The large amount of blood stains left at the place where the body was dumped also proves this. Not only that, the blood stains left behind also prove that the murder occurred very close to the time when the body was dumped.
A person's blood volume is limited. If his head is chopped off, he will immediately lose a lot of blood. After being transported all the way to the place where the body was dumped, a lot of blood was still shed, indicating that the time between the victim's head being beheaded was very short, and the distance between the crime scene and the place where the body was dumped was extremely close. The murder scene should be in a small area with a small radius centered at the entrance of Dongzhi Qixiang.
The patrol officer who discovered the body was traveling from south to north, and the two sides should have collided head-on, so the scene should be in the northern section of Dongzhi Qi Lane.
Following this train of thought, he looked to the north. Except for West Branch 11th Lane, which he had just searched, the section to the north was unremarkable. Except for a few shops on both sides, they were all the fronts of houses. Most of the residents in this area are middle-class families with relatively neat appearances. Because of the weather in late May and early June, the doors of every house were open and only the gates were closed. From the looks of it, there is nothing suspicious about it.
Li Zhenguo walked around again along the possible route he thought he would take to transport the body, hoping to find more traces of blood. Since a large amount of blood was found at the dumping site, it meant that the thing wrapping the body was not waterproof. There will definitely be blood dripping during the transportation of the corpse, and the amount will not be too small.
However, after walking around this time, he didn't find what he expected. This was so far from his reasoning that he decided to conduct a home visit on this section first to see if there was anything suspicious. He asked Li Ziyu to call the head of the group A of this section.
This man's surname is Xie. He is in his forties and is a small businessman. The business is very small. In his own words, it is "a business that can't cover the top of your feet." On the surface, he was engaged in the seedling business, but in fact, he was engaged in tobacco trafficking: he purchased tobacco from farmers and then sold it. This business has become illegal since Chongzhen ascended the throne. Strictly speaking, if caught, one will be beheaded. Shopkeeper Xie naturally has the confidence to dare to do this. He has a wide range of contacts and has friendships with people from all walks of life, so this business has always been done smoothly.
After the Senate entered the city, tobacco was theoretically a monopoly commodity, but the Monopoly Bureau was still unable to control the supply and distribution of tobacco. They communicated between urban and rural areas, and the small businessmen who purchased crops were still important suppliers to the cigarette companies that the Monopoly Bureau had lost. So my life was quite pleasant.
Li Ziyu said this is easy, and we don’t need to go to his house to look for it. He drinks tea every morning and goes to the teahouse he often goes to.
He is a patrolman in this film. He has frequent contact with the security chief and team leader and is very familiar with their situation. Fortunately, the tea house that shopkeeper Xie often visited was in this alley, so there was no need to bother opening the gate.
The tea house that shopkeeper Xie frequents is small, but it has two floors. There were many tea drinkers sitting in the shop on the ground floor of the teahouse. Li Ziyu went in and walked around, but didn't see him. Qitang came over to greet him: "Master Li! Why are you here? Are you drinking tea or running errands?"
In order to facilitate their work, all three people changed into plain clothes at the police station. However, Qitang still recognized Li Ziyu and Zhao Gui.
Li Ziyu said: "I'm here to do business. Shopkeeper Xie didn't come today?"
Qitang said thank you that the shopkeeper hasn't come yet - he was called by the police station early in the morning. There is probably some official business to do. Why don't the three of you find a seat to sit down and have tea and snacks?
Qitang thanked the shopkeeper and sat down upstairs. The three of them went upstairs together, chose a table in a corner upstairs, and asked the waiter for a pot of tea. Li Zhenguo had been working hard all night and was already hungry. Seeing two The patrolman also looked tired and immediately said that we should also drink tea and fill our stomachs first.
Li Ziyu used to be a person who was used to eating and enjoying things, but recently she has been short of money and has stopped drinking tea for a long time. It's just that the other party is a superior from the General Administration. According to the rules of the officialdom, it is very unruly for me not to take the initiative to invite tea. Now that the other party proposes, I will have to rush to pay the bill after eating to be considered "recognizable" - ―But he has no money.
Zhao Gui smiled stupidly and said, "Okay, okay. I happen to be hungry." Li Ziyu was so angry that he wanted to kick him.
When Li Zhenguo saw Li Ziyu's expression change, he knew that he might have misunderstood. He immediately said with a smile: "I'll treat you to this tea! It's considered an acquaintance between us, and we will help you more with official matters in the future."
Li Ziyu hurriedly said: "Master Li...what are you talking about? You come to us all the time to do errands, why should we treat you all the time..."
Li Zhenguo was a bodyguard, and he had a good eye for people. Li Ziyu looked like a pampered young master from a family with a modest income. He probably became a patrolman because his family was in trouble and he had to do it as a last resort. It does have something in common with him. Unconsciously, he got a little closer and said kindly: "You are the new patrol officer, right? There is no need to imitate Lao Gao - he can't change, just call me comrade. What does it mean to treat you to tea? You are newcomers. , I haven’t been graded yet, how can I treat someone who has no wages? I still have a few wages, so it’s not difficult to treat you to a cup of tea.”
Now that he said this, Li Ziyu felt relieved. Li Zhenguo ordered a few baskets of dim sum, and the three of them ate while waiting to thank the shopkeeper, and listened to the chatter of the tea guests. This is called hearing loss. Whether it is a police officer handling a case or an escort looking for tickets and people, this is the main method of obtaining information.
The tea drinkers upstairs chatted with several families about the discovery of the headless corpse last night, but they had no new information to share.
Li Zhenguo finished his preserved egg porridge and was thinking about whether to go to the head of Xie's house to see if he was back. There was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, and a stout man in his thirties came up. Judging from his clothes, he should be from a relatively well-off family. manual workers. As he was looking for a suitable seat, the tea guest on the seat by the window had already greeted him: "Old Cui, come and sit here! The tea is ready-made, just add a bowl."
It can be seen that this old Cui is a very popular person among tea drinkers. This popularity is probably due to the fact that he has more gossip. As soon as he sat down, someone at the same table poured tea into the bowl in front of him and asked: "Old Cui, where have you been recently? I haven't seen you in a few days. Do you have any news for us?" explain."
"News? Isn't the biggest news that a headless corpse was found on the street last night?"
"It's said to be a headless corpse, but so far I haven't even found a body. The two gangsters have been fishing in the river for most of the day, but they haven't found anything!"
"I think it was the patrolman who hit Xie..."
When talking about ghosts, this kind of fairy and ghost thing is the most likely to arouse discussion. Everyone talks about it. Some say that it is a ghost, some say that the patrolman was beaten by a ghost, and some say that someone used evil magic to remove the body. .
At this time, the waiter brought pig red porridge and deep-fried crisps. Lao Cui picked up the crisps and said: "If you want to talk about being haunted by evil spirits, then Dongqi Alley is the most suitable one. If it is not haunted, it is abnormal." "
An old man said: "Old Cui, you are talking nonsense. Dongqi Lane is just a dilapidated alley that backs onto the street. What's so strange about it? I've lived on this street all my life and I've never heard that that alley is haunted. .”
The tea guests were all old residents on the street. They knew that what the old man said was true, and they all said that Old Cui was bragging.
Lao Cui was not in a hurry. He ate the crispy snack slowly and then said, "Do you know which house's back alley that alley is?"
Everyone was stunned and thought about it. The old man suddenly slapped the table and said, "Could it be Zhenbo Garden?"
Lao Cui remained silent and nodded while drinking porridge. The tea guests at the table immediately started talking about it.
When Li Ziyu was assigned to the police station as a patrol officer, he walked around the precinct, knew this place, and had heard this story. Zhenbo Garden was originally a "golden house" built by a wealthy businessman in the city. Specializing in the placement of a famous prostitute who was redeemed from Jiangnan by a wealthy businessman at a high price. As the years passed, the wealthy businessmen inevitably liked the new and disliked the old, and the days when they came to the Golden House became increasingly rare. This prostitute fell in love with a scholar at first sight when she was out, and they started to communicate secretly. As time went by, he prepared to elope and escape.
There is no airtight wall in the world. When the wealthy businessman heard about this, he quietly arranged for someone to "catch the adulterer". The scholar originally used the help of his maid to go in and out through the small gate of the back garden every night. It was a stormy night. As soon as he entered the small gate, he was caught, beaten with sticks and kicks, and immediately confessed to the affair.
The wealthy businessman first practiced his family law that night and killed the two maids who delivered the news to them with a stick. He was preparing to send the scholar to the official position at dawn, stripping him of his reputation as a scholar, and humiliating him. Unexpectedly, the servants neglected to guard the house that night, and the two found an opportunity to escape and committed suicide in the garden. Since then, legend has it that the house became a haunted house. It is said that the ghosts of the couple and the two maids who were killed with a rod frequently haunt the garden. It is said that the wealthy businessman was killed by the ghosts, and no one dared to live in the garden after that.
The family members of the wealthy businessman were frightened and sold the mansion to the nearby Shanshan Guild Hall at a low price.
When Li Ziyu went to work, fifty or sixty years had passed since this incident. Although no one had seen the ghost in Zhenbo Garden, the name of this haunted house was still very loud. Most people would never step in if nothing happens.
Li Ziyu is not a materialist, but the theory of ghosts and gods is of little value in solving the case, and the blood stains on the ground are all real. As for Li Zhenguo, he was a bodyguard. The bodyguard often walked the wasteland at night, and often stayed at night in the nursing home. He had seen a lot of strange things. The concept of "air pressure eliminates all evils" did not appeal to Lao Cui very much.
Hearing their noisy discussions again, Li Zhenguo listened for a long time and was a little disappointed because they were all about the past with nothing new. Suddenly he heard someone say: "It's hard to say whether Zhenbo Park is haunted or not, but yesterday Widow Wang's house was really haunted. ." (To be continued.).
