After Li Huan finished speaking, everyone fell into deep thought. Since it wasn't Wang Jie, only Lao Wang's friend Zhao Zhongyi was suspected.
"In this case, let's go find Zhao Zhongyi first and ask where he was when the crime happened last night. Song Anchun, you continue the autopsy, especially pay attention to the wounds on Li Ren's feet and the fact that there is no large amount of blood spatter at the scene.
"
But what Chen Bai didn't expect was that after he expressed his intention to come, everyone in Zhaojiacun told him that they didn't know.
"Comrade police, we really don't know where Zhao Zhongyi is, but when Li Ren was killed, God was trying to protect him. If you investigate the cause of Li Ren's death, you are going against God, and you will not end well."
"That's right, after Li Ren opened this chemical plant next to our village, people in our village fell ill one after another. Just a few days ago, my third uncle also died of cancer. So, Zhao Zhongyi killed Li Ren and we all
The great hero of the village.”
Chen Bai was a little confused. He didn't even say why he came to Zhao Zhongyi, but these people already acquiesced that Zhao Zhongyi would kill someone.
"Officer, you don't have to be surprised. In fact, it's normal for us to think this way. To tell you the truth, we knew that person was Li Ren from the time you found the body on the river beach. Our entire Zhaojia Village and Li Ren
Ren has a grudge. It is this person who caused all of us to suffer from cancer. But who has the greatest hatred for Li Ren, it must be Zhao Zhongyi. His parents and wife both died of cancer. If he died, then
There is really no one left in their family. Even for the three lives of the Zhao family, Zhao Zhongyi must kill Li Ren."
In the next hour, Chen Bai heard different facts from the people of Zhaojiacun. Li Ren opened a chemical factory that destroyed the environment and openly discharged pollutants into the river, causing problems with the drinking water of the whole village.
Later, they proposed diversion, but no one came up with the money to build the river channel, so Li Ren ignored the objections of the people in Zhaojia Village and directly discharged the pollutants into the river.
"Officer, it's clear who is telling the truth. We farmers are self-reliant and feed ourselves with our own hands. We have not offended anyone. But after Li Ren comes, look at how many of us are still farming? Run away.
Li Ren's chemical factory is at work. Is it because we don't want to farm? No, it's Li Ren who makes it impossible for us to farm."
However, Chen Bai still found out Zhao Zhongyi's address. Of course, there was no one in Zhao Zhongyi's home.
"Go back! There are no answers we are looking for here."
Although the investigation on Zhao Zhongyi did not yield any results, the attitude of the people in Zhaojiacun towards Chen Bai and others made Chen Bai think that they were probably aware of this matter.
"Chen Bai, I have something else to do here that I don't know if you are interested in."
"What?"
Li Huan said as he turned on the computer and put a case file on the big screen.
"It's like this. When I was investigating Li Ren, I found that Li Ren had been in a car accident three years ago. When Li Ren was driving from the service road of Binhai Expressway to his factory, he died in order to avoid an oncoming large truck.
The car he drove overturned into a ditch nearby, and Li Ren fainted on the spot. However, Li Ren was not discovered until the early morning of the next day. Although the police also inspected the scene, because Li Ren was driving in the wrong direction in violation of regulations, Li Ren was completely injured in the accident.
But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that this car accident resulted in the death of Li Ren’s wife and children.”
Li Huan said and turned to the next page.
"Actually, the police had two doubts when they investigated the scene. The first doubt was why Li Ren was driving in the opposite direction at that time. In fact, after getting off the highway, Li Ren should have taken the service road on the right to return to the factory, but according to what Li Ren said
At that time, he saw two tractors parked side by side on the service road on the right, so he drove in reverse from the left. The second point was that Li Ren's car had a driving recorder at that time, but he didn't know why Li Ren's driving recorder was on
He disappeared after the car accident."
After Li Huan finished speaking, Chen Bai frowned.
"If we think more extreme, then this is most likely a murder against Li Ren."
"Yes, it all happened by coincidence. The tractor blocking the side road, the large truck that appeared, and the driving recorder that was taken away after the car accident all indicate that someone wanted to kill Li Ren."
Chen Bai still didn't speak. At first, Chen Bai thought this was a simple murder case, but now it seems that this case is not that simple.
"Chen Bai, haven't we already seen this office?"
When Chen Bai and Wu Di returned to Li Ren's office again, Wu Di asked with some confusion. Although they did find some blood stains on the carpet last time, these blood stains could only prove that this was the scene of the first crime.
.
"Wu Di, you have also seen Song Anchun's autopsy report. If this is really the scene of the first crime, then why isn't there a lot of blood here?"
Wu Di shook his head. In fact, these were the points that he was more confused about. Li Ren's head was hit hard with a blunt instrument. Logically speaking, there should be a lot of blood stains, but there was no trace of blood in Li Ren's office. What happened?
Why.
"Also, there was a wound on Li Ren's foot. Song Anchun's autopsy showed that the wound was formed almost at the same time as the wound on the head of the deceased. But since a wound can be formed on the sole of the foot, it must have been caused by stepping on some sharp object.
There is no such thing as that kind of scar. But there is no such thing in Li Ren's office, and it is even more impossible in the river. After all, Li Ren was already dead when his body was thrown into the river, so it is even less likely that there is a wound under his feet.
Already."
As Chen Bai spoke, he observed the entire office. The office was very tidy and had traces of being cleaned deliberately. This proved that the murderer calmly cleaned the scene after the murder. If this is the case, it proves that the murderer had no intention of cleaning the scene.
The environment of the factory is very familiar, and I know that no one will come at this time.
"Wu Di, come here!"
When Wu Di was thinking, he saw Chen Bai lying on the ground. When Wu Di passed by, Chen Bai had already moved the sofa in the office.
"slippers?"
Wu Di saw a pair of slippers under the sofa. Judging from the size, they should be worn by Li Ren.
"I guess Zhao Zhongyi got Lao Wang drunk first, and then came to Li Ren's office. Zhao Zhongyi should have learned from Lao Wang's mouth that Li Ren had not gone home and had been in the office. After killing Li Ren, Zhao Zhongyi
Zhongyi took Li Ren's body out of the factory and finally threw it into the river."
"But Chen Bai, I still can't figure it out. Since Zhao Zhongyi's purpose was to kill people, why did he have to throw Li Ren's body into the river? Even if Zhao Zhongyi left the body in the office, the result would be the same.
the same."
Chen Bai smiled, took out a cigarette and lit it.
"It's normal, because Zhao Zhongyi's purpose is not only to kill people. Li Ren opened a chemical factory to make them all suffer from cancer due to river water pollution. Zhao Zhongyi did this just to let Li Ren know what it feels like to have a polluted river water."
After returning to the police station, Chen Bai immediately asked Bai Hongwei to issue a co-investigation report to Zhao Zhongyi, but here Song Anchun made new discoveries.
"Chen Bai, I didn't find it during the first autopsy, but after my second autopsy, I found that there were traces of secondary blows on the deceased. The murderer should have hit the deceased twice on the head with a blunt instrument.
Down."
"Two times?"
Wu Di was a little confused. If there were two blows, there should be more blood stains! But why did they only find a small amount of blood stains in the office?
"Yes, twice. Look, there are two fracture marks on the skull of the deceased."
After the police assisted in the investigation, everyone soon found Zhao Zhongyi in a small hotel on the outskirts of the city.
"Are you sure it's me?"
"Yes, this person used this ID card to open a room when he came here, and you can check our surveillance."
After checking the surveillance camera, Chen Bai compared it with the photo on his ID card and confirmed that the person who opened the room was Zhao Zhongyi. However, when Chen Bai and others broke into the door, they found that Zhao Zhongyi had committed suicide by taking poison.
"Teacher Chen, this..."
Everyone was at a loss, but Chen Bai saw a letter on the bedside table.
Comrade police: I am already dead when you read this letter. Yes, I was the one who killed Li Ren. Li Ren opened a chemical factory here, which caused 90% of the people in our village to suffer from the disease.
Cancer, such people deserve to die. My original wish was to be an honest farmer, to feed my family with my own hands, and to let our family live a good life. But everything changed after Li Ren came, and this person will
Industrial wastewater is discharged into our village. In the past ten years, nothing can grow in the land of our village. And this guy Li Ren also boasted that we can work in his factory, but if it weren’t for him, we would
Now I still live a self-sufficient life.
When I learned that our whole family was suffering from cancer, I was determined to kill Li Ren, because the existence of this person made it impossible for all of us to live a good life. I went to see Lao Wang with wine, and Lao Wang
He loved drinking the most and it was the weekend. Lao Wang would definitely drink too much. After Lao Wang drank too much, I went to Li Ren’s office. When I saw this man collapsed, I threw him into the river.
I also want him to know how uncomfortable that feeling is.
The case should have ended here, but Chen Bai felt that there were still many doubts about the case.
"Chen Bai, what else don't you understand about this case? Zhao Zhongyi has admitted that he is the murderer, and Da Binzi found a bloody tricycle not far from the factory. The blood stains on it belong to Li Ren.
Moreover, there is a scale rod connected to the weight on the tricycle, and the fingerprints on it are also Zhao Zhongyi's. Now that the evidence chain is complete, what else do you not understand? "
Bai Hongwei was a little puzzled. The evidence chain was now complete, so why was Chen Bai still struggling.
"You are right, but Zhao Zhongyi only weighs less than ninety kilograms, while Li Ren weighs more than two hundred kilograms. Li Ren's body has scars from fighting, not to mention whether Zhao Zhongyi has the ability to compete with Li Ren.
Even if he succeeded in killing Li Ren after the fight, Zhao Zhongyi would not be able to take Li Ren to the river and dump his body."
After Chen Bai finished speaking, everyone fell into silence. This seemed to be a problem.
"One more thing, when we went to Zhaojia Village to investigate Zhao Zhongyi, the villagers already identified Zhao Zhongyi as the murderer even before we said anything. Doesn't this seem wrong? Also, Li Huan has already investigated Zhao Zhongyi's case
, Zhao Zhongyi has terminal liver cancer, and such a person will not survive long even if he does not commit suicide. Also, if Zhao Zhongyi has never thought about concealing the fact that he committed murder, then why did he ask the guard Lao Wang to turn off the surveillance?
"
"Chen Bai, you mean Zhao Zhongyi has an accomplice?"
Chen Bai nodded and continued.
"Yes, Zhao Zhongyi must have an accomplice. They worked together to kill Li Ren and dump his body. Zhao Zhongyi knew that he was dying of terminal cancer, so he decided to bear all the charges. Moreover, if Zhao Zhongyi wants to surrender
, then you can come to the police station and there is no need to commit suicide."
Several people nodded, but at this time Li Huan made a new discovery.
"Chen Bai, I just found out that a person named Zhao Zhihong wired 3,000 yuan to Zhao Zhongyi's child studying abroad."
"Let's go and find this Zhao Zhihong."
When Zhao Zhihong sat in the interrogation room and learned the reason why Chen Bai and others were looking for him, he couldn't help but feel a little funny.
"Officer, what are you doing? Do you suspect that Zhao Zhongyi and I collaborated to kill Li Ren? No, no, no, I don't have the courage, but I have to say that Zhao Zhongyi is really the hero of our village. Li Ren is in our village.
How many people have been killed by opening a chemical factory? What Li Ren did was to eliminate harm for the people. To be honest, in fact, Zhao Zhongyi and I had some conflicts before. I always felt that when Zhao Zhongyi worked in Li Ren's factory, that was us.
The traitor of Zhaojiacun. But who would have thought that this guy could do such a thing, I really admire him."
"Zhao Zhihong, I advise you to be more honest!"
Bai Hongwei was a little angry, but Zhao Zhihong smiled and said indifferently.
"Officer, why are you so angry? Am I breaking the law?"
"It's not illegal, but why did you send money to Zhao Zhizhong's children?"
Hearing Bai Hongwei's question, Zhao Zhihong smiled and said.
"Didn't I just say that I admire Zhao Zhizhong very much? Now that there is no one in Zhao Zhizhong's family, his children are my children."
Chen Bai looked at Zhao Zhihong. In fact, he could now confirm that there was definitely something wrong with Zhao Zhihong, but they had no evidence now.
"Okay, then if that's the case, just think about it carefully here!"
After coming out of the interrogation room, Chen Bai immediately returned to the chemical plant.
"The place where we found the body was downstream, but I think it must have been upstream when the body was dumped. Let's go upstream first and take a look."
The weather was very hot, but Chen Bai and others each held a map in their hands.
"Chen Bai, look, if the murderer dumped the body upstream, the shortest distance is to take this road after coming out of the front door of the factory. Based on the flow speed of the water and the weight of the deceased, I think the place where the body was dumped is probably here.
.”
Bai Hongwei said and drew a circle on the map.
"No, actually I think this distance can be smaller. The tool used by the murderer to dump the body was a tricycle. There are still a lot of jungles here and there is no way for a tricycle to go. So I think the murderer's route for dumping the body was from the chemical plant.
From the door to this place, from this place we can reduce the distance to fifty meters."
After Li Huan finished speaking, Wu Di spoke.
"I don't have anything to say about this distance, but Chen Bai kept talking about the scars on the soles of the deceased's feet. In fact, I was wondering whether the scars on the soles of the deceased's feet were because Zhao Zhongyi thought he had beaten Li Ren when he was in the office at the beginning.
He died, but Li Ren suddenly woke up while using a tricycle to transfer the body. At this time, Li Ren began to run into the woods crazily, but at this time, the sole of Li Ren's foot was accidentally stabbed by something like a branch.
Zhao Zhongyi and Zhao Zhihong arrived and beat Li Ren again. It was precisely because of this second beating that an open wound formed on Li Ren's head, which also explained why Li Ren was beaten.
But there wasn’t a lot of blood splattered after that.”
After Wu Di finished speaking, Chen Bai nodded. In fact, this is what he wanted to say.
"But if that's the case, then the scope of our search will be wider, because we don't know where Li Ren escaped, and the woods are so big, when are we going to find him?"
Bai Hongwei was a little embarrassed, but they still wanted to find him even if he was in trouble.
"Found it, there is blood here!"
After searching for about two hours, Chen Bai finally found blood stains on a broken branch.
"Yes, this mark is very similar to the mark on the sole of the deceased's foot."
Everyone was a little excited, and they also found a cigarette butt and a bloody leaf next to the broken branches.
"Zhao Zhihong, what are you thinking?"
When Chen Bai interrogated Zhao Zhihong again, the man still looked indifferent to death.
"Zhao Zhihong, I have to say that you are really powerful. You can kill someone and still look like you don't care."
After Chen Bai finished speaking, he placed the test report in front of Zhao Zhihong.
"Comrade police, what are you doing? I said this matter has nothing to do with me. I don't have the guts to do such a thing. But Zhao Zhongyi is different. He can do things that we simply don't dare to do.
thing."
Seeing that Zhao Zhihong was still arrogant, Chen Bai had no choice but to tell the story of the two men's crime.
"Zhao Zhihong, I really didn't expect you to be a daredevil person, but as far as the fact that you can send money to Zhao Zhongyi's children, I know you are not a pure bad person. What Li Ren did is indeed
No, his chemical plant has indeed harmed many of you, but you cannot represent the law, and you have no right to deprive anyone of his life."
After Chen Bai finished speaking, Zhao Zhihong lowered his head and remained silent for a long time.
"Comrade police, you are right. We are indeed not qualified to take away anyone's life, but Li Ren owes us a lot of lives."