Chapter 3 Chapter 2, the first clue

On January 11th, Xia Zicheng reported to the Criminal Police Brigade in the ancient city. ―When I went to the criminal police brigade, I saw the notice of "East Lake Murder Investigation Headquarters" posted on the criminal police bulletin board.Entering the criminal police room, I saw a large group of criminals gathered in a circle, talking to each other.From their frowning faces, Xia Zicheng probably guessed that it was because of the Donghu murder case. "It seems that there is no progress at all." He sighed secretly. Sitting opposite Xia Zicheng was an obese middle-aged criminal policeman, with his sad face slightly tilted up, and a pair of small red eyes looking at Xia Zicheng.Xia Zicheng could see that the other party was exhausted from staying up all night.

"Who are you looking for?" The other party yawned. The circle of criminal police all stared at Xia Zicheng for an instant. "Hey, Xia Zicheng, why didn't you say hello when you came?" Zhong Mingyue stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, smiling on his dead gray face after staying up late.Then he introduced to Xia Zicheng the criminal policeman who was not on the scene that day, and the fat criminal policeman was Director Zhong. When the detectives and directors heard that he was the captain, they all smiled and came forward to say hello and make friends.Xia Zicheng took out the transfer letter from his pocket and handed it to the director for signature.

"Zhong Mingyue, is there any news about the East Lake murder case?" Xia Zicheng asked directly as soon as he pulled up a chair and sat down. "There is no news at all, but it has attracted a lot of reporters, but we have already dealt with it." Zhong Mingyue shrugged and smiled wryly, then handed over a cigarette and lit it. "Has there been such a similar case in the ancient city over the years?" Xia Zicheng took a deep breath, and Fang asked quietly. "No, it's the first time. Look, we've been exhausted for the past few days." Zhong Mingyue still pointed at the detectives with a wry smile.

"It seems that it is really a difficult case to solve." Xia Zicheng murmured. "It is indeed very difficult, and it is the most unimaginable case in the ancient city for half a century." Zhong Mingyue also took out a cigarette, and slowly lit it to smoke. "Half a century?" Xia Zicheng was stunned for a moment, thinking about the "Wolf City" magazine, but the thought disappeared.Before this matter is reasoned correctly, it is meaningless to say it. "Yes!" Zhong Mingyue sighed heavily, and then exhaled the smoke. "What did the forensic doctor say after the autopsy?"

"The age of the deceased is estimated to be twenty-seven or eighty-eight, and the time of death is about 10:00 p.m. , we have no clue at all, but at least we know that they are Chinese, and they are probably locals." Zhong Mingyue stubbed out the cigarette in the ashtray, and continued, "The murderer is very cunning, and he may know the professional knowledge of criminal police. The toe prints, finger prints, and skin of the face were peeled off, and there were no other clues except the hair and teeth of the deceased to prove the identity of the deceased. However, our investigation found that the teeth of the deceased were perfect before his death, so he had no dental treatment. So there are no clues. As for the hair to verify the identity of the deceased, we can only know the news unless we find the missing person recently and verify it, but you also know that the chance of that is very subtle, and no missing person has been reported missing recently.”

"It takes a month to report missing persons. It seems that things are far more complicated than imagined. And..." Xia Zicheng hesitated for a while before saying, "What happened to the deceased's heart?" "This... We have always been puzzled. The murderer's purpose of killing the deceased so cruelly is to prevent us from knowing the identity of the deceased, but why did he even dig out the heart? It is really puzzling." Xia Zicheng fell silent, and asked He couldn't understand this question from the day on the tenth until now.But he thought of the possibility that the dead man's heart might leave clues to the murderer's murder. Other than that, he couldn't think of any reason.

"Oh... Are there any characteristics on the deceased, such as birthmarks, surgical scars, moles, etc." Sheng Zicheng suddenly remembered these subtleties. "The skin is fair and healthy, there is no disease, and there is no scar on the body, so it can be ruled out that the deceased had a fight with the murderer before his death, but there is a plaque that looks like a tire mark on the privacy, or it may be The scars left by the injuries, but this is critical and may be the only clue we have to find the identity of the deceased." "That's right. Oh, there's one more thing. What is the object wrapped in the deceased? It doesn't seem to be the usual black paper bag."

"This idea is very good. According to our investigation, the black paper bags wrapped in the dead are indeed not available in ordinary supermarkets, and there are not even factories in this city that make paper bags. They come in from other places, and only those grocery stalls have them. According to our survey, this kind of paper bag is generally used to wrap relatively large frozen foods. But unfortunately, we have investigated all the large and small grocery stores in this city, and there is no stall that is suitable for buying this kind of food. People with paper bags have an impression, and our investigation found that there is no suspicious sign in the freezer or some enterprises that usually buy this kind of paper bags."

"Unless the murderer bought it a long time ago, or got it through an acquaintance, it is more likely to be stolen. This kind of paper bag must be very valuable, and customers cannot just throw it away unless it is no longer needed." "Yes, it costs 30 yuan each. Based on this reasoning, there is also the possibility that the murderer had planned to kill the deceased. If so, the case would become more complicated. What we are facing is not a simple murderer, but a very resourceful people." After Xia Zicheng's reasoning, he was logical and well-organized, and the criminal police present, including the director, all smacked their lips in admiration.

"It's no wonder that Xia Zicheng became the captain at such a young age!" Several detectives whispered, as if talking to themselves. "Is there any progress in the investigation of the crime scene?" Xia Zicheng continued to ask calmly.He had to find out how far the case was going. "According to our investigation of the staff of Donghu and Moshan Hotel and the boatmen who live on gasoline boats, there is no suspicion at all, and we also conducted a comprehensive investigation of the witnesses, and found that the other party had no motive for killing, and He was with the boatmen the night of the incident."

"This is understandable, because no murderer would call the police by himself. Such things were only done by some murderers who thought they were smart in the past." "After we investigated the East Lake staff and the boatmen, we learned that they did not find any suspicious tourists in the East Lake that night, and they did not see the murderer throwing the body that night. We are very disappointed with these news. Damn it, This cunning murderer!" Zhong Mingyue couldn't help cursing. "This bad temper is still the same!" Xia Zicheng said in a low voice, and then continued, "Did East Lake spread any news about this case, such as whether there were any tourists returning home late at night that night, or residents living nearby? And abnormalities seen by alcoholics and the like." "The news has spread out. I haven't received any calls for such news. Maybe no one has seen it at all. Think about it, the deceased died in the middle of the night. Who would be staying there at that time? If so, it might be There are some homeless people. What's more, the scene of the murder has not been confirmed yet. If the deceased was killed by the murderer elsewhere, and then drove to the East Lake to dump the body late at night, in that case, it is even more impossible for the witnesses to have gone." "The reasoning is accurate, but everything is impossible to be so perfect. In this regard, unexpected things will happen to both us and the murderer." "I hope so." "It seems to be a very tricky case!" Xia Zicheng drove out of the criminal police brigade, still thinking about the death of Donghu. The weather has just warmed up for two days, and sporadic snowflakes are falling outside, and the surroundings are covered in white. Sitting in the car, Xia Zicheng and Zhong Mingyue obviously didn't feel the cold. "I haven't seen snow for several years!" Xia Zicheng couldn't help saying excitedly. Zhong Mingyue didn't have much passion, he was thinking about the Donghu case.Today is already the thirteenth, and they just heard a call from a man from East Lake who could provide some information, so they hurried to East Lake. Along the way, they were almost silent, thinking about how to reason about the case.It has been almost six days since the accident, and they have no clue who the deceased is, and the pressure from the media is increasing.If they are not able to solve the case within a month, they may lose their jobs.Still, they face the facts calmly. "I hope I can gain something this time!" Zhong Mingyue sighed softly and murmured. "I hope." Xia Zicheng made a sharp turn without braking, and almost knocked down a man on the side of the road. Zhong Mingyue sighed lightly, seeing the man in the rearview mirror cursing loudly at the police car, a wave of anger surged up, and it was not easy to explode. For about half an hour, Xia Zicheng parked his car on the shore of the East Lake Lake embankment according to the location mentioned by the man who provided the clues. He stared out from the police car, only to see a vast expanse of whiteness, and no one was there. "Could it be a boring person playing tricks on us." Zhong Mingyue couldn't help cursing. At this time, from near the hotel at the foot of Moshan, a tall figure wrapped in a coat came towards them, his eyes were fixed on the car. "Things can't be so bad." Xia Zicheng said as he opened the car door, and suddenly a gust of cold air came in.He took a deep breath and jumped out of the car. At the same time, Zhong Mingyue also saw that figure, and immediately jumped out of the car. It was a middle-aged man who came, well dressed, with a quiet appearance, and a pair of cloudy eyes on his thin cheeks. "It's snowing heavily here, let's find a place to talk." The visitor said with trembling all over his body. They heard that his accent was not from a local, and they looked at each other suspiciously. "How about going to the hotel in front?" Zhong Mingyue also felt the cold. The visitor nodded silently, and walked into a nearby hotel with them. At this time, it was not lunch time, and breakfast had already passed. There were almost no guests in the hotel, and it was deserted.The waiter smiled and nodded when he saw them. They sat down in the innermost position.The waiter never came over to ask what they wanted. "My name is Huang Wu, from Cantonese. I came here because I have a business here. I have been living in this hotel all this time." Before Xia Zicheng and the others could say hello, the other party said bluntly that it seemed that talking to them was a waste of his precious time. "Oh, this is Captain Zhong, my surname is Xia." Xia Zicheng still smiled politely. Seeing the other party talking, Zhong Mingyue hurriedly took out her notebook from her underwear and listened carefully. "Hello!" The other party showed a smirk, and continued, "I was out on the eighth day of this month, and when I came back to Donghu in the evening, it was already very late at night, about two o'clock, because I looked at the car in the car. Time. When I was passing by the East Lake, I found a small car parked beside the East Lake. At that time, I thought it was a little strange that there were still people there at such a late hour. But then I thought, it might be a rich man and his lover messing around there. Thinking of this, Didn't pay much attention either." When Xia Zicheng and the others heard the news, their faces showed excited expressions.They know there is still a chance to crack the case, although the clues are not yet clear. "Just saw a small car, so there are no other clues?" Zhong Mingyue asked anxiously. The other party still said calmly: "No... When I was driving around a corner and was about to enter the hotel, I still subconsciously checked the rearview mirror. You know this is the driver's habit." "Not bad." Xia Zicheng said directly. "Did you see anything?" Zhong Mingyue's heart tightened, staring at the other party intently. "I saw the car door open from the rearview mirror, and a person came down. Due to the distance and seeing it from the rearview mirror, I couldn't see clearly, but it probably felt like a man, but I was not sure. Then I Unexpectedly, I drove directly into the hotel garage." "Probably a man? Not sure?" Zhong Mingyue asked. The other party hesitated and nodded. "Mr. Yihuang means that he doesn't know anything else." Xia Zicheng still couldn't be happy. The other party just said that he saw a man appearing in the East Lake, and he didn't see the murderer directly. The other party nodded without hesitation. "Does Mr. Huang remember what kind of car that car is, or its license plate number?" Xia Zicheng said. The other party thought for a while and shook his head: "I'm sorry, the street lights on the shore of East Lake are very dim, and I don't pay much attention to the license plate number, so I don't have any impression, but according to my understanding of the car, that car should be an old model Toyota 2.0, it seems to be black... yes, it is black." "Old Toyota 2.0, black." Zhong Mingyue wrote in a large pen in his notebook. "That's all I know." Mr. Huang looked at them with that expression on his face and eyes: I'm done talking, can I go? "Thank you Mr. Huang for providing us with such important clues." Xia Zicheng said with a smile, "However, I would like to ask, why did Mr. Huang decide to call the police until now? After all, the case has happened for six days." "I didn't wake up until the afternoon of the 9th, and then hurried to work in the Guanshan area. I didn't know about this case until I came back last night, so I kept thinking about whether I should tell you what I know, because you Knowing that I am a businessman, I don't want to affect my work because of this matter." "It's rare for a businessman like Mr. Huang to help provide such valuable clues, but for the sake of investigation, we are still very sorry, and we need to know whether what you said is true." Xia Zicheng said apologetically. "How do I prove it?" The other party was obviously displeased, but he still said calmly. "We just want to know who you were with on the night of the 8th and these few days. As for work, we don't want to know." Xia Zicheng said. "This..." Mr. Huang hesitated, but still told them a phone number and name. After recording, Xia Zicheng and Xia Zicheng bid farewell to each other politely. As soon as he returned to the car, Zhong Mingyue couldn't help asking: "The Donghu case has been reported by the media. Could it be that he hasn't read the news these days, or has seen it and has no intention to provide clues." "Both are possible. Another possibility is that he didn't think that person was the murderer. After all, he didn't see him abandoning the dead." "Can we believe Mr. Huang's words?" Zhong Mingyue continued to ask as the police car drove back. "At present we only have this clue, and according to my careful observation of him just now, it seems that he does not need to lie. Besides, as a businessman, in order not to cause trouble, he usually does not provide clues to the substitute. From this It can be seen that he is still a man with a sense of justice." "Oh, really? I really admire you. You can see people so clearly." Zhong Mingyue laughed while talking. After coming out of East Lake, Zhong Mingyue dialed the phone number given by Mr. Huang.Zhong Mingyue roughly explained the specific situation, and the other party nodded and agreed to meet. On the other hand, Xia Zicheng called back to the criminal police brigade and ordered the criminal police on duty to divide into several groups. One group went to every house or hotel near the East Lake to ask if someone saw the old black Toyota at about two o'clock in the middle of the night on the 8th. 2.0; a group investigated whether there was such a car driving from other places to Donghu at two o'clock that night, mainly to investigate the video surveillance on the avenue.He guessed that the murderer didn't expect that someone would see his car parked by the lake in the middle of the night, so he went directly to the road; on the other hand, he also understood the murderer's psychology of eager to abandon the body after killing.Also, in the past six days of investigation, whether such a car has been reported missing. According to the clues provided by Mr. Huang, I found that person and asked him to prove that what Mr. Huang said was true.He did come here for business.The news was as they had imagined, but out of caution, they still went there. When the two returned from Guanshan in the evening, the ancient city was already at dusk, and the neon lights reflected the snow-covered streets. They were planning to find a place to eat, but they suddenly received a call from a member of the team, saying that they found a black Toyota car from the video surveillance, which was going to Donghu at 1:30 that night, and the license plate was local. They were worried about alarm The owner is rushing over now.Then he gave the address in detail, but also said that the driver could not see his true face, because the other party seemed to be wary of the surveillance video, so he covered his face. As soon as they heard the exciting news, they immediately became excited.But I was surprised that the murderer was so shrewd.Xia Zicheng drove quickly to the address provided by the team members.And Zhong Mingyue showed a smile on his sad face all day, humming a classical song. When they arrived, they saw that other team members had already arrived one after another. Xia Zicheng thought to himself that the criminal police were investigating the case really fast.It's okay to be unhappy, these days they are searching for the murderer like mad dogs. They met the owner at an apartment four or five stations away from Optics Valley.At this time, Xing Jing gathered around the door of the car owner's apartment, and when they saw the captain coming, they greeted each other. They smiled and nodded, and habitually said things like hard work and entered the apartment. The owner of the car is a middle-aged man, about thirty-five years old, he looks fat and fat, neither handsome nor ugly.At this moment, he stared at the criminal policeman with wide, frightened eyes, his face full of panic and doubt. "This is our captain, you can talk to them directly if you have anything to say." Xing Jing, who was standing beside him, said seriously. They sat down opposite each other, and Zhong Mingyue took out his notebook unhurriedly. "I didn't break the law, you must have made a mistake, and now I don't know what's going on." The other party muttered to himself. "Please rest assured, you have not broken the law, and we will not frame you." Xia Zicheng stared at the other party sharply, hoping to see the clue from him. "The clean one cleans himself." "May I ask your surname, sir?" Zhong Mingyue still looked at the other party very politely. "Yang." "Mr. Yang, we want to know why your car appeared on the shore of East Lake at two o'clock in the middle of the night on the eighth day of this month." Zhong Mingyue said directly. "On the shore of East Lake?" The other party looked at Zhong Mingyue suspiciously. Xia Zicheng kept staring at the other party's reaction, and found that although the other party was not very calm, but there was no suspicion of murder, he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.This was his first reaction from observing people over the years as a police officer, and he was often right. "Are you pretending to be crazy, and you don't even know your car is in East Lake?" Zhong Mingyue couldn't help being angry when he heard the other party's words that seemed to be deliberately shocking. "Really, I didn't know that my car appeared in Donghu Lake on the night of the 8th." The other party was stunned for a moment, and then said, "On the night of the 8th, I stayed at the Lido Hotel opposite Optics Valley, and the car was parked at the Lido Hotel all the time. square." Seeing that the other party doesn't seem like a liar, Xia Zi couldn't help being stunned. "Why did I stay at the Lido Hotel that night, and my home is not far from there, so it's normal to go home." Xia Zicheng said. "I went to see the magic show in Optics Valley that night, because it was late at night, so..." the other party said hesitantly. Xia Zicheng felt that he had something to hide, and continued to ask: "Even if you are watching a magic show, and it is late at night, you should get home quickly if you have a car. Tell me, why didn't you come back? Who can prove that you were watching a magic show that night?" "This..." The other party gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "I went to the magic show with my female colleague from the unit that night, and then stayed at the Lido Hotel with her." "Oh, it's very romantic. Mr. Yang must not have married yet." Xia Zicheng said. The other party looked at Xia Zicheng and nodded: "How do you know?" "Because you're deserted and messy here, so I guess you don't have a family." "The criminal policeman is really good, no wonder you are making money." The corner of the other party's mouth smiled contemptuously. "You one..." Zhong Mingyue saw it, and was about to explode when Xia Zicheng stopped him. "A female colleague is not a girlfriend, or else she would be brought home." Xia Zicheng said calmly.The other party was silent for a while, then nodded. "Looks like he's a bachelor who messes around with women again." Zhong Mingyue wanted to say this but couldn't. "So, you and her were in the hotel that night, but your car was in Donghu Lake. There is only one thing that makes sense, that is, your car was stolen that night. Is there such a thing?" "After we got down from the hotel the next day, I went to open the door, but found that it was not locked. I thought maybe I forgot to lock it, but I didn't expect it to be stolen. Maybe it was stolen that night, but the car did not disappear, nor did it disappear. It is necessary to call the police." "In this way, if your words are true, then after the murderer stole the car, he drove to the scene of killing the deceased, carried the pre-wrapped body into the car, and then drove to Donghu Lake to throw the body, so that no one could find it. Evidence of the murderer," Zhong Mingyue said, "where is the first scene?" "In order to prove your innocence, we hope you provide evidence that you were not at the scene that night, such as your lover, or hotel registration records." Xia Zi Cheng wanted to end the question soon.He knew that if he continued to ask, there would be no result. "I registered with my ID card." The other party stood up and went back to the room to get the ID card and handed it to Zhong Mingyue. After Zhong Mingyue registered, she looked up at him: "My lover's phone number must be provided, as well as a photo of you and my lover." The other party hesitated, shook his head helplessly, and then provided his phone number.Then he entered the room and took out a photo of two people. The background was the seaside, and the woman was mature and plump. After they came out of the apartment, they rushed to the Lido Hotel non-stop, and called Mr. Yang's lover to meet him and talk about the situation.Although the other party was very reluctant, he reluctantly agreed to Xing Qiang's inquiry about the case. They investigated the hotel registration and found that Mr. Yang did register that night, and a waiter provided information that the two people in the photo did indeed live in. Because it was very late at that time, they had some impressions.As for women, it was also confirmed that Mr. Yang was not at the crime scene. Since the hotel's parking lot does not have surveillance video in the hotel's square, it is impossible to investigate how the criminal stole the car. Moreover, the car was stolen late at night, and the security guard was lazy to sleep, which is even more impossible to prove.