Cen Lian actually has an impression of this noodle shop.
When this place was full of food stalls and various street stalls, this noodle shop had already stayed at its current location, but it looked much newer than it does now.
Later, small vendors and shops on this street came and went, and this noodle shop, together with several butcher shops and small supermarkets, became the last coordinates of the street.
When locals see it, they will say something like "The Malatang restaurant third to the left of Hu's Noodle House is closed."
Even Cen Lian himself usually says this.
But after so many years, he himself had never eaten at Hu's Noodle House. He only knew that such an old noodle shop existed.
When he and Tang Hua entered, they were dressed like ordinary guests.
"What do you want to eat?" Boss Hu Shuangquan sat at the table closest to the kitchen with a cigarette in his hand.
Cen Lian's eyes flashed past his head, pretending not to notice the word bubble above his head at all, and sat down with Tang Hua at a table covered with oil stains.
Seeing his actions, Tang Hua realized something was wrong, swallowed back all the words he originally wanted to ask, and casually ordered a bowl of noodles with Cen Lian.
"I've never seen you two young men before." Hu Shuangquan called into the kitchen and turned around to chat with them casually.
Cen Lian took the conversation very naturally.
"Although I lived not far away before, I have never eaten at your place. Today I just had a whim and decided to try out what this old restaurant tastes like." Cen Lian glanced at the word bubble above the boss's head and said, Although the expression on his face was calm, he was actually very excited in his heart.
[Name: Hu Shuangquan]
【Sex: Male】
[Age: 59 years old]
[Crime record: 5593 days ago in Kang'an City, Gao Tong provided a place for killing and assisted in cleaning up the scene after discarding the body. 】
[Jail record: None]
It has actually been eleven days since I saw Gao Tong, the murderer.
They had always suspected that the roadside was not the first scene. After all, even if it rained heavily, there would not be any blood stains, fingerprints, footprints, etc. that could be used for examination on the roadside and where the body was eventually found.
Now it seems that this guess is correct.
I just don’t know where the Hu’s Noodle Shop, which was the scene of the first crime, would hide the evidence.
"I often passed by your store when I was a child," Cen Lian continued to observe the environment of the noodle shop while pretending to recall his childhood and chatting with the boss. "It was very lively here at that time, and everyone came to eat at the night market."
While Hu Shuangquan was talking, Cen Lian lightly touched Tang Hua's elbow and motioned him to look at the wall on the other side of the noodle shop.
Tang Hua immediately understood what Cen Lian meant.
The walls of this noodle shop have obviously been repainted several times, but they are slightly thicker and more uneven than others in a few places.
Hu Shuangquan was still unaware and continued to talk to Cen Lian.
"It was really lively at that time. There were many people living in several elderly homes nearby, and there were also many people coming to the night market to eat in the evening. It's not like now. You can't sell any old novels here, and no one is willing to live there. It used to be All the stores were down by 70% to 80%." Hu Shuangquan was also led by Cen Lian into memories.
Tang Hua took the opportunity to touch the protruding wall closest to them and found that it was not difficult to get rid of.
But now that Hu Shuangquan is here, it's hard for them to alert the enemy.
After eating noodles, the two of them found a deserted place nearby to sit down.
"Do you think there's something wrong with that noodle shop?" Tang Hua recalled the bulges on the wall he had touched. "It's just a few bulges on the wall, so they really can't be considered evidence."
"I remember when this case was still active, this noodle shop was not searched in detail because it was beyond the search scope designated at that time." Cen Lian was not without any basis this time, "But think about it, if that road is indeed It’s not the scene of the first crime, this noodle shop is actually very suspicious.”
Tang Hua scratched his head, as if he had been convinced by Cen Lian, but also felt that his thinking was a little too jumpy.
However, it was not a big deal to slightly expand the search scope when dealing with this kind of backlog of murder cases, so he still wrote the report and handed it to Chen Suo.
That's right, since the investigation of this backlog of cases began, although I don't know how Chen Suo did it, in short, the case has not been handed over to the Criminal Police Team yet. The two of them are currently conducting "preliminary investigation work" together with Chen Suo.
In other words, the case will be investigated in the preliminary investigation first, and then transferred to the criminal police team when there is enough evidence to provide it.
In this case, the only boss of the two of them was Chen Xinrong.
Tang Hua quickly received approval to allow the search.
Before it got dark, seven or eight more people from the institute came over in a police car carrying investigation boxes.
With the search warrant in hand, all that's left is to verify Cen Lian's guess.
After all, this noodle shop has not been demolished and rebuilt, so it is very likely that the blood stains and other information from that year will be retained.
There is no professional trace inspection in the police station, but everyone still knows the basic skills of shoveling open the wall and shining a purple light on it.
Not to mention checking the ground in front and back of the entire noodle shop to see if there are any traces of buried things.
As the first piece of wall was shoveled away, Cen Lian carefully illuminated the wall with a purple flashlight.
The moment the reflection of blood appeared in front of his eyes, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that this case is finally solidly proven.
Tang Hua looked at Cen Lian with great admiration, which made him a little embarrassed.
If it weren't for the word bubble popping up above Hu Shuangquan's head, he wouldn't have checked the walls of this store for any abnormalities immediately. After all, as an old store that has been in disrepair for a long time, the walls will always have potholes.
"The case can be handed over to the Criminal Police Team." Chen Suo came belatedly and looked at the murder weapon and bloody clothes dug out from the backyard of Hu's Noodle Shop, as well as the blood splattered on the wall. He looked very happy, "This The case is settled in our hands, and you two can at least get a reward."
Chen Xinrong patted Cen Lian on the shoulder, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.
Tang Hua grinned, but actually he wasn't too happy.
The consequences of being deeply remembered by the leader is that he will probably not be able to continue to secretly fish in the future.
Cen Lian smiled very sincerely.
In the evening, he received a WeChat message from Wu Qiushan.
"Has the long-standing case you asked me about last time been solved?"
"That's right." Cen Lian sent a grinning emoticon.
"You were also responsible for catching drugs on the high-speed rail and sending fugitives from your brother's unit?" Wu Qiushan continued to ask.
Cen Lian suddenly felt something was wrong.
How did this guy know that he had done these things? Logically speaking, the materials to report his merits should not have been sent to the district yet.
"I suddenly had a bad feeling." The moment the message was sent, he had already thought of that possibility.
"Yes, you will be seconded soon."
Cen Lian always felt that Wu Qiushan's last words were gloating about his misfortune.
