Chapter 27 Saw a suspicious red liquid.
Lin Meiqi and Feng Charlie were shocked for a moment and looked at each other silently.
How come there are two victims of domestic violence now?
It can be seen that the injuries on the victim Zhao Chutong and her husband were not new ones in the past few days. There were many traces of old injuries that could not be erased.
"Why did she beat you?"
Zhao Chutong's husband lowered his head: "She always complained that I couldn't give her what she wanted. She felt that she was wronged by being with me. When she felt a little angry, she would start to smash things. Look at this cup. She smashed it on the ground before going to work yesterday morning. I didn't have time to clean it up. I just picked it up and put it there temporarily. I don't know how much property was broken. Part of the family's expenses were spent in this way."
The man pointed to a fresh wound on his arm, which looked quite deep. "She scratched my arm with the fragments of the broken bowl."
"So, there is a violent element in her character?" asked Charlie Feng.
"Of course, in fact, the neighbors should have also reflected that Chu Tong is a rather arrogant person. And I can't understand the things she likes."
"What does she like?"
"Cold-blooded animal."
"What?"
"Yes, it's just what you think. She likes snakes, lizards and the like. But I never thought that she was bitten to death by a snake..."
"So, does Zhao Chutong raise cold-blooded animals?"
"She usually buys books about snakes and did go to the flower and bird market to try to buy a snake. Of course, we had a big fight over this and she didn't get what she wanted. I was really angry that time and I fought back, so in the end both of us got hurt. I may have caused wounds on her, but I was also seriously injured. But you have to know that most of the wounds on her body were not caused by me. I am a weak person and I am used to accepting what is done to me. I don't have the urge to hit people."
"So who caused most of the wounds on Zhao Chutong's body?" asked Feng Charlie.
"From what I know, it was probably caused by her parents beating her."
"parents?"
"Yes, that's why Chu Tong didn't come back yesterday. I think it's normal. Chu Tong often goes back to her parents' house to ask for money because she asks for money too many times and the amount is relatively high. At first, her family was dissatisfied, but she couldn't get the money from me, so she had to go home and make a scene. After making a scene, her parents got anxious. Later, when she went to ask for money again, she would be beaten by her parents. To be honest, her family has a hot temper, just like her. They don't seem to know how to talk nicely and they grab weapons at any time. The few times I went there, I was shocked by the dog jumping. So, when she goes back to her parents' house, I basically don't care."
Feng Charlie pondered for a moment: "Except for the time she went to the flower and bird market to ask about snake breeding, has she communicated with some snake breeders at other times?"
"Perhaps there has been, but I'm just guessing because I haven't seen or heard of it."
"Why does she always ask for money? What does she want the money for?" Lin Meiqi was curious.
"She basically squandered it. She would save the money she got and buy luxury goods. My closet is filled with expensive bags she had bought."
The man stood up and opened the cabinet, which was filled with luxury bags. It looked like something that was definitely not something that Zhao Chutong's class would consume.
"As for clothes, she has a separate closet filled with her international brands. She is very willing to spend money on these consumer goods. Sometimes she goes to bars at night. I think the bartenders must like people like her. She is generous and often invites her sisters to play together. She can't save any money. This is another hobby of hers."
Feng Charlie continued to ask some questions and then stood up.
"We will verify everything you said. Before we investigate, you have not been completely cleared of suspicion. Please do not move around in the near future. If you have any questions, we police will come to inquire again."
"Okay." Zhao Chutong's husband nodded.
However, before Feng Charlie and Lin Meiqi walked out of the room, he suddenly called them again, his eyes were even redder than before, as if he was holding back some emotion.
"Officer, although I just said a lot of bad things about Chu Tong, I hope you know that we are husband and wife after all. We were very sweet when we first got together, and I cherish our time very much. Apart from the quarrels on weekdays, I also try my best to treat her well and buy her the food and clothes she likes. I am also very sad that such a thing happened to her. I thought I would be relieved, but in fact it is not what I thought..."
Feng Charlie turned around and patted his shoulder: "Okay, I understand how you feel, go back and digest it."
After Feng Charlie and Lin Meiqi left, they sat back in the car and remained silent.
The situation is now more complicated than they imagined, and no connection has been found between the two victims.
The injuries on the second female victim, Zhao Chutong, and her husband were not caused by fighting, but both of them had signs of being beaten. The second female victim liked cold-blooded animals, but she had not had the chance to raise them.
What do these clues indicate?
The car was driving on the road, and the two were silent all the way, each thinking about the key points.
Just before getting in the car, Charlie Feng had asked the police officers who were investigating the scene nearby to investigate the bars that the victim had visited, to see how she spent her money on a daily basis, who she went with, and whether there was any information about snake breeders.
He and Lin Meiqi are now going to the victim's parents' home to inquire about the situation.
No wonder the victim had to go back to his parents' home often to ask for money. After getting the address, Feng Charlie discovered that Zhao Chutong lived not far from his parents' home, so he could go back often.
However, when the vehicle stopped and the two looked at the lonely building in the distance, they realized that this family did not seem to be very rich.
Moreover, they saw from afar that the middle-aged man carrying a bucket of water and watering the ground in front of the door looked like the brother Zhao Chutong's husband had mentioned.
However, Brother Zhao Chutong looked like someone who was not easy to deal with. He was shirtless, with tattoos on his arms, and his muscles were as strong as a bull. His skin was a little dark, probably because he was exposed to the sun for many years. He had a lot of white in his eyes, and his eyes were fierce.
The family's conditions must be poor.
Because at her brother's age, he either hasn't married yet, or is still living in his parents' home after getting married.
Feng Charlie and Lin Meiqi walked forward, and before they could show their police IDs, the tall man slammed the bucket on the ground and shouted, "What are you doing? Get away!"
Lin Meiqi was so scared that she took a few steps back and subconsciously hid behind Feng Charlie, thinking that there were indeed some violent genes in their family.
Feng Charlie took out his police ID: "We are police officers."
"What are the police doing here? We are good citizens and have never done anything illegal. I think you have the wrong people."
"This is where we are looking."
Charlie Feng stepped forward, his height was the same as that of the tall man, so he was not inferior in momentum, "Zhao Chutong is your family member, right?"
"What's wrong? She's my sister."
"She was murdered in an alley outside her home."
"What?" The tall man's pupils were shocked.
Lin Meiqi observed his expression and found that he did not show any unnatural feeling. His family just did not like Zhao Chutong asking for money, but they were also very surprised by her death.
Charlie Feng walked into the room.
The victim's brother called Zhao Chutong's parents down. Zhao Chutong's sister-in-law was also there. She took the child to another room as she didn't want the child to hear.
Feng Charlie and Lin Meiqi gave a general account of the death: "We have already asked the victim's husband, and the beating wounds on the victim's body were caused by you. As a family, is it necessary to be so cruel?"
Several people were just feeling sad about this matter, wiping tears and lamenting, but now their eyes were evasive.
"It seems to be related to you."
Zhao Chutong's mother was the first to speak.
She looked old, but she didn't have many white hairs. She seemed to be in good spirits, probably because she worked frequently. The exposed skin on her arms also showed relatively solid muscles.
"My family all work as laborers and don't earn much money. But we raised a daughter like this, and she turned out to be such a spendthrift. It was all because of the friends she made during school, those bad friends led her astray."
Her brother sighed, "I knew about this at the beginning. She had been drinking in bars and wearing expensive clothes for a long time. I tried to stop her, but it didn't work, so I gave up. I thought she would be sensible when she grew up. Later it seems that I was wrong. I should have clearly prohibited her from spending money like this, even if I locked her up at home on weekends!"
Her father nodded, "Yes, we are an ordinary family. How can we let her spend tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars? And she asks for money very often. At first we thought that after she got married, we would help her family with any difficulties, but then we heard from our son-in-law that it was not the case. We were also very angry and had to drive her away."
"If we don't do this, Chu Tong will just stay at home and not leave."
"Yeah, we can't save any money. The money we get is stolen by her after a short while. We are almost out of money for food!"
"But she still has some conscience. She always leaves us a little bit, instead of taking everything away. But even so, we can't stand it."
"I did beat her severely a few times. I used the iron rod in the yard to beat her. Sometimes I couldn't control my temper. My parents would come out to stop her, but officer, please forgive me. This is the situation in our family. But I don't think the wounds we inflicted would be fatal, and it is even more impossible for us to let the snake bite her. I think this was probably an accident!"
"Yes, we heard from our son-in-law that she wants to keep a snake at home, but we don't agree. What if she gets bit by accident? The medical expenses will be huge. Who will pay for it?"
"I didn't expect that she would be bitten by the cold-blooded animal she loved. How can I explain this? It's just fate."
The victim's brother sighed.
Lin Meiqi blinked her eyes. It seemed that Zhao Chutong's family had no motive to kill her.
More importantly, when Charlie Feng and Meiqi Lin asked them where they were at the time of the incident, they answered that they had gone to their neighbor's house and helped to tidy up the flower garden until the evening.
Charlie Feng went to check the flower beds and found that the newly renovated dirt in the backyard was indeed a good proof of this, and several neighbors who passed by also confirmed this.
It seems that Zhao Chutong's family can be ruled out as suspects.
In order to visit more of Zhao Chutong's contacts, Lin Meiqi followed Feng Charlie to visit several places that day.
After asking countless questions, she was thirsty and received a bottle of water from Feng Charlie.
After finishing the work, it was time to get off work.
"No need to go back to the serious crime squad. Let me take you home. It's too late and it's not safe for you there." Feng Charlie opened the car door and got in.
Lin Meiqi nodded: "Okay."
"By the way, I heard that the West Kowloon District Crime Squad will have jurisdiction over the Kowloon Walled City soon."
Feng Charlie nodded. "The higher-ups are already going through the process, and it may be approved in the near future. When Kowloon Walled City is merged, our tasks will become even more onerous. However, it is said that a small team will be separated from the police station first, mainly to handle the regular cases inside, and we will only be dispatched when it comes to serious cases. Team B will also take on some responsibilities."
Vehicles are driving on the road, and lights are lit up in spots.
Lin Meiqi looked out the window, in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking about.
Suddenly, she heard Feng Charlie ask, "Did Ming Yi contact you?"
Lin Meiqi shook her head.
"Oh." Feng Charlie seemed to relax a little and didn't say anything else.
The vehicle soon arrived at Building 1, Ningyuan, Kowloon Walled City. Lin Meiqi opened the door, got out and said goodbye to Feng Charlie.
Just as I walked downstairs, I saw Yuanyuan playing with her small schoolbag on her back. Yuanyuan's mother Wanxia was watching next to her with a schoolbag in her hand. It seemed that she had just come back from picking up her child and was playing downstairs for a while before going upstairs.
"Huh? My sister is back! She's back so early today."
"Yeah, I didn't work much overtime today. I went home directly after I finished my work."
"Sister, you must be bored at home alone, right?"
"It's fine."
"It must be boring. I would be bored too if I didn't play with my mom!"
Yuanyuan picked up a few pieces of colorful plasticine on the ground and handed them to Lin Meiqi, "This is for you, Sister Lin."
"Ah, I can't have this, it's your toy."
"Just play as you like, I still have plenty!"
Yuanyuan's mother also said: "We have a lot of plasticine at home. I bought her a box because the school required her to buy some. She can't finish playing with it by herself, and children will get bored after playing for two days. Since she wants to give it to you, you should take it. Otherwise, she will say that Sister Lin doesn't like her and cry when she goes back."
Lin Meiqi squatted down and touched Yuanyuan's head.
"Yuanyuan is so good. Sister likes the plasticine that Yuanyuan gave her very much."
"Then sister, you must come and play with me more often! By the way, that weird uncle hasn't appeared recently."
"yes!"
Lin Meiqi smiled. The disappearance of the black shadow was certainly a good thing.
However, she was still vaguely worried in her heart. The matter had not been completely resolved and the man's purpose was still unknown. She believed that he would not let go easily before achieving his goal.
It's just that after that fight, he won't appear for the time being.
I just hope there will be more peaceful days like this.
"Okay, sister has to go back to eat!"
Lin Meiqi pointed to the lunch box in her hand.
"Okay, sister, go back quickly!"
Lin Meiqi returned home carrying a lunch box in one hand and some plasticine in the other.
I opened the door and checked the floor as usual, but there was no sign that anyone had been there.
After entering the door, I turned on the TV and started eating.
She bought a bowl of fried noodles and a smoothie. This time, she switched Mingyi's channel and turned to the "Animal Kingdom" program to get more knowledge about animals.
Although no snake appeared, she still watched with great interest.
By the time she had seen enough, she had finished her meal.
After throwing the box into the trash can, Lin Meiqi sat back and saw the plasticine on the table. There were different colors of red, yellow, green, and purple placed there, which aroused her interest.
In fact, it would be nice to make a little figurine when you have nothing to do.
So she started to take action, starting by tearing off a little from a large ball of plasticine and slowly making it in her hands. The sound of the TV was still on, and she would sometimes look up at the TV, her hands moving non-stop.
After a while, the shape in her hand took shape. When she looked down, she actually pinched a bright light.
She couldn't help but laugh: "How come Mingyi is gone, but I still think about him all the time."
Is this the anxiety that career fans feel when they can’t see their idols?
However, I haven't liked him for too long, so it shouldn't be possible for me to reach that level, right?
Lin Meiqi took another closer look. No, this was not Ming Yi, it was clearly Feng Charlie.
In a way, the two of them are really similar.
However, they can be distinguished from their facial expressions. Ming Yi always looks playful, unrestrained and uninhibited, while Feng Charlie looks more capable and serious because of his profession.
So what she molded out was really...Feng Charlie.
Oh my god, it’s because I’ve been with my boss for too long that I’m easily influenced by him.
Lin Meiqi casually crumpled up the sculpted figure.
"Why pinch Feng Charlie when there are so many other people to pinch?" she muttered to herself.
The show "Animal Kingdom" started to automatically play the next episode. Lin Meiqi pinched the plasticine into a round ball based on the lazy sloth animal shape in the show. She used the small round ball as the head and the big round ball as the body. She pinched out the shape of four legs and rolled it into a cylinder.
They were assembled next to the big round ball, and they were tinkering with it, adjusting the shape with their fingers.
Soon, a sloth-like appearance emerged.
Next come some details, such as facial features, hair, etc.
Lin Meiqi imitated the sloth on TV and worked very hard to carve it.
After reading it, you need to make the shape of a tree trunk and place the sloth at the branch, and it looks really realistic.
This time she did not destroy the entire work, but placed it in a corner next to the TV as a small ornament.
The plasticine was not used up and there were still some shapes left, so Lin Meiqi started to pinch some fruits like strawberries and oranges, just to exercise her artistic cells.
Maybe if I have mastered the handicraft, making pastries will not be a problem in the future. Cooking skills must always be improved.
Lin Meiqi thought, it would be a good idea to find a husband who can cook and have him cook for her.
“Boom boom boom!”
Someone knocked on the door. Lin Meiqi carefully opened the door a crack and saw that it was Yuanyuan.
"I'm back, sis!"
Yuanyuan pinched a little man in her hand and handed it to Lin Meiqi.
Lin Meiqi took it and looked at it. She had pinched a girl with a big head and a small body. She looked like a little cutie.
She also put a beautiful skirt on the girl and put a pair of high heels on her feet.
"Wow, this is your work? It's amazing. This girl doll looks beautiful."
"This is not a girl, this is you, Sister Lin!"
"Is it me?" Lin Meiqi was shocked.
Yuanyuan's mother said to her, "Yes, Forensic Doctor Lin. Yuanyuan pinched you, and she thinks you are so cute. But I told her that your head is not that big, and you are a baby with a big head and a short body. But she said it is cuter this way. But if you look closely, there are indeed some similarities. Forensic Doctor Lin has such a clean temperament, and in the eyes of us neighbors, you are so lovable, just like this little girl!"
Lin Meiqi was somewhat flattered to accept this work.
[Receive praise, IQ +1]
Lin Meiqi felt a little embarrassed, especially when she was liked by both mother and daughter.
"It just so happens that I made some little things for you!"
Yuanyuan nodded: "Doctor Lin also likes to play with plasticine?"
"I was just bored and made some, it may not be as pretty as yours."
Lin Meiqi came back to her senses, picked up the sloth from the table, as well as the strawberries, oranges, grapes, and cherries, put them in her palm, and placed them in front of Yuanyuan: "These are all for you."
"Wow, what is this? Is this a cat?"
Lin Meiqi shook her head: "It's a sloth."
“It looks like a cat!”
Lin Meiqi smiled and said, "It seems that my cooking skills are really bad. They taste as bad as my cooking. I just made them based on the show Animal Kingdom. I didn't expect the result to be so unsatisfactory."
"She was just joking. Don't take Yuanyuan's words seriously," Wanxia said.
Lin Meiqi nodded.
"What is a sloth?" Yuanyuan asked.
"Sloths are slow animals. They're in the Animal Kingdom."
“Is Animal Kingdom still available?”
"some."
Lin Meiqi moved aside to allow Yuanyuan to see the TV program inside.
Yuanyuan stood in the house and stared at the TV for a while: "Oh, this animal is called a sloth. I have never seen this kind of animal before. Thank you, sister!"
She took the plasticine that Lin Meiqi gave her, and Lin Meiqi also got a small doll.
After saying goodbye to Lin Meiqi, Yuanyuan skipped back to her home.
Lin Meiqi looked at her back and felt warm in her heart.
She closed the door and stared closely at the little doll she had made in her hand. Only then did she notice that what Yuanyuan had made was not a white dress, but a forensic white coat. Even the pockets on the coat were clearly made out, and it looked quite lifelike.
What she wore around her neck was not a necklace, but a police officer's ID.
Yuanyuan must have seen the original owner go home in this look, because sometimes she had to take the forensic white coat home to wash it. That kind of clothes would often get dirty at the scene, and those murder scenes were either around mud pits or in the mountains.
The original owner should have appeared like this and was seen by Yuanyuan.
She is really a girl who observes carefully.
If Yuanyuan really wants to be a forensic pathologist in the future, she has great potential in this area. Observing the wounds on the victim's body, where the victim has been, and inferring the victim's experience are also indispensable links for forensic pathologists.
Lin Meiqi placed the little doll into a red velvet box, which previously contained a pearl earring.
However, the earrings were gone, perhaps lost by the original owner. But because the box was quite beautiful, they were kept and just happened to be stored inside.
The next day, Lin Meiqi went to the serious crime squad while eating snacks.
By the time we arrived at the Serious Crime Unit, the food had almost been eaten.
She was ready to start her day's work.
Lin Meiqi submitted the forensic report of yesterday's autopsy and prepared to go outside to make a cup of coffee with hot water. As a result, as soon as I found the office, I heard the police officers discussing something.
"In other words, you investigated all the snake breeders near Kang Yunxun's home yesterday?"
"Yes, without any omission."
"The list Xiao Xie gave is quite comprehensive. We also asked colleagues in the same field and found everything we could, even some individual snake breeders at home. But they have not had any contact with Zhao Chutong and Kang Yunxun."
“Maybe this is just their one-sided statement.”
"But we don't have any evidence to show that there is any connection between them. The victims' families are also unable to provide any clues. It seems that this clue will be cut off."
Feng Charlie frowned and asked, "Could it be that the man didn't report his snake breeding at all, so we can't find out?"
"No. You need a business license to keep such dangerous animals. If he keeps them privately, it's illegal. If he's reported, there will be a record."
“What if no one reports it?”
"Unless he stays indoors and doesn't come into contact with anyone, and doesn't see any friends, then he can object to this matter. In short, we still have to look for it among the existing snake breeders."
"If not, could it be that they bought it from another district?"
"But it's not convenient to carry such dangerous animals, especially venomous snakes. If you carry them from such a far distance, isn't the operator afraid of being bitten by the venomous snake?"
"Anything is possible. Since I am a snake owner, I can always control it to a certain extent, and it is not so easy to get bit."
At this time, Xie Zhiruo came back from handing in materials to Group B and heard several people talking about the snake breeder.
She sat down and said, "I also made a stop yesterday. There is a snake breeder on the way from my home to the Serious Crime Unit building. I knew the shop he opened, so I made a special trip to ask him."
"Oh, which one is it? Is it on the list we ran?"
"You should have asked before. I was just curious, so I asked too."
"Is there anything unusual?"
"I just felt that the boss's behavior was a little unusual when the snake murder was mentioned. Perhaps because two groups of police officers questioned him in a row, he seemed very flustered, his eyes rolling around, which was different from the way I usually see him."
"oh?"
"I even walked away on purpose and observed him for a while. After I asked him about it, he seemed to be in a bad mood and kept smoking one cigarette after another. Later, he crushed the cigarette with his foot and went back to call someone on the phone in the store. I don't know what he said. I was far away and couldn't hear clearly, but it seemed that he was talking about the police coming to ask questions. I was just about to tell you that there might be something wrong with that store."
Lin Meiqi was listening nearby.
Until Charlie Feng gave the order: "Go to that store and ask about the situation. Maybe this is a breakthrough."
Lin Meiqi said: "I'll come too."
Afterwards, she followed Feng Charlie and others to a shop.
The store is called Lingmu Snake Living Museum, and it is only five blocks away from the home of the first victim, Kang Yunxun. He should have heard about someone being bitten to death by a snake on the day Kang Yunxun had the accident.
This street is sparsely populated. There used to be several hardware stores next to his shop, and people who wanted to buy hardware would drive here.
But later, several hardware stores went bankrupt and were joined by shops that raised flowers and plants.
The shop had just opened and there were flower baskets at the door.
There is a glass tank at the door of the Lingmu Snake Living Museum, with a black and red snake coiled inside, which is used to attract like-minded people. Customers who like snakes will naturally come into the store.
Charlie Feng and Meiqi Lin got out of the car and walked towards the store.
However, when I walked forward, I found that the two glass doors were locked and the store was not open.
Lin Meiqi shook her head and pointed at the snake tank outside: "It must be open. Snake breeders wouldn't leave their snakes outside like this, right?"
"Maybe you forgot to move it back yesterday?"
"No, this snake is a krait. They don't move during the day and prefer nighttime because they are sensitive to light, especially strong light. Look at the weather today."
Everyone looked up and saw that the sun was indeed very strong. They all felt the heat as they walked over.
As a snake keeper, it is impossible for him not to know this, so he would not leave the golden krait outside to be exposed to the sun. Why not move back?
Feng Charlie nodded: "Generally, when opening and closing a shop, they will clean up the things outside the door, especially when it comes to snake shops, they won't easily lose things."
Everyone went to ask several shop owners nearby, and the conclusion they came to was as expected.
"The shop owner was here just now, but now he's gone!"
"Could it be that after Xiao Xie asked this morning, the store owner was worried about the police investigation and ran away, or maybe he saw a police car on the road just now and ran away in advance without having time to move the jar back, so he quickly locked the store and ran away?"
"The latter possibility is more likely, as it is consistent with his hasty escape."
Feng Charlie said, "Let's split up and look for him. He just left a short time ago, so he shouldn't be far away. Maybe he's hiding not far away, waiting for the police to leave before coming back."
He looked at Lin Meiqi and said, "You come with me or Liang Yifeng."
Lin Meiqi shook her head: "No need, I know grappling techniques, I can do it myself."
Lin Meiqi quickly entered a small alley in the block. She felt that this place was very suitable for hiding people. There were many corners in the alley, and it would be quite easy to hide one's actions if one did not look carefully.
She turned and turned in the alleys. The area was rather desolate and not very crowded. Occasionally a few people walked by, all of them nearby residents.
No wonder those stores went bankrupt. It’s probably because there were too few customers and they couldn’t survive.
As for raising snakes, it is not suitable to do so in a downtown area. People who like snakes will naturally come to you, after all, snakes are rare and scarce.
The walls on both sides of the alley were very high, blocking Lin Meiqi's sight. She couldn't see what was on the other side of the bridge even when she stood on tiptoe. She could only explore forward, hoping to find some clues.
However, as I was walking, I heard a "rustling" sound, as if someone accidentally touched leaves.
Is it windy? Lin Meiqi stretched out her hand and felt it, but there was no wind blowing.
She became more alert. There were people nearby, but she didn't see any trace of them. They must be hiding.
It seemed that he had already approached the suspect.
She took a deep breath, did not dare to relax, and continued to move forward, but slowed down her pace to lure the man out. She thought that since she was a girl, the other party wouldn't feel threatened.
Suddenly, a sound of breaking air came from behind.
The system's voice sounded at the right time.
[Is IQ used to offset physical strength? 】
"Yes, Unit 5!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the deducted physical strength suddenly surged to the maximum.
With a "bang", Lin Meiqi kicked back and directly kicked a brick away.
When she looked again, the man was panicked and turned and ran away. It turned out that he was trying to knock her down from behind with a brick.
There must be something shady going on to show such hostility towards the police.
Otherwise, why would they attack proactively?
Lin Meiqi ran forward quickly, grabbed the man's collar from behind, and threw him to the ground.
The man felt a terrifying force, which actually came from a girl.
As he opened his eyes wide in disbelief, he fell backwards with a bang, knocking up dust on the ground. His waist hurt so much that he was unable to move for a while.
Lin Meiqi walked around him, took out the handcuffs, and held his wrists: "How dare you attack the police? You are so brave!"
Hearing the noise here, Liang Yifeng, who was close by, was the first to notice something unusual and quickly ran towards the direction where Lin Meiqi was.
As soon as he turned the corner, he saw the shop owner who was thrown to the ground by Lin Meiqi and was screaming in pain. He was so scared that his soul almost flew away.
"Oh my god! Did you guys just fight? That was too dangerous. You must come with me next time."
Liang Yifeng felt a wave of fear. He had never felt this way before when he was on patrol. But when I thought about Lin Meiqi being in danger, I was extremely scared.
Lin Meiqi pointed at the shop owner and said, "Look, I subdued him, didn't I? Nothing happened to me, I'm fine."
"Don't do this next time. I think if the Sergeant knew about this, he would definitely be worried about you. You are my..."
Liang Yifeng coughed and said, "You are the treasure of the entire police force. We dug you here with great difficulty. You must not get hurt."
"Don't worry, I will protect myself. Let's take him back now so we can have a thorough interrogation."
The man was lifted up from the ground by Liang Yifeng, grabbing his neck. He kept muttering, "How can the police beat people? My waist, my waist!"
Liang Yifeng gritted his teeth and said, "How dare you say that? You saw that she was a female police officer and you attacked her with a brick. Assaulting a police officer, do you know how serious a crime that is? Not breaking your ribs is already a mercy."
"Yes, this is self-defense." Lin Meiqi brushed the dust off her palms.
The two men took the man to his shop, took the key from the suspect's pocket to open the door, and then entered his shop to check.
Charlie Feng signaled Liang Yifeng and other police officers to search the store for any evidence related to the case.
He grabbed the suspect by the collar and said, "You are playing tricks on the police. You are so tired of living!"
He pushed hard, and the suspect screamed in pain again.
"Stop yelling. I want to ask you, why did you run away when you saw the police? And why did you attack the police? Did you commit those two crimes?"
"It's unfair! Sir, how can you say that I am related to these two murders? How dare I kill anyone? I was heartbroken when a snake I raised died of natural causes. I will never admit what you said."
"You have already committed a crime. Even if you don't say it, you have already committed the crime of assaulting a police officer and will be sentenced to imprisonment. Do you understand?"
"What imprisonment? I was just protecting myself. How could that be a crime? I'm not the one who committed the crime!"
The shop owner said this, covering his face with his handcuffed hands, obviously surprised by the result of this imprisonment.
He seemed unaware that there is a special provision in Hong Kong law regarding assaulting police officers, which is a very serious crime.
"You weren't the one who committed the crime? So who did you tip off that day? Tell me, or you'll be charged with more than just assaulting a police officer."
The shop owner looked painful and seemed to have struggled for a long time before he spoke: "Actually, I have always been worried. I didn't expect that one day my worry would come true."
The shop owner sighed repeatedly, as if he had something to hide.
"My younger brother is very interested in raising snakes, and sometimes he buys snakes from me. If I don't have the right species for him, he will go to other stores to buy all kinds of snakes, both venomous and non-venomous. But..."
"But what?"
"I'm worried that the two cases are related to him. His obsession with snakes is beyond the ordinary, and he often trains snakes to go to where he wants them to go. I have stopped him from doing such things, saying that they are very dangerous and may hurt passers-by, but he didn't listen. I don't know what's wrong with him. He locks himself in a gloomy house every day and keeps training."
"He has bought hundreds of books on snake training. So when you came, my first reaction was that he did it, and I felt very anxious. And you asked me again and again, I guess you have some evidence?"
The police officers looked at each other. Could it be that they had discovered the real murderer?
Why would normal people train snakes nonstop?
Moreover, according to the store owner's description, his brother was just an ordinary person, not a snake trainer or performer, or even a snake seller, so there was no need for him to do such a thing. This hobby seems a little unusual.
"Where is your brother?"
"I can take you there."
"good."
Feng Charlie took the store owner into the car.
Along the way, the shop owner showed them the way.
The vehicle went farther and farther, and soon arrived in the wilderness. There was a deserted open space in the forest, and there was a dilapidated house not far away.
There were some miscellaneous items piled up next to the house, and it did look like someone was living there.
The shop owner got out of the car, walked a short distance away, and began to wipe his tears with his handcuffed hands: "Please, officer, be gentle when you grab him, my brother is very afraid of pain."
"How dare you raise a snake if you're afraid of pain?"
"I…I'm just worried about him."
"Okay, let's take a look first."
Several police officers walked slowly forward, and Charlie Feng had his hand on his holster.
If his brother could control the snake, he would have to shoot it quickly as it attacked.
However, at present, there are no signs of snakes in this open space.
Feng Charlie walked in front, approaching step by step, and then kicked the door open with a "bang".
There was no one in the room, but there were various fiberglass tanks of all sizes. As the shop owner said, there were all kinds of snakes in the glass tanks.
Lin Meiqi quickly identified several of the poisonous snakes: "This one and this one are short-tailed pit vipers and pit vipers, which are extremely poisonous. The bamboo pit vipers that have bitten people before also have poison. But this one is not a white-lipped bamboo pit viper. Maybe he has other places to hide snakes."
Feng Charlie turned around and asked the shop owner: "What's your brother's name?"
"Zhang Jianxing."
"Does he have the relevant permits to buy snakes?"
“I didn’t expect the police officer knew this.”
The shop owner panicked for a moment, "It...actually there isn't any."
"Don't you know that the law stipulates that you don't need a certificate to buy a non-venomous pet snake, but you must provide relevant procedures and certificates to buy a venomous snake?"
"I know that, but he said he would just play with it for a few days and then return it, so I didn't do it. I just let him play with it temporarily, and I didn't go through the relevant procedures because it's quite troublesome to go through the procedures."
"This is not a matter of trouble or not." Charlie Feng said sternly.
The police finally figured out why the store owner ran away, because the fact that he sold poisonous snakes to his brother without a license was itself an illegal act. There are great risks in giving poisonous snakes to close people without following the regulations.
Everyone looked around the area. Could it be that Zhang Jianxing had left and learned about the news in advance? Why isn't he here?
Everyone slowed down their pace as they were confused.
In the silence, the sound of music can be heard from afar.
Lin Meiqi pointed in the direction where the music came from: "There is a way to train snakes, which is to use music. Maybe he is there."
Several police officers stayed behind to guard the store owner, while Charlie Feng led several other police officers forward, and Lin Meiqi followed at the end of the team.
She was still a little afraid of poisonous snakes, but out of curiosity, she wanted to go forward and take a look.
Soon, the police arrived at the location where the music came from.
Zhang Lianxing has long hair that is slightly yellow in color. It is not known whether it is dyed or due to malnutrition.
He had his back to the police, with three snakes in front of him that were still shaking. He looked very focused, and even the people behind him didn't notice.
He was still blowing the instrument in his mouth. Lin Meiqi recognized it as the Punji used in India to train snakes, which plays vocal music by blowing air.
The three snakes in front of him were all non-venomous. They were constantly moving on the ground, and their bodies seemed to be swaying in a somewhat regular pattern. It seemed that his snake training had achieved certain results.
Feng Charlie patted Zhang Jianxing from behind, signaling to stop the music, and at the same time took out his police ID: "We are police officers, we have questions to ask you, and we hope you will cooperate."
Zhang Jianxing turned his head with a bewildered look on his face, and with a clear and simple expression, he stopped the music in his hands.
The three snakes quickly crawled towards the police officers.
Liang Yifeng quickly called a halt: "Hurry up and make these snakes stop, or we will shoot!"
He pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at the snake in the front row.
Zhang Jianxing then picked up the Indian Punji in his hand and blew a few notes. Several snakes slowed down, and one of them coiled around his arm, raising its head high, with no intention of biting him.
The other two followed closely behind him, not getting ahead of him at all.
This person's skill in controlling snakes was quite advanced. Lin Meiqi couldn't help but sigh that he must have studied it for a long time.
"Put the snakes in the glass tanks in the cabin, and then we can talk," said Charlie Feng.
Zhang Jianxing nodded.
When the group returned to the wooden house, Zhang Kanxing saw his brother standing there handcuffed from afar, and he understood why.
"I know that it is illegal to buy and sell poisonous snakes privately. However, I will return them. There are just some things I haven't figured out yet."
Zhang Jianxing said.
"What exactly are you studying? How to kill people?"
"kill?"
Zhang Jianxing's eyes widened, and as his voice suddenly became sharp, the two snakes behind him began to twist unnaturally.
"Oh, sorry, I'll send them back."
Put the two snakes into a glass jar and cover it tightly, leaving only the air holes. This will allow them to maintain a certain amount of oxygen so they can survive, but at the same time not run away.
"I don't know what the connection is between keeping snakes and murders, but my snakes are staying here fine. There is no shortage of them, and they haven't bitten anyone. They sleep with me at night."
"You didn't manipulate these poisonous snakes to bite people? Do you know Kang Yunxun and Zhao Chutong?"
"What? I don't even know them. What are you talking about? I don't understand."
"Your brother attacked the police to protect you, which has violated the law and he will be tried. He has done a lot for you. Do you want to continue hiding it?"
Charlie Feng said seriously.
"Assaulting a police officer?"
Zhang Jianxing widened his eyes, muttered, and sat down on the stool behind him with some exhaustion, "I didn't expect things to turn out like this today."
He lowered his head and said with some annoyance: "Brother, I have caused you trouble. I...I shouldn't have taken these poisonous snakes."
The shop owner also felt regretful: "I have advised you a long time ago not to train snakes for no reason. If you keep so many, something bad will happen sooner or later. What's the matter now? The hope of the whole family is ruined. I don't ask you to make a lot of money, go out for further studies, or anything like that. I also don't force you to marry a wife or have children. It's just such a simple request, that you stop raising these snakes, but you just don't listen. When I saw you training these poisonous snakes, I was panicked, and I also advised you. What's the result now?"
"Do you dare to train a poisonous snake?" asked Feng Charlie.
Zhang Jianxing lowered his head. "I will observe the reactions of different snakes. I have tried many species, including poisonous snakes. But I... I really didn't kill anyone! I didn't do it, so why should I admit it?"
"Where were you the night before last? A female victim was killed by a venomous snake. Do you have any witnesses who can prove that you are not a suspect?"
"I didn't. I stayed here the whole time. I don't think I have an alibi for the other victim you mentioned, but I swear, these snakes stayed with me all the time. Not a single one was missing."
"What if someone stole your snake during the night?"
"No, they only listen to me, and no one else can take them away."
"Let me ask you, what is your purpose in raising these snakes?"
Zhang Lianxing stopped talking and kept his head down.
The shop owner couldn't help but said, "Just tell the police everything. Maybe we can reduce your sentence and give you leniency."
"I...I can't say."
It seems that there is a secret behind this matter.
Feng Charlie waved his hand and said, "Everyone, be careful. Don't touch the fiberglass. Search the rest of the place carefully."
"No, don't touch my things, these are all my treasures!"
"If you don't tell us, we'll have to look for it ourselves." Feng Charlie sent someone to pin Zhang Jianxing down.
Lin Meiqi also joined the search team, and soon she found an unusual wooden jar. She opened the lid of the jar, looked inside, and vaguely saw some red liquid that looked like blood.
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