Chapter 13 Chapter 13 I'm coming to get you!
Even if Cai Jingjing broke into a shop to steal something, she didn't deserve to die, and she shouldn't have ended up like this!
She could have been handed over to her parents or school to be educated, but to kill her and then rape her, leaving her with no complete body, is worse than being an animal!
Gu Yanzheng paused for a moment, then nodded and reached out to pat her shoulder: "Were you agitated by the body parts? You've already performed better than many new detectives, but you should know that there are many forms of crime. If it affects your emotions, it will inevitably affect your judgment."
Sensing that Gu Yanzheng was comforting her, Chen Zhenzhu sniffed. She slowly calmed down and said, "I understand, I will calm down."
Gu Yanzheng glanced at the body parts again. Lu Xiaobao was putting them into a bag, intending to take them back for examination.
Gu Yanzheng took a few steps, then turned back and said, "We can't be careless when it comes to crimes, no matter what position we're in. There are no impossible cases, and no unsolvable cases. Murderers have all sorts of ways to cover up their crimes, so remember to make bold assumptions and carefully verify them."
"Yes." Shen Zhenzhu stood at attention and saluted, thanking Captain Gu for his guidance.
Gu Yanzheng then strode away.
Lu Ye smiled kindly at Chen Zhenzhu, then followed Gu Yanzheng, burly and chattering, "Can we release Xu Di, whom we arrested earlier? The blood test results from her home show it's poultry blood. She said she wanted to host a dinner for her sisters at home and prepared two roosters in advance. She didn't kill them properly, and they escaped. She chased after them and chopped at them in her home. Also, a friend testified that she did indeed invite them to her home for roasted roosters the next day. After verifying the scene, everything was confirmed to be true."
Gu Yanzheng glanced at him: "Didn't you want to use her to solve the case?"
Lu Ye scratched his stubble haphazardly with both hands, the stubble close to his scalp making a cracking sound as he scratched. Gu Tou'er's glare was too sharp; there was no trace of the gentleness with which he had been carefully advising Chen Zhenzhu just moments before.
There were people ahead who were not cooperating with taking their statements. Gu Yanzheng walked over, his tall body looming over them, his cold and stern voice falling on their ears: "This is a criminal investigation. If you don't cooperate, I can find another place and ask you questions in a different way."
"No, no, no! I'm in a hurry to leave for work because I'm going to be late. If that's what you're saying, then I'll cooperate. It's my own fault for dying such a terrible death."
"Stop talking nonsense and tell me everything you saw." Lu Ye took over, opened his notebook, and shoved it at him.
Gu Yanzheng took a few steps when his mobile phone rang. After a moment, he returned and said, "The traffic police caught a man riding a pedicab. He was acting suspiciously in the vicinity. There were congealed blood fingerprints on the handlebars. Judging from the bloodstains, they must have been left not long ago. I'll go back and take a look."
Gu Yanzheng opened the driver's seat of the Cherokee, and Qin An immediately ran over with Lu Xiaobao: "Give me a ride."
"Get in the car." Gu Yanzheng glanced at Chen Zhenzhu, saw that she was already walking towards the bicycle, and then looked away and asked, "Is there a fingerprint on the severed hand? Can we compare the fingerprints we provided?"
Qin An said, "The fingerprint area is acceptable, and the characteristic points such as the forked lines, endpoints, and bridges are intact, so they can be compared."
“Go back and make a comparison for me first.” Gu Yanzheng hesitated, not quite believing that a rickshaw puller could be the perpetrator of a dismemberment case. He felt that some key factors were missing.
Back at the criminal investigation team, Qin An urgently compared the fingerprints: "Captain Gu, more than 80% of the area overlaps, so we can confirm that the fingerprints on the severed hand belong to rickshaw driver Zhang Zhigang."
Director Liu was also with Gu Yanzheng. Gu Yanzheng had interrogated Zhang Zhigang, who refused to admit to the crime of murdering and dismembering Cai Jingjing. His answers were hesitant, clearly indicating that he was hiding something.
What could possibly make him conceal his identity as a suspect in a dismemberment case?
“So it’s highly likely that he was the one who did it.” Park Heung-sung, the captain of the third team of the serious crimes unit, said with emotion: “Your team is really lucky. Even in a dismemberment case, the murderer delivered himself to our door. Director Liu said that the provincial department put a lot of pressure on us and that we had to solve the case within a week. And it’s only been less than 48 hours.”
Director Liu remained silent, looking at Gu Yanzheng, waiting for him to express his opinion.
The dismemberment case spread widely among the public, causing considerable panic. He also knew that some schools had closed, students were afraid to go out, parents were worried, and teachers were concerned.
In the past two years, news media have been learning marketing models from Hong Kong and Taiwan in order to boost newspaper sales. They go to great lengths to exaggerate and attract attention, and as a result, the whole society has been paying attention to this case.
Gu Yanzheng was under immense pressure from head to toe, but he was Gu Yanzheng.
“There are still many suspicious points. I suggest we don’t rush to report the arrest of the suspect.” Gu Yanzheng turned to Director Liu and said, “Zhang Zhigang usually picks up passengers by tricycle. He has a wife and elderly mother at home. He has a heavy family burden.”
Director Liu said, "And then?"
Gu Yanzheng said, "I asked him if he knew what a condom was. He said he didn't know that thing. He said, if his wife gets pregnant, he'll give birth. If he has one, he'll raise it; if he has ten, he'll take care of them. At worst, there will be a few more chopsticks."
Park Heung-sung asked, puzzled, "What does this have to do with the case? Asking a tricycle driver if he uses condoms is a waste of time."
Gu Yanzheng said, "Cai Jingjing's hymen was ruptured, and she suffered sexual violence. After her death, there may have been further sexual activity. However, no semen was found. Given his lust, would Zhang Zhigang have used a condom?"
Park Heung-sung said, "Perhaps he used it specifically for committing crimes?"
“When I solve cases, I don’t use ‘maybe,’ I only use ‘definitely.’” Gu Yanzheng didn’t want to say more to him: “This is a case for Team Four, it has nothing to do with Team Three. Hurry up and solve your Team Three’s missing persons case, it’s been dragging on for almost half a year. You’re not in a hurry, but I am.”
"Heh, I think you solved the last case too easily, and now you're completely stumped, aren't you?" Park Heung-sung muttered, and as expected, he was scolded by Director Liu and stood aside awkwardly without saying a word.
Next time, we should learn from Gu Yanzheng and not act sarcasticly in front of Director Liu.
"Director Liu, give me some time. We must not let a bad person go unpunished, nor can we wrong an innocent one. Forced confessions are a thing of the past; this is a society governed by law—"
"Who forced a confession? Go to hell, you brat, you've given me a lecture." Director Liu's tense face relaxed, and he squeezed Gu Yanzheng's shoulder hard, saying, "The greater the pressure, the greater the responsibility. I believe in you. I'll hold off the higher-ups for you and speed up the investigation."
Park Heung-sung muttered to himself, "This is like treating someone's own son."
After leaving, Gu Yanzheng continued his investigation despite the pressure.
Meanwhile, Chen Zhenzhu had already cycled back to the police station and taken on the task of investigating the work permits of migrant workers.
In the first half of the year, migrant workers were required to have a work permit if they worked in Liancheng for more than three months. At this time, except for short-distance travel, population movement was strictly managed. Long-term residence in a certain place required proof of a work permit or other documentation.
"It's a thankless job, and you still took it. If you're going to take it, why drag me into it?" Old Huang grumbled as he followed Chen Zhenzhu out the door with a bitter expression.
Shen Zhenzhu wasn't really looking for work permits; she wanted to find the murderer!
Using the excuse of migrant worker permits, we'll check every house in the neighborhood. I don't believe we can escape her clutches!
As for why I brought Lao Huang along... I just wanted to tire him out a bit. The police station isn't a retirement home, hehe.
Old Huang was unexpectedly given this arduous task, but fortunately, the temperature in Liancheng in early May was just over 20 degrees Celsius, so walking slowly wasn't too strenuous.
But Chen Zhenzhu was acting crazy. She dragged him forward frantically, asking from house to house, not resting after finishing one house, and moving on to the next.
Like a tireless little donkey, it bounces around in the street, trying to exhaust him to death!
A note from the author:
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Old Huang: Hey, is anyone coming to take her away?
Captain Gu: Who's calling me?
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