Chapter 9 Their Greed (VII) Clues
With a glimmer of hope, the three of them arrived at Zhuyuan intersection.
Ye Bai's eyes were always looking out the window, his gaze fixed on the rows of white cars parked on the side of the road.
Because there was a street right after the Zhuyuan intersection, they temporarily locked their target in this area and then got out of the car and walked.
It just so happened that they were all in plain clothes, which made the mission very convenient to carry out.
The bored Qi Xiaolei suddenly said: "You suddenly came to Zhunan City, I really want to take you to eat all the delicious food here."
"There will be a chance."
After Ye Bai finished speaking, his sharp eyes kept scanning the white cars parked on the roadside.
I thought it would be better to forget about having a relationship in the police station, as it would be a life-or-death situation if the inspector saw it.
Han Jianye turned into the alley of the community alone and searched separately from Ye Bai and the others.
At this moment, Qi Xiaolei suddenly grabbed Ye Bai's arm, and whispered with a hint of surprise, "Look at that white car. Does the license plate number look like the one in the surveillance video?"
Ye Bai looked in the direction of Qi Xiaolei, and suddenly a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, "It's that car, for sure."
Qi Xiaolei immediately notified Han Jianye to come quickly, they could not let the suspect escape.
Ye Bai pretended to play with his mobile phone and slowly approached the white car. He found that the door of the driver's seat was open. A man was adjusting his seat back, with his feet resting on the steering wheel, playing with his mobile phone attentively.
The man looked exactly like the one photographed from the front by the surveillance camera, confirming who they were looking for.
Ye Bai nodded to Han Jianye who was not far away, indicating that they had found the target.
Han Jianye is a person with strong execution ability and can always seize opportunities at critical moments.
This time was no exception. He quickly stepped forward and pulled out the car keys when the owner was off guard.
Before the car owner could react, Han Jianye had already shown his ID, leaving the other party speechless.
The whole movement was smooth and quick, without any hesitation.
In the interrogation room, Niu Fangsheng finally understood the reason why he was arrested. He was dejected and seemed not to know how to start.
Han Jianye asked him again: "Why did you and a woman appear near the river in the suburbs on the night of April 25? What were you doing there?"
Niu Fangsheng stammered and couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.
Ye Bai observed his facial expression and felt that he was not panicked because of being discovered for murder, but rather because of the embarrassment that was difficult to talk about.
So Ye Bai told him: "Don't try to hide the facts. Since we can find you, we can naturally find out what you did."
Hearing this, Niu Fangsheng's face changed drastically. He asked anxiously: "Then...if I tell you, can you not tell my wife?"
Han Jianye frowned and asked, "What do you mean? Isn't the woman in the car your wife?"
Niu Fangsheng shook his head and denied: "She was my mahjong partner. She owed me money and had no money to pay me back, so she said she would pay it off by spending a night with me. You have to register your ID card to go to a hotel, and I certainly didn't want my wife to know, so I took her to a place where I used to fish. There were few people there, especially at night, and we did that in the car."
Han Jianye:…(_)
Ye Bai:…( _ )! ?
But for the sake of investigation, Han Jianye continued to ask: "Why did you drive back and forth twice on that nearby cement road?"
Niu Fangsheng explained: "The first time I passed by, I saw someone there, so I thought about leaving. But then I thought, since I was already here and it was getting dark, maybe the person had already left? So I turned back, and at that moment, I was horny and wanted to have sex before leaving."
His voice became quieter and quieter, until almost only he could hear it.
Han Jianye said: "We will verify everything you said, but you just said that someone was there, so you left. Did you see clearly who it was?"
Niu Fangsheng nodded immediately, "It's two men."
Han Jianye asked, "How old are you?"
"Hmm..." Niu Fangsheng tried to recall, "They should be around 30 or 40 years old. They were standing by the river and chatting. They should be going fishing."
"Fishing?" Ye Bai repeated the word with a frown.
Niu Fangsheng nodded, "Yes, they were holding tools and blue buckets, and there was a black electric car next to them."
This sentence caught their attention, and they began to wonder whether the deceased might be a fisherman who went to the river to fish?
If this is true, then the fisherman might have been killed while fishing in the river, and all his belongings were looted. Finally, the murderer wrapped him in a sheet and threw his body into the river.
Ye Bai asked: "If I ask you to identify those two men, can you recognize them?"
Niu Fangsheng looked a little embarrassed. He said softly, "I can't guarantee it."
Han Jianye thought that this issue needed to be discussed in subsequent meetings, but now they had to verify whether Niu Fangsheng's confession was true, so they needed him to provide specific information about the woman.
Han Jianye asked him: "Don't you know that it is illegal to use fake license plates on your car?"
"I know...I know. I admit this. I was just hoping for the best. Now that I've been caught by you, I'll accept any punishment you give me."
Han Jianye nodded, "Just admit it."
After the interrogation, the team quickly assembled and held a case advancement meeting.
During the meeting, Han Jianye put forward his own speculation: "If Niu Fangsheng did not lie, then this case is likely a robbery and murder case, and the deceased may be a fishing enthusiast. We previously suspected that the deceased was from Lianhu Village, but the current situation makes me realize a problem. The bed sheet wrapped around the deceased may mean that the murderer is a resident of Lianhu Village. The murderer may have quickly returned home after committing the crime and took the bed sheet to try to cover up the crime."
Ye Bai raised his hand to show his agreement and added his own point of view: "Bed sheets usually come in sets, including bed sheets, quilt covers and pillowcases. I speculate that if the murderer went home to get the bed sheets in a panic, then he should have left a pillowcase or quilt cover that matched the bed sheets in his house, which can be used as a clue to track down the murderer."
Han Jianye nodded in agreement: "Indeed."
However, the challenge they faced was how to determine which family was missing the sheet.
They can't search door to door, as this would alert the suspect.
Ye Bai looked around at everyone and made a clever suggestion: "Can we try this method? I don't know if it will work. We can buy a batch of cheap three-piece bed sheets and sell them in the village. At the same time, we can hold a benefit event to attract customers. We will provide a limited number of bed sheets, quilt covers and pillowcases. You only need to pay the difference of 10 yuan to exchange the old ones for new ones. Maybe we can find clues this way."
This approach was not new to them as they had executed similar plans before.