Her eyes were extremely clear, reflecting Zhang Shihu's heart very dirty. Thinking of the master's comments, Zhang Shihu felt cold all over his body.

There was a north wind blowing in the stairwell on the first floor, pouring into Zhang Shihu's neck, and he shivered, his teeth touching up and down.

There are some mistakes, and there is no turning back.

At eight o'clock the next morning, Zhao Xiangwan went to the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Xing City Public Security Bureau to report to start her winter vacation internship.

He Mingyu took Zhao Xiangwan to the logistics support office to get the uniform, and said beautifully: "Zhao Xiangwan, I'm so happy to know that you are coming for an internship!" You made a meritorious contribution to the last case of the decapitated female corpse, and Team Xu applied for an internship above, and prepared a full set of uniforms for you, just waiting for you to come and receive it. ”

Light green shirt, dark blue tie, olive green single-breasted suit, Zhao Xiangwan in winter clothes is heroic and cool, which makes people's eyes shine.

The office building of the Xing City Public Security Bureau has a total of seven floors and a double-sided corridor-style layout. The corridor in the middle, which is 1.5 meters wide, only has windows at the east and west ends for natural lighting, which is a bit dark.

As soon as the two policewomen walked to the office of the Serious Crime Unit on the second floor, they heard Xu Songling's loud voice.

"Check it out! Go ask! I don't believe I can't find the lover of the deceased! ”

Zhao Xiangwan glanced at He Mingyu, He Mingyu smiled bitterly: "I don't know if you are lucky or bad, just joined the group for internship, our group took a personal murder case, and the identity of the deceased was confirmed, but who is the man who is with her, I haven't found it yet." ”

While speaking, He Mingyu led Zhao Xiangwan into the office of the serious case team.

The office is about 20 square meters, and the serious case group has opened up two rooms, and the vision is very broad. Seven desks are placed at will, desktop stationery, materials, and personal belongings are placed in a mess, with simple decoration and tough iron cabinets, there is a messy wild beauty.

Zhao Xiangwan's slender figure stepped into the office, Xu Songling, who was talking, glanced at his eyes, quickly turned his head, his cold face softened a little, and beckoned to her: "Come, Zhao Xiangwan, say hello to everyone." ”

Zhao Xiangwan stood with a smile: "Hello everyone." ”

"Zhao Xiangwan, hello."

"Little junior sister, you're finally here!"

"Great, Zhao Xiangwan came, don't worry that this case can't be solved."

In the warm applause, everyone cheered.

Zhu Feipeng raised his eyebrows excitedly: "Little junior sister is here well, the time has come to use you." "A week off, a week of filings, boring. finally came to a big case, but there was no clue, Zhao Xiangwan came by chance and wonderfully.

Xu Songling was not polite, and pointed to a bare desk by the window: "That's your desk, let's use it first." But...... I guess you don't have time to sit down, this morning you followed He Mingyu and Zhu Feipeng to the Natural Residence Hotel to investigate. ”

"Yes!" Zhao Xiangwan, He Mingyu, and Zhu Feipeng responded loudly at the same time.

"Liu Liangju and Ai Hui are in a group, go to Weng Pingfang's unit to investigate."

"Yes!"

"Huang Yuande and Zhu Kang went to Weng Pingfang's house to investigate."

"Yes!"

After arranging the six people in the group, Xu Songling picked up a file and handed it to Zhao Xiangwan: "First use ten minutes to familiarize yourself with the case, and then let He Mingyu give you a detailed introduction on the road." ”

Everyone is an acquaintance, and they have solved cases together, drank wine, and eaten, and they are considered to be comrades-in-arms who came out of the trenches, and they are not so polite. Zhao Xiangwan put the belongings he brought on his desk, and went out with He Mingyu and Zhu Feipeng.

The case took place at the Natural Habitat Hotel, three days earlier, on 11 January 1992.

A young woman named Weng Pingfang was strangled to death in room 2108 of the hotel, she had sex before her death, there were traces of struggle at the scene, and the pinch marks on her neck were clear. Fingerprints were left in the water cup, and hair was collected on the bed and pillow, because the deceased was found when the hotel personnel came in and out more, and the footprints at the scene were seriously damaged and could not be collected.

The deceased was wearing gold earrings and a gold necklace, and there was no loss of property in the backpack left at the scene.

On the way to the hotel, He Mingyu added the situation with some disdain.

Weng Pingfang was originally a rural hukou, and after being introduced to marry Pan Guoqing, a salesman of the Provincial Construction Machinery Factory, she went to the city and worked as a waiter in a café in the east of the city. Because people are beautiful and have sweet mouths, they are very attractive to men. Her husband Pan Guoqing often runs business outside and is away from home for a long time, so he is at home a little more during the Chinese New Year. This woman, when the man is not at home, runs outside every week, runs dozens of miles to the west of the city to open a room, what can he do? I must have found a lover. ”

Zhao Xiangwan asked: "Do you go to the Natural Residence Hotel every week to open a room?" ”

He Mingyu snorted: "Yes, the hotel check-in list is clearly written, there are always two or three times a month, they all come over on Saturday night and leave early the next morning." Weng Pingfang is very cautious, knowing that what she does is not visible, she is always alone, she never chats with the hotel waiter, and she does not call to order food. Generally, I book a room by phone, and when I arrive, I find the front desk and get the room card in, and then I don't come out again. ”

Zhao Xiangwan asked: "Have you ever asked Weng Pingfang's friends and colleagues to find out, who is her lover?" ”

He Mingyu shook his head: "Weng Pingfang has a tight mouth, and she has never mentioned to anyone that she has a lover." ”

"Does her lover know?"

"I don't know. When we informed Pan Guoqing to identify the body, his grief and shock did not look like a performance. He has been away from home for a long time and does not know that his wife has cheated. ”

"Is it possible that lovers are not fixed?"

He Mingyu frowned: "Isn't it fixed?" Weng Pingfang's private life won't be so chaotic, right? Although her man has been away from home for a long time, he heard that he has made a lot of money, and he hurts her so much, so she will be in charge of her salary passbook, funds, and commissions, so she won't be lonely like this, right? ”

Zhu Feipeng interjected while driving: "So regular and cautious, the lover Weng Pingfang is looking for may have a relatively high status and dare not let people know." I have encountered a lot of cases of love killing, and the average lonely man and woman who engage in a one-night stand will not be so careful. ”

He Mingyu said: "Yes, I felt this way when I was researching the check-in list and asking the hotel waiter. Just asked and asked, and the tone of the hotel was the same, and they all said that they hadn't seen the man. Team Xu asked you to follow us this time, I'm afraid I also want to see if there are any missing clues. ”

By checking the hotel's check-in list, investigating Weng Pingfang's work unit and family situation, and summarizing the information feedback, the final questions were all stuck on the question of who was the last man Weng Pingfang saw before he died.

Zhao Xiangwan: "Has the hotel registered its personnel?" ”

He Mingyu: "I did it, but I only registered Weng Pingfang's information." ”

Zhao Xiangwan: "None of the hotel staff have ever seen Weng Pingfang's lover? ”

He Mingyu: "The hotel waiter doesn't know. ”

Zhao Xiangwan: "Have you ever asked the cleaner?" ”

He Mingyu: "The cleaner in charge of the second floor doesn't know anything. ”

Zhao Xiangwan felt incredible: "The customers who have stayed in the hotel for nearly two years have died in the hotel, and the hotel doesn't even know about it?" ”

He Mingyu also felt this way: "I asked one by one, and they all said that they didn't know, which was strange." ”

Zhu Feipeng: "This time, let's ask one by one to see if we can find any clues." I don't believe it, he can't be invisible! Sneak into the hotel, eat and wipe clean and kill people and want to leave? ”

Zhao Xiangwan asked: "Is the man who dates Weng Pingfang privately necessarily the murderer?" ”

Zhu Feipeng drove the car steadily: "There is no financial loss, obviously not robbery and murder; The deceased had a cheerful personality and did not argue with others, and the possibility of vendetta was small; The hotel staff is simple, no one pays attention to the door when the door is closed, and the possibility of passion killing is small; With such an exclusion, the possibility of love killing is very high. So, the man who dated the deceased is currently the biggest suspect. ”

Three people came to the hotel.

The Natural Residence Hotel is located in the west of the city, although it is far away from the city center, but because it is adjacent to Guanxi Avenue in the south and backed by Luoxia Mountain, the transportation is convenient, the air is fresh and the environment is beautiful, so the business is usually good.

After entering the wax moon, there are few tourists in Luoxia Mountain, and the hotel business is relatively deserted. Three days ago, there was a homicide, and the Wei manager of the Natural Residence Hotel felt unlucky, and when he saw that the police came to the door again to inquire about the evidence collection, his attitude was a little perfunctory, and he led Zhu Feipeng and the three people into the manager's office and answered the questions in a coping manner.

"Comrade policeman, I don't know."

"Only one person's ID card information is registered, and we can't care if there are visitors or not."

"It was still in the morning when the waiter cleaned the room and found that someone had died in bed, so we called the police as soon as possible, as for the investigation...... It still depends on the Public Security Bureau. ”

[Over and over again, the same question the police have asked countless times, and they are still asking.] If I had known who the murderer was, I would have said it a long time ago, where would I have waited until now! It's really bad luck that someone died in the hotel, if you are a policeman, go and investigate the case, don't come to harass us again. There are police officers coming to the door at two ends in three days, can the hotel business still be done? 】

What the hotel does is to usher in the business of sending to, what you want is service and reputation, Zhao Xiangwan, who worked in the county hotel during the winter and summer vacations of high school, knows this very well. Manager Wei's attitude towards the police's questioning was so uncooperative, mainly because he was worried about affecting the hotel's business.

After communicating with Manager Wei for half an hour, there was still nothing, no one knew who the visitor was, what characteristics he had, when he would come, and when he would leave.

He Mingyu closed the notebook and looked at Manager Wei seriously: "Manager Wei, please provide us with the duty schedule at the time of the incident, all the front desk attendants, room service, cleaning, and restaurant staff...... We're all going to see you again. ”

Manager Wei's expression was indescribable.

[Damn, these police officers only know how to ask, ask, ask! Ask a fart. Weng Pingfang is a regular visitor to our hotel, and every weekend she comes to book a room to go on a date with her lover, and the front desk staff knows her. I have also heard the men who have a private meeting with her talk about the employees below, and every time they come at seven or eight o'clock in the evening and leave around ten o'clock, their whereabouts are evasive and secretive, like a thief.

It's just, can you talk about this everywhere? Our hotel is located in the middle of nowhere, close to Luoxia Mountain, and there are often private meetings between lovers, and those women who are in the leather and meat business also bring men here. If you know that our hotel is a Fengyue place, and the anti-pornography team of the Chengxi Police Station will be the first to come to the door, will you still be able to do business in the future? The boss specially called us to tell us to shut up, so we could only ask three questions and not know, and hold on to nothing, and when this limelight passed, the public security bureau would close the unsolved case, and everything would be back to normal. 】

Zhao Xiangwan stood quietly aside, listening to Manager Wei's thoughts, while watching He Mingyu and Zhu Feipeng ask one by one against the duty list, for fear that someone would slip through the net.

Obviously check the accommodation records, Weng Pingfang is a frequent visitor, and the check-in is very regular, but because the hotel owner and manager Wei have given death orders, the employees below dare not say anything, so the information obtained is some useless clichés.

"Weng Pingfang usually comes in the afternoon, sleeps for a night and leaves the next morning, she is beautiful, soft-spoken and gentle, but she never chats with our waiter, and we don't know her."

"I don't know if there are any visitors, there are so many people who enter the hotel every day, men, women and children, where can we tell who is the person she wants to meet?"

"I told you last time that I am only responsible for cleaning the guest rooms, starting at 9 o'clock in the morning and 3 o'clock in the afternoon every day, and I can only open the door with the room card when I confirm that the guests are leaving, and I will never go in casually. I was scared to death when I found someone dead in the guest room, and I don't know what you're asking. ”

Seeing that Zhu Feipeng raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, and wanted to end this inquiry in an irritable mood, Zhao Xiangwan said softly: "Senior brother, let me ask?" ”

Zhu Feipeng suddenly came to his senses, and handed the notebook in his hand to Zhao Xiangwan: "Okay, you come!" ”

Zhao Xiangwan took the notebook, spread it out on his lap, unscrewed the cap of the pen with his right hand, and wrote the first name.

- Manager Wei.

"When we set off today, we met reporter Yang from the legal special issue of Xingshi Daily, and he asked us about any bizarre cases recently."

Zhao Xiangwan seemed to be doing homely things, and Zhu Feipeng was confused when he heard it. Have we met Reporter Yang? When was this?

Reporter! Manager Wei was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and said in a hurried voice: "The case hasn't been solved yet, why are there reporters who inquire?" ”

"Journalists need to eat, too."

Zhao Xiangwan didn't raise her eyes to look at her, she still looked down at the notebook, and wrote a line of words on her own, with a faint expression.

"A hotel regular, opened the room 83 times in two years, the hotel staff didn't know who the man she had a private meeting with, who could believe it? If you are not willing to cooperate with us, why don't you let Reporter Yang come and report it? ”

Zhao Xiangwan said threatening words calmly, Manager Wei was uneasy in his heart, and his neck stretched out, wanting to see what she wrote in the notebook.

Zhao Xiangwan seemed to have telepathy, "Brush!" He made a move, covered his left hand in the notebook, raised his head and looked at Manager Wei seriously: "We have discipline and confidentiality!" ”

Manager Wei was struggling with thoughts, and his expression was a little tangled. The policewoman in front of her looked young, she didn't expect to be so powerful, and she grabbed his weakness with one sentence!

Cooperate with the police, there is a risk of exposing the hotel's pornography; But if you don't cooperate with the police, if you make them unhappy, give a thorough explanation to the reporters who want things to get bigger and bigger, and then the reporters will come to the door and report, and the hotel will be completely finished!

The warblers, who often come to the hotel to receive guests, kept it quiet overnight. This part of the income of regular customers accounts for 20% of the hotel's total annual revenue, plus they can also make a little oil in private...... It's too much to lose.

Manager Wei thought about it, and finally gritted his teeth: "That, I have to discuss it with the boss first." ”

Of course, Zhao Xiangwan knew what he was thinking, she didn't show it on her face, and nodded slightly.

As soon as Manager Wei left, Zhu Feipeng approached her and curiously ripped off her hand covering the notebook.

Zhao Xiangwan reacted quickly and moved his hands to the right, moved his notebook two inches away, and glanced at Zhu Feipeng.

With a hint of chill in her eyes, Zhu Feipeng withdrew his hand and scratched his head. Little junior sister is good everywhere else, that's it...... It's too serious, it's not easy to get close.

He Mingyu bent down and asked softly, "What did you write?" ”

Zhao Xiangwan removed the hand covering the notebook, revealing a line of delicate fonts on it.

- Collective lying.

He Mingyu's mouth became O-shaped: "It turns out that they are all lying? ”

Zhao Xiangwan said "um", "Manager Wei's eyes flickered, and the employees below would subconsciously look at him when answering questions, and from time to time there were small movements of touching his nose and biting his lip, which were all micro-expressions when lying." ”

The corners of his mouth slanted to the □□, and Zhu Feipeng subconsciously crooked his nose.

Zhao Xiangwan added: "A crooked nose shows distrust." ”