Gu Chen had already seen clues from the layout choice of the warehouse. If you want to rent a warehouse with a "perfect location" like this, it doesn't depend on luck. It must have a good understanding of the layout of the entire vegetable market.
To grasp these, we need to conduct a systematic investigation of the entire vegetable market in the surrounding areas of Jiangnan City.
If this person appears in many vegetable markets, then this guy must be looking for a suitable rental warehouse.
If we can find this person, we will surely know who the real tenant behind this warehouse is?
Thinking of this, Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief. At least he had made a new breakthrough in his investigation.
After expressing his gratitude to the man in blue uniform, Gu Chen waited until Yuan Shasha had finished the investigation.
Everyone got into the police car together and returned directly to the Furong branch.
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The time came to one o'clock in the morning.
At this moment, He Junchao was sitting aside, listening to the various investigation summaries of Gu Chen's team. The box of yogurt in his hand was taken from Lu Weiwei's drawer.
I feel like I have earned something by drinking Lu Weiwei’s stuff.
On the other side, Gu Chen was making plans and arrangements with his colleagues: "Xiao Yuan, share your investigation with everyone."
"Yeah." Yuan Shasha nodded silently and immediately explained to everyone:
"Based on the surveillance investigation, I found that Hu Zhe actually went to the Yuhua Logistics Park wet market not many times."
"Moreover, he met a member of his metal band, Liu Jinwen, twice. Perhaps he himself did not expect that Liu Jinwen would live nearby."
"But that's not the point. The point is that Vujicic goes in empty-handed every time, probably around early in the morning."
"And the time to leave was around six or seven o'clock in the morning."
"Is it like this every time?" Lu Weiwei asked.
"It's like this every time." Yuan Shasha replied definitely.
Officer Wang held his chin, also thinking thoughtfully: "But he went there empty-handed and returned empty-handed, but stayed in that warehouse all night. What do you think he would do there?"
"He must be engaged in some secret activity. At least he cannot be discovered by others, otherwise he would not choose to go there at night." Lu Weiwei said.
Officer Wang chuckled and said, "Lu Weiwei, everyone knows this. In fact, everyone can see that behind Hu Zhe, there are actually other people coordinating with him."
"In other words, the person behind this may be one person or a gang."
"But at least it can be explained that when Vujicic rented these two warehouses, he was actually doing things for others."
"Moreover, those pickles were not transported from the market gate, so we can conclude the results of our previous field investigation."
"That is, someone transported pickles to the warehouse through that window to cover up the smell of other items."
After a pause, Officer Wang looked at Gu Chen, and then said: "What we have to do now is, in addition to continuing to investigate Hu Zhe, we should also find out the forces behind Hu Zhe."
"Especially to find out the person behind the delivery of pickles through the window."
Seeing that no one responded, Officer Wang asked Gu Chen: "Gu Chen, do you have any good ideas?"
"Yeah." Gu Chen, who was crossing his arms, also said thoughtfully:
"This is how I understand it. Several people, the masterminds behind the scenes, were able to find such an excellent warehouse."
"This shows that the other party has repeatedly confirmed it in advance. In other words, they have conducted on-site investigations into this kind of place many times before."
"After various comparisons, I came to the conclusion that this warehouse is an excellent and secret area."
Looking around, Gu Chen continued to explain: "First of all, I have to admit that what the other party did is very smart."
"They know how to use the warehouse in the vegetable market as a cover. If they want to store some illegal items, they will inevitably set up the storage warehouse in an extremely secret area, preferably a sparsely populated area."
"However, they did not do this this time. Instead, they went in the opposite direction and set up the warehouse inside the wet market where the population flow is very dense."
Lying on the seat, Gu Chen said with emotion: "Who would have thought that these people would set up a warehouse here?"
"It shows that these people are smart enough and at least know how to hide themselves correctly, but at the same time, this kind of place, in my opinion, is too perfect."
"That's right." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei quickly answered:
"As Junior Brother Gu said, this place is hidden in a vegetable market with dense population flow, and it is also in the most inconspicuous corner of the market. Instead, this place has become the place with the least population flow in the market."
"The contrasting cover indeed makes this the safest place."
"Also, there is a ventilation window here, which can avoid transporting goods through the market gate and being discovered by security personnel and other vendors."
"In this way, it is another good cover. If I were this group of people, I would definitely be happy to find such a place. At least this kind of magical place is an excellent place to hide evil and evil."
"Senior Sister Lu is right." Seeing that Lu Weiwei had already analyzed the situation before, Gu Chen said again:
"Then do you know what price you have to pay for choosing such a place?"
"At what cost?"
After hearing what Gu Chen said, everyone immediately looked at each other, and no one knew why.
Yuan Shasha tried and said: "The price is that we need constant on-site investigation."
"That's right." Seeing that Yuan Shasha had already said what she was thinking, Gu Chen continued to explain:
"The location of this warehouse, in my opinion, is too perfect, but for such a perfect warehouse, one must constantly make choices."
"It doesn't mean that there will be such a warehouse when you arrive. What is needed? It requires on-site investigation."
"But if this person frequently visits major vegetable markets in Jiangnan City in a short period of time, looking for a suitable warehouse, then we can accurately target him through investigation."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I understand." Listening to Gu Chen's explanation, Lu Weiwei's eyes lit up and she quickly agreed:
"Junior brother Gu means that we check the major vegetable markets to see who frequented the major vegetable markets in Jiangnan City during the period before the warehouse was leased."
"And we are looking for a warehouse to rent. In this way, we can target the person who rents the warehouse. At least they are looking for a suitable location."
"It can't be said that people took a fancy to this 'excellent location' warehouse from the beginning, right?"
"That's what it means." Feeling that Lu Weiwei was indeed the roundworm in his stomach, Gu Chen also nodded in agreement:
"I think it's not easy to find a warehouse in a great location and requires constant on-site investigation."
"Although we still don't know who the force behind Vujicic is? But we can do the same investigation as them and find out the tenant of the warehouse."
"This is easy to handle." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang looked at He Junchao who was drinking yogurt.
He Junchao's expression was blank, and he had an ominous premonition.
Suddenly he said with a bitter look on his face: "We need to investigate again, right? This is a big project."
"I know." Police Officer Wang smiled slightly and said with evil intentions: "He Junchao, please work hard and rent Hu Zhe to the Yuhua Logistics Park wet market warehouse during the period before he rented it."
"Investigate the situation in the major vegetable markets in Jiangnan City, check from the surveillance, and see who was there? During that time, he frequently entered and exited these vegetable markets."
"That person who frequents the major vegetable markets in Jiangnan City and happens to be looking for rent in the warehouse must be the person we are looking for now."
"It's also very possible that he's the guy delivering pickles through the window. He's definitely right."
"But this is a big project." He Junchao knew that what Comrade Lao Wang said was simple, but in actual investigation, for a technical detective like himself, wouldn't it be so painful that he would vomit blood?
Gu Chen also said categorically: "Senior Brother He, I asked Xiao Yuan to assist you. There is not much time left for us now."
"Vujicic's body has not been found for a long time. If we don't find the mastermind hiding behind Hu Zicic, we may never know where Vujicic's body is hidden."
"At least we now know that Vujicic's renting of the warehouse was definitely not his original intention."
"And behind him, there are always people assisting him. This can be seen by the pickles coming in and out of the warehouse."
"Moreover, now that Vujicic has been killed for no reason, it is even more clear that the boss behind the scenes has become a bit anxious. He cannot allow his secrets to be exposed."
"For this reason, he did not hesitate to let someone kill Hu Zicic and then deal with the killer."
"It can be seen that killing people and silencing them is already his top priority."
"If we are still stalling for time now, what may be left for us to investigate in the end is a trap carefully designed by the other party."
"Yeah." Seeing that He Junchao was still squirming, Lu Weiwei said angrily:
"What time is it now? Especially in those two warehouses, there is nothing. It shows that people have long been wary of the warehouses because of Hu Zhe's death, so they hurriedly moved the previous goods."
"But if this batch of goods is illegal, once it is circulated on the market, it will be a devastating disaster. Do you understand? He Junchao."
"Okay." Feeling that he couldn't speak to these people at all, He Junchao held out two fingers.
Lu Weiwei looked puzzled and asked quickly: "Are you trying to compete with me?"
"Please!" It felt like Lu Weiwei didn't get what she meant at all, so He Junchao quickly said:
"Give me two more chicken legs and I'll do it."
"Chicken legs?" Upon hearing this, Lu Weiwei frowned and said perfunctorily:
"Then what? You start first, it's late at night, where can I buy you chicken legs?"
"No need to bother." He Junchao had long expected that Lu Weiwei would have this trick, and pointed at Lu Weiwei's drawer and said:
"Yesterday morning, I saw you coming over with a bag of snacks. When you were stuffing things into the drawer, I saw three bags of individually wrapped chicken legs. You gave me two."
"He Junchao..."
It felt like she was also angry at He Junchao's behavior, and Lu Weiwei just wanted to run away.
The knuckles of my fingers were already creaking.
But seeing the proud look on He Junchao's face, it was clear that he was convinced that everyone wanted to do what he wanted.
Lu Weiwei didn't want to ruin the progress of Gu Chen's investigation, so she compromised with a smile: "Okay, just two sticks, and I'll give you a bottle of yogurt."
"Well……"
I originally thought that Lu Weiwei was going to scold her for being shameless, but what she got in exchange was Lu Weiwei's soft words.
He Junchao was a little uncomfortable and said: "Lu Weiwei, are you serious?"
"Really, you have worked so hard, what's wrong with giving you two chicken legs? Just treat it as a nutritional supplement for you? I will also give you a bottle of yogurt."
"No...it's not expired, right?" He Junchao felt that Lu Weiwei's change of attitude was suddenly more terrifying than scolding him.
Thinking about the scene when he secretly drank Lu Weiwei's expired yogurt and ruined his stomach, He Junchao always had a shadow in his heart.
As a result, Lu Weiwei directly opened the drawer, placed two packages of chicken legs and a bottle of yogurt directly on He Junchao's table, and vowed:
"You have eyes, but you can't read the date?"
"Well, since you are so sincere..."
Feeling that he had wrongly blamed Lu Weiwei, He Junchao immediately retracted his arrogance and said with a smile: "Then I will...start the investigation now."
"You have some conscience." Seeing that He Junchao was about to start, Lu Weiwei glanced directly at Yuan Shasha beside her and reminded:
"Xiao Yuan, you go and be He Junchao's deputy. When he is tired, you step in."
"Understood." Yuan Shasha didn't mind. She walked directly to He Junchao and put down her seat.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Looking back, Lu Weiwei also reminded Gu Chen: "Junior brother Gu, how about we take a rest now? Tomorrow, we will go to the field to find someone based on the investigation results of He Junchao and Xiao Yuan.
Looking for this suspicious person?"
"Okay." Seeing that everything has been arranged, Gu Chen also knew very well that it was already late at night.
Everyone needed to maintain enough physical strength, so they asked He Junchao to investigate while letting Yuan Shasha rest here.
When He Junchao was exhausted from the investigation, Yuan Shasha took over from He Junchao.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, took Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang directly back to the dormitory to rest.
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The next morning, 6:20 am.
Gu Chen returned directly to the criminal investigation team office with the breakfast he bought from the cafeteria.
At this moment, He Junchao was already lying on the folding bed and fast asleep, while Yuan Shasha, who was sitting on He Junchao's seat and continued to investigate and monitor, was still continuing the work at hand.
"Xiao Yuan, have breakfast first." Gu Chen placed one of the breakfast items in front of Yuan Shasha.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Gu." Yuan Shasha just glanced at him casually and continued the work at hand.
After Gu Chen put away the other breakfasts, he came behind Yuan Shasha and quickly asked: "Have you found anything?"
"No." Yuan Shasha yawned and said helplessly:
"Senior Brother He and I checked all night last night and found no suspicious persons like you mentioned."
"In other words, there was no such suspicious person who frequently visited the major vegetable markets in Jiangnan City to inquire about warehouse leasing during the period before Hu Zhe rented the warehouse, right?"
Gu Chen handed the shelled eggs directly to Yuan Shasha.
"Thank you." Yuan Shasha thanked her, stuffed the cooked egg into her mouth, chewed it for a few mouthfuls, and then nodded silently:
"Yes, we checked almost all the entrances to the vegetable markets in Jiangnan City and found no such person."
"Is there something wrong somewhere?" Listening to what Yuan Shasha said, Gu Chen also began to fall into self-doubt.
According to my previous speculation, a warehouse like the vegetable market in Yuhua Logistics Park is hard to come by.
To find such a place obviously requires a lot of field research.
But now, after He Junchao and Yuan Shasha monitored and investigated all night, they did not find the existence of such a person.
This caused a serious setback to Gu Chen's previous speculation.
"Senior Brother Gu." After taking a sip of hot milk, Yuan Shasha also reminded: "Hu Zhe was able to rent that warehouse because someone must have done a good job of research and knows the market very well."
"Is there such a possibility? That is, the man behind the scenes is probably someone from the Yuhua Logistics Park wet market?"
“Because I am a person in the market, I know the environment here very well.”
"So, this person didn't need to check a lot of other vegetable market warehouses before finally choosing this place."
“Rather, did you know that there was such a ‘perfectly located’ place from the very beginning?”
Yuan Shasha's analysis also allowed Gu Chen's divergent thinking to return to the root of the problem.
Gu Chen also nodded silently and agreed, "Yes, I have thought about this possibility before."
"But if the possibility of the other party looking for warehouses everywhere is not ruled out, then this possibility does not exist."
Gu Chen sighed quietly and tried to calm down, then he said again:
"But now it seems that this possibility is still quite high."
"The man behind the scenes may really be someone from the Yuhua Logistics Park wet market, so he knows this area very well, so there is no need to conduct a lot of on-site investigations."
"Yes, I think so too." Yuan Shasha said.
Gu Chen stood up, walked back and forth twice, and then thought about it and said:
"If this is the case, then the investigation may be simpler. As long as we find out who inquired about the warehouse leasing before Hu Zhe rented these two warehouses, we may be able to find the mastermind behind the scenes."
"Well, I think so too." After hearing Gu Chen's words, Yuan Shasha also nodded silently, and then said:
"Then it seems that we need to go to the Yuhua Logistics Park wet market today to figure out these specific questions. We can also ask the people in the market."
Looking up and looking out the window, Yuan Shasha also thought about it and said: "I always feel that the real mastermind behind this is actually not that far away from us."
"He just used some kind of disguise to disguise himself as a normal ordinary person."
"Maybe." Gu Chen also had this intention.
At this moment, Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang also walked in from the outside. After seeing the breakfast on the table, Lu Weiwei also said with a look of surprise:
"Junior Brother Gu, are you quite fast? Not long after the text message was sent to us, you had already bought breakfast."
"Aren't you in a hurry?" Gu Chen also smiled slightly and continued:
"Senior Sister Lu, Senior Brother Wang, hurry up and finish your breakfast. We will go to the Yuhua Logistics Park vegetable market later."
"What's wrong?" Officer Wang took his own portion of breakfast and asked Gu Chen out of curiosity before he had a chance to take a bite:
"Gu Chen, did you find anything in your investigation?"
"Yes." Gu Chen nodded silently and said truthfully: "Xiao Yuan and Senior Brother He investigated all night last night and did not find the suspicious person I guessed."
"This shows that the man behind the scenes did not go to the major vegetable markets in Jiangnan City to investigate suitable warehouses, but he already knew that the most suitable warehouse was inside the vegetable market in Yuhua Logistics Park."
"In this way, the possibility that the man behind the scenes is an insider of the Yuhua Logistics Park wet market will greatly increase."
After a pause, Gu Chen continued to express his guess:
"I want to go to the Yuhua Logistics Park wet market and find out who has inquired about the warehouse leasing during the period before Hu Zhe rented the warehouse."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Maybe, you can try your luck."
"Well, that makes sense." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang quickly took a bite of his buns and then said:
"Then let's set off quickly and take advantage of the busiest time of the Yuhua Logistics Park vegetable market to inquire with more people about the specific situation."
"Well, let's go now." Gu Chen couldn't wait any longer and turned to look at Yuan Shasha and said:
"Xiao Yuan, you have a good rest during the day today. You don't have to go to work. You will go back to the dormitory directly after breakfast."
"Understood." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Yuan Shasha readily agreed.
On the other side, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang had already taken off some of their portable equipment and were wearing casual clothes. They drove a civilian car directly towards the wet market in Yuhua Logistics Park.
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When Gu Chen parked his vehicle firmly at the parking space at the entrance of the Yuhua Logistics Park wet market, the place was already crowded.
The whole market was bustling inside and outside, with many adults and adults walking through it carrying shopping bags in their hands.
Since early morning is the peak time for grocery shopping, this is the busiest time of the entire market.
It's almost impossible to pass through the sidewalk here quickly.
It's basically a crowded place.
But Gu Chen also had his own goal, which was to go directly to the second floor of the market, go to the monitoring room, and find the security personnel he met yesterday.
At this moment, the door to the control room on the second floor was ajar.
When Gu Chen pushed open the door, the three security guards from last night's Landlord game were swaying and sleeping on their respective seats.
Gu Chen didn't hesitate and directly woke up the tall and thin man: "Wake up."
After being slapped a few times by Gu Chen, the tall and thin man muttered "嘤嘤嘤" a few times before he raised his head listlessly.
When he opened his eyes and saw that the person coming was Gu Chen, the tall and thin man suddenly became nervous again. He quickly stood up and asked curiously:
"This...isn't this Gu Bureau? Didn't you already come yesterday?"
"That's right." Seeing that the tall and thin security guard recognized him, Gu Chen also said straight to the point:
"I came here early in the morning and woke you up. I'm sorry, but as you know, we are investigating a case and we have a tight schedule and heavy tasks."
"It's okay, the investigation of the case is more important." The tall and thin security guard was also embarrassed to hear Gu Chen speak so politely.
He hurriedly asked Gu Chen: "By the way, Gu Bureau, you are looking for me. Do you have anything else to do?"
"We want to know, before Warehouse No. 001 and Warehouse No. 002 were leased out in Area E5, who came to the market to inquire about the leasing of the warehouses?" Before Gu Chen could speak, Officer Wang asked directly.
"This... is not very clear, because the lease time of warehouses 001 and 002 in E5 area was more than a month ago. It has been more than a month. Who still remembers this?"
"Then your other two colleagues, do they know?" Lu Weiwei asked again.
"Them?" The tall, thin man was not convinced. He immediately walked up to two colleagues and shook them awake:
"Wake up, wake up."
"What are you doing?" A fat man who was woken up also looked at the tall and thin man with a look of complaint.
But when the tall and thin man's eyes pointed out that Gu Chen and others were standing in front of him, the fat man quickly woke up another man of medium height next to him: "Wake up, wake up quickly."
After a while of commotion, Gu Chen gave a few people some time to wake up.
The three of them sat in a row and looked at the three policemen in front of them with confused expressions.
"So, you don't know that anyone is asking about warehouse leasing?"
"That's right." The fat man nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "This warehouse is not actually private. It belongs to our Yuhua Logistics Park vegetable market."
"So if you want to rent a warehouse, you must inquire about our market. However, we have never met anyone asking about warehouse leasing before."
"Yes." As soon as the fat man finished speaking, the middle-sized man quickly agreed:
"We, the people, wander around the market every day. If someone wants to rent a warehouse here, we will know it as soon as possible, but we don't know."
"Could it be that this merchant named Hu Zhe directly rented the warehouse here?" Lu Weiwei still felt a little incredible.
But the tall and thin man replied firmly: "I don't know the details, but those in the management center must know."
"Because the people who manage leasing matters are the people in their management center."
After thinking for a while, the tall and thin man quickly added: "Oh, by the way, it's the man who brought you here to pick the lock yesterday, the man in blue clothes."
"They are in charge of these matters. You can go to them and ask."
"Okay." Seeing that several people really didn't know the specific situation, Gu Chen nodded in agreement.
I thought I'd ask these three people first, but if that didn't work, I'd ask the one in blue uniform yesterday.
Now I feel like I can go directly to the management center.
After bidding farewell to the three security personnel, Gu Chen drove and soon arrived at the entrance of the management center.
Perhaps because early morning is the busiest time in the vegetable market, the front door of the management center is open at this moment.
Gu Chen and others got off the car directly and came to the second floor.
The person on duty here last night has now been replaced by another man wearing a blue uniform.
Seeing Gu Chen and others walking into the office, this fat man in blue uniform also asked out of curiosity:
"Who are you looking for?"
"Where was the person on duty last night?" Lu Weiwei asked.
"He? He's off work. What's wrong?"
The fat man in blue uniform also had a puzzled look on his face.
Officer Wang directly took out his police card and introduced: "We are from the Furong branch. We came here to investigate last night. The tall and thin man who received us at that time was."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Oh, yes, when I handed over my shift this morning, I heard from my colleague that, yes, the police came to investigate the case."
After learning the purpose of everyone's visit, the fat man nodded silently, and then said:
"But didn't you already investigate it yesterday? Is there anything else you don't know about?"
"We want to know who came here to inquire about the leasing of warehouses No. 001 and No. 002 in the E5 area of the market before they were rented out?" Lu Weiwei also took a step forward and asked with her hands on the desk.
The fat man shook his head: "It seems not, right?"
"No? It's impossible, right? Think about it again." Officer Wang felt that there must be.
But the fat man still shook his head: "Definitely not. I remember that the people who came to our management center and said they wanted to rent those two places as warehouses were the tenants of that warehouse."
"Is Hu Zhe right?" Gu Chen confirmed.
The fat man tried hard to think about it for a few seconds, but he was not sure yet, so he quickly turned on the computer and quickly found Vujicic's name based on the data table.
So he nodded to Gu Chen and others and said, "Yes, that's Hu Zhe."
"I still remember that I was in the office at that time, because the location of the two warehouses was relatively remote, and it was not cost-effective to operate as a store in a vegetable market, but as a warehouse, the rent was relatively high."
"So, this E5 area, warehouse 001 and warehouse 002, have always been in a very awkward position and it is difficult to rent them out."
"But that day, the merchant named Hu Zhe came directly to our office and said he wanted to rent these two places as warehouses."
After taking a deep breath and pausing for a few seconds, the fat man continued to think and said:
"I remember that he seemed to be very optimistic about that place at the time. I was afraid that he would regret it, and reminded him that that place could only be used as a warehouse, and no one would patronize the store when it was used as a market."
"I also advised him to think clearly, but at that time his answer was very affirmative, saying that he just wanted to use it as a warehouse, and that he would rent two stalls facing each other together."
"I thought at the time, no one has inquired about these two awkwardly located warehouses for a long time. If he wants to rent them, then rent them to him."
"I even remember that I personally held the key and showed him the stall."
"Then what was Hu Zhe's reaction at that time?" After hearing what the fat man said, Gu Chen quickly asked.
The fat man scratched his cheek and said in retrospect: "What was his reaction at that time? It seems that he was quite easy to talk to."
"I just looked around casually in the warehouse and asked me when can I sign the contract?"
"I thought, are you in such a hurry to send money? Then I will definitely be happy, and I can also get some commission from renting the stall, so I completed the contract that morning, and he signed the contract that same morning, too.
The rent was paid.”
After a pause, the fat man thought back with unfinished thoughts: "It feels like everything is so silky smooth."
