1995, Starting as a Criminal Investigation Expert

Evidence Room.

"Li Shu, what are we looking for?" Tan Guoxiong asked.

They brought back a lot of things from the two suspects' homes.

However, few of them were of value; the rest were all household items, which had even less value and were all sealed up at the scene.

Li Shu leaned against the table, flipping through the investigation records of another scene, and then compared them with the photos taken at the scene.

Hearing Tan Guoxiong ask him this question, he thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know either, it's just something you think is problematic."

They arrested someone yesterday and interrogated them overnight.

Things didn't go very smoothly.

When Li Shu inquired about the situation, the two initially denied it no matter what.

It wasn't until midnight that Jin Zhenjiang finally broke through and confessed to robbing the armored truck.

But he said he didn't know where the money box went.

His account was that after the robbery, the two men fled the scene on a motorcycle and quickly separated to change clothes.

Jin Zhenjiang chose to take the bus back home.

The money box, the clothes he had taken off, and the pistol were all handed over to Cheng Jianrong to hide.

Then, Cheng Jianrong rode his motorcycle back to his rented room.

Around 9 a.m., Cheng Jianrong was found, which means that by then he had already hidden the items.

In the following period, Jin Zhenjiang repeatedly proposed to retrieve the money and then abscond.

Cheng Jianrong refused, citing the tight security surrounding the matter.

Therefore, Jin Zhenjiang said he did not know where the money box was.

It's impossible to determine now whether he genuinely didn't know or was still hiding something.

The case is still under review.

Now that we've gone to so much trouble to finally catch them, if there's a problem with the final conviction, no one can accept that outcome.

Fingerprints and markings on the bottom of the cartridge case alone were not enough for Jin Zhenjiang's testimony.

This is a capital offense, and the review process is very strict; not a single mistake can be made.

Li Shu then considered whether he could find any clues among the physical evidence collected at the scene.

For example, shoes.

Clothes can be taken off and changed, but shoes probably can't.

The half-footprint was confirmed to have been left by Jin Zhenjiang.

If Cheng Jianrong didn't change his shoes and went somewhere to hide the money box, and his feet were covered in mud and leaves, it would be possible to deduce where he had been from the dirt.

This is also a very important aspect of system footprint identification.

This guy is lazy; he hardly ever washes his clothes, let alone his shoes.

"Is there something wrong with it?"

Tan Guoxiong muttered to himself, thinking to himself, "Then I'll just have to think about it."

In any case, these past few days, he has seen the power of thought in Li Shu.

problem?

Tan Guoxiong steadied himself, searched through the physical evidence, and tried to find anything unusual.

Just then, Xu Qiang and Xiao Rui pushed open the door and entered.

"What are you two doing here?" Xu Qiang asked.

Li Shu quickly greeted them, saying he was looking at the physical evidence.

They didn't mention finding clues; it's still far from being done, so why bring it up?

Li Shu asked how the interrogation was going.

Xiao Rui said, "What else can we do but give up?"

Now that we've come this far, and with such strong evidence, how can we possibly deny it to the death?

"That's great!"

Li Shu was overjoyed, but immediately noticed that the two of them didn't seem very happy.

Xu Qiang, in particular, reached out and picked up the survey records, flipping through them as well.

"Chief Xu, Captain Xiao, is there a problem?" Li Shu asked.

Xiao Rui leaned against the table, casually lit a cigarette. His eyes were bloodshot from staying up all night. He yawned and said, "This guy did it on purpose. He's the kind of person who, even when he's about to die, still has to disgust you."

"You know what? He confessed to murder and robbing the armored truck. He also said that he hid the money box and the Type 54 pistol, but he wouldn't say where he hid it. He just told us to find it."

"What did you say? You're going to work us bastards to death? I'm so angry my liver hurts."

He reached out and clutched his liver, and when he said it really hurt, it did.

Li Shu was taken aback and asked why.

This is completely unreasonable.

He admitted to the heinous crime of killing three people, but he stubbornly refused to reveal where the money box was. That doesn't make sense.

Li Shudao said, "He wouldn't be thinking that if we can't find the money box and the pistol, we can't convict him, would he?"

Xu Qiang shook his head slightly and said, "Maybe he's hoping for the best, but I think he's more like what Lao Xiao said, deliberately trying to disgust us. I can sense that this guy is very hostile towards us, which may be related to his time in jail."

Li Shu asked curiously what the situation was like in prison.

Xiao Rui said, "He was robbing people on the street, but he only got eight yuan and seventy cents. He felt he had lost out and thought the sentence was too heavy, that he shouldn't have been sentenced to 11 years."

"It's said that while he was in jail, he even yelled at people that he would kill one or two of the policemen when he got out, to get revenge."

Xiao Rui shook his head.

If we go by his opinion, an 11-year sentence is too lenient for this kind of person; he should just be executed.

If that's the case, Li Shu can understand Cheng Jianrong's thoughts a little better.

I won't even tell you where I hid the money box, but you insist on looking for it. It's like searching for a needle in a haystack. Go ahead and look.

As they were talking, Tan Guoxiong suddenly asked, "Li Shu, do you think Cheng Jianrong would believe in anything?"

Li Shu turned to him and asked what he meant.

Xiao Rui said, "Him? He said it himself, he comes out and gets guns, and once he gets guns, he does big heists. I don't think he believes in anything except himself."

Li Shu quickly went over and asked Tan Guoxiong what he meant.

"Look."

Tan Guoxiong picked up a photo of Cheng Jianrong's rented room and pointed to one of the corners, saying, "I also have a vague impression. There was indeed a stick of incense on this table, and it was unpacked, so it might have been used."

"But then I noticed he didn't have an incense burner or anything like that in his house, so why did he buy incense?"

After saying that, seeing Xu Qiang looking at him, Tan Guoxiong felt unsure of himself and quickly shook his head, indicating that he was just saying it casually.

"wrong."

Xu Qiang waved his hand, strode forward, picked up the photo, and examined it carefully.

Li Shu was also thinking about it.

You only buy incense if you actually need it.

Why would Cheng Jianrong, who doesn't believe in gods or Buddhas, buy incense?

Perhaps they pulled off something big; thank God for his blessing.

Just then, Xu Qiang's eyes lit up, and he quickly turned to Xiao Rui and asked, "Xiao Rui, I remember there's a temple near Yanqiao, isn't there?"

Xiao Rui paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Don't mention it, there seems to be some kind of temple, something like Fu, I remember it's been there for a long time."

Upon hearing the word "Fu" (福, meaning good fortune), Li Shu immediately remembered it and blurted out, "Chongfu Temple!"

During the Yanqiao Temple Fair, I think my mom took me to burn incense.

It is said that the temple is very old, dating back to the Three Kingdoms period.

Most importantly, that place was not far from the crime scene, perhaps only one kilometer away as the crow flies.

Xu Qiang looked excited and said, "I remember that temple was located east of Yanqiao Bridge, and that area was quite desolate, with a large earthen slope behind the temple."

"Suppose that Cheng Jianrong killed someone, rode his motorcycle, hid the items nearby, and then saw a temple, and somehow went in to burn incense, wanting to celebrate or something, that's quite possible."

Xu Qiang became more and more excited as he spoke, and he grabbed Xiao Rui and hurriedly walked out.

When they reached the door, he suddenly remembered something, paused, turned around and pointed at Tan Guoxiong: "Hey you, what Xiong? Well done, kid, you have good observation skills, good job."

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

Tan Guoxiong opened his mouth, subconsciously wanting to say, "My name is Tan Guoxiong," but the person had already walked away.

"sure."

Li Shu patted Tan Guoxiong on the shoulder and said with delight, "If we really find the money box near Chongfu Temple, then you'll have done a great job."

When asked about meritorious service, Tan Guoxiong quickly waved his hand, saying that it was Xu Qiang's own guess and had nothing to do with him.

But I felt like I'd eaten honey, and I couldn't help but wonder, is this the power of thinking?