Chapter 92 Chapter 5 Busy days always pass by...
Busy days always pass quickly. After Li Zheng once again inspected the crime scene in the Electric Power Bureau community alone, he became even more certain that the murderer was not Cui Yang.
But if the murderer is not him,
So who is the real murderer?
He also investigated each name on the list of people Cui Yang provided who had personal disputes with him. At the time of the crime, they were either out of town or had very solid alibis.
It can be said that nothing was gained.
Because the second suspect had not been found for a long time, and because of the incident with the inspection team, his superiors were getting a little anxious and had been urging him to close the case quickly, both overtly and covertly.
But Li Zheng ignored it. Regardless, he always believed that the truth was more important than any other indicators. He couldn't just accuse a good person.
"master…"
Following the instructions, Tian Chen sorted out all the information collected from several surveys and handed it to Li Zheng.
Li Zheng took it and flipped through it quickly. After a while, he finished reading all the information and lowered his head to write and draw on the notebook.
Tian Chen looked down and found that the master had only used a few strokes of charcoal to outline the general shape of the scene, all the fingerprints, footprints, bloodstains at the scene, as well as the deceased's movements before death, etc. However, before he could see it clearly, the master suddenly painted the entire paper black.
"wrong…"
"What's wrong?"
Li Zheng seemed to be caught in an unknown storm of thoughts, muttering "No, no, no..."
What's wrong?
Lou Ruoping had already visited the building opposite several times but had found nothing. That was true, after all, who would bother to pay attention to what was happening on the rooftop across the street?
Seeing that noon time is approaching,
Ten seconds before the phone buzzed, Li Zheng saw the crow on the balcony again.
Very close,
Closer than ever before.
Li Zheng could almost see the texture of its jet-black feathers. The crow sensed his gaze, but didn't move away. Its radiant eyes stared straight at him, and its focused gaze even made Li Zheng imagine someone was looking at him through the crow's eyes.
"Did you see that?"
Tian Chen was still concentrating on pondering what his master had scribbled on his notebook. Hearing this, he looked up a little late and asked, "Huh? What did you see, Master?"
"There was a crow there, you—"
The phone in my pocket buzzed.
Just as he lowered his head to look at the screen, when Li Zheng looked up again, the strange crow disappeared again.
The caller was his boss.
Before answering the phone, Li Zheng thought that he was trying to urge him to quickly finish the Electricity Bureau community case, so he had already prepared his words before answering the call.
"Hello...it's me."
Tian Chen turned his head slowly to look at the rooftop that his master had just looked at, and then glanced around.
What crow?
Where are the crows?
He couldn't hear what was said on the other end of the phone, but he saw his master's expression suddenly change.
"Are you mistaken?"
Li Zheng rubbed his temples. He repeated in disbelief, "Are you sure you're looking for me?"
Could it be that I was hallucinating because I stayed up too late, so I always saw that crow. I saw it when I met old classmates, when I arrived at the murder scene, when I went to the nursing home outside the city, and even after returning to the rental house, I seemed to have seen the crow from the bedroom window in a half-asleep state.
At the same time, I had auditory hallucinations, so I heard my boss say that the inspection team had just arrived, and that the information he had inquired about before was accurate and reliable. There was indeed a very young guy inside, and he didn't seem to be there to do any work, but to have fun.
Of course, that's what people say. I'm still a student, and I just happened to have some time to come over and visit. I have an old friend in Cheongdam, so I came to see him.
Li Zheng had heard all this before, but what he felt was hallucination was the latter part. Why did this young man mention that he knew Li Zheng by name? Why did he look for him the first thing after getting off the car?
What's the meaning?
Why is he a little confused?
"Come over here quickly..." The boss's voice was unclear. After a while, several voices came from his end. "You don't have to come. People heard that you were investigating the scene and insisted on coming to see you."
Li Zheng: "..."
"I think his name is Wei Sheng or Wei Sheng. He's from Yanjing. Didn't you study there? Do you have any impression of him?" The joy in the deputy director's tone could be heard through the receiver. "It would be great if he's someone I know..."
"I don't have any impression." Li Zheng said, "Although I did stay in Yanjing for a few years, I really don't know the son of any big boss. Did he recognize the wrong person?"
"How would I know? Anyway, the person has already passed by, so just treat him well..."
The deputy director seemed to have something else to do, and hung up the phone in a hurry before saying a few words. Before hanging up, he repeatedly reminded me to treat him well and not to neglect him.
“…”
To be rigorous, after hanging up the phone, Li Zheng specifically opened the contacts on his phone and searched for "Wei Sheng" and "Wei Sheng" respectively, but the results showed that no results were found.
He spent more than two minutes searching his memory for his friends in Yanjing, but still couldn't find such a person.
He really didn't know this person, but as to why this young man from Yanjing said he knew him and even called out his name...
Maybe... maybe I just made a mistake?
Li Zheng thought so.
After informing other investigators on the scene that the inspection team was coming, the originally quiet scene suddenly became noisy.
"ah?!"
"No, what is the inspection team doing here?"
"Shouldn't they be going to the Municipal Party Committee Office, Municipal Government Office, Finance Bureau, Organization and Propaganda Bureau, or Resources Bureau? Why are they here..."
“How strange…”
“…”
The older ones were relatively calm, but the young people who had just started working were the most nervous.
This is like an instinctive reaction. When they are in school, they are afraid of random checks by teachers, and after work, they are worried about inspections by leaders. One by one, they spontaneously begin to check each other's clothes and the items they carry to see if they are qualified.
"Oh no! I forgot to take a paper evidence bag today...what should I do?"
“I don’t think you’ll watch this…”
Li Zheng was actually quite troubled. After all, he had been told clearly beforehand that he was just hitchhiking to hang out with friends, not to work. But with his background, and the fact that he came with the inspection team, how could he not be suspicious?
So it's very embarrassing.
Tian Chen, who had gone down to get water, soon came back up and heard from others that someone had come to inspect the place. This was his first time experiencing such a thing, so he nervously came over to ask his master what he should do.
Li Zheng's urge to smoke was strongest when he was irritable, but he resisted the urge: "Just do what you need to do. Don't worry about him."
According to regulations, patrols can never be carried out by a single person; at least two or more people are required. And based on the phone call just now, it seems he's alone.
Maybe he really is just here to have fun?
Li Zheng subconsciously glanced at the rooftop where the crows had just appeared, but there was nothing there.
But for some reason, he always had an indelible feeling of being commented on and stared at.
It was as if something was secretly peeping at him in the corner where he couldn't see, sticky and slimy, like his skin being crawled across by dark little reptiles.
"What's wrong, Master?"
Following Li Zheng's line of sight, Tian Chen only saw a pepper tree planted in the corner of the rooftop, with small cabbages and broccoli growing well underneath.
"Master, is there something wrong?"
All the flowers in the flower bed were dug up and checked one by one on the first day. Could there be anything left?
"nothing."
"Master, there are two cases. One is in Qingshui River Park, and the other is in... in Sunshine Community." Lou Ruoping's voice came before he arrived.
She must have just received a call and immediately ran upstairs without even catching her breath.
"The dispatcher told us to go to Qingshui River Park first. Deputy Captain Pan will go to the Sunshine Community area."
Sunshine Community is on the other side, more than 20 kilometers away, while Qingshui River Park is obviously closer to the Electric Power Bureau Community, about three or four kilometers away.
Tian Chen had just opened the dispatch group and read the beginning when the master had already swiftly taken off his gloves and foot covers and quickly left the scene, disappearing after a while.
"What are you looking at? Let's go." Lou Ruoping glanced at his junior brother who was standing there in frustration, "Remember to take Master's bag."
Tian Chen hurriedly picked up his bag and followed behind him. When he reached the third floor, he realized that he had not thrown away his foot covers and gloves, so he hurriedly took them off and stuffed them into his pockets.
"...Hey, wait for me."
The two cases were reported to the police almost one after the other.
Among them, Qingshui River Park is a park under construction. It is usually enclosed by fences. It rained some time ago and the workers were unable to work. It also happened to be the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, so no one has been there for at least ten days. The workers discovered the bodies when they returned to work today. Because they were in the open air, the two bodies were soaked and it was difficult to distinguish their features for a while.
The case in Sunshine Community was simpler. It was the parents of the deceased who called the police, tearfully complaining that their child had always been fine and they didn't know how such a thing could have happened.
The couple are busy with work and often travel on business most of the time. The children usually eat in restaurants and go to their grandparents' house during holidays.
The parents said that the last time they received a call from their child was before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Later, they received a call from the teacher, asking why the child did not go to class after the holiday. The restaurant owner said that he had not come down to eat for a long time, and the grandparents also said that they had not been to their place. The parents then hurriedly asked the neighbors to come and check. Before they opened the door, they smelled a foul odor and found that the person was gone when they opened the door.
On the way to the scene, Li Zheng had carefully reviewed the general information about the two cases sent by the dispatcher in the car.
Especially in the case of Qingshui River, since the person who reported the case had a low level of education, the operator did not obtain any useful information. He only knew that two people had died there.
There is a little more information about Sunshine Community. The preliminary judgment is that the deceased probably committed suicide. The deceased's parents are still out of town. They bought the nearest flight and are on their way back. They will arrive around evening.
These two seemingly completely different and unrelated cases gave Li Zheng an indescribable sense of subtlety.
This subtle feeling became even stronger after I arrived at the scene and saw the body with my own eyes.
The deceased were two foreigners, a man and a woman, who looked to be around 30 years old, with light hair and fair skin, and obvious white racial features.
Both bodies showed obvious signs of drowning, such as lighter livor mortis, mushroom-shaped foam at the mouth and nose, and whitened and wrinkled skin. These signs could not be formed by just a few days of rain.
The forensic doctor was still on the way and had not arrived yet. The first people to arrive at the scene were several police officers from the nearby police station, who were setting up a cordon outside.
“Oh my god…”
Tian Chen took a look and quickly walked outside to retch loudly.
This time the corpse did not appear to be in any distorted state of death, but the scene was still very shocking.
After all, after being exposed to the open air for a few days, the stench of the corpse had become very strong, forming a giant that also attracted a lot of ants and insects. The scene would make anyone with a little trypophobia have their hair stand on end.
Although Lou Ruoping did not go out, her face looked a little gloomy. She took out the camera and handed it to Li Zheng: "Master."
Li Zheng was the calmest among all the people present. He seemed to have lost his sense of smell. He put on his protective gear with an expressionless face, walked around the two corpses twice, looked around, squatted in front of the corpses, and observed the almost deformed facial features closely.
“Who discovered it first?”
An honest farmer, escorted two steps forward by two policemen, was dark-skinned and looked about fifty years old. He didn't even dare look in the direction of the body, and his voice trembled as he said, "I didn't do it. I know nothing about it."
Seeing that the migrant workers were obviously terrified beside the corpse, Li Zheng took the initiative to walk towards the pavilion on the other side of the park.
“When was the last time you came to the construction site?”
"Let me think about it..."
Because he was immersed in this sudden case, it was already past five in the afternoon when Li Zheng remembered that a young man who came with the inspection team seemed to have said he was looking for him.
By then, the forensic doctor had already arrived and completed a preliminary examination, and colleagues from other departments had also taken the utmost care to protect the scene. Although no outsiders had entered the scene, the heavy rain of the previous few days had destroyed many traces, making the examination somewhat difficult.
As for the identities of the two deceased, they have been found and we are in the process of contacting the embassy. Other colleagues will also communicate with us on subsequent related matters.
After several hours of hard work, the group was exhausted and it was soon time for dinner. The colleagues discussed the situation and decided that they would probably have to work overtime in the evening, and what to eat for dinner.
Qingshui River Park is still quite far from the city center, so you naturally cannot go back to the cafeteria to eat. You can either eat nearby or order takeout.
If they dine nearby, they also have to consider whether the size of the nearby restaurant is suitable and whether their group's entry will affect other diners.
Most of the time we order takeout.
The task of ordering food is usually given to the junior police officer Ha Gan. A new young auxiliary police officer is holding a notebook and asking everyone what they want to eat one by one.
At this moment, Li Zheng, whose mind was full of cases, suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something.
What is it?
Oh, wasn’t it said before that where was the young man who came here to play with the inspection team, the young man who said he knew him and asked to see him by name?
Where are the people?
Where are you?
Usually when he was concentrating on thinking, he would not carry his cell phone with him. He immediately asked Lou Ruoping, who was keeping his cell phone for him, whether the cell phone had rang.
"No," Lou Ruoping paused, "Master, are you asking about the inspection team that they said they were coming to see you? I didn't want to bother you, so I didn't tell you. They've been here for a long time."
“…Where?”
"Outside the park."
“………”
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