Chapter 179 179 Things are not going as she least expects and most...
Because of this exciting discovery, the little sleepiness Guan Xia and the others had just felt disappeared immediately. After reporting all the information about the buyer to the task force, they found other people and began to investigate the buyer who took Ning Ping'an away with all their strength.
But before they could find out anything, Xu Nian suddenly called. It was the colleague who was responsible for keeping an eye on Wu Xingxian, and he brought bad news.
Guan Xia noticed that Xu Nian's expression suddenly changed from calm to astonishment. She subconsciously raised her voice and asked in disbelief, "What? Who did you say died? You said Wu Xingxian died?"
When he said the latter part, Xu Nian's voice broke with disbelief.
Guan Xia and the others also stood up from their chairs in shock, so surprised that they couldn't believe it for a moment.
Two minutes later, Xu Nian hung up and said, "Guan Xia, something terrible has happened! Wu Xingxian is dead, along with several employees from his company. The task force has sealed off the building where Wu Xingxian's company is located and is fully engaged in the hunt for the murderer."
Guan Xia asked in astonishment, "Is the murderer still in the building? Hasn't he escaped yet?"
Xu Nian nodded and said, "The colleagues in the task force reacted quickly. As soon as they sensed something was wrong, they requested backup. Then they split into two groups. One group guarded the entrances and exits, while the other went up to investigate. As soon as they got there, they saw the body."
Everyone's expressions were filled with bewilderment. As they hurried out, Guan Xia pressed on, "No, with so many people watching Wu Xingxian, how could someone go up and kill him right under their noses?"
Guan Xia's mind raced with thoughts. As she walked downstairs, she heard Xu Nian say, "It wasn't that they were careless. It was that no one expected the murderer to disguise himself as a delivery man and brazenly enter the building carrying a pile of takeout boxes. They didn't take it seriously at first, thinking Wu Xingxian and his company were working overtime again and that the employees were ordering late-night snacks. After all, this had happened all the time before. Who knew the delivery man hadn't come back down after ten minutes? That's when they realized something was wrong. But unfortunately, it was too late. By the time they got back up, the man was already dead."
After going downstairs, the group simply trotted towards the parking lot. Guan Xia quickly asked, "Have the backup arrived? Wu Xingxian is dead, and we can't let the murderer get away again. I suspect the people who killed Wu Xingxian are not the same group as Wu Yingze."
Guan Xia had this premonition as soon as she heard the news of Wu Xingxian's death. She had originally planned to wait until she had dealt with Ning Ping'an before fully investigating what happened between Wu Xingxian and Wu Yang, and whether he was related to that criminal organization. Who knew that just when Ning Ping'an's case became clear, he was gone.
Everyone was so anxious that they almost jumped into the car. As soon as the door was closed, Lu Tingfeng, who sat in the driver's seat, stepped on the accelerator and drove out of the Nanping Branch.
Everyone was busy during the time on the road. Guan Xia called Xu Nian and turned on the speakerphone to continue the discussion.
Guan Xia was the first to speak up. "I sensed something was wrong. From the moment I learned Lu Xingxian was murdered, I had a hunch that his death had nothing to do with the case we were investigating at the Kangjian Physical Examination Center. He was most likely killed by someone sent by that criminal organization."
When Guan Xia finished speaking, Pang Le and the others were surprised. Ji An, on the other hand, looked thoughtful. Xu Nian said, "The timing of his death is a bit strange, and his reactions over the past period of time also make me subconsciously think that it has nothing to do with Wu Yingze. Also, the murderer acted too hastily and decisively. This style is very similar to several cases we have investigated before."
Following Xu Nian's words, Guan Xia immediately thought of Lu Manqing who was silenced. At that time, Lu Manqing's death was also in public and surrounded by the police. Although there are still some differences, when you think about it carefully, it is indeed very similar.
"It seems we don't need to verify further," Ji An said. "Just looking at the reaction of that criminal organization is enough to prove that Wu Xingxian is indeed related to them. Otherwise, they wouldn't have silenced him on the eve of his arrest."
Guan Xia said: "Now we just hope that the murderer can be caught successfully, so that we can at least not lose all clues."
Guan Xia said so, but when she thought about the criminal organization's style of operation, she felt a little unsure. She always had a premonition that things would not develop as smoothly as she expected.
In fact, this was indeed the case. At around three o'clock in the morning, when Guan Xia and her companions arrived at the office building where Wu Xingxian was, Guan Xia and Xu Nian were leading the team and jogging into the building. They were about to reach the gate when Guan Xia suddenly felt a chill on her back and goose bumps appeared uncontrollably all over her body. At the same time, her knees became weak and she could hardly walk at all. She subconsciously fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Xu Nian was quick-witted and pulled Guan Xia in time, so the others had to stop. Before Xu Nian could ask Guan Xia what happened, everyone suddenly heard a bang from the front, and then some warm liquid splashed on their bodies.
In the silence of the night, everyone was startled and instinctively turned their heads to look. Then they saw a man falling down, face down. Their appearance could not be seen clearly, but their whole body was twisted and it was unknown how many bones were broken. They were twitching slightly in a posture that ordinary people could not achieve, and bright red blood quickly spread out from under their body.
Guan Xia had never witnessed such a tragic scene before or after he traveled through time. He was completely stunned. Although he had investigated many cases in the past few months and had been to crime scenes, the shock of witnessing a person's birth and death was still different. Guan Xia's mind went blank subconsciously, and his eyes involuntarily stared at the almost unrecognizable corpse and the glaring pool of blood.
The incident happened so suddenly that no one was prepared. However, except for Guan Xia and Pang Le, everyone else reacted quickly. Xu Nian turned around and stood in front of Guan Xia, directly covering her eyes while saying, "Old Lu, contact the colleagues from the special task force. Wang Yu, call for support. The most important thing is the forensic and technical teams, and Brother Jiang, go and confirm if the person still has any vital signs. If so, call 120 and see if there is a chance to save him."
Perhaps because her eyes were covered, Guan Xia felt her hearing become sharper and her brain started working again. As she listened to Xu Nian's words, she subconsciously recalled the tragic scene of the man falling in front of her. Even though she had no medical knowledge or experience, she could see that there was most likely no chance of saving this man.
Sure enough, the next second, Jiang Yingyao said, "Captain Xu, there's no sign of a heartbeat. Judging by the amount of bleeding, the person is dead on the spot."
Guan Xia heard someone moving around, and then Qi Bai's voice rang out, "It's the middle of the night, and this is the building where Wu Xingxian's company is located. It's impossible that someone suddenly jumped out of despair. The place where he fell just happened to overlap with our path. If Guan Xia hadn't stopped suddenly just now, one of us might have been hit by him."
Hearing this, Guan Xia's heart moved, and she hurriedly grabbed Xu Nian's hand and moved it away from her eyes. After calming down for so long, her emotions had stabilized.
The first thing Guan Xia did when he regained sight was to look at the clothes on the person who had died but whose identity was still unknown. To Guan Xia's surprise, they were not delivery clothes.
Just as Guan Xia was about to take a closer look, he heard a burst of hurried and noisy footsteps coming from the left front. Turning around, he saw a large group of people running towards him. He couldn't see them when they were far away, but when they ran up to him, Guan Xia saw that several of them had bruises on their faces. It seemed that they were the police officers from the special task force who had just participated in arresting the murderer and had fought with him, but it was obvious that the arrest was not smooth.
"Expert Guan, Captain Xu." The leading detective of the task force greeted them, then looked at the corpse on the ground with an expression of regret and resentment on his face.
Guan Xia looked at the faces of the people behind him and saw similar expressions. He couldn't help but understand something and asked, "Is this the murderer who killed Wu Xingxian and several employees of his company?"
The leading officer nodded. "It's him. We think he's connected to the case we've been investigating. Not only was his attack very efficient, he was also very cunning and very familiar with the terrain of this building. We were outnumbered, but he relied on the terrain to keep us occupied for nearly twenty minutes and escaped us several times. In fact, we were about to capture him just now, but he suddenly pushed past our men and jumped out of the window."
The task force was still a little confused, but Guan Xia and the others realized that the murderer might have seen them. One reason was that he didn't want to be caught and planned to commit suicide, and the other was that he probably thought that since he was going to die anyway, it might be worth taking someone with him to die with him.
Guan Xia let out a long sigh. Although everything had become a fact, he still couldn't understand how the situation had developed to such a point. Wu Xingxian was dead, and the murderer suspected to be from that criminal organization was also dead. Most importantly, how did that criminal organization get the news? Or did they have people monitoring Wu Xingxian from the beginning, so they could kill him so promptly to silence him?
Many thoughts flashed through Guan Xia's mind in an instant, but they were all intertwined and messy, and she couldn't figure it out for a while, so she simply asked about the situation upstairs.
The detective, still leading the investigation team, said, "Including Wu Xingxian, there are four dead in total. Besides Wu Xingxian, the other three were his secretary, his personal assistant, and the project manager—all four adult males. We haven't had time to take statements from the other people who were at the scene but weren't hurt, so we're not sure what other relationships those three had with Wu Xingxian besides work."
Four people died upstairs, and with the one below, there were five dead in total. Even though Guan Xia was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but feel a little numb. He turned around to look at Xu Nian and asked, "Let's go upstairs and take a look?"
Xu Nian's face was as gloomy as water, and the others were similar. After exchanging glances, they followed the task force and took the elevator to the top floor.
After coming out of the elevator and walking a short distance in the corridor, Guan Xia saw a large pool of blood and a person lying in a pool of blood. Judging from the location of the injury and the amount of bleeding, it was clear that the person was dead without even touching the artery in the neck. After all, he was shot in the chest. Combined with the style of the criminal organization, it was very likely that he was killed by a single stab wound to the heart, just like the four victims in the Zhang Weiyan case.
Sure enough, Jiang Yingyao skillfully pulled out shoe covers and gloves from his pocket and put them on. He then squatted over and looked down. He stood up and said, "From the surface of the body, there is only one obvious wound on the chest, on the left side. He must have died on the spot by being stabbed in the heart with a sharp object."
Wang Yu also took out shoe covers and gloves from his bag and handed them to Guan Xia and Pang Le. As Guan Xia put them on, he asked the task force, "Where are the bodies of the other three people? In Wu Xingxian's office?"
The lead police officer of the special task force said, "The project manager was found in the corridor outside Wu Xingxian's office. The personal assistant and Wu Xingxian both died in Wu Xingxian's office, one at the door and the other at the door to the lounge. Judging from the traces at the scene, it seems that when the killer disguised himself as a delivery man to deliver food, it was the secretary who opened the door and was subsequently stabbed in the heart from the front. After the secretary fell to the ground, the killer walked straight from the door to Wu Xingxian's office. We speculate that the project manager was the first to hear the noise, came out to investigate, and was then killed by the killer. Then the personal assistant in Wu Xingxian's office also opened the door to investigate and was also killed by the killer. Finally, Wu Xingxian, who must have been trying to escape into the lounge, was stabbed in the heart from behind by the killer and died on the spot."
Guan Xia listened to the task force's introduction of the situation at the scene. After putting on shoe covers and gloves, he carefully walked around the first body and headed towards Wu Xingxian's office.
Along the way, Guan Xia looked around from time to time. It was obvious that the murderer passed by several completely open office areas on the way to Wu Xingxian's office. However, from the messy desks and floors but no trace of blood, it could be seen that at the time of the crime, there were people working overtime in these open office areas, but the murderer did not attack them, but walked towards Wu Xingxian's office with a very clear goal.
This shows that the murderer not only had a detailed understanding of the internal layout of Wu Xingxian's company before the crime, but also made a relatively detailed plan beforehand, which enabled him to succeed in one strike. This is completely consistent with Guan Xia's impression of the criminal organization.
I just don't know whether the murderer came to Shangshuang City recently or has always been there. What Guan Xia fears most is that the murderer was arranged by the criminal organization to monitor Wu Xingxian in Shangshuang City. If this is the case, then it is very likely that Guan Xia, Pang Le, and even Ji Anzhong, Xiaoyu, and Lu Tingfeng have been exposed to the criminal organization.
Compared to Xu Nian and others who are already police officers, Guan Xia and the others are undoubtedly much more dangerous. After all, they are nominally non-staff members, and Guan Xia is an expert, but in fact they do not yet belong to the police team.
Thinking of this possibility, Guan Xia's brain, which had just calmed down a little, became a little confused again. She tried hard to recall how many times they had come into contact with Wu Xingxian since they came to Shangshuang City.
Guan Xia thought about it, and the others were still unclear, but she and Pang Le were certain that during the time they were in Shangshuang City, they had only observed Wu Xingxian from a distance once. At that time, they were still in the car and did not get out, but just rolled down the window.
Guan Xia tried hard to recall for a moment, and finally remembered that when she used the system's shared vision to confirm whether Wu Xingxian was himself, there was nothing unusual around their car except for a few people on the same floor who were also wrapped in blood-red soul light balls.
After confirming the safety of himself and Pang Le, Guan Xia immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to look at Ji An and Xu Nian. Guan Xia planned to wait until the matter of tonight was over before asking them in detail whether there was anything unusual when they were following Wu Xingxian during these days.
Guan Xia sincerely hoped that she was overthinking it, and that the murderer was only recently sent to Shangshuang City, and only had time to conduct a detailed investigation and plan on Wu Xingxian, but did not have time to observe them.
Guan Xia prayed sincerely that things would not develop in the direction she least wanted and which was the worst possible direction.
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