Chapter 10 3. Focus on Tiger Head Hotel

The investigation of the unknown corpse soon had a clue.A staff member of the Baiyun City government who was visiting relatives in Hutou Town from the neighboring Baiyun City saw the full-body portrait of the deceased posted at the gate of the Hutou Town bus station, and immediately recognized the deceased as Song Kang, a director of the Municipal Academy of Social Sciences. associate dean.But why did this deputy bureau official go to Hutou Cliff, which is 200 kilometers away from Baiyun City?And why was it stuck in the crevice of the reef where "ghosts can't escape"? The autopsy is coming soon.According to the forensic identification, except for a few scratches on the body of the deceased, there was no trace of being beaten; the alcohol concentration in the gastric juice of the deceased was relatively high, but the real cause of death was cyanide poisoning.In other words, there are two possibilities. One is that Song Kang died before "jumping" off the Tiger Head Cliff; the other possibility is that he jumped off the cliff again after taking cyanide.The former method of death should be homicide; while the latter can only be suicide.

The case was quickly handed over to the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Baiyun City Public Security Bureau.After accepting the case, police officers Liu Kai and Ma Sen of the Criminal Investigation Detachment drove to Hutou Town overnight to listen to relevant reports. On the next morning, accompanied by Lao Hu, they checked the scene of Song Kang's death in Hutou. cliff. "It really doesn't look like he came to stowaway." The three of them stood on the cliff, looking at the torrent below the cliff, and Old Hu couldn't help saying.After the autopsy results came out, he no longer insisted on his original idea, "However, it is hard to say whether he committed suicide or homicide. We searched the scene, but we did not find any conclusive evidence."

"We assume that he committed suicide. But why did he come here to commit suicide?" Liu Kai asked rhetorically. "I want to disappear in this world. Isn't 'No Escape' able to swallow people alive?" Masson said. "Yes. Song Kang died at the foot of Hutou Cliff. It is appropriate to use the word 'disappear' to explain it. If 'Ghosts Can't Escape' accidentally 'released', he would have been here without anyone noticing. The world has evaporated. How many years later, people will still talk about him as a missing person. But, is it necessary for him to do this?" Liu Kai frowned thoughtfully. "Also, where did he drink in the middle of the night? And where did he take the poison?" Liu Kai said while shaking his head.

"Yes! If he committed suicide, he should have drunk and taken poison on Hutou Cliff. Otherwise, he would not be able to go to Hutou Cliff if he took poison elsewhere. But where are the wine bottles and poison packaging? Mason was also deeply confused. "Old Hu, what do you think?" Liu Kai asked, turning his head to look at Old Hu who was in deep thought. "I always feel that Song Kang's coming here has something to do with the Hutou Hotel. I did a detailed investigation in Hutou Town, but no one has seen him in the town. In this way, there is only one possibility: Song Kang came from the city. Take a taxi, or someone directly pulls him from the city to the lane dedicated to the Hutou Hotel."

"You mean, before Song Kang died, he should have shown his face at the Tiger Head Hotel?" Liu Kai asked. Lao Hu nodded and pointed to the Hutou Hotel hidden in the dense forest on the west side of Hutou Cliff: "It's the closest to here, isn't it?" "What do the people at the Tiger Head Hotel say?" "After Song Kang's body was brought up, many people from the town came to watch, but no one came forward at the Hutou Hotel, which is close at hand." "Did you go to the Tiger Head Hotel to find out?" Mason continued to ask. "No." Lao Hu looked distressed, "Tiger Head Hotel is not a place where retired old policemen can come in and out casually."

"Why..." Ma Sen looked at Lao Hu in confusion. Old Hu sighed for a long time, and talked about the reason. Hutou Hotel, a European-style luxury hotel built on the mountainside on the east side of Hutou Cliff, is hidden among green trees. From the perspective of environmental protection, it is also a kind of damage to the entire scenic spot of Hutou Cliff.It is said that when it was first built, some people in the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau had always held an opposing attitude, but in the end the mayor in charge nodded, and the hotel was built on the grounds that it could receive foreign guests from the city.Sure enough, after the hotel was completed, it was directly managed by the city. The general manager was Jiang Yunsheng, the brother-in-law of the Secretary of the Municipal Law Committee.

The hotel bears the sign of being owned by the city, but it is built on the boundary of Hutou Town, which is no matter what.For this hotel built in Hutou Town but owned by the city, Lao Hu has always had an indescribable feeling in his heart.Because it is the boundary of Hutou Town, he always feels that he has a responsibility for it; because of the nature of the municipality, he can't go too far.After the "smuggling" happened last year, he first thought of Hutou Hotel for investigation. No matter how you say it, it is the closest to Hutou Cliff.But he was turned away in a sarcasm tone. Yu Xiaolei, assistant to the general manager, stopped him at the door and said in a drawling tone: "Director Hu, your old man is too old to see you, and you don't even look at our tiger. Who opened the Head Hotel, can it be connected with the dirty business of smuggling?"

"That's not what I mean. I just want to know if anyone in our hotel has noticed anything unusual." Lao Hu still restrained his temper and said. "Abnormal situation?" Yu Xiaolei laughed wantonly, "It is your police station and the police's business to discover the abnormal situation, and our hotel is not responsible for it. Our people are busy with the reception work in the city all day long, so how can we have time to assist you? Solve the case! Let’s talk about it, our Hutou Hotel hosts all famous people from home and abroad. You come in and out to ask people if they have found any abnormalities. It makes people panic. You said that the city should track it down. Who is responsible?"

Yu Xiaolei is a native of Hutou Town. After graduating from high school and failing to enter university, she set up a fish stall in the town's market. With her eloquent mouth and pretty face, she quickly became a The landscape figures in the market.A year later, Jiang Yunsheng, the general manager of Hutou Hotel, wandered in the market and discovered this talent. took the position of assistant to the general manager.Because of this "breakthrough", Yu Xiaolei is so loyal to Jiang Yunsheng, almost to the point where she will do whatever she wants.While she was grateful to Jiang Yunsheng, she also became more pretentious, "Mr. Jiang said" and kept saying "in the city" everywhere, as if she was the spokesperson of the municipal committee stationed in Hutou Hotel.

Lao Hu didn't pay much attention to this young and handsome girl, but he had to lose in front of what she called "the city".Later, although the people from the provincial government and the municipal bureau had questioned individual employees of the Tiger Head Hotel, considering the hotel's municipal brand and "business", they were just going through the motions. The first investigation of the Tiger Head Hotel was thus shelved.But the appearance of the unknown male corpse made Lao Hu think of the Tiger Head Hotel again.If the deceased did not show up in Hutou Town, then there is only one explanation: he took a taxi from the city or was driven by someone to the Hutou Hotel directly.The Municipal Highway Bureau built a dedicated asphalt mountain road directly connected to the national highway for Hutou Hotel in the year before last, so that vehicles in the city to and from Hutou Hotel can bypass the main street of Hutou Town and go straight to Hutou Hotel from the west of the town. ——Lao Hu didn't want to deal with Yu Xiaolei anymore, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the deceased had some kind of connection with the Tiger Head Hotel.

"So, when I walked to the mountain road about 100 meters away from the Hutou Hotel that day, I still stood still... You know, those local networks..." Lao Hu smiled wryly and hesitated to speak. What Lao Hu said made Liu Kai and Ma Sen focus their eyes on the direction of Hutou Hotel.