Chapter 433: Team Wu goes out (14 days of 10,000 yuan per day)
Zhou Yi's voice suddenly rang out, and the person behind him paused slightly.
A second later, the other person turned around, looked around, then looked at Zhou Yi, and asked, "Excuse me, are you... calling me?"
Zhou Yi looked at the man in front of him.
It is confirmed to be Fan Tianyou without a doubt.
Fan Tianyou is 1.76 meters tall, has a gentle appearance, wears silver-rimmed half-frame glasses, and carries a black handbag.
Although he is not physically strong, his temperament is more powerful than in the photo.
Unlike Xiao Bing, he doesn't give people a thin feeling.
Zhou Yi nodded and asked, "Excuse me, is this Professor Fan Tianyou?"
The other person nodded, looked him over, and asked, "I'm Fan Tianyou. Excuse me, but what major are you teaching? Have we met before?"
Zhou Yi's temperament is indeed not like that of a student, so it is normal for him to think that he is a teacher.
But what Zhou Yi wanted to observe was his reaction.
Tension, vigilance, uneasiness, or even hostility.
Since he is the murderer, the anonymous report letter must have been written by him or Chen Gengyun, and with the identities of these two people, they should have had the opportunity to enter the city government building.
So he definitely knew who he was.
Zhou Yi wanted to see how he would react when facing him. He wanted to use this invisible confrontation to test how difficult his opponent was to deal with.
"Are you sure you don't know me?" Zhou Yi asked.
Fan Tianyou's brows tightened slightly, as if he was reminiscing, but after a moment, they relaxed again.
He smiled politely and said, "I'm sorry, I can't remember it."
Zhou Yi found that his reaction was very natural, and he did not show the kind of reaction he hoped to see, not even a micro-expression.
Zhou Yi sneered in his heart, this guy's acting skills are too good.
But outwardly, he smiled calmly and self-deprecatingly: "Ah, it seems I was just being sentimental."
As he said that, he took out his ID and handed it to Fan Tianyou.
Fan Tianyou was stunned for a moment, but when he saw the police badge on the ID, his eyes changed slightly.
He stretched out his free right hand and took the ID handed to him by Zhou Yi. Then he opened it and looked at the photo on the ID, then looked up at Zhou Yi.
Only then did he close the certificate and hand it back to Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi actually didn't need to do this at all, he just had to show it to him.
But he did this for only one reason, he wanted to get Fan Tianyou's fingerprints at the same time.
Because Shi Tao found a cigarette butt in the mine, the cigarette butt may not leave effective DNA information, but it may leave fingerprints.
He would not miss any possibility to prove that Fan Tianyou was the murderer.
"Officer Zhou, I'm sorry, but are you from the task force?" Fan Tianyou asked.
"Yeah." Zhou Yi nodded.
"So you were there when your colleague came to me to find out about the situation?"
"No, I'm not responsible for this work." Zhou Yi put the certificate into his pocket and replied.
"Oh... no wonder I didn't remember. Officer Zhou, you called me, is there something wrong?"
"Just chatting for a few minutes." Zhou Yi naturally took out a pack of Daqianmen cigarettes, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. Then he reached out and touched it, looked up and asked, "Professor Fan, do you have a lighter? Lend me some."
Fan Tianyou waved his hand and said, "I'm sorry, I don't smoke."
Zhou Yi had observed when handing over and receiving the documents just now that there were no cigarette stains on Fan Tianyou's fingertips and knuckles, which at least showed that he did not have a long-term smoking habit.
So Zhou Yi deliberately chose to use borrowing a light to test the other party, because if he handed over a cigarette, the other party would be more alert.
But unfortunately, it still didn't work out.
Zhou Yi put the cigarette in the cigarette box and said, "Forget it, I can't smoke it without a light. Did Professor Fan waste your time?"
At this time, the anomaly finally appeared.
Fan Tianyou was holding the handbag in his left hand. When I asked him if he was wasting time, he instinctively wanted to raise his hand to look at his watch.
But the watch was worn on his left wrist, and his handbag must have contained a lot of information, so it looked a bit heavy.
If your reaction is an instinct to lighten the burden, you should use your right hand to take the bag and then raise your left wrist to check the time.
In fact, Fan Tianyou was also preparing to do so, but his right hand just moved a little bit and then retracted.
Then he lifted the bag with his left hand and looked at the time.
The whole process is very short, only about one second.
But it couldn't escape the eyes of Zhou Yi, who was concentrating on his every move.
Fan Tianyou glanced at his watch, then immediately put down his left hand. Due to the inertia caused by the weight of the bag, his hand swayed slightly after he put it down.
Zhou Yi pretended not to notice anything, but his peripheral vision was focused on Fan Tianyou's right hand.
Since it was still May, the temperature difference between morning and evening was large, and it was not yet time to wear short sleeves, so there was no sign of anything abnormal with his right hand just by looking at the outside.
Is there an injury on your hand?
"If Officer Zhou doesn't have too many questions, we'll have some time. But if it's a detailed investigation like before, it might take a little longer. I have a class in the first period this morning, so I need to prepare."
Zhou Yi said, "Two or three minutes, it won't take up too much of your time."
Fan Tianyou nodded: "Okay, then let's hurry up and ask."
"What kind of place is Changfengling?"
"Hmm?" Zhou Yi's question caught him off guard, as if he hadn't expected him to ask that. "Officer Zhou, does this question have anything to do with your investigation?"
"No, I'm just curious because the name of this place sounds very cool and romantic."
"Romantic?" Fan Tianyou's eyes suddenly became complicated, as if he recalled something.
But he immediately regained his composure and replied, "Actually, this place isn't as romantic as Officer Zhou imagines. It's just a mountainous area in the northernmost forests of our country. It's very remote. Just getting to the nearby town would take a whole day."
Zhou Yi nodded: "That's poor enough."
Then he smiled and patted Fan Tianyou's arm, saying, "You can be considered a golden phoenix flying out of a chicken coop."
To outsiders, Zhou Yi's behavior and words were extremely rude and offensive.
But that's exactly what he did on purpose.
Sure enough, Fan Tianyou immediately took a step back, his body became stiff, and a fierce light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
Zhou Yi pretended to be embarrassed and retracted his hand and said, "I'm sorry, that's just my personality. I'm very outgoing. Professor Fan, please don't mind."
Fan Tianyou's reaction was actually very short. His eyes immediately returned to normal, and his expression and body relaxed.
But it was too late, because Zhou Yi had already finished observing.
Especially the look in his eyes at that moment, so fierce, completely inconsistent with his gentle and intellectual appearance.
It's like a wolf trapped in human skin.
"Professor Fan, one more question."
This time, Fan Tianyou did not answer, but did not refuse either. He just stood there and looked at Zhou Yi.
"How come a young talent like Professor Fan hasn't gotten married yet? Logically speaking, an associate professor in his early thirties would be a good son-in-law, hard to find even with a lantern." Zhou Yi asked with a smile.
Fan Tianyou's face was clearly filled with anger, but he tried his best to restrain himself. His chest rose and fell before he asked, "Officer Zhou, does this question you're asking have anything to do with the case you're investigating?"
"Do you think it matters?" Zhou Yi asked indifferently.
"I'm sorry, I don't have time. If Officer Zhou has any further questions, please summon me through the formal procedures of your task force. Thank you."
Then he turned and was about to leave.
Zhou Yi quickly shouted, "Wait a minute."
"Anything else?"
Zhou Yi extended his right hand and said, "Thank you, Professor Fan, for cooperating with our police work."
Fan Tianyou looked at Zhou Yi, then at his outstretched hand, and said coldly, "No need."
Then turned and left.
Behind him, Zhou Yi's eyes, which originally had a playful smile on them, suddenly turned cold.
He took out his cell phone, looked at Fan Tianyou's departing back, and dialed a number.
A few seconds later, the phone rang suddenly in the handbag in Fan Tianyou's left hand.
That ringtone is not Nokia's.
Fan Tianyou stopped, took out his cell phone from his bag, and was about to answer the call when he suddenly turned around.
He noticed that Zhou Yi was not far away and was waving his cell phone at him.
"Professor Fan, this is my number. Save it. You might need it someday."
The ringing suddenly stopped, and Zhou Yi turned around and left.
Fan Tianyou stood there, staring at Zhou Yi intently until his back disappeared. Then his chest began to heave violently, and his hands involuntarily clenched into fists, as if something inside was about to rush out and tear Zhou Yi to pieces.
Suddenly, a female teacher with short hair passed by him, looked back at him curiously, then pointed at Fan Tianyou in surprise and said, "Professor Fan, your right hand is bleeding."
Fan Tianyou looked down and saw a faint trace of blood on the sleeve of his right shirt.
He quickly retracted his hand behind his back, then restored his usual elegant smile and said, "It's okay, I just accidentally fell last night and cut myself a little. I'll just put a Band-Aid on it later."
After saying that, he turned around and left in a hurry.
…
Zhou Yi quickly rushed back to the task force, then drove out of the school and headed straight to Wu Yongcheng's home.
If he saw that the sentence in the investigation record was exactly the same as the one in the file of his previous life, he would be 100% sure that Fan Tianyou was the murderer.
Now, he is 200% sure.
The reason why he was testing the other party in an almost provocative manner was not only to observe his reaction.
There is another more important purpose, which is to alert the enemy.
Conventional proof of absence is no longer useful. The task force has previously checked the meal card consumption records, signatures on the event sign-in sheet, and library borrowing records, and all these records are authentic and valid.
If we focus on investigating these places, we will never be able to overturn the verdict.
Unless the key witness Chen Gengyun voluntarily admits that he has committed perjury, but this is obviously impossible.
Judging from the current relationship, Fan Tianyou is Chen Gengyun's future son-in-law. If Chen Gengyun's daughter Chen Lin had not died, they would have become family members in the legal sense.
Now, they have no legal connection, but they must have close interpersonal connection, otherwise Chen Gengyun would not do this.
Therefore, it is difficult to make a breakthrough through conventional investigations. He needs to change his thinking and lure the snake out of its hole.
His original plan was to find Wu Yongcheng first and ask him to come forward to secretly monitor Fan Tianyou, and then he would come forward to put pressure on Fan Tianyou to make him feel that he had been targeted by the police.
Then he would definitely be nervous and scared, especially since the first crime scene had not been discovered and Xu Liu's bones had not been disposed of.
Once a murderer is targeted, he will fall into self-doubt, wondering whether he has cleaned his own mess and whether the police have any evidence.
At this time, the snake will come out of the hole, and the places where it swims may contain the clues that the police want.
I am an open card, so it is difficult to track him, so I have to play a hidden card.
Brother Biao is too conspicuous and easily exposed; Sister Qiao is a woman and it is difficult for her to ensure her own safety in the event of an emergency; Brother Yan lacks experience and if he is discovered, all his efforts will fail.
Therefore, only Captain Wu is the chosen one for this hidden card.
But he didn't expect that the order was advanced, and he suddenly met Fan Tianyou.
Fan Tianyou definitely knows himself, but his acting skills are good and he didn't expose himself.
Although the encounter just now was a coincidence, for the murderer who is highly vigilant and has a strong anti-reconnaissance awareness, he would not think it was a coincidence, so Zhou Yi made a judgment in the brief moment when they passed by.
Start the game.
Even if Fan Tianyou is patient enough and remains silent, he still has another card to play.
It’s Chen Gengyun.
Although they had a certain emotional connection because of Chen Lin, the grand case was a capital offense punishable by death. Multiple crimes were the most likely to fall into the prisoner's dilemma, as human nature was full of suspicion and distrust.
So if Fan Tianyou is cunning enough and doesn't fall for it, then he can use the prisoner's dilemma to stir up a crisis of trust between him and Chen Gengyun, and then take the opportunity to seize his weakness.
This time, it’s different from the last time with Long Zhiqiang.
The fight with Long Zhiqiang is a cat-and-mouse game. One has to catch the other and the other has to escape. Every second counts, it's a race against time.
But this time, the battle with Fan Tianyou was a literary one.
Fan Tianyou will not escape. If he escapes before the task force withdraws from Hongda, it will be tantamount to self-destruction.
Three key factors in identifying a suspect: motive, alibi, and direct evidence.
The motive for the crime is currently unknown.
It is difficult to find flaws in his carefully designed alibi.
So the key lies in the evidence.
And it can’t be just isolated evidence like the one used to frame Lu Xiaoshuang before, it has to be solid evidence!
The literary battle with Fan Tianyou was silent, but the undercurrent was surging.
If Zhou Yi wins, he can be brought to justice.
If Zhou Yi loses, he can only watch him get away with it.
As soon as the car left Hongda, Zhou Yi called Chen Yan and asked him to find a place where there was no one to talk.
Chen Yan was originally very sleepy, but when he heard what he said, he immediately stopped being sleepy and quickly found a corner.
Zhou Yi told him to keep an eye on someone, but to keep a distance and not attract the other person's attention.
If this person leaves Hongda before they return, be sure to follow closely and notify them immediately.
"Fan Tianyou?" Chen Yan asked doubtfully when he heard the name. "Isn't this the professor Zheng Jianxin said he discovered that he was following Lu Xiaoshuang?"
"Yes, that's him!"
"Okay, I understand." Chen Yan didn't ask why. He believed Zhou Yi had a reason for saying that, but he asked another question, "You said you were notifying everyone. Besides you, who else did you notify?"
Zhou Yi smiled and replied, "You'll know in a moment, Brother Yan. Keep a close eye on us and wait for us to come back."
In fact, Fan Tianyou will not act rashly now. After all, he has just been provoked by Zhou Yi. If he loses his temper, the grand case in his previous life would not have become an unsolved case for decades.
But just in case, Zhou Yi still asked Chen Yan to keep an eye on it.
They sped all the way, and when they were about to reach Wu Yongcheng's house, Zhou Yi called Wu Yongcheng.
"Captain Wu, I'll be right there. You can come downstairs now."
"Stop talking nonsense, we're already at the gate of the community."
Sure enough, as soon as Zhou Yi turned the corner, he saw Wu Yongcheng standing outside the community with a half-smoked cigarette in his mouth.
Zhou Yi slammed on the brakes and stopped in front of Wu Yongcheng.
Wu Yongcheng immediately opened the passenger door and got in the car.
Zhou Yi turned around and drove back along the same route he had come.
"Captain Wu, I haven't seen you for a long time. You've gained weight." Zhou Yi joked.
Wu Yongcheng puffed out a cloud of smoke and said, "Why are you so slow this time?"
Zhou Yi was stunned: "I was going fast enough, I just ran a red light."
Wu Yongcheng glanced at him and said, "Is this what I'm talking about?"
Zhou Yi understood instantly that Wu Yongcheng was talking about the grand case.
Zhou Yi thought, if you knew that the task force in the previous life found nothing in three months, you would be furious.
Of course, you were part of this task force in the previous life.
But he still smiled and said, "Without you, Captain Wu, the white jade pillar that supports the sky and the purple gold beam that spans the sea, we are leaderless."
"Stop talking nonsense and get down to business. Why are you looking for me?"
Zhou Yi instantly suppressed his smile and said, "Captain Wu, I found the murderer."
Wu Yongcheng was stunned when he heard this: "You found the murderer? Then shouldn't you report to the task force leader? Why are you looking for me?"
"I have no evidence."
"No evidence?" Wu Yongcheng asked, "What about the alibi?"
"The murderer has a strong alibi."
"Huh?" Wu Yongcheng turned his head and looked at Zhou Yi with a puzzled look on his face. He stared straight ahead, but his expression was serious and he didn't seem to be joking at all.
"What about the motive for the crime? You know that, right?"
Zhou Yi replied: "I don't know."
"How do you even think you've found the murderer? Are you kidding me?"
Zhou Yi answered with two words: "Intuition!"
"Intuition?" Wu Yongcheng was so frightened that he almost dropped the cigarette butt in his mouth.
It’s not that intuition doesn’t exist, but it is inherently mysterious. Even Wu Yongcheng couldn’t explain why it happened. It could only be attributed to an observational reaction summed up by the veteran policeman from a lot of experience in handling cases.
Therefore, those who rely on intuition are all experienced old police officers. If young people do not rely on logic or evidence but rely on intuition, they will be scolded by their masters.
This was how he was when he first started working as a criminal policeman. Later, after solving the case, he realized that his intuition was bullshit.
So when Zhou Yi asked him about something, he just said it was his intuition, which surprised him.
"No, I admit that you have a bit of talent in solving cases, but what is intuition? Intuition can't be used as evidence."
Zhou Yi turned around and said, "I know that intuition can't be used as evidence, so I can't tell the leaders of the task force."
"But I can tell my own captain."
Wu Yongcheng saw Zhou Yi's sincere eyes, cursed in his heart, and said, "Watch the road when driving."
"Oh." Zhou Yi turned his head and continued to look forward.
After a few seconds, Wu Yongcheng threw the cigarette butt out the window and said, "Tell me the details. The more detailed the better."
"good!"
Taking advantage of the time on the road, Zhou Yi first briefly talked about the current focus of the investigation, and then told him all the details about Fan Tianyou.
Including his response to the task force about his itinerary from the evening of the 28th to the 30th, he listed every time node one by one.
Of course, what he said was limited to the content of this life. He didn't want Wu Yongcheng to think that he had solved the case and solved the mystery.
During the whole process, Wu Yongcheng didn't say a word, but just smoked two cigarettes in a row.
Then the car drove into the main gate of Hongda.
The task force's vehicles all had special passes, and the guards let them through immediately upon seeing them.
Zhou Yi did not drive the car to the task force. After all, Wu Yongcheng was still on "sick leave" and it would be inappropriate to be seen by others.
So they found an open space to park the car, got out, and talked while walking.
"Captain Wu, I've told you everything I know," Zhou Yi thought. "I can't tell you the rest." "What do you think?"
Wu Yongcheng pondered, "This Fan Tianyou, he owns no car or house, has never passed his driver's license, and lives in the school's talent housing. He has a strong alibi for the time of the crime, and he has no knowledge or experience in medical anatomy. His relationship with Xu Liu and Lu Xiaoshuang was just an ordinary teacher-student relationship, and the circumstantial evidence from classmates and teachers confirms this."
"You relied on your intuition to identify someone who had no conditions, no time, and no motive for committing the crime, as the murderer." Wu Yongcheng looked up and said, "Can I say you're crazy?"
Zhou Yi looked at Wu Yongcheng without saying anything.
Because he knew that Captain Wu had begun analyzing the case, it meant that he didn't really think he was crazy.
For a grand case, no matter in the previous life or this life, what is the biggest challenge faced by the task force?
It's not that the task force is incompetent, but that there are no clues. Faced with massive amounts of information, the task force can only use methodology to continuously screen, just like quality inspectors in a factory, first setting standards and then screening.
It is impossible for the task force to keep a close eye on every single person and suspect them to death. The time and efficiency do not allow it, and it is not supported by logic and system.
Three thousand people in three months means an average of thirty-three people to be checked every day. It is difficult to pick someone up again after excluding someone like Fan Tianyou who has a clear alibi.
Moreover, as the case remains unsolved, the task force will be under increasing pressure from all sides, their emotions will become more and more anxious, and their morale will become increasingly low.
A calm mind is the most powerful weapon in solving a case. In the previous life, the task force dragged on for three months and had actually reached a dead end long ago.
It’s different now. Zhou Yi has taken out the answer and placed it in front of Wu Yongcheng.
He believed that with Captain Wu's experience and ability, he would be able to discover some tricks.
Sure enough, when Wu Yongcheng lit a cigarette, his IQ instantly went up.
"But if we follow your logic and directly presume Fan Tianyou guilty, then any alibi other than those from two or more witnesses may be questionable!"
Zhou Yi was surprised. He didn't expect Captain Wu to directly presume guilt.
This direction is a taboo in investigative work because it violates legal principles.
Within the public security system, the presumption of guilt is a disciplinary violation and is punishable.
For the entire judicial process, the presumption of guilt may not only be invalid, but also have to bear corresponding legal responsibilities.
Because this can easily lead to false charges and wrongful convictions.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, criminal investigators are very averse to these words, and at most they just think about them in their own minds.
Wu Yongcheng said that Zhou Yi was crazy, but then he turned around and started to presume him guilty. This shows that even though Zhou Yi's conclusion was unfounded, he chose to believe it.
Zhou Yi was very touched, which meant that he had really found the right person.
Wu Yongcheng started to list them one by one while smoking a cigarette.
"First, the incident of visiting the grave on the night of the 28th and encountering Chen Gengyun is the first suspicious point."
"But if, as you suspect, Chen Gengyun gave false testimony on his behalf, or even conspired to commit a crime, then the first alibi is meaningless."
"The second is number 29. Based on the investigative information so far, his alibi for that day is quite strong. Although there were three instances of him being alone without being seen by the public, that doesn't align with the ongoing process of disposing of the body required in this case."
"No..." Zhou Yi interrupted, "I just thought of another possibility."
"What?"
"If there were two murderers, they could have easily completed the entire process of dismembering and cooking the body by working in shifts."
"Shift work?"
"Yes, the two of them took turns. When one appeared in public, the other was committing the crime. As long as the timing was well planned, it would appear that neither of them had left the school."
Wu Yongcheng clapped his hands and said, "That makes sense! Chen Gengyun and Fan Tianyou, one is the dean of the college, and the other is a young associate professor. They both have their own offices. Even if someone suddenly misses them and later uses the excuse of going to the restroom, no one would suspect anything."
Wu Yongcheng waved his hand and said, "Continue."
But he immediately realized, "No, it seems like I was saying it. What time did Fan Tianyou leave school on the evening of the 29th?"
"At nine o'clock, he said he went back to the Talent Apartment after leaving school, and even ran into some colleagues and said hello."
"Hmm, another coincidental eyewitness. But he actually went home and then secretly left. No one can prove it." Wu Yongcheng sneered. "Based on the case analysis, it's basically certain that Xu Liu was murdered on the night of the 28th. Between the night of the 28th and the night of the 29th, the murderer completed the criminal process of dismembering and cooking the body. Between the night of the 29th and the early morning of the 30th, the body was probably disposed of."
Zhou Yi nodded: "Yes, there should be no problem on the morning of the 30th. But I think there are big loopholes in the alibi for the afternoon."
"You mean, the sign-in sheet for that event and the borrowing record from the school library?"
"Yes, his two alibis are actually quite clever. The signature at around 2:00 is physical evidence, and the borrowing record at around 3:00 is both physical and human evidence. Plus, the morning classes are very close in time, giving the illusion that he never left school."
"But the problem is, after lunch, he didn't go to the school cafeteria. Instead, he went outside to get a meal and ate it in his office. He then overslept during lunch break, and when he arrived at the event, it had already started and no one noticed him. He also happened to sign the registration form for the performance, mistaking it for the sign-in sheet. This signature is the only physical evidence of his presence from noon until 3:48 pm."
Wu Yongcheng asked, "Are you trying to say that the signature on the form was added afterwards?"
"Well, the signature has been authenticated, so it definitely couldn't be a forgery. It could only have been added later. Besides, the management of these sign-in sheets is very loose, so it wouldn't be difficult to find an opportunity to sneak in a name."
"Well, if that's the case, then Fan Tianyou's alibi for the time when Lu Xiaoshuang was kidnapped is no longer valid."
But having said that, this is just the speculation of the two people. There is no evidence to overturn this physical evidence unless a witness comes forward to testify that he saw Fan Tianyou signing his name on this sign-in sheet outside of the activities that day.
But obviously, this is impossible.
Wu Yongcheng put out his cigarette and said, "Okay, just tell me what you want me to do."
Zhou Yi replied with three words: "Keep an eye on him!"
…
In a teaching building, Chen Yan passed by a classroom.
He walked very fast without looking around, as if he was just passing by normally.
But when he passed the door, he glanced inside with his peripheral vision, and only felt relieved after confirming that the person on the podium was Fan Tianyou, whom Zhou Yi asked him to keep an eye on.
He saw Fan Tianyou enter the teaching building with his own eyes, but he didn't dare to follow him in directly, but watched him from outside.
But after waiting for more than half an hour, he suddenly thought, what if the other party was pretending to go to class and actually ran away through another exit.
So he hurried upstairs and checked every room one by one, until he found Fan Tianyou in a classroom, and then he felt relieved.
Then he left the teaching building and hid in a secluded place opposite.
He had just taken a breath when someone suddenly patted his shoulder, startling him.
He turned around suddenly and was stunned: "Master?"
Wu Yongcheng said: "Your marking skills are a bit poor."
Zhou Yi, who was standing by, laughed and said, "That's because Master didn't teach me the real skills."
Wu Yongcheng ignored Zhou Yi, patted Chen Yan on the shoulder and said, "Okay, leave the rest to me."
Chen Yan was surprised and delighted: "Master, are you back to the task force after your vacation?"
Zhou Yi put his arm around Chen Yan's neck and said, "Brother Yan, let's go find Captain Wu a photo of Fan Tianyou so he can recognize his face."
He could remember Fan Tianyou's investigation information, but couldn't draw his appearance.
But unexpectedly, Wu Yongcheng replied calmly: "No need, I remember what he looks like."
Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment. It was because Wu Yongcheng had a good memory that he had seen it before and remembered it.
Or did he already think Fan Tianyou was suspicious?
"Okay, Captain Wu, let's retreat first." Zhou Yi pulled Chen Yan away.
After walking a few steps, Chen Yan couldn't help but ask, "Zhou Yi, what's going on?"
Zhou Yi looked back and found that Wu Yongcheng behind him had disappeared. He didn't even notice when he disappeared.
"Hey, where is Master?"
Zhou Yi smiled, as expected, it was Captain Wu who had to take action.
"Brother Yan, go back to the task force first."
On the way back, Zhou Yi told him that he couldn't tell anyone about Captain Wu, not even Brother Biao and Sister Qiao, just in case. Just think of it as an external aid he had hired.
Chen Yan was a little confused: "Zhou Yi, if this gets known to others later, will it be detrimental to Master?"
"Don't worry, Captain Wu was on sick leave, not suspended. And don't forget, the task force didn't remove Captain Wu."
After hearing this, Chen Yan nodded with relief.
He perfectly inherited Wu Yongcheng's emphasis on rules, but he did not learn his master's way of adapting.
Leaving Fan Tianyou in the hands of Wu Yongcheng is the most reassuring way for Zhou Yi.
It all depends on when Fan Tianyou reveals his weakness.
But Zhou Yi couldn't just sit there and wait.
Because there is another key person to investigate, that is the hypocritical Dean Chen.
Zhou Yi could no longer remember the details of his investigation into Chen Gengyun in his previous life. After all, no matter how you looked at it, this person didn't fit the bill as the murderer in the dismemberment case. Especially in his previous life, Lu Xiaoshuang's social relationships were very simple, and there was no possibility of her having an improper relationship with others like Xu Liu, so she was even less likely to be involved with an old and respected professor like Chen Gengyun.
Zhou Yi only remembered that the old man was not present on the 4th and 5th days, and there were multiple witnesses.
Only on the night of the 3rd did Chen Gengyun rest in the dormitory, claiming that he was unwell, from about 6 to 8 pm.
He appeared in public before six o'clock and after eight o'clock, and many people can prove it.
Because Chen Gengyun lived in the old staff dormitory allocated by the school, which was different from the talent apartment where Fan Tianyou lived. The old dormitory was right on campus, so it was easy for witnesses to testify.
Zhou Yi suspected that in his previous life, the person who went to Xishan Cemetery on the night of the 3rd was actually Chen Gengyun.
The act of issuing receipts seems to be more in line with the living habits of the older generation.
As for Fan Tianyou's actions the next day, it was obvious that he was taking advantage of the memory loopholes of the incense shop owner to strengthen the authenticity of his alibi.
In other words, Chen Gengyun discovered the fact that Fan Tianyou had committed murder in the late night of the 3rd or the morning of the 4th, and immediately decided to help him create an alibi and thought of subsequent countermeasures.
If so, there are two pieces of information in it.
First, Chen Gengyun had extreme trust in Fan Tianyou, which was why he decided to help him get rid of the crime in a very short time after learning that he had killed someone and even dismembered the body.
Judging from Fan Tianyou's information, he and Chen Gengyun did not have a teacher-student relationship, and their majors were not in the same direction.
The most obvious connection between the two is Chen Gengyun's late daughter Chen Lin.
But Fan Tianyou was only Chen Lin’s boyfriend before his death, not even Chen Gengyun’s son-in-law. How could he have been so reckless in shielding him from murder?
Could it be that Fan Tianyou had saved Chen Lin? Was Chen Gengyun doing this to repay him?
Second, why didn’t Chen Gengyun testify for Fan Tianyou directly as a witness in his previous life like he did in this life?
Wouldn’t this be safer?
In this life, it can be understood that without the receipt, it is impossible to use physical evidence to create an alibi.
What about the previous life?
Direct testimony would be more credible. After all, he is a highly respected dean, and there is also the relationship between the two of them, namely Chen Lin. Everything is reasonable.
But Chen Gengyun didn't do that. Why?
There must be a reason behind this.
Maybe it is related to Chen Gengyun's daughter Chen Lin. We need to investigate how Chen Lin died.
So we have to find Liang Wei first and ask for approval to retrieve Chen Gengyun's information.
He doesn't need to worry about Brother Biao identifying the old man who bought oil. This is a reasonable investigation and will definitely be implemented.
As soon as Zhou Yi and Chen Yan returned to the downstairs of the small building where the task force was located, they heard a burst of excited roars from upstairs, accompanied by the sound of banging tables and chairs.
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yi saw the door of an office on the third floor suddenly pushed open, and a man rushed out with furious hair and a menacing look.
As he strode downstairs, he turned around and pointed at Liang Wei and Ni Jianrong who had chased him, shouting, "You're slandering me! You're defaming me! I absolutely will not accept your baseless accusations. If you have evidence, have the Discipline Inspection Commission come to me. Don't try to play tricks on me here! I'm telling you, I'm definitely going to file a complaint against you for abusing your power and framing innocent people!"
This furious man is the task force's current number one "suspect", Vice President Liu Baoguo.
Liang Wei had a stern expression and said nothing, while Ni Jianrong tried to catch up from behind and kept saying nice things, saying it was just a misunderstanding or something like that.
Zhou Yi stood downstairs and watched Liu Baoguo come down the stairs in a rage.
Liu Baoguo came out from the stairs and saw Zhou Yi head-on. He snorted coldly and walked away.
Zhou Yi looked at his receding back and almost laughed out loud, because his back looked like an angry gorilla.
"Zhou Yi." Liang Wei upstairs saw him and waved at him.
"Coming." Zhou Yi hurried upstairs.
When he went upstairs, Ni Jianrong had already returned to the office, and only Liang Wei was standing at the door.
"Captain Liang, what's going on? Why is this guy so angry?"
Liang Wei smiled bitterly and said, "Who knows? He was asking nicely at first, but suddenly he got mad."
"Are you... asking about the pager?" Zhou Yi asked tentatively.
Liang Wei shook his head helplessly: "Isn't it for this purpose that we asked him to come in first for the investigation?"
Zhou Yi felt a little strange. Wasn't Liu Baoguo's reaction a bit too much?
Could it be that he was the financial backer behind Xu Liu? Was there really three murderers?
Otherwise, with Liu Baoguo's cunning, it wouldn't be like this, right?
Or was it because he lost face after being criticized by Liang Wei yesterday, so he took advantage of the situation today?
"It's okay, the next guest is coming anyway." Liang Wei said with a nod towards the distance.
Zhou Yi looked in the direction and found a familiar figure walking towards the task force from a distance.
It was Chen Gengyun.
Liang Wei patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder and said, "Just keep an eye on this for a while."
Then he turned and went back to the office.
Zhou Yi didn't understand. "I'm just here to keep an eye on what?" Didn't the school leaders forbid them from participating in the investigation?
Chen Gengyun walked downstairs slowly and saw Zhou Yi standing on the balcony. He raised his hand and greeted him with a smile.
Zhou Yi was just about to react.
Chen Gengyun's cell phone rang.
"Ding ding ding, ding ding ding, ding."
The ringtone made Zhou Yi's hair stand on end.
It is the classic Nokia ringtone!
Chen Gengyun stopped, lowered his head, took out a cell phone from his pocket, and answered the call.
"Hey, Captain Liang, I'm downstairs. Okay, I'll be right up."
Zhou Yi suddenly turned around and looked at the office behind him.
He finally understood why Liang Wei asked him to keep an eye on him.
In the room, Liang Wei shook the phone in his hand at him with an extremely cold look in his eyes.
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