Captain Feng mobilized all the community police officers in the three police stations in Dongcheng, Xicheng and Anbei in the old city to help find a young and middle-aged man surnamed Gu from Pujiang City in the area under his jurisdiction. Just when everyone thought that they might need to find at least three or four days before there would be a result, a public security policeman from a police station in Dongcheng District suddenly reported to the public security detachment that he might have seen this man surnamed Gu.

Things have to go back to the beginning of the year, when it was the eve of the Spring Festival, people in Quanyang City were busy buying New Year's goods, and those merchants who came here to do business were also packing their last bags to prepare to go back to their hometowns. He can't remember exactly what day the policeman saw "Boss Gu". All he remembered was that it was his duty day, and it was cold and windy outside. At around 7 o'clock in the evening, someone went to the office to report the case, claiming that his wallet, bank card and ID card were all lost, hoping that the police station could issue him a certificate of loss of documents, and when he returned to his hometown for the Chinese New Year, he could reapply for an ID card by the way. Although the police officer told the other party that it was not necessary to issue a certificate of loss to reapply for an ID card, he still inquired in detail about the person's identity information and the process of the lost items.

The man, who identified himself as Gu Hangzhou, was 38 years old from Pujiang City, and came three years ago to work in the clothing wholesale business in Yangcheng City. It's just that I didn't expect that the business was bleak, and the goods that could not be sold wholesale were backlogged in my own hands. Now that he is at the end of his rope, he is ready to wash his hands and return to his hometown to find another way out. Unexpectedly, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and when he was busy emptying the goods in his hand, collecting some of the funds, and preparing for returning home for the New Year, he found that his wallet - along with the bank card and ID card inside - was gone. He couldn't remember exactly when he was gone, or where he didn't see it. He had already inquired about the places he had been to and the people he had met in the last few days, but he had found no trace of the wallet. He guessed that someone might have taken his wallet away while he wasn't looking.

Because the man spoke with a thick accent, the police had a hard time listening. After a simple questioning, it took the police nearly an hour to figure out what was going on. The man made a deep impression on him. Thanks to the policeman's "extraneous branches" inquiry, he left Gu Hangzhou's contact information. The original intention of the police was that if a well-meaning citizen picked up his lost wallet and handed it to the police station, he could contact him to come here to claim the lost and found. But I didn't expect that now this contact information has become a key clue in the case that Liu Pancheng and they investigated.

"It's up to you." This was the last sentence Captain Feng said to Liu Pancheng before hanging up the phone.

With Gu Hangzhou's name, ID number, permanent and temporary residence and other personal information, Liu Pancheng immediately contacted Wang Kui and asked him to come to visit. At the same time, he fed back this information to Captain Sun of the Criminal Investigation Corps, hoping that he could contact the police in Pujiang City to assist in tracking down Gu Hangzhou's whereabouts.

After everything was arranged, Liu Pancheng began to wait endlessly.

At half past four in the afternoon, at a regular meeting held at the Xincheng District Police Station, Wang Kui brought back the latest news. The information provided by Captain Feng is accurate, there is indeed a businessman surnamed Gu from Pujiang City, and this person did quit the lease and returned to his hometown at the beginning of this year, that is, before the Spring Festival.

"If this person really returned to Pujiang City at the beginning of the year, how could he have committed the robbery of a cash truck and the murder of Liu Suo and Bai Xingchang last week?" After Wang Kui reported on the progress of his work, he continued to say without breathing, "Either he didn't return to Pujiang City at all, or he returned here again after he went back." Personally, I'm leaning towards the former. ”

"Inspector Wang, I want to remind you that at present, we do not have enough evidence to prove that Gu Hangzhou is a suspect in the above case." Deputy Director Qu said coldly in a mocking tone, "Maybe he has already returned to Pujiang City?" ”

"Really? So how do you explain what Wang Laowu, Li Ziqiang, Zhao Lijuan and others said? Who is the out-of-towner who was still eating with Pan Wang a month ago? Wang Kui sneered.

Deputy Director Qu pursed his lips and did not refute again. Then he turned his head, with a playful expression, and watched coldly.

At this time, Liu Pancheng said slowly: "Although there is no direct evidence to prove that there are other people involved in the case besides Pan Wang, the possibility of multiple people committing the crime cannot be ruled out. ”

When everyone heard Liu Pancheng's words, they all focused their eyes on him.

"Did you get any new clues?" The instructor of the Xincheng police station eagerly searched.

"You can say yes, you can say no." Liu Pancheng's ambiguous answer aroused everyone's curiosity even more, "I went to find Zhao Lijuan again during the day today, and with her consent, I asked the comrades from the Criminal Department to go to her original rented place to collect Pan Wang's biological samples. ”

"Isn't the house being subleased?" Deputy Director Qu was surprised.

"Nope." Liu Pancheng replied solemnly, "Their rent is prepaid until the end of the year, and their daily necessities are still piled up in the house, and they haven't had time to empty it yet." Zhao Lijuan and the landlord greeted each other in advance, and the other party promised to wait until the end of the contract after the year before renting. ”

"Also, it's almost the end of the year, everyone is busy going home for the New Year, who is still renting a house at this time?" Deputy Director Qu muttered quietly.

"The comrades of the Criminal Division collected hair belonging to Pan Wang in their rented residence." After Deputy Director Qu's interruption, the topic returned to the topic, "Before, the comrades of the Criminal Science Institute collected some biological samples that did not belong to the parties in Liu's bedroom and Bai Xingchang's home. I asked them to compare the samples with those collected at Pan Wang's home. By the time I came to the meeting, nothing had come of it. ”

"No results don't mean anything, does it?" Deputy Director Qu questioned.

"Of course." Liu Pancheng bowed, "This may indicate that Pan Wang did not go to the scene of the second and third cases, and the criminals in these two cases were not him, but it may also indicate that the case was committed by him alone, but it did not leave any traces." ”

"This guy is tough enough." The instructor complained in a low voice on the side, "I didn't expect this case to be so tricky, and the investigation is far more difficult than I imagined!" ”

"The instructor looks like a person who hasn't done anything about the case!" Wang Kui teased.

"I came from a political work, and I have always been doing back-office work, and I am relatively lacking in business, which makes you laugh."

The instructor's humble response made Wang Kui not know how to interface for a while, so he simply remained silent.

"In addition to that, I have one more clue for all of you." Liu Pancheng's deep voice sounded again, "The comrades of the Criminal Division Institute compared the fingerprints collected from Liu's dormitory to find Bai Xingchang's fingerprints, which means that Bai Xingchang had been to Liu's bedroom before the crime, or he had met with Liu's dormitory. ”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the conference room suddenly exploded.

"Governor Bai has been to our office?" Deputy Director Qu overwhelmed everyone and asked in a loud voice that drowned out all the discussions, "When did you come?" What to do? Does any of you know about this? ”

Everyone looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you, and finally they all shook their heads to show that they didn't know.

"Maybe you came to Liu to inquire about the progress of the investigation of the cash truck robbery, right?" In the end, it was Wang Kui who ended the topic with a voice, "This is not the focus of our current work, we will now focus on tracking down the whereabouts of Pan Wang and Gu Hangzhou." ”

Liu Pancheng did not comment on the words of the crowd, his face seemed to be stained with a layer of frost in the shadowy light of the conference room, and his expression was so dark that he couldn't really see it.

Seeing that Liu Pancheng had been silent, Wang Kui asked out loud: "Team Liu, do we need to carry out a comprehensive investigation of the major hotels and guesthouses in the city now?" Gu Hangzhou didn't rent another room after quitting the lease, could it be that he lived in a bin hotel? ”

Liu Pancheng nodded when he heard this: "Before coming here for a meeting, I have already contacted Captain Feng, he will make a list for us, and from tomorrow he will send a comrade to assist us in carrying out the visit and investigation." Early tomorrow morning, you and the comrade sent here will first check the information of the hotels and guesthouses listed on the list, starting from the old city, and pay special attention to the accommodation registration information of foreigners staying in the city after the Spring Festival. ”