Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Waiting for the Rabbit, Captain Ji, thank you for your clothes...
Happy days always pass too short. Before Qiu Jiang could recover from the happy weekend, her eldest nephew and niece had already gone to school. She thought that there was still one day of vacation left, which was not bad.
She stayed at home with her elder brother to make bamboo toys. When she was tired, she would lie down on the bed. After doing this for a while, it was already dark.
After the family had dinner, Qiu Jiang watched her nephew and niece do their homework for a while, then took the little girl back to the room to sleep.
It was only around eight or nine o'clock at this time, and she was sleeping soundly when a series of "ding-ling-ling" sounds startled her heart and she suddenly sat up straight as if she had just come back to life.
"What's that sound?" She felt a pang of anxiety, then realized that the sound came from the pink phone next to the pillow, and the screen was still on.
The incoming call number is unusually familiar.
Qiu Jiang quickly pressed the button, "Hey...what's wrong with Xingwang?"
Chen Da was speaking in a flustered manner, and Qiu Jiang immediately came to her senses. She kept saying, "Okay, okay, I'll be right there. Brother Chen, wait for me."
Under the dim light, Qiu Hengan was packing up small bamboo toys outside. Looking at the person who was waiting to collect the toys, Qiu Jiang said something hurriedly without saying anything more.
"Brother, I have a temporary mission, I'm going out first."
"At this time?" Qiu Hengan had just said this when she had already mounted her pink bicycle, pedaled, and was already out.
But after she came out, she did not go to the police station, but went straight to the place she had been to the day before.
After riding for just over twenty minutes, Qiu Jiang saw the familiar, antique restaurant with great flavor, and then ran as fast as he could, but not to this restaurant, but straight to the karaoke hall four or five shops away from it.
The second shop on the left is the one owned by the food stall owner who gave her several bottles of drinks last time. Now is a good time to eat skewers and drink, especially since the food in this shop is pretty good. Usually at this time it is always bustling with people eating skewers and drinking.
There are still many people eating here today, but at this moment no one is in the mood to eat skewers. They all run to the door of the karaoke hall to discuss something.
The scene was noisy.
Qiu Jiang passed the crowd and saw the blockade. She immediately caught sight of Chen Da and called out, "Brother Chen."
"Qiu Jiang, come quickly."
"Why."
She climbed over the cordon and looked at the people coming in and out of the karaoke hall. She asked anxiously, "What happened? Is there a death?"
Chen Da smoked a cigarette and nodded with a worried look on his face.
At this moment, Qiu Jiang subconsciously covered her stomach and was also worried.
But when she saw Ji Mingcheng and Lu Jianian, she couldn't care less about her worries. She said hurriedly, "Brother Chen, I'm going to take notes."
This was the reason why Chen Da had asked her to come. "Okay, go ahead."
She hurried to catch up and borrowed a pen and paper from the KTV front desk, then ran to catch up and walked behind Ji Mingcheng and the others.
The crime scene was located on the east side of the first floor of the karaoke hall. The door was a very heavy, double-leaf glass-wood door with good sound insulation. At this time, the glass of the glass-wood door on the right was broken into pieces and scattered all over the ground. There was also a milky white sticky paste on the glass, which felt a bit like cake cream, but Qiu Jiang was not sure what it was, so she followed them into the hall.
This was a small karaoke room that could accommodate twenty or thirty people. The floor was made of bright tiles, and people's figures were clearly visible. However, she swept the entire room and did not see any corpses or bloodstains.
Just when they were about to ask, they saw the lobby manager of the karaoke hall coming over in a hurry. He briefly introduced himself and then extended his hand to invite them to go to the southeast corner.
"Comrade police, the crime scene is here."
"Um."
As soon as they entered, they found that there was actually a large open space outdoors, which had been turned into a parking space. At this moment, more than ten cars were parked neatly, and the empty space formed a rectangle, leading directly to the back door of the store.
It's a perfect place to escape.
Let's not talk about that for now. They took a quick glance and saw a corpse lying on the gray cement ground in front of them on the left. Under the corpse was a large pool of blood, which had already spread outward from the center. The bright red blood was very shocking.
Looking inside along the corpse, one could see bloodstains extending from the corpse to the wall on their left, about ten meters away.
"Look at these traces. The crime happened near the wall and was later moved to this location. Should we say this man is very violent?" Ji Mingcheng made a judgment. Although Qiu Jiang didn't understand the basis of his judgment, he still quickly wrote it down, thinking of figuring it out later.
At this time, Lu Jianian had already put on gloves and walked to the body to examine it.
Qiu Jiang stood there in a daze, feeling a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, but the pain did not last long.
It took only two or three minutes from the two men pushing each other against the wall to one shadow falling to the ground and the other escaping out the door.
Fortunately, this time the pain was very short, and she gritted her teeth to ease the pain in her lower abdomen. But even so, she was still frightened, thinking that the poisonous insect her father had refined was too domineering. It was not enough to kill her in her previous life, and it wanted to torture her in this life.
I have to study it carefully when I get back.
As she thought so, the pain in her lower abdomen finally subsided.
Just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she saw Lu Jianian looking back at her. Qiu Jiang immediately understood and hurried over to get a pen and paper. Only then did he lower his head and speak slowly.
"The deceased, a male, approximately 165cm tall, had two lacerations on his ribs. The wounds had neat edges, one blunt and one sharp, consistent with being stabbed by a sharp object. There were no other injuries. The preliminary diagnosis is that the cause of death was massive hemorrhage due to aortic rupture."
She was now very adept at taking notes and had written down everything he said as soon as he finished speaking.
After he stood up, someone started to seal the body and ship it. After he stood up, he said directly to Ji Mingcheng, "The rest of the content will be reported to you after the detailed autopsy."
"Um."
After seeing Lu Jianian leave, Qiu Jiang quickly put the notebook away.
After the incident, everyone in the karaoke hall was detained. At this time, some policemen were collecting evidence from them. Seeing that there were not enough people, Qiu Jiang also joined the evidence collection team.
At this moment, most of them were surrounding a young man who was wailing and pounding on the ground. He kept shouting, "Zhengping, Zhengping, why did you die? If I had known, I wouldn't have made a fuss with you, Zhengping..."
"Anzi, Zhengping is gone. Please accept my condolences."
There were people around trying to persuade him, but Anzi just couldn't calm down. "How can I mourn? He's my biological brother. He's my only brother."
He fell to the ground and rolled back and forth like a madman. The person nearby who was helping the police collect evidence sighed and said, "You said you were just celebrating his birthday? Why couldn't you just talk it out? Why did you just stab him like that?"
"Who knows him? He's a lunatic." A woman with wavy hair, about thirty years old, looked a little angry among these people. It seemed that she knew what had happened.
"Hello, is it convenient for you now?"
When Liu Chuchu turned around, she saw a pretty little girl. The fact that she could enter and exit here without the other policemen having any objections proved that she was definitely not an ordinary person.
"You are a police officer, right?"
Qiu Jiang nodded. "Can you tell me what happened?"
"So what if it's inconvenient for us? We have to cooperate with you until you finish collecting evidence before we can leave." Her tone was full of complaints. Seeing that she was a little girl, she started to complain. "Who did I offend? I happily attended a birthday party, but before I could even eat the cake, I encountered this unfortunate murder. I can't sleep well today."
Qiu Jiang ignored her complaints and said, "Please tell me everything you know."
She then sighed and said as if she had accepted her fate, "Today, nine of us are here to celebrate Wei Li's birthday. It was organized by Brother Zhang, and we arrived on time. At first, the atmosphere was pretty good, with everyone singing and dancing, and we were quite happy. But when it came time to cut the cake, something went wrong."
"Li Xing'an and Li Zhengping, oh, that's the one who died and his brother. They were young and had no sense of propriety when they started to make a scene. After Wei Li cut the cake, they each threw a piece of cake in Wei Li's face, laughing and joking. At that time, Wei Li was a little unhappy, but then Brother Zhang and the others talked them over, and the matter was over. Then we danced to ease the atmosphere. While dancing, the two brothers were playing tricks with the cake, and suddenly they bumped into the door, shattering the glass. Wei Li's face looked a little bad, but he didn't say anything. Who would have thought that he would call the other person out and stab them?"
She became even angrier as she spoke, "What's going on? I came here happily, but ran into this shit. You don't know how scared I was when I saw the backyard just now."
Her complaints continued. Qiu Jiang endured and listened for a few words. Seeing that she had not finished yet, she forced the conversation to end.
At this time, Chen Da was also questioning the manager and security guard who called the police.
"I was in the backyard warehouse watching him unloading goods. The car blocked my view so I couldn't see him. Then I heard people arguing outside, so I went out to see. When I came out, I saw someone lying on the ground. The man standing there was holding a knife with blood dripping from it. He was shouting, 'I killed someone, I killed someone.' After shouting like that twice, he ran out the door. I chased him and saw that he had already gotten on a toll-collecting motorcycle and fled."
"Yes, that's right."
"Did you hear what they were arguing about?" Chen Da asked.
"It seems like you're looking down on me or something." The security guard replied.
After listening for a while, Qiu Jiang went to ask other people, and everyone's testimony was similar.
The people who collected the testimony came to Ji Mingcheng to report. Ji Mingcheng nodded and asked, "Where does Wei Li live?"
"Dawa Village." Qiu Jiang replied.
"I'll take people there now." Chen Da said and took his people away.
"Which of these people has a better relationship with Wei Li?" Ji Mingcheng asked again.
"There's a guy named Zhang, whose real name is unclear, but I heard he ran away when no one was paying attention after this incident. We found out he opened a debt collection agency two blocks away, and someone has already gone there."
Debt collection agency?
Although she had not been here for long, she had heard of this type of company. Often, they would use violent means to collect debts. Generally, the bosses of this type of company had some subordinates who were not easy to deal with.
No wonder there were people from all walks of life attending Wei Li’s birthday party.
Just then, a policeman suddenly rushed over and shouted.
"Team Season—"
"That Brother Zhang has been recaptured."
Ji Mingcheng walked with the wind, "It's just right, let's go and have a good meeting with this Brother Zhang."
Qiu Jiang hurriedly followed him.
The man who was captured was wearing a suit that looked expensive, but it was obvious that even a suit of such material and cut could not make his big and strong figure look better.
There was a fierce look in his eyes, but he became a little restrained in front of the police. He sat in the chair and kept silent.
When he saw Ji Mingcheng, he showed obvious doubt. After all, he traveled a lot and had some vision. This outfit of his was worth the price of ten of his suits. How could such a rich man become a policeman?
His bright eyes were not on guard. Ji Mingcheng had a cold face. He directly grabbed a chair and sat down. He asked expressionlessly, "Name, occupation, why did you run away? Where is Wei Li now? Tell me one by one."
It just tastes right.
It’s really a policeman.
Zhang Guangda twitched his lips and turned his eyes away, not wanting to look him in the eye. However, the man was too oppressive. He persisted for two minutes, and when he saw that the policeman next to him had a bad expression, he finally spoke.
"Zhang Guangda, the boss of the company, was not killed by me. He left because he was scared. Wei Li didn't know, but I knew he ran away."
He really answered each question one by one, refusing to say anything else. He only emphasized repeatedly, "Let me be clear, I didn't kill him. I just set up a trap today. This was purely an accident."
"Really?" Ji Mingcheng said with a half-smile, "Then why did I hear someone told Wei Li to run away? That person seemed to be you."
Zhang Guangda's expression froze.
"Tell me, are you an accomplice? Or can I suspect that you two are in cahoots, or even the mastermind?"
Ji Mingcheng dropped a bombshell as soon as he opened his mouth. Zhang Guangda glared at him and said, "No, police officer, please don't talk nonsense. I am a law-abiding citizen."
"Are you sure?" Ji Mingcheng didn't believe his nonsense at all. "I heard that you opened a debt collection company. It's the end of the year now, and I think business has been booming recently. Maybe we can give it a try..."
"Wait, wait, wait." Zhang Guangda quickly stopped him, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you."
He finally stopped pretending to be silent this time, "Comrade police officer, what can I say?"
"You don't need to tell us the general process. Tell us something we don't know." Ji Mingcheng ordered.
Zhang Guangda was choked by this sentence. The draft he had just written in his mind was stuck. His back suddenly relaxed. He took a deep breath and said, "Ali was impulsive. While dancing, he told me that the two Li family boys looked down on him and even caused trouble on his birthday. I tried to persuade him and thought he was fine. Unexpectedly, he disappeared when he turned around to talk to someone. I had a bad feeling. As expected, I went out and saw that it was bad. Both of them were my brothers. One brother was dead. I couldn't bear to see the other die too. I shouted at him to run, but I really don't know where he went."
In fact, he also felt that Wei Li was too impulsive. It was not a big deal. Was it necessary to kill someone?
What's more, they have known each other for so long, there must be some feelings between them. He felt a little chilled when he saw that someone could actually stab someone directly.
"Then why are you running?"
"I...I was just scared. I used to be in the underworld and I've done things in our police station before. If you saw me like this again, you'd definitely suspect me first. It wasn't me who did it. I was a little scared and ran away, but I swear to God, I didn't do anything except yelling."
He started to feel annoyed when he said this. "I regretted it when I got back. I've been a clean slate all these years, but I never thought I'd get dragged down by this kid. If I'd known this, I shouldn't have taken him along just because he was a distant relative, and I shouldn't have said that. Tell me, I didn't do anything wrong, but I'm in this mess. Is there anyone more wronged than me?"
He was filled with righteous indignation, full of dissatisfaction with being implicated, and it didn't seem like he was lying.
Ji Mingcheng didn't know if what he said was acceptable or not, so he just asked, "Tell me everything you know about where he might be hiding."
Zhang Guangda readily reported several place names, including Wei Li's hometown, Wei Li's address in the city, and several hidden places he frequently visited.
It sounds like a place where people can hide.
As for other things, he couldn't squeeze any more out of him. Ji Mingcheng was too lazy to listen to his whining and told him to stay in Anxi obediently for the time being and wait to be summoned at any time.
"Hey, hey, hey." Zhang Guangda agreed immediately, then felt a little regretful and said cautiously, "Comrade police, it's the end of the year, and our company is very busy. We also have a few people from other cities..."
After he caught a glimpse of Ji Mingcheng's suddenly furrowed brow, he fell silent completely, saying repeatedly, "No, no, I won't go out. I'll be waiting for your call at any time."
He was so smooth-talking that Ji Mingcheng looked a little annoyed and said directly, "Let's go."
"Hey hey." He was overjoyed, lifted his butt and hurried out, not wanting to stay here for even a second.
"Captain Ji, are we going to the places he mentioned?" Qiu Jiang asked carefully seeing that he looked unhappy.
"Go check, but I don't think we'll find anyone in these places."
Qiu Jiang didn't understand, and her eyes revealed clear confusion.
She could really see through it at a glance. Ji Mingcheng knocked her on the forehead and said, "Stupid, people like them have a wide network of contacts. Do you think they would dare to stay in this place after committing murder and getting shot?"
Of course, the farther the better.
Especially now that the national household registration system is not interconnected, and some places even only have paper files, it is not difficult for people like them to change their appearance and start a new life.
"Then why should we let him go? I'll call him back." Qiu Jiang ignored the pain from being flicked on the head and just wanted to catch the man.
"Come back? What's the hurry?" Ji Mingcheng pulled her back and, facing her puzzled gaze, he pursed his lips and said, "Come with me."
In addition to the police officers sent to the location mentioned by Zhang Guangda, all others were sent to various intersections in Anxi City. Traffic police were also dispatched to strictly guard all exits from the city.
Qiu Jiang took Ji Mingcheng's car to the Anxi Expressway intersection and waited.
Anxi is a major transportation route, and even at night, it is overwhelmed by all kinds of vehicles. However, today, vehicles from other cities are allowed to enter the city in minutes, while vehicles that want to leave the city are allowed to pass more slowly.
Fortunately, at this time, most of the cars are heading towards the city, and there are far fewer cars leaving the city, with only one occasionally.
She observed it carefully before finally settling down.
Otherwise, with so many cars at night, it would be extremely difficult to search.
They didn't arrive too early, and the traffic police on duty at the highway intersection had already started to stop vehicles leaving the city.
Although it felt strange, most people were cooperative, and since there were few vehicles passing through, it did not affect normal traffic.
After they got out of the car, the head of the traffic police came over.
"Team Ji, we haven't found the person in the photo yet."
"Okay, brothers, please continue to work hard."
"It's not hard, I'll go first."
Seeing them busy again, Qiu Jiang was a little worried, "Captain Ji, could Wei Li have already run away?"
After all, they were delayed in the karaoke hall for over an hour. If he had really left, given the vastness of the country, there would be no way they could catch him in the future.
What she said was exactly what Ji Mingcheng was worried about, but now he could only do his best and leave the rest to fate, especially when the people who went to search for Wei Li everywhere reported that they had not found him.
It is now basically certain that Wei Li has plans to leave. Now it is just a matter of which side reacts faster.
If he is fast, there is no way to catch this person in a short time.
If they were going faster, he would definitely be among the people leaving at various intersections, it was just a matter of which route they took.
The high speed is definitely the most likely one.
Ji Mingcheng pursed his lips and looked into the distance, staring closely at the occasional vehicles passing by in the dark night.
The night is dark.
The competition between the two sides is quietly underway.
Seeing that the number of oncoming cars gradually increased, the two of them entered the two cars to search.
Qiu Jiang carefully compared the faces of all the people on the bus she was checking, but unfortunately, no one looked like Wei Li.
She quickly got out of the car and gestured to the young lady at the toll booth, and the vehicle was successfully let go.
She repeated this process over and over again for more than an hour. In the biting air, her hands were so cold that they hurt, and she stomped her feet back and forth to try to warm herself up.
Rather than feeling cold, she was more concerned about whether she could successfully find Wei Li.
The longer it drags on, the more passive they become.
Unfortunately, the poisonous insect left by her father that she accidentally touched could only see shadows and had no way of tracking the criminals, so it was of no help at all at this time.
If possible, she would rather die in pain than not have such an extra ability.
Qiu Jiang sighed, and the breath she exhaled instantly turned into white mist. She shivered all over, but the more she shivered, the colder she felt. She missed the warm quilt at home and the warmth of her husband's arms.
"Why hasn't it come yet?" Seeing that there was no other car coming from behind, Qiu Jiang and others became a little anxious.
After all, if a car comes, walking around will make you warmer. Now, not only is waiting anxious, but it also makes the air even colder.
In fact, the temperature today is not much different from yesterday, but when she came out, she didn't think she would be out for so long. She was only wearing a short cotton coat, not to mention that she was standing outside all the time, as if all the heat in her body was taken away by the wind.
Phew, it’s really cold.
She jumped up and down so hard that the traffic police couldn't bear it. "Why don't you go to the service desk for a while? It'll be warmer there."
She had to admit that she was a little tempted, but seeing these people still freezing outside for this case, how could she have the nerve to hide inside to keep warm alone? She immediately shook her head.
"It's okay. I hope the next car comes soon."
After all, they didn't know her, so when they saw that she didn't go, they stopped trying to persuade her, and they couldn't help but feel more favorable towards her.
After all, no one feels comfortable working overtime suddenly. Although it is an order from the superiors, they are there to keep you company in the cold wind, which at least makes you feel a little better.
"Qiu Jiang——"
She suddenly heard Ji Mingcheng's voice. Looking back, she saw him standing ten meters away from her, looking at her with his hands in his pockets.
Seeing that he was still there, she thought he wanted to talk to her about something, so she quickly ran over and called for help with her little face flushed.
"Team Ji, what's wrong?"
"Come with me."
He walked in front, and Qiu Jiang followed him. When they got to the car, he opened the trunk, took out a long black down jacket, and threw it to her, "Go to the car and change your clothes."
Qiu Jiang glanced at the soft clothes in her hand. The clothes were obviously much larger than her body shape. It was obviously a men's style. It was obvious who it belonged to.
She hesitated for two seconds and asked, "Captain Ji, why don't you wear it?"
At least she was wearing a cotton coat, while the fourth team members were only wearing jackets. It went without saying who was colder.
"Don't overthink it. I'm not cold."
Look at him, he is standing straight without even a shiver, while I am shaking like a chicken.
Well, keep warm first.
She got into the car decisively, took off her coat and put on his down jacket.
I have to say, the feeling of being wrapped up all over really makes me feel safe. After getting off the car, my whole body was warm and my fingers were no longer stiff. It felt much better than before.
Moreover, this dress was very light and did not restrict her movements at all. She moved her whole body around, her face full of joy. When she saw him, she immediately smiled widely, her voice as sweet as if she had eaten candy, "Thank you, Captain Ji, it's very warm."
"Well, not bad." Ji Mingcheng took a look and commented.
Hearing his words, Qiu Jiang turned around and showed him, smiling, "I feel warm too."
Ji Mingcheng raised his eyebrows and said something that made her feel a little strange.
"I originally thought you would ask who this dress belongs to. If it's mine, I'd be too embarrassed to wear it and just take it off."
She blinked. "Why?"
"It's so cold, it's so nice to have such warm clothes."
No matter who wears it, there will always be one person who is not cold. This is much better than the past on the battlefield. At that time, being cold could really kill people, so why should they refuse?
Ji Mingcheng was stunned for a moment when he saw her sincere and confused eyes, as if he didn't expect her to say that.
"Captain Ji?" Qiu Jiang waved her hand in front of him.
Ji Mingcheng came back to his senses and touched his nose awkwardly, "You are quite a good girl."
After saying that, he strode towards the traffic police. However, his praise really confused her. She was just telling the truth, and she was not a child who needed praise from the teacher for telling the truth. Captain Ji was really weird.
Qiu Jiang touched his head and continued to stand guard with a little doubt. Just as he walked towards that side, a little light appeared in the distance, until it became brighter and brighter.
Finally, another one arrived. No, more than one.
Her eyes lit up and she said to the person over there, "I'm going to check the first one."
Someone made an "OK" gesture to her.
Qiu Jiang also returned a gesture and quickly walked towards the stopped car.
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