Chapter 8 chapter eight

Tang Kai's body was discovered halfway through the wedding banquet, which was already noon. Finally, a guest chose that private room.Like a mockery of Tang Kai's death, the people who went to that private room were celebrating the birth of a new life.A group of relatives and friends surrounded a young couple. Their son just had a full moon, and everyone came to drink full moon wine.The waiter opened the door of the private room, stood by the door and watched everyone enter with a smile.The child's father was the first to walk in, and he stopped suddenly after taking half a step.He was still calm, and hurriedly turned around, trembling to protect the baby in the swaddle, and tried to block his wife's sight.But the wife still saw it. She screamed and almost threw the child on the ground.

Fu'an Hotel belongs to Renhui District of Xinjiang City. After receiving the report, the police from Renhui Criminal Police Brigade rushed over. On-site surveys and peripheral surveys were carried out simultaneously.A cordon was set up at both ends of the corridor, photographs were taken, autopsies were collected, traces were collected, and physical evidence was searched for... The conclusion was quickly drawn that the deceased was killed by a single-edged knife through the heart, and the death time was about an hour.There were no traces of a struggle, and no corpse was removed. It was preliminarily determined that it was done by one person, and the murderer was very likely to be acquainted with the deceased.Judging from the accuracy and strength of the knife, the murderer's modus operandi is proficient and seasoned, with rich experience and excellent psychological quality.

Sophisticated, experienced and excellent psychological quality?I'm afraid Xia Churong would be shocked when she heard such a conclusion.But, really, except for a seasoned, experienced, and psychologically sound killer, who could kill him with one blow and then leave without leaving any traces? no trace.Footprints, fingerprints, hairs, fibers...everything of value was missing. Of course not.Carpet is the best barrier to cover footprints. Unless it is raining, water comes in from shoes, or mud, blood, feces... those obvious things, otherwise it is too difficult to find footprints on the carpet.All fingerprints had been wiped clean by Xia Churong.There is no hair or other things that can fall off, because Tang Kai has never torn with Xia Churong, or even touched her.Even so, before leaving, Xia Churong carefully checked all the corners of the private room, and did not leave until she was sure that there were no clues left.Thanks to this inspection, without it, the police would have found a business card with the words "Zhou Yulou" printed on it in the corner of the private room.It was Zhou Yulou who took it out of his pocket when he took out Tang Kai's wallet, and Xia Churong found it in time and took it away.The only physical evidence at the scene was the knife. It was a stainless steel kitchen knife, Meifeng brand. Xia Churong left it on Tang Kai because she was worried that it would get blood when it was pulled out.

In fact, it is not difficult to find the murderer. Usually, one only needs to look at the surveillance video and there will be amazing discoveries.However, unfortunate news came from the monitoring room of Fu'an Hotel. The hotel's monitoring probe was struck by lightning on the rainy night two days ago, and the entire monitoring system was paralyzed. . The most important thing is to find out the identity of the deceased. The police obtained an important clue from Tang Kai - the door remote control of the Mercedes-Benz.The leading police officer was Wang Lin. While he was sending someone to the parking lot with a remote control to search for the deceased's car, he was also asking someone to carry Tang Kai's photo inside the Fu'an Hotel for identification.Of course, it also includes the Fu'an Hall on the second floor.

When a young policeman under Wang Lin came to Fu'an Hall, Zhou Yulou was toasting with Jiang Dan at the table.Just now, at an opportune time, Zhou Yulou told everyone that he had spoken to Haining's mother on the phone, and that her daughter was out of danger, so there was no need to worry.So everyone breathed a sigh of relief and devoted themselves to the celebration of the wedding. Tang Kai in the photo looked like a dead person, and only dead people had such a stiff expression.The background of the photo was the chrysanthemum-printed carpet in the private room. Tang Kai's head was pressed against the center of a chrysanthemum, and the petals shot out in all directions, as if his head was emitting golden light.Although there was no blood on his face, his eyes widened by pain and astonishment stared directly at the camera lens, making everyone who saw him panic and timid.

The photos began to be circulated from the banquet by the door of Fu'an Hall. Everyone shook their heads and said they didn't recognize each other, and then quickly threw them away, as if throwing away an unlucky obscurity.Some people also asked the policeman what happened. The policeman said that they were investigating the murder downstairs, which made people even more uneasy. Zhou Yulou saw him as soon as the police came in.His heart sank first, and then he quickly made a judgment.Firstly, the body has already been found; secondly, Xia Churong must have escaped, otherwise the police wouldn't have to bother to show people the photos so they can identify her.There are two things that worry Zhou Yulou the most. One is fingerprints. He has touched the handles on both sides of the door, so there must be his fingerprints on them.But when he thought about it, he felt that Xia Churong should take care of all this before leaving.The second point, which worried him the most, would any of today's guests have doubts about him?Could the delay of the ceremony be connected to the dead downstairs?

Then you have to resign yourself to fate! Zhou Yulou tried his best to keep calm, while toasting the guests with a forced smile, while secretly observing the policeman's work.Beads of sweat kept oozing from his forehead. He couldn't imagine how he would react when he saw that face after a while, whether he would lose his composure, whether his feet would be soft, and whether he would show his flaws in front of the police... However, this worry was quickly diluted by an episode. A relative of Jiang Dan's family quarreled with the police.The relative drank too much and saw the policeman dangling a photo of a dead person at the wedding banquet. He felt that it was an eyesore and ominous, so he cursed and wanted to tear it up.The police immediately became furious and threatened.The relatives fought back because of the crowd, the police patted the table, and the relatives picked up the wine bottle... Seeing this, Huang Dasheng hurried over to separate the two.Huang Dasheng is a reporter for the legal section of the Evening News, and has had good communication with the police over the years.The matter calmed down quickly, the relatives were persuaded to leave, and the photo identification continued.Zhou Yulou's nervousness was somewhat diluted by this episode, but when he saw Tang Kai's wide-open eyes in the photo, he still couldn't help trembling secretly.

Of course, he told the police, he never saw the man. Huang Dasheng had already learned about the murder on the first floor when he went downstairs to see some friends off.He glanced outside the cordon for a while, and then saw his old acquaintance Wang Lin.Wang Lin let Huang Dasheng in, briefly explained the situation, and told him not to write the report so bloody.Although Huang Dasheng has long been accustomed to bloody murder scenes, he still couldn't help trembling when he saw Tang Kai's body.It wasn't that the scene was so cruel, but that his best friend Zhou Yulou was getting married upstairs, but there was a dead body lying downstairs, which made him feel unlucky.He briefly memorized the situation at the scene before going upstairs.

Just as Tang Kai's photos were being circulated among the wedding guests, the same investigation was being carried out in every corner of Fu'an Hotel, but it was not going well.The waiters and guests of the restaurant said they had never seen the people in the photos.It is understandable that the guests have not seen it, but even the waiter said that he had never seen it. This is mainly because the many guests attending Zhou Yulou's wedding disturbed the attention of the waiter, and Tang Kai himself was not good-looking. Sometimes it was silent. The investigation turned up almost nothing, and people from Fu'an Hotel told the police that no strange people had been seen coming in, and everyone seemed normal.In addition, Tang Kai's car was not found, that's because Tang Kai's car was not parked in the hotel parking lot at all, he parked in an alley next to the mobile phone store across the road.

After a lot of tossing, the wedding banquet was finally over. Zhou Yulou breathed a long sigh of relief.Thankfully, none of the guests, including Huang Dasheng, who has a sensitive sense of smell, connected him with the murder.In fact, one of the guests should recognize Tang Kai - Lao Chen, the director of the Vocal Music Department.But Lao Chen drank a little too much today, his eyesight was not good, and Tang Kai had just cut his head, and his expression was unusual, so although Lao Chen hesitated a little when looking at the photo, he still shook his head resolutely.Huang Dasheng took care of the finishing matters of the wedding and rushed back to the agency to publish the article.The guests have all left, and now, there is only the last procedure left in the whole wedding - the reunion dinner.

When Zhou Yulou sat down at the dining table, his physical and mental strength were already on the verge of overdrawing.Just now he suggested to Jiang Dan that since the murder happened downstairs, it is very unlucky, it is better to have the reunion dinner another day, but Jiang Dan still insisted on finishing the meal before leaving.At the banquet of 1,088 tables, when the dishes were served, Zhou Yulou resisted not to spit them out.He could see bloodstains on Tang Kai's body in almost every dish. But the really terrible thing happened when the reunion dinner was going on for more than ten minutes. At that time, Jiang Siye was proposing a glass of wine to everyone, and he said solemnly: "Congratulations on the success of today's handover procedure." Everyone wondered, what handover procedure?Jiang Siye explained: "Dandan was handed over to Yulou from me. Isn't this a handover procedure?" Everyone was laughing, and Zhou Yulou suddenly saw a policeman walking towards this side, followed by another person.Zhou Yulou recognized him at a glance—it was the hotel head waiter who walked over when he was talking to Tang Kai in the corridor on the first floor! Zhou Yulou froze immediately. He saw the foreman muttering something to the policeman in a low voice, pointing his hand secretly at himself, and clearly said with his mouth, "That's him." For a moment, Zhou Yulou almost jumped up!Get out desperately!But he sat still.He saw the policeman come to him, stood still, and then grabbed him with one hand... I don't know how long it took, maybe it was just a short moment, Zhou Yulou finally judged that the policeman didn't seem to have any malicious intentions, the policeman was smiling, His arms were hanging there, just trying to shake his hand.So Zhou Yulou hurriedly passed his hand over, and at the same time stood up with a smile to greet the police.The policeman spoke: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Wang Lin. I am a criminal policeman from the Renhui Criminal Police Brigade. I am responsible for the case that happened downstairs today." "Oh..." Zhou Yulou asked anxiously, "Is there any progress?" Wang Lin shook his head. "Is there anything we can do to help?" Wang Lin smiled, "You have helped us identify the photos, which is already the greatest support for our work. I am here to express my apologies. On a happy day, I have to look at those unsightly things to help us solve the case. I’m really sorry. Today, our criminal policeman had some unpleasantness with your guests because of his youthful vigor, so let me first apologize to your family on his behalf.” After finishing speaking, Wang Lin saluted everyone solemnly. They hurriedly stood up to stop them, and then everyone said goodbye to each other after saying some intimate words about the police and civilian family. Wang Lin turned and left, Zhou Yulou fell on the chair. During the entire reunion dinner, Zhou Yulou didn't eat more than three bites of food.He drank his drink desperately, not daring to take a sip of wine.He is very afraid that after drinking, he will say things that should not be said.Alcohol plus nervousness, who knows what chemical reaction will happen?Zhou Yulou sat with a smile on his face like that, and endured until the end of the reunion dinner. This is Zhou Yulou's wedding, which begins with romance, proceeds with shock, and ends with unforgettable memories.Zhou Yulou couldn't figure out how the man found Fu'an Hotel anyway.His wife would never tell him, so how did he know it?Was it pointed out or was it an accidental coincidence? There is no answer, the answer is in hell. One thing that needs to be explained is that it is not that Zhou Yulou never thought of calling the police and voluntarily exposing the truth about Xia Churong's murder.In fact, he has been thinking about this question since he escaped from that private room.However, the thoughts that were repeated over and over again eventually drew red crosses one after another.Zhou Yulou told himself that he couldn't do that, because he was really ashamed of Xia Churong.In addition, killing someone is a big mistake, but Xia Churong's impulse is not completely incomprehensible.As she herself said, how could such a shameful transaction be bearable if she used her wife to sleep with others as her capital to make a fortune?Besides, even if the man is not wrong to die, but he is already dead after all, this fact is irreversible, so why bother with another poor woman... Hehe, maybe these are just the words Zhou Yulou tried to convince himself Well, the real reason is hidden in the deepest part of his heart: if the truth of the matter is revealed, how will Zhou Yulou's life continue? Don't forget, Zhou Yulou, he regards reputation as his life.