On the morning of the next day, the serious case group of the criminal police detachment of the Municipal Public Security Bureau held a case analysis meeting. Team leader Tian Chunda first analyzed the case: the criminal police searched the room of Xu Haitao's house, and there was no sign of theft in the house. Judging by the situation at the scene, the robbery and murder are unlikely.

According to the autopsy, the victim was strangled to death, and it is inferred that the time of death was around 7 p.m. last night, and there was a slight abrasion on the skin of his neck, which was caused by strangulation. No other trauma, no signs of resistance, no signs of rape, no toxic reaction in the stomach or blood, no sleeping pills. Depending on the degree of digestion of the objects in the stomach, dinner is not eaten. The blood type is O, and there is a small amount of nosebleeds and vomit on the face, which is leaked when suffocating.

Including the fingerprints of the victim Bai Haiyan, there are three new ones. One of them was left by Ms. Sun, the female neighbor who reported the crime, and left it on the door and handle. The other was found in many places, and it was later found to be consistent with Gu Ming's fingerprints. There are also Bai Haiyan's fingerprints, which are also found in many places. Xu Haitao also left a lot of fingerprints, but it took a little longer.

At present, Gu Ming is very suspicious of committing the crime, because there is direct evidence. The long beige T-shirt he wore last night had a blood stain the size of a 1 yuan coin on the left cuff, which was type O, the same blood type as Bai Haiyan. Gu Ming himself is type B. In addition, there are a small number of spots on the right cuff, which have been tested to be dry with attached vomit, which was spit out of Bai Haiyan's mouth when she was strangled. Gu Ming had been to Bai Haiyan's house at around seven o'clock last night, and his fingerprints were left in several places in the room, all of which were new, and the tools he brought to repair the sewers were also left at the scene. And he went downstairs from the 8th floor and didn't take the elevator, walked downstairs, and looked panicked and staggered when he was seen. After he left the Xu family, he never reported the case. It is possible that he did something wrong to Bai Haiyan last night and pulled off the elastic band of Bai Haiyan's skirt and pants. Bai Haiyan wanted to call the police, but he strangled Bai Haiyan to death in a hurry. Although Gu Ming denied that Bai Haiyan was killed by him, he was the biggest suspect.

The murder weapon, the blue scarf, was Bai Haiyan's, and it may have been hanging next to it at the time. It is not uncommon to assume that the victim is an occasional crime by using the object next to him as a murder weapon, which can be considered an accidental crime.

The other criminal police officers agreed with Tian Chunda's opinion.

The leaders of the Municipal Public Security Bureau then decided to detain Gu Ming in order to further clarify the facts of the case.

But Tian Chunda and Hao Dong interrogated Gu Ming in the interrogation room, and he vehemently and resolutely denied killing Bai Haiyan: "Bai Haiyan is my wife, and she is also the editor-in-chief of the magazine, and she is a superior person. How dare I have ill thoughts about her. I have always had a lot of respect for her and have not done anything wrong. My teacher, Xu Haitao, can testify to this. My master and my master and my wife are very good to me, teach me skills, and take care of my life, I can't be grateful, how can I kill my wife? Never! ”

"But you have white petrel's blood and vomit on your body."

"I thought that Teacher Bai had fainted on the ground due to illness, so I picked up her head to check, and there was blood and vomit on it at this time."

After repeated interrogation, no suspicions were found about Gu Ming.

Tian Chunda said to the team members: "According to my careful observation, Gu Ming doesn't seem to be lying. To further establish the facts of the case, we will have to investigate carefully and look for evidence. ”

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Tian Chunda continued his investigation at the Paris coffee shop at night. He and Hao Dong were talking to accountant Huang Lin when their mobile phone suddenly rang, and he answered the phone, and the call was from his old father, saying that his mother accidentally fell and broke her leg while traveling to Red Leaf Valley. Let him immediately drive to the Red Leaf Valley and take his mother back to Nanshan City for treatment.

After Tian Chunda hung up the phone, he said anxiously to Hao Dong: "My mother was traveling in Red Leaf Valley and broke her leg, so I have to go to Red Leaf Valley immediately to pick up my mother and come back for treatment." ”

Hao Dong said with concern: "I'll go with me too." ”

Tian Chunda shook his head: "You are not here to continue the investigation. I'll just go alone. ”

At this time, Huang Lin on the side said: "This Red Leaf Valley seems to be a dangerous place, our shopkeeper Miao Li died in Red Leaf Valley half a year ago." ”

As soon as Tian Chunda heard this, he asked, "How did she die?" ”

Huang Lin said: "She also said that she would travel to the Red Leaf Valley, but she died there. After an inquest by the local police, it was said that it was a suicide. But I'm a little strange, why did she commit suicide in the Red Leaf Valley hundreds of miles away? ”

Tian Chunda wondered, could Miao Li's death be related to Bai Haiyan's death? In the past six months, two people who have a close relationship with the night Paris coffee shop have died unnaturally one after another, which is very suspicious. He asked Huang Lin: "Is Miao Li a tourist to the Red Leaf Valley?" ”

She said she would go alone. But there were still two people in the store at the time. ”

"Who is it?"

"It's Xu Haitao and Gu Ming, they are accompanying a French tour group."

"Which hotel does Miao Li stay at in Red Leaf Valley?"

"It's a Momiji Hotel. After her death, the hotel took the accommodation slip and asked us for the accommodation fee. ”

Tian Chunda decided to conduct another investigation into Miao Li's death to see if it was related to Bai Haiyan's death.

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Tian Chunda took his mother back and sent her to the hospital for treatment. told his wife to take care of his mother, and he and Hao Dong rushed to the Red Leaf Valley again to investigate.

Tian Chunda took out the photos of Xu Haitao and Miao Li and showed them to the front desk staff of Hongye Hotel, "Have you seen these two people in the hotel?" ”

Several waitresses said they had seen it. Because their looks and dress stand out. The man was young, tall, with long hair and a few perms, and he was very handsome. The middle-aged woman looks like a noblewoman. In particular, there is a mole in the center of the eyebrow. The large ruby ring worn on the finger is also conspicuous.

Tian Chunda asked again: "Did you see these two together?" ”

A waitress said, "See, the man came to the woman at about six o'clock in the evening." into her room. More than an hour later, the two walked out of the hotel and went up the mountain. I remember it well. First, the appearance of the two is outstanding. The second is that it is already dark, and it is still up the mountain, which is a little surprising. ”

"What time did they come back after they went up the mountain?"

"I didn't seem to see them come back, maybe they came back very late, and there was only one waiter at the front desk, and I didn't notice."

Tian Chunda asked them again about the date of their night trip up the mountain.

The waiter looked up the accommodation register and said it was the night of May 3.

Walking out of the Red Leaf Hotel, Tian Chunda said to Hao Dong: "I have checked the case file of Miao Li's death, Miao Li disappeared on the evening of May 3, and the time of death was also about this night. It seems that Xu Haitao is likely to have something to do with Miao Li's death, and we have to investigate Xu Haitao further. ”

Because Gu Ming went to the Red Leaf Valley with Xu Haitao, Tian Chunda and Hao Dong interrogated Gu Ming again after returning to Nanshan City.

Tian Chunda looked at Gu Ming who was sitting in front of him. He could not eat, slept poorly, and was visibly emaciated.

"Gu Ming, you went to Red Leaf Valley with Xu Haitao in May, right?" Tian Chunda asked.

"Yes, with a French tour group."

"Did you find any unusual behavior in Xu Haitao in Red Leaf Valley?"

"This ......," Gu obviously hesitated.

"Say whatever you want, don't worry."

"I ...... I didn't find anything. ”

Tian Chunda could see from Gu Ming's hesitation that he must know something, but he didn't dare to say it because of the relationship between master and apprentice. "You'd better tell us what you know," he urged. Explaining what you know to the police is a meritorious gesture, and helping the police solve a case can also enable the police to help you figure out your situation. You still tell us the truth. ”

Gu Ming still hesitated.

Tian Chunda lit another fire: "If you know the situation and don't tell the police, you will conceal it and not report it, and if you don't know about it, it will aggravate your crime." ”

Under Tian Chunda's persuasion, Gu Ming finally told the truth: "Xu Haitao went to Red Leaf Valley with a French tour group that time, and he took me with him. But on the first day he arrived, he twice said that he was in a hurry, and he went out on his own, and asked me to take care of the tour group for him. I'm a little surprised, he's not like this on weekdays, and he's quite serious about his work. The second time he went out on an urgent errand, he went out after dinner, and it was already getting dark. I saw a bearded taxi driver smoking in front of the hotel and waiting for customers, Xu Haitao said a few words to him, and got into the car. He didn't come back until about midnight that night. The next morning, I saw long strips of scars on Xu Haitao's hands and arms, so I asked him what was wrong? He said it was a tree branch scraping. I thought, why did you go out on an errand and make so many scars on the branches? And the scar didn't look like it was scraped by a branch, it looked like it was scratched by a woman. After breakfast, the bearded driver was waiting in front of the hotel again, and I happened to be smoking in front of the door, and he came to borrow fire from me, and we chatted a few words. Out of curiosity, I asked him where did you drag that handsome guy with long hair last night? He said that he went to the Red Leaf Hotel, and he went to meet the girls. I said how do you know he's going to meet. He said I pulled him there, and he stopped in front of the hotel and waited for the guest. But after a while, I saw him and a girl come out of the hotel and walk up the mountain. I asked what the looked like. He said that she was very rich and richly dressed, and she looked like a noble lady at first glance. She wears a ruby ring on her hand, which is very valuable at first sight. She also had a mole between her eyebrows. As soon as I heard it, I knew that this girl was Miao Li, and I thought to myself, how did she chase her to Red Leaf Valley? Why did you go up the mountain with Xu Haitao at night?

Xu Haitao was going back to the city in the evening, and I said that I would not be able to get home until the second half of the night tonight, how tired I was. Anyway, the hotel tonight's accommodation fee has been paid, and it can't be refunded, so it's better to sleep in the hotel for a night and leave tomorrow morning. He said that he had to go back and ask Boss Miao in person if he had something urgent, and he had to leave tonight, or Boss Miao would be on a business trip, and it would be difficult to have a face-to-face interview if there was something. I thought, didn't you see Boss Miao at the Red Leaf Hotel last night, and we went up the mountain together. Why did you say that you had something urgent to rush back to ask her for instructions? I thought it was strange, but I didn't dare to ask more. Soon after returning, there were reports that Miao Li had committed suicide in Red Leaf Valley. Xu Haitao said, didn't Boss Miao go to Tianjin on a business trip, how did he get to Red Leaf Valley? I listened and thought to myself, didn't you meet in the Valley of Red Leaves? How did she get to the Valley of Red Leaves, you should know! But how dare I ask, it's just a soul in my heart. Later, I thought that Miao Li's death must have something to do with Xu Haitao. Gu Ming looked at Tian Chunda, and said: "You can go to Red Leaf Valley to investigate this matter, investigate Red Leaf Hotel, investigate the bearded taxi driver, see if I am telling nonsense, and you can also find out the truth about Miao Li's death." ”

After talking to Gu Ming, Tian Chunda immediately sent the criminal police to Red Leaf Valley to investigate the situation with the bearded taxi driver.