Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Captain Zhao didn't mean to embarrass you
"...On March 5th, reporters arrived at the crime scene, Tongrong River Park in Jingzhou, the capital of Handong Province. The body was discovered a little after 5:00 a.m. on March 4th. As you can see, the area behind me has been cordoned off by police. We interviewed Captain Tan, the person in charge of the case, who expressed her commitment to investigating the case..."
At dinner time, Ji Jianguo and Lian Qiao sat side by side on the sofa, eating hot pot and watching TV.
News about the Jingzhou serial murder and dismemberment case suddenly popped up on the screen.
Old Ji and Ms. Lian turned up the volume and stared closely at every frame in front of them.
Sure enough, in the fleeting picture, Comrade Xiao Ji was wearing a uniform and squatting on the grass by the river, looking for physical evidence.
Lian Qiao put down her bowl and asked her husband, who was busy cooking beef next to her, "Should we provide any more clues this time? After all, it's somewhat related to your family..."
"I don't have any family ties with those people." Ji Jianguo thought slowly, "How about we wait and see? Yinhe is so smart, even without any clues, he will definitely catch the murderer!"
"Of course, but I just feel sorry for her. The murderer is hiding so deeply, and I don't know how long it will take to investigate..."
Lian Qiao sighed softly, "Have you been worried about something lately?"
"Ah?" Ji Jianguo raised his head while holding a piece of Chinese spinach covered with red oil in his mouth.
"I've been busy since November." Lian Qiao leaned back on the sofa nonchalantly. "The 996 work schedule isn't popular in the street office these days!"
Ji Jianguo finished his chrysanthemum and chuckled twice as he drank his Coke. "Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from Boss Lian's sharp eyes... Actually, it's nothing. It's just that last drug case Yinhe broke, and I discovered Ding Tongguang was involved in it."
Lian Qiao frowned, "...Ding Tongguang? That's not right, he's not the male supporting role in my book..."
"Yeah, I just find it strange!" Ji Jianguo spread his hands. "That's why I've been keeping an eye on him lately, but apart from his obvious admiration for Gong Chenggong, he doesn't seem to be doing anything unusual."
"Okay." Lian Qiao took a sip of tomato soup. "After all, Jiangtan is so small, it's not impossible for the characters in the two novels to intersect... Aren't we a precedent?"
"We're from the same hometown, and we're both unlucky book travelers destined to be together." Ji Jianguo took his wife's hand, placed it on his knee and rubbed it. "Yinhe has been in Jingzhou for three days. I don't know how she's doing over there."
"I brought Feng Ling with her." Lian Qiao took her husband's hand and shook it. "But then again, isn't Teacher Lu in Jingzhou? He should be able to take care of her."
Ji Jianguo snorted proudly, "My daughter doesn't want other men to take care of her!"
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"...Although you've just arrived at the provincial department, you certainly don't want to receive special treatment, right, Comrade Xiao Ji?"
In the office of the crackdown group, deputy team leader Zhao Zhuoqun placed a stack of files on the table in front of Ji Yinhe. "We'll go out for the interview today. You stay in the office to organize the materials. Make sure you thoroughly understand every detail of the case."
Ji Yinhe flipped through the report in front of him, raised his eyes and said, "Master, I have memorized it all."
"..." Zhao Zhuoqun stared at her with an expression of disbelief.
Ji Yinhe was not afraid and pushed the report to the other side. "Just ask."
Zhao Zhuoqun flipped a page casually. "When and where was the second body found?"
Ji Yinhe answered without hesitation, "At 7:20 pm on January 13th, in the sewer manhole in Section 3 of Huashuying South."
Zhao Zhuoqun glanced at her and flipped through a few more pages in disbelief. "How many pieces was the first body cut into?"
"We found a total of 35 pieces," Ji Yinhe said calmly, "of course, that doesn't include his missing torso."
Zhao Zhuoqun wanted to ask a few more questions when a capable policewoman with short hair walked in from outside the office.
Ji Yinhe immediately jumped up and shouted, "Hello, Captain Tan!"
"Yeah." Tan Li nodded at Comrade Xiao Ji and gave a friendly smile.
Just now in the corridor, she heard the conversation between Zhao Zhuoqun and Ji Yinhe.
She knew Old Zhao. He wasn't trying to make things difficult for the girl, he was just strict and rigid and didn't know how to adapt.
In addition, his childhood friend from Jiangtan heard that Ji Yinhe was transferred to the provincial department, so he took a special train to come over and talked to him in a mysterious way.
According to Tan Li's speculation, this person definitely has bad intentions.
Old Zhao is a cautious person. Before he completely trusts Ji Yinhe, he would not dare to let her get too deeply involved in the case.
Thinking of this, Tan Li immediately made a decision and said, "Old Zhao, although you are Xiao Ji's master, since she has memorized all the files, let her participate in the investigation and survey."
Zhao Zhuoqun tapped the ground with his toes. "Okay, but my car won't have enough space for the technical team..."
Tan Li turned the key in her hand and said, "Xiao Ji, get in my car."
Ji Yinhe excitedly grabbed his backpack, followed everyone downstairs, and got into the police car driven by Captain Tan himself.
Tan Li was not there on the day he reported, and he only saw her in person yesterday. Comrade Xiao Ji jumped up and down excitedly - isn't this the sister who was the judge of the last shooting competition of the competition!
Tan Li was also particularly impressed by Ji Yinhe. If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Zhuoqun was short of people and she had already brought Guan Ye with her, she would not have given this little apprentice to anyone else.
Lu Zheng and his technical team got into Zhao Zhuoqun's car, and before leaving, he handed over an inspection report.
"This is the autopsy report for the last victim, right?" Tan Li glanced at it and handed it to Ji Yinhe in the back seat. "You have a good memory. Memorize it in the car."
"Okay!"
Through the car window, Lu Zheng couldn't help but smile as he saw that Comrade Xiao Ji had quickly gained the trust of the team leader.
Ji Yinhe didn't see it, and had already started studying hard.
Guan Ye, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and asked, "Comrade Xiao Ji, when you were in Jiangtan, were you in the same team with a comrade named Che?"
Tan Li pricked up her ears and listened silently.
Guan Ye is a very gossipy guy and he must have heard a lot of news from Zhao Zhuoqun.
And this Comrade Che is most likely the childhood friend from Jiangtan who keeps talking to Zhao Zhuoqun.
"Yes." Ji Yinhe raised his head and blinked, "That was my former deputy captain Che Zhiwen when I was in the Serious Crime Squad."
"Oh—" Guan Ye stretched out the last syllable and asked bluntly, "You don't have a good relationship with him? His transfer to the police station doesn't have anything to do with you, does it?"
"The relationship between the team and me is that of a leader and a subordinate." Ji Yinhe replied in a high-sounding manner, tilting his head playfully, "The transfer was decided by Director Rao, how can it have anything to do with me?"
"..." Guan Ye applauded her unwavering attitude, and then kindly reminded her, "Your team and Captain Zhao were childhood friends. When they heard that you were going to be transferred to the provincial department, the team came to Jingzhou to tell them that you—"
"Guan Ye." Tan Li, who was holding the steering wheel, coughed.
"Well, anyway..." Guan Ye glanced at his master and scratched his head. "Captain Zhao didn't mean to embarrass you. Besides, he's a very fair person. If you're truly capable and can convince him, he'll definitely not have any prejudice against you."
Ji Yinhe nodded thoughtfully. No wonder Zhao Zhuoqun always felt a hint of disdain when he looked at her.
Now we finally found the reason.
But she didn't expect that after Lao Che was transferred out of the Municipal Bureau, he really felt resentment towards her and did something like this...
But it had nothing to do with her that he was hit in the anus by a bicycle, so why did she have to gossip about him in front of her future leader?
...These old men who are taking advantage of the situation within the system are really puzzling!
Officer Xiao Ji shook his head helplessly and sighed.
Tan Li, who was driving, looked up at the rearview mirror and took in the expression on the girl's face.
"Xiao Ji, where do you think we should start?"
Ji Yinhe came back to his senses and thought carefully. "We still have to start with the bag of body parts we found last. I think we have only visited the sanitation workers and haven't explored other directions yet."
"Yeah." Tan Li nodded without saying anything.
Guan Ye said: "If you are talking about the location where the body was dumped, the Tongrong River is very long. We have not yet been able to confirm whether the murderer dumped the body in the park... Maybe the body parts floated down from upstream."
"That's possible, but I have a new discovery." Ji Yinhe held up the autopsy report that Lu Zheng had just handed her. "The last deceased had a tattoo on the inside of his forearm!"
Guan Ye took it and looked at it, frowning. "Wow! Were these corpses cooked beforehand? I really couldn't tell if you hadn't told me about this tattoo. It looks like burnt meat... Master, please take a look!"
Tan Li glanced at it out of the corner of her eye and said, "It's a tattoo. How many tattoo shops are there in Jingzhou now?"
Ji Yinhe blinked, this thing is still a new trend, only the gangsters in Hong Kong movies would get tattoos, and there is no one in Jiangtan at the moment. Everyone acquiesced, who would scribble on the skin as a normal person?
But Jingzhou is the provincial capital, so naturally it is more open than Jiangtan. Guan Ye, a local, thought for a moment and said, "There are three in total, all in Sanguitang."
Tan Li turned the steering wheel and the engine made a heavy hum.
"The area is quite small. Let's go over there now and divide into groups to ask door to door!"
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The tattoo shop owner looked unconventional, but he was very attentive to the police's questions.
Hearing that it was related to the sensational dismemberment case, the three families took out picture albums and checked them against the photos of the corpse.
The owner of the last store burst into tears of joy after flipping through dozens of pictures.
"Found it!" He pointed to a picture and the registration time on the back and said, "This is it! I got a tattoo five months ago, a rose pattern! I remember it was a handsome boy, not very old, maybe twenty at most!"
Ji Yinhe quickly wrote down the clue and asked, "What was the guest's name? Do you remember?"
The boss looked embarrassed. "It's been half a year now, I can't remember clearly. Besides, tattoos are still relatively niche now, and many customers don't like to show off. It's not easy for us to ask about their privacy. Don't you agree?"
Ji Yinhe pinched the bridge of his nose and glanced at Zhao Zhuoqun who was standing next to him.
The other party said nothing, and it seemed that he was not here to visit her, but was silently testing her ability to ask questions.
Comrade Xiao Ji, who never gave up, immediately asked, "Boss, I don't need you to be too specific. Could you please close your eyes and recall the scene at that time, how the other party walked into this shop, how they communicated with you... During the tattoo process, is there anything that left a deep impression on you..."
The boss followed her words, closed his eyes obediently, and fell into the river of memories.
"Hmm..." He frowned and then relaxed his brows, and suddenly his nose twitched.
"I remember now!" The boss slapped his thigh. "I tattooed his forearm, very close to his hand... He has a different scent than everyone else. How can I describe it? Let me think..."
Ji Yinhe held his breath and didn't dare to disturb him.
The boss suddenly opened his eyes and said with certainty: "Have you ever permed your hair? There is a stench of perm solution on his hands!" This smell can penetrate deep into the skin of the hands, which means that the deceased must have been in contact with this liquid for a long time!
Ji Yinhe's eyes lit up and he bowed, "...Thank you!"
She stuffed the notebook into her schoolbag, rushed into the tattoo shop next door, and grabbed Tan Li who was still asking questions.
"Team Leader! I asked around... the deceased might be a guy working in a hair salon!!"
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