Chapter 430 Meeting
Xu Nian's words seemed to hit Zhou Yi like a club.
Xiao Bing is dead?!
What you fear will come true!
Not only can I not speak it now, I can't even think about it!
"Are you sure?" Zhou Yi asked in a trembling voice.
"Well, although the body has begun to show signs of gigantism, the facial features can still be distinguished." Xu Nian glanced back and saw Song Yiming conducting a detailed examination of the recovered body. "It can be confirmed that it is Xiao Bing."
Zhou Yi's heart instantly sank to the bottom. He gritted his teeth and asked, "Are the preliminary autopsy results out?"
"Wait a moment, I'll let Teacher Song talk to you." Xu Nian said, walked to Song Yiming, pressed the hands-free button and whispered "Zhou Yi".
Song Yiming was still wearing white gloves, so it was Xu Nian who was holding the phone.
"Zhou Yi, I'm Song Yiming."
"Teacher Song, how was the preliminary autopsy?"
"Based on the characteristics of gigantism, the preliminary estimate is that the time of death is between thirty-six and forty-eight hours. A more precise autopsy is required."
Thirty-six to forty-eight hours? That is, from the evening of May 10th to the early morning of May 11th.
Wasn't that the night when someone suspected to be Xiao Bing appeared near the long-distance bus station and then escaped?
In other words, Xiao Bing died that night and didn't even see the sunrise the next day.
Song Yiming continued, "As for the cause of death, the preliminary diagnosis is drowning. There is mushroom-like foam in the mouth and nose, the livor mortis is light and has a unique distribution, and the contraction of the arrector pili muscles in the arms and thighs causes the hair follicles to bulge. These are all typical characteristics of drowning."
"Of course, the final conclusion still requires an autopsy to confirm whether there is drowning fluid in the respiratory tract, whether there is water-induced emphysema, etc."
Zhou Yi asked, "Teacher Song, are there any obvious injuries on Xiao Bing's body? Or any signs of a struggle?"
Song Yiming looked at the deformed corpse and said, "There are no obvious signs of external injuries, but there are signs of ruptured capillaries under the skin. It's just that we can't confirm the cause at the moment. Is it human error or the result of drowning and floating in the water? It's difficult to determine."
Zhou Yi couldn't help but sigh. In other words, judging from the autopsy results, Xiao Bing was more likely to have committed suicide or accidentally fell into the water.
The preliminary autopsy showed that the cause of death was drowning, which directly ruled out the possibility that the murder was committed and the body was then dumped in the river.
Although Xiao Bing was not physically strong, he was an adult male after all, and it was impossible for him to be pushed into the river easily.
Moreover, he was still in the stage of escape at that time and was extremely nervous, so it was even more impossible for him to take the risk of standing by the river with his back to others.
So no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like murder.
But did Xiao Bing have any reason to commit suicide?
Because Dong Lu is missing?
Mentally broken?
But he is a person who has endured for so many years. He even signed the school's responsibility confirmation letter in order to save Dong Lu's life, and he is still working in the school. How could he have a mental breakdown so easily?
Zhou Yi suddenly thought of a possibility.
"Teacher Song, I have a question." Zhou Yi said quickly.
"you say."
"After a person dies, will the drugs they took while alive still be metabolized and broken down?"
Song Yiming said, "That's an interesting question. You're asking about anesthetics and sleeping pills, right?"
"Yes, Lu Xiaoshuang's abduction was divided into two stages. In the first stage, the killer used ether, and in the second stage, an unknown drug was mixed into the water. However, after Lu Xiaoshuang was sent to the hospital, the blood test showed no trace of sleeping pills. So I suspect it was an uncommon sleeping pill that metabolizes very quickly."
"Zhou Yi, I understand what you mean. You're asking if Xiao Bing was also controlled by these two drugs and thrown into the Nansha River. So you want to know if the two drug components can be detected?"
Zhou Yi nodded repeatedly: "Yes, that's what I mean."
Song Yiming said: "First of all, ether is a highly volatile inhaled drug. Regardless of whether the person is dead or alive after inhalation, it cannot be detected over a long period of time."
"Oral sleeping pills are different. Once they enter the body, they are metabolized by the liver enzyme system and blood circulation, and are ultimately excreted. However, the human metabolic system only works if the person is alive. Once the heart stops beating, all biological activities, including metabolic functions, cease immediately."
Zhou Yi asked excitedly, "So it's possible to find out?"
"Well, the drug concentration may rise or fall due to changes in the body, but it won't disappear completely unless it's destroyed in an extreme way, like Xu Liu's body."
"Teacher Song, Xu Nian, please perform the autopsy as soon as possible, especially to check whether there are any drugs in Xiao Bing's body."
"Okay, we'll tell you the results as soon as they come out."
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi walked into the emergency room of the hospital, found the emergency doctor, identified himself, and received a tetanus shot.
After getting the injection, I came out and saw Qiao Jiali standing next to the car.
"Sister Qiao, something happened." Zhou Yi walked over and said, "Xiao Bing is dead."
"What?" Qiao Jiali was stunned.
"There are still many things about Xiao Bing and Dong Lu that we haven't figured out. Now that one has gone crazy and the other is dead, this connection is broken!"
Zhou Yi sighed and said, "Let's go back to the task force first and see what the leader will do next."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yan called and asked them to return to the task force for a meeting immediately, saying that Director Xie would personally preside over the meeting in an hour.
Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali rushed back immediately.
As the two got out of the car, another police car with lights on drove downstairs behind them.
When they looked back, they saw that the person in the car was Jiang Biao.
After Jiang Biao got out of the car, Chen Yan also walked out of the office building.
Under the cover of night, all members of the Third Brigade, except Wu Yongcheng, were present.
Chen Yan said with a hint of sadness: "It's a pity that Master is not here."
Zhou Yi patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's precisely because Captain Wu isn't here that we can't lose face for him. If we can't solve this case, he'll have a lot to blame us for later."
Chen Yan said that Director Xie had not arrived yet and Captain Liang had not returned yet, but he had already retrieved Liu Baoguo's household registration information.
Jiang Biao and Qiao Jiali were both confused as to what was going on. Jiang Biao asked, "Who is Liu Baoguo?"
"A vice-president of Hongda University, Xu Liu, received a pager call on February 14th of this year from a number in his office."
Jiang Biao exclaimed: "Oh my god, what's going on? Why did a vice principal suddenly appear?"
Zhou Yi looked around and said, "Let's go inside and talk."
The four of them came to the office, sat down and started exchanging information before the meeting started.
Zhou Yi recounted how he followed Liang Wei to negotiate with Liu Baoguo and Chen Gengyun, especially how Liang Wei directly dialed the number and Liu Baoguo answered the call.
After listening, Qiao Jiali said, "February 14th is indeed a very delicate date. But I'm afraid it's difficult to handle based on this alone. After all, the person involved is a deputy-department-level official. If we want to investigate him, the approval process is very complicated, and the Standing Committee of the Discipline Inspection Commission needs to collectively study and decide whether to file a case."
Qiao Jiali has a cadre in her family, so he naturally understands these things better than Zhou Yi and the others.
Chen Yan asked, "What if it's a crime? Doesn't that mean it doesn't need to go through the Discipline Inspection Commission?"
Qiao Jiali shook her head. "If we have irrefutable evidence that this vice-president is the murderer, we can take immediate action to arrest him. However, once we have the suspect under control, we must immediately notify the Discipline Inspection Commission, which will initiate a dual investigation."
"But if it's just a preliminary suspicion, it's going to be very difficult to handle. A lot of information is hard to find. Unless..." Qiao Jiali raised a finger and pointed upwards, "someone can withstand the pressure."
The other three knew that she was referring to Xie Guoqiang, the head of the Municipal Bureau.
Zhou Yi felt that this possibility was unlikely. No one would take such a risky action based on just one phone call.
Therefore, all they can do is conduct external reconnaissance, unless they can find more useful and direct evidence from other channels.
Chen Yan took out Liu Baoguo's household registration information. The vice president was 56 years old this year. He was not a native of Hongcheng. He graduated from a prestigious university and had experience studying abroad on government scholarships. It can be seen that he was a nationally-trained talent and an outstanding individual in that era.
Liu Baoguo was transferred to Hongda in 1981 and his household registration was moved to the school in the same year, but his household registration information does not reveal his resume and promotion process while working at Hongda.
Liu Baoguo's wife is the same age as him. She used to work in a certain city's cultural department and is now retired.
The couple has a daughter who works at the Civil Affairs Bureau in the provincial capital. She is 33 years old this year and theoretically should have started a family and a career.
Judging from Liu Baoguo's household registration information, there is no problem, especially one piece of information broke Zhou Yi's previous guess.
He couldn't figure out what the connection was between Liu Baoguo and Lu Xiaoshuang.
That phone call was at least a clear clue that showed there was contact between Liu Baoguo and Xu Liu.
But the person who died in the previous life was Lu Xiaoshuang, and Lu Xiaoshuang and Liu Baoguo had nothing to do with each other.
So he thought of a possibility, that is, if Liu Baoguo had a son, and this son also happened to work at Hongda, then it would be hard to say.
But judging from the household registration information, Liu Baoguo is a daughter and is not in Hongcheng at all, so his guess is not valid.
"Brother Yan, after the meeting, please help me check someone else." Zhou Yi said.
Chen Yan nodded and asked who it was.
Zhou Yi said, "Chen Gengyun, the dean of Hongda School of Social Sciences."
Then they mentioned Xiao Bing's death. Jiang Biao said that he was the first one to rush to the scene after receiving the news. The body was floating face down on the river surface and happened to be stuck in a private fishing net set up by a fisherman downstream. Otherwise, it would have directly rushed to the neighboring Wuguang City downstream.
Moreover, when the body was fished out, it was unrecognizable and began to show features of gigantism. He did not dare to recognize it. It was only after the forensic doctor arrived and carefully identified it that it was confirmed to be the fugitive Xiao Bing.
Chen Yan said that he had only seen it in books when he was in school, and had never seen it in real life.
Jiang Biao waved his hands repeatedly and said, "It's better not to look at it. He almost vomited."
Chen Yan said sadly, "Hey, you said that Mr. Xiao. After investigation, he didn't have the conditions to commit the crime. Why did he run away? If we hadn't looked for him that night, would this have happened?"
Qiao Jiali was about to stop him, but she was a step too late.
It was normal for Chen Yan to be sentimental, but he shouldn't have said that because it was Zhou Yi who raised doubts about Xiao Bing.
On the way back to the task force, Zhou Yi remained silent.
If Chen Yan expressed regret at this time, wouldn't it make Zhou Yi feel even more guilty?
Chen Yan also immediately realized the problem and was about to explain that this was not what he meant.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi took the initiative to say, "Brother Yan, you can't think like that. The responsibility for this matter is not ours. It was Xiao Bing who concealed some information. If he had trusted us a little more, this wouldn't be the result today."
"But unfortunately, this result may have been predetermined."
Chen Yan asked in confusion: "Why?"
"Xiao Bing had two events in his life that dealt him a huge blow and changed the course of his life. The first was the death of his parents while saving someone, and the second was Dong Lu being burned. In both cases, no one could help him, so it must have been difficult for him to trust others."
"Also, ever since Dong Lu was burned, his personality has become very withdrawn and gloomy. I suspect he actually has some psychological problems, just not to the extent of mental illness. For example, the mysophobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder in his home seem more like his doing, rather than Dong Lu's two personalities."
Qiao Jiali said, "Yes, the ice is three feet thick and it didn't freeze overnight. Even if you didn't go that day, someone else would have checked later. He would have done it anyway, so don't blame yourself. We were just carrying out our mission."
Qiao Jiali was actually very surprised. She was surprised that Zhou Yi could think this way.
Because this is not something that someone of his age can do. Only an experienced old policeman like Captain Wu can be so free and easy and see through things.
"So, Brother Yan, the people who truly wronged Xiao Bing are the ones who caused him and Dong Lu to end up like this." Zhou Yi gritted his teeth and said, "And the person who murdered Xiao Bing!"
Chen Yan was shocked: "Xiao Bing was murdered? Didn't the forensic doctor say the preliminary autopsy showed drowning?"
"Although I don't have any evidence yet, my intuition tells me that Xiao Bing didn't commit suicide or die accidentally, but was murdered!"
"Moreover, the person who killed him should be the murderer of the Hongda case!"
Chen Yan followed Zhou Yi's line of thought and said, "If he was really killed by the murderer of the Hongda case, then it means that he encountered the murderer while escaping, and he also found some evidence that made him suspect the murderer's identity, which led to the murderer killing to silence him!"
Zhou Yi nodded. "That's right, and he and the murderer must have known each other, otherwise he wouldn't have discovered anything. Xiao Bing's last possible appearance was near the long-distance bus station on the evening of the 10th, and he died that same night. So this means that the murderer must have met Xiao Bing, spent time with her, knocked her unconscious, and then disposed of her body on the evening of May 10th."
Zhou Yi and Chen Yan said in unison: "Car!"
"That's right, the murderer must have a car to do these things!" Chen Yan said that the key to everything lies in this car that has not been found so far.
Zhou Yi pondered, "That raises a new question. Why did the murderer show up that night? Was he just passing by? Or was there some other reason?"
Qiao Jiali agreed, "Indeed, in this situation, the murderer should have kept a low profile. Why would he drive out alone in the middle of the night if there was no necessary reason?"
"Unless... unless..." Chen Yan pondered.
Zhou Yi said in a deep voice: "Unless the murderer is forced to do something urgently!"
Jiang Biao asked tentatively, "Bones?"
The three of them looked at Jiang Biao in unison.
Jiang Biao rubbed his head and said, "I just said it casually, you guys continue."
Zhou Yi said excitedly: "No! Brother Biao, you are absolutely right. The only thing we haven't found and can't deal with now is Xu Liu's bones!"
Jiang Biao felt like a blind cat catching a dead mouse. "Yes... yes. But didn't you say last time that the murderer didn't plan to deal with the bones? That's why I can't find anything."
"That's something you'll have to ask, Brother Biao."
"Ask me?" Jiang Biao was even more confused.
Qiao Jiali and Chen Yan also didn't understand why the murderer had to deal with the bones at this time. Isn't this seeking death?
"Zhou Yi, please tell me quickly. My brain isn't as good as yours. I really can't think of it."
"Brother Biao, the only way the murderer could dispose of the bones at this critical juncture, even at the risk of being discovered, is if the murderer doesn't dispose of them quickly, then the primary crime scene might be discovered."
Jiang Biao was shocked. "So... you mean... the murderer knew I was about to find the first crime scene? That's not right. How could he know? Could he have predicted it?"
"No, it's not that I know you're going to find it soon, but I know you've already searched the area where the first crime scene was, so I'm scared."
"You mean, I searched for it, but didn't find it?"
Zhou Yi nodded: "Yes!"
Jiang Biao frowned and grinned: "That's impossible. I should have checked everything I should have checked. How could I have missed something?"
"Then you have to lead the others to review the search, Brother Biao. Focus on the search area before the 10th. I don't think it's necessary to review the area after the 10th."
For a large-scale search, it is impossible for Jiang Biao to go to every corner of Hongcheng by himself. The grassroots auxiliary search is bound to have omissions, so Jiang Biao can only review the matter himself and dig out the area where the first crime scene was located!
Jiang Biao nodded heavily and said, "Okay! I'll review it after the meeting. I'll look for it piece by piece according to the map. I don't believe I missed it!"
Brother Biao was obviously upset about this, but Zhou Yi was thinking, could this be the clue brought by Xiao Bing's death?
Then the price is too high.
"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Biao." Zhou Yi said in a deep voice, hoping to make some discoveries.
"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing, about the old man who bought oil. I went back to check, and the nearby oil merchants had no impression of this person. He should not have appeared again." Jiang Biao said.
Originally, this was just an insignificant clue. After all, there was no evidence pointing to middle-aged and elderly people. After all, killing, dismembering and frying bodies are crimes that consume a lot of physical strength and energy.
But now Liu Baoguo has appeared, and his age just fits the bill, making this clue of buying oil even more suspicious.
"Brother Biao, I remember you said the old man was wearing a hat, right?"
Jiang Biao nodded. "Yes, the oil dealer said it was a dusty-gray baseball cap with English on it."
"Are you wearing glasses?"
"No, I'm not wearing glasses. I speak pretty standard Mandarin, and I can't hear an accent."
Wearing a hat and speaking Mandarin, is it just a coincidence or a deliberate disguise?
"Brother Yan, please print out separate photos of Liu Baoguo and Chen Gengyun and give them to Brother Biao."
"Then, Brother Biao, arrange for someone to take photos of these two people and go to the farmers' market and the surrounding area to ask if anyone recognizes them."
The two of them immediately nodded in agreement.
Looking at this scene, Qiao Jiali couldn't help but smile knowingly.
With Captain Wu away, Zhou Yi unknowingly took on the responsibility, and the Third Brigade finally had a successor.
She was the only woman in the Third Brigade, so she was naturally sensitive and could sense that Captain Wu was tired.
It’s not physical tiredness, but mental tiredness.
A man like Captain Wu, who is of his age and has no family, feels very empty spiritually. He is not a workaholic at heart. He often works night shifts in order to actively fill the void in his heart.
"Hey, why are you all here?" A fat, dusty face suddenly appeared from the window near the balcony.
Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment, looking at the face and not reacting for a moment.
Three seconds later he tentatively called out, "Captain Shi?"
The big fat face that suddenly appeared was Shi Tao, whom Zhou Yi had not seen for a long time. However, he was different from the usual Shi Tao. He was covered in dust and had an untidy beard, as if he had just crawled out of a cave. So Zhou Yi did not recognize him at first.
Jiang Biao turned his head and said, "Captain Shi, how did you get into this state?"
Suddenly, a mouth next to Shi Tao opened and grinned, which immediately scared Jiang Biao.
"Oh my god, who is this?"
"It's me." A familiar voice answered.
"Teacher Gu?" The four were shocked. After a closer look, they found that Gu Changhai was even darker than Shi Tao.
"What on earth have you two been through? How did it end up like this?" Jiang Biao couldn't help but ask.
Shi Tao said three words proudly: "I have discovered something!"
Everyone was immediately cheered up. Just as they were about to ask Shi Tao and the others to come in and tell them what they had discovered, they heard someone outside shout, "It's time for a meeting."
Everyone can only go to the conference room for the meeting first.
Soon the place was full, and everyone's face was filled with fatigue.
Of course, nothing could be seen on Shi Tao and Gu Changhai’s faces because they were too dirty.
Soon, Xie Guoqiang walked in, followed by Liang Wei and Ni Jianrong.
"Is everyone here?" Xie Guoqiang stood in the main seat, glanced around, and suddenly froze.
Because he saw two black coals sitting in the crowd.
"Who...who are these two people?" Xie Guoqiang asked in confusion.
Shi Tao quickly said, "Xie Ju, it's me, I'm Shi Tao."
As he said this, he wiped his face. It would have been fine if he hadn't wiped it, because it made his face even dirtier.
Gu Changhai beside him laughed and said, "Hello, Director Xie. I'm Gu Changhai."
"How did you two end up like this? Drilling into a coal mine?" Xie Guoqiang just said casually.
Unexpectedly, Shi Tao nodded wildly and grinned, "Yes, Lao Gu and I drilled in the mine for a whole day and night."
Xie Guoqiang nodded in sudden realization: "Oh... thank you for your hard work. Tell me what you found later."
Zhou Yi was very concerned about Shi Tao's discovery in Xinbei Town, but he guessed that Shi Tao's attendance at the conference in this way was somewhat intended to show off his presence.
Xie Guoqiang clapped his hands and said loudly, "Everyone, today's meeting is mainly to summarize some recent investigation results and clues. This will give everyone a sufficient understanding of the overall situation of the case so that we can better cooperate in the fight."
"But before that, I have something to announce."
Everyone sat up straight, because obviously, this was the main purpose of this meeting.
Xie Guoqiang said: "Since the core investigation around the victim's social relationships has been basically completed and no suspicious targets have been found, the leadership of the task force has decided to expand the scope of the investigation."
"This includes all the teachers and students of Hongcheng University, as well as any suspicious individuals in the area surrounding Hongcheng University who have the conditions to commit the crime."
"In addition, after friendly consultations with President Hongda and application to the organization, starting tomorrow, the principal will personally lead the way, and all school leaders will proactively accept questioning from the task force, setting an example for all faculty and students."
"Because this work is rather special, it will be carried out personally by Team Liang and Team Ni," Xie Guoqiang said to them. "Thank you for your hard work."
The two immediately expressed their opinions.
What others hear is a greater workload.
Because this decision to expand the scope of the investigation was an inevitable result, just like in the previous life. After all, the task force in the previous life investigated for a full three months.
But Zhou Yi heard the hidden meaning of this decision.
It’s simply because the scope of the investigation wasn’t expanded so early in the previous life.
And it was just too much of a coincidence. Just today they found out that Liu Baoguo's office number had called Xu Liu's pager, and then in the evening they announced that the scope of the investigation would be expanded.
This was obviously done intentionally by Director Xie. He was using the rules to circumvent the complicated investigation procedures that Qiao Jiali had mentioned earlier.
Although we cannot thoroughly investigate people's assets, accounts, call records, etc., we can at least conduct reasonable questioning and find out the alibi of these school leaders according to standard investigation procedures.
It's like someone deliberately finds an excuse to cut down an entire forest just to cut down a tree.
This is really the only way, the experience is still the best.
Then Xie Guoqiang said a few words to boost morale and began to ask each department to summarize the case.
When Chen Yan mentioned that they had previously retrieved Liu Baoguo's household registration information, Xie Guoqiang explained that no separate retrieval would be necessary. The internal affairs team would centrally retrieve the information for all school leaders, including the faculty and staff who liaised with the school. Any subsequent requests from members of the task force for access would require the signature of the team leader or deputy team leader—one of Xie, Liang, or Ni.
This made Zhou Yi feel relieved. At least Liang Wei would definitely agree to let him review it.
Then Qiao Jiali talked about Dong Lu's treatment and supervision. She said that she would communicate with Director Sun about her condition every day. If Dong Lu's condition improved and Director Sun thought that some communication was possible, she would report immediately.
Xie Guoqiang nodded and reminded that when asking questions later, try to avoid mentioning Xiao Bing.
This is true. If Dong Lu knew about Xiao Bing's death, she would probably no longer have the will to live.
Then there was the list of Xu Liu's call records. After manually checking them one by one and trying to call back, two very interesting phenomena were discovered.
First, from February 14th to April 12th, a number called every three to five days, a total of fourteen times, the last one being around four o'clock in the afternoon on April 12th.
There were a total of nine numbers involved in these fourteen calls, which means that five of the numbers were called twice.
The first call, which was from the number in Liu Baoguo's office, never appeared again.
The remaining eight numbers, without exception, are public telephones.
Among them, the five that were called twice were public telephones inside the Hongda campus, and the remaining three were public telephones on the streets outside, not close to Hongda, but all in the city.
From this point of view, it is reasonable to suspect that Xu Liu has found a new financial backer, and this person is in Hongcheng, or even within Hongda.
Compared to Zhang Wenhua's previous meeting once a month, the new sponsor and Xu Liu met much more frequently, basically once or twice a week, so Xu Liu could naturally get more money than before.
But in fact, Xu Liu did not show a particularly obvious increase in consumption after the second semester, which means that even though she received four or five times more money than before, she did not spend it recklessly.
That means she is saving money.
There must be a purpose for saving money. When Zhou Yi heard this information, her first reaction was that she was preparing to go abroad!
This is her obsession and her only way to escape reality.
As long as she goes to a foreign country, where no one knows her, she can start over.
From a deep psychological analysis, this is her path to self-salvation.
Then, this new financial backer deliberately concealed his existence.
And the method is exactly the same as Zhang Wenhua's before.
Although the approach is the same, there are essential differences.
The core reason why Zhang Wenhua did not leave a fixed contact information was self-protection. He wanted to play with Xu Liu, but he was also afraid that Xu Liu would break into his life and destroy his stable life.
But the financial backer behind this should not do this. If he is really inside Hongda, or if he is Liu Baoguo, then he is a rabbit eating grass near his own nest. When he is eating, he should not worry that Xu Liu will interfere with his life.
But why did he use this covert method to contact Xu Liu?
Could this be the other party's instinctive anti-reconnaissance awareness? Even this kind of thing has anti-reconnaissance awareness, then this person is a bit scary.
Second, there are the unfamiliar numbers that have been calling frequently since April 13th.
These numbers are all local to Hongcheng. The workload of the entire investigation and verification is very large, so it is still under verification.
But the task force has called back a sample of numbers, especially those called in recent days.
The result was a shocking piece of information. The reason these numbers called Xu Liu was all to solicit prostitution.
The source of the pager number and prostitution solicitation information turned out to be some low-quality printed flyers.
Then he showed Jie a crumpled flyer, saying he got it from one of the callers.
The paper was first handed to Xie Guoqiang, and then circulated back to everyone.
When it came to Zhou Yi's hands, he saw extremely explicit words on it, such as "sexy female college student", "lonely and unbearable", etc. The contact information at the bottom was Xu Liu's pager.
After reading it, Zhou Yi did not pass it around immediately. Instead, he twisted the paper with his fingers to feel its texture, then leaned in to smell the ink, and finally even held it up to the light to see how translucent the paper was.
This action was noticed by Xie Guoqiang and Liang Wei.
Xie Guoqiang instructed that based on this low-quality leaflet, the source should be investigated, with a focus on the small workshops. He then pointed out some problems with the paper, ink, and printing. In addition, the printed content was illegal and it was impossible for it to have come from formal channels. Particular emphasis should be placed on the day of April 13th.
So what Zhou Yi observed by twisting, smelling and looking, Xie Guoqiang knew with just one glance.
As soon as Zhou Yi handed the flyer down, Xie Guoqiang said, "Zhou Yi, if you have any ideas, just say it."
Zhou Yi was shocked. He didn't even react, but the other party saw through him. This director was really unfathomable.
Everyone's eyes turned to Zhou Yi, after all, the director had called his name.
Zhou Yi stood up, cleared his throat, and said calmly, "I believe the person who printed this flyer, Xu Liu's second financial backer, and the murderer of the Hongda case are the same person!"
"Moreover, from the moment this flyer was printed, the murderer had already decided to kill Xu Liu!"
Although everyone knew there was something wrong, Zhou Yi's conclusion still shocked everyone.
Xie Guoqiang remained calm. Liang Wei's eyes were filled with admiration. Xie Guoqiang said calmly, "Continue."
"Alright. The murderer possesses a strong anti-detection capability, there's no doubt about that. Judging from Xu Liu's contact list alone, Xu Liu's financial backer also possesses this characteristic, possessing a strong anti-detection capability. This is evident from the fact that he used public phones at various locations to contact Xu Liu. The appearance of this flyer wasn't a prank or revenge for harassment, but rather an attempt to use a large number of unfamiliar numbers to clean up Xu Liu's contact history."
"Wash?" This description is a bit advanced, someone asked in confusion.
"It's using a massive amount of invalid information to hide valid information. So far, we haven't found Xu Liu's pager. It's obvious that Xu Liu was carrying it with her, and it must have been destroyed by the murderer after Xu Liu was killed. But the murderer is very vigilant and knowledgeable. At least he's not stupid enough to think that smashing the pager will erase all the records. That's why he uses this method to wash his information. Sexy female college students solicit prostitution at low prices. This is indeed a good way to quickly attract a large number of people to call the pager in a short period of time."
"He wanted to erase his existence. Perhaps he thought there was a limit to how much data the operator's backend could store."
"So I think the murderer had been planning the murder since April 13th."
Xie Guoqiang tapped the table with his knuckles and said, "Very good, so we should focus on investigating the source of these flyers. If we can find out who printed them, we might be able to find the murderer!"
Everyone was very excited when they heard that the murderer had been found. This case had been going on for almost half a month, and hundreds of people inside and outside had been working around the clock for such a long time, wasn't it just to find the murderer?
"Jiang Biao, you take charge of this. Now that Dong Lu and Xiao Bing have been found, you have the most people at your disposal, so you can be of use." Director Xie called him out, "You still haven't found the first crime scene anyway."
"It's not me..." Jiang Biao was about to argue, but Qiao Jiali tugged at his clothes under the table, and he immediately changed his words, "Okay..."
They all said that it was almost done. Xie Guoqiang pointed at Shi Tao and said, "Oh, you two are so dark, I almost forgot about you two. Come on, two Master Bao, tell me what you found?"
Everyone laughed, knowing that the leader was trying to liven up the atmosphere.
Shi Tao immediately stood up and said seriously, "Oh my god, it's finally my turn. Thank you, Director. I have a major discovery!"
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Hongcheng Baodi Villa District.
At Qian Hongxing's home, the family had just finished dinner.
Lu Xiaoshuang stood up to clear the dishes. Before Qian Hongxing and Yao Yuling could stop her, Sister Yang immediately snatched the dishes from her hands and said, "You sit down, I'll clean up."
Yao Yuling took Lu Xiaoshuang's hand and said with a smile: "Just let Sister Yang clean up, you are the guest."
"Sister Yuling, I just wanted to do something to help." Lu Xiaoshuang said embarrassedly. After all, she had been eating and living well in the Qian family these days, and even someone washed her clothes. This made her feel a little uneasy.
Although Zhou Yi told her not to be polite, living in such an environment felt unreal to her as she had been used to poverty since childhood.
So she always wanted to do something, even sweeping the floor, but she found that the Qian family couldn't even find a broom, so Sister Yang used a vacuum cleaner to clean.
"No need, you are our distinguished guest, just have a good rest." Yao Yuling said.
Qian Hongxing, who was flipping through a newspaper, said, "Officer Zhou has entrusted you to us, so we have to treat you like the apple of our eye."
During these two days at the Qian family, she already knew exactly how Zhou Yi saved Qian Lailai twice. Of course, it was Yao Yulin who told the story with tears and snot, and added fuel to the fire.
But she also knew from Yao Yulin's words that their family was grateful to Zhou Yi from the bottom of their hearts. Although they were rich, they valued relationships very much, and Qian Hongxing was also very loyal.
Moreover, the fact that Zhou Yi could entrust himself to them also showed that he could trust them.
But she felt that she didn't belong here after all. Although it was safe here, she always felt a little uneasy.
In comparison, it seemed that Zhou Yi's small one-bedroom apartment made her feel more comfortable and at ease.
It feels like home.
"Sister, watch cartoons with me." Qian Lailai ran over and pulled Lu Xiaoshuang to the living room.
Lu Xiaoshuang has watched more cartoons in the past two days than she had in the previous ten years.
After a while, Yao Yuling also came and sat on the sofa and acted coquettishly with her son, asking for a hug. But Qian Lailai liked to be close to Lu Xiaoshuang and acted coquettishly to her, asking for a hug from his sister.
Yao Yuling laughed and scolded, saying that all men are the same, they can't walk when they see young and beautiful women.
At this time, Qian Hongxing came over with a box in his hand and handed it to Yao Yulin, saying that it was the latest model of mobile phone he had asked someone to buy from the south, a high-end imported product.
The words "Nokia 8110" were printed on the box.
Yao Yuling hugged Qian Hongxing and kissed him, saying that my old man still knows how to care for people.
Then I started to unbox and play with the new phone.
Lu Xiaoshuang just took a glance and saw that it was a black slider phone, which looked very expensive.
After Qian Hongxing replaced the phone card, he asked to make a call to see if it was normal.
Soon, the phone in Yao Yuling's hand emitted a pleasant Nokia classic ringtone.
But the ringing sound made Lu Xiaoshuang feel a chill down her spine.
Because she suddenly remembered that she had heard this ringtone before!
It was the day she was kidnapped. In the trunk of the car, she pretended to be unconscious, but after being forced to drink water for the first time, the car started again.
As she staggered, she slowly lost consciousness.
But at the moment when she was about to fall asleep, she vaguely heard a bell ringing!
The same ringtone as now!
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