Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 742 Insider Crime!

At 8:00 a.m., Li Xianjin, the captain of the Major Crimes Unit of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the FT District Public Security Bureau, received a report from his subordinates that a murder had occurred at the railway factory. He immediately led several of his men to the railway factory on a sidecar motorcycle.

"Captain Li! Hello! I am Qiu Xueping, the deputy head of the security department of the railway factory." As soon as the tricycle entered the railway factory, a middle-aged man in a security uniform quickly stepped forward and greeted Li Xianjin with great enthusiasm.

Upon seeing Qiu Xueping, who greeted him, Li Xianjin immediately dismounted from his sidecar. He first shook hands with Qiu Xueping and then asked him with a friendly expression, "Section Chief Qiu! I heard from the comrades on duty that a murder occurred in your factory's workshop. Could you please give us a brief introduction to the details?"

Upon hearing Li Xianjin's question, Qiu Xueping led Li Xianjin and the others toward the stamping workshop, explaining to them, "Captain Li! Here's what happened: This morning, Wang Dapao, a worker in our factory's stamping workshop, came to work as usual. When he arrived at the workshop door and pushed it open, he smelled blood coming from inside. Then he saw the deceased, Sun Peng, lying next to the punch press."

“Our security department received a report from the workshop workers and immediately sealed off the workshop. Then we arranged for someone to call you. Now we are waiting for you to come and investigate the scene.”

Soon everyone arrived at the entrance of the stamping workshop. Li Xianjin looked at the workshop gate, which was already cordoned off, took gloves and shoe covers from the paperwork, and after putting them on, he walked into the workshop.

Upon entering the workshop, Li Xianjin saw a body lying face down next to the punch press, dressed in work clothes, with a noticeable sunken wound on the back of its head.

The forensic doctor who came with Li Xianjin immediately squatted down upon seeing this scene and began to carefully examine the body. He also instructed his colleague who was in charge of taking notes: "Xiao Lin! The back of the body is severely deformed, the wound is irregularly shaped, and the bone is cracked and turned outward. It is obvious that the body has suffered multiple blunt force traumas. The murder weapon should be a heavy metal tool."

"Although the scene was somewhat chaotic, no drag marks were found. This should be the primary crime scene. Based on the livor mortis on the body, the time of death was preliminarily determined to be between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. today."

When Li Xianjin heard the forensic examination results from the scene, his first thought was that the murderer must also be an employee of the railway factory. He then asked Qiu Xueping, "Section Chief Qiu! Did your factory have any overtime work last night?"

Upon hearing Li Xianjin's question, Qiu Xueping immediately explained to Li Xianjin, "Captain Li! Last night, all the other workshops in our factory had staff working overtime, except for the stamping workshop, which didn't have any staff working overtime last night because of a problem with the circuit."

After hearing Qiu Xueping's explanation, Li Xianjin glanced at the workshop environment and asked Qiu Xueping with a serious expression, "Section Chief Qiu! You just said that the deceased's name was Sun Peng, and he was a worker in your railway factory. Was he a worker in the stamping workshop?"

Upon hearing Li Xianjin's question, Qiu Xueping immediately explained to Li Xianjin: "Captain Li! Sun Peng is not a worker in the stamping workshop, but a level three fitter in the workshop next door. According to what we learned from the fitter workshop, around midnight last night, Qiu Xueping said he was going to the toilet, but he never came back."

After listening to Qiu Xueping's introduction, Li Xianjin pondered for a moment and then asked Qiu Xueping again, "Section Chief Qiu! How is Comrade Sun Peng's relationship with his colleagues? Has he offended anyone or made enemies with anyone?" Upon hearing Li Xianjin's question about Sun Peng's interpersonal relationships in the factory, Qiu Xueping immediately introduced him to Li Xianjin, "Captain Li! Before you came, I specifically asked the foremen in the fitter workshop about Sun Peng. Sun Peng is usually quite taciturn, and no one has ever heard of him making enemies with anyone."

When Li Xianjin heard Qiu Xueping's explanation, his brows furrowed. He glanced at the stamping workshop in front of him, and his gaze suddenly stopped on a tool table in the corner. He then walked quickly to the tool table and saw a wrench lying on the ground that had been wiped clean.

Upon seeing the wrench, Li Xianjin immediately squatted down and picked it up from the ground. Although the wrench had been wiped clean, Li Xianjin still found a few bloodstains that had not been wiped clean in the dented part of the wrench.

Upon discovering the bloodstains on the wrench, Li Xianjin weighed it in his hand. Based on the weight, he was almost certain that the wrench was the murder weapon used to kill the victim.

Having confirmed that the wrench was the murder weapon, Li Xianjin walked up to the forensic doctor with a serious expression and said to the doctor who was examining the scene, "Old Wu! There are still some bloodstains on this wrench. If I'm not mistaken, this wrench should be the murder weapon."

Upon hearing Li Xianjin's explanation, the forensic doctor immediately took the wrench from him, carefully examined the bloodstains on it, and compared its shape with the wound on the back of the victim's head. He replied with a serious expression, "Captain Li! The shape of this wrench is extremely similar to the wound on the back of the victim's head. It should be the murder weapon."

Hearing the forensic doctor's answer, although he still couldn't figure out the murderer's motive, he was almost certain that the murderer was an employee of the railway factory. If they wanted to successfully solve the case, they had to start with the employees who worked overtime last night.

After determining the direction of the investigation, Li Xianjin turned his head and glanced at the workers standing outside the workshop watching. He then instructed one of his subordinates, "Xiao Lin! Go and invite Section Chief Qiu over for me. I need to talk to Section Chief Qiu about something."

After putting on shoe covers, Qiu Xueping, led by Xiao Lin, quickly approached Li Xianjin and asked with curiosity, "Captain Li! Why did you call me in?"

Upon hearing Qiu Xueping's question, and recalling his own judgment, Li Xianjin solemnly explained to Qiu Xueping, "Section Chief Qiu! According to the results of our on-site investigation, the murderer should be someone from your railway factory, and one of the people who worked overtime at the factory last night. Therefore, we need a list of the people who worked overtime at your factory yesterday."

Upon hearing Li Xianjin's explanation and learning that the police suspected the murderer was someone from their factory, Qiu Xueping's face showed shock. He quickly said to Li Xianjin, "Captain Li! Please wait a moment, I'll arrange for someone to get yesterday's overtime attendance sheet."

(End of this chapter)