Chapter 13: Three Hours, the Line Between Life and Death (I)
Zhou Yan's gaze in the distance gradually retracted, and once again fell to the old street in front of him.
He didn't have time to look at the towering things just yet.
At this time, the door of another police car was also opened, and two detectives, a man and a woman, got out of the car.
Chen Hao tidied up the suit that had been pressed out of some wrinkles and walked over first.
"As you wish, this is the scene of the crime......" he said to Zhou Yan, and pointed to a warehouse on the corner of the street: "That's it, you shouldn't even forget this." β
"I forgot." Zhou Yan said, and looked back at the policeman behind him, signaling that he wanted to go over there to have a look.
However, those policemen didn't seem to pay attention to Chen Hao.
"The process of investigating the case is completely entrusted to the detectives, and these police officers will not come and get involved." Lawyer Zou seemed to see Zhou Yan's doubts, and he walked over and said.
Zhou Yan nodded, it seems that the rules of this world are a little different from the previous world, and he still needs to adapt.
Thereupon...... Zhou Yan, Lawyer Zou, Chen Hao and Lin Xi walked to the warehouse together, and the police behind did just keep a relatively distant distance, and they didn't want to get involved. Their duty seems to be to simply put the prisoner in stronger handcuffs and leg cuffs to ensure that the prisoner does not take advantage of the opportunity to escape.
Zhou Yan thinks this is very good, after all, there are a few five big and three thick guys with batons around him, so when he looks for clues, he will be timid.
He pursed his lips and touched the book inside through the pocket of his prison uniform.
"Come on......"
He said, not knowing if he was telling himself or the book.
......
Soon, the four of them came to the door of the warehouse.
The warehouse is a relatively separate small building, flanked by a long-closed shop, and as for the location, it is at the end of the street, and further in, there is an even more dilapidated path, and a dilapidated building, and as you can imagine, if it were night, there would hardly be any pedestrians here.
So I have to say that those guys who borrow loan sharks are very good at finding a place, and in this environment, let alone beating people, you will kill a pig in the warehouse, and no one will find out.
Zhou Yan flipped through the case file, compared the photos of the warehouse gate, and confirmed that the gate at this time was the same as the gate at the time of the crime, and then approached the past.
In fact, there is nothing to see about the gate of the warehouse, which is a very ordinary folio door, with two door panels on the left and right, which are three meters high and one meter wide rectangular, and the surface is wrapped in iron sheets, although it is old, but it is very strong.
On the outside of the door, there is a horizontal iron rod, which is commonly known as the deadbolt, and there is a padlock under the deadbolt.
Zhou Yan flipped through the case file and saw that the testimony was written very clearly. On the night of the crime, the group of debt collectors found that the door could not be opened, so they locked the door bolt and left.
"Well, there is only one entrance and exit in the whole warehouse, do you think anyone can enter and exit at will when it is locked?" Chen Hao stood aside and asked lightly.
Indeed, in this case, if it were only the people in the warehouse, there was absolutely no possibility of opening the door.
So Zhou Yan didn't say this, and he didn't open the door in a hurry, but squatted down and stretched his hand under the crack in the door......
This action was seen by Chen Hao.
His expression didn't change in the slightest, but inside his mouth, his tongue pressed hard against his gums.
.......
Zhou Yan continued to squat, his hand still in front of the crack in the door, and stayed for a full twenty seconds before he finally stood up, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Because...... It's windy!
It's not big, but as long as there's wind, there's hope!
"Open the door!" Zhou Yan said.
Mr. Zou stepped forward and pulled out a bunch of keys.
A few days ago, Zou had already contacted almost all the people related to this case, not only to get the key to the warehouse, but also to notify the few people who asked for debts, and it is estimated that after a while, those people will come to the scene.
Lawyer Zou is like this, if he receives the money, he will definitely get things done.
"Squeak ......"
As the warehouse door was pushed open, the smell of old wood came to my face. When the sun shines in, you can clearly see the dust particles in the sky.
"Ahemβββ" Chen Hao coughed, and fanned the ash in front of him with his hand very unpleasantly, just about to go inside.
"Wait!" Zhou Yan suddenly shouted: "Don't enter!" β
Chen Hao looked at him with a stunned look: "What did you say?" β
"I said no!" Zhou Yan said succinctly: "Before I agree, don't go in a single step!" β
Chen Hao was shocked, because this kind of thing is usually used by himself as a detective, and now it is too awkward to say it from the mouth of a condemned prisoner.
He looked at Lawyer Zou, only to see that the other party was squinting, still with that professional smile on his face, and he didn't say a word, but the meaning was obvious, that is, ...... You have to listen to him.
Chen Hao snorted coldly: "I have to remind you that there are only three hours to come out this time, and at that time, no matter how much you shout, the police will escort you back to prison!" β
When Zhou Yan heard this, he didn't have time to deal with Chen Hao. He immediately turned and walked into the warehouse.
In fact, it is written in the case file that the floor area of this warehouse is 30 square meters, but if you don't come in person, it is difficult to construct in your mind how big a place is "30 square meters".
Now, the warehouse in front of Zhou Yan is much smaller than he imagined, and there are some wooden shelves stacked here, which causes the overall senses to be even more narrow.
And this is also the reason why the airflow under the crack of the door is small, after all, this warehouse is sealed, if the internal space is not large, the airflow is difficult to circulate quickly.
Zhou Yan walked inside while looking at the case file in his hand.
Soon, he found a photograph of the deceased's body when it was found. According to the photo, Zhou Yan was in the warehouse again and found the location where [Zhang] died at that time.
This location is in the middle of the warehouse, there are no shelves or anything like that, at this time, the place has been covered with a layer of dust, if you look closely, you can see a little blood on the ground that has not been wiped clean.
Zhou Yan raised his head and estimated the distance between the corpse and the gate, and found that it was about two meters.
At first, he thought that the distance between the corpse and the door would be very close, blocking the crack in the door, which caused the ash layer to thicken, but now, it seems that this is not the case.
As for the corpses...... It's pretty tragic to say.
A large iron hammer with a diameter of five centimeters was inserted into the chest, and the ground was covered with blood, all dripping out of the edge of the photograph.
And this [Zhang] ...... His real name, occupation, age and other information are not listed for the time being, just talk about his appearance.
It's quite distinctive.
The man was bald......