According to the ideas provided by Gu Chen, Zhao Guozhi thought briefly for a few seconds, then his eyes lit up and he seemed to have an epiphany.
So Zhao Guozhi pushed aside a police officer and took out one of the masks directly from the evidence bag.
Seeing this, other people also gathered around.
After Zhao Guozhi carefully looked at it for a few seconds, he suddenly realized: "There are traces of rope friction on the mask?"
Turning his head and glancing at the police officer in charge of collecting masks, Zhao Guozhi quickly asked him: "How many masks are there in total?"
"After counting, there are 200 in total," the police officer said.
"That's right." Gu Chen came from one side and said calmly: "I know how the murderer was able to kill He Xizhou in his sleep without entering the room."
"What should I say?" Officer Wang was still thinking about the mask, but Gu Chen seemed to already know the result.
Gu Chen pointed to the blade remaining on He Xizhou's neck, then pointed to the bloody rope, and took the initiative to explain:
"Actually, the principle is very simple. The murderer can tie a sharp knife in the middle of the rope in advance, which is the one stuck in He Xizhou's neck."
"Then he can put these 200 masks on the rope one by one and extend them through the gap in the exhaust window."
"The next step is the most brilliant part of the crime, which requires the murderer to have flexible movements and precise judgment."
"That is, tighten the rope outside. At this time, the loose rope will suddenly become straight because of wearing more than 200 masks."
Seeing everyone looking at each other and gesturing with Gu Chen's words with their hands, Gu Chen said again: "At this moment, the rope wearing 200 masks instantly turned into a murder weapon."
"And the sharp knife tied to the end of the rope naturally became a murder weapon."
"As long as the murderer aims at the right moment and stabs hard, the sharp knife at the end of the rope will stab He Xizhou to death while he is sleeping."
"Finally, the murderer cuts the rope with a knife and pulls out the rope."
"But in this way, all the masks will be scattered on the ground, but the blood from friction will remain where the masks are perforated. This is why the mouths of those masks contain a lot of fresh blood."
"That's because this is where the rope goes, so it's inevitable."
After a pause, Gu Chen continued: "So it is impossible for the murderer to cover those masks with blood after killing He Xizhou, because it is unnecessary and time does not allow it."
As soon as the words fell, the scene suddenly fell into dead silence.
Zhao Guozhi nodded slightly and couldn't help but said: "According to what you just said, it seems that this is indeed the case."
"In this way, we will collect these evidences first, then use other similar props, and we will simulate it again."
"But now we at least know what these scary masks are about."
"Yes." Yuan Shasha said with lingering fear: "I didn't know what these scary masks were for before. I felt that all the masks were stained with blood. I thought someone was pretending to be a ghost here."
"But when I heard what Senior Brother Gu said just now, everything suddenly dawned on me. It turns out that a mask, a rope, and a sharp blade can instantly turn into a murder weapon."
"Yes." Seeing that the answer to the mystery was finally solved, Lu Weiwei also smiled and said: "This is just like wearing a lot of plastic bottle caps on a rope. Once the rope is tightened, the soft rope can turn into a stick.
"
"This way, there will be support."
Glancing at He Xizhou's body lying on the bed, Lu Weiwei also sighed and said with disappointment: "It's a pity that He Xizhou died without accepting our interrogation."
"But now there is another murderer who killed him. I feel that He Xizhou is quite complicated."
"Perhaps they are enemies." Officer Wang stood on one side with his arms folded and expressed his own opinion:
"He Xizhou has made a name for himself in Southeast Asia. He must have many enemies, and perhaps even more people want him dead."
"If He Xizhou is only responsible for two lives in China, then he is trafficking in people and smuggling contraband in Southeast Asia. It is estimated that shooting him a hundred times is not enough."
"Now that he is dying in a small hotel, I feel that he deserves it, but this murderer is too dangerous. It seems that this is all a trap set by the murderer."
"trap?"
Upon hearing the new term proposed by Officer Wang, everyone was stunned.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "I agree with Senior Brother Wang, this indeed looks like a trap."
Looking up and looking around, Gu Chen added: "Think about it, at first He Xizhou lived in the presidential suite in the city and lived a comfortable life."
"But all of a sudden, I didn't even ask for a deposit. I hid directly in the countryside, or in a small hotel, and stayed there for so many days."
"And I just heard from the landlady that he spends the Chinese New Year in a small hotel. Why does he endure such a boring life? I guess he has some interests."
"Come to meet a friend." Officer Wang shook his finger and said involuntarily: "If you can persuade him to hide here, he must be a big deal. At least He Xizhou listens to him."
"Is there someone important behind He Xizhou?" Lu Weiwei suddenly thought.
Zhao Guozhi nodded silently: "It is entirely possible that He Xizhou's fake identity can be faked. This channel must be very important."
"Although this guy has thrived in Southeast Asia over the years, in China, he is nothing but a fugitive murderer."
"So the reason why he was able to return to Jiangnan City means that someone was helping him behind the scenes, but it must have been that person's arrangement to make him hide here obediently."
"But why set a trap? Is it a conflict of interest?" Yuan Shasha asked.
Zhao Guozhi shook his head in embarrassment: "It's unclear at the moment. We'll wait until the murderer is found."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I will arrange this." Officer Wang volunteered and explained: "If the murderer committed the crime half an hour ago, then when he committed the crime, we
Just came here."
"In other words, the murderer may not have left at all, but should still be in the town. I suggest that the road be blocked immediately to prevent the murderer from escaping."
"I have informed Xiao Zhao and Xiao Wu who are staying outside about this, and asked them to be responsible for blocking the road and temporarily prohibiting vehicles from leaving."
"Because the only way out of town is through the county road, we still have a chance now."
Hearing Zhao Guozhi's words, Officer Wang chuckled: "It seems that Director Zhao has done a good job in coordinating the situation."
Zhao Guozhi waved his hand: "Don't praise me yet. Immediately notify other off-duty police officers in the branch and ask them to bring their equipment and rush to Hedong Town for reinforcements."
"Yes." Upon hearing this, Officer Wang quickly took out his cell phone and prepared to contact him.
Then Zhao Guozhi said again: "Gu Chen, please inform the remaining personnel of your criminal investigation team to monitor all roads around Hedong Town and pay close attention to suspicious vehicles and people."
"yes."
Gu Chen nodded, immediately took out his cell phone, and began to convey these to He Junchao.
After Zhao Guozhi made overall arrangements at the scene, he was ready to search for the real murderer of He Xizhou here.
Since it was late at night, there were not many people out.
There are also very few vehicles entering and exiting.
Since Zhao Guozhi took everyone to Hedong Town just now, almost no vehicles have driven out of Hedong Town.
This directly provides everyone with the possibility to search for the murderer.
Afterwards, everyone returned to the assault vehicle and gathered together the law enforcement recorders carried by the police officers responsible for the search at the time. Yuan Shasha was responsible for accessing the surveillance footage to identify suspicious persons.
In addition, Zhao Guozhi deployed other police officers to conduct surveillance near those stores.
Supermarket stores often install private cameras near the entrance.
Therefore, Zhao Guozhi wants to use these private forces to fill the monitoring loopholes as much as possible.
One night, everyone suddenly felt that the situation was serious.
The murderer was killed in a hotel secret room, which seemed terrible enough.
And due to the special identity of the deceased He Xizhou, Zhao Guozhi could only call Qin Gang to report the situation at the scene.
Gu Chen sat next to Zhao Guozhi and listened to the repeated communication between the two.
It seems that Qin Gang takes this very seriously and is preparing to dispatch more police officers to support.
For a time, there was an endless stream of police cars coming to Hedong Town.
Police officers from different locations began to come from all directions for reinforcements.
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Guozhi also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It seems that we don't want to sleep tonight. Bureau Qin is on the way here. If we can't find the murderer, everyone will not have a good time."
"Don't worry, Bureau Zhao. With so many people conducting a three-dimensional investigation, it's impossible to find the murderer, right, Junior Brother Gu?" Lu Weiwei glanced at Gu Chen beside her while comforting Zhao Guozhi.
Gu Chen nodded slightly and couldn't help but said: "I think investigation is one aspect, but the focus should be on accurate investigation based on the on-site situation."
"What do you mean?" Zhao Guozhi glanced at Gu Chen.
Gu Chen added: "For example, where did those masks come from? The investigation may require a lot of police force, but investigating the source of the masks seems to be much easier."
"Yes." After being reminded by Gu Chen, Officer Wang suddenly thought of something.
So I quickly took out my phone, clicked on the photo I just took, and couldn't help but murmured: "These masks seem to be different from the masks sold in the park."
"Are you sure?" Zhao Guozhi asked.
Officer Wang nodded silently: "Anyway, the only place to buy masks is in these parks."
"As for these parks, I often take my little boy to play. The masks sold there are basically the same style. They are nothing more than Ultraman, Sun Wukong, and some of the more popular cartoons now.
figure."
"But the masks we found tonight are all of a random variety. Don't you think it's strange?"
"What do you mean?" Zhao Guozhi didn't quite understand this and continued to question Officer Wang.
Officer Wang grinned and explained: "These masks seem to be prepared for participating in some folk activities."
"Country customs activities?" After hearing what Officer Wang said, everyone echoed in unison.
I feel like I didn’t pay much attention just now, but now that I think about it, these bloody masks are indeed very different from the masks sold to children in the park.
After all, children all like cute masks, but these masks look like various ghosts and monsters, which are not suitable for children from a sensory perspective.
Zhao Guozhi thought for a few seconds and then quickly said: "Gu Chen."
"Here." Gu Chen said.
Zhao Guozhi shook his fingers: "Hurry up and take your people to the town and ask if there will be some folk activities here that require wearing this kind of mask?"
"Also, ask about the origin of these masks."
"Understood." Gu Chen nodded silently.
This is what I just thought.
So he winked at Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, and everyone got out of the car together and walked to the supermarket where they had just asked about He Xizhou's whereabouts.
At this moment, the store was dark.
The old man seems to be preparing to close down.
If the police search just now was a bit loud, the old man was just watching the fun, but now that the excitement has passed, he feels like he needs to rest.
The reason why Gu Chen chose the supermarket just now was also very simple: other stores had closed.
Gu Chen lowered his head and saw that it was already getting late. Just as the old man of the supermarket was about to close, Gu Chen and everyone rushed over.
"Old man, wait a minute." Gu Chen blocked the door.
The old man frowned and said, "What's wrong, comrade police? You seem to be making a bit of a fuss tonight? What happened here?"
The old man seemed confused too.
Watching police cars drive in one after another, the number of police officers continues to increase.
Moreover, the road at the entrance of the town has also been blocked by the police.
The old man is a sensible person, and if he feels like this, something big must have happened.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Since it was night, in order to avoid suspicion, the old man was a little scared, so he prepared to close the door and go to sleep.
But now Gu Chen came running over and asked about the situation.
Gu Chen didn't hide anything from him and said bluntly: "The person you just told us died in the hotel. We are currently hunting the murderer."
"What? Dead?" Upon hearing Gu Chen's words, the old man's heart skipped a beat.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei quickly comforted her: "Don't be nervous, we have a question to ask you now."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Weiwei quickly opened the photo album on her phone and showed the photos taken at the scene in front of the old man one by one.
"Look, uncle, do you recognize these masks?" Lu Weiwei asked.
The old man took back the reading glasses on the table and put them on, squinted his eyes, then slid his hands a few times, then nodded and said:
"I know you, this is a mask prepared for local celebrations in our town. A while ago, during the Little New Year period, we held corresponding B&B activities here, and many people wore these masks to participate in the activities..."
The old man from the supermarket also explained the origin and usage of these masks to everyone.
Gu Chen also roughly understood that these masks were props bought by the town to hold folk activities.
As a result, everyone seemed to be relieved.
I feel like there are finally some clues.
Lu Weiwei suddenly felt impatient and continued to ask: "Old man, do you know who keeps these masks?"
"You know, that man's name is Xi Mu. He is almost always asked to purchase props and materials that the town needs."
"Because he has a big warehouse at home. Usually a lot of things in the town, including miscellaneous props, are kept there. You can ask him."
"Where do the Xi Mu family live?" Lu Weiwei looked around and frowned slightly: "We are not familiar with this place, why don't you trouble me to take us there?"
"Okay... okay, after all, the sooner we catch the murderer, the sooner we can have peace here."
The old man knows that it is good for him to cooperate with the police.
After all, who wants to let a murderer go unpunished like this, especially in Hedong Town?
If you are doing business here, you may encounter someone unexpectedly.
The fact that He Xizhou, who came here to buy cigarettes before, was a murderer was enough to make the old man break into a cold sweat.
But now the murderer He Xizhou has been killed again, which makes me a little scared just thinking about it.
So when Lu Weiwei mentioned it, the old man was also very positive.
"Wait for me." The old man closed and locked the door, then waved his hand and said, "Let's go, I'll take you there, it's not far."
"Thank you, uncle."
Everyone was particularly pleased to see the old man actively cooperating.
At this moment, there were few pedestrians on the streets, but police officers were in groups of twos and threes, distributed at various intersections, patrolling suspicious persons.
Everyone has equipment in their hands and is ready to make arrests at any time.
Therefore, Gu Chen could also see that everyone was nervous, especially the new police officers.
However, as new police officers continued to reinforce, everyone's courage gradually grew stronger.
After all, beating up a murderer in a group gives you an absolute psychological advantage.
Therefore, as long as traces of the murderer are found anywhere on the road, the number of police officers and murderers can be at least three to one.
Over there, police officers continued to patrol in Ho Tung Town.
On the other side, the supermarket boss had already led everyone through an alley to the door of an old building.
Pointing to the door, the old man from the supermarket introduced: "This is the warehouse of Xi Mu's family. It is usually a warehouse rented by the town, but Xi Mu's family lives next door, and they can usually help look at the warehouse and so on."
"So many materials in our town are stored here, including masks."
While they were talking, the old man from the supermarket took everyone to the door of a house.
"Duk duk duk." The old man knocked on the door and shouted: "Xi Mu, Xi Mu."
"Who is it?" I was awakened by the barking of dogs outside, and there seemed to be a response from inside the house.
"I am the supermarket boss Zhao." the old man said.
"Are you okay so late?" The male voice in the room seemed weak, as if he had just woken up.
The old man didn't talk nonsense and said directly: "Open the door quickly. I have something to do with you. Hurry up."
"Then wait." The man in the room responded.
Then, everyone heard a nagging complaint inside the house, and not long after, the door was opened.
A middle-aged man in a coat yawned and looked over.
Seeing the old man of the supermarket standing at the door with a group of policemen, Xi Mu suddenly became stunned and asked weakly: "You... who are you?"
"I am Gu Chen, the captain of the Criminal Investigation Team of Furong Branch. We are investigating a recent murder case and need your cooperation."
While Gu Chen was talking, he directly opened the photo album on his phone, showed the picture in front of Xi Mu and said, "Are these masks from your warehouse?"
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