Chapter 381 Xiao Bing's Suspicion
"Xiao Bing, 32 years old, unmarried, a native of Hongcheng."
"I was admitted to the French Department of Hongda University in 1983, graduated in 1987, and stayed on as an assistant teacher in the School of Foreign Languages that same year."
"I was promoted to lecturer in 1993, which wasn't particularly fast."
"According to the household registration information, Xiao Bing has no relatives now. His parents died in 1976."
Shi Tao couldn't help but ask, "Did they die in the same year?"
Zhou Yi nodded. "Yes, the household registration information shows the same date of cancellation. The applicant was Xiao Bing's grandfather. Xiao Bing was probably only eleven years old at the time."
"Afterwards, Xiao Bing's guardian became his grandfather, Xiao Fugui, but Xiao Fugui also passed away five years later."
"So currently, Xiao Bing is the only one registered in the household registration book."
Xie Guoqiang asked: "What is the reason for suspecting Xiao Bing?"
"First, it's because Xiao Bing participated in the rescue of the hostage situation at the food court. He was the one who took the knife from the criminal Zhao Bin. However, he left after the criminal was subdued. The situation at the scene was quite chaotic, so his information was not recorded. I only confirmed it after I happened to run into him in the hospital."
"And... Xiao Bing and Lu Xiaoshuang met in the school cafeteria and knew each other." Zhou Yi hesitated and appropriately blurred his presence there.
This was also what Wu Yongcheng meant after listening to his report, because in front of the director, the relationship between Zhou Yi and Lu Xiaoshuang should be appropriately weakened. After all, there are so many eyes watching during the meeting.
This touched Zhou Yi deeply, because Wu Yongcheng used to be a person who liked to talk about principles, but now he could be so protective of his son, which was something he had not expected.
At the same time, he also began to regret that he had been so active in introducing Xiao Bing to Lu Xiaoshuang.
He thought Xiao Bing was a trustworthy person for three main reasons.
First, Xiao Bing was a good person no matter how you looked at it, as he was willing to risk his life to save someone. He might also have been the one who had helped Lu Xiaoshuang escape the harassment of the Baimao gang in her previous life, though Zhou Yi couldn't confirm this; it was just a guess based on the circumstances.
Second, Xiao Bing is a teacher at Hongda. In the school, he is closer to Lu Xiaoshuang than himself. In case of any emergency, Lu Xiaoshuang can at least ask him for help instead of asking himself for help from a distant source.
The third and most important point is that when Zhou Yi was sorting out and recalling the materials of the grand case in his previous life in his small dark room, he specifically recalled the investigation records about Teacher Xiao.
Then he was ruled out as a suspect.
Because the task force's investigation logic is divided into several layers, the first layer focuses on Lu Xiaoshuang's direct contacts, relatives, classmates, teachers, etc., all of which have undergone comprehensive and detailed investigations.
The second layer is specific groups of people inside and outside the school who have professional skills in dismembering corpses, such as medical workers, butchers, chefs, etc.
The third level is students who have been punished for violating school rules and regulations. There is a certain possibility that these people will become decadent.
After finding nothing in the above three levels, the task force expanded the scope of the investigation to the last level, that is, the entire Hongda group of young and middle-aged people who may have the conditions to commit the crime.
Xiao Bing falls within the scope of this final level of investigation. Since he has never taught Lu Xiaoshuang, they have no academic intersection; he does not fit the criteria of someone with the ability to dismember bodies, and he has no criminal record or complaint record.
By the time they reached the final level of peripheral investigation, the task force was already exhausted. The pressure from above and from public opinion was enormous, and the investigation target was also a wide-ranging one. Naturally, it was impossible to conduct an in-depth and comprehensive investigation like in the early stages.
The focus of the investigation is mainly to confirm whether the subject knows and has had contact with Lu Xiaoshuang through the subject's subjective description and objective evidence from people around him.
This is how the investigation into Xiao Bing went. The task force confirmed through him and his colleagues that he had no connection with Lu Xiaoshuang, and that he had an alibi during the time of the crime, which naturally ruled him out as a suspect.
It was precisely based on the investigation results of the task force in the previous life that Zhou Yi relaxed his vigilance.
Although he did not entrust Lu Xiaoshuang's safety to the other party, when Lu Xiaoshuang asked him in the cafeteria that day, he did not say anything definite.
But at least to some extent, this gave Lu Xiaoshuang the impression that Xiao Bing was trustworthy.
So after learning that someone had used his information to deceive Lu Xiaoshuang, he immediately thought of Xiao Bing.
After all, Xiao Bing had suddenly appeared near Daguan Street when he was chasing the suspicious man.
Although he confirmed from the household registration file that Xiao Bing's residential address was indeed near Daguan Street, he still had doubts about Teacher Xiao.
Because in order to deceive Lu Xiaoshuang under one's own name, three elements are required.
1. He is someone Lu Xiaoshuang is familiar with.
2. People who know about the relationship between him and Lu Xiaoshuang.
3. Lu Xiaoshuang would not have any doubts when she heard from this person that she "entrusted him to deliver a message."
Xiao Bing was the only person he could think of who met these three criteria.
Once doubts arise, the direction of thinking about the problem will naturally change, which made Zhou Yi have several doubts.
First of all, was it a coincidence that Xiao Bing was in the food street that day?
In this life, he was the hero who saved Lu Xiaoshuang and gained her absolute trust.
In the previous life, based on the fact that the Baimao gang did not make a big deal out of the matter, and considering the confessions of the gang at the time, it is reasonable to speculate that Xiao Bing pulled Lu Xiaoshuang away and avoided the accident.
As the person who saved Lu Xiaoshuang, and with the identity of Teacher Hongda, will he also gain her absolute trust like himself?
The next question is, if he saved Lu Xiaoshuang and gained her trust, then theoretically, after the grand case occurred, this person should be one of the core investigators.
Unless he had no further contact with Lu Xiaoshuang after the food court incident, causing the incident to simply pass, with no one at school knowing they knew each other. And in the subsequent investigation, he deliberately concealed the matter out of fear of getting into trouble. After all, by the time the final, large-scale investigation had been carried out, people were already in a state of panic, and it's not impossible that some people deliberately concealed the matter to avoid suspicion.
Or there is another possibility, that is, after the food street incident, he has been secretly in contact with Lu Xiaoshuang, and used some reasons to make Lu Xiaoshuang conceal their contact from the people around them, so no one knows about it, and Xiao Bing will naturally not be included in the core investigation scope.
After all, a lecturer who teaches French in the School of Foreign Languages and a freshman in the School of Accounting have nothing in common under normal circumstances, and no one would connect them together.
But if this is the case, then Xiao Bing is completely capable of committing the crime, which means that the task force in the previous life found this person but missed him.
The last question arose instantly after Zhou Yi obtained Xiao Bing's household registration information.
Xiao Bing's household registration information clearly shows that he has no relatives, and there is only one page for him in the entire household registration book.
But when I met him in the hospital, he had just prescribed a bag of medicine.
What he actually said to himself was that his family members were in poor health, and they were suffering from old illnesses.
If there is only one person registered in the household registration book, where do his family members come from?
Thinking back to the previous life, the forensic doctor concluded that Lu Xiaoshuang had not been sexually assaulted after performing an autopsy on her body parts. Is it possible that the murderer did not do it, but was like Long Zhiqiang, who did not do it?
Of course, Zhou Yi did not reveal all these suspicions, because a lot of information from his previous life was involved.
He only mentioned a few key points: Xiao Bing had saved Lu Xiaoshuang, and Lu Xiaoshuang had a certain degree of trust in him; someone used his name to meet Lu Xiaoshuang somewhere, and then Lu Xiaoshuang disappeared; Xiao Bing might have some physical or mental illness and was hiding something.
After listening to Zhou Yi's report, Xie Guoqiang nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "Zhou Yi, do you usually have close contact with this Lu Xiaoshuang?"
This question caught Zhou Yi off guard. He didn't expect Director Xie to focus on this.
I want to deny it, but I can't find a suitable reason, and I'm afraid that the more I smear, the worse it gets.
There was a moment of silence, and everyone present looked at him.
At this critical moment, Wu Yongcheng spoke.
Wu Yongcheng said, "Director Xie, it's like this. Lu Xiaoshuang is not only familiar with Zhou Yi, but also with everyone in our Third Brigade."
Everyone's eyes turned to Wu Yongcheng again.
Xie Guoqiang asked him with a curious look.
Wu Yongcheng said, "Do you remember the dismemberment case in Donghai Community? It involved the daughter of the murderer, Xu Jiaguang, and the deceased, Zhang Hui, named Xu Xinxin. The little girl had nerve damage and wouldn't respond no matter how we tried to comfort her. It was Lu Xiaoshuang who finally helped settle the little girl down. She was a huge help to us in this case. Xu Xinxin didn't recognize anyone else but her."
Xie Guoqiang raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise and said, "Really?"
"After the case was solved, our team had a dinner together, and I even invited Lu Xiaoshuang to come along." Wu Yongcheng pointed at Qiao Jiali and said, "I remember that Lu Xiaoshuang seemed to be staying at Xiao Qiao's house that night, right?"
Qiao Jiali understood and nodded quickly: "Well, my husband was not at home that night, so I asked her to go home with me. The little girl is well-behaved and sensible, and I like her very much."
But in fact, Wu Yongcheng was already "drunk" at that time, and he was afraid that he had forgotten everything.
Wu Yongcheng continued, "So she's not only familiar with Zhou Yi, but also with all of us. It's just that Zhou Yi saved her before, so the girl must have trusted him more psychologically, which is why the bad guys took advantage of her."
Xie Guoqiang nodded: "Oh, so... Then you must investigate this case more thoroughly."
Xie Guoqiang's statement made the people of the Third Brigade feel relieved, especially Zhou Yi. He knew that Director Xie had actually let them off the hook. Otherwise, if they really asked about what happened next, it would be difficult to explain Wu Yongcheng's initial remark, "Later, it was Lu Xiaoshuang who helped."
"How are you going to investigate this Xiao Bing and the Xu Liu mentioned earlier?" Xie Guoqiang asked Wu Yongcheng.
"Xu Liu isn't from here, so we can't find her household registration information. We have to wait for you to contact Hongda. After we check her student information, we'll contact her to learn more about the situation."
"As for this Xiao Bing, my idea is not to alarm him yet, as there is no clear evidence to prove that he is related to Lu Xiaoshuang's disappearance. Let's start with an external investigation on him."
What Wu Yongcheng called peripheral investigation actually refers to the investigation work conducted around the circumstances surrounding the subject of investigation, in addition to interviewing and collecting evidence from the subject himself.
That is, they won’t alert the person first, but they will check his or her situation thoroughly, including how much water and electricity bills you pay every month.
"Okay, just as you think."
Xie Guoqiang turned his head and looked at everyone and said, "Right now, there are two most important tasks."
"First, we must find all body parts as quickly as possible, including the heads and bones of the deceased. We must minimize the possibility of causing social panic."
"Secondly, confirm the identity of the deceased as soon as possible. Only by confirming the identity of the deceased can the investigation be directed in the right direction."
"I won't say anything more. As everyone knows, we've had a lot of cases in Hongcheng recently, and everyone's been working hard. But I have a feeling that once this case is over, things will get easier, so I'll just have to hold on a little longer."
This time, unlike the last time when the city was sealed off to search for Long Zhiqiang, Director Xie did not boost everyone's morale because the nature of this case was different.
When it comes to murder cases, what leaders worry about most is whether public opinion and panic will spread.
As expected, as soon as Director Xie finished speaking, the Municipal Party Committee called.
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