Chapter 9: The Strange Case of the Bell Tower (3)
Last night, he and Tang Zhenguo opened their bellies and went to the vegetable farmer's fragrant skewer restaurant to make skewers, and they suffered in the middle of the night. I guess it was too spicy to eat, so I got up and pulled it several times. Early the next morning, I received a call from Lao Lu in a daze, saying that the surveillance video of the crime scene had been retrieved, and there were some suspicious points for me to see, and Xiao Xia was already on the way to pick us up.
I put on my clothes, my stomach was still rumbling, I had no appetite, and I gulped down some hot water.
I didn't call Tang Zhenguo, because he really drank a lot yesterday, just Jiang Xiaobai, who was two taels, drank five. He drank and told the truth, and I learned that he had a 10-year-old daughter who lived with her grandparents in the Beishan Road area. That's one of the big reasons why he chose to rent a house with me, which is to be closer to his daughter. And today, it is her daughter's tenth birthday, and he wants to accompany his daughter today.
"Hopefully he and his daughter have a good day." I thought about it as I walked out of the house.
Dialed Xiao Xia's phone, he has already arrived at the fruit market, and it is estimated that he will be downstairs in ten minutes.
I walked to the cigarette stall on the side of the road and bought a pack of Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang, and the stall owner suddenly asked me: "Ouyang, the Xishan Bell Tower has killed someone, do you know?" β
I looked at the stall owner and said as I gave the money, "You know, I'm following that case." β
The stall owner said, "You're following, that's good, that's good, I know you're a detective, you're the nemesis of those terrible murderers." These people, if they catch one, they should shoot one. β
I nodded and said, "I'll catch the murderer." I waited for the car and left first. β
The stall owner said, "Okay, you go and get busy, you go and get busy." β
I turned and walked to the side of the road, lit a cigarette, and thought for a moment. The owner of the cigarette stall is a disabled woman in her 50s, named Li Xiuqing. I heard from neighbors that he and her husband were robbed more than a decade ago, and her husband was stabbed to death on the spot, and one of her legs was also stabbed and left disabled. Although the case has not been solved in the end, this woman is very strong, and with this cigarette stall and small shop, she has brought up her daughter alone. I've always thought this woman was amazing, so I always patronized this stall when I bought some small things, and I became familiar with it.
got into Xiao Xia's car and went straight to the criminal investigation team. On the way, I looked sideways at Natsu's nose and asked apologetically, "How is your nose?" β
Xiao Xia said with a straightforward smile on his boyish face: "This is the first time I have been injured since I was on duty, this is an honor, it's okay, it's okay!" β
I smiled and turned my head forward, looking at the road that had retreated sharply backwards. At this time, Xiao Xia said: "Brother Ouyang, Team Lu asked me to go with Lu Meilin, so I went to the flower capital of the world last night, and I really met Lu Meilin." But I can't understand why such a beautiful girl would work in such a place. β
I straightened my sleeves and said, "There is no distinction between high and low jobs, it's just that everyone's choices are different, and their understanding of the chosen profession is different. β
Natsu was silent for a moment, as if thinking about what I meant by this. Then he said: "That girl is not easy, I saw her drink and vomit several times, and heard her cry in the bathroom, and then came out to touch up her makeup and continued to laugh with the men who came to have fun." β
I didn't speak, I looked sideways out the window. At this time, I was passing through Wanda Plaza, and those brilliant huge advertisements looked a little dim in the early morning. But I can recall how bright they glow in the neon light when night falls. Just like the brilliance of a glamorous girl in the bright lights, but that brilliance is so unreal.
When we came to the criminal investigation team, we went straight to the technical department, where Lao Lu was already waiting for us. Xiao Xia knew that Lao Lu slept in the team last night.
There is a picture fixed on the large screen monitor of the technical department, which seems to me to be a bit sadistic, but in the eyes of ordinary people, this picture is more terrifying.
In the picture, a hooded man with a ghost mask on his face is tilting his head in the direction of the surveillance camera, standing behind the corpse with one foot on the deceased's back and the other hand in a triumphant gesture. He has no sense of guilt or fear at all about killing, and there is only enjoyment and complacency.
I frowned, my heart filled with indignation and doubt. I am indignant at the cruelty of the killer, and I wonder why this kind of perverted killer who imitates the shape of the movie would kill an ordinary person in this way? Is it revenge? Is it to show off? Or was it instigated?
I asked the technician to play the surveillance footage in its entirety. From the surveillance, it can be seen that the killer is very familiar with the surrounding surveillance facilities, and we cannot determine what vehicle or other means the body was transported to the vicinity of the crime scene. What can be determined is that the body was finally carried under the Xishan Bell Tower by the killer, and the dagger behind the deceased was also stabbed in after the killer put the deceased under the Xishan Bell Tower. All of this seems absurd and cruel at the same time. The entire technical department was unusually quiet in this eerie picture.
At this time, Lao Lu's deep voice broke the silence: "He is provoking our police!" β
I didn't deny Lao Lu's opinion, but what I was thinking about was not just provocation, but what was the purpose of his provocation?
In this world, there is a group of people who are born with a criminal personality, they are not bound by the law, and they have an irresistible obsession with crime, just like some people love to play mahjong and some people love to play games, they love to commit crimes.
And the most terrible of this natural criminal population are those who have a desire and penchant for killing. They are born killers, they have highly intelligent brains, and they are the Grim Reaper who wanders in the world. This kind of person has appeared in many film and television works, such as the psychiatrist played in "The Silence of the Lambs", Dr. Hannibal.
And the killer in this surveillance video gave me the feeling that he was a bloodthirsty natural criminal race. It excites me, like a hungry wolf finally finding a tasty prey that can really fill its hungry belly. Because I've lived in this city for 40 years, there are only a handful of big cases that really excite me. And today, the appearance of such a case has completely stimulated the blood in my body, and I want to see what kind of person can have such a terrible character that is born to sin.
I was still thinking about it, and at this time, Lao Lu asked me, "Ouyang, what can you see from the surveillance?" β
I said: "The killer is a man who is under 170 centimeters tall, and it can be seen from his body shape and demeanor that he is a man. And he's a left-hander, but a lot of his behavior is a deliberate attempt to disguise that he's left-handed. If you see if he looks a little awkward when he stabs the dagger into the deceased's back with his right hand, that is, he is not used to using his right hand. And when he put down the corpse on his back, he sank his left shoulder and threw the corpse to the left, and the hand with which he made a triumphant pose was also his left hand. All of this proves that he is left-handed. The climate is still relatively cold, but it can be seen from the surveillance that the killer only wears a thin hoodie, but it is this kind of dress that makes his body characteristics particularly obvious. This person should be a long-term fitness person and must have taken fitness supplements such as muscle building powder. Therefore, the investigation can be conducted from the fitness clubs in the district, and the starting point of the investigation is the hoodie, or maybe a fitness club has the same hoodie. β
Lao Lu asked, "Ouyang, if a killer wants to kill someone, he shouldn't be able to wear characteristic clothes, right?" I don't think this direction of investigation is accurate. β
"Maybe that's the clue he deliberately wanted us to find, and left us with it." I looked at Lao Lu and said slowly.
Lao Lu looked at my eyes seriously, and I didn't avoid his gaze, and after about two seconds, he nodded, and a rough voice came out of his throat: "Okay, I believe you." β
After saying hello, Xiao Xia turned around and walked out of the technical department, I knew that he was going to arrange for people to check the fitness club in the city.
When I came out of the criminal investigation team, I felt my stomach rumble. I bought a cake and a carton of milk at K. Wah Cake Shop to satisfy my hunger. After that, I hailed a taxi and drove directly to the survey site I had arranged for today.
Yesterday I had already considered expanding the scope of the investigation, so today, the location of my investigation is the company under the name of the deceased Qin Wenyuan, Wanzhou Wenyuan Advertising Media Co., Ltd.
The company is located in the advertising company gathering area of Telegraph Road, this street, large and small advertising companies emerge in an endless stream, and this Wenyuan advertising company is not so eye-catching.
Actually, I'm ready to go here, because the owner of the company has just passed away, and I guess the company should be closed temporarily.
The door was open, which surprised me a little. After getting out of the car, I walked slowly to the front of the company.
This Wenyuan advertising company, said to be a company, is actually a street faΓ§ade of about 30 square meters, and the flashing LED lights on the door constitute the two big characters of "Wenyuan" in italics.
Walking into this company, I was greeted by a huge machine that was particularly eye-catching, and I glanced at it, and there were some huge advertising posters scattered on this machine, which I guess was used for processing advertising posters.
The walls of the company are covered with various wall frames, LED lights and several pennants. Those pennants are very interesting, what excellent advertising companies, excellent advertisers, integrity and the like, but the payment is the same, Wansen Group gifts.
I know this Wansen Group, it is very famous in Wanzhou, because it is a well-known local real estate development company, and there are several high-end residential communities in Wanzhou that are contracted and built by this company. Judging from these banners, Qin Wenyuan's advertising company must have a lot of business dealings with Wansen Group.
"Sir, are you going to advertise?" At this time, a long-haired girl with glasses and some pimples on her face walked up to me and asked.
I thought for a moment and said, "Oh, I was introduced by the boss of Vincent, and he said that your advertising here is doing well, so I came to consult." β
When the little girl heard this, her face changed suddenly, and she said with a calm face: "Heh, Wang Weisen introduced you?" β
"Let's go, let's go, the person introduced by the mongrel, we can't do your business, hurry up." At this moment, a flat-headed man came out of a small room behind the faΓ§ade and said to me impatiently.
I felt that there must be something strange in this, so I asked, "Why don't you want to do my business?" β
The flat-headed man said angrily: "Nonsense, Wang Weisen still owes our company more than 300,000 advertising fees, who knows if the people he introduced are all the way with him?" β
When I heard this, I pretended to be angry and said, "Mr. Wang asked me to come to Mr. Qin, saying that Mr. Qin would take my order." β
The flat-headed man stepped forward and shouted: "Hammer is Mr. Qin, and now Lao Tzu is the boss of this company." The one you said about Mr. Qin died yesterday, and the one who died in the Xishan Bell Tower, didn't you watch the news? β
I feigned surprise and said, "Really? Impossible? β
The flat-headed man continued to shout, "What can't be? Most of them were killed by Wang Weisen's dog day. But dog-eat-dog, biting one head counts as one, fucking eggs. Let's go and go, like things, don't do business like you. β
The man continued to approach me, and he swore not to give up until he threw me out. I had no choice but to shake my head and look very disappointed and helpless, and then slowly quit this small advertising agency.
But this inexplicable nail was worth it. First of all, I knew that Wenyuan Advertising Company has an economic relationship with Wansen Group; The second is the flat-headed man's sentence of 'dog eats dog', which reminds me that perhaps Qin Wenyuan and Wang Weisen have something to do with it; third, the flat-headed man said that Qin Wenyuan's death is related to Wang Weisen, although it is a one-sided statement, but it gives me an additional direction of investigation.
So who is this Wang Weisen? What is his relationship with the deceased? I'm going to get to the bottom of it.
Just as I was walking home while thinking, my mobile phone rang suddenly, and then Lao Lu's voice came from the receiver of the mobile phone: "The deceased's house has been burglarized!" β