Chapter 86 Chapter 86 The situation is becoming more and more like Ji Mingcheng...
With the Spring Festival over, the cold winter is finally coming to an end. Although the cold has not completely dissipated, the temperature is rising significantly.
We see the sun more often and it is no longer as gloomy as in the past few days. Even though the temperature is not too warm at this time, it makes people feel anticipation and joy for the coming of spring.
The streets of Anxi City are full of laughing and noisy crowds. Although people are extremely reluctant to come here from their hometowns to make a living, life always has something to look forward to.
However, the people sitting in the car had nothing to look forward to.
Especially Deng Xingwang and others who were involved in the cruise ship case a few days ago were on the verge of collapse.
"Ah? Another murder?"
"Yeah, what's going on? Could it be that the murderers decided to do something big during the New Year?"
"I'm going crazy, someone please save me."
They wailed, and although Qiu Jiang felt that the cases had been a bit intense in recent days, he still felt that something was wrong.
It was clearly Director Chang who came to see Captain Ji just now, and he had such a serious expression. If it was just because of a murder case, Director Chang wouldn't have to be like that.
I always feel like Captain Ji is hiding something.
Qiu Jiang looked at Ji Mingcheng from the back seat.
"Captain Ji, there must be something else going on." Someone else had the same question as her.
Sitting in the passenger seat next to Ji Mingcheng was Wang Li, who had taken a leave of absence today.
He just came here from his hometown at noon today. Unexpectedly, he saw their car as soon as he got off the car. He stopped the car, said hello, and followed them.
"Um."
Is there anything more serious than murder?
Deng Xingwang and his companions no longer cared about the wailing and pricked up their ears to listen.
Ji Mingcheng said, "The person who called the police was Director Chang's junior high school classmate. He went straight to Director Chang and said that the person who killed his mother must be her current missing person."
Well, we have all the suspects.
They should be talking about other situations soon. Qiu Jiang wrote them down in her notebook and listened carefully.
At this point, Ji Mingcheng continued, "According to her, her boyfriend has a history of drug abuse, but he's short on money. When his drug addiction hits, he resorts to robbery. He's been in jail several times for this. But after he was released from prison a few years ago, he got a lot of marijuana and tobacco from somewhere, totaling tens of thousands of yuan. Given his financial situation, he's far from being able to afford it."
"So she suspected that it was him who killed her mother, and she also suspected that this man might be involved in other robberies?" Deng Xingwang asked curiously.
"This is just one side of the story. Based on what Director Chang said to her, it's possible that her boyfriend, Mao Bo, is involved in drug trafficking, and the person he's in contact with might be the man Mao Bo often calls "Brother Hao" on the phone. Director Chang's point is that it's best if he's not involved in drugs. If he is, we should use it as a fulcrum to crack down on the drug trafficking gang behind him."
Well, it might actually involve a large drug deal. Now I finally understand why Director Chang had that expression.
But Deng Xingwang still didn't understand one thing. "If they suspected drug involvement, why didn't they let Captain Zhuang investigate it?"
They are responsible for drug inspection. Aren’t they more professional than them?
Qiu Jiang reminded him, "Don't forget that this is only the speculation stage, and the most important thing is that this case is a homicide, which is different from a drug case."
Deng Xingwang finally came to his senses and said, "Oh, that's right."
After listening to her, Wang Li praised her, saying, "Jiang Jiang is now very skilled and accurate in classifying cases."
"Because I need to compile documents here, sometimes I will chat with Brother Wang when I go to the archives room."
She was talking about the Brother Wang in the archives room, not this Brother Wang.
Wang Li nodded. "He knows a lot. There's no harm in learning from him."
It seems that they two know each other.
This thought quickly crossed Qiu Jiang's mind, and she was attracted by the voice of Captain Ji arranging work.
After she made a brief note, the car returned to silence.
It was almost three o'clock and the sun was still bright. The direction they were heading was sunny all the way. As they walked along the street, the sun kept shining on their bodies.
Qiu Jiang put her head close to the window, trying to get as much sunlight as possible on her face.
It’s warm and comfortable.
She squinted her eyes slightly like a kitten, enjoying the moment and looking at the surrounding scenery curiously.
Although I have been here for a long time, I am very busy with work and rarely go to places other than my home, store, police station, and the place where the murder occurred. I have never even walked this road before.
It was only after the New Year that she discovered that the trees along the road were hung with small light bulbs and colorful lanterns. They looked very beautiful, so she couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Deng Xingwang has something to say about this.
"I heard it was done by the municipal government, hoping to enhance the atmosphere during the Lunar New Year. This was the first time they did it, so they only piloted it on a few streets. It did attract quite a few people, and I guess they'll do more next year after seeing the effect."
"So that's how it is. It must be beautiful to see so many small colored lights and lanterns lit up. It's a pity I missed it this year. I hope I can enjoy it next year." Qiu Jiang was full of anticipation.
"Why next year?" Ji Mingcheng suddenly asked.
Um?
Wang Li also asked her, "Isn't it still available these few days? If it ends late today, you can see it."
It turns out that there is no need to wait until next year. Qiu Jiang blinked and then looked at Ji Mingcheng with expectation.
"Then it depends on your performance later."
Qiu Jiang raised her right thumb in a swearing gesture, "I will investigate the case thoroughly and will never embarrass you."
Ji Mingcheng raised his eyebrows, "If you do something stupid, why should I be embarrassed?"
"Hey, aren't we all your people? If we give people the impression that we're unreliable, they'll definitely think our leader is incompetent and can't lead us. I certainly can't let that happen."
Qiu Jiang spoke righteously.
There was a sudden burst of laughter on the intercom, and everyone thought she was so brave to speak to Captain Ji like that.
It’s quite enjoyable, isn’t it?
Hahaha, I really want to see the expressions of their quarterly team now, it must be very beautiful.
Those who were not in the same car with them were laughing so hard that they were falling down, but they didn't dare to laugh out loud, for fear of offending their team and being punished later.
But in fact, even though it was Ji Mingcheng's car, Deng Xingwang did not hide his joy at all. He slapped his thighs and laughed endlessly.
"Hahaha--"
"My partner is absolutely right."
Even Wang Li nodded suddenly and said seriously, "Thank you for your hard work, Captain Ji."
The car behind couldn't help it.
"puff--"
"Hahaha--"
Listening to the laughter surrounding the car, Ji Mingcheng's mouth twitched and his eyes were full of helplessness.
So sometimes it’s not good to be too familiar with the teammates, as they even dare to openly tease him.
However, compared to some departments, the atmosphere is not very rigid, and it makes people relax.
not bad.
He was originally in a bad mood because of something, but he actually laughed out loud, but he still warned, "I'm not afraid of losing face, but I've signed a military order with the director. If we maintain the highest crime-solving rate by the end of this year, we will give our team three months' extra salary as a performance bonus, and everyone will get five extra days of vacation. I don't care about these things, but..."
He just smiled and said nothing, but everyone else was stunned.
I'm going to -
Huge shocking news.
"Team 1, Team 1, we promise to work hard and will never embarrass you."
"Yes, yes, our team five must be the best."
"Everyone in our fifth team is capable and competent, and with such a wise leadership, we will definitely win first place again and bring honor to you. Please rest assured."
After hearing their opinions, Ji Mingcheng glanced at Qiu Jiang lightly in the rearview mirror.
You little brat, you dare to play with me.
Qiu Jiang: "..."
admire.
As expected of a leader, his brain works faster and he is more cunning than hers.
However, it was still the kind of conspiracy that made her unable to help but be moved.
That bonus, that vacation...
A perfect pie.
She clasped her hands together and admitted defeat.
Ji Mingcheng was extremely proud, but his tone was neither hurried nor slow. "Then I'll wait and see how you perform."
"Don't worry, we will do our best—"
Their promises were extremely loud, and they couldn't wait to get to the scene of the crime and show their determination to their team leader through their actions.
Where else can you see people collapse and become lazy when they hear about a mission before setting off?
He is clearly the most hardworking soldier on their season team.
The kind that is always available and never complains of being tired.
Because of the good news, we were very happy along the way. However, after driving for more than ten minutes, the surrounding environment became worse. All we could see were low-rise houses and gray dirt kicked up by the traffic.
Just by passing through here, even the most glamorous person will have to accept the touch of the God of Land and become down-to-earth.
Not only people, but even cars could not escape the baptism of flying dust. Deng Xingwang got off the car in front of a small bungalow with the words "Aixia Grocery Store" written on it. He saw a layer of dust on the car of their season team.
God knows this car is so expensive, so beautiful, but now its handsome appearance is covered by the yellow earth. It’s too... too heartbreaking.
After he and others met up with the trace examination and forensic experts who had arrived, he came to his senses and rushed over.
Before he even entered the house, he began to mutter, "This door is too low."
Like Team Ji and the others, he had to bend down slightly to avoid hitting his head.
Fortunately, the height inside the house is better, but it is still very cramped.
Because this grocery store is not big, there is a long row of high tables on the left side of the entrance, on which are placed various peanuts, melon seeds, cigarettes, snacks and other goods. On the right side are several rows of shelves, which are against the wall. This means that if someone buys something from one row of shelves, they have to come out and turn into another row of shelves, which is not very convenient.
But it's not surprising. After all, the grocery store is only about 20 to 30 square meters, but it has so many things on display, and it still looks quite tidy. It can be seen that the owner of this store is very good at using space.
It's a pity that this boss is gone.
That’s right, the deceased was the boss, an old lady in her early sixties.
Although the weather outside was still not very warm, many people were looking inside the grocery store because of what had happened.
Before Deng Xingwang even saw what the store owner looked like, he quickly helped other colleagues set up a cordon.
The forensic doctor who came this time was none other than Forensic Doctor Lu, who had a "fight" with their team not long ago.
Although they had some minor disagreements before, once they came to their work, they got straight to the point as if nothing had happened.
"What's going on?" Ji Mingcheng asked.
"The deceased had bruises all over his body, suspected to be from a beating. He had been stabbed multiple times in the chest and neck. The stab wound in the neck pierced an aorta, causing it to rupture and leading to death from acute massive hemorrhage. Based on the body's temperature, muscle condition, rigor mortis, and other conditions, we can infer that he died between the early morning of the third and fourth days of the Lunar New Year."
Lu Jianian was concise and to the point.
Ji Mingcheng continued to ask, "How do you see the force, direction of penetration, etc?"
Qiu Jiangji paused a bit when he said this, not sure what Captain Ji meant.
Before she could figure it out, Medical Examiner Lu spoke naturally, "The force was very strong, slightly taller than the deceased. If the innermost footprint belongs to the murderer, then I tend to think it belongs to a normal-sized male between 1.65 and 1.7 meters tall, or a heavier female."
Qiu Jiang suddenly realized and continued to write it down in the notebook.
"Okay, I understand."
Ji Mingcheng walked inside, and Qiu Jiang took a deep breath and followed.
As soon as I walked to the innermost shelf, I saw Wang Li wearing gloves and holding an evidence bag. Inside was a small strip of wood thorn with uneven black and purple color. If I was not mistaken, that was coagulated blood.
Wang Li said, "Captain Ji, this was found on the ground at the entrance to the utility room. It must have fallen from a thorny wooden stick, but we didn't find that stick, only this one."
He held up another evidence bag, which contained a dagger with blood stains from the tip to the middle.
If nothing unexpected happens, this is the murder weapon that caused the death of the deceased.
Lu Jianian also confirmed this, "Based on the size of the deceased's abdominal wound, it does match the dagger."
Ji Mingcheng nodded and walked inside, and Qiu Jiang followed him.
You don't need to walk more than two steps in this narrow space. Just turn slightly to the right and after five or six steps, you can see a door on the southeast corner of the store. It is covered by two blue curtains embroidered with bamboo and pandas on both sides. When you open the curtains, you can see that there is a storage room about half the size of the outside. There are some white woven bags on three sides, and the peanuts and melon seeds inside have been scattered all over the floor.
The deceased fell between the door and the white woven bag, with many peanuts and melon seeds scattered around the deceased and even on his back.
It can be seen that the deceased and the murderer had a fight and the deceased was defeated and killed.
Qiu Jiang clenched her palms the moment he opened the curtains, so she didn't cry out in pain from the sudden pain.
I saw a black shadow of a man about three or four centimeters taller than her quietly searching for something behind the table on the left side of the door, and a black shadow with the same body shape as the deceased slowly walked out from the grocery room, holding his waist. When he saw the black shadow opposite, he immediately raised his right hand, pointed at that side, and cursed something while slowly walking towards that side.
The man's shadow was startled. Seeing the woman coming towards him aggressively, his body trembled noticeably. He wanted to run away immediately, but the woman was too angry and slapped him directly in the face.
What followed was a state of standing with hands on hips and cursing.
Qiu Jiang didn't know lip reading and couldn't help but wonder what she said. She saw her touching her body as if looking for something. When she didn't find it, she turned around and walked towards the utility room.
The shadowy man was very scared and didn't dare to go out anymore. He quickly chased after him, and the two of them went into the grocery room together.
She saw with her own eyes that the deceased picked up her mobile phone from the ground and was about to dial a number. The dark shadow of the man immediately knelt down, but it still did not move the deceased. First, the deceased said something emotionally, and then the man also became excited and stood up suddenly. When she raised the phone to her ear, he looked around and suddenly rushed to the white woven bag, picked up the dagger that might have been used to open the bag, and stabbed the deceased.
Again and again, each blow was fierce, as if venting his anger.
He didn't know how long he had been venting his anger. He was so tired that he bent over and gasped violently. After he calmed down for a while, he realized what he had done. He threw the knife to the ground in panic and ran away.
Qiu Jiang witnessed him opening the door, then hurriedly closing it and leaving. Less than a minute later, he ran back, stuffed all the money on the table into himself, and left again.
After this time, the shadow completely disappeared, and the torturous pain in the lower abdomen gradually subsided.
She even felt pain in breathing at this moment, and tried to take small, slow breaths, fearing that breathing too quickly would cause pain in her lower abdomen again.
After waiting for three breaths, she looked like a normal person. She looked up at Ji Mingcheng and said, "Captain Ji, since we have these evidences, it seems that as long as we find Mao Bo and compare his fingerprints, we can determine whether he is the murderer."
She paused, reversing her previous statement, and said with a stern gaze, "Mao Bo was previously imprisoned for robbery. His fingerprints must be on the case. I think we should know the result soon."
Ji Mingcheng said directly, "Go ask your brother Lu for help."
Qiu Jiang's mind paused, and after thinking for two seconds, he realized that the Brother Lu he was talking about was Forensic Doctor Lu.
They had called many people "brother" before, but when it came to Forensic Doctor Lu, they unconsciously wanted to call him by his profession. They always felt that calling him too intimately would be disrespectful to him.
As expected, this feeling became more and more obvious when their season team called out this, but the most important thing at the moment was obviously not this call.
She immediately took the evidence bag from Wang Li and walked out. Jason and the others were guarding outside with the body bag, and they were talking to Forensic Doctor Lu by the way.
Seeing her come out, Jason asked with a thankful look before she could say anything, "Pretty girl, have you finished collecting evidence? If you have, and have taken photos, we will move the body away for further examination."
Qiu Jiang replied to him, "They're already marking the lines, so the filming should be almost done."
"Oh, it's very cold, please hurry them up." Jason complained.
Qiu Jiang smiled embarrassedly.
"Jason." Lu Jianian stopped Jason who was about to say something.
Jason curled his lips, scratched his head and stood aside.
Lu Jianian then turned his gaze to her and lightly scanned the evidence in her hand. "Want me to do a fingerprint comparison?"
"Yes, I wonder if you have time, Forensic Doctor Lu. If you don't have time, I..."
"There's time."
"I have to trouble you solemnly."
Lu Jianian: "..."
Qiu Jiang blinked, trying to suppress the embarrassment that kept rising on her face. She even smiled widely and said sweetly, "Thank you, Forensic Doctor Lu."
She smiled sweetly, her eyes curved, as if the previous conversation had not happened.
Lu Jianian looked at her deeply and felt that this little girl had changed.
Become cunning.
This matter-of-fact look is exactly like Ji Mingcheng.
The only difference is that she is quite polite.
Know to smile sweetly when asking for help.
It's better than Ji Mingcheng asking someone to do something for him with a sullen face and a cold tone.
Although there is no essential difference.
Lu Jianian pursed his lips, and when he saw two people coming out of the grocery store with cameras, he immediately turned around and called for help.
"Jason, Chen Hai."
"Let's go now." His new assistant Chen Hai said quickly, and then dived in like a hardworking little bee.
Jason followed.
In less than ten minutes, with the help of Deng Xingwang and others, the two men lifted the body bag into the car.
Qiu Jiang naturally didn't need to go with them, because in recent years the country has begun a massive campaign to build a fingerprint database so that fingerprint comparisons can be made more quickly and people's identities can be verified.
In the field of criminal investigation, a large amount of data shows that criminals are prone to committing crimes again, and the recidivism rate has remained high in recent years. In order to be able to identify the murderer in the vast crowd, police forces across the country have begun to enter the fingerprints of criminals into the system. Even if these data are not comprehensive and have not been used across regions, it is not difficult to find a criminal's fingerprint in the local database and compare it with the new fingerprint.
Therefore, she only needed to hand over the evidence to them and wait for the results.
After Jason took the bag, they got in the car and left.
Qiu Jiang waved her hands, and only rubbed her face, which was almost frozen from smiling, after the car drove away.
"Next time, I'll ask Captain Ji to handle this kind of thing himself." She complained quietly and quickly entered the cordon.
At this time, when there were fewer people, Qiu Jiang suddenly thought of something she had not had time to pay attention to just now. Deng Xingwang happened to be standing at the door, and Qiu Jiang pulled his sleeve.
"Xingwang, have you seen the deceased's daughter?"
Deng Xingwang shook his head, "No."
"Didn't she call the police and strongly request us to investigate her boyfriend? Why is there no one here now?" Qiu Jiang frowned, feeling very strange.
"Don't be surprised, she was sent to the hospital." A police officer from the police station who arrived before them told them.
"Sent to the hospital?"
"Sent to the hospital?"
Qiu Jiang and Deng Xingwang both screamed.
Qiu Jiang quickly asked, "Did something happen to her?"
"She fainted due to excessive emotion. We were afraid something might happen to her, so we gave her emergency treatment and took her away."
Another police officer also said, "Luckily there was an empty ambulance nearby, and they took the person away quickly. Otherwise, if something happened to her as well, it would have been a real headache."
It's already a headache enough.
Everything was fine, but just after returning to work after the New Year, a murder occurred.
It was so scary that my head was numb just now.
Fortunately, they survived, but they both still feel a little uneasy.
So scary.
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