Chapter 364 Farewell to An Yuan [End of this volume, explosive ending]
Zhou Yi opened the door and saw Xu Nian standing in the corridor.
"Where is Sister Qiao?" Zhou Yi asked. Because Xu Nian and Qiao Jiali lived in the same room, and Xu Nian came to see him in the middle of the night, it was inevitable that people would be suspicious.
"Sister Qiao is asleep." Xu Nian, with her long hair draped over her shoulders, hugged her shoulders and said, "Are you planning to just leave me standing at the door?"
"Oh, please come in..." Zhou Yi stepped aside to make way.
Xu Nian entered the room. Zhou Yi hesitated for a moment, but still closed the door.
He was still struggling with how to start the conversation, but Xu Nian directly asked the question that had been bothering her for several days.
"Zhou Yi, how did you know I have experience in microscopic anatomy?"
Zhou Yi's mind was spinning rapidly as he was looking for the most reasonable excuse to fool people.
First of all, it is impossible to use the so-called "I have heard others mention this" because it is too fake.
This is not information that is easy to learn, and it is impossible for everyone to know it.
Even if it was said by someone from the Third Brigade, regardless of whether Xu Nian would ask someone else to investigate the matter afterwards, from the perspective of professional division of labor, the forensic doctor does not need to specifically explain to the criminal police what kind of professional abilities he has in what areas.
Unless there has been a similar case before.
But according to Zhou Yi's memory, it obviously didn't happen, or it hasn't happened yet.
Xu Nian is a person with a relatively cold personality, and his relationship with the people in the Third Team is just an ordinary colleague at work.
Then there is only one person who is suitable to take the blame, although there is still a great risk of being suspected.
This person is Hongcheng’s only forensic doctor, Song Yiming.
Zhou Yi was about to speak when Xu Nian said, "Teacher Song does know about this, but I asked Teacher Song, and he hasn't mentioned this to anyone else. After all, it's too professional. If it wasn't necessary for the investigation, he wouldn't have to tell anyone."
Zhou Yigang couldn't close his opened mouth because Xu Nian's words directly blocked the excuse he was looking for.
She is so smart, did she say that on purpose?
So what kind of answer did she want to hear?
Have you secretly investigated her?
Or tell her a truth that is like a fairy tale?
On TV, the weather forecast ended and the commercials began.
The room was very quiet for a while. Zhou Yi and Xu Nian just looked at each other without saying a word.
"Mr. Qin." Zhou Yi said suddenly.
"What?" Xu Nian was stunned, thinking he had heard it wrong.
"Mr. Qin Beihai, I heard him mention your teacher, Professor Liu Hongyi, who is an authoritative expert in microscopic anatomy in China. So I instinctively thought that you should understand the technology in this area." Zhou Yi said calmly.
He knew that this reason might not be really credible. After all, why would Qin Beihai tell him such a thing for no apparent reason?
But this was the only possibly reasonable excuse he could think of. If Professor Liu was indeed an authority in this field, then it was impossible for Mr. Qin not to know about it.
He believed that even if Xu Nian had some doubts, she would not specifically ask Qin Beihai whether this was true, or even if she wanted to ask, she might not be able to ask.
After hearing this, Xu Nian's face showed an expression of disbelief.
But he nodded slowly and said, "I see."
Zhou Yi immediately breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that no matter what, he had managed to get away with it.
"It's getting late. You've been very busy these past few days. Go back and rest early." Zhou Yi said as he took a step back and was about to open the door.
By the way, pretending to be relaxed, he joked, "If Sister Qiao finds out, it will easily lead to misunderstandings."
Xu Nian asked, "What's the misunderstanding?"
Zhou Yi spread his hands, smiled and said nothing.
Xu Nian walked out the door. When he reached Zhou Yi, he suddenly stopped, looked up at him with a half-smile, and asked, "Are you afraid that the girl will know about the misunderstanding?"
Zhou Yi avoided her gaze with a flickering look in his eyes. Of course he knew who the girl Xu Nian was talking about.
But there are some things that even for a reborn person like him, there is nothing he can do about it.
Everyone is a small fish in the torrent of fate, and he is no exception.
"Good night." Zhou Yi said in a flat tone.
The little light in Xu Nian's eyes dimmed, "Good night."
The door was closed, and Xu Nian was the only thin figure in the quiet corridor.
…
The next day, April 30th, was the last working day before May Day.
At 10:30 in the morning, Zhou Yi received a call from Wu Yongcheng.
After Fu Daqing was transferred out of the ICU in the morning, they immediately questioned him.
Of course, due to the special circumstances and out of humanitarianism, they only asked questions about the core issues.
Once Fu Daqing's physical condition allows him to be discharged from the hospital, he will be taken back to Hongcheng for a formal trial, and the case file will then be handed over to Anyuan for subsequent judicial procedures.
In order to prevent him from pretending to be deaf and dumb, Wu Yongcheng came up and told him directly that Jiang Wei, Huang Yanli and Fan Zhongliang had all been arrested.
They are already aware of the entire case. If you don't confess voluntarily, it will do you no good.
As soon as Wu Yongcheng finished speaking, Fu Daqing burst into tears, crying and saying that he was wrong and that he didn't want to hide anymore. This life was really not a life for a human being.
Wu Yongcheng was not at all surprised by his reaction.
He had seen many fugitives in this state.
Before committing the crime, he was arrogant and thought that nothing was a big deal and the police were not that scary.
After committing a crime, one becomes terrified and fearful, especially when on the run, as everyone seems to be out to catch them.
The despair and panic in this moment is like boiling a frog in warm water or cutting meat with a blunt knife.
Therefore, Fu Daqing encountered almost no obstacles during the interrogation process.
He admitted that it was Fan Zhongliang who hired him to kill Zheng Guangming, and he also admitted that Huang Yanli mistakenly thought that Zheng Guangming hired them, so he took advantage of the situation and cheated Huang Yanli out of her salary.
As for the gold jewelry mentioned by Huang Yanli that has never been found, he said that he stuffed it into his pocket at the time, so it was not snatched away by Jiang Wei.
He hid these gold jewellery in his old father's military coat when he went to the nursing home.
He thought that he might not be able to go back, and when these jewelries were discovered, at least his father could live in the nursing home for a few more years, which would be his last act of filial piety.
What he was most unwilling to accept was that he failed to kill the guy named Jiang.
Not only did he fail to kill him, but he also implicated his good brother Li Youqiang.
After finding nothing at Jiang Shun's residence that day, he walked back in anger, but when he reached the alley, he was stunned because the car and the people were gone.
Was his first reaction that Li Youqiang had embezzled the money?
But after thinking about it, I felt that it was impossible. I looked around carefully and found some blood spots on the ground.
His eyelids were twitching wildly at that time, and he knew something must have happened.
He was so scared that he immediately returned to Hongcheng. He didn't dare to take the train, but took several long-distance buses. It took him several days to return to Hongcheng, and then he hid at home.
He said that he had secretly visited Li Youqiang's house at night, hoping for the best, thinking what if he came back.
As a result, I only saw an old lady at home alone.
He knew that something might have really happened to Li Youqiang.
In addition, there are two other things in Fu Daqing's confession that caught the attention of investigators.
The first thing is the criminal facts and details of the murder of Bai Xiu Xiu.
Fu Daqing said that after they entered the bedroom, they found that Zheng Guangming was already dead. He and Li Youqiang were a little confused at the time.
He even thought about taking Zheng Guangming's ID card and mobile phone and leaving.
But when Bai Xiu Xiu woke up, she was very emotional and accused them of being murderers.
Li Youqiang was afraid that she would scream and alarm the neighbors, so he pointed a gun at her head. Bai Xiu Xiu was so scared that she shut up.
Li Youqiang saw that she was wearing little and had a voluptuous figure, so he lied to her and said that he would let her go as long as she cooperated with him and made him happy.
Bai Xiu Xiu believed it and cooperated.
Li Youqiang also asked Fu Daqing if he wanted to play, but Fu Daqing refused and dragged Zheng Guangming's body out by himself.
He said that he had asthenospermia, which later caused him psychological problems and impotence, so he was not interested in this kind of thing.
When he returned to the bedroom, Li Youqiang had already strangled the woman to death.
He actually knew the result a long time ago, and he also agreed to kill the woman to silence her.
Because he was afraid that the woman would call the police as soon as they left. Then Fan Zhongliang and Huang Yanli would know that Zheng Guangming killed himself and would not give the money. Then all their efforts would be in vain.
However, Li Youqiang might have been a little weak at the time and failed to strangle Bai Xiu Xiu completely. Later, when they were digging a hole in the park, the woman actually ran away, and Li Youqiang had no choice but to chase her and stab her.
The second thing is about the hidden knife.
At the time, Zhou Yi had doubts about the disappearance of the knife, as he could not find any reasonable reason to explain its disappearance. If it were not for the knife, with the flow of people and the size of Xiaoqiushan Park, the body might not have been discovered so quickly.
When Fu Daqing explained the reason why the Tibetan knife was lost, everyone was left in a state of confusion.
He said that after Li Youqiang killed the woman, they worked together to drag the woman's body over and buried it, and he also cleaned up the bloodstains nearby.
After using the knife, Li Youqiang wiped the blood off and placed it on a stone beside him.
The two were filling the hole when they suddenly noticed some movement behind them. Turning around, they saw a small black shadow that grabbed the knife on the stone and jumped onto the tree.
When Zhou Yi and the others heard what Wu Yongcheng said on the phone, they were stunned: "Monkey???"
Wu Yongcheng replied: "Yes!"
This result was something no one could have imagined. After all, it turned out that the most powerful helper in this case was the monkeys in Xiaoqiushan Park!
It is really laughable to get such information at the final stage of this case.
However, Fu Daqing's explanation also means that this complicated case was successfully solved thanks to the efforts of the police in both places.
Pan Hongjie repeatedly expressed his gratitude to the Hongcheng Criminal Investigation Detachment and Wu Yongcheng.
After hanging up the phone, Pan Hongjie took Zhou Yi and the others to a local specialty restaurant that they had booked and warmly entertained them.
During the meal, Pan Hongjie made a promise to Zhou Yi that this summer, he would let everyone in the Third Brigade taste the best and largest Anyuan watermelon, and he would personally drive it to Hongcheng.
Zhou Yi readily accepted this, because he had heard for more than a week that Anyuan watermelon was delicious, which really made him curious.
Xia Yu handed Zhou Yi three train sleeper tickets and said that he would drive them to the train station later.
Pan Hongjie raised his glass and said to Zhou Yi with emotion: "Zhou Yi, I'll offer you a glass of tea instead of wine. Young man, you have a bright future. I am optimistic about you."
Zhou Yi immediately stood up and thanked Pan Hongjie with the teacup in both hands.
Outside the window of the box, strong sunlight shone in at noon, and An Yuan outside the window looked glowing white.
Zhou Yi drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, which was considered a farewell to the city of Anyuan.
Although this case is complicated, it is not particularly difficult in essence.
Because the relationship between the deceased and the murderer was too close, it was not difficult to analyze the motive of the crime based on the relationship between people and then advance the investigation.
I'm so thankful that I didn't spend more time here than expected.
…
The train swayed rhythmically, and occasionally a whistle sounded.
Xia Yu bought three tickets, two lower berths and one middle berth, and arrived in Hongcheng at six o'clock the next morning.
Zhou Yi let Qiao Jiali and Xu Nian sleep on the lower bunk, and he slept on the middle bunk.
When Xia Yu sent the three people to the train station, he also prepared a lot of food, saying that it was a small token of his appreciation. He felt that he had benefited a lot from following Zhou Yi in solving cases these days.
In fact, the three of them couldn't finish all the food, but Zhou Yi knew that this was Xia Yu's simple way of expressing gratitude, so he accepted it with a smile.
"Zhou Yi, do you want to eat something?" Qiao Jiali, who was sitting by the window, looked at the food in the plastic bag and asked Zhou Yi, who was lying on the middle bunk.
"I'm not hungry. Captain Pan kept urging me to eat more at noon, and I'm still a little full now. You guys eat first. I see you didn't eat much at noon."
"Okay, I'll put it here. Xiao Xia bought a lot of things. You can help yourself when you're hungry."
"Okay." Zhou Yi closed his eyes and felt the slight shaking of the train as it moved.
Since the day before yesterday when he finished interrogating Fan Zhongliang, he began to relax and recuperate.
Because he knew that once he returned to Hongcheng, he would soon have to fight a tough battle alone.
Qiao Jiali, who was below, suddenly asked, "Xu Nian, where did you go last night?"
Xu Nian asked in surprise, "Sister Qiao, you're not asleep?"
"I fell asleep, but woke up a bit when you came back."
"Oh..." Xu Nian said after a moment of silence, "I didn't go anywhere. I just wanted to drink some hot water. I went to the front desk to ask for a cup and came back after I finished drinking it."
"I see."
At this time, the phone Zhou Yi placed in his coat rang.
He sat up and fished his phone out of his coat.
He thought it was Wu Yongcheng, but when he saw the caller ID, he was stunned.
Because this number actually belongs to the Hongcheng City Bureau.
Everyone from the Third Brigade is outside. Why would the Municipal Bureau call me at this time?
Zhou Yi pressed the answer button.
"Hello, I'm Zhou Yi."
"Zhou Yi, this is Shi Tao." A familiar voice called out from the other end of the phone.
"Oh, Captain Shi."
When Zhou Yi mentioned the word "Team Shi", he immediately attracted the attention of Qiao Jiali and Xu Nian.
"Captain Shi, why did you call me suddenly?"
"I called your Captain Wu, but no one answered. I saw that the lights in your Third Squadron office were off, and there was no one there."
Zhou Yi suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, because Shi Tao's voice sounded a little anxious, obviously something had happened.
He immediately asked, "Captain Shi, what's wrong? Is there a case?"
The reason why Zhou Yi felt ominous was that no murder had occurred at this point in time in his previous life.
Shi Tao's next words made Zhou Yi's blood run cold.
Shi Tao said anxiously, "Just now, the command center received a report from the public that a large bag of body parts was found in the eastern section of Nansha River in Nanming District!"
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