Chapter VIII: Assisting in the Investigation

"Can you start by talking about how you found and tracked down the gangsters and fought them? The more detailed the better, and it's best not to leave anything out. Officer Liu took off his big cap and touched the bright brain with his hand.

Li Tianchou recounted what happened, of course, omitting some details that he didn't want to talk about during the fight. Officer Liu was silent after listening, while Officer Xu was still writing hard.

"You confirm that you were fighting with your bare hands and without the use of other weapons. Officer Liu coldly threw out a strange question.

What do you mean? Li Tianchou's mind spun quickly and replied, "Most of them are bare-handed, and of course, my leather shoes are also weapons to help me." ”

"Leather shoes?" Officer Liu asked suspiciously, and at the same time swept Li Tianchou's black leather shoes beside the bed with his eyes.

"Yes, our property company distributes leather shoes to each security guard. I smashed the gangster in the face with it, confused him, and knocked him down. Li Tianchou replied calmly.

"How many shots did the gangsters shoot at you at that time?" asked Officer Liu again.

"I don't remember exactly, but I was red with each other. It could be three shots, or it could be four. Li Tianchou gave an ambiguous answer.

"The reaction and skill are good, I fired three or four shots at such a close distance, and only one shot. Officer Liu smiled, I don't know if it was a compliment or a meaning, in short, it made Li Tianchou uncomfortable to listen to.

"Good luck. At that time, the gangsters staggered and beat up. Li Tianchou said lightly, but he began to curse the other party in his heart, and the expression on his face became much colder.

"Did you only come to work at the property company this year? What kind of occupation did you do before?" Officer Liu didn't seem to care about Li Tianchou's reaction, he was silent for a moment, and then changed the direction of the question.

"I came to work in the property company in September last year, and I have been working for more than 3 months now. I used to be a farmer. Li Tianchou began to dislike the way Officer Liu asked questions.

"You mean, you came to SZ from out of town to work, and where is your hometown?" Officer Liu continued to ask.

"My hometown is from PL County, GS Province. ”

"I heard you describe just now, during the pursuit and fighting, you had a conversation with the gangsters, can you hear the other party's accent?"

"The one in the lead seems to be the accent of Hetao Yanbei, and the other two have not spoken. ”

"Oh, you know so much about accents, it seems like you've been to a lot of places?" said Officer Liu with a playful smile.

"No, I've only been to SX province except SZ. ”

"Oh, that's weird, have you studied the dialects of various places?"

"It's not. I've been a soldier in SX before, and my comrades are everywhere, so I know dialects better. Li Tianchou finally said that he had served in the army, and the way the officer surnamed Liu asked the question disgusted him, and the other party seemed to be setting a trap to induce him.

"What year of soldier are you and how long have you served?" Officer Liu suddenly realized, and continued to delve into the question unhurriedly.

"Those who enlisted in the army in ninety-five years have been in the army for five years. After changing jobs, he returned to his hometown to work as a farmer. Li Tianchou gradually became angry, and his tone began to become a little rushed.

"Oh, I've been in the army for five years, and I've been a conscript, and if I have been a volunteer soldier for a long time, it stands to reason that I can be transferred to a volunteer soldier, so why did you change jobs again? Which unit did you serve in?" Officer Liu didn't care about Li Tianchou's emotions at all, and threw out a series of questions like a cannonball.

"Does this have anything to do with the case?" Li Tianchou finally broke out, the surname Liu is really ill-intentioned, let's not talk about fighting gangsters, Lao Tzu is now a wounded, not a prisoner, as for such an interrogation?

"Don't get me wrong, I'm just casually inquiring about something. Officer Liu said with a grin. He glanced at Officer Xu, then got up and said to Li Tianchou: "Okay, let's talk about it here today, thank you for your cooperation." If you have any other questions in the future, we will look for you, have a good rest. It is hoped that nothing has been left out of the issues that have been touched upon today. After saying that, he put on a big cap and Officer Xu went out of the ward.

Li Tianchou was lying on the hospital bed, feeling upset. He couldn't figure out the intention of Officer Liu's next few questions, if it was just to understand the facts of the case, Li Tianchou would definitely try his best to cooperate. But from the questioning just now, Officer Liu seemed to have another purpose, which made Li Tianchou feel uneasy. Could it be that he had a nightmare in the fight, and what happened to him?

At this time, Xiaowen walked in from outside, still carrying a hot boxed lunch in his hand. "Let's eat, let's eat something, I must still be hungry after tossing at night, right?" Xiaowen was very enthusiastic, and poured another cup of hot water for Li Tianchou before sitting down.

"Thank you, Xiaowen. I'm in trouble for you this big night. I'm fine here, so you can go back and rest. Li Tianchou didn't want to go.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't bother. I can't go back, you're the hero of our property, everyone told me to take care of you, and the captain told me again and again just now. I'm going to make sure I get the job done. Xiaowen said very resolutely.

Li Tianchou had no choice but to shake his head. I was really hungry at night, so I opened my lunch box and devoured it.

At the same time, in the criminal police team of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Liu Ming, deputy director of the Municipal Bureau and captain of the criminal police, was anxiously walking back and forth in the office. In the past few years, there has been a major vicious case of five deaths and three injuries in SZ, and the pressure on Liu Ming's shoulders is huge, and the case has even alarmed the city government, and the leaders of the city bureau have also called many times to ask questions, which has made Liu Ming irritable.

At this time, it was already 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, and the phone rang on the desk, Liu Ming rushed to the desk in three steps and two steps to pick up the phone. "What's the situation?"

"Bureau Liu, the culprit has temporarily lost its trace, we are making every effort to investigate and arrest, and there is no news about the control points of various traffic arteries. The caller was Lu Hongmin, the captain of the second criminal investigation team, who is also the deputy commander in charge of the front-line arrest mission, and Liu Ming stipulated that he should report the situation every half an hour.

"The criminal has lost his trace under the noses of so many people? Is Xiao Yadong at the scene?" There was no progress in the case, and Liu Ming was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother.

"Team Xiao was there, and I called him on the phone. ”

"No need, you ask him to come back, come to my office immediately, and let him come with Liu Tiejun. Liu Ming hung up the phone angrily and frowned.

About twenty minutes later, Xiao Yadong and Liu Tiejun appeared in Liu Ming's office.

Xiao Yadong is the captain of the first criminal investigation team and once had a relationship with Li Tianchou. The first criminal investigation team is specially responsible for solving major criminal cases in the city, and it is a veritable "serious crime team". Liu Tiejun is the chief of the technical section of the criminal police team, who is responsible for the collection of evidence, investigation, technical appraisal and forensic work in the process of case investigation. The two can be described as two generals of the criminal police team.

"Bureau Liu. The two spoke in unison.

"Come, come, sit. Liu Ming pointed to the sofa and said. "The case is serious, so I had to invite the two of you over at night. I would like to hear about the specific facts and developments of the case. Old Xiao, you come first".

Xiao Yadong didn't give in, and took out a notebook from his small bag and opened it.

"The course of the case is as follows: at 8 o'clock in the evening of January 14, that is, today. A major homicide occurred in Room 501, Unit 2, Building 12, Phoenix Century Home Community, where Liang, the head of room 501, his wife Xue, and Liang's two minor children were unfortunately killed by gangsters.

"After the gangster committed the crime in the process of escaping, was found by the security of Phoenix Property Company, the two sides fought and chased, in the process, the gangster committed several crimes, three security guards were successively injured by the gangster's machete or pistol, one of them was sent to the hospital, after rescue efforts failed, died, the other two are not in danger of life.

On the side of the suspects, there were three people, one of whom was wounded and captured, another died on the spot in a fight with the security guards, and one suspect is at large. So far, six people have died, two have been seriously injured and one person has been slightly injured. It was preliminarily determined that this was a serious and cruel homicide case.

"It should be noted that from the perspective of modus operandi, it is very similar to the two homicide cases of '5.17' and '6.29' that we have been tracking for more than half a year. Their common characteristics are: the methods are brutal, they leave no room for survival, and the modus operandi is flamboyant, as if they were intentional. The tools of the crime are biased towards cold weapons. '5.17' used a controlled stab, and '6.29' and the present case both used machetes. Also, there are many people who commit crimes. Taking the current information in this case as an example, there were no less than three murderers, and it can be inferred from the knife wounds of the deceased that all three of them had received professional training in fighting skills, and one of the gangsters also carried a firearm. Judging by my intuition, there seems to be some connection between the three cases. Xiao Yadong let out a sigh of relief after speaking.

"Good guy!" 'Five dead and three wounded' became 'six dead and three wounded'," Liu Ming muttered, "Old Liu, what about you here?"

Liu Tiejun was the same police officer Liu who was looking for Li Tianchou to assist in the investigation at the hospital. He habitually scratched his bald head, also took out a notebook and opened it, and said unhurriedly: "The case team has made it very clear, I will only make some additions." After successively investigating and arranging, they visited the victim's neighbors, some security guards and people at the scene of the Phoenix Property Company, and obtained information from the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce overnight.

"1. The victim, Liang, is 45 years old. Before his death, he was the deputy general manager and chief financial officer of Yinhai Investment Consulting Company in our city; his wife Xue, 41 years old, was a staff member of the city's water supply company; and Liang's two children, a boy and a girl, were minors, both of whom studied in the city's Golden Sunshine Private School. The above is the basic information of the victim;

"Second, from the on-site investigation, the victim's property has basically not been tampered with, and it does not look like a robbery. Liang's family is the first batch of owners in the community, and they are usually relatively low-key, and there are few guests at home. It is not like provoking any enemies, of course, the interpersonal relationship between the victim and his family in the workplace and society, we still need to further investigate;

"Third, Yinhai Investment Consulting Co., Ltd. is a private partnership company with a small investment scale. At first, it was a program for overseas immigration and study abroad. In the past two years, we have been involved in real estate and futures, and the working capital has suddenly become very large, which is a huge change worthy of in-depth study, and if necessary, we need to intervene in the investigation;

"Fourth, from the analysis of the direct cause of the victim's death, the four members of Liang's family were all killed by the machete carried by the gangsters who slashed at the vital parts of the body. A security guard also died due to excessive blood loss and shock after being cut by gangsters;

"Five, huh...... The preliminary results of the autopsy of the gangster who died at the scene were astonishing: the gangster had four wounds on his body, all of which were fractures caused by a blunt blow, two of which were comminuted fractures, and the fatal blow was the cervical vertebrae. The fighting methods are extremely professional and ferocious;

"It is worth mentioning that it was a security guard of Phoenix Property who injured the gangsters, and if it was the effect of hand-to-hand combat, then the methods of this security guard are worth paying attention to. The other gangster was not much better, suffering a blow to the chest, a broken sternum, and massive bleeding from internal organs. He is currently in intensive care and cannot be arraigned for the time being. Liu Tiejun reported on his methodical investigation.

After Liu Ming listened, he fell into deep thought.