Chapter 31 New Victims
[The murderer has been caught.]
When she received the system message, Wen Yue was sitting in a classroom at Xiangjiang University, and Zhou Xiaobing was sitting next to her, listening carefully to the professor's lecture.
Because she was worried that Zhou Xiaobing would be targeted and taken away during class, before Zhou Xiaobing left in the morning, she followed her to Xiangjiang University on the pretext of wanting to go back to school.
After entering the school, Wen Yue said that she wanted to feel the atmosphere of the class, and then followed Zhou Xiaobing to attend a few classes.
Wen Yue studied accounting in her previous life. Yes, that's right, the accounting major that can keep you from starving to death as long as you have the heart to work hard, but it is difficult to make a fortune if you don't want to be a basketball player.
Accounting is different from Zhou Xiaobing's major, but they are similar in many aspects of economics.
Wen Yue had not officially graduated from university before she traveled through time, so she could understand about 70% of what the professor said. She even answered a question when the professor called on her, which made her famous.
But in general, she didn't listen very attentively. She had traveled through time, and she didn't know how long she could live, so why would she listen to business knowledge! It was more important to gain some value.
Hearing the voice of the system, Wen Yue sat up straight and asked, concerned about the situation on the police side.
Wen Yue had never seen the police officers of Wan Chai Police Station, so she naturally couldn't see the live broadcast, but the system could infer the progress of the case based on media trends.
The Hong Kong police are supported by taxpayers' money, so they attach great importance to their reputation. For this reason, they have specially established a public relations department so that they can disclose the progress of the case to the citizens of Hong Kong through the media in a timely manner.
Several murder cases discovered recently have not had any effect, and the citizens of Hong Kong are increasingly dissatisfied. The police urgently need good news to restore their image in the hearts of the citizens.
Therefore, as soon as there is progress in the case, the police public relations department quickly contacted the media friends and disclosed the latest progress to them.
The media received the news first, and the system also received the relevant news.
At 3:45 pm, the system told Wen Yue: [Li Wenbing confessed.]
At this time, Wen Yue and Zhou Xiaobing had moved to a classroom in another building. She had not learned the relevant courses and was bored and dazed.
She was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who is Li Wenbing?" "
The murderer of several recent serial murders."
"Oh!" Wen Yue suddenly realized, her eyes lit up and she asked, "What did he confess?"
"He admitted to killing the recent female office workers."
Wen Yue asked, "Did he only admit to this? What about the others?"
"He didn't say."
Wen Yue was not surprised to hear this. Although Hong Kong abolished the death penalty last year, it did not mean that people who committed crimes would not be punished. People like Li Wenbing, who had killed several people, would at least be imprisoned for life.
Li Wenbing dared to kill people, but that doesn't mean he wants to stay in prison until he dies. So he will definitely not confess the truth before the police have enough evidence to prove that these murders are related and that he is the murderer.
But judging from the speed at which the police arrested and interrogated people, the police in charge of the Wan Chai Park murder case are not just for show. If they can pry open Li Wenbing's mouth the first time, they can pry it open the second time.
And it is definitely easier to investigate the process of committing a crime with a known suspect than to investigate the suspect from the process of committing the crime. So in this serial murder case, Li Wenbing has become a useless chess piece.
But Wen Yue still dare not be careless. She doesn't think that Li Wenbing is the only person that the rich man can use.
Zhou Xiaobing's afternoon class ends at six o'clock. If it is a normal day, she will go to the cafeteria with her friends to finish her meal and then go home. Today, because Wen Yue was there, she did not make the decision on her own,
but asked for Wen Yue's opinion first. Danger is most likely to occur in the dark night, and Wen Yue did not want to stay outside for too long, so she suggested going home for dinner on the grounds that she did not call in advance.
Zhou Xiaobing had no objection, so the two of them walked out of the school with their bodyguards.
In fact, Wen Yue could drive the car in, but she felt that it was too ostentatious, and Zhou Xiaobing was introverted and probably did not want to be too high-profile, so she parked the car outside the school gate and only took four bodyguards to the classroom. Hmm
... Although having bodyguards did not make her look very low-key, in order to save her life, Wen Yue chose to cover her ears and steal the bell.
As the group walked out of the university and were about to get on the bus, Chen Jianping walked up to Wen Yue and said in a low voice, "Miss Wen, someone is following you at three o'clock."
Wen Yue immediately became alert, but she was not a professional and had never played shooting games before. Chen Jianping said she didn't know where to look at three o'clock.
Finally, Chen Jianping pointed in the direction and said, "The guy with a flat head wearing black clothes over there is very suspicious."
Wen Yue looked up and saw a guy with a flat head. Perhaps her movements were too obvious, so she was quickly discovered by the other party and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
[Commander, is that person's target Zhou Xiaobing?]
Although they were far away, Wen Yue saw the other party, so the system was able to retrieve the other party's relevant information and replied, [Yes, his target is Zhou Xiaobing. 】
After receiving a positive answer, an idea suddenly popped up in Wen Yue's mind, and she whispered to Chen Jianping: [Can we catch the man? ]
"He is very alert and has already run away." Chen Jianping said.
"Okay." Wen Yue said and got into the car.
Zhou Xiaobing had already got in the car. She heard the conversation between Wen Yue and Chen Jianping, but she didn't know what was going on. She asked hesitantly: "What happened?"
"It's a small matter, don't worry."
Wen Yue comforted, and let Chen Jianping get in the car again. The driver stepped on the accelerator, and the three cars formed a straight line and drove forward.
On the way, Wen Yue asked the system: [Was the man just now a newly sent killer? 】
The system replied: 【No, he is only responsible for surveillance. If there is a situation, he needs to report it to the superiors in time. Someone else should have taken action. 】
【There is actually an organization. 】Wen Yue sneered, and suddenly remembered something after a while, 【Does this person have an organization? 】
【Yes, he is from the Qinglong Society. 】
【Qinglong Society? 】
【A small gang, the gang boss owns two nightclubs and more than a hundred people. Usually these people are thugs. They will go to collect protection fees at the beginning and end of the month, and occasionally take some messy orders. 】
Wen Yue thought and asked: 【Is the Qinglong Society the order for that person to come to stalk, or are they involved? 】
The system checked the information that the person knew and said: 【It should be an order. 】
That is to say, unless Wen Yue goes to meet the leader of the Qinglong Society, the clues will end here.
But Wen Yue was not disappointed. She had not expected to learn the information of the rich man behind the scenes from a small fry. She was just a little worried that those people would find an opportunity and do something crazy.
Thinking of this, Wen Yue said to Chen Jianping: "Tell others to be more vigilant on the road."
Although Chen Jianping did not know the specific situation, he was not surprised to hear Wen Yue say so when he thought of the person who had just followed him. He quickly responded: "Okay." After he finished speaking, he picked up the walkie-talkie and had a brief communication with the people in the car in front and behind.
Because of this episode, Wen Yue was worried on the way back, but until the car drove into the Yi family, they did not encounter any suspicious people.
Despite this, Wen Yue still mentioned this matter to Yi Huai after returning home. Yi Huai took it very seriously and called the bodyguard captain and Chen Jianping to arrange bodyguards to patrol at night.
At the same time, Wen Yue also invited Zhou Xiaobing to sleep with her at night, so that no one would know if someone really broke in and took her away.
Of course, in theory, with the Yi family's heavy security, this kind of thing is unlikely to happen, but what if it happens?
Zhou Xiaobing didn't care about this at all. Although she didn't know what happened specifically, she could understand the expressions. Seeing Yi Huai and Wen Yue's serious expressions, she couldn't help feeling a little uneasy. She would feel more at ease sleeping together.
However, it turned out that Wen Yue was worried too much. No one broke into the Yi family illegally that night.
Wen Yue also slept until dawn, until she was awakened by the reminder of the melon-eating value deposited into her account. The source of the melon-eating value was naturally the arrest of the real murderer of the "Wan Chai Park Murder Case".
Although the melon was not leaked by Wen Yue, it was Li Chengbang of the Wan Chai Police Station who caught Li Wenbing after receiving the evidence photos she asked the system to send. So after the police public relations department revealed the progress of the case to the media, Wen Yue had sporadic melon-eating value deposited into her account.
The amount was relatively small last night. After a night of fermentation, when she got up in the morning and counted, Wen Yue actually earned more than 200,000 melon-eating value from this incident!
This is really a pleasant surprise!
But this joy did not last long. Just after finishing the meal, Yi Huai received a call. After hanging up, he said to Wen Yue and Zhou Xiaobing: "Try not to go out today. Even if you go out, you must bring a few more bodyguards."
Wen Yue's heart skipped a beat and asked: "What happened?"
Yi Huai said seriously: "Someone found a female corpse on Foguang Street."
"Again?" Yi Dong, who had not interrupted, frowned, "This is the nth female corpse found in the past two months?"
Wen Yue had a thought in her mind and asked: "When did the female corpse just found die? How old is she?"
"He must have died last night. I don't know his exact age." Yi Huai noticed that something was wrong with Wen Yue and asked, "What happened?"
Wen Yue didn't answer, but stood up suddenly and walked out of the restaurant.
After hurriedly returning to the room, Wen Yue ran straight to the bathroom, turned on the faucet and splashed cold water on her face.
After a long time, she stopped splashing cold water, propped her hands on the counter, looked at herself in the mirror with red eyes, and asked with clenched teeth: "System, how old is the female corpse that was just found? She..."
Wen Yue took a deep breath and asked with a choked voice, "Is she born on the same day as Zhou Xiaobing?"
The Hong Kong media is very fast. The body was found in the morning, and now there are reports. Therefore, the system quickly retrieved the data and said hesitantly: [Yes, she and Zhou Xiaobing died on the same day, month and year, and the time of death is...]
The system paused, and after nearly half a minute, it spoke coldly, [Last night, at twelve o'clock.]
"Asshole!"
Wen Yue hammered the sink counter hard, her voice full of hatred.
After discovering the possible truth behind the recent serial murders, she was fully convinced that as long as she stayed by Zhou Xiaobing's side, she could save her life and make the murderer's plan fail and suffer the consequences.
But she didn't expect that in order to make the plan go smoothly, the people behind the scenes not only listed the target, but also had alternatives, and there might even be more than one alternative. If this one couldn't be moved, they would kill another person! They would do
whatever it takes! They were completely inhumane!
She was too naive!
She thought she was saving people, but she didn't expect that her recklessness led to the death of another person!
"Ayue."
"Wenyue."
Yi Huai called out several times outside the door, but got no response, so he gave up knocking and said, "I'm coming in."
He stretched out his hand to turn the handle, but as soon as he moved, the door was opened from the bathroom, and a girl with red eyes walked out.
"How are you?" Yi Huai asked, putting his hand on Wenyue's shoulder.
Wen Yue shook her head and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "I want to go to Wan Chai Police Station."
"Why go to Wan Chai Police Station?" Yi Huai had naturally heard about what happened recently. As soon as he said this, he realized something and asked, "For the recent homicide?"
"Yeah."
After binding the system, Wen Yue once thought that she really knew everything. Even in this serial murder case, she thought that the enemy was in the open and she was in the dark. As long as she was careful, she could find out the mastermind behind the scenes.
But the appearance of the female corpse on Foguang Street woke her up and made her realize that she was not as powerful as she imagined, especially when the enemy she had to face was so crazy.
Six people had already died, and she didn't want the seventh person to die.
But she couldn't help but wonder, can she really find out the person behind the scenes while protecting her own safety?
Wen Yue was not sure, so she didn't plan to hide the information she knew.
After answering, she walked around Yi Huai, walked to the bed, opened the bedside cabinet, took out the letter sent by the system from the drawer, handed it to Yi Huai and said, "This is the letter I received yesterday morning."
Yi Huai was a little confused about how the topic jumped to this point, but he didn't say much, reached out to take the letter, opened it, took out the letter and looked down.
The more he read, the more surprised his expression became. Holding the letter, he asked Wen Yue: "So you followed Xiao Bing yesterday because she was targeted?"
"Yes." Wen Yue nodded, "but I didn't expect that after saving her, another person would be killed."
Yi Huai finally understood the reason why Wen Yue lost her composure just now. He reached out to hold her in his arms to comfort her, but his outstretched hand turned and finally fell on her shoulder: "This is not your fault. You didn't know in advance that the person behind the scenes had a backup." "
Don't worry, I don't intend to take this matter on myself."
Wen Yue didn't intend to blame herself, but she also knew that after this happened, she could no longer hold the same idea as before and be a speculator.
For her now, finding the murderer behind the scenes has become the top priority, and getting the melon value has become a by-product.
So Wen Yue plans to go to the police station and meet with Li Wenbing in the name of an evidence provider to see if she can find out who the mastermind is from him and get the key evidence.
If Li Wenbing has not had direct contact with the mastermind, she also wants to get the burial site of the two bodies that have not been found, to prove that this is a serial murder case and expose the ultimate goal of the mastermind.
Only in this way can there be a chance to stop the other party from continuing to kill.
Wen Yue did not tell Yi Huai all the above information. She only said that she had to go to Wan Chai Police Station because she had to meet Li Wenbing.
Yi Huai did not investigate further and only offered to accompany her.
Before leaving, Yi Huai called Yi Dong to the study. Although Zhou Xiaobing was no longer in danger, the people behind the scenes were so desperate and crazy. Who knew what they would do?
Considering that Zhou Xiaobing would feel pressured after knowing the truth, Yi Huai did not plan to tell the other party the truth for the time being. He only told the truth to Yi Dong and asked him to follow Zhou Xiaobing closely with bodyguards these days. Yi Dong
did not believe it at first and suspected that this was a means for his elder brother to match him with Zhou Xiaobing, but Yi Huai's words "The deceased found in Foguang Street this morning was born on the same day of the same month of the same year as Xiaobing" made his face change drastically.
Frowning and silent for a long time, Yi Dong asked: "Is this true? You didn't lie to me?"
"You can call someone to check." Yi Huai said, "A Yue is feeling guilty and wants to go to the police station to see the murderer. I will accompany her there now. Xiao Bing is in your hands."
Although Yi Dong has no special feelings for Zhou Xiao Bing, he is a little sister who has grown up after watching her, and he is also worried that something will happen to her. Hearing this, he said: "Don't worry, big brother, I will protect Xiao Bing." After
going out, Yi Huai told Zhou Xiao Bing that she was not safe recently, and she asked Yi Dong to bring bodyguards with her when she went out.
Zhou Xiao Bing felt a little embarrassed after hearing this and wanted to refuse, but Yi Huai said that if something happened to her, he would not be able to explain to her family, so he convinced her. After the agreement
, the four of them split up into two groups. Wen Yue and Yi Huai went to Wan Chai Police Station, and Yi Dong went to school with Zhou Xiao Bing.
Yi Huai was on the phone all the time on the way. Yi Sheng was in a stage of vigorous development, and he was the head of the company. He was very busy every day and basically had no days off. If he didn't go to the company today, there would naturally be a lot of work to be done.
Wen Yue listened to it from the side, and she couldn't help feeling a little guilty. She thought that she had brought a lot of bodyguards with her, and it was actually okay for her to go to the police station alone. After hearing this,
Yi Huai said, "There is no rush for work, and it won't be delayed if you deal with it after the matter is over, but people only have one life, and if you miss it, you miss it."
The implication was that he would accompany her to the police station.
Yi Huai did business in Hong Kong, so he naturally knew a lot of people in the police force. After arriving at the police station, he called the superintendent directly, and was then led by the superintendent to meet Sergeant Li Chengbang, who was in charge of the Wan Chai Park murder case.
Logically, Li Chengbang should have been free after catching the murderer, but the reality was quite the opposite.
Although Li Wenbing was very tight-lipped and there was no clear evidence to prove that he was related to the previous murders, Li Chengbang still felt something was wrong and wanted to continue investigating.
But his boss didn't agree with him to continue the investigation. First, as mentioned above, there is no clear evidence to prove that Li Wenbing is a serial killer. Especially after Li Wenbing was arrested, a female corpse was found this morning, which made his boss think that the recent frequent female murders were coincidental.
Second, because the police are under great pressure, the public's dissatisfaction was slightly appeased after the progress of the case yesterday, but after the incident this morning, the public's emotions rebounded quickly, and the dissatisfaction was higher than before.
The police now urgently need to solve a homicide case to increase the public's trust in the Hong Kong police.
But Li Chengbang is stubborn and refuses to close the case like this, so before Wen Yue and others came, he had just quarreled with his boss about this issue. As a result of the quarrel, his boss agreed to ask his superiors for two more days, and then the case would be closed regardless of whether there was a result or not.
Therefore, when Wen Yue and Yi Huai arrived at the Criminal Investigation Team A office, Li Chengbang was very irritable and did not want to waste time receiving them until Wen Yue took out the letter.
The envelopes of the letters sent by the system are all the most popular styles, and the sender and receiver information is also printed in lead fonts, which is very ordinary.
But I don’t know what happened. The moment I saw the envelope, Li Chengbang’s mind popped up the letter he received the night before, and he asked, "What is this?"
"You will know after you read it." Wen Yue said.
Li Chengbang frowned, took the envelope, opened it and quickly glanced at the letter, his expression was solemn, and finally asked: "Are you Zhou Xiaobing?"
The superintendent said: "What are you talking about? This is Miss Wen, the owner of the Dongjiang Entertainment News."
The Dongjiang Entertainment News is quite famous nowadays. Even though Li Chengbang doesn't pay much attention to entertainment news, he has heard of it. Hesitantly asked: "Then you..."
"Zhou Xiaobing is my friend. She has been living in my house these days. After receiving the letter yesterday, I was worried and followed her. I thought nothing would happen. But this morning I learned that someone was killed in Foguang Street."
Li Chengbang frowned and asked, "So Miss Wen, do you think the person behind the scenes couldn't do anything to Zhou Xiaobing, so he killed the victim in Foguang Street?"
Wen Yue said, "Yi Huai asked someone and found out that the victim in Foguang Street was born on the same day as my friend."
The superintendent didn't read the letter. He didn't understand what they were saying. What did she say? While asking, she took the letter from Li Chengbang. After reading it, she opened her mouth and said, "Miss Wen, do you think the recent series of murders were committed by the rich man in order to save his life?"
In fact, Wen Yue was not sure whether the rich man behind the scenes was trying to save his life or save his life. At that time, she chose to let the system write it like this because she thought that if the anonymous witness herself could not figure out the cause of a series of events, even if she took out the letter, it would be difficult to convince people. So she blindly chose one of the two possibilities.
When letting the system send this letter, Wen Yue just kept a backup plan for herself out of inertia, but she didn't expect the letter to really come in handy.
Wen Yue said, "According to the content of the letter, it should be like this."
Li Chengbang also came back to his senses from his thoughts and said, "But how is it possible? So far we have only found the bodies of four dead people."
"This shows that you have not done your job well, and there are still bodies that have not been found."
Li Chengbang and the police superintendent looked at each other. The latter obviously did not want to believe this fact and said, "It's impossible? The weather is so hot now. If someone was killed, the body could not be hidden."
Li Chengbang thought so too, but he always felt that the letter in his hand, whether it was the envelope, the letter paper or even the printed words, was exactly the same as the one he received the night before.
He suspected that the two letters were sent by the same person.
Now the authenticity of the letter he received has been verified. Although the content of the letter is different from the facts, considering that the deceased on Fo Guang Street and Zhou Xiaobing were born on the same day, he thinks it is very true.
"Whether it is true or not, we will know after checking it out." Li Chengbang looked at the superintendent with sharp eyes and said, "Sir Xu, I want to apply for a joint case."
Since he found that the Wan Chai Park case had something in common with the previous two cases, Li Chengbang has always wanted to join the cases, but because the three victims were in different districts, it was difficult to join the cases, and there was insufficient evidence for serial cases. He was rejected every time he mentioned this matter, and he has not succeeded so far.
But now, Li Chengbang feels that he can't go on like this. It is easy to investigate separately, and even their police station has caught the murderer, so they can just leave it at that. But it is easy to miss important information, resulting in the murderer's crimes not being fully exposed, and ultimately escaping legal sanctions.
Although Inspector Xu wanted to save trouble, he was a policeman after all and hoped to bring the murderer to justice. Seeing Li Chengbang's firm attitude, he thought for a moment and said, "I will contact other police stations to discuss this matter."
Li Chengbang instantly cheered up and said loudly, "Thank you, Sir Xu!"
Seeing that the two had finished talking about business, Wen Yue also took the opportunity to put forward her own request. When they learned that he wanted to see Li Wenbing, they were both a little surprised. Inspector Xu asked, "Ms. Wen, why do you want to see Li Wenbing?"
Of course, Wen Yue would not expose the system. Then she smiled and said, "It's not just me who wants to meet Li Wenbing. Believe it or not, after confirming that these cases are serial murders, all media professionals in Hong Kong will want to meet Li Wenbing."
Seeing that Inspector Xu was hesitant, Wen Yue pointed at the letter and reminded him, "Besides, I should not be considered an irrelevant person in this matter. Maybe after meeting Li Wenbing, I can help you pry open his mouth."
Inspector Xu naturally didn't believe this. No matter how wide Wen Yue's connections were and how much unknown information she could get, she was just an ordinary person. Even an experienced old policeman like Li Chengbang couldn't pry open Li Wenbing's mouth, how could Wen Yue let him speak?
But Hong Kong police have always been happy to have good relations with the rich. There is no other way. The police force is short of funds. These rich people have money. If they are in a good mood one day, they can write a check to them, which can also ease the situation, right?
Besides, Wen Yue received a notice letter, so she is indeed not an irrelevant person. It is not against the rules to arrange for her to meet with Li Wenbing.
Although he agreed in his heart, Superintendent Xu still made a hesitant expression on his face: "It's no problem to arrange a meeting between you, but the time..."
Wen Yue said: "Just give me ten minutes."
Superintendent Xu immediately agreed: "Okay."
...
Ten minutes later, Wen Yue met Li Wenbing in the interrogation room.
Li Wenbing is in his early forties this year. He is not tall, not strong, and has an ordinary appearance. However, you can see the hostility in his eyes. He is not someone who is easy to mess with.
This is indeed the case. Li Wenbing did not receive much education. He went out to mix with the society when he was in his teens. Not long after, he joined a big gang at that time and lived a life of fighting and killing.
In the past twenty years, he has hurt people, taken the blame for others, and has been in prison three times. The last time he was released was two years ago.
After he was released, he originally planned to join his former boss, but Hong Kong has been cracking down on crime very hard in recent years. His former boss ran away long ago, and he was unable to recruit anyone.
Li Wenbing spent at least one-third of his life in prison. He had no survival skills at all. He had no choice but to find a nightclub to look after people.
But gangsters all have some bad habits. Li Wenbing likes to gamble and spends his free time in underground casinos. He was in debt within two years of being released. Now he has accumulated two million dollars in interest.
Two million dollars is not worth that much even if he is sold by weight, not to mention that he does not want to die.
So half a month ago, when someone found him and asked him to kill a designated person every week according to the instructions, he agreed without hesitation.
Because if he did not agree, he would have to face the loan sharks to pursue the debt. When he appeared in front of the lender, even if he could escape, he would definitely lose his arms and legs.
On the contrary, agreeing to kill people would give him a chance to survive. After all, Hong Kong has abolished the death penalty, and killing many people will only result in life imprisonment. The other party promised to give him one million for killing a person, which is enough for him to squander half his life in prison.
People who work hard to live innocently die, and those who do all kinds of evil live a carefree life. This is the most ridiculous thing in hell.
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