Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Helping to find a body on the beach

If there was good news today, her only hope would be to see that bastard Li Chengbin punished, nothing else.

"You can't even shoot a gun properly, yet you're still thinking about getting shot." Chen Da felt a little amused and helpless when he saw that she didn't even guess at other possibilities.

But it's almost the same.

"What do you mean?" Qiu Jiang asked anxiously.

"The man who is going to be shot is called Niu Yong, and Li Chengbin is probably dead already." An unfamiliar name came out of Chen Da's mouth, and Qiu Jiang immediately understood that this was the real name of "Li Chengbin".

"Then can we sue him?" Qiu Jiang asked hurriedly.

Chen Da shook his head. "Not for now?"

"Why? Can't we prove that he was impersonating someone else? And he stabbed so many people in the street. The evidence is irrefutable."

"Don't worry. He's definitely stabbed in the street, but we can't prove whether it was Niu Yong or Li Chengbin, at least not legally."

"What do you mean?" Qiu Jiang frowned, then finally understood. "Do we need a DNA test?"

Chen Da then remembered the name, "Yes, yes, that's the name."

It's only been fifteen years since DNA technology was first used in domestic criminal investigations. It wasn't officially announced for use in civil cases until five years ago, and the country didn't introduce relevant standards until this year. So many veteran detectives know there's a magical weapon called DNA testing, which is guaranteed to reveal your true background. But if you ask them what the test is called, they'll be completely clueless, let alone the principles behind the technology.

Chen Da only knew that the forensic doctor had obtained the sample. He had just praised the technology on the road, but when he wanted to show off to her, he got stuck and she told him about it instead. He chuckled twice, revealing a hint of embarrassment.

"That's what we should do. We should just expose Niu Yong's identity and make sure he dies clearly." Qiu Jiang's eyes were frighteningly bright, and every word she spoke was filled with death. Chen Da felt a chill on the back of his neck when he heard it, and couldn't help but wonder how the little white flower from the past could become a domineering flower in just two days after arriving at the Municipal Bureau.

"So, Team Ji and the others have returned to the bureau?"

"No, we don't need to do the appraisal. Besides, Guo Kai has already gone to the bureau to continue the investigation, so there's no need for Captain Ji to be present."

"oh oh."

Well, now her heart and eyes were filled with the joy that Niu Yong was going to be shot. At this moment, she even found the gray curbs cute. She didn't care what their leader was doing.

"Then why are you here, Brother Chen..." Qiu Jiang asked in confusion.

Chen Dalu smiled slightly, revealing a hint of embarrassment and a subtle flattery in his smile, which made Qiu Jiang feel a chill on her back.

Only after hearing what he said was the matter did Qiu Jiang breathe a sigh of relief and agreed immediately, "Okay, no problem, I'm fine anyway."

Chen Da patted her shoulder vigorously, his face full of joy, "Good girl, I'll treat you to a meal after you finish your work."

"Thank you, Brother Chen." Qiu Jiang agreed with a grin.

When they got in the car, Qiu Jiang listened to Chen Da's brief explanation of why he had come to her. "Originally, this on-site recording job wasn't yours, but the recorder, Xiao Chen from the branch, is on vacation and hasn't come back yet. Plus, you did a great job recording the scene last time. I had no choice but to come to you, but I couldn't contact you. I heard Xingwang said you might be here, so I came straight here. I didn't expect to see you rushing out right after I parked the car. What a coincidence."

Chen Da's tone sounded very happy. Qiu Jiang felt that her abilities were recognized, and she had a smile on her face, which created a very good atmosphere in the car.

Chen Da then went on to explain the case. "Today, as fishermen were about to go fishing, they saw a piece of black cloth floating in the sea. They didn't look closely at first, but when it drifted along with the current, they realized it was a male corpse. The family was terrified and quickly called the police."

As soon as he said it was the beach, Qiu Jiang knew why he was the one involved in this matter.

Anxi City is not big, but it is a city by the sea, and the sea is located in the development zone, which is the same district as Da'an Village where she first went on a police mission. Since it was a case in the development zone, it was naturally assigned to the Anlu District Criminal Police Team. Chen Da had not yet completely resigned and reported to the Municipal Bureau, so naturally he had to take over.

She remembered that because it was close to the sea, there were many kinds of fresh seafood sold in the market. Her eldest brother would often make fish soup for them, and even put some dried scallops in the dumplings, which made them taste extra delicious.

In the past, when her eldest brother was not injured, he would sometimes take her, Siyu and Sichen to the beach to pick seafood. They could have fun and have a seafood feast when they returned home. Every time they went to the beach, the three of them were very happy.

Later, after the birth of her younger nephew and niece, the family burden became heavier, and the eldest brother had no time to take them to the beach. Later, his leg was injured, so compared with her and the older nephew and niece, the younger nephew and niece basically never had a good time out for fun.

Fortunately, Sichen's school is right here. Sometimes he feels sorry for his younger siblings, so he would go to the beach to catch a bucket of seafood on the day he returns or the day before, and bring back his little sister's favorite shells and beautiful stones. Every time he goes back, Simiao and Sien are very happy.

Since I'm handling a case here this time, maybe I can also visit Sichen on the way, which is really killing two birds with one stone.

Chen Da was touched to see that she could still smile even though she was asked to work overtime on the weekend.

She is not afraid of hard work, never complains, and is always there to help. She is also smart. I heard that she was the one who discovered Xu Linshi's body and was injured for it. However, she didn't tell anyone after she came back. Deng Xingwang said that she seemed to be fine these two days. If he hadn't smelled the scent of ointment on her body yesterday and accidentally asked Wang Li about it, he would have no idea where he heard about it.

A girl like this, if not a chosen criminal police talent, is nothing else.

The way he looked at Qiu Jiang became more and more kind, and he almost looked at Qiu Jiang with disgust.

Chen Da then coughed and retracted his gaze, concentrating on driving. About half an hour later, the coastline shrouded in fog was already faintly visible. Driving along the coastal road that had just been repaired less than two years ago, there were very few cars to be seen, which made this place look particularly clean and the view was extremely broad.

Qiu Jiang stared at the sea without blinking, just like every child who grew up inland and had never seen the sea.

In my previous life, I grew up in the frontier. There was no sea there, only lonely smoke in the desert and setting sun over the long river. I had no idea what it meant for the sea and sky to be one. Breathing the sea breeze outside, I felt much more refreshed. Occasionally, I could see a few seabirds chasing and playing on the sea. It was so beautiful.

Seeing the sea with her own eyes, which was exactly the same as in her memory, and even more spectacular and beautiful, she was reluctant to close her eyes. However, when she saw the corpse on the shore, her good mood disappeared.

The familiar pain in her lower abdomen came again, even though this time it was milder than the previous two times, and even disappeared in the blink of an eye. Qiu Jiang also knew that if this happened, it meant that the person was killed, not committing suicide.

Qiu Jiang made this inference based on the experience of seeing four people in the hospital with no reaction in their lower abdomen.

Sure enough, the black shadow she saw later further confirmed her speculation.

A blurry black shadow appeared out of nowhere, hurriedly pushing something like a four-wheeled cart towards the beach. The other black shadow on the cart was motionless, but the occasional movement of his arms proved that he was still alive.

The man pushing the cart was about ten centimeters taller than her and not very strong, but he pushed it for such a long time without stopping for a moment. He pushed the cart to the beach. Another black shadow suddenly held the edge of the cart and tried to stagger down. The standing black shadow did not hesitate at all. He picked up the stone next to him and threw it at her, splashing black ink-like stuff everywhere.

Qiu Jiang's breathing stagnated, and he suddenly came back to his senses from the video. He looked around, and the dark shadows were gone, and there was only a white corpse soaked in water.

"The time of death was between 3 and 5 in the morning, and the cause of death was a sharp object hitting the head..."

Another female forensic doctor from the Municipal Bureau was explaining the results of the examination. She was an acquaintance. Qiu Jiang didn't care about anything else and hurriedly made notes in her notebook.

Chen Da stood casually with his legs slightly apart, not far from the corpse's waist and abdomen, and complained, "It's a murder case. Tell me, after the first one, there's a second one. It's only been a few days, and there are two murders in a row. The previous case was just concluded and the trial hasn't even started yet, and now there's another one. Are they trying to make me a double-edged sword?"

"It's not good. It happens again and again. I've seen two dead bodies this week. If this continues, I'm going to have a psychological trauma."

"Psychological trauma, bullshit. It wasn't you who was involved in the last case. If there was any psychological trauma, it should be Jiang Jiang."

Chen Da exposed it directly, but the man didn't get angry. He laughed and said, "Didn't you and Jiang Jiang go there last time? We're all family, so it's the same as if you went with me. I felt so sorry for you that I wanted to vomit. Captain Chen, please don't let me down."

"Poor, if you're any poorer, I'll make you carry a body bag."

Chen Da's move was a sure kill, and he immediately wilted. He was so scared that he hid far away, jumping up and down like that, which was very funny. After hiding, he refused repeatedly, "No, no, I'm scared."

His interruption helped to ease the tense atmosphere a little, but everyone still looked unhappy when they saw the prominent marks on the deceased's neck and his disfigured face.

Chen Da gathered everyone together and informed them of what he had learned. After Qiu Jiang finished taking notes at the forensic department, he hurried over to listen.

He lowered his voice. "The tide came in here last night, completely washing away all traces. According to the fishermen who found the body, they discovered it around six o'clock, about a hundred meters from their small fishing boat. Besides their family, several other families were preparing to fish nearby, but they didn't notice it. Their shouting attracted them. The police have taken statements from everyone here, and everyone's testimony is basically correct. I believe there are no problems."

"Also, the autopsy results indicate that the deceased died between 3:00 and 5:00 AM, or five to seven hours ago. Unfortunately, there's no identifying information on this person. So, our priorities are twofold: first, to find any witnesses who might have witnessed the incident between 3:00 and 5:00 AM, and second, to identify the deceased. Do you understand?"

"clear."

Seeing this, Chen Da directly divided the people who could be transferred out into two groups to search for clues, while the rest of the people continued to stay where they were and search for any evidence they had overlooked.

After Qiu Jiang finished writing down the relevant information, he began to write down the information left by the black shadow from the back of the notebook.

He was about 1.7 meters tall or just over 1.7 meters tall, thin, and had fierce movements. He came down from the road next to him.

Qiu Jiang looked in the direction of the highway. Unlike other beaches, there was actually a wide cement road connecting to the highway here, so the flatbed truck could reach the beach smoothly without leaving any traces. From this point of view, the murderer was very familiar with this place. He had either been here before, or he was a local or someone who worked here.

"Brother Chen, why is there a road here?" Qiu Jiang was a little curious.

Chen Da guessed it without even looking at the road she was talking about. "They're planning to build a port on the coast, and to facilitate transportation, they built this temporary road. It's been finished for a month."

"Do many people know this road?"

Chen Da frowned and thought for a moment, "It should be quite a lot."

Qiu Jiang was a little disappointed and looked directly at the next marked point.

Four-wheeled pulley for transporting goods.

That cart can accommodate one person. Unless it is a store or person with a large demand for loading and unloading goods, they probably won't buy this thing. The development zone is currently under construction, and there probably aren't many places that meet this requirement.

She walked over to the fishermen who had not yet left to ask, and sure enough, there were only seven shops that met her requirements.

A disco, two supermarkets, and four factories engaged in seafood processing and winemaking.

Although they didn't know what the point of this beautiful lesbian asking this was, they still tried their best to provide the information they knew, but unfortunately they still got nothing.

Qiu Jiang was trying hard to think if there were any other forgotten points. When he was walking back, his ears suddenly moved.

"The weather is getting colder. Do you want to go to the Le Niao Disco to dance tonight?"

"What the hell? It's too expensive there. How many fish do I have to catch to go there? No way."

"Then you don't want to go?" the man asked again.

"What's the point of wanting to go? Who can afford to go?" Without money, nothing works. This person knew it very well, but he really wanted to go. He said to the person asking the question, "If you want to go so badly, you might as well go work there. Not only can you earn money, but you can also dance for free."

"That makes sense, but can they hire us?"

"How will you know if you don't try?"

"Okay, okay, let's go, let's try it. We'll talk later if it doesn't work."

"Okay, if that doesn't work, then go ask around at other places. It wouldn't be bad to take the opportunity to find a job to make a living. If you can save a few dozen or a hundred bucks, you can go to the disco and have some fun."

"Okay."

Qiu Jiang's expression changed and she ran to Chen Da, who was calling the city to ask for help in finding someone.

"Okay, thank you very much, brother. I'll treat you to a meal later."

After he finished speaking, she spoke, "Brother Chen, I've finished recording and I want to help find someone. I don't know anyone else in other places. I just heard from people here that there are a few big stores nearby. Why don't I go to those stores and ask?"

Chen Da had no objection at all, "Okay, take two more people with you."

As he spoke, he called over two young men. They knew Qiu Jiang before, so it was not awkward for the three of them to go together. Before they left, he gave them a sketch of the portrait, which looked very similar to the deceased.

Qiu Jiang was very surprised, "Thank you, Brother Chen."

"Let's go, be safe."

"OK."

Unlike Qiu Jiang, the outsider, one of these two colleagues is from the development zone, and the other's mother-in-law's family is also in the development zone. They are much more familiar with this place than she is. Knowing that she wanted to go to places with large traffic such as stores to check, they naturally had no objection and even gave her the best route.

Among the three, the young man named Wang Cheng who lived in the development zone could drive, so he drove a car from the bureau to take them to the nearest food processing factory.

At that time, the factory was not very busy. The security guard was bored and reading the newspaper. Finally, when he saw them get out of the police car, he finally took his eyes off the newspaper. Especially when he saw the three of them coming over, he quickly closed the newspaper and said with a smile, "Comrade, what can I do for you?"

"Uncle, we are looking for someone. Could you please see if you know him?"

When the old man heard it was such a small matter, his expression immediately relaxed. "I'm not bragging, but I can definitely recognize anyone from our factory. Even if it's someone else who has been to our factory, as long as I've met them, I'll definitely remember them. You've come to the right person."

"That would be great."

Qiu Jiang handed the sketch over. The old man took it with both hands, pushed up his reading glasses and looked at it carefully. In less than a minute, he gave an answer with extraordinary certainty, "This person is not from our factory, and I have never seen him, but..."

"But what?" she asked quickly.

The old man thought about it carefully and said seriously, "This person doesn't look like he's from our area. Judging from his face, he must be from another place. He looks a bit like... from Jiangzhou. Yes, yes, yes, he looks a bit like there. Even if he's not, there must be someone in his family from Jiangzhou."

Wang Cheng and the others also came over to take a look. "It's true that they don't look like the people here."

Working outside the province.

There are many migrant workers here, and the old man’s guess is very likely to be true. This is also a gain. Qiu Jiang specially thanked the old man before leaving.

"No thanks, no thanks."

The four factories were not far from each other. After checking the first one, they moved on to the remaining three. They said they didn't know the identity of the first two. When they got to the fourth winery, the guard saw the portrait and exclaimed, "I think I have some impression of this person."

Qiu Jiang was immediately delighted, "Uncle, do you know him?"

"I don't know him, but I remember he came to our place to load goods. Yes, yes, yes, I should have his entry and exit records here. Wait for me to look through them."

He pulled out a thick blue notebook from the drawer and flipped through it from back to front. After turning about five or six pages, he suddenly pointed at a name and said, "Yes, that's him. His name is... Kuang Tian. Yes, this is the guy. His company is called Le Niao Disco."

Kuangtian, Le Niao Disco.

Qiu Jiang was not unfamiliar with the name of this disco, because the two fishermen at the beach had been mentioning this disco before they came, and it was also one of their next destinations.

"Tell Captain Chen that the deceased has been identified."

As soon as Qiu Jiang opened his mouth, Wang Chengli pulled out his intercom and called, "Captain Chen, Captain Chen, the deceased has been identified. Please come to the Le Niao Disco as soon as possible."

After a burst of hissing sounds, Chen Da's excited voice came from the other side, "Okay, I'll be right over."

Qiu Jiang and the others didn't dare to delay and drove straight to the disco.

…

Outside the Le Niao Disco.

As soon as Wang Chenggang stopped the car, Qiu Jiang and Zhao Yongxin immediately went to knock on the door, but there was no one there.

"The disco is open at night, so they should have closed by now. To find the person in charge of this place, I'll probably need the cooperation of the local police. I happen to have a friend who works at the police station, so I'll find a phone number to contact him." After Zhao Yongxin finished speaking, he aimed at the telephone booth on the side of the road and ran straight over.

Qiu Jiang and Wang Cheng didn't just sit there and wait. Instead, they went to the nearby shops to see if any of them were occupied. In the third shop on the right across from the disco, they actually found a man filling the sink with water. When he saw them come in, he immediately put down the hose, wiped his hands, and greeted them with a smile. "Welcome, I have crabs, conchs, prawns, and all kinds of other things. They are all freshly caught that day. What would you like to order... No?"

Chang Qishui was speechless after seeing the certificates they held. Fortunately, he often encountered inspections when running a shop and doing business, so he thought they were the same. However, when his eyes swept over the two words on the certificate, his mind was silent again.

"You are... detectives?"

"Yes, do you know this person?" Qiu Jiang took out the portrait and asked.

Chang Qishui took a quick look and blurted out, "Kuang Tian? What's wrong with him?"

I actually know him.

"He's dead."

Chang Qishui's legs immediately started to tremble, and he swallowed hard, "Dead, dead?"

"His body was found on the beach today. We want to know about his social connections and whether he had any grudges with anyone recently."

His face was filled with confusion and discomfort. "How could there be any grudges? Kuang Tian is usually carefree and righteous. He can chat with anyone. I haven't heard of him having any grudges with anyone. How could he die?"

"Then how much do you know about him?" Qiu Jiang asked again.

Chang Qishui was a little unsteady on his feet, and he leaned on the edge of the pool before he began to speak, "Kuang Tian has been working here for over a year. I heard his family is from Leyuan Town, Jiangzhou. Because his parents died young, his sister remarried here, so he lives with her. The area has been developing quite well in the past two years, so he found a job at the Le Niao Disco, and he gets along well with the people around him."

"Where does he usually live?"

"He lived in the dormitory. There were a lot of people working in their disco, and their boss's family lived nearby, so they built a three-story building for them to live in. He should have lived in the dormitory too. After all, his sister had just given birth. He mentioned before that coming home so late was not going to disturb his sister and nephew's rest. He was a good young man, so how could he die?"

The boss shed a few tears and looked very sad for the deceased.

Qiu Jiang and the others also felt unhappy after hearing this.

He was obviously about the same age as them, but in the end he was brutally murdered and thrown into the sea.

If his family knew, they would be so sad.

"Boss, give me two crabs and a pound of shrimp. Please give me some extra shrimp."

"Hey, here I come."

Now that they had asked all the questions, they couldn't delay other people's business, so Qiu Jiang moved aside to make way. Chang Qishui's legs were still shaking a little, and he held on to the water tank as he went over to work.

At this time, Qiu Jiang saw a car whizzing past outside. It looked quite familiar. It was the scrapped car that Chen Da drove on the mountain. After repairing it, it could still be driven. He drove this car to bring her here. Seeing that he had arrived, Qiu Jiang and her were ready to go out. As soon as they stepped out of the door, they heard the seafood store owner chatting with the person who was buying things.

"Hey, do all the people in your disco live in the dormitory? Do you know who Kuang Tian shares a dormitory with?"