After listening to Gong Xiaomei's confession, Ye Du did not continue the interrogation, but left the interrogation room to ask Hong Bin about the results of the interrogation.
Compared with Gong Xiaomei's hesitation, the attitude of Liu Mingxuan's family was much better. During Hong Bin's interrogation, they took the initiative to answer questions without asking any questions.
Hong Bin didn't believe it at first and felt very surprised, but soon he figured out what was going on.
Cao Sizhe is dead, Wang Hongzhen is dead, Liu Mingxuan is dead, and now Wang Jingyao is also dead. So, whose turn is next? No need to think about it, it must be Liu Ruilong.
People are selfish and afraid of death. Many people always threaten to seek death. That is because they know that no one will kill people for no reason. This was not the case in ancient times and is even less likely now. However, one day, when it really happens,
When someone will kill them, they want to die? Impossible, the only thing they think about is how to survive.
The fire in the 23rd year was indeed very serious. If this incident was exposed, Liu Ruilong would definitely be severely punished, and Gong Xiaomei and Xi Junli would also be punished for harboring the crime.
No one wants to go to jail. Entering prison means losing freedom, but how many people are willing to lose freedom? However, when faced with losing freedom or death, most people will choose the former. The two rights are harmful to each other, whichever is less. Who is this?
Everyone knows the truth.
When Cao Sizhe died, they chose silence, because Cao Sizhe had no contact with them. He was not a relative. He died when he died. When Wang Hongzhen died, they chose silence. When Liu Mingxuan died, they also chose silence. They are old, anyway.
He wouldn't live long, or it might be due to other reasons, so he should die. However, when they thought that Liu Mingxuan committed suicide, the matter was over, but they did not expect that Wang Jingyao would also die.
Now that we know who the murderer is and why he killed, and Wang Jingyao is dead now, who's turn will be next? Of course it's Liu Ruilong. He didn't want to die, so he chose to confess and admit the evil deeds he committed twenty-three years ago.
Compared to the past, it is estimated that what Liu Ruilong wants most now is to go to jail, at least so that he can get protection from the police.
In the corridor, Hong Bin and Ye Du were discussing this matter.
"Tell me, are what they said true?"
At this time, Hong Bin was leaning against the wall, smoking heavily. Although Xu Lang had made such a bold assumption before, Hong Bin still felt a little incredible after Liu Ruilong and the others confessed.
Ye Du thought for a while and said: "The possibility is very high. Murder and assisting in murder are both serious crimes, and the punishment is very serious. If there is not enough benefit or sufficient reason, they will not choose to kill. Moreover,
I wouldn’t choose to hide anything.”
"So, Cao Sizhe's case has been solved, and Chang Zhiyuan killed someone out of revenge," Hong Bin said.
Ye Du shook his head and said: "Actually, so far, none of us have seen Chang Zhiyuan himself, and we don't even know whether Chang Zhiyuan really exists. Of course, based on the information we currently have,
Chang Zhiyuan is the murderer, so there is definitely no problem. However, I always feel that Cao Sizhe's case is not that simple."
Hearing what Ye Du said, Hong Bin also nodded.
The murder cases of Cao Sizhe, Wang Hongzhen, Liu Mingxuan's suicide case, and Wang Jingyao's murder case seem to be very clear now, but there are still many problems.
First, at the first scene where Cao Sizhe was murdered, the footprints of five people were found. The footprints of the deceased Cao Sizhe, the suspect Chang Zhiyuan, and Liu Mingxuan. In addition, there were also the footprints of two people, one of which was Xu Lang's.
There are also traces of a woman. During the time when Cao Sizhe disappeared, many people knew what Xu Lang was doing there. It was already established that he had not been to Nanzhuang County. So Xu Lang’s suspicion
This can be ruled out for the time being. In this case, who is the person who faked Xu Lang's presence? And who is that woman?
Second, was the fire in the 23rd year really caused by Cao Sizhe and the others? After all, the results of the fire investigation that year were very clear. The fact that Cao Sizhe and the others set the fire was only inferred based on the archives.
So much solid evidence.
Third, who killed Cao Sizhe? Was it Chang Zhiyuan alone, and the four people at the scene conspired to kill him?
Fourth, who killed Wang Hongzhen? Liu Mingxuan, Chang Zhiyuan, or that mysterious woman?
Fifth, did Liu Mingxuan commit suicide willingly, or was he forced to commit suicide? If it was the former, it was suicide out of fear of crime, and if it was the latter, it was homicide.
Sixth, who killed Wang Jingyao? Was it Chang Zhiyuan, a mysterious woman, or two people conspired to kill Wang Jingyao?
Seventh, what is Chang Zhiyuan’s identity? According to the current investigation, Chang Zhiyuan’s surname is not Chang, but Dai. He is Dai Zhiyuan’s son. According to the confessions of Gong Xiaomei and others, the reason why Chang Zhiyuan knew the two
Dai Zhiyuan spent nearly 20 years investigating the truth about the fire thirteen years ago. Now that the truth has been found out, why didn't they hand over this information to the police? Is the killing just for revenge?
Eighth, is Chang Zhiyuan a student of Sun Wenyao, or in other words, is he a member of the ‘Master Chang’ organization? Why are the murder symbols left at the scene and the message specifically left for Xu Lang?
More than a month has passed since the investigation of the case. The murderer is basically confirmed to be Chang Zhiyuan. However, Chang Zhiyuan's identity is still unclear. It seems that he completed Sun Wenyao's original murder case. However, judging from the way he committed the crime,
From the looks of it, it doesn’t look like he was Sun Wenyao’s student at all. Cao Sizhe was torn apart by a car, Wang Hongzhen was stoned to death, Liu Mingxuan was hanged, and Wang Jingyao was burned to death by fire.
Death, none of this is in line with Sun Wenyao's murderous methods.
The most important thing is that Sun Wenyao only killed one person in each of the five cases, and Lu Xiujie only killed two people. On the other hand, Chang Zhiyuan, from the current point of view, he was involved in at least four cases. This is no longer original murder.
The pattern of the crime has changed, but it is more like pure revenge and copycat crime.
If you want to investigate these four cases, you must find two people, one is Chang Zhiyuan, and the other is a mysterious woman who appears many times.
However, the question now is, where is Chang Zhiyuan? No one knows, and the same is true for the mysterious woman. She never appeared in front of the police from beginning to end.
During this period, the police conducted a detailed investigation into Chang Zhiyuan's past. The investigation found that Chang Zhiyuan appeared in front of people very rarely. Anyone who knew Chang Zhiyuan could provide very limited information. If they wanted to find Chang Zhiyuan,
Zhiyuan is very difficult. As for the mysterious woman, during the investigation, no one knew that there was a woman beside Chang Zhiyuan. As a result, the identity of the mysterious woman became even more mysterious.
Whether Chang Zhiyuan is a student of Sun Wenyao or not is a crucial question.
Judging from the current situation, Chang Zhiyuan should be a copycat and not a student of Sun Wenyao. Because Mr. Chang's identity was exposed, when the police investigated Chang Zhiyuan, they did not find any connection between him and the people of 'Master Chang', and
, 'Master Chang''s people are not involved in these four cases, at least, that is the case for now.
If Chang Zhiyuan is a member of Master Chang, it is impossible for them not to intervene. However, it is very strange that Master Chang's people have not intervened at present.
After Hong Bin expressed these questions, Ye Du thought for a long time and shook her head, saying that she had not figured these things out yet.
"What should we do next?" Hong Bin asked.
"Let's investigate the case of Wang Jingyao's murder first."
Hong Bin nodded.
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In the interrogation room, Ye Du came back again, and Hong Bin came back with Ye Du.
"Gong Xiaomei, do you know that we are monitoring you?" Ye Du asked straight to the point.
Gong Xiaomei nodded and said, "We thought of it when we decided to report the crime."
"Why did Wang Jingyao leave home last night?"
"He received a call from Chang Zhiyuan, asking him to go out."
"Just because of a phone call?"
Ye Du frowned.
Gong Xiaomei explained: "Chang Zhiyuan said that he was ready to leave and wanted to hand over the evidence in his hand to Jing Yao. Jing Yao also hesitated for a long time before deciding to leave."
"Wang Jingyao went out and deliberately threw away our tracking personnel. Was it intentional?" Ye Du asked.
Gong Xiaomei nodded and said, "It's intentional."
"What time did Wang Jingyao receive the call?"
"eight pm."
"What time did you go out?"
"Ten p.m."
"He didn't come back all night. Have you looked for him?"
"At twelve o'clock in the evening, Jing Yao didn't come back, so I called the police. However, the other party said that he had been missing for less than 24 hours and could not file a case. He asked us to find it ourselves," Gong Xiaomei said.
Hearing this, Ye Du turned his head and looked at Hong Bin.
Hong Bin said: "Our police officer responsible for tracking launched an operation after being thrown away by Wang Jingyao, but did not find Wang Jingyao."
Ye Du nodded and did not continue on this topic, but asked: "Wang Jingyao is dead, do you think your son was killed?"
"It must be Chang Zhiyuan."
Ye Du was not surprised at all by Gong Xiaomei's answer.
"Have you met Chang Zhiyuan?"
Gong Xiaomei shook her head and said, "No."
Ye Du frowned and asked, "Has anyone seen Chang Zhiyuan?"
"Only my Lao Wang and Lao Liu, no one else has seen them."
As soon as Gong Xiaomei said this, Ye Du and Hong Bin frowned at the same time. The only people who had seen Chang Zhiyuan were Wang Hongzhen and Liu Mingxuan. However, these two people were dead, so no one had seen Chang Zhiyuan. This
Where can the police go to find someone?
More importantly, Gong Xiaomei just said that Chang Zhiyuan called Wang Jingyao after finishing his work and told him that he was leaving.
Regardless of whether Chang Zhiyuan really wants to leave, this is not good news for the police.
If Chang Zhiyuan is really just out for revenge, then since he killed Wang Jingyao, he will definitely not leave, because Liu Ruilong is not dead yet. If what Chang Zhiyuan said is true, then who killed Wang Jingyao?
"Dai Zhiyuan's youngest son really survived that year?" Ye Du asked.
Gong Xiaomei said without thinking: "He survived. I once saw half of his face and body burned by the fire."
"Huh? Half a face?" Hong Bin asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Yes, half of his face was burned by the fire."
"The child Dai Zhiyuan gave birth to back then, was it a boy or a girl?"
"A boy."
"you sure?"
"Sure."
Hong Bin stopped asking questions and fell into deep thought.
Ye Du was a little confused. She didn't understand why Hong Bin cared so much about this detail, so she looked at Hong Bin and asked, "What's wrong? There's a problem."
Hong Bin
He looked at Gong Xiaomei, then looked at Ye Du, nodded and said, "There is indeed a problem."
After saying that, Hong Bin told Ye Du about Xu Lang's encounter with the woman in white. Xu Lang said at that time that half of the face of the woman in white he met had also been burned by the fire, and because of this incident
Hong Bin went to investigate the matter, but found nothing. Later, too many things happened, and the matter was shelved.
Now, Gong Xiaomei mentioned that Dai Zhiyuan's second child also had half of his face burned by the fire. Is this a coincidence?
It seems to be a coincidence, because Dai Zhiyuan's second child is a son, and what Xu Lang saw was a woman. Chang Zhiyuan once accompanied Dai Zhiyuan and appeared at the household registration department in H City. The household registration police had the impression that Chang Zhiyuan was wearing a mask at that time.
and hat. Although the facial features are not clearly visible, you can tell that he is a man.
Hong Bin also had an impression of the woman Xu Lang saw. She was a very thin woman. She didn't look like a man, nor did she look like she was disguised.
If it is a coincidence, why did Xu Lang encounter the woman in white when he was investigating the Cao Sizhe case? Once was a coincidence, but three times is not a coincidence, right?
Thinking of this, Ye Du seemed to have thought of something and said: "Could this woman in white be the woman who has appeared at the scene of the crime many times?"
Hong Bin thought for a while and nodded first, thinking that there was a possibility that people tend to like to be with people who have had similar experiences. However, he shook his head again and felt that this guess was a bit ridiculous.
After being silent for a while, the two people put the question aside for the time being, and asked a lot of details about the fire twenty-three years ago, and then asked a lot about Chang Zhiyuan. However, what Gong Xiaomei actually knew was not
Much, she only knew that the fire twenty-three years ago was related to her son and Xi Junli's son. Apart from that, she didn't know many details. After all, she was not the murderer.
After the inquiry made no further progress, the interrogation ended there, and Gong Xiaomei's family and Liu Mingxuan's family were temporarily detained.
In the case of Wang Hongzhen and others, they were the victims, and in the 23rd year of the fire case, they were the criminals, especially Liu Ruilong. As for the others, they were all guilty of harboring, and detention was certain. Of course, Ye
There is another reason why they do this, which is to protect them.
Now, the most important issue is to find Chang Zhiyuan and arrest him. But now we don’t know where Chang Zhiyuan is. The best way is to use Liu Ruilong as bait. However, this idea is too bold, and we have taken risks in the past.
In case Liu Ruilong was released as bait and Chang Zhiyuan really took action, the police failed to protect Liu Ruilong, which would be their dereliction of duty. Moreover, Chang Zhiyuan was probably not acting alone. He also had an assistant, the mysterious one.
woman.
The police have collected some information about Chang Zhiyuan. However, so far, they have not found out much about the identity of the mysterious woman. They only know that she is a woman, that's all.
After the interrogation, Ye Du and Hong Bin discussed how to find Chang Zhiyuan.
First of all, the police only have a few portraits in their hands. These portraits are all based on profiles of people who know Chang Zhiyuan. In fact, no one knows whether Chang Zhiyuan looks like this.
Secondly, Chang Zhiyuan did not have an ID card. The police already knew this during the investigation, so it was impossible to find Chang Zhiyuan through his identity information.
Then, Wang Jingyao died. If Chang Zhiyuan really wanted revenge, he would definitely take action next. And Liu Ruilong was temporarily protected by the police. What would Chang Zhiyuan do?
Finally, the high technologies used by the police in the past, such as surveillance cameras, card checks, and crowd tactics, are of no use. How can you find people if you don’t know what they look like?
With the explanations given by Gong Xiaomei, Xi Junli and others, the case of Cao Sizhe and others seems to have been solved and the truth has come out. However, has the truth really been revealed? Obviously not.
Next, the focus of Ye Du's work should be on how to find Chang Zhiyuan.
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City S, in a certain room.
"Are you Chang Zhiyuan?" Du Ziqiao looked at the man in front of him and asked.
"Yes."
This is a man who looks about thirty years old. In fact, he is only twenty-three years old. He may have lived in the countryside for a long time and farmed. He has dark skin, a slight hunchback, and his hands are covered with calluses and wounds. The man looks normal.
There was no difference between people, and there were no traces of burns on their faces. This was beyond Du Ziqiao's expectation.
After understanding Chang Zhiyuan's answer, Du Ziqiao turned his head, looked at the woman in white, and asked, "Is he yours?"
The woman in white nodded and said, "Yes."
"Is he a student of Sun Wenyao?" Du Ziqiao asked again.
However, the woman in white shook her head and said, "No."
"Then the Cao Sizhe case..."
"It has nothing to do with me. I have never killed anyone." The woman in white said.
Du Ziqiao frowned. He looked at the woman in white for a while, then turned to look at Chang Zhiyuan. To be honest, the man in front of him made him very suspicious, wondering whether he was Chang Zhiyuan.