"We don't burn coal, we use gas at home."

"Is there a place near you that sells or stores coal?"

"Not either."

After asking about the general situation, the police asked the woman to go back.

The Serious Crimes Unit focused its investigation on the mystery of the phone call that removed the victim from his home. Meng Xiangyu went out after receiving a phone call, and was killed after going out. It seemed that it was his acquaintance who killed him, so Meng Xiangyu went after answering the phone, and he was defenseless.

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The criminal police found that the person who called Meng Xiangyu on the afternoon before he was killed was Lu Tian, chairman of Xingfa Real Estate Company. went to the company to interrogate him.

On the way there, Tian Chunda said to his subordinates: "This Lu Tian is the suspect who killed Qu Lili, and now he has become the suspect who killed Meng Xiangyu, he has a big problem." ”

Meng Xiaochun said: "Maybe the two cases are related." Lu Tian killed Qu Lili, and Meng Xiangyu found clues and threatened him, so Lu Tian killed Meng Xiangyu again. ”

Tian Chunda nodded, "There is also this possibility." ”

Seeing that Tian Chunda and the others were here again, Lu Tian said with a smile: "Several police officers have patronized the company again, do you have any new information to ask?" ”

Tian Chunda nodded: "Yes." Did you call Meng Xiangyu at around four o'clock in the afternoon on the 12th? ”

"Yes, he will fix the locks, there is a problem with the lock of my safe door, ask him to come and fix the locks, he agreed, but he didn't come. I called him again, but he turned off the phone. ”

"Where and what did you do after four o'clock in the afternoon on the 12th?"

Lu Tian lit a Chinese cigarette, took a puff and said: "I worked in the company from four to five o'clock, and after work, I invited a few friends to drink and drank until the second half of the night. ”

"Oh? Is it drinking? Tell me the name of your drinking friend. ”

"It's all here." Lu Tian wrote down the name of his drinking friend and handed the note to Tian Chunda, which read: Ji Chuan, Chen Xiong.

Lu Tian added: "Ji Chuan also invited three male neighbors to drink together. ”

After leaving Xingfa Company, Tian Chunda said to his subordinates: "We must investigate Lu Tian's drinking friends to see if what Lu Tian said is the truth." ”

Back to the criminal police detachment, Tian Chunda asked Xiang Haiyang again: "Haiyang, how is the investigation in the eastern suburbs?" ”

Xiang Haiyang replied: "It is currently being investigated in full force. No one who witnessed Meng Xiangyu and the murderer coming to this area has been found near the scene of the body. ”

Tian Chunda said to his subordinates again: "You say, where was Meng Xiangyu killed? ”

"Didn't the body be found in the woods of the eastern suburbs?" Yu Ping, a young criminal policeman, said.

Hao Dong continued: "Because there is no bloodstain, it is difficult to determine where the crime scene is." ”

Tian Chunda said: "Yes, it can be said that the crime scene is the place where the body was found, or it can be said that the crime was done somewhere else, and then the body was transported there." If you think about it, the results of the autopsy proved that the victim's lungs were attached to the pulverized coal, which means that Meng Xiangyu inhaled the pulverized coal before he died. However, there was not even a single coal ballast near the scene where the body was found. ”

"However, you can't say that the pulverized coal in your lungs must have been sucked when you were killed, right? It is also possible that it was smoked a few hours before the murder or a few days ago. Yu Ping said.

"Ah, that makes sense. This means that the murderer brought the body after committing a crime elsewhere. Meng Xiaochun continued.

"Then it is becoming more and more important to investigate the route taken by the victims." Tian Chunda thought about it and said. He added, "Let's go back to the place where the body was found." ”

The police car came to the place where Meng Xiangyu's body was found in the eastern suburbs. The detectives got out of the car.

Tian Chunda stood in place and looked around for a while and said, "Hey, let's go over there and have a look!" ”

The detectives climbed the narrow slope and came to the high post. From here, you can see the long street that looks like a narrow valley below.

"There are no factories around here!" Tian Chunda said while looking around. There is not even a chimney to be seen in this area. Only the rows of inhabitants' roofs glistened in the autumn sun.

Hao Dong knew the team leader's thoughts, he was looking for a place with coal.

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The detectives continued to work tirelessly to investigate.

First of all, about the trace of the victim Meng Xiangyu. As a result of the investigation in the eastern suburbs, no clues were obtained. According to the analysis of the criminal police, the time when Sister-in-law Zhang saw Meng Xiangyu go out was about four o'clock, so it can be inferred that the time when she arrived in the eastern suburbs was between five o'clock and five thirty o'clock. This time is the climax of commuting and commuting. In this crowded situation, who can notice Meng Xiangyu who is involved in the flow of people.

So, where was Meng Xiangyu during the period from 4 p.m. on the 12th to 6:30 a.m. on the 13th when he found his body in the woods in the eastern suburbs? The time when the body was accidentally found was 6:30 a.m. on the 13th, and how long before that the body had been placed here? Supposing that the time of the crime was between 10 p.m. on the 12th and 1 a.m. on the 13th, as confirmed by the results of the autopsy, where did he spend the six or seven hours of his life? No clues have been found.

If Meng Xiangyu had already arrived near the scene in the eastern suburbs during the time he had survived, he would definitely have to use some means of transportation. Therefore, the criminal police investigated the buses that passed near the scene in the eastern suburbs. However, the bus driver said that he had never seen a man like Meng Xiangyu. The detectives also visited the various taxi companies in the city. As a result of the investigation, no clues were found from the taxi driver.

The results of tests for coal dust sticking to the nostrils and lungs of the victim came out. It was tested by a university geology laboratory, and the quality of the coal was said to be very good.

On the other hand, a very important situation was also learned: the actions of Lu Tian's two drinking friends from the evening of the 12th to the noon of the 13th were investigated. Lu Tian and Chen Xiong came to Ji Chuan's house in Sanlipu in the eastern suburbs at about seven o'clock in the evening of the 12th to drink.

"What? Three Mile Fort? ”

Hearing this report, Tian Chunda cried out, because Sanlipu was one kilometer north of the miscellaneous forest where the body was found.

According to several drinking friends, Chen Xiong said at 11 p.m. that he had something to do, so he went back first. Lu Tian, Ji Chuan and the three neighbors drank until about 3:30 in the morning, and as a result, Lu Tian and his neighbors lived in Ji Chuan's house.

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"Chen Xiong left Ji Chuan's house at eleven o'clock in the evening", which attracted the attention of the criminal police. Because Meng Xiangyu's time of death was between ten o'clock in the evening and one o'clock in the morning, and Ji Chuan's house was only one kilometer away from the scene of the body.

"This is suspicious. Let's investigate Chen Xiong again! Tian Chunda said.

Chen Xiong is a square-faced, medium-sized man, thirty-five years old. He was a little listless and spoke lazily.

He replied to the police's questioning like this: "I drank for a while at Ji Chuan's house, and then my lover called me and asked me to come over at night, so I said that something happened to come out first." My lover's name is Ai Yuting. I arrived at her house around eleven thirty and stayed there for the night. ”

According to Chen Xiong's confession, the criminal police came to Ai Yuting's home, investigated her, and learned that the situation was true.

Chen Xiong came out of Ji Chuan's house at eleven o'clock and arrived at Ai Yuting's house thirty minutes later, which was already very clear. From this point of view, it was impossible for him to have enough time to kill Meng Xiangyu or transport his body there in the miscellaneous woods a kilometer away from Ji Chuan's house. Moreover, he had been sleeping with Ai Yuting until the next morning, and it was impossible for him to run out to commit the crime during this period.

"In this way, he didn't have the time to commit the crime, so the suspicion is relatively small!" Hao Dong said.

"yes!" Meng Xiaochun replied.

"Where was Meng Xiangyu killed?" Tian Chunda said while smoking a cigarette.

"Team leader, let's investigate the place where there is a coal storage yard in the city!" Hao Dong said.

"Okay." Tian Chunda nodded.

The criminal police began to visit the places in the city where there were coal storage yards. But until the third day, I still didn't have a clue.

At this moment, a completely unexpected piece of good news flew to the side of the group of serious cases that were being blocked by the mountains and were in trouble. As the saying goes, God has eyes. Although this is an old-fashioned job, the current team leader Tian Chunda completely thinks so.