Chapter Forty-Eight: Race Against Time

Luo Haiqing is an old criminal investigator, and immediately conducted a scene investigation, and preliminarily determined that he was killed. Lian Li was stabbed in the chest and killed instantly. Seeing this, except for Song Xiaoling, Luo Haiqing and Li Xiaoning couldn't help but gasp. Looking at the situation at the scene, it can be basically inferred that the murderer is a professional killer, who can be killed with a single knife, and he also has the ability to counter-investigate, leaving no clues at the scene.

Judging by the temperature and clotting of the bloodstains, the time of death of the deceased did not exceed two hours at most. In other words, the killers already knew what they were doing, and they wanted to kill before they arrived.

Li Xiaoning also came to a new conclusion that Liu Qifeng's car accident was definitely related to Lian Youli, that is, the car accident was by no means a simple traffic accident, but a purposeful and well-planned murder case.

Who is the mastermind? What is their purpose? What made him even more incomprehensible was why the killers killed so quickly and cut off the little clues they had just grasped.

Was this a coincidence by chance, or did someone give the other party a tip-off?

If someone is told, who is that person? Except for the three people who specifically handled the case, the director and deputy director of the Omijiang City Public Security Bureau knew about this matter, and no one else knew about their operation.

Li Xiaoning immediately expressed his suspicions, but was immediately vetoed by Luo Haiqing. The two bureau chiefs are leaders he has always respected, one is a veteran leader of the province's public security, the other is the captain of the former criminal police team, and he is the division commander he loves, they are all examples for him to learn, there is no reason to doubt them, and Li Xiaoning is not allowed to slander their personalities.

Li Xiaoning was silent, it seems that this time he really met his opponent, and a life-and-death battle began.

Unable to find the slightest flaw at the scene, they had to expand their outreach and visit the surrounding residents separately to see if they had seen anyone come to Lian Li at noon, and maybe they could find a clue.

During the visit, an old man who was on the other side of the door said that at about one o'clock in the afternoon, he heard someone knocking on the door, thinking that it was knocking on his house, so he looked through the crack in the door to see who it was, and when he saw it, he realized that the person who came was not knocking on his door, but knocking on the door of Lian Li's house.

Song Xiaoling immediately asked, "Do you see what the characteristics of the person knocking on the door look like?" ”

The old man shook his head and said, "I only saw the back of that person, he was wearing a windbreaker, and he was about 1.75 meters tall. ”

Song Xiaoling asked again: "After that person went in, did you hear any unusual noise?" And when did he get out? ”

The old man shook his head again and said, "I don't think I knocked on my door, so I didn't pay attention to it." I don't know what you're asking. ”

Luo Haiqing interjected and asked, "Then uncle, do you know who Lianli has been dealing with recently?" ”

The old man thought for a while and said, "I haven't paid attention to who he has been with, but I know that he has a girlfriend, what is her name?" Look at my memory, oh, I remember, her name is Zhang Meili, and she is from Yingtai City. That's right, that girl is from Yingtai City, and she sued me. Two days ago, she said her mom was sick and she wanted to go back and see. She told me to wait for Lian Li to come back and tell him. I asked her where Lian Li went. She said that she went to the provincial capital and went to help others pull goods. ”

Luo Hai counted and said: "Uncle, the information you always provided is very important for us to solve the case, you always think about it, Zhang Meili told you that you didn't, where is her family in Yingtai, is it a rural area or a city?" Who else is in her family? ”

The old man thought for a while and said, "She seems to have said that her home is on the outskirts of the city, and there is a small shop at home, and her parents make a living by opening a shop." ”

Luo Haiqing asked again: "What is the name of that small shop, did she say it?" ”

The old man smiled and said, "I said it, but I'm old, I can't remember it clearly." What is it called, it seems that there is a word for profit. ”

Li Xiaoning made a decision and decided to return to the camp. The killer will definitely go to the camp to find Zhang Meili, if he goes late, another bloody case may happen.

The three men warned the people of the local police station goodbye and told them to contact them immediately if they found new clues, and that only by closely cooperating with the police of the two places could the case be solved as soon as possible.

Out of Yingkou City, Li Xiaoning remained silent, frowning and thinking hard.

Song Xiaoling said: "Secretary Li, Team Luo, should we call the director and ask him to order all police stations to find this small shop surnamed Li first?" Otherwise, when we arrive at the camp, the killer will strike one step ahead of us, and we should have more pockets? ”

In fact, what Song Xiaoling thought of, Luo Haiqing and Li Xiaoning thought of. It's just that even the beneficial murder made both of them have the idea of a traitor in their hearts. If you call the bureau and a large number of police are dispatched, maybe the news will leak out and provide clues to the killer. Because now maybe the killer doesn't know the specific information of Zhang Meimei.

After some consideration, Luo Haiqing still dialed the phone number of Director Gao Xiaotian, because only based on the current information, the three of them went to the camp to find Zhang Meili, which was tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, and they still had to rely on the strength of the collective.

After Gao Xiaotian received Luo Haiqing's call, he was very surprised, he didn't expect that this case was really boring. Lian Li was killed, which means that Liu Qifeng's car accident was by no means a simple traffic accident, but a well-planned murder case. And who is the real mastermind behind this case? What was the murderer's purpose in killing Liu Qifeng? Is it love killing? Vendetta? Or is it for some other purpose?

Based on his decades of experience in public security and his sense of smell, he felt that there must be a deep background in this, which may be related to the struggle for power. If so, the mastermind behind it is likely to be a big shot. This undoubtedly brings a certain degree of difficulty to their detection, and at the same time, it also means that a real life-and-death struggle has begun.

Without further ado, Gao Xiaotian immediately called and met with Xu Haipeng, the deputy director in charge of public security. Immediately made a phone call to the director of the Yingtai City Public Security Bureau, and made arrangements on the spot, Yingtai and Yingkou are both county-level cities under Linhai, and the sub-bureaus are under the management of the Linhai City Bureau.

Gao Xiaotian asked the police officers of the police stations of the Yingtai sub-bureau to conduct door-to-door visits, and to be sure to find out the small shop with a sharp character on the door before dark, or find a Zhang Meili who went out to work.