The time spent on national highways.
There are a lot more roads than highways, but Liangxi City is not far from Gusu City.
Therefore, Su Ming and others who had set out from the Magic City early in the morning stayed in Gusu City for a while in order to arrange follow-up matters.
But it was also around three in the afternoon that we arrived at the Yuhua Criminal Investigation Brigade in Liangxi City.
Compared with the well-prepared Xiangcheng Criminal Investigation Brigade.
I don’t know if it was because of the hasty notification or because Lin Tian specifically instructed us to keep a low profile.
Gao Chao, the head of the Yuhua Criminal Investigation Team, came to the parking lot alone.
Unlike Liu Yang, who is smooth and adept at officialdom, Gao Chao is a pure criminal policeman who is serious, impartial and dedicated to solving cases.
After meeting everyone in the parking lot, he didn't say much, just nodded, and asked everyone to follow him to the work location specially arranged for him.
But it’s just the same as what the Xiangcheng Criminal Investigation Brigade did.
Gao Chao also chose to directly use a conference room that was not often used for this investigation.
Come to the meeting room.
Gao Chao took the lead and pushed the door open, pointing to a pile of files and several USB flash drives on the table in the conference room, and gestured expressionlessly.
"Director Lin."
"I have sorted out all the files and useful surveillance video information related to the [Rose Flower Shop Unmasking Case] five years ago and put them here."
"Wait, just pick it up and take a look. If you need any other information, I will try my best to find it for you."
"Oh yeah..."
Speaking of this.
Gao Chao looked at Su Ming, who was standing next to Lin Tian, and asked, still with an expressionless and abstinent face.
"Are you Su Ming? Deputy Team Leader Su?"
Before Su Ming could answer, Gao Chao continued to talk on his own.
"Deputy Team Leader Su, I'm leaving this Rose Flower Shop reveal case in your hands."
"Since you were able to dig out the murderer of the dismemberment case at Magic City University 20 years ago, then the face-revealing case at the Rose Flower Shop five years ago might not be a problem either."
"I have really...really used every possible method and criminal investigation means to try to find out the truth of this case and give the victim's family the justice they deserve but which is already overdue."
"But it's a pity."
"Every once in a while, the victim's family would come to ask me about the situation."
"I could only answer them by saying that there had been no breakthroughs and that I was working hard. I didn't dare to say anything more, let alone lie to them."
"Because if we give them a little hope and expectation, and then when that hope is dashed, it will only bring more pain and despair, as well as deeper hurt."
"So I'm counting on you, Deputy Team Leader Su. I hope that after a while, I can pat my chest and tell the victim's family..."
"We are the Longguo police, our Yuhua Criminal Investigation Team. I am very skilled and have lived up to their expectations."
"Although it's been five years late, justice has finally come..."
Speaking of this.
Gao Chao, who had been expressionless before, was now obviously very emotional.
His lips were trembling slightly, and he clenched his fists tightly, which was enough to show his inner pain and self-blame.
As an extremely pure criminal policeman, Gao Chao's biggest fear is...
When the victim's family asked about the progress of the case, he didn't know how to answer, and he didn't want to extinguish the family's expectations.
That's why.
Only Gao Chao would ask Su Ming so sincerely to do his best to dig out the rose completely!
It's not only because of the pressure from his superiors, but also because of his own inner responsibility, his responsibility as a criminal police officer of Longguo.
It can be seen.
Gao Chao and Lin Tian are the same type of people, except that they are more worldly-wise and purer.
This also once again illustrates the difference between the criminal police system and other official organizational structures.
In the criminal police system.
No matter how ignorant you are of the ways of the world, as long as you have the ability and talent to solve cases, you can still be in the position of person in charge.
......
Feeling Gao Chao's sincerity and determination, Su Ming nodded confidently and answered quite seriously.
"Don't worry, Chief Gao."
"Three days. We will definitely dig out the rose within three days."
"Because our goal is not just to expose Qiangwei alone, but to thoroughly uncover the entire drug trafficking organization."
Hear this.
Gao Chao looked at Su Ming deeply, then walked into the meeting room without hesitation and pulled open the whiteboard.
"Director Lin, Deputy Team Leader Su, and all the comrades in the task force."
"After receiving the call from Director Lin just now, I have sorted out the general process of the case in the limited time, so that I can understand the course of the case as soon as possible."
"You can take a look first, and then check the files for the specific details."
Without the slightest hesitation.
Su Ming, Lin Tian and their group immediately walked into the conference room and looked at the contents on the whiteboard carefully.
On February 14, 2018, at 10 a.m., we received an emergency call that a murder had occurred in the Rose Shop on Linjiang Street.
Fifteen minutes after receiving the alarm, the Criminal Investigation Brigade arrived at the crime scene and conducted the first investigation.
The deceased was the owner of the Rose Flower Shop, a female, 28 years old, 163 cm tall and weighing about 43 kg.
No obvious signs of a fight were found at the scene, but a pair of pruning shears, which had pierced the victim's heart, was found on the back of the victim. Apart from the victim's fingerprints, no other fingerprints were found on the fingerprints.
In addition, the murderer cut off the victim's face and fixed it to the glass door of the flower shop with tape.
Judging from the degree of rigor mortis, the degree of livor mortis formation and the degree of blood drying, the time of death was probably around 1 a.m. on the same day.
The fatal cause of the victim's death was the scissors that pierced the heart, causing myocardial tearing and massive bleeding.
The tool used to cut the victim's face was a paper cutter, which is available in every flower shop. No fingerprints of the murderer were found either.
......
Carefully read the outline of the case on the whiteboard.
Xu Changsheng recalled the file of the flower shop uncovering case that he had briefly read before, and a certain doubt in his mind deepened a little, and he immediately asked.
"Director Gao."
"There is something very puzzling and strange about this case."
"Why...was the deceased still in the flower shop around 1am?"
"That's right."
"Normal flower shops are only open until 9:00 or 9:00 pm at most. Maybe a few will open until around 10:00 pm."
"But it's really strange that the deceased was still in the flower shop at one in the morning."
When Xu Changsheng expressed his inner doubts.
Before Gao Chao could answer, Guo Ping, who had a healthy wheat-colored complexion and a great figure, looked at Xu Changsheng with a little helplessness and shook his head.
"Captain Xu."
"I can tell from the looks of it that you're single. Isn't February 14th Valentine's Day in the West?"
"Those young people must buy flowers. Don't flower shops usually make money from festivals like this?"
"Team Leader Guo, I know it's Valentine's Day." Xu Changsheng retorted quickly, then frowned and said more puzzledly.
"But even if it's Valentine's Day, an experienced flower shop owner would have prepared the goods long ago and wouldn't keep himself busy until so late."
"Because just like what you said, Captain Guo, these stores all know that if they want to make a lot of money, they have to prepare before Valentine's Day."
"Since you've already prepared, why would you stay up so late? Or..."
"Knowing that the workload was so huge, why didn't you find a few more people to help?"
Xu Changsheng's subsequent remarks.
Guo Ping suddenly didn't know how to respond. He opened his mouth to say something, but couldn't get the words out.
Lan Jing, a petite girl with straight bangs, adjusted her black-framed glasses and expressed her opinion.
"Could it be that the flower shop has just opened?"
"So the deceased was inexperienced, which led to this accident, and he worked so late?"
Regarding the doubts of several people.
Su Ming frowned and thought for two seconds. An extremely special time immediately flashed through his mind, and he spoke slowly.
"Perhaps the deceased did not have much experience."
"But I think the more important reason is that February 14, 2018 is such a special date."
"You can look at the calendar. This day is not only Valentine's Day, but also the day before our Dragon Country's Lunar New Year's Eve."
"This undoubtedly led to many Liangxi City's foreign flower shop owners choosing not to do business on this day and instead rushing back home to reunite with their families."
"Because in the eyes of many people, money can be earned again, but family reunion cannot be delayed."
"This will lead to a surge in orders, and if the deceased is still preparing on the scale of a regular Valentine's Day, it is likely that they will be overwhelmed."
"Plus, flower shops are mostly one-person shops, and they rarely hire employees to help."
"So if I'm not mistaken, the deceased's family is either very busy or they don't support her opening a flower shop, right?"
"otherwise."
"It's really strange that they don't come to help when there are so many orders."
"As for whether the deceased did not tell us that there were so many orders and it would take a long time to process, so no one came to help, I think the probability is not high."
"After all, if you don't come home too late, your family will normally call and ask about it, rather than just being indifferent."
"Valentine's Day, the day before New Year's Eve, no staff to help, no family members to help..."
"It is likely that the accumulation of these special circumstances led to the final tragedy."
Speaking of this.
Su Ming looked at Gao Chao who was standing in front of the whiteboard and smiled confidently.
"Director Gao."
"Do you think... am I right?"
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