Reborn in 97, I solved a cold case at the Municipal Bureau

Chapter 313 The Army (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Upon hearing about the discovery, Pan Hongjie's spirits lifted.

"what's the situation?"

Xia Yu opened the map and handed it to Pan Hongjie. Then, pointing to the location on the map, he said, "I found the park's manager, and he said that at this location, the previous wire mesh fence was damaged by poachers and was never repaired. They just temporarily patched it up with wire. Then, around the 17th of last month, when the manager was patrolling, he found that the gap in the wire had been broken again, so he repaired it."

Upon hearing this, Pan Hongjie immediately said, "Let's go take a look."

"Okay, I'll have the administrator keep watch over there."

Pan Hongjie said to Zhou Yi, "Come on together."

"Okay, Captain Pan."

The three walked down the mountain path. The front of Xiaoqiushan Park, which faces the main road, is surrounded by concrete walls, but the sides are covered with barbed wire, most likely due to cost considerations.

Occasionally, you can see a wooden board hanging on the wire mesh with the words "Electricity, Danger, Do Not Touch" painted in large red paint.

The three arrived at the location Xia Yu had mentioned, where the administrator was already waiting.

"This is our captain. Please explain the situation again," Xia Yu said to the administrator.

Zhou Yi went over to take a look and found that there was indeed a gap in the wire mesh, about 1.4 meters high, with a very clean cut, clearly made with a professional tool such as pliers.

The gap has now been covered with wire, but the wire is far less thick and harder than the wire mesh itself, making it more effective against honest people than dishonest ones.

Zhou Yi found out why it hadn't been changed after he saw it.

The structure of this kind of iron mesh is to first erect an iron post at intervals, and then hang the entire iron mesh between the iron posts to fix it. Each iron mesh is at least ten meters long, and if you want to replace it, you can only replace the whole mesh, which is both costly and difficult.

For the park, instead of spending a lot of money to replace the wire mesh, it would be better to have the administrators patrol more often, which would also create some jobs.

"Are you sure it was discovered on March 17th?" Pan Hongjie asked the administrator.

"Boss, I'm sure. We're required to patrol every day, even in the rain. When I patrolled on the 16th, this place was perfectly fine."

"Has this area been damaged since then?"

The administrator shook his head and said it was nothing.

"Besides this gap, are there any other places we can get in at night?"

The park attendant shook his head repeatedly, saying that the park gates were closed every night and there were people on duty. There was nowhere else to go besides this place.

Zhou Yi looked at the height of the iron fence, which was at least two and a half meters. It was impossible to climb over it with a corpse on top, and the top of the iron fence was soft and offered no leverage.

To get the body in at night, the only option is to break through the existing breach.

However, the area outside is a wasteland. The fact that they were able to find this location means that they had scouted it beforehand and planned how to get in and how to bury the body.

Premeditated murder.

"Xia, get the technical department over here, especially to that wasteland outside. Search it thoroughly and see if you can find any footprints. If the murderer was moving the body, they would definitely have left traces."

"Okay, Captain Pan, I'll go right away." Xia Yu dashed off in a flash.

Zhou Yi, standing to the side, felt the situation was not optimistic. Although no one might come to the wasteland outside, with such heavy rain, the traces would definitely be gone.

Moreover, I learned from chatting with Xia Yu on the way yesterday that Anyuan is rainy and humid in spring and summer.

"Captain Pan, shouldn't we issue a notice to identify the body as soon as possible?" Zhou Yi asked.

Pan Hongjie's expression was serious: "No rush, let me report this to my superiors first."

Alright, it's not convenient for me to interfere in this matter, so I won't say anything more.

Zhou Yi said he would go outside to take a look first. If the two bodies were to be moved over, there would need to be a vehicle to see if there were any other clues.

Pan Hongjie nodded.

Zhou Yi asked the administrator for directions, and then followed the route the administrator gave him, going around to the main entrance.

After circling around for a long time, they finally arrived at the wasteland outside. When they looked up, they saw that several policemen were already conducting an investigation in the wasteland. Xia Yu saw them and waved to them.

The iron netting behind Xia Yu had already been cut open.

Hey, if you'd told me earlier, I wouldn't have gone through all this trouble.

Although they went around in circles, it wasn't without results. Zhou Yi checked the road closest to the wasteland and found that there was only a small dirt road passing by. If the murderer was transporting the body by car, they would have had to stop on this road.

Zhou Yi told Xia Yu that it would be best to expand the search area and check along this dirt road to see if there was any possibility of finding tire tracks.

As it turned out, Zhou Yi's suggestion was correct.

Although no tire tracks were found, a red mark was discovered on the tip of a thorn on a clump of brambles by the roadside.

At first, they thought it was blood, but after the police officer in charge of taking the sample carefully scraped the remaining red on the spike into the evidence bag, he said, "It shouldn't be blood; it's probably something like paint."

Zhou Yi immediately said, "The car paint... the murderer was driving a red car!"

Pan Hongjie nodded: "Yes, immediately check all registered red cars in the city, one by one, and investigate those with obvious scratches first."

Just as Zhou Yi was about to add something, Pan Hongjie said, "Also, check the repair shops. Check every single one of them to see if there are any red cars that were sent in for repainting after March 17th."

Hearing him say that, Zhou Yi was immediately relieved.

Pan Hongjie directed the on-site investigation, which was carried out very meticulously; they practically turned over the soil at the crime scene.

It's a pity those monkeys in the trees can't talk, otherwise he would definitely have taken them back for questioning.

On the way back, Xia Yu drove, Pan Hongjie sat in the passenger seat, and Zhou Yi was in the back. Pan Hongjie remembered Tang Wenli's words and asked, "Zhou Yi, did you know our forensic doctor Tang before?"

"I don't know her, this is the first time I've met her. Oh, but forensic doctor Tang knows forensic doctor Song from Hongcheng. She said they were classmates."

"Oh..." Pan Hongjie said thoughtfully, "By the way, how many criminal cases have you participated in investigating in Hongcheng?"

"Not many, maybe four or five," Zhou Yi replied casually.

"Four or five? Oh, that's not many. Xia, you've been here for a year now, haven't you?"

Xia Yu replied, "I came here during my senior year internship. If you include the internship, it's been just over a year."

"How many criminal cases have you been involved in since you arrived?"

"Captain Pan, are you talking about the murder case?" Xia Yu asked.

“Criminal cases, how can they all be murder cases? They should all be counted.”

"That's quite a lot. I've been involved in more than ten cases."

"Oh, not bad, not bad." Pan Hongjie nodded affirmatively. "Well, Anyuan is a small place, and there aren't that many cases. You've already gained a lot of experience."

Unaware of what was going on, Xia Yu said blankly, "Oh, thank you for your affirmation, Captain Pan. I will work hard."

After driving a little further, Pan Hongjie casually asked, "Zhou Yi, when did you join the Municipal Public Security Bureau?"

Zhou Yi, looking out the car window, replied, "Mid-March, I guess."

"Huh?" Pan Hongjie was taken aback. "Last March?"

"This year."

“This…this year?” Pan Hongjie was taken aback, thinking he had misheard. Wasn’t that last month?

Just as he was about to ask again for clarification, Zhou Yi's phone rang.

Zhou Yi picked it up and saw that it was a landline from the Third Brigade's office, so he answered it immediately.

"Zhou Yi." It was Wu Yongcheng's voice on the other end of the phone.

"Captain Wu, have you made any discoveries?"

“We’ve found the man named Dajun. He knows why Fu Daqing went to Anyuan.”

……

In Hongcheng, after Zhou Yi went on a business trip, the Third Brigade did not dare to relax for a moment and kept an eye on several clues to investigate.

One of the methods is to find this person named Dajun.

In the days before surveillance, the only way to find someone was through the most primitive methods.

Near Li Youqiang and Fu Daqing's homes, they showed the photos to each person and asked them questions.

However, there are techniques to asking questions. Li Youqiang and Fu Daqing are both middle-aged men who don't do their jobs properly.

Based on the daily behavioral characteristics of these individuals, the focus of the investigation will be on card rooms, video arcades, dance halls, foot massage parlors, and low-end brothels.

After two days of investigation, a clue was finally found in a nightclub near Fu Daqing's home.

The nightclub owner recognized Fu Daqing in the photo, saying he used to come often, but hadn't been around as much in the last two years. She added that he danced quite well, especially flamboyantly, which was why she remembered him.

He then asked the proprietress if she knew he had a friend named Dajun.

The proprietress immediately replied that she knew him; Zheng Xiaojun, he cuts hair, and apparently he owns a barbershop and is a regular at the dance hall.

After finding out the location of Zheng Xiaojun's barbershop, Wu Yongcheng immediately drove there with Chen Yan.

It's called a barbershop, but it's really just Zheng Xiaojun working there. The shop isn't big, the decor is plain, and it's located outside a residential area. Most of the customers are middle-aged or elderly, probably regulars from the neighborhood.

An old man sitting at the entrance saw Wu Yongcheng walking straight in and stopped him, saying, "Young man, line up."

The barber, who was cutting the hair, glanced at the two of them and said, "Sorry, the old man came first. Why don't you sit down for a while?"

"Are you Zheng Xiaojun?"

The barber nodded.

"We are from the Criminal Investigation Division of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. This is my identification. We need to ask you about something."

As soon as Wu Yongcheng finished speaking, Zheng Xiaojun's expression suddenly changed.

"Should I... or wait until I finish getting this haircut?"

Wu Yongcheng nodded.

Zheng Xiaojun said to the old man at the door, "Sir, I'm sorry, why don't you go for a walk and come back later?"

The old man looked at Wu Yongcheng, then stood up shakily, leaning on his cane. "I'll go watch Old Huang and the others play a game of chess first, then I'll come back."

Before leaving, the old man said to Wu Yongcheng in a serious tone, "Xiao Jun is an honest boy, he won't do anything bad, so please don't wrong him."

Wu Yongcheng smiled helplessly, "Don't worry, sir, the police won't wrong an innocent person. Of course, they won't let a bad person go either."

A few minutes later, after Zheng Xiaojun finished cutting his hair and saw the customers off, he asked, "You came here for Fu Daqing, right?"

(End of this chapter)