Chapter 10 Chapter Ten The Second Victim

Cheng Che hurriedly turned the steering wheel and leaned the car up according to Dong Peng's instructions.This express hotel is not located on a busy street. Although it is two streets away from the busiest commercial district in the city, the narrow street behind the bustle is still much deserted.There was a small yard in front of the hotel, and several cars were already parked in a crowded area. Cheng Che simply parked the car outside the gate, and the three of them got out of the car and walked into the yard of the express hotel. After entering the courtyard, two men greeted them from afar, and one of them walked up to him and asked, "Is it Police Officer Dong?"

Dong Peng nodded and showed his police ID, and the other party also showed his ID, "I am Zhao Lin, a police officer in this area, and this is the hotel manager who reported the case." "My name is Zhou Cheng." Another man in a suit took out his business card, squinted his eyes, and handed it to Dong Peng, then rubbed his hands for a moment of hesitation, and then asked nervously, "Officer, can you be more concealed during your investigation?" , don’t disturb other guests? We are in business, if someone knows that someone died in the hotel, I’m afraid there will be no guests.”

"We will try our best." Dong Peng turned to Zhao Lin and said in a deep voice, "How is the situation now?" "The body is still in the same place, because the window of the deceased's room is at the back of the building, so there are relatively few people going there. Most of the guests don't know about it. His room has not been touched except that the door was opened when we entered. .” "The forensic doctor hasn't arrived yet?" Seeing Zhao Lin shaking his head, Dong Peng walked towards the yard, "Go to the scene first." A group of people bypassed the main building of the hotel and came to the back of the building.The back of the building used to be like a parking lot, with regular parking lines drawn on the ground.But people who come to travel and stay in the hotel rarely drive, and after this incident, the manager ordered people to restrict the passage, and the few cars that occasionally entered were also parked in the yard in front of the building they saw just now, so It's pretty empty here.

The downstairs area is said to be a garden, but in fact it is just a garden that can be seen everywhere, surrounded by bushes around the building. There are some flowers planted in it, but it is autumn, and the flowering season has already passed, and only a few flowers are left. Bare branches with petals. In the bleakness, a prone figure jumped into view, overwhelming a large area of ​​flowers and plants on the ground.The man turned his head sideways, dressed in casual casual clothes, his arms and legs seemed to be broken, and he hung on the flowers and trees in a twisted posture.Although blood was dripping from the mouth and nose, he could still be identified as a young man in his thirties.Under his head, a large pool of blood stained the soil on the ground, against the pale face, it looked even more shocking.

A cold sweat broke out in Wu Ning's heart, and he couldn't help but clenched his hands tightly.It was the first time to face such a murder scene directly, and even she, who had never been indifferent, could hardly calm down the strong shock in her heart. "Are you okay? If you are scared, you can go to the side and wait." Cheng Che's voice reached her ears. Dong Peng also smiled, "I ignored it, you, a young girl, shouldn't follow along to watch this scene." "I'm fine, what scene didn't you see during filming?" Wu Ning calmed down, and when he raised his head again, he was calm as usual.

"Hearing what you said, Xiao Ning, I should agree with Xiao Cheche and doubt your gender." A lazy and teasing voice came, Shang Yunxuan was carrying a toolbox, followed by several people.Seeing Wu Ning, he didn't show too surprised expression, he just jokingly said, and looked at Cheng Che with a smile, "I remember when Xiao Cheche was just a policeman, when he saw the corpse for the first time, he didn't eat for a whole day, Throwing up from morning till night." Cheng Che blushed, and stammered, "Forensic Doctor Shang, don't mention those things again..."

Shang Yunxuan shook his head loudly, "Even if this will be a good memory in the future, why be embarrassed?" "If you have time to bully newcomers here, it's better to hurry up and do business." Dong Peng interrupted unceremoniously. "Start right away." Shang Yunxuan said and raised his hands. At some point, a pair of white gloves had already been put on his hands. He nodded back to his assistants, and then walked towards the corpse. Dong Peng walked not far away, and called police officer Zhao Lin and hotel manager Zhou Cheng.He signaled Cheng Che to make a record, and asked himself, "Has the identity of the deceased been identified?"

"According to his check-in registration, we learned that his name is Deng Feng. He checked into the hotel alone the day before yesterday. His ID card showed that he was 31 years old. My colleague checked his traffic records online and found that he He took the train from City S the day before yesterday afternoon, the train arrived at half past one, and Deng Feng’s check-in time was half past five, and his itinerary could not be found in the middle four hours.” Zhao Lin reported to Dong Peng. "From the train station to here, it takes less than half an hour by car. It takes four hours, and we should have arrived by now." Cheng Che thought intently, "It seems that Deng Feng must have gone to other places."

Dong Peng turned to Zhou Cheng again, "Did the deceased behave unusually when he moved in?" "It's the receptionist who is responsible for the reception, but there should be nothing strange, otherwise they will report it to me." "Then how did you find the body?" Dong Peng asked. "Actually, I wasn't the one who saw the corpse first..." Zhou Cheng's words attracted the unanimous attention of several people present, which made him a little nervous.He swallowed, and then continued: "It's a waiter of the hotel. When she went to clean the room, she knocked on the door for a long time and there was no response. She opened the door with the key but couldn't push it. That's why she asked me to take a look. I tried. , and failed to open the door, so I went to the empty room at the same location on the seventh floor, and wanted to call down for a guest, but unexpectedly, I poked my head out and saw the downstairs..."

When Zhou Cheng said this, he flinched and squinted his eyes. Thinking of the fright he received when he suddenly saw someone lying downstairs, his memory was still fresh. "Where is the waiter you mentioned now? Can you ask her to talk?" "She's waiting in the manager's room, and I'm guessing the police might be looking for her, but she's been at our hotel for a few years and has been pretty good." "It's just a routine question, don't think too much." "Few follow me." When he saw the waiter Zhou Cheng was talking about, Cheng Che was taken aback, and even Dong Peng's face was slightly surprised.

"Yu Fang? Why are you here?!" After hearing Cheng Che's words, Wu Ning at the side finally understood the reason for their attitude.She looked at the woman in front of her calmly. She was wearing a red and black overalls that are common in hotels, her hair was simply tied behind her head, her quiet face was delicate and fair, but she could still see some traces of time, at least different from Young girl in her twenties. Wu Ning had only heard this name from Cheng Che before, knowing that she was a single mother who lived upstairs from Liu Huihui, and now she matched up with this woman with her head bowed slightly.Previously, because her confession sounded the most reasonable and there were not many suspicious things to be found, the investigation of her was temporarily shelved.Now she appeared at the scene of Deng Feng's death again, which is also similar to the plot in the novel. Could it be that the key to connecting the two cases is this woman named Yu Fang? Wu Ning thought quickly, and his eyes fell on Fang again.Yu Fang still maintained her original posture, as if if no one asked, she would never plan to speak. However, assuming that Yu Fang was related to the case, or even the murderer who planned all of this, then her doing so would be tantamount to pushing herself into the light and making the police pay attention to her.Would she be so adventurous?Or, she was so sure that the police couldn't see any flaws? From Yu Fang's expression, Wu Ning couldn't see the answer, so he simply gave up and looked away, paying attention to Dong Peng's question. "Yu Fang, how long have you been working as a cleaner in this hotel?" Dong Peng's tone had returned to his usual calmness. Yu Fang raised her head, "It's been more than a year. Since she resigned from the hospital because of fainting blood, she left the place where she used to live. After giving birth, in order to make ends meet, she came to work in this hotel and has been working until now." "I heard that you happened to be in charge of cleaning the room of the deceased? Do you know him?" "I only saw him when I was cleaning. He has rarely gone out since he moved in, so every time I go to clean the room, he is always in the room." "Another one who stays behind closed doors." Cheng Che scratched his head, and couldn't help remembering that Liu Huihui was also a house girl shut at home, "But it's not right, this Deng Feng came here from S city, why? Travel, business trip, It is impossible not to go out, is it specially to meet friends? He has been here for a few days, has anyone come to him? " "Officer, you need to know that our fast hotel is not like a big hotel that needs to register when visiting. As long as there is a room number, anyone can go directly to the guest." Zhou Cheng explained. "What about the surveillance video? Can you find out who entered Deng Feng's room?" "Because of the cost, the cameras in the corridors are not in use, only the elevators have cameras." Zhou Cheng answered with difficulty. Cheng Che frowned in frustration, "It's hard to find out which room on the sixth floor everyone went to." "I remembered." Yu Fang suddenly said, "I saw someone come to him, just yesterday, I don't know if this situation is useful to you." "We will make a judgment after we say it." Dong Peng paced back and forth calmly, without turning his head. Yu Fang recalled: "It's a man, but I can't describe his specific appearance." "If you see it, can you deny it?" Dong Peng turned to look at her. Yu Fang nodded affirmatively, "I still remember what happened just yesterday." "Manager Zhou, did you just say that there is a camera in the elevator? Please take out the video and let Yu Fang identify the person." Zhou Cheng responded and walked out quickly. "Let's go upstairs to see Deng Feng's room first." Dong Peng said, stopping Zhao Lin from following, and glanced at Yu Fang who was standing there, "Zhao Lin, you stay here and wait to understand The result of her recognition." "I'll take you to your room first." "No, tell me the room number, we can go up by ourselves." "Okay, Deng Feng lives in room 603, here is the key card." Dong Peng nodded, took Cheng Che and Wu Ning out of the manager's office, and walked through the lobby to take the elevator.When he passed the service desk, he took a few steps, then backed up, came to the service desk, supported the marble countertop of the service desk, and showed the service staff his police card. "You should have heard about what happened in the hotel, right?" Dong Peng spoke lightly, but directly pointed out the subject. The two female receptionists looked at each other, and one of them responded: "I heard from Manager Zhou, and he told us not to let the guests know." "Do you have any impression of the deceased who lived in 603?" "Well, I remember him," replied another receptionist. "There are so many guests coming and going every day, can you remember each one?" "No." The receptionist shook his head, "It's just that when the guest came to check in, he kept calling. I had to go through many procedures several times, and it took me a long time to complete the check-in procedure, so I watched him a few more times. Eye." "You said he was on the phone when he came? What did he say? What was his tone?" A shrewd light flashed in Dong Peng's eyes, and Cheng Che quickly took out his notebook to write down this important clue. The receptionist thought for a while, "I just remember that he said something like 'you can't do this, it's different from what we said'." "He also seemed to say 'I really need this money'." The receptionist next to him added, "I couldn't hear the rest, but he sounded anxious and a little angry." "Did you see him often afterwards?" The two receptionists shook their heads at the same time, "We have been on duty for the past few days, but we have never seen that guest go out." "Thank you, if you think of anything else, you can contact us." Dong Peng said and gestured with his eyes, then turned around and walked towards the elevator.Cheng Che hurriedly stepped forward knowingly, took out the contact information and left it to the receptionist.Only then did the two receptionists see Cheng Che's cute baby face clearly, and swept away the nervousness in the face of Dong Peng just now. They looked at each other and smiled, and one of them took the note from Cheng Che.Of course Cheng Che understood the meaning of that gaze, and hurriedly followed into the elevator.Wu Ning, who was at the end, seemed to be able to hear the whispers of the two receptionists until he stepped into the elevator, and he slightly raised his lips to show a faint smile. The door of room 603 was closed, and there was no cordon around the murder scene like in the past. It seemed that Zhou Cheng tried his best to cover up the murder, making this room look no different from other rooms. Dong Peng put on his white gloves, took out his room card and opened the door. Compared with Liu Huihui's residence, which was like a typhoon passing through, Deng Feng's room was much neater.Dong Peng closed the door and looked around. The first thing he saw was the wide tape pasted on the door frame inside.Because of the force with which the door was opened, half of each piece of tape that should have been attached to the door was lifted, while the other half was mostly still attached to the door frame intact. Dong Peng looked at the tape, but didn't reach out to touch it. Instead, he held the handle and tried to close the door. The tape on the door rustled with his movements.He only paused for a moment, and then opened the door again, probably because the tape had lost its stickiness after being exposed to the air for a long time, and it opened easily. "Team leader, Deng Feng's luggage and belongings are all here." Cheng Che walked to the bed and checked. A black suitcase was placed on the corner of the bed, and watches, wallets, mobile phones and other items were scattered on the low cabinet by the bed.Dong Peng nodded, and Cheng Che squatted down to open the suitcase, looked through it for a while, and then raised his head and said to Dong Peng: "The items in the suitcase are neatly arranged, and there seems to be no trace of being turned over." Dong Peng opened the wallet on the table, which contained several bank cards and some hundred-yuan notes.In one frame, there is a picture of a young woman with a bright smile on her innocent face.Dong Peng took out the photo and handed it to Cheng Che, "Go and find out who this woman is." "yes." Cheng Che carefully put the photo into the evidence bag, and turned around to find that Wu Ning was standing by the window, staring at the window sill thoughtfully, the evening wind blowing in from the open window brushed the ends of her short hair, Outline her slender figure into a tall and straight silhouette. Following her line of sight, both Cheng Che and Dong Peng saw a book lying flat on the window sill. After contacting Zhao Lin's report on the phone before, they naturally guessed that it was discovered at the scene. "Doll's Killing Intent". Cheng Che stepped forward, glanced at the title of the book to confirm, and it was as expected.Those blood-red words seemed shocking now.He touched the cover of the book with his white gloved hand, hesitated subconsciously, and looked at Wu Ning.Wu Ning's eyes flickered slightly, but he didn't move or speak. He just closed his eyes slightly, as if he was lost in thought. Cheng Che understood that Wu Ning acquiesced in taking the book away, so he picked it up and handed it to Dong Peng who came over. Although Dong Peng had read the book once after Liu Huihui was murdered, he still flipped through the book.Suddenly, Cheng Che, who was always paying attention by his side, seemed to have discovered a new continent, and exclaimed in surprise: "There is a mark on the book!" Dong Peng searched carefully again, and finally stopped at a page marked with a yellow marker.A section of the book was drawn with a marker, but the lines were crooked, like steel wires that could not be straightened. It is not difficult to see the chaotic mood of the person marking it. Cheng Che read these few lines softly: "He was lying on his stomach among the flowers, his limbs were like broken branches, hanging weakly on the flower branches. He turned his head sideways, and blood flowed from his mouth and nose, and he seemed to have been dead for a long time. Looking up along the corpse Go, and through the open window of the room, the gray curtains peeking out flutter in the wind like dead leaves blown by the wind." "This, isn't this the description of when the body of the second deceased was found? It's exactly the same as when Deng Feng died!" Cheng Che said with wide-eyed eyes. Dong Peng looked at Wu Ning, but Wu Ning was still leaning against the window, without any emotion on his calm face.Dong Peng turned his attention to the book again. He turned the book to the last copyright page and looked at the date on it. "This book was published three years ago." "Three years..." Cheng Che repeated in a murmur. In the process of investigating the case, this time was repeatedly mentioned. It seemed that all the blame was pointed at three years ago, and the tricks in Wu Xiao's novels that appeared repeatedly It's hard not to remind people that Wu Xiao was stabbed to death by a fanatic book fan, and it was also at that time. Wu Ning finally moved, but he said something seemingly irrelevant to the topic just now, "There are no footprints on the windowsill." Her words made Dong Peng slightly frown. He stuffed the book in his hand to Cheng Che, while he walked quickly to the window sill and looked it over carefully.Looking out from the open window, it happened to be the place where Deng Feng's body was found, but as Wu Ning said, no matter inside or outside the window, there was only some floating soil on the window sill, and there were no other traces. "I remember Deng Feng's corpse, wearing shoes on his feet..." Cheng Che tilted his head, thinking hard, "The window sill has not been stepped on. Could it be that Deng Feng committed suicide?" "This is still uncertain, but the possibility of homicide is not ruled out." Dong Peng walked back to the middle of the room, "Also, did the murderer kill Deng Feng and put this book here on purpose, or did Deng Feng take it to the room by himself?" We don't know either." Cheng Che nodded, and couldn't help looking at the tape pasted in the door frame, "But if it was a homicide, how did the murderer leave the room after the murder?" "Yes, this problem must be resolved." As soon as Dong Peng finished speaking, there was a knock on the door, and it was one of Shang Yunxuan's assistants who pushed the door and entered.He walked up to Dong Peng and politely handed over several sheets of paper filled with records.Dong Peng, who is sharp and capable, is treated with respect and fear by most people, except of course, Shang Yunxuan, a man who acts recklessly. "Officer Dong, this is the autopsy record. The deceased was a male, about 30 years old. The cause of death was blunt force injury caused by falling from a building. The time of death was about an hour ago, that is, around 4:00 to 5:00. There are no other injuries, and the body has been transported back to the bureau, waiting for further autopsy to confirm. In addition, this was found in the pocket of the deceased's jacket." The assistant said and handed in the evidence bag, Dong Peng took it over, took a look, and handed it to Cheng Cheng thorough. "Is it the business card of this hotel? This is also very common. It may be that Deng Feng checked here before he came, or a friend who lived there gave him the business card." Cheng Che analyzed with the evidence bag. "No matter what, I'll ask the manager later to see if I found anything." After Dong Peng finished speaking, he turned to the assistant again, "Where is Shang Yunxuan? Why didn't he hand in the autopsy report himself?" Facing Dong Peng's inquiring gaze, the assistant was obviously a little nervous, and replied hesitantly: "Shang, forensic doctor Shang has left." "He's gone?" Dong Peng's eyes flashed, making the assistant even more at a loss. "Yes, I left ten minutes ago." The assistant thought that Dong Peng would be dissatisfied, but Dong Peng just said casually, "I know", and pointed to the window, "Let the forensic personnel come over to take samples, and strictly check that window, especially in the window frame. Clean it up for me." "Okay, Officer Dong." After Dong Peng finished his orders, he asked his assistant to leave the records and physical evidence and leave first to summon the forensic evidence downstairs.It wasn't until he reached the corridor that the assistant heaved a sigh of relief and got rid of the invisible pressure when facing Dong Peng. As soon as the assistant went out, Wu Ning followed to the door. "Where are you going?" Cheng Che asked. "Of course I'm going home, Xiaoxiao is still waiting for me to make dinner." Wu Ning turned his head and gave him a natural look, "I'm not a policeman, so there's no need to be so dedicated. If you continue to investigate, I won't accompany you." After Wu Ning finished speaking, he walked out of room 603 without looking back. Cheng Che looked blankly at the room where only he and Dong Peng were left for a moment, "Leader, what are we going to do next?" Dong Peng glared at him, "Of course I will continue to work overtime, to get a rough idea of ​​the case first. Let's go and see how Zhao Lin's results are going."