxiong County People's Government, which said that it was working with multiple departments to thoroughly investigate the case, but due to its age and too many departments involved, it may take a while to have a result.
The Zhenxiong County People's Government also said that the case is of great importance, and they will carefully check the joints involved in it and give a satisfactory explanation to the victim's family and the masses who are concerned about this matter.
At present, Xiang Mingqian is still patiently waiting for a result that satisfies him, "I believe in the law, I also believe in the government, I have waited for 17 years, can't I wait for this time and a half?" ”
When asked what his plans were after the matter was completely resolved, Xiang Mingqian said that he had a girlfriend who had been talking for several years, and after the matter was over, he hoped that the two of them would be able to cultivate the right results.
He also said that I now have a second dream, that is, when everything is settled, I will take root in a small place where no one knows me and live a normal life.
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Resources
The Paper: Yunnan "17 Years of Pursuing Fathers" Man: Once Living in the Street Chaos Society"
Oriental Today: "A 9-year-old boy dropped out of school to avenge his father's revenge for 17 years, questioning the case materials were artificially destroyed"
Red Star News: "17 years for my father to drop out of school to pursue the murderer "Teenager" Xiang Mingqian: After getting fairness and justice, I want to live a normal life"