"I'm a police officer at the Ohashi police station, and your wife is a fugitive from prison, so come back and meet me." On the afternoon of May 18, 2021, Wang Fenggu, who was preparing to eat with his son, was scared off by a phone call.
Wang Fenggu was confused, he and his wife Wang Tao had been together for 27 years, and they had always been honest people with their duty and dedication, how could his wife suddenly become a prison escapee?
Hang up the phone, after a short call Wang Fenggu still did not understand the situation, he and his son are working in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, can only follow the police said, first go back to their hometown to the bridge police station to meet his wife.
But the fastest train ticket will have to be tomorrow, even if Wang Fenggu returns to his heart like an arrow, he will still have to stay here for another night.
In the construction site dormitory, Wang Fenggu and his son were speechless and could not eat, so they smoked cigarettes one by one, listening to the overhead electric fan creaking and shaking, and could not sleep.
With a nervous mood, the father and son took the train home early the next morning, and finally arrived at their hometown in the afternoon, so they went straight to the police station.
"Do you know that your wife is an absconding criminal?" The police asked Wang Fenggu solemnly, and he kept saying that he did not know.
Wang Fenggu looked at his wife, hoping to read from her expression that she was innocent and wronged, but only saw his wife's red and swollen eyes, and she had been crying all night.
The truth that has been sealed for 27 years
Wang Fenggu's memory of his wife is very fond of laughter.
When she first met, Wang Fenggu only knew that Wang Tao was from Guizhou, a foreigner, and she smiled shyly and shyly.
When she got married, although Wang Fenggu was very poor, Wang Tao's parents did not know where they were, and they did not even attend their daughter's wedding, but she still smiled like a flower.
When the child was born, Wang Tao held the baby and her face was full of satisfied smiles.
Even in the video called by her wife some time ago, the wife was smiling and asking when the father and son would come back to see their three-year-old grandson.
But now the wife in front of her, wearing handcuffs on her hands and tears in her eyes, is unusually calm and calm.
"Wang Fenggu, whose real name is Wu Yangen, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 1993 for abducting and trafficking women, but she escaped from prison in the second year of her sentence and fled to Longwan Village, where she has now been 27 years."
"Wang Tao, are they telling the truth?" Wang Fenggu asked in disbelief with a look of surprise on his face.
"Husband, I should not be able to come back later." Wang Tao's face was full of tears and he said calmly.
Wang Fenggu slumped in a chair at the police station, not knowing how to face this heavy truth.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Wang Tao's face was full of tears, his hands covered his red and swollen eyes, and while crying, he said: "Actually, there are many times when I want to go back and turn myself in, but I, when I see you and my son, I can't bear this heart, I don't want this home." ”
"I made a mistake when I was young, I was deceived, they asked me to take two young women to Jiangsu, and I took them with me." Wang Tao said to herself, "I think they are doing very well over there, but I still, or I was sentenced to abduction." ”
In the face of Wang Tao's confession, Wang Fenggu couldn't imagine that his wife, who had been accompanying him day and night, was actually a fugitive who had been on the run for 27 years.
27 years ago, it was the day when Wang Fenggu and Wang Tao first met.
That day was almost the end of 1994, and Wang Fenggu was still seizing time and mud, and he was doing the work of a mason.
It was supposed to be a normal day, but on that day a villager came to give Wang Fenggu a matchmaker.
Wang Fenggu recalled: "At that time, it was said that a person from the next village came from Guizhou, and the matchmaker let the two of us go to meet. ”
After finishing the work, Wang Fenggu did not even have time to change his clothes, so he hurried to the next village, at that time Wang Fenggu's body and face were all muddy water, looking gray and dirty, but Wang Tao did not abandon it.
When she saw Wang Tao, Wang Tao saw Wang Fenggu's messy outfit and shyly "poofed", but she knew that this man was a down-to-earth person.
"At that time, Wang Tao dressed like a student, had short hair, and was very gentle." Wang Fenggu recalled: "She said that she was from Guizhou, had no relatives, and only had one fellow here. ”
In fact, Wang Fenggu was still a little hard to believe at the beginning, Wang Tao would actually not abandon himself, because the previous blind dates were all because he was too poor.
In this way, soon after the two met, Wang Tao lived in Wang Fenggu's house and began a life with him.
But at that time, Wang Fenggu did not know that his wife was actually a fugitive.
A life of flight
In this way, after Wang Tao fled to Longwan Village, she married Wang Fenggu as a bride from another province.
At that time, there were also many people who married daughters-in-law from other villages or provinces, and everyone was not surprised, so they did not suspect Wang Tao.
Since Wang Tao married Wang Fenggu, the two began a poor but happy life.
Wang Tao's mother-in-law said that Wang Tao is a very diligent woman, not only can go to the field to do farm work, but also at home can also take care of children, do housework, take care of in-laws and in-laws, everything is very good.
Wang Tao's mother-in-law
Therefore, Wang Tao's family had a very good impression of this woman from out of town, and did not have to give a bride price.
After all, the village is so big, and gradually, as The daughter-in-law of Wang Fenggu, Wang Tao also became acquainted with the villagers and became one.
No one went to investigate what had happened to Wang Tao, why she had come to this place, and only felt that she was a down-to-earth, capable, hardworking and simple woman.
Everyone was saying that Wang Fenggu had found a good daughter-in-law, which was a blessing that he had cultivated in his previous life, and Wang Fenggu himself felt so from the bottom of his heart.
In the second year of their acquaintance, Wang Tao became pregnant, but still worked in the fields until she was about to give birth.
In 1996, Wang Fenggu had a child, and he was overjoyed that he was finally able to marry and have children and live a harmonious and happy life.
Whether it is a husband or a godson, Wang Tao has done a good job, so Wang Fenggu also especially likes his wife, thinking that being able to meet her is the luckiest thing in his life.
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Gradually, the children grew stronger and healthier day by day, and the couple carried the children while doing farm work.
But at that time, young people in the village were basically popular to go to the city to work, and few people would stay in the countryside.
Wang Fenggu and Wang Tao thought about giving their children a better living condition and wanted their children to study, so they also decided to join the team of migrant workers in the city.
After handing over the child to the old man in the family, Wang Fenggu went to Fujian with Wang Tao to work.
On the construction site, all the things that men can do Wang Tao can do, she is not afraid of suffering or tiredness, and she also does what Wang Fenggu does.
Moving bricks, picking cement, building walls... These jobs were rarely done by women, but Wang Tao persisted.
Working on the construction site is not easy for Wang Tao, and in the summer, Wang Tao's body will grow a lot of rashes, itching is unbearable, and it is very painful to accidentally break it.
Wang Fenggu was distressed by Wang Tao and wanted her to go home with her children and work alone, but Wang Tao insisted on working with him, saying that one more person working would make money for one more person, and she did not want to drag the family back.
Wang Fenggu was touched by Wang Tao's perseverance, and he secretly thought in his heart that he would share happiness and suffering with Wang Tao for a lifetime.
Although the work on the construction site is tiring, the income is several times that of the family farmer. After working for a few years, the couple saved enough money and went home to renovate the house.
In this way, they built new houses and no longer had to live in dilapidated tile houses.
After four years of working outside, the children were getting bigger and bigger, and the elderly in the family were about to be unable to take care of them, at this time Wang Tao finally returned home.
After returning home, Wang Tao was not idle, and she could often be seen in the town or in the city, and some villagers said that they had met Wang Tao, who was working as a waiter when eating at a restaurant.
Slowly, Wang Tao's children grew up, married early, had children, and three generations of the family lived together.
The house of Wang Fenggu's family is also getting higher and higher, from the beginning of the broken tile house to the new three-storey house, the family lives a simple but harmonious and happy life, which makes the people around them envious.
Wang Tao's old house
Wang Tao's industriousness and ability are all in the eyes of everyone, and they all think that she is a simple and good woman, and there are many good friends in the village.
The eldest sister who lives in the door of Wang Tao also said that she often chatted with Wang Tao, saying that her parents were short, and several women who lived nearby often ate together.
The women around them all said that they had not seen Wang Tao extravagant for so many years, never bought jewelry, and the clothes they wore were all worn by their daughter-in-law.
Hardworking, family-oriented, and kind to others, Wang Tao's many characteristics make everyone appreciate this rural woman and believe in her kindness.
Later, Wang Tao was also older, and every day was to send grandchildren and cook, and the days were very plain.
And even before being arrested, because the teacher of the small class of the grandson's kindergarten resigned, the kindergarten also hired Wang Tao to go to the kindergarten as a teacher, and Wang Tao thought that he could accompany his grandson and get a salary, so he agreed.
In what capacity did such a fugitive live peacefully for so many years?
"Black Household" without Identity
Since she is a fugitive, Wang Tao's ID card must not be used, and Wang Tao is only her pseudonym, so how come she has not been discovered?
Everyone only knows that Wang Tao is from Guizhou, but no one knows more specifically.
When she got married, Wang Tao said that she accidentally lost her ID card, but Wang Fenggu was not suspicious and was still with her.
Later, when Wang Tao's child was born, Wang Fenggu constantly urged Wang Tao to go back to apply for a replacement ID card, because they did not have a marriage license, so the child became a "supernatural", and at that time it was necessary to pay a fine.
But Wang Tao has always said that she can't do it, and she won't do family planning in the future, and Wang Fenggu won't urge her.
However, without ID cards, many things are still very inconvenient.
If you can't get a marriage license, your children can't go to the hukou, how to solve this problem? Wang Fenggu could only intercede everywhere and find help from village cadres before letting the child go to the hukou.
For so many years, in fact, Wang Fenggu and Wang Tao had returned to Guizhou to visit relatives, which was far away, but at that time, the real-name system had not yet been implemented to buy tickets, so the travel of a family of three was not restricted in any way.
The family knew that Wang Tao had committed an accident and went to prison, but they all thought that she had long since been released from prison and started a new life, so they did not ask about the previous matters.
At the time of the 2020 census, Wang Fenggu said that Wang Tao's hukou in Guizhou had been cancelled. The staff then registered Wang Tao as a "black household".
Therefore, it is equivalent to not having her as a person.
But after so many years of concealment, how did it get arrested and brought to justice by the police?
Skynet was restored, neglected but not leaked
At that time, the Daqiao Police Station of the Zhangshu City Public Security Bureau received reliable information saying: "Wu Moumou, a fugitive who has absconded for 27 years from the First Women's Prison in Guizhou Province, may live in Zhangshu", and began to investigate.
In fact, before that, the police have not given up the search for Wang Tao, but because of the long time span and the news in the countryside, no trace of Wang Tao has been found.
Therefore, it was not until 2021 that Wang Tao's head was finally found, she had no identity and was from Guizhou, which basically determined that she was a fugitive at that time.
Moreover, the time she came to Longwan Village also coincided with the time of her escape, so the police quickly began to arrest her.
On May 19, 2021, Wang Tao was caught by the police, which revealed the true face of her absconding for 27 years.
She had just left kindergarten that day and was returning home with another colleague. She held her grandson in her left hand and a bucket in her right hand, and walked with a smile, and the two did not separate until the fork in the road was different.
After returning home, Wang Tao asked her grandson to play with other children, and she began to wash vegetables and prepare to make today's dinner.
Shortly after she returned home, the police arrived, and the three of them got out of the car and headed straight for home.
Wang Tao's mother-in-law saw it and ran up to ask them what they were doing, and they said that it was the police at the police station who came to take Wang Tao away.
The police found Wang Tao in the kitchen, and she seemed to have known that there would be such a day, put down the vegetables she was busy cutting in her hand, and calmly left with the policemen.
She didn't resist, just said, "I probably, won't come back." ”
Of course, the mother-in-law did not know what was happening, and could only shout that the daughter-in-law had been arrested by the police.
Wang Tao's usual behavior is in the eyes of the people in the village, she is very good to everyone, she has never done a bad thing, and she has not been anxious with anyone, how could she be arrested?
Everyone said that it was a mistake and comforted Wang Tao's mother-in-law.
But when she left, she couldn't come back.
Wang Tao was deceived, and then deceived and then deceived others, and finally committed the crime of abducting and trafficking women and children, and was sentenced to ten years in prison.
The villagers who learned the truth were all sighing, and no one would believe that Wang Tao, who looked simple and kind, could do such a thing.
Everyone is thinking that after more than 20 years, Wang Tao has reformed himself, and whether he can give a light sentence as appropriate.
But the law is the law, and Wang Tao must also pay the price for the bad things she has done.
According to articles 69 and 71 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, Wang Tao will be sentenced to prison for her escape, and the sentence that has not been completed before must also be made up.
So, she'll be sentenced to at least 11 years.
And all Wang Fenggu could do was to watch Wang Tao being chained to the car and away from him.
As he was leaving, he said, "You can live well in prison, my children and I must come to see you once a year, and we will wait for you to come out." ”
All crimes will be punished, never be deceived to do things like Wang Tao, let alone make mistakes and want to escape, do not touch the bottom line of the law.
(In the text, Wang Fenggu and Wang Tao are pseudonyms)
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