novelaction Chapter 1377 Hunting Crime + Fireworks 2
Chapter 1377 Hunting Crime + Fireworks 2
Du Cheng looked around the lobby on this floor and asked, "Have you checked the surveillance?"
A colleague from the police station smiled bitterly and said, "There is no surveillance installed in this building. We asked about this during the previous routine inspection, and they said it was to protect the privacy of the guests..."
Although they were speechless, no one in Du Cheng's group felt embarrassed. Instead, Xu Qin asked the secretary, "Madam, is Liang Yi the only one who can go up to the fifth floor by elevator?"
The secretary was stunned for a moment before reacting, and quickly replied: "Only our boss and I can go up. We only have that one elevator and one emergency passage here. The emergency passage only goes to the fourth floor. Only the elevator can go up to the fifth floor."
In any case, this secretary cannot be ruled out as a suspect at the moment.
Du Cheng led the team to the fifth floor. After entering the elevator, Xu Qin thought for a moment and handed Shen Yi a pair of gloves. However, she didn't have any extra shoe covers, and it was not convenient to talk at the moment, so she could only give Shen Yi a look and ask him to act accordingly and borrow a pair from other colleagues.
When Du Cheng led his team to inquire downstairs, the technicians and forensic doctors had already come up to inspect the scene. Forensic doctor He Rongyue took the time to report to Du Cheng: "There are no signs of fighting at the scene, and there are no obvious scars on the body of the deceased. The nails of the deceased are cyanotic, which is consistent with the signs of cyanide poisoning."
While paying attention to the information He Rongyue said, Xu Qin looked around and couldn't help but comment: "Look at the decoration here, it's quite tasteful."
Li Han frowned slightly and continued, "What kind of taste can make a rich woman like you nod in approval?"
Xu Qin looked at the bottle of red wine and the red wine glass that had already been opened, and said with a smile: "The taste that can make someone poison Liang Yi's life."
Li Han quickly noticed the implication in Xu Qin's words and asked, "You mean, the cyanide was not put in the red wine, but Liang Yi was fed it by some other means?"
Xu Qin spread his hands and said, "One test will reveal everything."
He Rongyue nodded in agreement and said, "Preliminary examination shows that the deceased died between thirty-two and thirty-five hours ago."
As soon as Xu Qin came in, she glanced at the face of the deceased Liang Yi, and saw that he looked like he was indulging in excessive sexual activities. She only had basic respect for the deceased, and turned to observe the surrounding situation, because she clearly felt that there was something hidden here.
Shen Yi had the same idea as her, but he just prepared in advance based on his carefulness. He first drew a rough layout of the fifth floor and then went downstairs to compare.
Xu Qin relied on his intuition to arrive at the place where the theft occurred.
This is a narrow corridor. The painting of "Girl with a Pearl Earring" on the wall is already eye-catching in such a narrow place, and the white paint that is often mistaken for a pearl earring is even more eye-catching.
Without thinking, Xu Qin reached out and pressed on the white paint. Suddenly, a door opened on the next wall, revealing a secret world behind the door.
Xu Qin couldn't help but turn her head away after just one look.
At first glance, this space was filled with ambiguity and decadence, but Xu Qin also saw the unwillingness and resentment of powerless struggle on the very design-conscious chair in the middle.
Du Cheng and Jiang Feng followed behind. Not to mention Xu Qin, even these two straight men felt very uncomfortable, and Du Cheng also had further speculation about the case.
The technical staff quickly followed up to take photos and investigate. When Shen Yi came back, he discovered that the hidden space on the fifth floor had been found. He couldn't help but admire that the Beijiang Branch seemed to be full of talented people.
He Rongyue saw Shen Yi draw a map of the building distribution on the fifth floor, so she generously explained to him: "It was Xu Qin who found the hidden space. She has a very sharp intuition and can quickly find the most useful information among many clues."
After He Rongyue cleaned up the outside, she hurried in to investigate further. Du Cheng retreated to the wall with Xu Qin. Seeing Xu Qin's face was very ugly, he was in the mood to liven up the atmosphere, so he quickly asked, "Do you have any ideas?"
Xu Qin exhaled a breath of turbid air, looked outside the door, and said, "Perhaps we should quickly check Liang Yi's clients to see if there are any people working in the construction industry or interior design-related industries."
"It's impossible for Liang Yi to handle this kind of place by himself, so there must be someone he trusts or who makes him feel he has complete control to help him."
Du Cheng didn't expect Xu Qin to actually explain it. This was indeed a reasonable inference. Jiang Feng rushed to check it out and took away a bunch of CDs and medical records.
Jiang Feng, who returned to the bureau and received the task of watching the video, wished he was blind. Xu Qin got the surveillance records of various intersections around the plastic surgery hospital and was checking them. Even if she was fine, she would not help Jiang Feng share the burden.
Li Han was investigating the medical records, so Jiang Feng finally only asked Old Yan for help. As a result, Old Yan found an excuse and escaped without even watching a few videos.
Du Cheng went to He Rongyue to wait for various reports. Now only Shen Yi seemed to be free. He thought about it and finally sat next to Xu Qin to check the surveillance video with Xu Qin.
Xu Qin was confident. She thanked Shen Yi for his help but assigned him a task: "Professor Shen, why don't you help Jiang Feng check the CD? As a famous painter, you must be able to capture the subtle emotional changes on people's faces and record those women who were forced. This will be very helpful in solving the case."
"Or, can you match the medical records with the CDs?"
There are photos on the medical records, but Liang Yi's secretary has identified them and found that almost all of them are photos taken before plastic surgery, while the photos on the CD all show the women's appearance after plastic surgery. Therefore, matching the medical records with the CD is a very difficult task.
Shen Yi thought about it and chose the first task, "I'd better go and identify those who were forced."
Shen Yi was not avoiding his work. He was thinking that the people who helped Liang Yi design the space on the fifth floor and the secret room were most likely not among those who were forced to have sex with Liang Yi. If he found out those who were forced, wouldn't he also eliminate many wrong answers? This is also a serious job.
Xu Qin's job was the easiest. It didn't take her much time to determine that a woman wrapped tightly in a blanket went into the plastic surgery hospital alone on Saturday night. Most importantly, the time she went in and out of the plastic surgery hospital was basically consistent with the time of Liang Yi's death speculated by He Rongyue.
However, Xu Qin checked the surveillance cameras from multiple angles but was unable to see even a relatively clear side view of the woman. Even though most of her side view was captured a few steps away, her specific appearance could not be discerned because she was wearing a hat and a mask.
Xu Qin had no choice but to ask Shen Yi for help, "Can these pictures alone restore the other person's appearance?"
Xu Qin herself felt that she was being difficult, but Shen Yi took a look and said firmly: "Yes!"
Du Cheng came back and saw this scene. He couldn't help but twitched his lips and said sarcastically, "We are the Public Security Bureau here, not a place for children to play house, nor an art classroom. There is no room for you to express yourself freely."