"Team Ling, the neighbor next to Lu Qingyuan's repair shop has provided us with an important clue. At the meeting at six o'clock in the afternoon, after everyone arrived, Rong Liang spoke first.

"Tell me about it. ”

According to the man, more than a month ago, a man about 40 years old, about 170 centimeters tall, and a thin figure often appeared in Lu Qingyuan's repair shop. ”

"What are you going to do?"

"Every time I go, I either squatted next to watch Lu Qingyuan repair small household appliances, or sat at the door alone and watched the street scene. It's just that I haven't seen it again for more than half a month. ”

"Anything else?"

"According to the neighbor of the repair shop, that person is similar to Lu Qingyuan, if you don't take the initiative to speak, he will never pay attention to others. Even if someone took the initiative to talk to him, the answer was only a few words. ”

"What about accents?"

"Local accent. ”

"Dressed up?"

"We brought back the surveillance video in front of a shop diagonally across from Lu Qingyuan's repair shop. ”

From the surveillance video brought back by Rong Liang and Zhao Zengyuan, due to the slight distance, a relatively thin and blurred figure can be roughly seen. The top is a blue T-shirt, the bottom is blue jeans, and the feet are wearing black casual leather shoes. Although it is impossible to accurately see the age and appearance, judging by the body type, it should be very consistent with Xun Jianguo's second inference - a height of 168 to 170 cm, and a weight of no more than 60 kilograms.

When Ling Zhan compared the image of this person in the video with the appearance of Yao Qiang, Xu Zhongliang, and Xu Linchuan that he and Xun Jianguo went to investigate, although he couldn't see the facial features of the person in the video clearly, in terms of body shape, it was still very similar to Xu Zhongliang in it.

"Immediately go and retrieve the video near the community where Xu Zhongliang lives, especially the time period when he appeared in Lu Qingyuan's repair shop, and notify the video team to work overtime to check Xu Zhongliang's movements. ”

Hearing Ling Zhan's order, Rong Liang and Zhao Zengyuan stood up and walked out again without saying a word.

"Team Ling, the whereabouts of the blue bath flower have also been found. ”

"What's the situation?"

Lu Qingyuan personally went to a small shop on Wuyi Road, one street away from his repair shop, to buy it. Since the owner of the store often asks Lu Qingyuan to help repair the small household appliances returned by customers, they are relatively familiar with each other.

And Lu Qingyuan, who has never been close to women, suddenly wanted to buy bath flowers that only women can use, which left a deep impression on the shopkeeper. Therefore, even after more than half a month, the memory is still fresh. ”

Although Qi Zhibin also came back, he only went out late with the criminal police team, so it was time to get off work after only having time to investigate the two manufacturers that produced the simulation model, and they could only wait for the next day to continue if they had no gain.

Ling Zhan and Xun Jianguo further learned from the police station where Xu Zhongliang's household registration is located that the 41-year-old has already resigned from the unit and has been unemployed in recent years. And he is still unmarried, and I haven't heard that he has friends of the opposite sex. Like Lu Qingyuan, he has lived alone for many years.

Although the police at the police station, Xu Zhongliang's neighbors and former colleagues all said that he usually likes to wear cosmetics and has feminine tendencies, it is not so obvious.

Based on the above information, it is not difficult for Ling Zhan to come to the conclusion that there is a possibility that there is a gay man between Xu Zhongliang and the victim Lu Qingyuan.

Could it be that the sudden extra water and electricity bills in Lu Qingyuan's house were because he secretly took Xu Zhongliang at home?

Although everyone has come to a similar conclusion in their hearts, it is not yet possible to draw such a conclusion without conclusive evidence.

"Song Jin will investigate Xu Zhongliang's communication records tomorrow, especially whether he has the habit of using chat software. See who you usually communicate with. ”

"Yes. Song Jin agreed: "Why don't I go to the video team to help." ”

Hearing Song Jin say this, Qi Zhibin also stood up and said, "Let's go together, I have nothing to do after work anyway." ”

When Song Jin, Qi Zhibin, Xun Jianguo, and Ling Zhan all went to the video team to help view the video data, they soon discovered Xu Zhongliang's figure.

"Team Ling, I found it. ”

In a video at 7:10 p.m. on September 18, it was found that Xu Zhongliang followed Lu Qingyuan into the community where Lu Qingyuan lived, although the two were four or five meters apart, but when they looked back to find the whereabouts of the two, it was found that Xu Zhongliang followed all the way from the repair shop, which obviously could not be a coincidence.

"Let's take a look at whether there are any signs of Xu Zhongliang leaving the community around the early hours of this morning. ”

Everyone watched for a long time, but did not find Xu Zhongliang from the only exit of the community, but found Xu Zhongliang's trace in the video surveillance of a traffic light on the west side of the street two kilometers away from the community, which was going to the direction of Xu Zhongliang's residential community. It can be seen that Xu Zhongliang's gait at this time seemed a little flustered, and he was still carrying a black plastic bag that looked like a little weight.

Just as the video data was interrupted, Rong Liang and Zhao Zengyuan, who went to retrieve the video materials near Xu Zhongliang's residential community, rushed back. then tracked Xu Zhongliang's whereabouts, and finally found that he returned home directly.

"Let's go, immediately call Xu Zhongliang. At this point, there was nothing to hesitate about, Ling Zhan immediately ordered Rong Liang and Zhao Zengyuan: "Uncle Xun then brought the search warrant and the people from the Technical Section to search Xu Zhongliang's residence. ”

In less than half an hour, Ling Zhan, Rong Liang, Zhao Zengyuan, Qi Zhibin, and Song Jin had already come to the community where Xu Zhongliang lived and knocked on his door smoothly.

"Xu Zhongliang?"

"Yes. ”

"We are from the Municipal Bureau's Serious Crime Team, so come with us. ”

At the same time that Ling Zhan and the others took Xu Zhongliang away, Xun Jianguo and the people from the technical department also entered Xu Zhongliang's residence. Before Ling Zhan, who returned to the serious crime team, began to interrogate Xu Zhongliang, an important piece of information came from Xun Jianguo.

"We searched Xu Zhongliang's residence and found a replica of the paw of the foot, as well as the murder weapons - a hammer and a fruit knife. Whether it is the simulation model, or the hammer and fruit knife, there are obvious blood stains. In addition, there is a copper incense burner, if I am not mistaken, from the antique dealer Zhou Wei, which was bought by Vietnamese jewelry merchants Nguyen Phuc Chun and Wei Dong Dong. ”

Hearing this, Ling Zhan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. No matter how the copper incense burner got into the hands of the victim Lu Qingyuan, and no matter how Lu Qingyuan is related to the line behind Mu Qixiong, if the murderer of Lu Qingyuan can be found within one day, he can finally give an explanation to the leaders of the city and the bureau and the general public.

"Uncle Xun immediately sent someone to send the evidence, and we interrogated Xu Zhongliang overnight. ”

(End of chapter)