Liu Chen thought of judging whether Manager Cao had financial difficulties by inquiring about Manager Cao's financial situation, and the murderer's motive in many cases was for money, so is this Manager Cao also for money, although Xiao Xu said that Manager Cao's annual salary is hundreds of thousands, and he should not worry about it financially, but in case he encounters something that particularly needs money, the capital gap may not be on the road of borrowing usury, which is the fastest way to raise money in a difficult situation.

It's a pity that Liu Chen doesn't have such skills, he can hack into the banking system to inquire about Manager Cao's personal account information, only the police have this authority, if this is in Jiangxia, Liu Chen has someone in the city bureau who can help, but in the provincial capital he has no resources in this area, and he seems a little passive at this point.

Just as he was thinking about what to continue to understand, suddenly Wu Sheng, who was in the driver's seat, turned his head and said, "Brother Liu, the police are here." ”

Liu Chen and Xiao Xu leaned out of the window at the same time, only to see five policemen coming down from a police car, one of them was dressed as a technical inspector, they walked into the restaurant before and after, it seems that the flat-headed policeman believed Liu Chen's words and came to Yuejun Chinese Restaurant to test the bowl of porridge in the private room.

Liu Chen said to Xiao Xu: "Okay, I'm done asking the question here, you can go there to be questioned by the police." ”

Xiao Xu was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and got out of the car in panic, "Then I'll go." ”

"Well, remember, don't tell the police that I questioned you. ”

"Got it. ”

After waiting for Xiao Xu to walk into the restaurant, Liu Chen changed back to the passenger seat, and then they were going to another place, the abandoned parking lot.

The abandoned parking lot is the place where Manager Cao took Qin Si to meet Hu Bingcheng's people after he was drugged and stunned, maybe there will be any clues left at the scene.

According to the route Qin Si said, leaving in the southwest direction of the city, passing through the road of Nanzhuang Road, the navigation shows that there are three parking lots, one of which is in normal operation, and the other two are temporarily closed for parking services due to road reconstruction and other engineering reasons, and there is a parking lot that has been built for the longest and oldest time, which should be the abandoned parking lot that Qin Si said.

The two drove slowly to Nanzhuang Road, from the urban area to the suburbs, the number of vehicles gradually decreased, the road gradually narrowed, and there was only one main road, unfortunately, when they accelerated the accelerator to catch up, they found that there was a police car in front of them also driving in that direction, Liu Chen guessed that the police car in front of him was the flat-headed policeman who was questioned in the hospital before.

Liu Chen said to Wu Sheng: "We must reach the abandoned parking lot before them, get clues before them, and see if there is a path to go." ”

Wu Sheng looked at the navigation, shook his head and said, "There is no path, just this one, what should I do?"

Liu Chen stared at the police car in front of him, and after thinking about it, he decided: "Speed up and overtake directly." ”

Wu Sheng immediately stepped on the accelerator to the end, and took advantage of the opportunity for the police car to give way to a tricycle in front of him, and whistled past him, because the police did not know the vehicle with the license plate of Jiangxia, and did not arouse suspicion and vigilance.

Liu Chen and they ran all the way, and soon left the police car far behind, they found the location of the three parking lots according to the route on the navigation, but because there were police behind them, they did not have time to investigate and collect evidence on the three parking lots one by one, after weighing and considering, they gave up the investigation of the first two parking lots, and went directly to the third abandoned parking lot.

The third parking lot is almost ten kilometers away from the first parking lot, and if the police will investigate one after another, then the time difference between the first parking lot and the third parking lot is what Liu Chen and the others should strive for.

Came to this abandoned parking lot, as far as the eye can see, it is indeed a remote and barren place, this parking lot is overgrown with weeds, the paint on the walls has peeled off, some bricks are exposed, dilapidated, and the words "public parking lot" can still be seen on the wall at the door.

After walking in, except for a few abandoned vehicle shells, there are no normal vehicles parked inside, and there are no people in a radius of several kilometers around this center, no wonder Manager Cao and the suspicious murderer will meet here.

In order to prevent the car from being discovered by the police, Wu Sheng parked the car in a hidden place a little farther away and hid it, and then followed Liu Chen to carefully investigate the clues in the abandoned parking lot.

After a cursory search, he didn't find any obvious clues, which shows that the murderer is very cunning and cautious, and it is very likely that he has cleared the clues left here.

But in such a big place, if someone really came, and it was late at night, they would definitely inadvertently leave some clues, even if they were cautious and cautious, they would inevitably have some omissions, and Liu Chen decided to conduct a second survey.

The second time, Liu Chen was not limited to searching for a few key locations, but also on every corner, especially those overgrown locations, once such locations left clues, it was difficult for even the murderer himself to find them.

Liu Chen searched along the main road, then went around to the barren grassland on both sides, and launched a "carpet" search with Wu Sheng, and in the process of searching, Liu Chen found an important clue.

In a brick corner, Liu Chen saw a boiled pumpkin scrap.

The discovery of pumpkin scraps indicates that there are very likely people living here, at least for a while, because cooking pumpkins requires fire, pots, and it is impossible to prepare these guys if they just stop by or come over occasionally, and his gaze moved to a small dilapidated house in the parking lot.

This dilapidated little house is surrounded by weeds and moss, and it can be seen that it is just a compartment similar to a chicken's coop, about three or five square meters in size, no one will live here at all, but for the outlaws, there is a shelter from the wind and rain.

Liu Chen walked over quickly, squatted down and looked in from the entrance of the small house, it can be seen that this small house is really not much different from the chicken coop, there is a lot of dust on the ground, there is no furniture for people to use, and it seems that no one has stayed here.

However, when his eyes swept over the ground, he found that there was a footprint on the dust, and the dust happened to leave a complete footprint, according to the size and clarity of the footprint, Liu Chen judged that the owner of this footprint was a man of about 1.75 meters.

There is only one reason why this man is here, and he is hiding in a place where this bird does not, he is the murderer at the scene of the crime.

Liu Chen took some pictures of the scene with his mobile phone, and then got up to continue looking for other clues, at this time, he sensitively heard the sound of footsteps not far away.

Judging by the source and rhythm of the footsteps, there was only one person who came, and it should not be from the police, and it was very likely that it was the murderer himself who lived here.

Liu Chen immediately sent a message to Wu Sheng, signaling to hide, Liu Chen himself hid behind a row of bamboo poles, his eyes fixed on the direction where the footsteps at the door of the parking lot came from.

About a minute later, a man appeared at the door, his face covered with long hair, his clothes were in tatters, and he looked more like a beggar. Visually speaking, he was about 40 years old, and his height was almost the same as he had guessed before, and Liu Chen was very sure that this person was the owner of the footprints in the small house.

The man did not notice the existence of Liu Chen and Wu Sheng, and he walked into the parking lot casually, waving a dagger in the air with a dagger in his hand.

Holding a murder weapon, and the technique is so skillful, this proves that this person is the murderer, although Manager Cao and the woman were poisoned to death, but the murderer may not use the trick of blinding, in short, this middle-aged man is very suspicious.

Liu Chen watched the middle-aged man's every move intently, thinking that he had come just in time to solve this person before the police arrived, saving a lot of trouble in the back, and not having to rush time with the police.

Just as the middle-aged man approached, Liu Chen walked out from behind the bamboo pole and reached out to grab his shoulder, the middle-aged man instinctively picked up the dagger in his hand to fight back, and Liu Chen quietly removed the dagger in his hand.

The dagger fell to the ground, the middle-aged man's attention shifted downward, and Liu Chen directly knocked him unconscious. Wu Sheng also came out, and the two of them dragged the middle-aged man into the trunk of his car and threw it in.

Just as they had taken care of everything and got into the car, they heard the siren from behind, Liu Chen and Wu Sheng looked at each other and smiled: "This group of policemen is not much different from the group of people from the city bureau." ”

Liu Chen and Wu Sheng waited until the police car drove into the abandoned parking lot, and instead of choosing to return the same way, they continued to drive forward, intending to take the suspect to a secret location to pry his mouth open.

Wu Sheng continued to drive about ten kilometers, around a path, through a forest, to a place that was even more desolate than a parking lot, where there were no people, no flowers and birds, only towering trees and stubborn weeds.

There was no road ahead, the car stopped on the side, opened the trunk, pulled the middle-aged man who looked like a beggar down, and the two carried him forward for a while, and soon came to a backwaterhole.

The backwater pool is surrounded by weeds, the water is turquoise, there are no fish, no shrimp, only hungry long-legged mosquitoes lying on the carcasses of some animals to feed on nutrients, and the whole atmosphere is eerily quiet.

The two put the middle-aged man flat on the edge of the backwater pool, Liu Chen asked Wu Sheng to take a lighter, squatted down, turned on the flame, and the flame that danced gently with the wind roamed back and forth on the middle-aged man's face very softly, like a ghost fire that suppressed death.