"Yes, we didn't fight. The people in this shop and the neighbors can attest to it. But now she died so suddenly, I, what should I do? Xiao Qiang burst into tears of sadness at this time.

Tian Chunda glanced at the policeman again. The policeman went out again. After a while, he came back and attached himself to Tian Chunda's ear and said, "Everyone in the store said that they hadn't heard of their husband and wife quarreling. ”

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 Xiao Qiang's house, and there was no sign of theft in the house. Judging by the situation at the scene, the robbery is 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 adultery, no toxic reactions in the stomach and 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. It is also available in many places. Xiao Qiang also left a lot of fingerprints, but it took a little longer.

Then other criminal police officers also spoke, and everyone tended to be Gu Ming committing the crime, because there was 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 leaders of the criminal police detachment 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. This is something that my teacher Xiao Qiang can attest. My master and 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 it, and there were blood stains and vomit on it at this time."

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

Tian Yan 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. ”

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 Momiji Valley and take his mother back to Nanguang 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 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 Xiao Qiang 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.

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 Xiao Qiang and Miao Li and showed them to the front desk staff of the Red Leaf 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 woman is middle-aged, and she 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: "Have you seen 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 Chuan 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 roughly on this night. It seems that Xiao Qiang is likely to have something to do with Miao Li's death, and we have to investigate Xiao Qiang further. ”

Because Gu Ming went to the Red Leaf Valley with Xiao Qiang, Tian Chunda and Hao Dong interrogated Gu Ming again after returning to Nanguang City.

Tian Chunda looked at Gu Ming who was sitting in front of him. He couldn't eat, couldn't sleep well in the detention center, and was visibly emaciated.

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

"Yes, with a French tour group."

"Did you find any unusual behavior in Xiao Qiang 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 the persuasion of Tian Chunda, Gu Ming finally told the truth: Xiao Qiang 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.