The investigation of the victim's social circle is the key to solving almost all cases. Since he became a criminal policeman, Bi Guofeng has handled hundreds of homicide cases, large and small, of which more than 90 percent of the perpetrators were relatives and friends of the victims.

The reasons for this data are not complicated: in homicides, the majority of homicides are caused by emotional disputes, and the remainder are due to revenge, hatred and money. Basically, the killers and the victims are mostly acquaintances. Only a few, only the murderer unilaterally knew the victim. It is precisely because of this acquaintance that the relationship between the two is more prone to negative emotions than ordinary passers-by. And this negative emotion, in turn, contributed to the murder.

Bi Guofeng took Chang Zhi to a friend of Zhou Xi: When Qian Zhi was in the country, Chang Zhi inadvertently asked: "Why are the people around you always killing people?" ”

Bi Guofeng replied: "The more people around you, the easier it is to be anxious. You're surrounded by people who have better jobs than you, who are wealthier than you, and who are better than you. Your partner is comparing you to her other suitors; Your parents are comparing you to your relative's children; Your boss is comparing you to his other subordinates. All your stress is in your interpersonal interactions, and once a certain fuse is lit, you are actually only one step away from killing. ”

"It's not so terrifying...... Chang Zhi shrunk his neck, a little stunned by Bi Guofeng's opinion.

Bi Guofeng glanced at him lightly: "Think about it, have you ever worried about Andy Lau snatching your girlfriend?" Or will you worry that Jack Ma will compete with you for the year-end award? Or will you be anxious that Liang Qichao's knowledge is better than yours? ”

Chang Zhi muttered when he heard this: "But Liang Qichao has been dead for a long time......"

Bi Guofeng glanced at Chang Zhi: "What I'm talking about is if." ”

Chang Zhi pursed his lips and thought for a while and said, "That's not what you said, but does this prove that the pressure must come from the social circle around you?" ”

"Look at the wild animals, they fight each other for the right to breed, they have the right to breed, they have the right to eat, they use their wild instincts to adapt to nature. Our emotions are much more advanced than those of ordinary animals, but we also have to adapt to nature. Bi Guofeng stopped and said with a serious face, "We breed offspring based on love, we rely on money to build territories, and we obtain food through labor." Human beings, when it comes to love, money, and labor, inevitably have emotional interactions with people. This interaction can be benign or malignant, and the line between the two is not very clear. But it is undeniable that human beings are emotionally rich and very fragile at the same time. If we can't bear the pressure, we will show the beast side in order to keep ourselves in our comfort zone.

"So you mean to say that killing is the primitive bestiality of human beings?"

Bi Guofeng patted Chang Zhi on the shoulder: "That's what it means, but the reason why human beings are called human beings is because we are different from ordinary animals." We have our own rules, and these rules are anti-beastly and anti-beastial. ”

Chang Zhi smiled: "Law! ”

"Clever." Bi Guofeng smiled slightly. At this time, they had already arrived at the door of Qian Zhiguo, and Bi Guofeng reached out and rang the doorbell.

"Who?" From far to near, there was a sound of answering the door.

The door soon opened, and Qian Zhiguo, with unkempt hair and foam in his mouth, was holding an electric toothbrush in his hand, which was "squeaking".

Seeing the two people outside the door, Qian Zhiguo was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some doubts: "Who are you?" ”

"I am from the Nanshan District Criminal Police Brigade, my name is Bi Guofeng, and this is Chang Zhi. We called you before, but you didn't answer, so we had to talk to you directly. ”

"Police? Am I doing anything? Qian Zhiguo asked strangely.

"Whether you did it or not, you have to ask yourself." Bi Guofeng grinned, "Can you let us go in first?" ”

"Oh......" Qian Zhiguo let go of his body and let Bi Chang and the two of them into the house. Then he ran to the toilet and spat out the foam in his mouth.

Qian Zhiguo's home is a two-bedroom apartment, and judging from the furnishings and dirtiness of the house, it seems that he lives alone. After Bi Guofeng and Chang Zhi found a sofa without piles of dirty clothes and sat down, they invariably looked at Qian Zhiguo who ran out of the toilet. The tall and sloppy man in front of him belongs to the same modeling company as Zhou Xi. His position is in charge of the model's clothing procurement, and he is the person who has the closest contact with Zhou Xi other than the makeup artist.

"Sit down...... Oh, sit down......" Qian Zhiguo said as he walked around the room, constantly looking for something under old magazines and fast food boxes.

Bi Guofeng patiently watched him spin around the room, and finally Qian Zhiguo finally stopped after finding a lighter. He took a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket, took one out of his mouth, put it in his mouth, and lit it. After taking a hard breath, he remembered that there were two people sitting in front of him. So, he took out two more and handed them over. Chang Zhi waved his hand when he saw this, but Bi Guofeng was not polite to him, and calmly took it and ordered it.

The two sat opposite each other and smoked for a while, and the addiction passed. Bi Guofeng opened his mouth and asked, "I heard that you are responsible for purchasing clothes for models, right?" ”

"yes, I'm in charge of the costumes." Qian Zhiguo said bluntly.

"Can you tell me about your relationship with Zhou Xi?"

"Zhou Xi? Which week? ”

Bi Guofeng frowned, he raised a hand and motioned Chang Zhi to take out a notebook and start recording: "It's the model who died two days ago, don't you know?" ”

"The model who died two days ago? You say this person is from our company? Qian Zhiguo tilted his head.

"I learned from your company that you and this Zhou Xi are friends. Is it? ”

Qian Zhiguo smiled and said, "Friend? Officer, you can't be mistaken, can you? I deal with them on a daily basis, but it's just a working relationship. They may know my name, but I don't necessarily know theirs. ”

"How many people's costumes do you usually take care of?"

"87."

"You can remember 87 people, but you can't remember the name of any one of them?" Bi Guofeng questioned.

"Well, you don't understand that. My job is to record their measurements and weights, and then order the clothes and send them over. Everybody uses a number, and I buy clothes, and whoever calls the number comes to me to get the clothes. There are occasional personnel changes in the company, and the number of models is more than 100 when it is large, and more than 70 when it is few. There are so many people, how can I have the heart to remember. ”

"Do you remember what the number of Zhou Xi was?"

"Number 87." Qian Zhiguo almost blurted out.

Chang Zhi glanced up at Qian Zhiguo strangely, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little awkward. Bi Guofeng asked: "You just said that you and Zhou Xi are not familiar with each other, why can you tell her at once when I ask her what number she is?" ”

"Ah...... This one. Qian Zhiguo scratched his head and said, "She ordered a set of dresses to wear on the Christmas show before, but now that Christmas has passed, she hasn't returned the clothes yet." So as soon as you say that a model died, I remembered who it was. ”

Bi Guofeng nodded, Qian Zhiguo's statement was quite logical, and he asked again: "Do you have a photo of the clothes here?" ”

"Yes, I have it all on my phone." As he spoke, Qian Zhiguo took out his mobile phone and found a photo of Zhou Xi's Christmas dress from the album.

Bi Guofeng took Qian Zhiguo's mobile phone and glanced at it, then turned his head and asked Chang Zhi: "Zhou Xi's family, have you found this dress?" ”

Chang Zhi carefully identified it and said, "No, will it be Zhou Xi who lost this one?" ”

Bi Guofeng hummed and uploaded the photo to his mobile phone through the Internet. Then he asked, "When did Zhou Xi take the dress from you?" ”

"Number 17."

"So early? Isn't it just for the Christmas show? ”

"I don't know, the clothes we got earlier. I've got the clothes, and I'm sure I'm going to send them to the models early. ”

Bi Guofeng thought that this person was really a working machine, so he said: "Then did anyone see it when you gave the clothes to Zhou Xi?" ”

"No, it's not a ceremony, how many people do you need to be there......

Chang Zhi interjected at this time: "You said that you are not familiar with Zhou Xi, so do you know who is familiar with her after all?" ”

"You go and ask Tong Yao of our company, she is in charge of work arrangement, and she should have a closer relationship with the model than me."

"Which Tong which Yao?"

"Children's children, Yao of Yaochi."

"Okay." Chang Zhi wrote this name in his notebook and said, "To be on the safe side, I still have to ask, where were you on the night of December 18th, who were you with, and what were you doing?" ”

"Uh...... Think about it. Qian Zhiguo pondered for a moment and said, "I should have watched TV at home that day." ”

"Write down the TV programs you watch and the content." Chang Zhi tore off a piece of paper from his notebook, and threw it to Qian Zhiguo. Then, he turned back to Bi Guofeng and whispered, "I don't look like him." Bi Guofeng was noncommittal when he heard this, but he thought to himself: It seems that the modeling company where Zhou Xi works is much more complicated than he imagined.

After leaving Qian Zhiguo, Chang Zhi and Bi Guofeng will go to the company where Zhou Xi worked before his death, the Blue Model Company. Based on the information they had previously received from this modeling agency, they identified Qian Zhiguo as a friend of Zhou Xi. But the facts tell them that Qian Zhiguo and Zhou Xi didn't have much intersection before their deaths, let alone friends, and they weren't even acquaintances.

Bi Guofeng and Chang Zhi wondered at the same time whether the modeling agency called Blue was deliberately delaying the progress of their investigation. If the Tong Yao they want to see next is the same as Qian Zhiguo, then what should they do. Is it difficult to gather all 87 models from this modeling agency to ask them one by one?

The blue model agency is located in the bustling area of Nanshan District, and after Bi Guofeng and Chang Zhi left Qian Zhiguo, they drove for half an hour to arrive nearby. The office building rented by this modeling agency is a predominantly glass building, and the blue color of the whole body matches the company's name. Instead of a cheesy blue letter, the door was painted with a bewitching woman with a flying blue ribbon around her neck. Bi Guofeng couldn't help but think: If he hadn't confirmed the company's address in advance, he really couldn't find this place.

After entering the company, Bi Guofeng showed his police officer card to the front desk reception, and bluntly said that he wanted to meet their general manager, Lan Beili. He had called the modeling agency before, and he had told them to cooperate with his investigation. Who knew that this Lan Beili, who received the call, was so slippery that she would throw them a person who was useless to the investigation. Maybe she really didn't know what Zhou Xi's interpersonal relationship was like before her death, but she could have handed over the matter of cooperating with the investigation to someone in the know, instead of perfunctorily stuffing him alone.

The front desk receptionist looked at the menacing Bi Guofeng, so he had no choice but to do as he said and called the general manager. But Lan Beili's assistant said that she was meeting with an important person at this time, and if Bi Guofeng was willing to wait, she could meet with that important person after she had met him.

Hearing such a reply, Bi Guofeng's teeth gritted "gurgling". Let's put aside personal emotions first, for the police to dare to be so slack, this obviously touches Bi Guofeng's bottom line. He asked the front desk where Lan Beili was now, and then called Chang Zhi to rush into the elevator.

The two soon came to the 23rd floor where Lan Beili was, and Chang Zhi had been following closely behind Bi Guofeng, and his heart was like fifteen buckets of water. It was the first time he had seen Bi Guofeng look so angry.

Just as Bi Guofeng was about to walk to the door of the conference room, a woman in uniform stopped him in front of the door: "Our Mr. Lan is still seeing guests, you can't go in." ”

Bi Guofeng frowned and turned a deaf ear to the woman's words, and just as he was about to push the door in, suddenly the door of the conference room opened from the inside.

Bi Guofeng was stunned for a moment, then stood aside, and a man and a woman walked out of it. The man was about fifty years old, tall, with a square face and broad ears, his eyes sparkling, and his mouth was tightly pursed, as if he was enduring something. The woman was younger, but her body was already a little fat, with a pair of sunglasses on her face, and the corners of her mouth twitched, as if she was sobbing.

When passing by Bi Guofeng's side, the woman whispered softly: "What should I do?" What to do? The man put his arm around the woman's shoulders and said nothing, but his expression was quite grim.

At the moment when Bi Guofeng was stunned, the man and the woman had already left quickly. He didn't care about it so much, pushed open the door and entered the conference room. Chang Zhi showed the woman who was blocking the way her ID in the back, and then followed into the conference room.

Lan Beili had just finished seeing people, and before she came back to her senses, she saw two more people coming in. She asked, "Who are the two?" ”

"We are from the Criminal Police Brigade, and my name is Bi Guofeng."

"Oh, it's Officer Bi." An imperceptible trace of worry flashed across Lan Beili's face, and then she immediately straightened her demeanor and beckoned, "Please sit down and talk." ”

"No, I'm used to standing." Bi Guofeng looked at the obese woman in front of him and had no good impression of her, and only hoped that she would give him an explanation as soon as possible.

Lan Beili is well versed in the way of observing words and feelings, and when she saw Bi Guofeng's expression, she already understood the purpose of this person's coming, so she didn't play sloppy with Bi Guofeng, and said bluntly: "How does Officer Bi need me to cooperate?" I've ...... on the phone."

"I've already told me the name of a friend who may be Zhou Xi's former friend." Bi Guofeng continued with Lan Beili's words.

Lan Beili looked up at Bi Guofeng as if she was a little surprised, and said, "Maybe?" In other words, after Officer Bi met Qian Zhiguo, he found out that he was not Zhou Xi's friend, right? ”

Bi Guofeng smiled: "I think you should know this better than me." ”

"Oops...... How could this be. Lan Beili rubbed her hands in embarrassment, then pressed a button on the landline at hand and said, "Pour three cups of coffee and come in." ”

Bi Guofeng knocked on the table in front of Lan Beili: "Don't bother, we'll leave soon." ”

"Okay." Lan Beili pressed the button on the landline again, "Just pour a cup." Then he looked at Bi Guofeng and grinned, as if he didn't feel that there was anything rude about his actions just now.

Chang Zhi pulled the corner of Bi Guofeng's clothes behind him: "Ask about the clothes first." ”

Bi Guofeng nodded after hearing this, and said to Lan Beili: "Did your company arrange a Christmas show at Christmas?" ”

"Is there such a thing, did Qian Zhiguo tell you?"

"You don't care how I know, now I want to ask you, who are the people who usually handle the clothes that the models wear?"

"Different departments are handled by different people, male model department, female model department and child model department, a total of three people. Since Zhou Xi is a female model, naturally only Qian Zhiguo is in charge. Lan Belle replied.

"In other words, apart from the model himself and Qian Zhiguo, there won't be a third person who touches this dress, right?"

"I'm not sure, after Qian Zhiguo got it back from the clothing company, he would definitely not let a third person touch it before handing it over to the model. But once the clothes are in the hands of the model, this is not necessarily the case. ”

"When you usually send clothes to models, do you send them so many days in advance? Zhou Xi's Christmas show dress was already in his hands on the 17th. Bi Guofeng remembered Qian Zhiguo's words and questioned this unreasonable detail.

"The Christmas show, the most important show of the year. Let the models get the clothes early to prepare themselves a little. There are only advantages to this, but no harm, you say? The corners of Lan Beili's mouth twitched slightly, but she immediately covered it up by gently scratching her cheek with her hand.

Bi Guofeng was not satisfied with this answer, but he couldn't find any flaws in it for a while. So he changed the topic and asked another question: "I heard that there is a person named Tong Yao in your company, right?" ”

"There is such a person, she is in charge of the work arrangement of the female model department."

Bi Guofeng said: "I want to meet this person now, and I also need to meet all the models in the female model department. ”

"This ...... You're asking for this a bit. Lan Beili stopped talking.

Bi Guofeng slapped the table suddenly: "I'm discussing with you now, unless you want me to let my leader order people to take all your models to the bureau for interrogation one by one." You don't need me to remind you how much negative it will be for your company at that time, right? ”

Lan Beili nodded, and then picked up the earpiece of the landline at hand: "Let all the models in the female model department and Tong Yao from the business department gather in the No. 2 show, I have two police officers here who have something to ask them." ”

After hanging up the phone, Lan Beili said to Bi Guofeng: "It's been arranged, you go to the 8th floor, someone over there will receive you." ”

Bi Guofeng smiled: "Thank you for your cooperation." After speaking, he left the conference room with Chang Zhi.

By the time they reached the 8th floor, all the models had been grouped together. Under the catwalk in the center of the show, everyone was dressed in gorgeous and exquisite costumes. Coupled with the concave and convex figure, the scene can be described as spectacular.

Bi Guofeng shouted at the noisy crowd: "Everyone look here, I am Officer Bi Guofeng of the Nanshan District Criminal Police Brigade." I'm here to investigate the murder of your colleague Zhou Xi. Everyone who has intersected with Zhou Xi usually stands on the right, and those who are not familiar with her stand on the left. ”

As soon as Bi Guofeng's words fell, a noisy footsteps sounded in the show. But what he didn't expect was that all the models present unexpectedly stood on his left hand side.

Bi Guofeng thought that his words were not clear, so he repeated again: "Those who know stand on my right hand are my right hand, not your right hand." Are all of you familiar with Zhou? ”

The crowd listened and shook their heads sharply. A few of them were more anxious, and even muttered, "How long will it take, we still have a job." ”

When Bi Guofeng heard this, he immediately became angry, and he called Chang Zhi: "Take out the communication records in Zhou Xi's mobile phone." ”

Chang Zhi agreed, and then took out a printed communication sheet from his arms, which included all the information that Zhou Xi exchanged text messages, phone calls and emails before his death.

Bi Guofeng shouted to everyone at the scene: "Who is Ms. Tong Yao who is in charge of your work arrangement?" ”

"It's me." A polite girl with a folder came out of the crowd.

Bi Guofeng hurriedly said: "You give me the list of these models, and I will screen them one by one." ”

"I'm ready for this, here." Saying that, Tong Yao handed the folder in his hand to Bi Guofeng.

Bi Guofeng glanced at her with some surprise, and then handed the list to Chang Zhi: "Look at which people are on the list." ”

Zhou Xi didn't have many contacts with people before her death, except for her parents and Zhang Xian, there were only a few people who had a close relationship with her. Chang Zhi quickly found three people on the list who had contacted Zhou Xi before her death.

"Zhou Huina, Yao Zihan, Mu An. The three of you come out. Chang Zhi called three names.

After a commotion in the crowd, three nervous-looking girls quickly stepped forward. Bi Guofeng's gaze swept over their faces, and he didn't see the kind of expression he wanted. So he clapped his hands in fear: "Everyone be quiet, you guys and I will go to the next room for a while, and the others will stay in place first." ”

After hearing this, everyone present immediately broke out into a strong protest, and even Tong Yao's face became very ugly. But Bi Guofeng didn't care so much, he took Zhou Huina, Yao Zihan and Mu An to the next room, and after closing the door, he isolated the noise outside.

"Which of you is friends with Zhou Xi?"

The three of you look at me, I look at you, but they don't say anything. Bi Guofeng frowned: "Do you want me to read out the information between you and Zhou Xi one by one, so that you are willing to speak?" ”

Zhou Huina, who is tall with straight hair, pursed her mouth: "I'm really not familiar with her." The other two listened and nodded their heads repeatedly.

"It's not...... What is your definition of a friend? I see that a month's chat history between you is enough for me to talk to Chang Zhi for a year. Bi Guofeng felt angry and funny.

"Usually it's just to communicate weight loss experience, as well as cosmetics, fashion and so on. It's not a big deal...... "Mr. Yao said.

Listening to the playful and cute-looking woman in front of him, but the weak woman in front of him blatantly lied, Chang Zhi on the side couldn't help it, he picked up the text message records of Zhou Xi and Yao Zihan and said: "Then how do you explain, in a month, you have made an appointment to go shopping, twice to go to beauty, and once to do hairdressing?" ”

Yao Zihan was silent and didn't answer, his eyes kept staring at the ground.

Chang Zhi shook his head and said, "And you, Mu An." You went to Dabie Mountain with Zhou Xi last month, and you were afraid of shooting with her six times this month. Two of them were at the café, once at the yoga studio, once at the hot pot restaurant, and two at the ......"

"Enough is enough, do we say it's not okay?" Zhou Huina couldn't help but say, "Mr. Lan said that Zhou Xi's death may have an impact on our work, so when others ask, try to say that they are not familiar with her." ”

Bi Guofeng and Chang Zhi looked at each other, not understanding how Zhou Xi's death would affect them? Bi Guofeng immediately said sternly: "Who among you killed Zhou Xi?" ”

The three of them were so frightened by Bi Guofeng's question that they waved their hands again and again, and said no.

But Bi Guofeng didn't mean to relax at all: "Or do you three kill Zhou Xi together." ”

Under such pressure, the three of them almost cried. They only know to do according to the above arrangement, where will they know that they will encounter such a thing in front of them. Immediately panicked, and couldn't speak clearly.

Bi Guofeng's heart softened, and he hurriedly comforted: "Since you are Zhou Xi's friend, and now that she has been killed, don't you want to find out the real culprit?" This is not only for the sake of pity, but also to clear your suspicions. You have to think clearly. ”

Bi Guofeng used both soft and hard, and after hesitating for a while, the three of them finally let down their guards. The girl named Zhou Huina spoke first: "On the day Zhou Xi was killed, the three of us were sitting on the SPA together, and we didn't call Zhou Xi ...... that day" As she spoke, Zhou Huina's voice lowered.

"The spa at the beauty salon you go to?"

"It's near the company, the beauty salon at the intersection of Liuming Street and Chang'an Street." Zhou Huina replied in a low voice.

Bi Guofeng asked Chang Zhi to write down the name of this beauty salon with a calm face, and then asked: "Do you know that in addition to you guys, there are many other people who have close contacts with Zhou Xisheng before his death?" ”

"Zhang Xian." The three replied almost in unison.

"Zhang Xian, I know, he is Zhou Xi's boyfriend. What about other than him? The one named Tong Yao, is he familiar with Zhou Xi? ”

"I shouldn't be familiar with her, Miss Tong has a gloomy personality, and we don't like to deal with her." Yao Zihan said.

"If you don't like it, it doesn't mean that Zhou Xi doesn't like it. Can you tell me what kind of person Zhou Xi is usually? Does she have any enemies in the company? Or the enemy or something? ”

Mu An on the side thought about it and said: "In terms of personality, Zhou Xi is a very generous person, and he gets along with us very happily. As for the words of the enemy, it is not clear. In fact, the competitive pressure in the modeling agency is not great, and the relationship between colleagues has always been very harmonious. ”

Bi Guofeng nodded, he was quite satisfied with this answer. He then asked: "Regarding Zhou Xi's boyfriend Zhang Xian, what kind of person do you think he is?" ”

"This ......" Zhou Huina and Yao Zihan glanced at each other and said, "We have met Zhou Xi's boyfriend a few times, he is not bad......"

Zhou Huina's words were equivalent to not saying anything, which couldn't help but make Bi Guofeng suspicious. He turned to Mouan and said, "What about you?" What kind of person do you think Zhang Xian is? ”

Mu An seemed to be pondering something just now, when he was suddenly interrupted by Bi Guofeng's question, the whole person trembled slightly, and then raised his head and said timidly: "It's ...... Pretty good. ”

This way of speaking like squeezing toothpaste made Bi Guofeng frown, and he crossed his arms to his chest: "How is the relationship between Zhang Xian and Zhou Xi?" Did the two of them ever quarrel? ”

"It's just a quarrel between lovers...... "Muan seemed to mumble to herself, her mouth slightly pursed, and her dimples sunken deeply, as if revealing dissatisfaction.

This tiny expression was keenly captured by Bi Guofeng, and he glanced back at Chang Zhi, who happened to meet Chang Zhi's gaze. There is no doubt that Chang Zhi also discovered what Bi Guofeng had just seen. I saw Chang Zhi brush up twice and write something in his notebook.

Bi Guofeng continued to ask, "What about the two of you?" What is your evaluation of the relationship between Zhang Xian and Zhou Xi? He looked at Zhou Huina, Yao Zihan pouted.

Yao Zihan said: "I think the two of them are quite close, and they should rarely quarrel......

"Very little? That's a quarrel? ”

Zihan means that couples will inevitably quarrel, but they will soon be reconciled after the quarrel. Isn't that right, Zihan? Zhou Huina added for Yao Zihan. Yao Zihan glanced at Zhou Huina and hurriedly nodded.

Bi Guofeng sighed and said, "Okay, let's ask here first, you can go." If you have any information that could be helpful to your case, please contact me as soon as possible. As he spoke, he wrote down his contact information on a piece of paper. When the three of them heard this, their faces immediately breathed a sigh of relief. took Bi Guofeng's note and left the room happily.

Chang Zhi next to him closed his notebook and asked, "Team leader, what do you think?" ”

Bi Guofeng pondered for a moment, but he couldn't make up his mind in his heart. Zhou Huina and Yao Zihan are okay to say, that Mu An is different. There are obviously some secrets hidden in her belly, and these secrets are very likely to be related to Zhou Xi and Zhang Xian. However, since the three of them claimed to have spa in the beauty salon on the night of December 18, the suspicion of killing Zhou Xi should be the first to be ruled out. But it's hard to say what the role of these three men played in the murder.

"I really don't understand what kind of medicine is sold in that blue Beili gourd. On the one hand, when we launched an investigation, she threw out Qian Zhiguo's smoke bomb. On the other hand, he kept his own models who were good with Zhou Xi silent. This is a clear attempt to obstruct our investigation in disguise.

Chang Zhi was stunned for a moment and then continued: "After all, such a murder case is not a trivial matter. This time it was not only as simple as the death of one of her female models, but also another male model who was arrested by our police on suspicion. Could it be that she is doing this to minimize the negative impact and protect the company's interests? ”

Bi Guofeng waved his hand: "No matter what her purpose is, anyway, this person's attitude is not correct, and I feel annoyed when I look at her." Next, you go to the beauty salon to follow up, I'm going to go to Jinjing Garden. ”

After bidding farewell to Chang Zhi at the Blue Model Agency, Bi Guofeng drove his Santana straight to the Golden View Garden Apartment. When he was in the underground parking lot and the car was good, the time had just passed 12 noon. The hungry Bi Guofeng didn't have the heart to eat something first at this time, he had been delayed by Lan Beili a lot of time in the morning, and now he had to use his own meal time to make up for it.

In the case of homicide, the longer it drags on, the lower the chance of its detection. Now there is less and less time left for Bi Guofeng, and what he is worried about at the moment is not the time limit given to him by Director Hao Liye, but the evidence that may be left by luck will become difficult to pursue with the passage of time.

After entering the Golden View Garden, Bi Guofeng saw several men in electrician costumes riding a folding ladder and installing surveillance video in the corridor. Bi Guofeng thought silently in his heart: This property company knows how to make amends.

Bi Guofeng got into the elevator and went directly to the 13th floor and walked to room 1302 where Zhou Xi lived. At this time, the scene was still cordoned, and the gate was also sealed. According to the procedure, to enter the scene, you need to call the person who came to the property to help open the door. However, on the day Bi Guofeng found the body, he had already secretly asked for the key to the door of Zhou Xi's house from the property. Although this is not in line with the rules, but thinking that this can improve a lot of work efficiency, Bi Guofeng can't care so much.

After entering Zhou Xi's house, Bi Guofeng only made a few circles and then retreated. The valuable traces of the scene have been collected and archived, and this information can be viewed in the bureau, and the purpose of his coming here is actually to reconstruct the scene from the murderer entering the house to the killing.

But Bi Guofeng thought about it, but he never understood it thoroughly, if Zhang Xian was not the murderer, then what reason would Zhou Xi allow someone other than her boyfriend to enter her bedroom?

Bi Guofeng's first thought was that the murderer used the murder weapon to coerce Zhou Xi, but Zhou Xi was a young girl who lived alone, and it was impossible for her to have no precautions at all, so she opened the door casually. And the door is equipped with a cat's eye and a talker, so she can confirm the identity of the person before opening the door.

Unless the murderer is a Zhou Xi who thinks that the person who came is a person who is not a threat to herself after confirming her identity, she will take the initiative to open the door. Bi Guofeng went through the people who had contacts around Zhou Xi in his mind, and there were only a few people who could make Zhou Xi unsuspecting into the house, except for Zhang Xian. Others, however, do not have the time to commit crimes. Could it be that the murderer can only be Zhang Xian? But what was his motive for killing?

Bi Guofeng shook his head, realizing that he had inadvertently fallen into a ridiculous conjecture that could not be justified. Zhang Xian has a key, and he can enter room 1302 without ringing the doorbell. On the night of the 18th, he claimed to be drunk, which Liu Hewen can prove for him. From Liu Hewen's confession, Bi Guofeng learned that Zhang Xian was a very shallow drinker, and he should not be pretending to be drunk. If Zhou Xi was already dead when he came to 1302, then he could only open the door with the key himself. A drunk person, will remember to open the door with a key?

Bi Guofeng remembered his father Bi Weiguo's drunken and drunken appearance, and his mind was a mess at all, let alone using a key to open the door, he couldn't tell what the key was.

On the night of December 18th, a drunken Zhang Xian came to 1302, and he should only be able to enter the room when Zhou Xi opened the door from the inside, which means that Zhou Xi is ...... Wait a minute! A flash of lightning flashed through Bi Guofeng's mind: Could there be another possibility? When Zhang Xian came to 1302, Zhou Xi was already dead, and the real murderer did not close the door of 1302 when he left. So when Zhang Xian arrived, he didn't need others to open the door, and he could enter 1302. In this way, everything is fine.

But in this way, the problem seems to be back to the distance, how did the murderer let Zhou Xi open the door for himself? Who would let me down my guard and open the door voluntarily? Bi Guofeng frowned deeply, and pondered repeatedly.

At this time, Bi Guofeng's mobile phone rang, and he opened his mobile phone to see that it was Chang Zhi who was calling.

"Hey, how's your side?" Bi Guofeng picked up the phone.

"There are indeed records of the three of them in the beauty salon that night, and I also asked the physiotherapist who served them, and all three of them stayed in the store from 19 o'clock to after 21 o'clock, and they never left except for going to the toilet." Chang Zhi said, "There is nothing wrong with the alibi of these three people, but I found other interesting things here." ”

Bi Guofeng patted his forehead and asked, "Is it that Mu An?" ”

"That's right."

"Tell me what?" Bi Guofeng's eyes lit up, and his spirit couldn't help but perk.

The physiotherapist who served them said that when Mu An was chatting with the other two that night, she mentioned intentionally or unintentionally that she was a little dissatisfied with Zhou Xi. It seems that Zhang Xian was her boyfriend before, but after the two fell out, Zhou Xi stepped in. According to Mu An's original words, 'Zhang Xian and I are just a couple who have a small conflict, how could they break up in a blink of an eye, and it wasn't that woman who fanned the flames there. ’”

Hearing this, Bi Guofeng was a little surprised, Zhou Huina and Yao Zihan's evaluation of Zhou Xi was not bad, but in Mu An's mouth, Zhou Xi did not look like a fuel-efficient lamp. Which of the two is the conclusive statement?

Bi Guofeng's suspicion of Mu An swelled up all of a sudden, if there was an emotional dispute between her and Zhou Xi, then maybe she would have her share in this murder case. He said to Chang Zhi on the other end of the phone: "You take Mu An back to the bureau now, let her dry first, and wait for me to go back and ask her well." Zhang Xian's side, you can interrogate it first, he and this Mu An are not clear, maybe it is the person who rekindled the old relationship and murdered the two together. ”

Chang Zhi agreed repeatedly: "Then good team leader, I'll go and bring people back first." When will you get results on your side? ”

"I don't have a clue yet." Bi Guofeng sighed, "I have some new ideas about the murderer who entered Zhou Xi's house on the night of the crime, but there is not enough evidence to support it now. A young woman who is home alone, what kind of person will she allow into her house after 19 o'clock in the evening? I thought about it, but I couldn't think of anyone else except Zhang Xian. ”

Just when Bi Guofeng was worried, his mobile phone suddenly vibrate, and he took it to his front to see that it was a text message from another group of people sent out. It reads: The store that sells diphenhydramine antiemetics has been found at the public pharmacy at No. 18 Hongan Street.

Seeing the results of the investigation of the source of the antiemetic drug, Bi Guofeng hastily explained a few words to Chang Zhi, hung up the phone, and then called the criminal police at the pharmacy.

"How's it going?"

"It's hard to say......"

"Why can't you say? Isn't there a surveillance video in the pharmacy? ”

"Yes, yes, but the person who photographed it was a man."

"Is it Zhang Xian?" When Bi Guofeng heard this, he immediately thought of Zhang Xian.

"We can't be sure of this, the person caught in the surveillance is wearing a hat and a mask, and the face is not clear."

"What did the cashier say?"

"He said he didn't remember very well."

Bi Guofeng was anxious now: "Could you be mistaken, are there any other stores that have sold diphenhydramine as an antiemetic drug?" ”

"No, we adjusted the record, and in December, only this one in Changlu City has been sold."

"What day is it? What time is it? ”

"December 17th, 11:22 p.m."

On the 17th, it happened to be the day before Zhou Xi was killed. Bi Guofeng's heart shook suddenly, and then asked: "What did he pay for?" Cash, Alipay, or WeChat? ”

"It's cash."

Bi Guofeng slapped the table angrily and blurted out: "Fuck! Copy the video and take it back to the police station. ”

After Bi Guofeng gave the order, Wan Feng rushed back to the police station in a hurry, and he was now anxious to see who the person buying the medicine was in the surveillance video for the first time. The drum is constantly beating in the heart: how can it not be seen clearly? How so?

Just when the three groups of people rushed back to the police station one after another, two other people also followed. Chang Zhi arrived first with Mu An, and the pharmacy investigation team followed one after another. When Bi Guofeng came back with his Santana, he happened to meet Yao Zihan and Zhou Huina at the door.

He frowned and greeted, "You guys came with Chang Zhi and them?" ”

"Yes......" Zhou Huina nodded.

"You can't see anyone for a while, so if you want, just wait inside." After Bi Guofeng shook off this sentence, he went straight into the office building.

Chang Zhi and Mu An had already started routine interrogation in the interrogation room at this time, and when Bi Guofeng came in, he had just finished asking for inconsequential information such as name and address. He took Chang Zhi away, sat down in front of Mu An, and then asked straight to the point: "What is the relationship between you and Zhang Xian." ”

At this time, Mu An didn't know whether he had worn too much foundation or was frightened, and his face was unusually pale. Her hands were clenched tightly, and the upper and lower rows of teeth were tightly clasped. Bi Guofeng looked at her slightly bulging cheeks and laughed secretly, and he didn't know that he thought she was going to bite her teeth.

"You try to cooperate with me as much as possible, and it is convenient for me to be convenient for you. Tell me, what's going on between you and Zhang Xian. Bi Guofeng said softly

"I ...... I ......," Mu An said, "we're boyfriend and girlfriend." ”

"Boyfriend and girlfriend? What about Zhou Xi? What is the relationship between Zhou Xi and Zhang Xian? Bi Guofeng was confused.

"No, no, no, I was wrong, we used to be boyfriend and girlfriend, and then we broke up." Mu An waved her hand again and again, and her tangled expression clearly told Bi Guofeng that she was still haunted by Zhang Xian's departure from her. So much so that when he said that Zhang Xian was no longer his girlfriend, his whole face drooped.

Bi Guofeng tapped the tip of his pen: "Before Zhou Xi was killed on the 18th, how was your relationship with Zhang Xian?" Is there a ...... in private?"

Mu An lowered his head the more he listened, and when Bi Guofeng said 'in private', the whole person shook slightly, and then replied like a cannon: "I just met with him secretly a few times." ”

"How many times have you met? Is there anything else you do besides seeing? For example......"

Hearing this, Mu An's pale smiling face was dyed with a flush, and at this time, even if she didn't say it, Bi Guofeng understood it in her heart. He coughed to help Mu An hide his embarrassment, and then asked, "You guys do this, does Zhou Xi know?" ”

"I don't know...... Mu An said uncertainly.

Bi Guofeng shook his head: "I don't feel like it, you said that it was not an improper relationship between the two of you, and it was discovered by Zhou Xi." In a hurry, don't do it endlessly, and choose to kill people? ”

"How can it be, what is improper, obviously I was Zhang Xian's girlfriend before. She...... She is later, how can it be said that it is ......" Mu An was so anxious that his face was red.

"You mean, killing people was your own idea, and Zhang Xian didn't participate in it, right?" Bi Guofeng looked at her aggressively.

"No...... That was not what I meant. ”

"So what do you mean? You have always held a grudge against Zhou Xi for snatching your boyfriend, although Zhang Xian, a scumbag, occasionally got along with you, but your heart was not satisfied with this. Therefore, you began to persuade Zhang Xian to leave Zhou Xi and let him be with you again, but he did everything possible to shirk Zhang Xian. In desperation, you had to find a way to kill Zhou Xi, so that Zhang Xian could be with you forever. I'm right! ”

Mu An's tone changed when she heard these words, and she said in a sharp voice: "I was doing a spa with two of my friends on the night of the 18th, you can go to that beauty salon and ask, I already told you, you can't wronged me like this." ”

Bi Guofeng snorted: "Wronged you? You were indeed in the beauty salon on the night of the 18th, but who knows, will you hire someone to kill Zhou Xi? ”

"It's not like that...... No...... I didn't ......," Muanden burst into tears.

Bi Guofeng stared at Mu An and cried endlessly, but most of his doubts about the woman in front of him had already been eliminated in his heart. Where can a killer be hired in the modern world? That's just a plot in movies and novels, and even if there really is such a person, then Mu An will definitely have to spend a lot of money, but with her income, can she afford it? Bi Guofeng thought of Zhang Xian again, and a strange thought drilled into his brain. If it is Zhou Xi who discovered the secret of Zhang Xian and Mu An's affair, the two had a dispute because of this matter, and in the end, Zhang Xian disagreed and killed the killer, is this possible? If this is the truth, then Zhang Xian's motive for killing makes sense.

Thinking of this, Bi Guofeng left the interrogation room with Mu An's confession, and then knocked on the door next door.

Chang Zhi poked his head out of the door and asked, "Team leader, what should I do now?" Check the records of her and Zhang Xian's bank account transactions? ”

"No, you bring Zhang Xian over first, and I will interrogate him again."

Chang Zhi watched Bi Guofeng's interrogation method in the next room just now, and he admired and admired it in his heart, but at the same time, he was also a little worried that this question was too radical. Thinking that the confession made by the suspect in a mentally unstable or emotionally broken state could not be used as evidence in court, Chang Zhi couldn't help but sweat for Bi Guofeng.

Soon, Zhang Xian was brought to Interrogation Room 2. It was still Bi Guofeng's interrogation, and Chang Zhi sat aside this time to help with the transcript.

Bi Guofeng didn't go around the bush and asked directly: "We already know the relationship between you and Mu An, let's talk about it, did you kill Zhou Xi?" ”

"Officer...... You've asked this question more than a hundred times, no, no, no! ”

"At this juncture, you're still lying. Don't tell me Zhou Xi is a fool, she doesn't know anything about you and Mu An. Let's say, on the night of the 18th, you went to find Zhou Xi after getting drunk, and then had an argument with her. Under the influence of alcohol, you killed her? ”

Zhang Xian tilted his head and smiled: "I'll tell you the truth, Officer Bi, the relationship between me and Mu An, Zhou Xi has always known about it, but she doesn't care that I step on two boats." In our modeling industry, it has always been like this, who is whose boyfriend or girlfriend is not so important at all. So, I didn't kill her for this at all. ”

Bi Guofeng laughed: "You said it lightly. So how do you explain that on December 17, at around 11 noon, you bought a box of diphenhydramine antiemetic medicine at the popular pharmacy at 18 Wang On Street. And we also found the same substance in Zhou Xi's stomach, you said that Zhou Xi was already dead when you came to the scene on the night of the crime, so you tell me how a dead man ate the medicine you bought? ”

"Hahahaha......" Zhang Xian laughed, "Officer Bi, you...... You're naïve, aren't you? ”

"What?"

"I said you were naïve!" Zhang Xian repeated, "I haven't bought any diphenhydramine at all, don't put any hat on my head." ”

"You'd better think it through, it's good for you to confess early." Bi Guofeng said in a calm voice.

"Wait until you find the evidence." Zhang Xian put his hands behind his head, looking very tidy.

"How do you know I don't have proof?" Bi Guofeng thought to himself: If the person who went to use a scarf mask to disguise himself tightly to buy diphenhydramine is not you, how can you be sure that I don't have enough evidence in my hands? Or is it really not you who bought the medicine......

Zhang Xian tugged at the corners of his mouth and smiled: "If you had evidence, you wouldn't waste time with me here." ”

Bi Guofeng heard the nameless fire in his heart, and just as he wanted to speak, the door of the interrogation room behind him suddenly opened, and he saw Kong De striding in.

"Zhang Xian's detention time is coming soon." Comte said, tapping on the face of the watch.