The intermittent winter rain that lasted for almost half a month finally stopped, and the long-lost sun once again poured its warm sunshine down on this coastal steel city.
"Dingling bells...."
An urgent phone ringing interrupted Ding Haoqiong's thoughts.
After the arrest warrant for Lai Pi was issued, the police launched an operation. During this period, the police received many calls reporting that people suspected of Lai Pi had been found. When the police arrived at the scene with people, they found
, this so-called Lai Pi is actually not him at all.
After Zheng Yuanzhou was killed, Lai Pi also disappeared. During this period, the police conducted a large-scale investigation in S City and finally found Lai Pi's hiding place.
The reason why we were able to walk to Lai Pi's hiding place was because someone reported it, but it was anonymous. As for who the reporter was, the police have not found it yet. However, although the hiding place was found, it was in a suburb of Chengnan District.
There are not many people living here in a remote residence, but the personnel structure is very complex. The police have come here to investigate before, but they did not find any suspicious characters, so they did not pay attention.
Lai Pi was not found in the hiding place, which made the police very disappointed. However, it is certain that this is where Lai Pi hid after leaving CSY to avoid being hunted by the police. In the room, the police found Lai Pi's fingerprints.
,Although Lai Pi was very careful, he still found a few coins.
When the police arrived at the scene, they found that the room was in a mess and had signs of being disturbed. It was obvious that someone had been there before they arrived, and there were signs of a struggle. Judging from the situation, there were two possibilities.
.
First, someone was chasing Lai Pi. After fighting with him, Lai Pi escaped and changed to a more secluded hiding place.
Second, Lai Pi was subdued and taken away.
No matter which possibility it is, it is not good news for the police, because Lai Pi is missing.
After Ding Haoqiong learned about this situation, he also realized that something was wrong. He began to doubt whether his previous hypothesis was tenable. Judging from the current situation, this hypothesis became increasingly untenable. According to the feedback from the scene,
, the U disk that Lai Pi took from Zheng Yuanzhou at that time contained vital things, and someone was looking for this thing. Judging from the fact that Zheng Yuanzhou was a member of "Master Chang", the contents of the U disk should be related to
Come to the secrets of the 'Master Chang' organization.
After making this inference, Ding Haoqiong began to ask people to search for the USB flash drive. However, he has no clue what is in the USB flash drive and where to find it. Looking for a USB flash drive in the vast sea of people, even if it is a state machine, has no clue.
It's very difficult to do.
"Dingling bells..."
The phone was still ringing, and Ding Haoqiong answered the call.
"Hello, I'm Ding Haoqiong."
"Team Leader Ding, I am Wang Jiaqing, the captain of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Chengbei District. Another murder has occurred in Chengbei District." Wang Jiaqing's voice came from the other end of the phone with a heavy tone. Obviously, this murder case may have something to do with Ding Haoqiong.
Related to the case they are investigating.
"What murder case? Who is the deceased?" Ding Haoqiong asked quickly.
When he heard about the new murder case, Ding Haoqiong's eyelids jumped. Ever since Jiang Yao's body was discovered, Ding Haoqiong had a vague sense of uneasiness, and in Lai Pi's hiding place
After the place was found, this uneasy feeling became more intense. He was afraid of hearing that the deceased in this murder case was Lai Pi. If this was the case, then Lai Pi's death could not be determined, and Jiang Yao and
It is difficult to draw a conclusion about Zheng Yuanzhou’s death.
"The deceased was a male, and he had a scorpion tattoo on his left hand."
Hearing what Wang Jiaqing said, Ding Haoqiong first breathed a sigh of relief, and then his expression became solemn.
There is a scorpion tattoo on the left hand, which is no longer unfamiliar to the members of CSY. The deceased should be one of the members of "Master Chang". So, who is the person who died this time?
"Have you found out the identity of the deceased?" Ding Haoqiong asked.
"Not yet, we just arrived at the scene not long ago."
"Give me the address of the crime scene and I will bring someone over right away."
"good."
Wang Jiaqing told the address of the crime, and Ding Haoqiong hung up the phone and stood up. His face was extremely solemn. It had only been quiet for a few days, but another murder occurred. Why did Xu Lang disappear one after another?
What about Master Chang's members who were killed? Is someone purging the organization 'Master Chang'?
If so, then who is this person or this force? Could it be Xu Lang, or someone from the Secret Service?
Ding Haoqiong had no answer for the time being. He left CSY with a heavy heart. He drove away from CSY with the members of CSY and rushed to Chengbei District.
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The crime scene was a public bath in Chengbei District, and the deceased died in the lounge.
This bathhouse is privately run and has been in operation for many years. Many people go to bathe here with different identities. However, most of them are people living at the grassroots level. After all, the fees here are not expensive.
After Ding Haoqiong and others arrived at the scene, people from the Chengbei Criminal Investigation Detachment discovered them and took them to the crime scene.
The crime scene was in a separate lounge.
The deceased was a male. He was about thirty-seven years old. His upper body was naked. His exposed skin had no fat, it was all muscle. His skin was bronze. He looked like he exercised regularly. There were no fancy tattoos on his chest or arms, and there were no tattoos on his neck.
He doesn't have the gold chain that comes standard with a 'big brother in society', and he has a few scars on his body, all of which were left long ago. The man's identity shouldn't be simple.
The man's lower body is wrapped in a bath towel,
Feet bare.
The cause of death of the deceased was that the carotid artery was cut. The method of committing the crime was exactly the same as that of several previous murders. There was a sharp disposable razor at the scene with blood stains on it. This should be the murder weapon.
The deceased covered his neck with one hand, half lying on the ground, and stretched one hand towards the door. It seemed that he wanted to ask for help before dying. There was a weird scorpion tattoo on his left hand where the household registration was.
, with a small head and a big tail. Under the body of the deceased, there was a large pool of dark red blood. Because of the high temperature in the bath, the blood had dried.
After seeing Ding Haoqiong and the others arriving, Wang Jiaqing introduced the case to Ding Haoqiong in detail.
The reporter was the owner of the bathhouse. The first person to discover the body of the deceased was the bathhouse attendant. When they were checking the room and trying to clean it, they accidentally discovered the body of the deceased. They were so panicked that they found the owner of the bathhouse.
The owner of the bathhouse is a middle-aged uncle in his fifties.
There are all kinds of people coming here to take a bath, and the boss is also an experienced person. After a little hesitation, he chose to call the police. Then, after Wang Jiaqing received a call from the 110 command center, he led people there.
here.
After Wang Jiaqing saw the scorpion tattoo on the deceased's left hand, he immediately thought of 'Master Chang', so he called Ding Haoqiong.
It was the first time that the deceased came here to take a bath. He was dressed unusually. After finding a bathhouse to take a bath, he asked for a separate lounge to rest and drink tea. Unexpectedly, he was killed here.
Ding Haoqiong observed the situation at the scene.
There is a very short coffee table in the lounge. On the coffee table are a tea set, a pot of cold tea, and two tea cups. One of the tea cups has no more tea, but the other tea cup is still full. Obviously
, the deceased was not the only one in the room at that time.
"Where is the owner of the bathhouse?" Ding Haoqiong turned around and looked at Wang Jiaqing and asked.
At this time, a man in his fifties with a beer belly and some balding came over and said with a smile: "That's me."
Ding Haoqiong looked into the boss's eyes and asked: "How many people were there when the deceased came?"
"one person."
"Is this the first time the deceased has come?"
"Yes, for anyone who comes to my place to take a bath many times, I always remember that this is his first time."
"Did anyone enter the lounge when the deceased was there?" Ding Haoqiong asked again.
The boss thought for a moment and turned to look at a man in his thirties. Obviously, he didn't know the specific situation.
Ding Haoqiong followed the boss's line of sight, looked at the man in his thirties, and waved to him to come over.
"What do you do?" Ding Haoqiong asked.
“The waiter here.”
Ding Haoqiong nodded and asked again: "When this person wants to go to the rest room, is he alone?"
The man first glanced at the body of the deceased, then looked at Ding Haoqiong and said, "It's a person."
"Did anyone come in during this period?"
The man shook his head and said, "No."
"Are you sure?" Ding Haoqiong asked, staring into the other person's eyes.
The man thought for a while and said, "I'm not sure. After all, there are a lot of people coming here to take a bath, and I was quite busy, so I didn't pay much attention."
Ding Haoqiong thought for a while and nodded. He was not surprised by this answer.
After a moment of silence, Ding Haoqiong looked at the boss and asked, "Have any strangers come in after the deceased entered the bathroom?"
The boss thought for a while, frowned, and said, "Oh, you said that, I remembered that after this person came in, several strangers came, and one of them left a deep impression on me."
"Who?"
"A man about forty years older, with a scar on his face."
"What kind of scar?"
"It's on the left side of the face, like this."
The boss said while gesticulating. After Ding Haoqiong read it, he immediately narrowed his eyes. This scar reminded Ding Haoqiong of a person, Deng Feizhang.
"Is there any surveillance video here?" Ding Haoqiong asked.
"have."
Ding Haoqiong nodded and motioned to Lu Xing to follow his boss to check out the surveillance camera.
Lu Xing didn't say anything and followed his boss to the monitoring room.
Although the boss left, the waiter was still there. He looked at the waiter and asked: "The deceased should have opened a locker here, right?"
The waiter nodded.
"Take me to see it."
After that, the waiter led me to the lockers, and then I saw a key inserted in the locker No. 38, while the other lockers were closed.
Ding Haoqiong walked straight to locker No. 38, twisted the key, and opened the locker. There was a set of men's clothes in the locker, as well as wallets, mobile phones and other items.
Ding Haoqiong picked up the wallet and rummaged through it, and found that the cash in the wallet was still there, but the identity document of the deceased was gone. This made Xu Lang subconsciously frown. Then he picked up the deceased's mobile phone and found that the mobile phone was still on.
, but the mobile phone card is not in his hand. Obviously, someone has been here before and took away the other party's ID card and mobile phone card.
"Is this the deceased's cabinet?" Ding Haoqiong asked.
The waiter thought for a moment and said, "Yes."
Ding Haoqiong nodded, turned his head and signaled for someone to take these things away and prepare to take them back for inspection.
After doing all this, Ding Haoqiong returned to the lounge again, and at this time, Qin Mingyue had already completed the preliminary autopsy.
"The age of the deceased should be between thirty and thirty-eight years old
"The death occurred around two o'clock in the morning last night. The cause of death was that the carotid artery was cut and he died of hemorrhagic shock. The murderer's method of committing the crime was the same as in the previous cases." Qin Mingyue looked at Ding Haoqiong and said.
Ding Haoqiong frowned, looked at Qin Mingyue and asked, "You mean, the murderer is the same person?"
Qin Mingyue nodded, shook her head, looked at the disposable razor on the ground and said: "In the previous murder cases, the murderer's tools were fruit knives, but this time it was different. The murder weapon was a razor.
The murderer’s tools for committing crimes have been upgraded.”
Ding Haoqiong followed Qin Mingyue's line of sight and naturally saw the bloody disposable razor. He frowned and asked, "What does this mean?"
"If it is the same murderer who commits the crime, then the murderer's methods of committing crimes are escalating. If it is not the same murderer, then the murderer's methods of committing crimes are more powerful than the previous murderer." Qin Mingyue said calmly.
Ding Haoqiong frowned. Obviously, he was not very satisfied with Qin Mingyue's statement. However, Qin Mingyue was a forensic doctor after all, and his opinions and suggestions were limited.
Seeing Ding Haoqiong's silence, Qin Mingyue said: "The scene has been photographed and fixed. These are the only conclusions from the preliminary autopsy. The detailed autopsy report can only be obtained after the body is dissected. I will leave first."
After saying this, without waiting for Ding Haoqiong to say anything, Qin Mingyue asked two criminal policemen to help take away the body of the deceased.
[Did Lai Pi come out to commit another crime? 】
This idea first appeared in Ding Haoqiong's mind, but he quickly rejected it.
First, although the manner of death of the deceased in this murder case was very similar to that of Jiang Yao and others, the tools used to commit the crime were different.
Second, Lai Pi has completely disappeared. As an experienced investigator, places like public baths are crowded and crowded, so it is easy to be exposed. And Lai Pi has wanted notices all over the city, so it is impossible for him to show up.
Third, Lai Pi has no scars on his face.
Thinking of this, Ding Haoqiong felt that this case might be different from the previous cases.
"Dingling bells..."
While he was thinking about this case, Ding Haoqiong's cell phone rang. He took it out and looked at it and found that it was Lu Xing calling.
"What's wrong? Did you find anything in the video?"
"I found the strange man the boss mentioned."
"Have you found out his identity?"
"Found it, we are all familiar with this person." Lu Xing's tone was very heavy.
"Lai Pi?" Ding Haoqiong asked tentatively.
"no."
"Who is that?"
"Deng Feizhang."
After hearing this, Ding Haoqiong's pupils shrank violently, narrowing into a gap, and thought to himself: "It is indeed him."
"Are you sure this person is Deng Feizhang?"
"One hundred percent sure."
Lu Xing answered very confidently, which made Ding Haoqiong believe the fact, but questions also appeared immediately.
Deng Feizhang has been missing for more than half a year. He should have left City S long ago. If Deng Feizhang had been in City S all along, his whereabouts would have been exposed long ago during the previous large-scale police operations. However, no.
This means that Deng Feizhang was not in S city at that time, but now that Deng Feizhang suddenly appeared, it means that he is back.
When did Deng Feizhang come back? What was the purpose of his return? Who was the deceased just now? What was the relationship between him and Deng Feizhang?
This series of questions appeared in Ding Haoqiong's mind at the same time.
"Take the video back for detailed analysis and inspection."
After saying that, Ding Haoqiong hung up the phone. He turned his head, looked at Wang Jiaqing and said, "Have your people seal off the scene immediately and conduct a detailed investigation. No detail can be missed."
"Okay, I know."
Wang Jiaqing didn't hesitate at all, turned around and left to assign tasks.
After Wang Jiaqing left, Ding Haoqiong took his mobile phone, turned and walked to the corner, and dialed Tian Yongchun's number.
The call was answered quickly.
"Hello, bedroom Tian Yongchun."
"Tian Bureau, I am Ding Haoqiong from CSY."
"What's wrong?"
"Another member of 'Master Chang' has died in Chengbei District."
"Who is it?" Tian Yongchun asked, his voice rising several times.
"We don't know yet."
"I wonder what you called me for?"
"I called you because I wanted to report another matter to you."
"What's going on?"
"Deng Feizhang is back, he may be the murderer."
"..."
After Ding Haoqiong finished speaking, the other end of the phone fell into silence. However, Ding Haoqiong could clearly hear Tian Yongchun's heavy breathing. Obviously, Tian Yongchun's mood at this time was very complicated.
After a while, Tian Yongchun's voice sounded: "Investigate this matter thoroughly immediately. No matter what, we must find Deng Feizhang in the shortest possible time. If we can arrest him, that would be the best. If he resists stubbornly..."
After a few seconds of silence, Tian Yongchun continued: "You can shoot and kill him. In short, you can decide the specific situation. This time, you must not let Deng Feizhang leave. Do you understand?"
"Okay, I know about the Tian Bureau. I will call you as soon as I have any news."
"Um."
After hanging up the phone, Ding Haoqiong's face was very solemn, and so was Tian Yongchun on the other end of the phone.