Chapter 409 Xiao Bing! Open the door!
After Xiao Bing closed the door, Zhou Yi popped his head out from the corner where he and Chen Yan had disappeared.
Zhou Yi stared at the direction of Xiao Bing's house.
About three minutes later, after confirming that Xiao Bing would not suddenly open the door again, Zhou Yi tiptoed over.
At this time, it was completely dark, and visibility in the alley depended entirely on the lights shining through the windows of the surrounding houses.
Chen Yan was not sure what Zhou Yi was going to do, but he did not disturb him. He just stood at the corner, watching for anyone coming to prevent Zhou Yi's strange behavior from arousing other people's suspicion.
Zhou Yi quietly walked to the door of Xiao Bing's house, then put his ear to the door to listen to the movement inside.
If Xiao Bing suddenly opened the door at this time, I'm afraid both people inside and outside the door would be startled.
But the strange thing was that there was no movement in the room.
Zhou Yi listened for a few minutes and indeed heard no movement inside.
Then he quietly approached the window of the inner room and stood close to it.
There was no movement in the inner room either.
"This is strange. Does Xiao Bing do nothing? Could it be that he just fell asleep?" Zhou Yi wondered in his heart.
"Oh no, he didn't escape through the back window."
Zhou Yi panicked and quickly went around to the back of the house.
Chen Yan thought Zhou Yi had discovered something and quickly chased after him.
At this moment, there was a loud banging sound on the door, which scared the two of them.
This means that Xiao Bing did not run away, but was still in the house.
There was no movement for such a long time, what was he doing?
However, the loud sound of the door slamming seemed to indicate a strong emotion. The two were afraid that Xiao Bing would open the door and come out at any time, so they left quickly.
And it was almost time, because Lu Xiaoshuang was about to return to Hongcheng.
On the way, Chen Yan said, "Zhou Yi, while you were questioning me, I was observing the situation at Xiao Bing's house."
"Any findings?"
"Is this Xiao Bing single?"
"Well, he claimed that his sexual function was impaired and he couldn't get married. He said he didn't want to hurt the girl."
Chen Yan was surprised and said, "Huh? When did you say that? How come I didn't know about it?"
"When you went to the bathroom." Zhou Yi repeated the content of his private conversation with Xiao Bing.
After he finished speaking, Chen Yan asked, "Do you believe what he said?"
Zhou Yi shook his head. "I happened to go to the Urology Department at the Third Municipal Hospital this afternoon. Although the doctors and nurses had no impression of Xiao Bing, I still kept an eye on him and consulted a doctor about the treatment options for this condition."
"The doctor meant that it's divided into different cases. Male sexual dysfunction can be psychological, pathological, or traumatic. According to Xiao Bing himself, he was injured as a child, so the cause is traumatic. The doctor said that with current medical technology, there's basically no cure for this condition."
"Brother Yan, do you still remember Long Zhiqiang?"
Chen Yan nodded.
"He has a neurological disorder. If medication worked, he would have solved the problem long ago."
Chen Yan said, "But it's strange. I don't think Xiao Bing lives alone."
Zhou Yi was surprised by Chen Yan's words and asked hurriedly, "Why?"
"Chair."
"Chair?" Zhou Yi didn't understand.
"Xiao Bing's house only had two chairs, so when we sat down, he had to stand. When he opened the cupboard to pour us some water, I was at a perfect angle to see, and I noticed there were only two cups. Next to the sink, there were washed dishes draining, and there were even duplicate bowls and chopsticks for eating."
Chen Yan asked: "If Xiao Bing is single and there is no one else living at home, why are all these things doubled?"
Zhou Yi couldn't help but nodded. He did find the chair a bit strange, but he didn't think too much about it. After all, the room was too tidy.
As for what Chen Yan said, he indeed did not observe it, because he was sitting with his back to those directions.
"So I think Xiao Bing either has a girlfriend who often comes to his house, but for some reason he doesn't want us to know, for example, this woman is married. Or..."
Zhou Yi felt that Chen Yan's analysis made sense and was waiting to hear more, but he found that Chen Yan, who was driving, had stopped talking.
"Brother Yan, why don't you say anything?"
Chen Yan said somewhat awkwardly, "Or maybe Xiao Bing is mentally unstable and imagines someone is his girlfriend, so he prepares double the amount of everything."
As he spoke, Chen Yan glanced at Zhou Yi: "For example... he imagined Lu Xiaoshuang as his girlfriend. After all, he seemed to care too much about Lu Xiaoshuang."
Zhou Yi lowered his head, looking thoughtful.
What Chen Yan said was not without reason, but it also had problems.
Chen Yan added, "Think about it. Last time we learned the cause of Xiao Bing's parents' death from the neighborhood police station, Master said at the time that this situation could easily leave Xiao Bing with psychological trauma. He's been alone for so many years, so it's normal for him to have psychological problems. Maybe he was secretly keeping an eye on Lu Xiaoshuang before you met her. For example, that incident at the food court might not have been a coincidence."
"Brother Yan, I think your analysis makes sense. Honestly, I never thought of that. But if that's the case, why did Xiao Bing insist on telling him once we got news about Xiao Shuang?"
"Maybe he wants to test whether we have found Lu Xiaoshuang?"
Zhou Yi frowned and shook his head. "Extracting information from the police is too risky. If he really is the one who has been tracking Xiao Shuang for a long time without being discovered, he wouldn't do such a risky thing in theory."
Chen Yan thought about it and felt that what Zhou Yi said made sense. Indeed, if Xiao Bing was the murderer who killed Xu Liu and kidnapped Lu Xiaoshuang, it would be too abnormal for him to make such a direct request when the police came to his door.
Zhou Yi took a deep breath. "What I'm sure of about Xiao Bing is that he lied about his conversation with Xiao Shuang."
"Really?" Chen Yan was a little surprised because he didn't notice this.
"The rest... I'm really not sure. I originally thought the back room was a dismemberment scene, but it doesn't look like it."
Chen Yan consoled him, "Forget it. The investigation has only just begun. Let's continue tomorrow and see if what he said today is true. Besides, Lu Xiaoshuang will be back soon, and by then we'll know what Xiao Bing said on the 30th."
Thinking of Lu Xiaoshuang, Zhou Yi raised his hand to look at his watch. It was just past half past six, and he still had five or six minutes to reach the Municipal Bureau, just enough to catch up with Lu Xiaoshuang.
Zhou Yi didn't know whether Xiang Jie had explained Lu Xiaoshuang's current situation.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask a question: "Brother Yan, today is the 8th. You said Xiaoshuang has been awake for several days. Didn't you think of asking the officer a few key questions first? Even if it's inconvenient for her to speak, at least she can write something, right?"
During the previous meeting, Zhou Yi hadn't dared to ask too many questions, after all, Lu Xiaoshuang's matter was quite sensitive. But then he thought about it and felt that asking a few questions shouldn't be a big deal.
Zhou Yi just asked casually, but Chen Yan didn't react at all.
He felt strange and turned his head involuntarily to look.
But he noticed that Chen Yan's expression seemed to be hesitant to speak, and he panicked, and quickly asked: "Brother Yan, is there something I don't know?"
Chen Yan released his hand from the steering wheel, scratched his head, and said anxiously, "Actually, regarding Lu Xiaoshuang's situation, I overheard a conversation between Director Xie and Team Liang last night."
"Brother Yan, please tell me quickly. I promise not to tell anyone else." Zhou Yi knew that it was taboo to spread the conversation between the leaders that he overheard.
"That's not what I meant. I was mainly afraid that if I told you, you would worry."
"No, Brother Yan, if you say that, I'll be even more worried."
"Oh, okay. It's like this. Not long after Lu Xiaoshuang woke up, her condition worsened."
"What?" Zhou Yi's eyes widened in disbelief. "I asked the doctor, and he said it should be fine."
"From what I hear, it seems like carbon monoxide poisoning caused myocardial damage. It seems that because he was in a coma before, the symptoms were masked."
Zhou Yi asked hurriedly: "So what's going on now?"
Indeed, he had consulted a doctor when he first arrived in the provincial capital, and the doctor said that compared to methane, carbon monoxide is much more toxic and causes greater damage to the body.
"Everything's fine now. Last night, Team Liang discussed with Director Xie about bringing Lu Xiaoshuang back for interrogation. They felt we couldn't keep putting it off like this." Chen Yan paused and continued, "But she might be in poor health, because... because..."
"Why?"
"Because he seemed to have suffered from heart failure and had to be resuscitated once." Chen Yan finished speaking, and immediately added, "But don't worry, my uncle also suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning before. The doctor said that the body can repair the myocardial damage in this case on its own."
Zhou Yi stood there in a daze for a moment. That is to say, after he left on May 4th, Lu Xiaoshuang's condition worsened again, and she even needed emergency treatment at one point, but he was completely unaware of it.
Fortunately, everything was fine afterwards, otherwise... that day's farewell would have been a farewell forever.
So it’s not that the task force didn’t want to ask, but because of Lu Xiaoshuang’s physical condition, they didn’t put any pressure on her until her physical condition allowed it.
"Beep, beep, beep..." At this time, the cell phone in Zhou Yi's pocket rang.
He came to his senses and took out his cell phone. It was also a mobile number calling, but it was a number he had never seen before.
"Hello, how are you?" Zhou Yi picked up the phone and asked doubtfully.
A deep voice sounded: "Zhou Yi, I am Ni Jianrong."
Zhou Yi was startled by the voice on the other end of the phone. Why would Ni Jianrong call him?
"Oh, Captain Ni, I'm Zhou Yi. Do you have any instructions?"
"Director Xie asked you to investigate Xiao Bing, right?"
"Chen Yan and I are in charge of the investigation. We just left Xiao Bing's house less than twenty minutes ago and will be back to the bureau in a few minutes. Captain Ni, are you at the bureau or the special task force now? If so, we can report to you on the progress of the investigation."
Ni Jianrong is a leader. Although his behavior of shirking responsibility in the Qian Lailai case is really unpleasant, Zhou Yi has no need to go against him. As long as he is not a person who will violate the bottom line of principles, Zhou Yi still has basic respect for this leader.
Ni Jianrong did not respond, but said in a deep voice: "Don't go back to the bureau."
"What?" Zhou Yi was stunned.
"Return to Xiao Bing's house immediately and arrest him. He is closely related to this case!"
"Captain Ni, have you made any major discoveries?" Zhou Yi asked hurriedly.
Ni Jianrong's words surprised Zhou Yi.
Ni Jianrong said: "According to Lu Xiaoshuang's account, Xiao Bing approached her at noon on April 30th and told her, 'Zhou Yi asked me to tell you something. He's waiting for you at home.'"
"Brother Yan, turn around quickly." Zhou Yi said after hanging up the phone.
"Turn around? Where to?"
"Catch Xiao Bing!" Zhou Yi said gritting his teeth.
…
The night wind was howling outside the window. Zhou Yi kept looking at his watch, calculating how long it would take to get to Xiao Bing's house.
Ni Jianrong didn't explain anything. He was the detachment leader and didn't need to explain to Zhou Yi.
He is not Wu Yongcheng, who would take the initiative to speak, or Zhou Yi could ask further questions. After all, he is not his leader and he cannot overstep his authority.
However, from his words, at least two things can be confirmed.
First, Lu Xiaoshuang's interrogation started early.
We were originally supposed to be able to arrive at the police station around seven o'clock, but now we have a key clue just after half past six.
Zhou Yi didn't know whether this arrangement was due to special circumstances and they had to arrive early, or whether they were deliberately avoiding him to prevent him from affecting the interrogation of Lu Xiaoshuang?
But at least the good thing is that there is no need to worry too much about Lu Xiaoshuang's physical condition. After all, she is now able to be interrogated.
Second, the person who deceived Lu Xiaoshuang under his name was indeed Xiao Bing!
What he told himself earlier was that he met Lu Xiaoshuang downstairs and just said hello.
But Lu Xiaoshuang said that Xiao Bing took the initiative to find her, and even lied that she asked him to take the child.
"He's waiting for you at home."
If Xiao Bing said that Zhou Yi was waiting for you in an unfamiliar place, or made the excuse that "Zhou Yi asked me to take you to a place where he is waiting for you".
That would definitely arouse Lu Xiaoshuang's suspicion.
But what he said was "Waiting for you at home".
This would give Lu Xiaoshuang two illusions: one was that Zhou Yi had returned from his business trip, and the other was that the place she was going was very safe for her.
The purpose of his doing this was probably to trick Lu Xiaoshuang out of school.
He must have followed Lu Xiaoshuang, knew where Zhou Yi lived, and knew how to get from school to Zhou Yi's house.
The destination may be safe, but the journey may not be.
He must have followed Lu Xiaoshuang all the way, then used drugs to knock her out halfway and took her away.
And apparently he had let something slip earlier, he mentioned his business trip.
This was his one mistake, and he didn't even notice it.
Because I only told Lu Xiaoshuang about this matter!
So this Xiao Bing is probably monitoring Lu Xiaoshuang all the time!
…
“Bang, bang, bang!”
"Bang, bang, bang! Xiao Bing! Open the door!"
Zhou Yi banged on the door and shouted loudly!
But there was no movement inside the door.
Zhou Yi knocked louder and louder, alarming the neighbors around.
Most of the people living around here are elderly.
Someone came out with a flashlight, shone it at Zhou Yi and Chen Yan, and said unhappily, "Why are you arguing so late at night?"
Zhou Yi immediately showed his ID and shouted, "Police are investigating this case. Unrelated people please keep your distance!"
The man was so frightened that he dared not speak and moved away from the direction of the flashlight.
However, this sound actually attracted everyone around, who wanted to see what was going on.
"Xiao Bing, I'm warning you! You are now a major suspect. If you don't open the door, we will break it in by force! I'm giving you the first warning now!" Zhou Yi shouted angrily.
At this time, more and more people gathered around, whispering to each other.
But Zhou Yi's warning drowned out all other voices.
"Second warning!"
There was still no movement in the room.
"Third warning!"
The crowd suddenly fell silent and looked at the two of them quietly.
Zhou Yi and Chen Yan exchanged glances and nodded.
The two of them counted to three, two, one, and then slammed the door of Xiao Bing's house together.
With a loud bang, the door was kicked open.
The lights in the room were still on, just like before.
But Xiao Bing was not seen.
"Brother Yan." Zhou Yi winked in the direction of the door.
Chen Yan understood, and he and Zhou Yi took out their guns at the same time, moving to the left and right of the door.
Zhou Yi reached out and touched the door handle, while Chen Yan held the gun in both hands and concentrated his breath.
I thought the door would be locked and thought I might have to break it in a second time.
As a result, Zhou Yi exerted force with his hand and the door handle was turned open.
There was no light in the inner room. Zhou Yi suddenly opened the door, and he and Chen Yan rushed in with guns in hand, while keeping guard on both sides.
In the darkness, there was no movement.
Chen Yan reached out and touched the switch on the wall.
As the lights came on, the inner room was also illuminated.
The room was just as the two of them had seen just now, with only simple furnishings and no one in sight.
Some brave people approached the gate to take a look, but Zhou Yi turned around and scolded them, "Don't come in, keep your distance!"
Chen Yan held the gun and walked towards the door in the corner, which was the only place in the house where people could hide.
But unfortunately, there was no one inside, only a shower room less than two square meters.
But what's strange is that there is a toilet inside, not like what Xiao Bing said before.
Chen Yan turned around and shook his head at Zhou Yi, and the two of them put away their guns.
Zhou Yi knew that Xiao Bing had run away.
Isn't his vigilance too high? Chen Yan and I were just here for a routine investigation, and we'd already alerted the enemy?
So why is he so concerned about Lu Xiaoshuang's whereabouts? Is it really like Chen Yan said, that he just wants to get information from the police?
It is unlikely that Xiao Bing had any way of knowing that Lu Xiaoshuang was rescued.
Could it be that I revealed a flaw during the questioning and he saw through it?
Zhou Yi walked out of the room, took out his phone and prepared to report the situation to Ni Jianrong and request support.
As soon as I took out my cell phone, my peripheral vision caught sight of the incense table in the corner.
There was only a small piece of almost burned incense left in the incense burner on the incense table.
He called Ni Jianrong.
"Captain Ni, I'm sorry, Xiao Bing ran away. I think he's been gone for half an hour."
Half an hour, that is to say, not long after Zhou Yi and the others left, Xiao Bing ran away.
…
The alleys in the old city of Daguan Street are brightly lit, and Xiao Bing's house is surrounded by emergency lights.
The alley here is too narrow, and the police car can't drive in at all, so they can only walk in.
Xiao Bing's house was surrounded by cordons on all sides, and some police officers were responsible for understanding the situation from the onlookers, because these people were basically old neighbors, and many of them had watched Xiao Bing grow up.
Inside the room, the technical department is conducting a detailed on-site investigation.
Liang Wei and Ni Jianrong both came, but the forensic doctor did not come because no body or body parts were found.
The Technical Department is conducting luminol tests on all angles of Xiao Bing's home.
Ni Jianrong's face darkened as he said coldly, "If you two hadn't alerted the enemy, Xiao Bing wouldn't have been able to escape."
"I'm sorry, Captain Ni. We were inconsiderate. We didn't expect him to be so alert." Zhou Yi admitted his mistake sincerely.
Liang Wei tried to smooth things over, saying, "Young people, there's no need to blame yourself so much. You were just conducting a routine investigation. After all, Director Xie gave you this line to follow. Xiang Jie left early today, so he arrived an hour early, so we were able to interrogate Lu Xiaoshuang early. No one expected this to be connected to Xiao Bing, a teacher who wasn't part of Xu Liu's social network."
Zhou Yi finally realized that he had arrived early.
"Captain Ni, how is the search and arrest arrangement going?" Liang Wei turned around and asked.
Ni Jianrong's expression immediately relaxed as he said, "After Zhou Yi reported to me earlier, I immediately arranged for defense. We're checking the train station, the long-distance bus station, and all the major traffic intersections."
Liang Wei nodded. "Thank you for your hard work. Judging from what Lu Xiaoshuang has said, Xiao Bing is a serious suspect and must be brought to justice as soon as possible."
Zhou Yi really wanted to ask what Lu Xiaoshuang had said specifically.
But he didn't dare ask too much. After all, one of them was the detachment leader and the other was a leader from the provincial department. It was not his turn to ask questions in front of these two people.
Zhou Yi suddenly missed Wu Yongcheng very much. It would be great if Captain Wu was there.
But Wu Yongcheng took the blame for the report in order to be included in the task force.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yi's spirits were lifted again. He couldn't let Captain Wu's efforts go to waste.
However, the grand case of this life has undergone tremendous changes, and the information from the previous life has become useless. This is a tricky problem.
What should I do when I don’t have enough say and the advantages of rebirth cannot be realized?
Liang Wei said, "Zhou Yi, Chen Yan, go get busy."
The two men nodded immediately, thanked Liang Wei and Ni Jianrong, and then started the on-site investigation.
There was no ID card, cash or passbook at Xiao Bing's home. They were obviously taken away deliberately. It is impossible to determine whether he had intended to escape long ago and was prepared; or whether it was really as Ni Jianrong criticized, because Zhou Yi and others "alerted the enemy".
However, Zhou Yi discovered that the suspicion Chen Yan mentioned earlier in the car was correct.
There were only two chairs in the outer room, and the bowls for eating and the cups for drinking water were also a pair.
In the toilet in the corner of the inner room, there are two toothbrush cups, each with a toothbrush, and one of the cups contains a half-used tube of toothpaste.
The small bathroom had a shower head, a toilet and a sink.
But there is no mirror.
Not only is there no mirror in the bathroom, there is no mirror in the room either.
It is normal to have no mirror in the room, after all, not many men like to look in the mirror, but it is a bit strange to have no mirror in the bathroom.
Zhou Yi looked at the two cups carefully. Like everything else in the room, they were wiped very clean.
But both toothbrushes showed obvious signs of use.
"Something's wrong..." Zhou Yi muttered softly.
Chen Yan, who was standing by, heard this and came over to ask, "What's wrong?"
"Brother Yan, look at these two toothbrushes, they have both been used. If Xiao Bing is really like you said, he fantasizes about Xiao Shuang as an intimate woman living with him, then would he still use two toothbrushes?" Zhou Yi felt a little disgusted when he thought of this.
But Chen Yan seemed to have thought of something and said in surprise: "Could this Xiao Bing have schizophrenia?"
"Split personality?"
Chen Yan nodded. "Well, could it be that he unconsciously split off into another personality, and that personality thinks it's Lu Xiaoshuang? And is living with Xiao Bing?"
"This..." Zhou Yi was shocked. This idea was too perverted. It's not that it's impossible for such a case to happen, but Xiao Bing couldn't see this tendency at all.
"We've found something." A brother from the technical department shouted.
Liang Wei and Ni Jianrong walked over immediately, and Zhou Yi and Chen Yan also hurried over.
Someone from the technical department handed Liang Wei an evidence bag containing a small piece of photo fragment. They said it was found under the desk after the desk against the wall was moved away.
Liang Wei held up the thing in his hand and looked at it carefully.
In the evidence bag was an irregular photo fragment about two centimeters wide. The front of the photo showed a person's eye and part of the face, and there was a little background behind the face, which showed that it was taken outdoors.
There is some text on the back of the photo, which is not Chinese and does not look like English.
This fragment was obviously a part torn from a photograph.
"Who is better at English, can take a look at what this means?" Liang Wei asked, and everyone at the scene came over.
At this time, Chen Yan said: "This doesn't seem to be English, it should be French."
French? Xiao Bing teaches French, so it's a perfect match.
It’s a pity that Zhou Yi doesn’t know French.
Liang Wei asked: "Chen Yan, do you understand French?"
"I took a French elective course for one year in college, so I have a basic understanding of it."
Liang Wei immediately handed over the evidence bag in his hand: "Top student, then take a good look at what this means."
Ni Jianrong on the side said with a smile: "Yes, Xiao Chen is the most educated person in our detachment, he graduated from the Public Security University."
Liang Wei was surprised: "Really?"
Chen Yan scratched his head embarrassedly, then took the evidence bag and looked at it carefully.
"The front and back have been torn off, so it's not quite complete, but it looks like the French words mean 'beautiful flowers'."
Chen Yan was reading the French words on the back, while Zhou Yi was staring at the eyes on the front.
"Brother Yan, let me take a look."
Chen Yan handed it to Zhou Yi, thinking he wanted to read the text on it.
Zhou Yi looked at the eyes in the photo and said, "This is a photo of Lu Xiaoshuang."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
Liang Wei immediately asked, "Are you sure?"
Zhou Yi stared at the eyes on the fragments and nodded heavily: "Captain Liang, I am sure that the person in the photo is Lu Xiaoshuang!"
Before this, Liang Wei was not aware that Zhou Yi and Lu Xiaoshuang had a personal relationship. He only knew that this suspect, who might have been framed, seemed to know many people in the Hongcheng City Bureau. He asked Wu Yongcheng privately and learned about the incident at the food street.
But when interrogating Lu Xiaoshuang just now, although Lu Xiaoshuang had mentioned Zhou Yi's name as little as possible, there was still a lot of key information related to Zhou Yi.
He basically guessed the general situation, but at the moment it seemed extremely unlikely that Lu Xiaoshuang was the murderer.
If he is not the murderer, then he is the victim used as a scapegoat by the murderer.
He didn't mind the personal relationship between Zhou Yi and Lu Xiaoshuang. After all, there was no substantial conflict of kinship, interests, or specific roles between the two.
He also wanted to see why this young man who suddenly emerged from a grassroots police station could receive such strong recommendation from Mr. Qin.
He wanted to see whether Zhou Yi was really a good candidate for criminal investigation.
Suddenly, Lao Qiu, the head of the technical department, shouted, "Everyone, come quickly, there is a major discovery here!"
Everyone immediately gathered in the direction of Qiu Zhiyong, only to see Qiu Zhiyong move a floor-standing coat rack in the corner of the wall.
At his feet was an overturned floor tile, revealing a dark hole underneath!
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