"Captain Wang, are you saying that the murderer was worried that Han Lin had left behind evidence against Dean Fu Ju, so the murderer wanted to find that evidence. But Dean Fu Ju caught the murderer in the act, so the murderer decided to go all the way and kill Dean Fu Ju and Han Lin's child together?" Liang Zichen stared at Wang Shen's slightly furrowed brows, trying to guess what Wang Shen was thinking.
Wang Shen nodded and replied, "That's right."
"The most crucial question is, did the murderer succeed?" Liang Zichen shifted his gaze from the scattered bloodstains, glanced at the empty house, and asked.
Wang Shen shook his head and said, "I can't make a judgment based solely on what I saw at the scene." After he finished speaking, Wang Shen and Liang Zichen remained silent for a few minutes.
Wang Shen suddenly remembered something, quickly walked to the bottom of the door frame, and looked up at the monitor hanging in the upper left corner. After watching for a while, Wang Shen went back to the living room and brought out a chair.
Wang Shen stood on the chair, his hand just within reach of the monitor. He fiddled with the monitor for a while, then turned it back to its original position. Wang Shen got off the chair, looked at Liang Zichen, and shook his head.
"Captain Wang, did this surveillance camera capture the killer's appearance?" From the moment Wang Shen walked towards the surveillance camera, Liang Zichen understood its purpose. He quickly asked this question after seeing Wang Shen get down from his chair.
Unfortunately, Wang Shen shook his head again. "This type of monitor can only perform real-time video monitoring without a memory card; it cannot store the video. I just checked the monitor's storage box, and unfortunately, it's empty; there's no memory card inside."
"Could it be that the murderer took the memory card?"
“Of course, that’s possible. However, we simply can’t make an accurate judgment at the moment.” Wang Shen seemed somewhat disappointed. In the past, he had handled a series of cases with ease, including those involving Song Mu and Han Lin. But the recent cases were becoming increasingly perplexing, and Wang Shen felt that he was facing increasingly cunning criminals.
“Captain Wang, let’s make some reasonable assumptions. There are only two possible scenarios right now. If Fu Ju and the child weren’t murdered, where would they have gone? But if they were murdered, how would the killer have disposed of their bodies?” Liang Zichen noticed Wang Shen’s recent emotional turmoil and tried his best to provide him with some ideas for solving the case.
However, Liang Zichen's words truly enlightened Wang Shen. "That's right, the principle of 'seeing the person alive or dead' is undeniable. Now, let's make an optimistic assumption: Dean Fu Ju and the child were not actually harmed by the murderer. Which direction would they have fled in?" After saying this, Wang Shen and Liang Zichen's gazes almost simultaneously turned to the provincial highway in front of the house and the vast farmland behind it.
Liang Zichen withdrew his gaze and looked at Wang Shen, asking, "Captain Wang, are all the national and provincial highways in our area equipped with comprehensive surveillance systems?"
“That’s right, they will all be installed strictly according to the standards.” Wang Shen nodded affirmatively.
“In that case, as long as they run onto that main road, they should be caught by the surveillance cameras. Moreover, from a survival point of view, I think as long as Dean Fu Ju is smart enough, she will definitely run down that road,” Liang Zichen continued, expressing his opinion.
Wang Shen glanced at Liang Zichen and nodded in agreement again. "Yes, there are surveillance cameras on the provincial highway, and there are quite a few cars coming and going. Even the most stupid criminal wouldn't commit a crime in broad daylight and in this place."
"However," Wang Shen suddenly changed the subject, hesitated for a moment, and continued, "this is just an idealized assumption. There are many uncertainties involved. For example, what if Dean Fu Ju is unable to make accurate logical judgments in her extreme panic? This situation is highly likely to occur. Secondly, what if the murderer has already blocked their path, preventing them from running towards the provincial highway?"
After listening to Wang Shen's words, Liang Zichen also fell into deep thought. After a while, Liang Zichen punched his left palm with his right fist and said, "Then the only way to escape is through the road behind the house."
After Liang Zichen finished speaking, he and Wang Shen both looked at the winding village road behind the house.
“We can start our search from that village road. As for the surveillance camera on the provincial highway, the bureau can help us with that,” Wang Shen said, pointing to the village road in front of them.
“However, this area is no longer under our jurisdiction. I need to have the bureau contact the branch office in charge of this area.” After saying that, Wang Shen picked up his phone and dialed the police station.
Wang Shen reported the general situation to the police station, which agreed to immediately contact the district branch office to which this area belongs.
Wang Shen put away his phone and walked to the back of the house with Liang Zichen. Liang Zichen stood at the back door, looked around at the surroundings, and sighed, "The air here is really good, and it's really spacious. Captain Wang, why do you think Han Lin chose this place? Look, the nearest house is probably a kilometer or two away."
"Han Lin probably thinks that the more secluded the place, the quieter it is."
"What do you mean the quieter the place, the better? I think the quieter the place, the easier it is to commit crimes," Liang Zichen sighed.
"Alright, stop complaining and hurry up and check if there are any clues around." Wang Shen interrupted Liang Zichen's boring conversation and started walking towards the village road behind the house.
Wang Shen had only taken a few steps when he suddenly squatted down by the village road. Liang Zichen saw this strange action and immediately ran to Wang Shen's side.
"Captain Wang, what did you find?" Liang Zichen asked Wang Shen curiously.
"I'm so stupid, why did I waste all my time on that back door?" Wang Shen said, pointing to the dirt on the ground.
Because it's a village road, it's mostly made of dirt. Right now, there are two shallow tire tracks on the road in front of Wang Shen.
Liang Zichen stared at the tire tracks for a while and said, "Are these tire tracks?"
"It looks very similar, and it's just the tire tracks of a regular car."
"It's not strange to see tire tracks on the road." Liang Zichen stared at the two tracks in front of him, but didn't notice anything unusual.
“It’s not unusual to have a couple of marks like this on a normal road, but look around this house, is there anywhere else to go?” Wang Shen stood up and looked at the end of the road.
"Could this road lead somewhere else? Maybe someone is using it as a passageway?" Liang Zichen also glanced at the end of the road.
"Impossible!" Wang Shen turned around and looked at the dirt road behind him, rejecting Liang Zichen's idea decisively.
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