Chapter 130
As Zhang You drove, he looked up at the leaden sky and said, "It's going to snow. Once it's covered in snow, it'll be even harder to find things."
"Shut up your jinx." Chang Ting sat in the passenger seat, his face gloomier than the sky.
The car stopped in front of the auto repair shop.
Chang Ting got out of the car and saw the luxury car that had been towed to the side of the police tent. When he stepped forward to take a look, Cheng Peng came towards him.
"Brother Chang, you're here?"
Chang Ting pointed at the luxury car and said, "Didn't you find a hairpin and an old cell phone in Xing Yao's car?"
"Nothing." Cheng Peng shook his head. "There were some cell phone debris on Xing Yao's body. It was his own phone, not old at all. It was the most expensive and latest model on the market."
Cheng Peng's tone was sour.
Chang Ting leaned over the window of the luxury car and looked inside: "Have you searched thoroughly?"
Cheng Peng rolled his eyes at him. "Whose work ability are you questioning, Brother Chang? I even cut the tire open to see!"
Chang Ting knew Cheng Peng's work ability and could only withdraw his head - where did Xing Yao put the things? Given his abnormal psychology, he would not be willing to throw them away.
Cheng Peng handed over a stack of documents: "Here's a copy of the inspection report for you."
Chang Ting stood next to the luxury car and looked through it.
Cheng Peng said: "No remnants of the remote control were found at the scene. It can be basically concluded that someone took the remote control, went to a safe distance, and ignited a lighter to cause the explosion.
"But this person left no trace. We searched the area numerous times, even using metal detectors, but couldn't find any trace of the remote control.
"It could have been taken away by the detonator, or it could have been stuffed into some hard-to-find corner of the ditch.
"If we search again and still can't find it, we'll have to call it a day."
Cheng Peng glanced at the gloomy expression on Chang Ting's face and asked, "Didn't the public surveillance footage in Qi, An, Lan, and Zhou capture anything useful?"
Chang Ting shook his head dejectedly.
The surveillance cameras from Qi'an to Lanzhou did capture quite a few images of Xing Yao.
The video shows that Xing Yao drove his luxury car for three hours, driving on the highway openly, from Qi'an to Lanzhou.
After kidnapping Song Zhou, they took him to the Qingde Auto Repair Shop.
Finally it stopped on the road between the workshop and the unfinished building.
The auto repair shop is equipped with surveillance cameras inside and outside. Boss Niu installed it two years ago.
The host was located at the front of the workshop, and the hard drive survived and was not burned.
The video copied from the hard drive only recorded Xing Yao's actions of parking the car, sneaking into the workshop through the back gate, and turning off the power switch.
The device is powered off and monitoring has been interrupted since then.
The person who eventually took the remote control and blew up the workshop, killing Xing Yao, was not recorded.
Then there is the surrounding public surveillance.
The auto repair shop is surrounded by the old city area. The local finances of Lanzhou are tight, and the public surveillance facilities in such remote areas are poorly maintained. Several cameras have no wires connected, and they are just for show.
There is no surveillance on the narrow road between the auto repair shop and the unfinished building.
Walking along the narrow road in the opposite direction of the main entrance of the auto repair shop, you will find a deserted road.
Suppose the detonator drove to the intersection, stopped at the intersection, approached the auto repair shop after the surveillance camera in the auto repair shop was powered off, returned to the original route after committing the crime, and drove away. The entire process would not be captured on camera.
Further along the road, there is no surveillance until you reach a major intersection, but the traffic is so dense that it almost makes no sense to check.
But all the surveillance footage cross-corroborated, indicating that Xing Yao acted alone.
The "detonator" was not traveling with Xing Yao.
Or, the two of them agreed on a location in advance and came separately.
Or, he followed without Xing Yao's knowledge.
After the explosion, the "detonator" escaped unscathed without leaving any trace.
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Chang Ting flipped to the bottom of the report and found another one underneath.
Autopsy report.
Before coming to Lanzhou, Forensic Doctor Xie had already retrieved lost hair and a toothbrush from Xing Yao's mansion.
After comparison with the charred corpse under the steel beam, the two DNA samples were consistent.
Cheng Peng stretched his head to take a look and said, "Oh, by the way, Forensic Doctor Xie has returned to Qi'an and asked me to bring you the autopsy report. It has been confirmed that the body is Xing Yao."
"Can it be confirmed like this?" Chang Ting frowned, his eyes full of doubt.
Cheng Peng's eyes widened. "Brother Chang, you questioned me, that's fine, but you dare to question Forensic Doctor Xie! I'll spread rumors about you and have him cut you with a knife!"
Chang Ting also felt that he was too suspicious.
It’s just because the “detonator” is so unpredictable.
Why did the detonator follow Xing Yao? Is he an accomplice of Xing Yao, or an enemy?
He originally wanted to help, but when he saw that Xing Yao might fall into the hands of the police, he simply killed him to silence him.
Or did you never intend to let Xing Yao leave alive from the beginning?
Suddenly, something swished across the report paper.
Chang Ting looked up and saw snowflakes falling from the overcast sky. It was snowing.
"I'm going to get busy. I have to wrap up for today." Cheng Peng pointed at the tent and said, "You go hide inside."
"No, a little snow is nothing to worry about."
Chang Ting said this nonchalantly, his eyes inadvertently moving towards the narrow path between the auto repair shop and the unfinished building.
On one side are burnt-down ruins, and on the other side are abandoned unfinished buildings. The gray and black desolate land is shrouded in wind and snow, like a scene from the end of the world.
He suddenly felt that there seemed to be something hidden deep in the wind and snow.
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