Chapter 45 Chapter 45 Qiu Jiang is addicted to acting
Ji Mingcheng originally thought that the people of Hong Kong were just fond of watching the fun, but he didn't expect that the people in the mainland were no less fond of it.
Even if they have to endure the stench, they must stay at the scene of the crime and gossip and chat with people next to them, whom they may not even know.
He really admired this gossipy spirit.
Wang Li didn't really understand their train of thought, and didn't know what to say, so he coughed softly and changed the subject. "Captain Ji, this skeleton is practically submerged in the mud. It's probably going to be hard to find any useful clues. What should we do..."
Ji Mingcheng immediately understood what he meant and said directly, "Let our people take the woven bag back first and separate the useful evidence. Then send a few people to guard here and see if they can find anything new. The rest of us can continue to handle yesterday's case."
"Yes." Wang Li responded and hurried over to make arrangements.
After Lu Jianian and the others arrived, his expression became extremely solemn, and even his breathing became much lighter, but the others were not so lucky.
"vomit--"
The continuous vomiting sounds were like history repeating itself. Ji Mingcheng raised an eyebrow and patted Lu Jianian's shoulder. "I'll be working hard on you guys from now on."
Lu Jianian frowned and nodded, then turned and called out, "Jason."
"...vomiting..." Jason was not as strong as him. He was half bent over at this time, his stomach churning again and again. When he looked at Lu Jianian with difficulty, his stomach was churning again. He lowered his head and vomited violently, his expression was very desperate.
He felt that he had seen many corpses emitting bad smells, and believed that no smell could knock him down, but he still overestimated himself.
The black, sticky mud was pervasive and almost impossible to dissipate once it got on the body. When mixed with the smell formed by years of fermentation of corpses, the smell was so horrific that it was hard to describe it.
"vomit……"
He tried to suppress it, but it had little effect, and he vomited wildly again. In the end, he had lost his appetite and kept retching. In the end, he even vomited so much that bile came out.
Lu Jianian pursed his lips and handed him a gas mask from the box, "Put it on."
Jason was so weak that he couldn't even say "OK" to him. He silently put on his gas mask and protective clothing and walked with him towards the woven bags. Then he started the on-site cleaning work.
Ji Mingcheng left Wang Li and a few others behind and asked Guo Kai to take the rest back.
The few people who were left behind had expressions of despair on their faces.
But what else can we do?
Just do it.
On the other hand, Qiu Jiang and others went to the police station where Chen Abao's family had reported the case to inquire about the tricycle.
Seeing that they were from the Municipal Bureau and were criminal police, the police officers from the local police station cooperated very well. They took out the record book of that day and explained the situation to them.
"At two o'clock in the afternoon on the 15th, the owner, Chen Abao, came to report that his newly purchased blue Golden Frog tricycle was lost at the entrance of the supermarket outside the Sixth Factory staff quarters. We then helped him look for it, but there was no closed-circuit television at the entrance of the supermarket. We also asked people near the supermarket, but no one had any impression of the car. In addition, his car was a tricycle, which did not need to be registered, and there were so many of them, so we still haven't found it." Seeing that she had been staring at the record book, the police officer added.
"And usually after a car like this is stolen, the thieves will sell it for a very low price. But the people who help sell it are not fools, so they naturally won't tell us the truth. So if you want to find this car, it will probably be like looking for a needle in a haystack."
Deng Xingwang was anxious at the time. "What should we do? This is the only clue we have now."
If we can't find the car, who knows if what Chen Abao and his family said is true.
What's more, if the murderer really stole the car, there would most likely be some clues of the murderer left in the car.
Now, all the clues were gone.
This result is unfortunate.
This is true for him, and even more so for Qiu Jiang.
But they still didn't give up, so they hurried to the supermarket outside the staff quarters of the Sixth Factory and asked the boss.
"It's this matter again." The boss had obviously been asked this question before, and he repeated what happened that day to them without even having to recall it.
"We had a lot of goods arriving that day, and that blue tricycle was a delivery vehicle from the beverage factory. When the vehicle arrived, our staff immediately started unloading the goods. The driver, though lame, was a very kind person. Seeing that we were overwhelmed, he took the initiative to help us unload the goods, working himself into a sweat."
"To thank him, I treated him to ice cream after unloading the goods. But when he was about to go back, he realized his car was gone. We had no idea someone could steal his car in such a short time. What kind of world is this?"
After all, the car was stolen while he was working in his own shop. The family did not blackmail him afterwards. The boss had a good impression of Chen Abao, but it has to be said that this incident was very annoying.
"That guy stole cars now, who knows if he'll steal something else next time. I haven't dared to leave the store unattended these past few days. Not only do the staff take turns to be on guard at night, but we also installed CCTV every other day just to prevent something like this from happening again."
Thinking about spending so much extra money, the boss felt very painful.
CCTV?
Qiu Jiang suddenly asked, "Boss, can I take a look at the CCTV?"
"Of course I can, but I didn't install it the day the car was lost. Officer, you see it's useless."
"I know, but I still want to take a look. Can you please?" Qiu Jiang pleaded.
Although the request was a bit confusing, it was not a big deal, so I took her there.
When the two of them went over together, Deng Xingwang took advantage of the boss fiddling with the computer and quickly pulled Qiu Jiang aside and asked quietly, "Jiang Jiang, what on earth are you doing? We can't find the murderer by looking at this."
After all, people said there was no CCTV installed when the incident happened.
Qiu Jiang whispered back, "That person was able to steal the car so easily without alerting anyone. He must be very familiar with this area, and he must be very familiar with Chen Abao."
After saying this, she didn't give him time to react and continued to explain, "Don't forget what Chen Abao said. He always carefully placed his keys in the groove under the car seat, and he always covered it with his shirt to conceal it. But even so, the car was still gone. Doesn't this prove that the person carefully observed Chen Abao's actions? How could he have done that if he wasn't someone who often appeared in the area?"
Deng Xingwang scratched his head, thinking what she said made sense, but...
"Then shouldn't we ask the boss who had contact with Chen Abao that day? After all, to be able to observe him to this extent, he must have been very close, so why are we checking the surveillance now?"
"Let's check the videotapes over the past few days to see if there's anyone who appeared that day. What if that person has been active nearby?"
"Huh? That's a lot of work, right? And the key is who's going to do it?"
Let them do it themselves, but they didn't come that day, so how could they know who would show up that day? If they asked the boss or the clerk to come, they are open for business, would they be willing to spend so much time sitting here watching people?
Qiu Jiang knew this, of course, and reminded him, "Don't forget Chen Abao."
Deng Xingwang suddenly realized what was going on and slapped his forehead, "Fuck, how could I have forgotten about him?"
Even if the extracted semen was not his, a piece of cloth with his fingerprints was found at the crime scene. Even if his family said that the bag of clothes was stolen from the car, no one except his family could testify, so Deng Xingwang had to stay in the detention center for two days.
Since I'm here anyway and have plenty of time, instead of sitting there and staring blankly, I might as well identify it carefully. Maybe I can even find my car in the process.
So after seeing that the videotape contained all the footage from those three days, the two of them directly asked the boss if they could take it away to have a look.
The boss hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed, but he repeatedly emphasized that it must be changed back.
Qiu Jiang and the others naturally had no reason to refuse, and they agreed that after exchanging the videotape they took away, they would continue to take away new videotapes from their store.
After a busy day, they only managed to collect this little information. The two were so thirsty that they bought two bottles of soda at a nearby convenience store before driving back to the Municipal Bureau.
However, when they arrived at the city bureau, they found that the office was much emptier. Someone told her, "Captain Ji sent Li Xing and his team to investigate the missing persons of the past few days. Then, it seemed that something happened at the moat, so Captain Ji took some people to investigate the situation. They haven't returned yet."
Just as the man said this, Guo Kai and a few others entered the room. "Hey? Brother Guo, didn't you go out with Captain Ji? Why are you the only ones back?"
As he was talking, he smelled a creepy odor, and he realized that the smell came from them. He immediately covered his nose and said, "Oh my god, what's that smell on you?"
The smell of rotting dead bodies.
Qiu Jiang frowned and thought to himself.
"Is it? And does it smell?"
Guo Kai and others lowered their heads to sniff the smell on their bodies. They didn't feel anything yet, but suddenly the people in the office who smelled the smell were about to vomit.
They laughed awkwardly and said, "We thought it had lost its smell. So we won't go in. Please help me pour a few glasses of water. After we finish drinking, we'll go change our clothes."
Just as Guo Kai finished speaking, he heard Qiu Jiang suddenly ask, "Brother Guo, is there another murder?"
Guo Kai was surprised when he heard this and praised her, "Great, Jiang Jiang is becoming more and more perceptive now."
He then said seriously, "When they were desilting the moat, they found a woven bag tied with stones. Human bones were found in the bag. The smell came from the river."
When he said this, the people in the office really wanted to vomit. Their scalps went numb and they stood up and ran to the corner. They were all scared when they saw them.
Guo Kai shook his head as soon as he saw it. "You guys can't do this. Are you still criminal police officers?"
"Brother Guo, we're criminal police, but we don't go out on the field very often. Who could handle this big surprise you've given us right out of the gate?"
"Jiang Jiang, isn't this good?" Guo Kai found an evidence.
"Come on, Jiang Jiang was originally just like us, but it was you and Captain Ji who treated her like a man, dragging her out to look at corpses every day. She's been trained to do this, but we're not like that."
"Go away, you're making me sound like Zhou Paopi. When I knew her, she wasn't afraid of corpses and even caught the murderer on the spot. You're just clueless, so what excuses are you making?"
Seeing that he was about to draw hatred towards her, Qiu Jiang quickly interrupted, "Brother Guo, you want water."
A bottle of mineral water was stuffed into each of their hands. Guo Kai and the others realized that they had finally achieved their goal, so they didn't bother to say anything else. They raised their heads and drank the water in one gulp. After finishing, they didn't stay here any longer and hurried to the dormitory in the back building to take a shower and change clothes.
Qiu Jiang didn't know what happened with the body found by the river, so she started to sort out the information she had about yesterday's case.
As soon as she sat down, she saw Deng Xingwang sitting in the chair, thinking hard and looking very conflicted. After noticing her gaze, Deng Xingwang hesitated and finally spoke out.
"Jiang Jiang, I think the police officer from that police station is wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"Our tricycle is indeed not registered, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to recognize which tricycle it is."
Seeing that she was listening attentively, Deng Xingwang couldn't help but sit up straight and tell her what he was thinking of.
"You know, every car has a frame number. This frame number is like our ID card. Each car has a unique number. The car can be identified by this number. I have never driven a tricycle, but I think tricycles should have similar numbers."
Qiu Jiang's eyes lit up. "You mean, if that car is sold as stolen goods and put on the market, we can use this serial number to determine which one is Chen Abao's?"
"That's right." Deng Xingwang snapped his fingers and said to her excitedly, "Wait a minute, I'll call my uncle. He used to work in a car factory, so he'll definitely know if there's a similar number."
"Not bad, you actually thought of this."
Chen Da's voice came from behind them.
Qiu Jiang and Deng Xingwang turned their heads together and saw Chen Da and other colleagues walking in like dead fish and slowly sitting down on the chairs, each of their faces full of fatigue.
"Brother Chen." They both called out at the same time.
Chen Da nodded, sat down and started drinking water. He was no less excited than Guo Kai and the others just now.
Deng Xingwang quickly filled a glass of water from the dispenser and handed it to him. "Brother Chen, where have you been? And since you just said I was right, does that mean we can start investigating from this aspect?"
"Okay, come with us tomorrow." After Chen Da said that, he continued to gulp down the water.
"Huh?" Deng Xingwang exclaimed in surprise, "You've already gone to check today?"
"What else? By the time you figure it out, the car will have been sold."
"Brother Chen, it's amazing that I can think of this. Others might be even more clueless than me." Deng Xingwang felt that he was already quite capable, but he suffered from too little experience.
Chen Da was too tired to refute him. He waved his hand casually and emphasized one thing, "If you have nothing to do, please help us find a car."
"Okay."
"no problem."
Anyway, they had already found out the direction of the car, so it was just a matter of convenience.
Early the next morning, the group of people set out in groups of two to the tricycle shop that had not yet been found. This time, Qiu Jiang followed Chen Da.
As soon as the two met, Chen Da almost didn't recognize her and asked in panic, "Why are you dressed like this?"
Qiu Jiang glanced at herself and asked, "What's wrong?"
"What's wrong...?" Chen Da was almost going crazy, pointing at her wearing a floral cotton jacket, black cotton pants, and a red scarf around her neck. She looked like any little village girl who didn't know how to dress up. How could she look like her usual pretty face?
Thinking back to the past, even when she was in uniform, she was still a young and beautiful policewoman. Occasionally, when he met her when she was not on duty, she was dressed like a snow-white porcelain doll, so beautiful that he could hardly recognize her.
As a result, this outfit on this day completely refreshed his cognition.
Qiu Jiang hesitated and asked, "It doesn't look good?"
Chen Da stared and stammered, "You can't say that."
After all, her foundation is still here. Even if she is dressed very rustically, she is the most beautiful among all the country girls. As long as you look at her face, you can tell that she will look great in a different outfit, but...
That can't hide the fact that this dress is ugly.
Especially since she rubbed the trouser line on her side in a coy manner, she looked like a country girl who had just come to the city and had never seen the world.
Hearing his words, Qiu Jiang's eyes lit up.
"Then this feels right. Brother Chen, today you are my distant cousin. I came to the city because I have a partner and am getting married, so I bought a tricycle for the wedding. You were entrusted by my parents to bring me a cheap and easy-to-use tricycle. No matter what, the most important thing is that it is cheap."
Qiu Jiang emphasized the word "cheap price".
Chen Da frowned and thought carefully, but he still couldn't figure out which pot of wine she was selling today until she revealed the answer.
"Uncle, don't forget that it's a stolen car. How can it be sold so easily? In order to sell it, you have to lower the price a lot. Besides, I'm just a country girl who knows nothing. Even if I bought a stolen car, I wouldn't stay in the city. That way, it would be difficult for the police to find it."
Chen Da was not stupid either. When he heard her say that, he exclaimed, "Good guy."
He used to think that the most well-behaved little girls were all fake, but this little girl's schemes scared him.
If you think about it carefully, it is true. If you really have a stolen car to sell, why not just sell it to a clueless young man? Even if it is discovered by the police by chance, he can deny it. As long as you don't even give the invoice, just take the money and deliver the goods, and there is no other witness, if that person denies it, who can say that it was sold by you?
This completely boosts the sense of security of the person selling the car, allowing him to have no worries. If he were that person, he would also be willing to sell it.
but……
"That's not right. If you are getting married, then the man should be the one to buy the car. Why should you, a girl, buy one? Wouldn't that give the cat out of the bag?" Chen Da asked loudly.
Qiu Jiang had already thought of an excuse. Blinking her eyes, she said pitifully, "Uncle, you forgot that I'm the only girl in my family, and now we're not allowed to have a second child. If I get married, won't my parents' family be wiped out? Of course I want to stay home and find a son-in-law. Since we're looking for a son-in-law, it's natural for our family to buy a car."
And they come in sets.
Chen Da stared at her pitiful little face, completely dumbfounded. But her words were logically consistent and there was nothing wrong with them.
He twitched his lips, looked at his newly-appointed distant niece again, and reluctantly accepted her script.
"Let's go, niece."
"Hey, uncle." Qiu Jiang followed him with a smile.
The first place they came to was a large open space paved with gravels, filled with brand new tricycles and a few cars.
Seeing the two of them, a figure in the distance ran towards them quickly.
Seeing this, Chen Da slipped her a piece of paper and whispered to her, "The frame number of Chen Abao's tricycle is usually on the nameplate under the seat."
Qiu Jiang nodded quickly. When this man came in front of them, she pretended to know nothing. She hid behind Chen Da and looked at the tricycles in the factory curiously with an envious look.
"Hello, both of you. What kind of car do you want to buy? Let me introduce it to you." The man who came was a man in his early thirties. He was thin, short, and had a face full of moles, but he spoke very straightforwardly and talkatively.
Chen Da asked directly, "What's your name?"
"My last name is Wang. If you don't mind, just call me Brother Wang."
"Brother Wang."
"Why."
"What's your name, big brother?"
"My last name is Chen. I'm here with my niece to pick out a tricycle for her wedding in the village."
Wang Laizi was a little confused. He also came from the countryside, so how come he didn’t know that now in the village, the bride needs to buy a car for marriage? Could it be a dowry?
Then this family’s conditions are quite good.
Wang Laizi was happy for less than a second, and then he saw Qiu Jiang, who was very handsome but not well dressed, standing behind him, and he suddenly lost his confidence.
"It doesn't look like their family is very rich, how can they afford a car as a dowry?" He thought to himself, but he didn't show it on his face. He smiled like a friend who hadn't seen each other for a long time.
"So it's our niece's big day! This is such a great thing! You can pick any car you like. Since we like each other, I'll give you a discount today."
Qiu Jiang's eyes lit up when she heard this. Although she was still hiding behind Chen Da, she quietly poked her head out and asked in disbelief, "Are you telling the truth?"
"Of course." Wang Laizi smiled even more sincerely.
Qiu Jiang tugged at Chen Da's sleeve and said with a clear, innocent look in her eyes, "Uncle, let's just wait and see. Buy a car as soon as possible so I can take my man home."
"That's right." Wang Laizi responded with a smile, but he felt strange in his heart.
What does it mean to bring a man home?
He thought about it for a while, and suddenly an idea came to him, "The girl is planning to marry into the family."
"Yeah." Qiu Jiang nodded vigorously.
"I don't have any brothers at home, and I can't bear to leave my parents."
Wang Laizi had nothing to understand now. It seemed that it was not because of his wealthy family, but because he had no choice. He probably did not have much money. He had thought he was a big customer, but now it seemed that was not the case.
Although he thought so in his heart, he still acted very enthusiastic.
"Good, good, your parents are so lucky to have such a filial daughter like you."
"Yeah, I also think my niece is very filial." Chen Da suddenly said.
Qiu Jiang lowered her head shyly.
The corners of Chen Da's mouth twitched, and he immediately looked away, fearing that he could not hold it in any longer.
"Can I see the car now?"
“Can, can, can—”
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