Text Chapter 025 An old photo
There are still traces of furniture being moved in the main hall, Tang Tian followed the traces on the ground and went to the room on the right first, this is a storage room, in addition to some furniture that has been piled up in the middle and has been burned into charcoal, there are cabinets burning next to it, and many hardware gadgets are scattered on the ground.
"It was too late and didn't leave any valuable clues. Tang Tian had already felt the pain of his skin being roasted, and immediately moved to the room on the left.
This is Lao Liu's bedroom, the first to be ignited is the innermost big bed, and now there is only a rough skeleton left.
The room was particularly badly damaged because it was carpeted, and when the carpet was burned, the room was burned, and the smell of burnt smell in the room was overwhelming.
Tang Tian's eyes were sharp, and at a glance, he saw that in the corner of the room, there was an old-fashioned wooden writing desk, which had been burned in half, but the other half that had not been burned had drawers!
"No matter, it's you!"
Tang Tian immediately made a decision, immediately rushed over with a bucket, poured half a bucket of water on the edge of the desk, and then poured the rest of the water over his head.
Although the flames on the edge of the desk were drenched with water, the temperature had only been slightly lowered, and when Tang Tian's hand grabbed it, he could still feel the scorching heat.
But he gritted his teeth, still endured the sharp pain of his palm being roasted, and screamed and dragged out the remaining half of the table!
The room was not big, only three or four paces away, so he pulled the table to the door, and then turned a little right, and it was the main entrance.
Qu Liuqiao had already carried another bucket of water and waited outside, and removed Lao Liu's body.
Wow!
Another bucket of cold water splashed on Tang Tian's body, making Tang Tian suddenly feel a shock in his spirits, and he yelled and dragged the half of the table out of the room.
"Tang Tian, are you okay?" Qu Liuqiao hurriedly came over to help him, and the two of them worked together to lift the table to a safe position.
"It's fine. Tang Tianqiang squeezed out a smile and waved his red-burned right arm.
The fire in the room on the left side was very large, and he didn't have to go in for a long time, but some places on his right arm were inevitably burned by the flames, and it was extremely painful to move.
But I can't rest now, and there is still a residual flame on the table that I moved out.
"Don't water yet. Tang Tian stopped the meandering flow that went to fetch water again, walked to the half of the table, and used brute force to open the locked drawer on the top floor.
To be honest, if it weren't for this lock, he wouldn't have taken such a big risk to drag this table out, Tang Tian even guessed that this drawer might be the only place in Lao Liu's house that was locked.
Click!
Maybe it was due to disrepair, or maybe it was caused by the high temperature, Tang Tian only pulled it hard, and the drawer was opened.
What was then revealed was an old-fashioned notebook with a brown leather surface and several red five-pointed stars on it.
It's just strange that Tang Tian opened the first page of the notebook, and it was empty, and he didn't write a word.
"It's new in the book.,Never recorded anything.,Strange......"
Tang Tian rummaged through the notebook and muttered, "If it's just a blank notebook, why do you want to lock it up deliberately."
"Tang Tian, when we were in school, we preferred to put secret things in the compartment of the skin and notebook. Quliu reminded in a weak whisper.
Hearing this, Tang Tian's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and he hurriedly peeled off the skin of this notebook.
Sure enough, a yellowed photo came into his eyes.
The moment he saw this photo, Tang Tian felt that his brain exploded!
In the front of this photograph is a yellow rape field, and the main reference behind it is a three-story building......
This building, Tang Tian also saw this afternoon, although in the photo, the windows of the tube building in Xiaoning Village are full of all kinds of clothes to dry, but the outline is roughly correct.
Most importantly, he saw familiar faces in the group of people gathered between the rape field and the tube building......
"This man...... is Ning Guozhu, the culprit of the tragedy fifteen years ago. Tang Tian pointed to the person in the middle of the first row in the photo, "Behind him is his child, and then his wife." ”
Tang Tian had a good memory, and of course he remembered the faces that had appeared on the archives.
It's just that......
Tang Tian's fingers swiped lightly over the photo, and his brows furrowed slightly: "This is not an illusion, if I am not mistaken, it is recorded in the archives that when the accident occurred in Xiaoning Village, there were a total of thirty-seven families living in that building, one hundred and twelve people, right?"
Qu Liuwan thought for a while, and then nodded: "It seems to be this number, what's the matter?"
Tang Tian's eyebrows tightened: "The number is wrong, there are a total of one hundred and eighteen people in this photo, not including the person who took this photo." If the person in charge of taking pictures also belonged to Xiaoning Village, it would be one hundred and nineteen people. ”
"Are you sure?,Count the number of people on it so quickly?" Qu Liuqiao was a little surprised, she only saw Tang Tian's finger scratch on this photo, and the whole process didn't take more than three seconds, and the count?
But how did she know, in fact, the moment she saw this photo, Tang Tian had already determined the number of heads on the photo, and later had finger assistance, just to verify it.
There will be no mistake in the files left by the police station, and no one dares to make mistakes in the number of personnel in such a big case back then!
But looking at the photos again, everyone's faces are full of smiles, gathered together, and this is more like a group photo of a village.
"When the tragedy happened that night, there must have been someone who didn't stay in Xiaoning Village for some special reason. Tang Tian immediately deduced, "For example, the phone call we knew before, it may be someone from Xiaoning Village who called someone who didn't stay in the village that night, but must be on this photo!"
"I agree with this inference, and now it seems that the seven people who died of poisoning in that case three years ago should focus on investigating their identities. Qu Liuwan fiddled with his mobile phone: "I have already informed the Xiang team of the situation here, and he said that he will come over immediately." ”
At this time, sirens sounded from far and near.
Tang Tian and the two of them carefully moved the table and Lao Liu's body to the corner, and then went to open the door to facilitate the fire alarm that was about to arrive soon.
"Fortunately, this old Liu doesn't seem to have the habit of locking the door at night. Tang Tian opened the bolt of the gate from the inside, "Actually, almost every household in this Liu Lou Village has a three-story small western-style building, only the old Liu family is still a blue brick house, even if the door is not locked, there must be no criminals to patronize here." ”
In less than three minutes, the fire truck with the siren arrived as scheduled.
The firefighters were not surprised when they saw that the gate had been opened, and they saw Tang Tian and Qu Liuqiao who were already in the yard, as well as the corpses that were placed next to them, so they didn't say a word and worked first, fighting the fire first, and striving to minimize the loss.
It took more than ten minutes for the fire to be completely extinguished.
"Vice-captain, it's a little strange that this fire is not like a mistake starting, but more like arson. After the fire was extinguished, several firefighters whispered, "Although the systematic investigation has not yet begun, it is obvious that the fire broke out in the houses on the left and right sides first, and the house in the middle was not ignited at all because there was almost no combustible, on the contrary, the rooms on the left and right sides were fiercely fired." ”
"I can also see that the source of the fire should be in the room on the left and right, and the time of the fire is about the same. As he spoke, the deputy captain looked at Tang Tian and Qu Liuqiao, who were standing not far from them, "Team Qu, are you here to investigate the case?"
This vice-captain actually knows Qu Liuweak?
Tang Tian was a little surprised, could it be that the prestige of the weak meandering had spread to the fire protection system?
Compared with Tang Tian, Qu Liuqiao seemed to be even more surprised: "Do you know me?"
"Of course I do. The deputy captain took off his asbestos gloves and stretched them out to shake Qu Liu's weakness, "You may not remember me, but we have seen the arson case in the west of the city a year ago, my name is Zhou Ming." ”
"Hello. Qu Liuwan nodded faintly, "I'm still wondering why you were so relieved about the existence of the two of us just now." ”
Zhou Ming touched the back of his head and laughed, he looked a little shy, not at all as capable as a few minutes ago: "Of course, I told these boys when I got out of the car, you are your own people." Team Qu, do you see this forensic investigation, did you start it first, or did we do it?"
The order of investigation and evidence collection is very important, if it has been determined that it is an arson case, then the first thing should be the public security system to investigate and collect evidence.
After all, the division of labor between the two departments is different, and the main task of the fire brigade is to investigate the source of the fire, and they generally do not take into account other evidence of crime.
It's just that under normal circumstances, it is only after the fire protection system has investigated and collected evidence that it can be determined that it is arson, and at that time, the public security system intervenes, and some key evidence may have been accidentally destroyed.
"Let's come first, you wait a minute, the person I contacted will be here in half an hour at most. ”
Tang Tian knew that Xiang Yu must be very annoyed now, before he and Qu Liuqiao went out, Xiang Yu also said that Lao Liu didn't need to pay too much attention here.
Although at that time, whether it was Tang Tian or others, they were very convinced of Xiang Yu's judgment, Lao Liu had been doing this for so many years, and if the murderer wanted to do something to him, he would have done it a long time ago.
Tang Tian and the others came over this time, and the destination was not Lao Liu's house.
"Why did you choose to do it today? And it's clear that everything seems very rushed. Tang Tian pinched the notebook in his hand, and even left this thing behind, the murderer's crime must have been very hasty, or rather, it was a crime of passion.
"I think it has something to do with our presence today. Qu Liu bowed his head weakly, and his voice was very low.
"Our appearance? Could it be that the murderer knows about our department? He was afraid and had to react in time?" Tang Tian was a little puzzled, to be honest, he also felt that this reason was a bit far-fetched.
After all, the culprit in this case has done countless major cases in the past 15 years, and has never left obvious clues, especially those related to Xiaoning Village.
His way of revenge is more about making people disappear, and how he killed his victims in the process is another matter, but he must be very secretive!
But today's events are very different from the previous related cases, and this case, compared with the culprit's previous practices, is really too ostentatious!
He made Lao Liu a 'human meat roast duck', obviously there is a great sense of revenge, so what is the reason why he has not done it for so many years, but he only chose to act hastily tonight?
"The murderer can't be afraid of the Secret Service, he must have some other reason to do it, and this reason, most likely, has something to do with us, but we are not aware of it yet. ”