After only two days in the capital, Xu Zheng had to take the high-speed train to the magical capital.
The reason was that Zhuang Qiang and his team had just had an interview with a famous modern painter in Shanghai. As soon as they came downstairs, the painter actually "jumped off the building and committed suicide."
The three of them were the last people under surveillance in the painter's studio, and they were naturally temporarily listed as suspects by the investigators handling the case.
Fortunately, Zhuang Qiang and the others came to the door for the purpose of checking for clues. Moreover, they brought law enforcement cameras with them and recorded the conversations of several people at the scene.
However, he was a dead person after all, and the painter was quite energetic. The family members held on to them on the grounds that the painter committed suicide less than ten minutes after Zhuang Qiang and the others left. They had no choice but to exclude them after the investigation by the Shanghai police. They are suspected, but they are not allowed to leave the country for the time being.
Also, the work at hand by Zhuang Qiang and the other two people must be temporarily stopped.
Zhuang Yongshan and Gu Jia also stopped working this afternoon to help inquire about the progress of the painter's suicide case.
After the Pingjiang Provincial Fugitive Pursuit Office got the specific information, they asked Jian Xueqing to call Xu Zheng and asked him to go to the capital to handle the matter immediately after attending the ministry press conference.
Anyway, the only requirement for leaders is that everything should be based on facts. They should not wrong their colleagues, nor should they allow their colleagues to be wronged.
The high-speed train from the capital to the capital city takes more than four hours. Xu Zheng received calls from various parties on the car. In addition to Liu Linlin and the others in the capital city, Xu Peixin also called him personally to reassure him, saying that the people currently investigating the case Investigators have ruled out Zhuang Qiang and the others as suspects.
It's just that the painter's family cannot accept this result, so the case still needs to be investigated clearly.
Zhuang Qiang and the other three were also aggrieved. They were just doing their normal investigation, but they didn't expect that this matter would come to light, causing them to be considered the murderers by the victim's family. How unfair it was.
Yan Guiliu also called, and as soon as Xu Zheng answered the call, he apologized first, "Xiao Xu, I think you have heard about Mr. Qin Lun and Qin, right?
I'm also asking about what happened.
Two months ago, Mr. Qin's personal painting exhibition was very successful. The average price of more than 30 paintings he created in the past four years was as high as 250,000.
According to this price, Mr. Qin, who is only 55 years old, can definitely be ranked among the top twenty modern painters in Shanghai.
His career was booming, he was in his prime, and his family was happy. Why did he suddenly commit suicide?
We friends all believe that Mr. Qin was murdered, but there is no evidence.
This time I introduced you to consult Mr. Qin because he has many female clients. I didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen to happen. Now your colleagues are suspected of not being clean, but I can't help.
Ashamed! "
No one could have expected this kind of thing, and Xu Zheng would naturally not blame Yan Guiliu for this, "Uncle Yan, don't worry, now the Shanghai police have initially ruled out the suspicion of our colleague.
It is estimated that there will be new developments on the cause of the painter's death tomorrow, so you don't have to worry. "
"Since you said that, I'm relieved." Yan Guiliu breathed a sigh of relief and asked Xu Zheng with a hopeful tone, "I hope your police can find the real cause of Mr. Qin's death."
Although he said that, the facts were not yet clear. Zhuang Qiang and the others were still suspicious. They could not leave the magic city and could not carry out their work normally. However, Xu Zheng did not tell Yan Guiliu about these things.
After hanging up the phone, he closed his eyes and meditated, recalling the live video of Zhuang Qiang's meeting with Qin Lun in his mind.
Qin Lun behaved very enthusiastically in the video. He mentioned Yan Guiliu with great respect twice in the previous polite words, which shows that he takes his sponsor at heart.
Facing the questions from Zhuang Qiang and others, Qin Lun acted rationally and screened out his list of female customers and handed it to Zhuang Qiang.
Throughout the questioning process, Qin Lun was kind to others, his conversation was clear, and his spirit and attitude were very positive. From this point of view, it is difficult to imagine that he would commit suicide after a while.
A thought flashed through Xu Zheng's mind. Could it be that Qin Lun was a hidden criminal, thinking that Zhuang Qiang and the others were here to investigate him, and then committed suicide out of fear of crime?
Looking at the three people Zhuang Qiang, Zhuang Qiang asked questions, Situ Yao added, and Long Chuchu recorded that during the entire conversation, except for the polite remarks at the beginning, they were all asking Qin Lun about his female customers.
During the conversation, Zhuang Qiang did not tell him what the real case the police was investigating was.
There were no outstanding problems on both sides, but Qin Lun jumped from his painting studio on the 16th floor after Zhuang Qiang and the others left.
All the surveillance at the crime scene can prove that Zhuang Qiang and the others were indeed the last people to meet Qin Lun. The surveillance video was not cut or synthesized, nor was it missing. In other words, Qin Lun might indeed have committed suicide.
There are many reasons for committing suicide, whether it was due to fear of guilt, an outbreak of depression, or being induced to commit suicide. There is also a possibility that Qin Lun himself is mentally ill.
Of course, there aren't many clues yet, so we can't rule out homicide. Let's wait until the autopsy results come out.
Besides, it seems that many people in the history of art, such as painters and musicians, committed suicide.
The most famous one should be Van Gogh, especially his world-famous self-portrait. After cutting off his ear, the character in the painting has an indifferent expression, which clearly shows that he was mentally disturbed.
Could it be that Qin Lun is the same?
Xu Zheng thought it was not the case. He had just held his personal art exhibition two months ago. He had painted more than 30 paintings in four years. The output was not high, but the price was not low.
In Yan Guiliu's words, Qin Lun's solo exhibition was very successful, and his paintings will definitely double in the future. In the eyes of outsiders, he is already a successful person, and his treatment is much better than that of Van Gogh during his lifetime. Ten thousand times, can this still lead to suicide?
Unfortunately, there are not many clues at hand. Xu Zheng has no access to the confessions of Qin Lun's family, his agent, and his friends during his lifetime. No matter how much he thinks about it now, it is just a blind guess. He should wait until he gets to the magic city.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Xu Zheng rushed to the hotel not far from the Shanghai Public Security Bureau. Zhuang Qiang and the others were staying here. Long Chuchu booked a private room in a nearby hotel, and everyone casually ordered some food.
After the dishes were served, the waiter left. Situ Yao scanned the circle with the anti-reconnaissance equipment. Zhuang Qiang reported his grievance to Xu Zheng, "Director, you see, we are doing ordinary investigation work. We didn't expect to encounter such a thing. He also asked you to rush to the magic city overnight.
I wonder if the leaders above have any objections to us? "
Xu Zheng ordered a piece of onion oil noodles and ate the noodles without chewing. He slurped it in and said, "Chief Jian called me and asked me to come over and handle it. The leader should have communicated with the Shanghai police to know that you are suspected." Not big.
Unfortunately, the case is not clear yet, and you are still suspected, but I believe you.
In fact, everyone in our system believes in you. It's just that the program is like this, so your position is restricted. "
Zhuang Qiang has experienced a lot and has already given up his worries. However, Situ Yao and Long Chuchu are not. They are still young and almost became suspects. This makes the two of them live like years. Now the director personally admits that he believes in them.
Only then did they put aside their worries.
Long Chuchu patted his chest, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said with a forced smile: "This is the first time that I have been questioned as a suspect by my colleagues. Director, the policeman who questioned us at that time had eyes like evil ghosts, and he was full of questions. Trap, as if I was the suspect.”
It turned out that the three of them didn't know that someone had jumped from the building until they walked out of the building. At first, they didn't want to care about it until they saw that the person who jumped from the building was Qin Lun. They immediately called 110 and maintained order at the scene.
The 110 command center notified the police at the police station under its jurisdiction. After the police came, they set up a cordon to protect the scene and asked several passers-by, especially Zhuang Qiang, the caller.
Then the people from the criminal police brigade in the jurisdiction took over the case. After knowing the identities of Zhuang Qiang and the three of them, it took a long time to confirm with the people from the Demon City Escape Office.
And their inquiries, in the words of Long Chuchu and Situ Yao, were a bit malicious.
Xu Zheng felt that it was normal for people to do this. Long Chuchu and Situ Yao had no experience in grassroots work and no specific criminal investigation work. When investigators handle cases, everyone looks like a suspect. Isn't this normal?
"Speaking of which, you are also responsible for this matter. Come out to do the investigation. Why don't you bring one of your colleagues here in Shanghai with you?"
Speaking of this matter, Long Chuchu said aggrievedly: "Director Nie Zhenglei of the Demon City Escape Office is responsible for connecting with us, but during this period they are very busy in preparation for the end of the year, so for this kind of investigation without arresting people, they asked us Do it yourself.”
"Director, do you think someone is framing us?" Situ Yao didn't say anything for a long time, but when he spoke he was thunderous. Seeing everyone looking at him with strange eyes, he crossed his hands and said excitedly: "The whole world More than 80,000 people commit suicide every day, why is it our turn?"
This is a probabilistic question, hard to say, but it is definitely not someone who is framing them. Zhuang Qiang affirmed: "It is impossible to frame us. We have only been in Magic City for two days, and there will be no more than five people who know the specific matters of our investigation.
And they are all people within our system.
Besides, using this method to frame us is too low-level. "
Situ Yao smiled and realized that he was taking it for granted. He said harshly: "Anyway, I just thought it was too coincidental. I even thought it was Ma Yuying's fault."
Xu Zheng shook his head slightly in his heart. Situ Yao was obviously confused by this incident. No matter how much he said to him at this time, it was nonsense and could not correct his thinking. In the final analysis, he had experienced too few things. .
Being regarded as a suspect is actually not a big deal. Xu Zheng himself was often reported maliciously, but these matters were suppressed by the inspectors and disciplinary inspectors because they felt that the reports were groundless.
"Eat quickly and take a good rest after eating. The autopsy results should be out tomorrow. We'll take a look at it then."
Zhuang Qiang continued to eat with a relaxed look on his face. Long Chuchu felt a lot more at ease watching the director eat. Only Situ Yao looked angrily, as if he wanted to catch the person who framed him immediately.
Gu Jia and Zhuang Yongshan didn't speak today. They just ate their noodles quietly until they were almost done, and then reported to Xu Zheng the results of their investigation in the past two days.
"Director, the two of us have checked various art centers and theaters in the Magic City in the past two days. If Ma Yuying's assets exceed 100 million as we guessed before, then if she attends a concert, she will definitely choose the best place.
So, we sifted through it and settled on the Oriental Art Center as the most likely candidate. "
Gu Jia added: "Today we originally wanted to go to the Oriental Art Center's customer department to inquire, but we couldn't go because of Zhuang Qiang's affairs."
As he said that, he took out his mobile phone and asked Xu Zheng to look at the information of the Oriental Art Center. "Director, take a look. This art center is one of the iconic cultural facilities in the Magic City..."
Xu Zheng didn't know how to describe his psychology at this time. He was shocked and at the same time felt that it was a matter of course that they could find out the Oriental Art Center. He knew the information about the Oriental Art Center without looking at Gu Jia's phone.
Because Ma Yuying had gone there to listen to a symphony on New Year's Day, and I didn't expect Gu Jia and Gu Jia to find the entry point so quickly, "I think your analysis is right.
In this way, you two will go to the Oriental Art Center tomorrow morning, find the company responsible for running the center, and see if you can find out the list of customers who have held concerts in the past.
You'd better ask them for customer lists from the past two years, nine years ago, and ten years ago.
Then we will go back and check one by one. "
Xu Zheng discussed some details with Gu Jia and Zhuang Yongshan again. This time he finally had the confidence in his heart that as long as he worked on the customer list of the Oriental Art Center, he didn't believe it and couldn't find Ma Yuying.
Zhuang Qiang saw that Zhuang Yongshan and the others had found useful information. He put down his chopsticks and detailed the investigation that his team had done in the past two days, but there was no definite target because there were so many art exhibitions and galleries.
They couldn't target the most upscale places in the capital. After all, Xie Tianxiang, the most famous painter in the capital, probably costs several million for each of his paintings. If there was an art exhibition, there would be a lot of customers. There are also many people in galleries and auction houses.
It's really hard to check.
So their mission these two days is to collect people who have held art exhibitions in the Magic City in the past two years.
After listening to Zhuang Qiang's story, Xu Zheng said with a smile: "Check slowly, and when the truth about Qin Lun's suicide case comes to light tomorrow, you can continue the investigation, and then compare your list with Gu Jia's list.
If there are two lists at the same time, then these people are more likely to be suspected. "
Long Chuchu's mentality stabilized at this moment, and he told his experience of the past two days of investigation, "Magic City is definitely much more prosperous than Changming, and many people here like to visit art exhibitions and galleries.
We can't just check the customers who transact business in these places. There are also many customers who don't have money and like to do prostitution for free. Ma Yuying grew up poor. Regardless of whether she is elegant, she really likes these paintings, music and other arts.
But we can't rule out that she is a tough guy. "
Zhuang Yongshan pushed up his glasses, "It is indeed possible. Why do you have to spend money on things that can be bought for free? This idea is very popular in our country, such as pirated books and pirated songs.
I checked Ma Yuying's consumption records during her previous crimes, and found that her consumption outlook was a bit weird. She even spent a lot of time making do with some things, while for some less important things, she chose to buy imported ones.
For example, the kitchen and bathroom supplies she bought on Pinduoduo were priced at 9.9 with free shipping.
As for the clothes she wears, not to mention the jacket and pants, even the underwear is from foreign famous brands, priced at 9999+. I really don’t know what underwear worth 10,000 yuan looks like? "
"This is what women are, it is really good to be good to themselves. Also, underwear is very, very important to women." Long Chuchu covered her mouth and chuckled. She turned to look at Xu Zheng and asked: "Director, I think we can also start the investigation from Long Chuchu's consumption. After all, some women like to use the same brand of cosmetics and bags."
"Are there ten thousand pairs of domestic underwear?" Xu Zheng looked awkward. The elder sister's suggestion was good, but unrealistic. "These are international brands. If you ask them for customer information, will they pay attention to you?"
