Chapter 39 Chapter 39 Looking for Clues Jiang Jiang, Look What I Found...
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the record?"
Wang Li saw that her expression changed too obviously, so he asked her directly.
Qiu Jiang frowned, then lowered his head and continued to read, pointing his finger at a description.
"What's written here is that the deceased was carrying a knife at the time of the incident. He had an argument with Wei Li, and Wei Li snatched the knife away in self-defense during the struggle, which led to the stabbing of Li Zhengping..."
Qiu Jiang hesitated a little, and then carefully recalled the testimonies of all the witnesses last night. It seemed that no one had mentioned this point.
Even the manager and security guard who were counting the goods in the backyard warehouse at the time said that they saw Wei Li holding a fruit knife that was still dripping with blood, and Li Zhengping had already fallen to the ground. After moving twice, he gradually became motionless, and then Wei Li ran away.
But one thing she remembered clearly was that many people mentioned that Wei Li was very dissatisfied with the two Li brothers at the time. Logically, Wei Li was the one who wanted to lose his temper, but the final testimony turned out to be that Li Zhengping threatened Wei Li with a knife...
So what is Li Zhengping's motive?
This doesn't make sense.
Moreover, judging from the actions of the two people she saw in the shadows, the knife was obviously taken out from Wei Li's waist. How could it be brought by Li Zhengping?
She found the testimony problematic.
Others don't have her ability, but after listening to what she said, they also feel that there are some loopholes here.
Guo Kai pondered for a moment and said, "We also reviewed the testimony from last night. Indeed, no one claimed to have witnessed the crime. Therefore, Wei Li's testimony may indeed be questionable. However, we have no evidence, and the principle of presumption of innocence..."
He paused and made his point clear.
If there were no other witnesses, whatever Wei Li said would be considered true, and he did not deny the fact that he had killed someone.
This matter can only affect one result.
It's the level of the sentence.
If it is really as Wei Li said, then he committed manslaughter by mistake and will probably be released in more than ten years. But if it was Wei Li who brought the knife, then he is suspected of intentional homicide, and the crime is much more serious. Life imprisonment or the death penalty are both possible, and it is very likely to be the death penalty.
These two results can be described as a battle between life and death.
If they were Wei Li, they would definitely say things in the most beneficial direction when faced with such a situation.
"But these are just our speculations. There is no evidence. If we can't find new and strong evidence, the court will only make sentences based on the existing evidence." Wang Li frowned and said.
"Where is Chen Da?" Guo Kai suddenly asked.
Upon hearing this, Qiu Jiang glanced around the office and looked at the clock on the wall, and also felt something was wrong.
Logically speaking, everyone should be here by this time.
"Maybe he took a leave of absence? Weren't you busy until very late last night?" Deng Xingwang guessed.
"No." Guo Kai answered directly.
Qiu Jiang also said, "There are still cases to follow up, so Brother Chen shouldn't suddenly ask for leave."
Wang Li nodded and agreed with what they said.
"Then where else could Brother Chen go?" Deng Xingwang thought their words made sense, and suddenly an idea struck him. "Could he go to the karaoke parlor?"
It's really possible.
After Qiu Jiang contacted Lu Jianian to confirm the time for the mental evaluation and even completed the relevant examinations, Chen Da did not come. They guessed that he was still searching for clues because there were still about ten people missing in the office.
They confirmed this guess since so many people didn't show up at once and their season team didn't ask any questions.
It’s been too long. Why hasn’t he come back yet? Could he have made some important discovery?
After finishing the manuscript in his hand, Qiu Jiang became more and more restless the more he thought about it.
Especially after Deng Xingwang came back, he sighed, "It's over, it's over. I really can't be sure now."
In the morning, Deng Xingwang went to check the fingerprint identification results on the fruit knife she brought back. When she heard him say that, she had a bad feeling.
Qiu Jiang immediately asked anxiously, "What's wrong? Is there a problem with the fingerprint?"
It shouldn't be like that.
Wei Li had been carrying the knife and was even waving it at the time, so there must be his fingerprints on it. Although she didn't have an ID bag in her hand at the time, she held it loosely with her coat sleeve and took it to the highway and sealed it immediately. There was absolutely no possibility of his fingerprints being damaged.
What on earth would make him say that? Qiu Jiang was almost dying of anxiety. "Hurry up and tell me."
Deng Xingwang didn't have time to sigh anymore and quickly told her, "We successfully extracted Wei Li's fingerprints from the fruit knife, but the fingerprints from last night's murder have been wiped off, so we can't extract Li Zhengping's fingerprints at all. Who can be sure whether what Wei Li said is true?"
"What?" Qiu Jiang was stunned, and could only think of one possibility, "Did the fingerprints from last night's murder get wiped off?"
Deng Xingwang nodded vigorously. "He probably washed off his fingerprints before getting on the bus. The only fingerprints left are his."
When they arrested people last night, everyone knew that Wei Li carried this knife with him for self-defense, so it was reasonable to have his fingerprints on it. The only thing to be thankful for was that they were able to extract hidden blood stains that had not been cleaned up. It has been confirmed that the blood type is exactly the same as Li Zhengping's, which can prove that this was the murder weapon Wei Li used in the karaoke hall last night.
Based on Wei Li's testimony, he could have been sentenced to more than ten years, but it was still unclear who the knife belonged to.
"If Captain Chen can't find any other evidence, then I guess this will be the only verdict."
How could Qiu Jiang not know this? Therefore, after hearing the news, she could no longer sit still and stood up from her chair.
"No, this matter needs to be clarified. We can't be so confused."
"That's what we say, but how do we find him?" Deng Xingwang also brought her another piece of news. "I asked around. Captain Chen is leading his men to the karaoke hall to look for new witnesses, but it seems there's been no progress."
Qiu Jiang also guessed it, otherwise Chen Da wouldn't have come back yet.
But can we just watch Wei Li exploit loopholes and reduce his sentence?
She still refused to give in.
An idea suddenly occurred to her, and she asked him, "Xingwang, have you seen Captain Ji?"
"Team Ji seems to be with Forensic Doctor Lu."
Deng Xingwang had just finished speaking when he saw her running out and yelled, "Where are you going?"
"Looking for Captain Ji, I also want to find evidence."
Qiu Jiang's bright voice came from the other side of the corridor and fell clearly into his ears.
Deng Xingwang couldn't stay any longer and followed him.
"I'm going too."
At this moment, Ji Mingcheng was reading the appraisal report that Lu Jianian had urgently prepared, and he confirmed to him, "So, his brain is completely fine, right?"
"Yes," Lu Jianian said, but there was something strange. "Although it can be proven that he is mentally normal and has full behavioral capacity, he kept talking about ghosts during the evaluation... I have ruled out the possibility that he has delusions, so what exactly happened last night?"
Lu Jianian was rarely curious.
After all, even though there are more superstitious people in Hong Kong, Ji Mingcheng never believed in this before and disdained to use such means to deceive people. Why did he scare people so much this time?
Ji Mingcheng's mouth twitched fiercely, and it was obvious that he was thinking of some not-so-pleasant memories. His mood became not very good, and he said coldly, "What's it to you?"
Lu Jianian's face was full of black lines, and he stretched out his hand to ask him to leave.
Ji Mingcheng refused to do so and blocked the door with his tall figure. Lu Jianian didn't tolerate him and simply reached out to close the door.
The two of them were pushing and shoving each other, it was so lively.
It wasn't until Qiu Jiang and the other one suddenly appeared out of nowhere that it was over. Ji Mingcheng stood up straight with a little embarrassment, straightening his expression, trying to maintain his image of being wise and brave in the eyes of his subordinates. Unfortunately, his appearance just now was seen clearly by the two of them.
Deng Xingwang still had a look of disappointment on his face. He had never expected that their team's season one team had such personalities in private.
Lu Jianian glanced at them and then closed the door quickly.
"Hey." Ji Mingcheng put his hands on his hips, "Lu Xiaonian, you've made it."
Unfortunately, no one replied to him.
They were able to piss off even the good-tempered Forensic Doctor Lu. We have to say that Team Ji is really amazing.
But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that she wants to find clues.
"Captain Ji, I want to find Brother Chen." Qiu Jiang spoke anxiously, as if she could disappear in an instant with just his order.
And Ji Mingcheng had no doubt that she had this ability.
"Captain Ji, I want to go too." Deng Xingwang opened his mouth eagerly.
Seeing the anticipation and enthusiasm on their faces, Ji Mingcheng was somewhat infected, but he still wanted to remind them of one thing.
"I think you already know the situation on Chen Da's side. So far, there has been no results. Even if you go, the result will probably be the same."
"I know, but I won't give up unless I give it a try." There was a deep stubbornness in Qiu Jiang's eyes, which made Ji Mingcheng clearly understand her determination to get to the bottom of this matter.
As a leader, what can't I support? He waved his hand and said, "Go ahead. If it's late, just go home and you don't have to come back."
"yes."
The two of them saluted and left together without any hesitation.
Very good, it's time for him to get busy.
Ji Mingcheng glanced at the closed door of the forensic room and walked away with a depressed look on his face.
On the other hand, because Qiu Jiang's car was still at the karaoke hall, although Deng Xingwang was also riding a bike, it was okay for him to ride alone. If he brought another person with him, he would probably be exhausted before reaching his destination.
After the two of them made a plan, they stopped two motorcycles in front of the police station. However, when they heard the destination, they froze.
Qiu Jiang asked hurriedly, "Did you take a job at the karaoke bar last night? The man in the car was about thirty years old, and he was very panicked at the time."
The motorcycle owner in front of her shook his head and said, "It's not me, it's him."
He pointed at the person sitting on the motorcycle parked in front of Deng Xingwang.
At this moment, the man was about to collapse, "How did I know that man was a murderer? If I had known, I would never have dared to pull him away no matter what."
He earned a lot of money last night after picking up passengers, and happily went to eat barbecue with his brothers. But who knew that he heard this bad news from other riders.
There was a murder in that karaoke hall and the person fled. Based on the time, he had already calculated that he was catching the murderer at that time. Even today, he still feels a little scared. So today he went to a faraway place to get a job, but he didn't expect that the job he got was still related to that karaoke hall. He began to wonder if he had a bad luck with that store. His heart was beating fast and he thought about not taking this order.
However, he didn't expect that the two people in front of him were looking for him and would never let him leave.
Qiu Jiang and Deng Xingwang looked at each other, their eyes sparkling.
"What did you see that day?"
The two people said in unison.
Seeing that he looked confused, they quickly took out their ID photos.
When they saw they were policemen, they tried to run away.
"return."
The two people who were arrested were very depressed.
Deng Xingwang looked unhappy, "We didn't arrest you, why are you running?"
"Comrade police officer, we are afraid."
"What are you afraid of?" Deng Xingwang didn't understand. "What do you have to be afraid of?"
He suddenly thought of a possibility and stared at them closely, "Or are you accomplices?"
“No, no, no—”
The two of them waved their hands frantically, looking extremely aggrieved and wronged. They were afraid that he would make another blind guess, so they quickly told him the reason.
"This is a murder case, very serious. What if something bad gets involved? What if the murderer finds out what we said and comes back to find us?"
"Yes, comrade. We are all ordinary people. We don't ask for anything else. At least our safety should be guaranteed. So this case really has nothing to do with us."
"If I guarantee that the murderer can't find you, can you tell me?" Qiu Jiang spoke at this time.
She just recalled the movements of the two shadows carefully. She was sure that the fruit knife was brought by Wei Li. It was not like what he said that Li Dongping brought it to him because he threatened him.
As long as sufficient evidence can be found, he will never come out to harm anyone again.
"Your words are really important to us. We won't ask anything else. Just tell us what you heard and saw truthfully."
Qiu Jiang kept pleading, but the two of them still looked embarrassed. After two or three rounds of back and forth, they finally relented. The one who took Wei Li away on the motorcycle said, "I didn't actually see anything. I just saw the man quickly run out of the yard and block my way to stop a car. Seeing that there was business, I asked for the location. He said he wanted to go to Dahekou to wait for the bus. It's a bit far from the karaoke hall, and he can make some money there. I didn't think much about it and took him away."
"After I learned about this incident, I recalled that I did smell a rusty smell on him when I drove him last night. At the time, I thought he was carrying some rusty iron, but now I think it was clearly the smell of blood."
Whenever he thinks about it, his hair still stands on end.
"I actually drove a murderer so far. If he had wanted to kill me at that time, he might have killed me—"
The horror on his expression could not be faked, and his reaction was consistent with the psychology and behavior of ordinary people. Qiu Jiang did not doubt it, but these were of no help to what they wanted to find out.
She couldn't help but feel anxious. "Nothing else? Didn't you see anything else? Or hear anything else?"
"No."
"Comrade police officer, there's a screen wall in the backyard of that karaoke hall. Unless we go inside, we really can't see what's going on inside from the outside."
Another motorcycle owner also helped explain.
After hearing this, Qiu Jiang was very disappointed.
But it was normal. She calmed down and recovered. She still asked them to send them over.
This time, the two of them just paused for a moment and quickly agreed.
They rode very fast along the way. They arrived at a place that would normally take more than 30 minutes to reach in just over 20 minutes. As soon as they arrived and collected the money, they immediately started the motorcycle. The motorcycle hummed and sped away with a cloud of black smoke.
"Is it that serious?" Deng Xingwang really didn't understand.
"Xingwang, I'll contact Brother Chen to see where they are. Please wait for a while." Qiu Jiang said.
"become."
Deng Xingwang originally thought she was looking for a telephone booth and was craning his head to look for it, but when he caught a glimpse of the pink mobile phone in her hand from the corner of his eye, his eyes widened, and he suddenly turned his head and stared at the little cutie in her palm, his mouth wide open but unable to utter a word.
"You, you, you... you bought a cell phone? How much is it?"
He didn't even want to blink, he liked her phone so much, even though the color was a bit too girly.
"My goodness, it's the latest model. It must cost several thousand, right?"
Qiu Jiang heard him say this before she could even hit the target, and she immediately gasped.
"How much did you say?"
She couldn't help but be surprised. Deng Xingwang was envious and confused. "Didn't you buy this? How come you didn't know about it?"
It's not good at all.
Qiu Jiang pursed her lips and looked at the little thing in her hand in surprise again.
She thought Captain Ji just bought her one casually, and she knew the price of the phone wouldn't be very cheap, but she never thought the price would be so outrageous.
Several thousand?
Isn’t that her annual salary???
She immediately felt that the gift was a bit hot, and at the same time she was surprised by the generosity of their season team.
Deng Xingwang was shocked when he learned the origin of the mobile phone.
"Damn it! I know Team Ji prepared a gift for you as a reward, but I never expected it to be this! It's too exaggerated! Let me see it quickly."
Qiu Jiang handed him the phone, and Deng Xingwang held it in both hands, as carefully as if it were a fragile item.
"Jiang Jiang, my pager doesn't smell anymore."
Qiu Jiang didn't know how to comfort her for a moment, "You..."
"No, I have to perform well too, and try to get Captain Ji to see me. Maybe if he's in a good mood, he'll give me a cell phone. I don't want it to be as expensive as yours, but a cell phone is fine."
He instantly became full of energy and asked her excitedly, "Aren't you going to make a phone call? I know Captain Chen's number. Can I call him?"
Seeing him like this, Qiu Jiang nodded repeatedly, "Go ahead and hit me."
"Hey, hey, good."
He called excitedly, and after the call was connected, there was a lot of chatter on the other end.
"Hey, okay, Jiang Jiang and I will be there right away."
After hanging up the phone, Deng Xingwang reluctantly returned the phone to her and told her where Chen Da and the others were.
"Captain Chen and his team found no new witnesses this morning, so they went straight to search the place where the fruit knife was purchased. They're currently searching Zhengyuan Street, the same street where Wei Li's mahjong parlor is located."
"It seems not far from here?" Qiu Jiang said uncertainly.
"Yes, it's not far. It'll only take us about ten minutes to walk there. But Captain Chen told us not to go to Zhengyuan Street first. Instead, we should search the shops in the Kaiyuan Road area and the nearby alleys."
After all, a fruit knife that is so common on the street can be bought anywhere. If they really want to prove that the fruit knife may belong to Wei Li, they must cast a wide net and not miss any store.
This is undoubtedly a huge project, no wonder Chen Da didn't go back for a single day.
"But it may not be in this area. Will our efforts be in vain?" Deng Xingwang was a little worried that Wei Li might have bought the fruit knife from somewhere farther away.
After all, it's everywhere and you can buy it anywhere.
Qiu Jiang shook her head and offered her own speculation, "Don't forget that Wei Li owns a mahjong parlor and has a serious gambling addiction. According to others, he rarely leaves the parlor. It's unlikely he'd go anywhere far to buy a fruit knife like this, which is readily available."
"And even if he did go so far away to buy it on a whim, we don't have enough police force to investigate. In the end, we can only check the most likely places first."
The Kaiyuan Road and the alley that Chen Da had just instructed them to investigate were among the most likely places.
After hearing this, Deng Xingwang knew why he had to look for these places first, and immediately looked at Qiu Jiang with eyes full of envy.
"Jiang Jiang, you have a really good brain."
It would be nice if I could share some with him.
Deng Xingwang was so envious that he cried.
While he envied her, he didn't know that Qiu Jiang was equally envious of his marksmanship.
Especially now that the training has begun, other colleagues in the police station can still practice first, but she has almost no basic skills and doesn't even have time to practice shooting. It is conceivable that when the whole team gathers together to test the results, she will fall behind.
Thinking of this, she felt terrible and wished she could go to heaven and earth to find the place where Wei Li bought the fruit knife.
Thinking of this, she couldn't stay any longer.
"Xingwang, let's go."
Seeing that she was walking so fast that she was almost running, Deng Xingwang hurried to catch up.
Although Kaiyuan Road, where they are looking for clues, is not as prosperous as Zhengyuan Street, and the shops are not as well decorated as those there, the remaining shops have small profits, the prices are not expensive, and the quality is quite good, which can be said to be very cost-effective. Therefore, the shops here have more customers than the shops on Zhengyuan Street.
The two of them kept moving among the crowds, looking for a shop selling fruit knives, but after seeing so many possible shops, they still felt dizzy.
"Search separately."
"Search separately."
They both spoke almost at the same time, smiled at each other, and clapped their hands in the air to cheer themselves up.
The two of them quickly divided the work. Deng Xingwang went to the left side of the road, while Qiu Jiang began to check along the right side of the road.
She walked straight into the first store she saw. The owner was setting out the goods and asked enthusiastically, "Little sister, what would you like to buy?"
"Uncle, do we have a folding fruit knife?"
"Oh, what a coincidence! Why don't you go to the hardware store next door and have a look? Maybe they can find it there."
"Okay, thank you uncle."
"You're welcome, come back next time if you need anything."
"Uh-huh."
After Qiu Jiang said goodbye to the first store, she soon saw the hardware store that the boss mentioned, and went in to repeat the previous question.
"Sister, do we have a folding fruit knife?"
"Yes, here." The elder sister took her into the narrow shop, moved two large bags of things on the shelf piled with goods, pulled out a box from the bottom, and when she opened it, it was full of various regular fruit knives and folding fruit knives, but there was still no kind she was looking for.
"Little girl, the fruit knife I have is very good, very sharp and easy to use. Don't you really want it?" The elder sister was still trying to sell it.
Although feeling embarrassed, Qiu Jiang still refused and offered to come to her next time if she needed it, but this time she only wanted to buy that one.
Seeing her say that, the elder sister knew that the order could not be completed, so she stopped forcing it and said, "Okay, come again next time."
"Hello, do you have a folding fruit knife? The 20-centimeter kind."
"Do we have a folding fruit knife?"
"Excuse me, do you have any folding fruit knives in the store?"
…
Qiu Jiang spent more than two hours walking from the beginning to the end of the road. Looking up at the sky, he began to doubt his life.
It's not because I didn't find it, but...
"Qiu Jiang, look at me..." I found a lot of the same knives.
Deng Xingwang saw her just after finishing the search and quickly ran over to say something to her in a depressed tone. However, when he saw that she was holding the same thing as him, he gradually fell silent.
Then, both of them fell silent.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com