Fourth floor of the old town.

Qian Hao knocked on the door for a long time, and the people inside slowly popped up, looking at the three or four uninvited guests in front of him vigilantly and suspiciously.

"Hello, we are from the Municipal Criminal Police Team, and I am Zhou Qing." Zhou Qing directly showed his documents, and the other party looked at him for a moment, then nodded and said please come in.

There was a couple living in the room, who didn't look very old, and Zhou Qing jumped straight to the subject: "I heard that you saw ...... last night"

As soon as she heard Zhou Qing's words, the hostess who was still pouring water for a few people immediately put down the water cup and screamed and threw herself on the sofa, so frightened that she couldn't even speak.

The man was also pale, patted his girlfriend's back, and smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, my girlfriend is not very bold." ”

Zhou Qing said sorry, the man's slightly trembling body still exposed the fear in his heart, but he still spoke: "Yesterday and last night, we were woken up by the sound of a siren while sleeping, and found that there was an accident upstairs, and we didn't fall asleep, and when the footsteps gradually disappeared, I suddenly heard a rush sound, I was a little curious, so I leaned on the window to look, and found that it was a neighbor on the sixth floor who ran up, and then immediately followed ......"

When he said this, the man shuddered, and stammered a little: "As a result, I saw a head and a pair of legs walking down the corridor, only a head and two legs." ”

"It's really a ghost, it's a ghost, it's reported in the newspapers, and it is said that it is a ghost who has been wronged and asked for his life." The woman added in horror: "Please, let's go, it's really a ghost, we don't know anything, you guys go quickly, we don't want to be found by a ghost." ”

Zhou Qing glanced at Xiao Li, and Xiao Li took the lead in walking out of the door.

Knowing that these two people were very emotionally unstable, Zhou Qing stood up and said solemnly: "Thank you very much for your cooperation, your information is very important, please give our city criminal police team a little more time, this is a homicide case, not some kind of ghost asking for life, thank you." ”

"Really?" The woman asked, looking horrified.

Zhou Qing nodded. The two of them were a little relieved, the man was in good shape, and sent a few people out of the door.

Inside the staircase, Xiao Li was carefully inspecting the stairs with equipment, as if he was extracting something.

Xiao Li looked at Zhou Qing who came over and asked, "Captain, it's just some footprints, it's very messy, you won't really believe their words, right?" ”

Zhou Qing nodded and said: "That man doesn't seem to be greatly stimulated, he speaks very clearly, hurry up and work, you two go to help, I'll go downstairs to visit another house." Finish work as soon as possible. ”

"Ugh." Xiao Li sighed: "It's eight o'clock in the evening, and it's still time to finish work?" Gotta tomorrow night at eight o'clock! ”

It seemed that he heard Xiao Li complaining, but Zhou Qing didn't look back.

This is the work of the criminal police team, if something happens, it is normal for three days and three nights to not fit your eyes.

It was already ten o'clock in the evening, in the meeting room of the police station.

Xiao Li quickly broke through the door and said with a solemn expression: "Captain, the test results of the re-extracted footprints have come out." ”

Xiao Li handed a report to Zhou Qing, looked at the two, Zhou Qing frowned and said, "Xiao Li, are you sure there is no mistake?" ”

"I don't believe it either, Team Zhou, I did three tests, and the results were exactly the same, so I took it."

"The problem is that Ji Yue is dead, so how could her footprints appear on the stairs on the fourth and fifth floors?" Zhou Qing groaned.

Xiao Li shook his head: "From the first floor to the fifth floor, her footprints appeared, and finally disappeared on the road, there are too many car prints and pedestrian footprints on the road, we can't trace them." ”

"Captain, Xiao Ning, who recorded a confession yesterday, came again, and he asked me to hand you something, saying that the crime scene was found, maybe it has something to do with solving the case." A criminal policeman handed Zhou Qing a transparent bag, which contained the milky white jade bead.

Zhou Qing took the bag and asked, "Is there any fingerprint extraction on it?" ”

"It's extracted, it's only Xiao Ning's, and the original fingerprints should have been inadvertently erased by him."

"Captain, could it be that he did it on purpose?"

Zhou Qing shook his head and said: "I can't rule out this possibility, but it's not very likely, if he is hiding something, there is no need to hand it over to us." ”

At this time, the forensic doctor Zhang Yu walked in from outside the door and shouted, "Captain, there is a new discovery in the identification of the corpse." ”

While speaking, Zhang Yu took out a few photos from the file, and from the photos, only minced meat less than the size of a palm remained, and it could be vaguely seen that it was covered with fine scars.

Zhang Yu said: "This is the scar found in several places such as the deceased's ** and the inner thigh of the buttocks, there are traces of being whipped and burned, and there are many new and old injuries superimposed, it should be that the deceased was subjected to inhuman sexual abuse when he left the nightclub, so we do not rule out that it was a love killing." ”

As soon as Zhang Yu's voice fell, Xiao Li continued: "Captain, when we investigated the deceased Ji Yue, we found that in the Yinhai Nightclub, Ji Yue's personality is relatively kind, and she has a very good relationship with her peers, there are no contradictions, it is not like there is any enemy, and her love life and the child she gave birth to have not been investigated yet, they rarely talk about family matters." In addition, we have contacted the police station in Ji Yue's hometown, and they said that Ji Yue's parents died a few years ago, and they have long since cut off contact with other relatives in their hometown. ”

The conference room fell silent, leaning on the table one by one, with a deflated expression.

The case has entered a dead end, whether it is laboratory testing, investigation or speculation, all the direction has been blocked, and there is no new breakthrough.

Even the captain Zhou Qing, who is known for being good at reasoning, is also in deep thought at this moment.

The door of the conference room broke the silence with a bang, a head poked in, and everyone turned their eyes to the door.

A young man said, "Captain, something has happened. ”

Rewind the clock by an hour!

In a taxi: "Master, Starlight Hotel, please drive faster." ”

"Don't worry, ten minutes is enough."

Ten minutes later, in front of the bar at the Starlight Hotel.

"Hello gentleman, who are you looking for?" The lady at the front desk asked politely.

"Hello, I'm looking for Liu Changzong, the young man of Changhua Group, and I am his junior brother." Xiao Ning said worriedly, for this junior brother who had never met, the chances of the other party being able to meet him were very slim.

After all, the difference in identities between the two sides is worlds apart.

"Oh, I'm sorry, sir, we Shaodong aren't here." The front desk replied politely.

Xiao Ning looked helpless, although he had expected the result a long time ago, he was still a little unhappy when he was rejected.

The night has come to an end, and on the golden top floor, the century clock is turning clearly, and the time is displayed as ...... Eight 07 a.m.