Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 185 What they have in common! (Please give me a monthly ticket. Thank you.)
The next day, at six in the morning.

Luo Rui dreamed of the black pastoral dog opening its bloody mouth, biting Mo Wanqiu's arm with its sharp fangs and tearing it apart frantically.

Mo Wanqiu was trapped in a cement pipe with his limbs tied, unable to resist at all.

Her body was covered in blood and she was screaming in pain.

This horrifying dream woke Luo Rui up immediately, with cold sweat breaking out on his back.

Even though it was a nightmare, Luo Rui was still frightened and gasping for breath.

Will a domesticated dog attack and bite its owner if it is extremely hungry?
He brought this question into his dreams, so much so that he thought about it during the day and dreamed about it at night.

After getting up and taking a shower, Luo Rui went downstairs and ran into Mo Wanqiu. The girl was carrying a backpack and was about to go to school. She was holding a piece of bread and milk in her hands.

When she saw Luo Rui, she rolled her eyes and ignored him.

Only when they got downstairs did Mo Wanqiu come up to talk to him.

"Um... the key to your house was taken away by my mother. Please make me another one and put it in the potted plant in front of your house. Do you hear me?"

Luo Rui nodded and prepared to get in the car.

"Hey, can you take me to school?"

The Haijiang Branch and the Normal College were in different directions, but Luo Rui had no intention of rejecting her.

Because of the nightmare he had in the early morning, he wanted to talk to Mo Wanqiu. He remembered that this girl had also raised a dog before.

The saying that men don't keep cats and women don't keep dogs is definitely true.

At this time, a voice sounded behind them: "Wanqiu, let me take you there. The place I'm going to is near your school."

Luo Rui turned around and found that the other person was his neighbor, the only daughter of TV station director Song Changming. She was wearing a long white down jacket and a pair of brown knee-high boots.

Her hair was tied in a ponytail at the back of her head, she had an oval face and fair skin, and she looked really pretty.

Luo Rui didn't know her name, and he never saw her again after meeting her on the day of moving.

At that time, I heard from Mo Liguo that she had just graduated from college and had not found a job yet. She wanted to participate in a variety show and become a star.

In fact, considering her appearance and family background, it would be very easy for her to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry, but her father just wouldn't agree.

Come to think of it, Song Changming is the deputy director and deputy section chief of a TV station in a provincial capital city. He holds a high position and has great power. Moreover, the TV station comes into contact with some big stars from time to time. He is well aware of the intrigues involved.

After the Zhu Lizhi case, many female stars and directors were exposed, some of them chatting about scripts in hotels, some of them dancing striptease next to the piano, and their lives were decadent and dirty.

How could Song Changming push his daughter into the fire pit? In Guangxing City, he can guarantee his daughter's innocence, but if she goes to Dicheng, it will not be something that a small station director like you can control.

Mo Wanqiu chuckled: "Okay, Sister Fanghua, I'll take your car and let this bastard be lonely."

The woman also smiled and looked at Luo Rui carefully, then stretched out her hand and introduced herself: "Hello, this is the second time we meet. My name is Song Fanghua."

"Luo Rui."

Luo Rui shook hands with her lightly.

"I heard that you are a student at the Criminal Police Academy? And you have helped the police solve many murders?"

Talking about the murder case, Song Fanghua didn't seem afraid. She still had a smile on her face and two shallow dimples on her cheeks.

"It was just a fluke."

"Okay, we are neighbors now, please take care of me in the future."

After Song Fanghua finished speaking, she grabbed Mo Wanqiu's hand and walked towards the carport.

Please take care of me?
Asking a "criminal policeman" in charge of homicide cases to look out for you is unlucky no matter how you think about it.

Luo Rui curled his lips and got into the car. He did not drive away immediately, but waited for a red Mercedes to drive out of the carport.

This car belonged to Song Fanghua. Mo Wanqiu was sitting in the passenger seat and waved to him.

Luo Rui's heart skipped a beat. This Old Song is no ordinary person. His daughter just graduated and has no job, yet she drives a valuable luxury car.

Not only that, the family also lives in a large flat.

Where does this money come from?

However, this is not Luo Rui's business.

When he arrived at the Haijiang Branch, Luo Rui did not go to the office immediately, but went straight to the police dog squadron.

The Haijiang Branch has a total of three police dogs, which are managed by two police officers.

Police dogs live a more comfortable life than humans, and their daily food expenses are higher than those of ordinary police officers.

The saying that people are worse than dogs is true.

When he arrived at the place, Luo Rui heard the sharp barking of a dog. There was no need to identify it, he knew it was the barking of a mad dog. Luo Rui had heard it before in the countryside. If you don't provoke a mad dog, it will just whimper and bark twice, and when you are not paying attention, it will bite your trouser leg and tear it hard. If you are wearing shorts, it will be bad. You will be lucky if you don't get bitten off.

If you provoke it, it will bare its teeth and pounce on you. Your only option is to run, and try to protect your butt.

Lao Pang from the police dog squadron was a retired soldier who also raised dogs in the army. When he saw Luo Rui, he came over and asked, "Are you here to see the dog too?"

Luo Rui nodded: "Brother Pang, thank you for your help."

"No trouble. Captain Cai was here just now."

"Is the dog crazy?"

Pang Xiaogang replied: "Come with me."

Luo Rui followed behind him, and soon he saw a dog cage in the corner of the yard. The black mongrel dog was crouching in the cage with its eyes red.

It bared its teeth and bit the iron frame madly, making a whining sound from its mouth.

The black hair on its body was tangled together, and the black blood stains could no longer be seen.

Luo Rui didn't dare to get too close, fearing to irritate it. He looked at the dog from three meters away.

Pang Xiaogang said: "Director Zhao came once and took some biological samples. I have been a dog trainer for more than ten years, and I have never seen a dog that dares to eat... its owner. Many dogs would rather starve to death than attack their owners.

But cats are different. They are much more cruel than dogs. Our bureau once received a report of an old lady who died of illness at home. She had three cats, and the cats gnawed at her because they had nothing to eat... That scene was really scary."

"When you finish this case, the dog will definitely die. It's a bit hard to think about it..."

He spoke in a low voice so that the three police dogs wouldn't hear.

Luo Rui patted Pang Xiaogang on the shoulder and said, "These beasts that eat people are a disaster if we keep them. Brother Pang, humans are much more cruel than beasts. Only by eliminating them can this society be peaceful."

At seven o'clock in the morning, a police car converted from an off-road vehicle drove out of the police station gate.

Su Mingyuan still held the steering wheel, and Cai Xiaojing, who was sitting in the passenger seat, distributed the buns and soy milk brought from the cafeteria to several people.

Chu Yang was eating a bun while operating the computer on his knees with one hand.

"Captain Du and his team set out before dawn. I heard that several experts from the provincial department drew a psychological profile of the murderer and believed that this person has an antisocial personality, is extremely good at hands-on work, and has a high IQ. He may have attended college."

Luo Rui took a sip of soy milk and then asked, "So what is the direction of Captain Du's investigation now?"

"Two directions. One is to investigate the tools left by the murderer. After all, setting up such a complicated crime scene requires a lot of tools, such as cement, surveillance, pliers, etc. There is also the modified desktop with the gear saw blade hidden underneath. They are investigating the channels through which the murderer purchased these things.

The other person is the mute who delivered the USB flash drive. Captain Du intends to focus on investigating this clue.

Oh, Captain, I forgot to tell you that the task force hired a criminal consultant. Do you know who he is? "

Luo Rui shook his head: "How would I know?"

Cai Xiaojing turned around and glanced at him. "Li Mubai."

"Ah?" Chu Yang asked in surprise, "Teacher Li?"

Su Mingyuan nodded: "Yes, he was the one who made the psychological portrait of the murderer."

Chu Yang frowned: "If it is an antisocial personality, then the murderer is killing randomly? If this is the case, then we want to find the murderer through the social relationships of the victim, then that is wrong?"

Cai Xiaojing shook her head: "When investigating a case, you can't simply say which direction is wrong. If you want a complete chain of evidence so that you can prosecute the suspect in the future, you have to investigate from multiple angles."

Luo Rui didn't comment and concentrated on eating his breakfast.

Last night, because Zhao Ming needed time to do the investigation, Luo Rui and the others went back to rest. The investigation on the next day was the top priority, and without a good night's sleep, they would not be able to hold on.

When they arrived, Chu Yang and Su Mingyuan went to visit Peng Li's neighbors and the residents downstairs, while Luo Rui and Cai Xiaojing went to meet Peng Li's parents.

Her parents were arranged to stay in the hotel across the street, but they did not sleep all night. Even if they were honest and obedient, they knew that something must have happened to their daughter.

As soon as Luo Rui entered the room, Peng An's eyes turned red and he immediately asked, "Officer, please tell me the truth, is my daughter really in trouble?"

At this point, we cannot hide the truth anymore from the victim's parents, and they are needed to claim the body today.

Therefore, Cai Xiaojing nodded slightly: "Please accept my condolences!"

This was said very politely, but Peng An heard it. He opened his mouth wide and stood there in a daze. His wife didn't understand and quickly pulled his clothes and asked, "Old man, what happened to Lili? Why are you standing there?"

Cai Xiaojing exhaled and continued, "Peng Li is dead."

Hearing this, all the strength in the old woman's body was drained away at once, and she collapsed to the ground.

Luo Rui and Cai Xiaojing quickly helped her up and let her sit on the edge of the bed.

The old woman looked pale and pursed her lips.

Then she burst into tears, as if the great pain she had felt when she gave birth to her daughter came back to her again.

In order not to affect other people, Luo Rui went and closed the door of the hotel.

After waiting for a while, Peng An's mood improved a little, and Luo Rui and Cai Xiaojing began to ask questions.

Peng An stared at the floor in a daze, his hands resting on his knees.

Cai Xiaojing took out the recorder, turned on the button, and asked, "What kind of job does Peng Li do?"

"She's an office clerk, but before the New Year, I heard she had resigned."

"Has she ever had a boyfriend? Or has she had a good relationship with someone of the opposite sex?"

Peng An shook his head: "I haven't heard her say that."

"Did she say anything strange to you?"

"No."

"Then who does she have the most serious conflict with?"

Peng An pondered and said, "Since Lili started working, she has rarely communicated with us. She has changed several jobs over the years, and she always had conflicts with her colleagues and bosses. She never told us who she had the most serious conflict with, but when she was in school, there were several classmates who often disliked her."

Cai Xiaojing and Luo Rui looked at each other, and then Luo Rui asked, "Where did Peng Li go to school?" "She went to primary school in our town, and junior high school was also in town, but she was expelled from school in the first year of junior high school, so I had to sell grain and exchange the money to pay a school selection fee at Haihui Middle School so that she could study there.

We have relatives living near the school, so it is convenient for us to take care of her.”

Luo Rui's heart skipped a beat. After many twists and turns, he returned to Haihui Middle School. He seemed to see a ray of hope among the myriad threads.

He quickly asked again: "Why was she expelled from the town's middle school?"

"Hurting someone. Lili accidentally broke a classmate's head. The school said that Lili had a violent tendency and often bullied her classmates, so she was expelled from school."

At that time, there was no such thing as nine-year compulsory education, and if the school wanted to expel you, they had plenty of ways to do it.

But what Peng Li did did not seem to be false. After all, when Peng An said these words, he did not say that his daughter was wronged.

"What is the name of the injured student? Please tell us."

Peng An nodded and said a name, and Cai Xiaojing quickly wrote it down with a pen.

Luo Rui: "Did Peng Li have any similar experiences while studying at Haihui Middle School?"

Peng An shook his head: "No."

"you sure?"

"If there was, the school should have informed us. She studied at Haihui Middle School for two and a half years. During this period, I only went there once to help her transfer to another school, so we don't know a lot of things."

Luo Rui nodded, then took out a photo of the second male victim and handed it to Peng An: "Do you know this person?"

"I do not recognize."

Just a few simple questions made the father, who was in his fifties, burst into tears.

Sometimes, this is how criminal police handle cases: when the victim’s family hears of the death of their loved one, they have to face police questioning before they have time to grieve.

Especially when one of a couple is murdered, the first person the police will suspect is definitely the victim's partner, and they will question you as soon as possible.

After Chu Yang and Su Mingyuan arrived at the hotel, Luo Rui and Cai Xiaojing had also finished their questioning, and the four of them were talking in the hotel's fire escape.

Su Mingyuan said: "According to Peng Li's neighbors, she adopted the dog from the shelter a year ago, and they often heard the dog barking in the middle of the night. According to them, Peng Li has a tendency to abuse the dog, often kicking the dog and not feeding it.

In addition, Peng Li lost her job in the middle of last year and had no source of income since then, so she relied on selling sex to make a living.”

Chu Yang continued, "When we visited, the task force also came. They immediately retrieved the road surveillance and found that Peng Li left home on the morning of February 8. She was wearing a red down jacket at the time. The task force is now investigating her movements."

Su Mingyuan frowned and asked, "Could it be that the murderer is an animal protector?"

Cai Xiaojing pondered and said, "If the murderer is an animal protector, then it is not anti-society, but anti-humanity."

Luo Rui disagreed. He analyzed: "It is too early to draw a conclusion now. The murderer must know Peng Li very well and may have secretly observed her. Otherwise, the murderer would not kill Peng Li in such a cruel way."

The case has begun to take shape, and there are more clues to trace.

Luo Rui ordered: "Chu Yang, you and Su Mingyuan go to Peng Li's hometown and investigate in detail what she did in the past, especially the fact that she was expelled from the town middle school for assaulting someone."

Cai Xiaojing handed the name she had just written to Su Mingyuan.

The two nodded and set off immediately.

As soon as Luo Rui and Cai Xiaojing returned to the hotel corridor, they met criminal police from the same unit, but they were just small fry.

The leader was a senior police inspector from the provincial department, one of whom was Li Mubai.

This guy, even on this occasion, still wears a scarf around his neck.

When he saw Luo Rui and Cai Xiaojing, his pupils shrank slightly. He wanted to say hello, but didn't want to see Luo Rui.

Luo Rui didn't have much to talk about with him, but Cai Xiaojing walked over and chatted with him for a while.

After that, the two walked out of the hotel and went to Haihui Middle School again.

This time, because they had clearer photos and evidence, Huo Zhongxin could no longer refuse. He immediately called a few teachers to help with the search.

An hour later, a graduation photo was handed to Luo Rui.

Huo Zhongxin said: "Peng Li graduated from our school, but not from the old campus you mentioned yesterday. When she came to school, our school had already moved."

Huo Zhongxin didn't know what the police were investigating, so he said this. At the same time, he wanted to shirk the responsibility of not assisting the police in their investigation yesterday.

Luo Rui ignored him and stared at the graduation photo with Cai Xiaojing.

The plastic cover of the graduation photo reads [Graduation photo of Class 96, Grade ]

Class One of Grade 9 is not a class with very good grades. On the contrary, it is the worst class. According to the class division of Haihui Middle School, the later the class number, the better the grades.

Peng Li and the boys stood in the last row, at the very edge of the photo. All the students in the class had smiles on their faces, except her, who had a cold face and seemed a little distant.

After seeing her, Luo Rui turned his attention to the boys, carefully identifying them one by one, but he did not find the second male victim.

"Who is her homeroom teacher?"

"I'll go get it for you."

Huo Zhongxin seemed more active this time. Not long after, a bald old man who looked like a math teacher walked into the principal's office.

Cai Xiaojing once again asked Huo Zhongxin to help check whether the male victim had studied at Haihui Middle School, and she used the same photo from yesterday.

As the principal, no matter how dumb Huo Zhongxin was, he understood that the police had been coming for two consecutive days and making such a big fuss, it must not be because of some trivial matter.

He agreed, walked out the door, and quickly called an acquaintance. The acquaintance had many channels of information, and after telling him what he had heard, Huo Zhongxin understood everything.

It turned out that a murder had occurred in the old campus, and the police were guarding the old site and no one was allowed to enter.

Huo Zhongxin was frightened and went to find his deputy, holding the photo in his hand, to assist the police in the investigation.

……

"Yes, Peng Li was my student. I still remember this girl. She came from the countryside. At that time, she was not very sociable. It may be that other students did not accept her."

Cai Xiaojing nodded: "Did she do anything to hurt other students during her time at school?"

The bald teacher shook his head: "I haven't heard of it. Maybe there is, maybe there isn't. Some students who are bullied will not tell their parents or teachers."

Luo Rui asked: "According to you, she is doing well in school?"

The bald teacher thought for a moment and replied, "Not really, she fell in love prematurely. I talked to her several times and asked her to concentrate on her studies, but it didn't work."

"Oh? Who is that boy?"

"I know that boy. He is also my student. His name is Qiao Jun. He is one year older than her. I don't know how she knew him. Our school is a boarding school. It is closed from Monday to Friday. Students can only leave the school on weekends. I have met them outside the school."

Luo Rui had an idea and retrieved a photo from his mobile phone. The photo showed the male victim.

The bald teacher looked at him carefully for a long time and said, "He's too fat, but he looks like Qiao Jun. Officer, let me ask you, what did they do wrong?"

Luo Rui confirmed: "Teacher, look carefully, is he really Qiao Jun?"

"should be!"

Luo Rui and Cai Xiaojing looked at each other. In this way, the two victims were finally connected!

"Can you tell us what kind of person this Qiao Jun is?"

"He's just a hooligan. His parents died young. He's uneducated and never went to school after graduating from junior high school. He often gets into fights outside of school and bullies others..."

"Okay, please give us Qiao Jun's home address."

An hour later, Luo Rui and Cai Xiaojing walked out of Haihui Middle School and came to the residential area where Qiao Jun lived. They asked around.

Qiao Jun is a local. His parents died in a car accident when he was a child, and he has been living with his grandfather ever since.

However, his grandfather is paralyzed on one side and has difficulty moving.

Since graduating from junior high school, Qiao Jun has never worked and has been hanging around in society. In recent years, he has rarely appeared in public and has become a otaku, living on the compensation he received that year and his grandfather's pension.

Luo Rui and Cai Xiaojing went upstairs, came to the door and knocked, but no one responded.

I knocked for a long time, but still no one opened the door.

At this time, the neighbor next door opened the door and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Luo Rui replied: "Is Qiao Jun's grandfather at home?"

The neighbor said, “I don’t know either.”

After that, she asked again: "Are you from the property management?"

Luo Rui shook his head, but did not reveal his identity.

"I thought you were from the property management. I just came back and there was a foul smell on the balcony. I guess it's because there are too many dead rats in the flower bed below the balcony. I have to go downstairs to ask the property management to take a look."

Luo Rui's heart skipped a beat, and he said hurriedly, "If it's convenient, I'll go and take a look for you."

The neighbor looked at him suspiciously and wanted to close the door.

Cai Xiaojing immediately showed her ID, and the other party was startled and had to let them in.

Luo Rui walked straight to the balcony, and the other party shouted: "It's not the balcony in the living room, it's the terrace in the bedroom, come with me..."

He opened the bedroom door, then walked in and opened the sliding door. Sure enough, a foul smell wafted in from the terrace.

Luo Rui's heart trembled. He and Cai Xiaojing looked at each other and both felt that something was wrong.

They walked to the open-air balcony and looked to the left. They saw Qiao Jun's home next door and an air conditioner outdoor unit on the middle wall.

Luo Rui said: "I'll go over and take a look."

Cai Xiaojing: "Then you should be careful."

Luo Rui supported himself on the metal horizontal bar on the balcony, then placed his left foot on the air conditioner unit, put his right foot on the balcony next door, grabbed the fire hose in the middle, and struggled to get through.

After jumping off the balcony, he pulled the sliding door, which was not locked, but the stench became stronger.

Luo Rui opened the curtains and saw an old man sitting in a wheelchair. No, he was tied to a wheelchair!

He was naked, and his fair skin was loose like chicken skin.

He tilted his head back, his mouth sealed with tape, and stared at the ceiling with his eyes wide open.

The penis between his legs hung limply.

Obviously, he has been dead for many days!
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