Chapter 107: Confirmed as an Accident?

But the flood drainage ditch was 2 meters deep. On such a cold day, the murderer wouldn't have swum over, right? Hu Jinquan thought of this and ordered Xiao Fang to check the opposite bank of the ditch to see if it was possible that the murderer really swam over from the opposite bank.

Although he felt his idea was a bit unrealistic, he still gave this order with the attitude of giving it a try.

And the result was conceivable. The opposite bank was close to the wall of the chemical plant family quarters. Usually, basically no one would go there! The result obtained by Xiao Fang and the others after investigating there was that there was no trace of anyone coming there at all!

This made Hu Jinquan a bit confused! Could it really just be an accident? As for Hou Hongbo's behavior that was different from usual, it was completely caused by his behavioral disorder after drinking too much?

In the square formed by idle onlookers not far away, a man with a down jacket hood on his head listened quietly to the onlookers' discussion, seeing that many police officers came to the scene to search carefully. He couldn't help but frown, and later when he saw a group of police officers appear on the narrow bank opposite the flood drainage ditch, he pulled his collar lightly, a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he turned and left the crowd.

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Jiangdong Branch, Hu Jinquan came to Lu Haoxuan's office and reported the drowning case to him.

After listening, Lu Haoxuan said: "You now judge that the deceased was murdered just based on a hypothesis that Zheng Guogiang hasn't confirmed yet. Isn't that a bit unrigorous?"

Hu Jinquan heard that Lu Haoxuan had a critical meaning, and he was a bit unconvinced: "Master, Old Zheng's hypothesis is just one of the reasons that prompted me to infer that Hou Hongbo's death was a murder. According to the taxi driver, Hou Hongbo received a text message before getting out of the car, and his expression after reading the text message was that kind of urgent feeling. Besides, with his quality, if he really had to urinate, under normal circumstances, he would definitely solve it outside the car. Would he be so troublesome as to cross the dense Photinia bushes and run to the side of the ditch 10 meters away?"

Lu Haoxuan looked calmly at this apprentice who was usually a bit impetuous. Although he was not as meticulous and rigorous as Gu Changzheng, he was also a good police officer who would not easily give up on the truth!

He waited for Hu Jinquan to finish speaking and asked: "Then in your opinion, assuming it was a murder, what was the murderer's motive for killing him? How did the murderer accurately know his itinerary and be able to make him get out of the car at the flood drainage ditch he had already prepared?"

Lu Haoxuan drank a sip of tea and said: "You also inferred just now that Hou Hongbo's mobile phone rang when the car passed the flood drainage ditch, and the reason he chose to get out of the car there was also because of that text message. Then, there are several points to be determined: 1. The person who sent the text message should be a woman he is familiar with, and it must be a beautiful woman; 2. That person, I mean the person who sent the text message, may be the murderer who killed him, or there may be other accomplices; 3. How did the murderer accurately know Hou Hongbo's movements?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Jinquan said happily: "Cough, cough, Master, I understand. If I suspect that Hou Hongbo died of murder, then follow this line of thinking to make a murder inference, solving the motive, means, time, and the first crime scene."

He changed his breath and continued: "Then now the first crime scene and the time of the crime can be determined as the scene where the deceased drowned. The time has the taxi driver's testimony, which is the time after the deceased got out of the car. Then what needs to be clarified now is the murderer's motive and killing means!"

Lu Haoxuan smiled slightly: "Go and investigate, let the evidence verify your inference."

Just as Hu Jinquan walked out of Lu Haoxuan's office, the phone in Lu Haoxuan's pocket vibrated "buzz, buzz".

This was a mobile phone specially equipped for each member of the working group, and only members of the group knew the number.

Lu Haoxuan stood up, walked to the door, opened it to take a look, then closed the door again, connected the phone and said in a low voice: "Hello!"

The voice on the phone was Gu Changzheng's: "Master, I have already investigated that gunman Ling Wei clearly, and it can be confirmed that he is a killer raised by Zhang Shaojie."

"Good! Is the evidence sufficient?" Lu Haoxuan asked.

"There are witnesses. Zhang Shaojie once went to Ling Wei's hometown in Longxi. Ling's father recognized Zhang Shaojie's photo, and Ling's father admitted that the money for his new house was paid by Zhang Shaojie."

"Good." Lu Haoxuan said in a low voice. He inferred that Ling Wei was a killer arranged by the Zhang family, but that Ling Wei was shot in the head when he hijacked Chang Huazhong. Even if the relationship between him and Zhang Shaojie was clarified, it would be difficult to prove that Chang Huafei was ordered by Zhang Shaojie to be killed.

"If that gunman didn't die..." Lu Haoxuan laughed at himself, and something suddenly seemed to come to his mind, but was interrupted by Gu Changzheng's subsequent words!

"Master, I also found some things..." Gu Changzheng hesitated.

Lu Haoxuan already felt his hesitation on the phone, so he said: "Let's talk when we meet! See you at the safe house in an hour."

Because the scope of the working group's investigation was unprecedentedly large and involved very sensitive people, to avoid some foreseeable troubles in the future, Gu Changzheng, who should have been a person with restricted actions under investigation, was instead the best choice.

Lu Haoxuan knew that he must have found something related to their internal affairs, so he decided to meet and talk immediately.

The address of the safe house was only known to Lu Haoxuan and Deputy Director Huo, and the security level was considered very high!

After Lu Haoxuan parked the car in a public parking lot on the side of the road, he walked for about 5 minutes and came to a building. This was a street-facing building with shops on the bottom and residences on the top.

Lu Haoxuan entered from the unit entrance in the middle of the storefront on the first floor, went up to the third floor, and along the corridor, there were 10 or so rooms on both sides. After standing at the door of one of them and looking left and right to make sure no one was there, he took out the key, opened the door lock, and entered the room.

The room was empty. He looked at his watch. There were 5 minutes left until the agreed time. He arrived early.

He walked to the window, habitually looked down through the curtain gap, and before long, a familiar figure appeared downstairs...

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After Hu Jinquan left Lu Haoxuan's office, he rushed to Zheng Guogiang's technical section in a hurry. Just as he broke in, he saw Zheng Guogiang holding a file bag and walking out.

"Old Zheng!" Hu Jinquan shouted: "Has the test result come out?"

Zheng Guogiang, who usually had a rigid face, had a trace of joy on his face. Seeing Hu Jinquan coming over, he said: "Just about to find you, you came just right!"

Hu Jinquan said: "How is it? Is it confirmed to be that thing?"

Zheng Guogiang knew he was referring to the secretions of the deceased Hou Hongbo he had inferred.

He shook the file bag in his hand: "It's all inside, see for yourself! The secretions on the deceased's underwear are indeed prostatic fluid! But do you know? I also found something in the deceased's mouth!"

"What?" Hu Jinquan asked. ===== CHAPTER 108 =====