Chapter 14 7. Preliminary Exploration of Hutou Hotel

This morning, a handsome young man from the provincial capital checked into the Hutou Hotel.The guest was introduced by the deputy secretary-general of the municipal government.The name on the ID card is Li Tong, who is 25 years old and claims to be working as a secretary in a provincial government agency. On the afternoon of the same day when Li Tong checked in, Liu Kai, a police officer of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Baiyun City, and his assistant Xiao Wang also came to Hutou Hotel for investigation. The Tiger Head Hotel was indeed heavily guarded.Liu Kai and Xiao Wang walked into the lobby on the first floor, and immediately became "suspicious people" in front of Yu Xiaolei, the assistant to the general manager.

"May I ask which leader in the city introduced you?" Although Liu Kai showed his ID as soon as he entered the door, the defiant and ignorant Yu Xiaolei still sat high on the swivel chair and asked coldly. "No leader introduced us, and we don't need anyone to introduce us. We are the police, here to perform official duties." Xiao Wang replied unceremoniously. When Yu Xiaolei heard what Xiao Wang said, she felt a little guilty.At this time, a black-faced man with a short figure and well-dressed came down from upstairs. "General manager, look at these two people..." Yu Xiaolei stood up from the swivel chair and said as if seeing a savior.

"Oh, it's the police comrade!" The black-faced man said with a half-smile. Then Yu Xiaolei looked at the general manager Jiang Yunsheng in a dazed manner. Liu Kaifu showed Jiang Yunsheng his ID again, and Jiang Yunsheng immediately panicked. "You two, please go upstairs to my office to talk!" In Jiang Yunsheng's spacious and luxurious office, Liu Kai just briefly explained the purpose of his trip, and Jiang Yunsheng rushed to say: "I knew you were here for the man named Song Kang who died in Hutouya a few days ago." .Actually, our hotel has been carrying out investigations in the past few days. I also suspect that Song Kang may have been to the Hutou Hotel before the accident. But investigations have been conducted, and his check-in registration has not been found so far. According to relevant regulations , our hotel checks the ID cards of all check-in personnel and keeps detailed records..."

Liu Kai interrupted him and said, "Can we have a look at the accommodation registration for the 15th of this month?" "Yes! Yes!" Jiang Yunsheng said repeatedly, and dialed the internal number casually. Less than five minutes later, Yu Xiaolei walked in with a thick check-in booklet.Jiang Yunsheng signaled her to hand over the registration book to Liu Kai, and Yu Xiaolei angrily put the registration book on the desk in front of Liu Kai: "Here, let's see! All the guest check-in registrations are here." Liu Kai stared at Yu Xiaolei disapprovingly: "Can you guarantee that there are no omissions?"

"Of course not!" Yu Xiaolei still said arrogantly. "Don't stop talking! If you say something, you will bear legal responsibility." Liu Kai said coldly. Only then did Yu Xiaolei stand aside resentfully. Liu Kai casually flipped through the brand-new register, and quickly scanned through the page of the 15th of this month. In fact, he knew very well in his heart that it was meaningless to read it or not.Since the master had already prepared a register for him, he wouldn't expect to get anything from it. "Officer Liu, there is indeed no check-in registration for Song Kang, is there?" Jiang Yunsheng looked very calm, holding a teacup in his hand and blowing on the floating tea leaves.

"Really not." Liu Kai replied without showing any emotion, "We are also a routine. In fact, whether he has been to the Tiger Head Hotel does not seem to have any direct connection with his suicide!" Liu Kai spoke casually, and returned the register to Yu Xiaolei. Yu Xiaolei took the register and didn't intend to leave, as if she stood here to shield Jiang Yunsheng from the wind and rain.But Jiang Yunsheng still winked at her and told her to go downstairs. Just as Yu Xiaolei left with the register in her arms, Jiang Yunsheng stood up suddenly, leaned forward and leaned towards Liu Kai who was opposite the desk: "Officer Liu, do you mean that Song Kang committed suicide?"

"He didn't commit suicide, so why did he die under the Tiger Head Cliff? The matter is obvious! There is no enemy here, so who would harm him?" Liu Kai said confidently. "Then—isn't this case definitive? Since he committed suicide, he has nothing to do with others!" Jiang Yunsheng said disapprovingly. "Yes! This case should have been closed a long time ago. Ordinarily, there is no need to investigate at all. But when the case was about to be closed, I found Song Kang's apartment from the 15th of this month. A phone number." Liu Kai still said casually.It seems that he has a thousand reluctances in his heart for this investigation.

"Phone number? Where's the phone number?" This time, Jiang Yunsheng actually walked over to Xiao Wang who was taking notes, staring at the notebook spread out in front of him. Liu Kai's face suddenly became serious: "On the 15th of this month, the phone number that Song Kang wrote down in his notebook is actually your Tiger Head Hotel. That is to say, before he came here, Someone spoke to him at the Tiger Head Hotel, and he came by appointment." "Ah, this is strange. Since he came here on an appointment, he should have checked in! Besides, the other guests who checked in on the 15th have all registered. You can investigate one by one to see who told Song Kangtong. Called." Jiang Yunsheng seemed very angry at the lack of trust in the police, and as he spoke, he wanted to make another internal call to ask Yu Xiaolei to send the registration book upstairs.

Liu Kai immediately stopped him: "There is no need for this. It is still the same old saying that the investigation of this phone call is also within the scope of routine work. It is just to explain to Song Kang's family. Therefore, before Song Kang committed suicide, who did he meet with?" Face to face, we had a conversation, and we at least have a general idea of ​​the content of the conversation. I would like to ask General Manager Jiang to help me with this matter. You know the guests very well, and you should know the most about any of them who are familiar with Song Kang. Besides, The people who come here to stay are all famous people, even if someone talks to Song Kang on the phone, they still invite him to come over to play, and they will not invite him to commit suicide!"

"That's it! That's it!" Hearing what Liu Kai said, Jiang Yunsheng's face turned cloudy, "Officer Liu, please rest assured that it is every citizen's duty to cooperate with the police. Personnel, find out about this matter." "Thank you very much!" Liu Kai stood up, and Xiao Wang also closed his notebook and stood up. Jiang Yunsheng sent them all the way to the gate of the hotel. He looked at the police car parked outside the door and said thoughtfully: "Officer Liu, you know that it is not easy to do our job. There are always police cars parked at the door. The guests were quickly scared away. So..."

"Oh, I understand." Liu Kai said apologetically, "If you can find out that phone number quickly, we won't come back again."