Chapter 221: Collusion

Aiming at the people who had a party with Zhang Zhiyuan that night, the police quickly launched a new round of questioning and soon obtained key information.

There were 10 people participating in the party that night, among whom 6 outsiders met Zhang Zhiyuan for the first time, while the other 3 were familiar faces in Zizhen. After careful questioning, one participant recalled that Zhang Zhiyuan had a long departure from the banquet during the party. Although the specific time could not be accurately calculated, he estimated it was at least 10 minutes or so.

Because he remembered that when he had just filled the 2-liang wine dispenser, Zhang Zhiyuan left, and when he returned to the wine table again, that glass of wine had already bottomed out. At his normal drinking speed, this period of time was definitely not short.

"10 minutes?" Gu Changzheng calculated silently in his heart. If Zhang Zhiyuan started from the private room on the 3rd floor and went up to the rooftop on the 8th floor through the fire escape, he needed to climb 5 floors, each floor had 26 steps, and there was a turn in the middle. At a normal speed, it took 15 seconds to go up one floor. Assuming Zhang Zhiyuan had extraordinary physical strength, it only took 75 seconds to go up five floors, which was one minute and fifteen seconds. The speed of going downstairs was faster, and it took about 13 seconds per floor. It took about one minute to come down from the rooftop. If he accelerated his pace and compressed the time of going up and downstairs to within two minutes, then the remaining time was extremely limited.

And this witness clearly stated that Zhang Zhiyuan's departure time was about 10 minutes, which also included his "encounter" with Lou Zhen on the 7th floor, persuading her to go to the rooftop together, and then using Peyote to poison her.

Gu Changzheng frowned and thought. This time arrangement was almost impossible to achieve. Moreover, the iron door on each floor had to be opened one by one.

"No!" He suddenly realized that Chen Junyang had mentioned that he and Lou Zhen agreed to let her take the elevator to the 8th floor and then go down to the 7th floor through the fire escape. As a guest staying at the Tianyang Hotel for the first time, Chen Junyang shouldn't have known that the fire escape was equipped with an iron door, but Lou Zhen was able to pass through smoothly. This indicated that either the iron door at the fire escape of the hotel was in an open state that day!

Gu Changzheng felt a chill in his heart and sneered, "So that's it!"

This was clearly a premeditated group crime. The murderer was not one person, but a team!

Thinking of this, those doubts that had once shrouded his thoughts like fog now seemed to be blown away by a gust of clear wind, instantly becoming clear and visible.

Behind Zhang Zhiyuan's seemingly innocent face, perhaps a secret that could not be told was hidden; Xiao Hai's various behaviors in his daily life also seemed more and more suspicious; even Huang Li, who had always given people a weak impression, might actually be involved in this complex case and become a member of this group crime.

Facing these suspects, the experienced criminal police captain Gu Changzheng decided to interrogate Huang Li first after careful consideration.

After all, judging from the current situation, compared to the other few people, Huang Li's participation in the whole criminal activity was relatively low.

It was speculated that she might only have provided the key, so the mistake made was not too big. Based on this judgment, Gu Changzheng believed that Huang Li was more likely to tell the truth under the pressure of interrogation.

When the police came to the door again, Huang Li's reaction was obviously abnormal. She looked panicked, and her body trembled slightly, as if she was a frightened little deer.

Especially when she learned that this meeting would be held in the Public Security Bureau, she was even more like sitting on pins and needles, full of fear and unease in her heart.

After walking into the interrogation room, Huang Li always lowered her head and didn't dare to look at the police opposite her. Perhaps only in this way could she make her heart, which had already been in a mess, get a little comfort and feel a little pitiful sense of security!

Luo Fei, who was sitting in front of the table, stared at the uneasy woman in front of him with sharp eyes. He said solemnly and seriously: "Huang Li! Regarding the Lou Zhen murder case, we have already made it clear that you didn't participate in it deeply. However, if you can honestly confess the truth of the matter, then there is still a chance to save yourself and strive for a lighter punishment."

Huang Li's body trembled obviously, and her head lowered even more. Seeing this, Luo Fei shouted: "What? Do you still want to cover for others?" He was referring to Zhang Zhiyuan. Huang Li's body trembled even more violently. She cried out "waa!" again. It was just that this time it didn't seem as exaggerated as the last time, but the fear and helplessness in the crying made Gu Changzheng and Luo Fei directly feel it.

Luo Fei wanted to stop her, but Gu Changzheng waved his hand to stop him. After a while, Huang Li's crying gradually stopped. Gu Changzheng handed her a few tissues and said: "I know you are not the murderer who killed Lou Zhen. Tell the truth about what happened that night. This is indeed your chance to save yourself!"

After Huang Li wiped the tears from her face, she said: "Police comrade, I confess, I will say, I will say everything! That day, that day I indeed knew that the woman would come. The room opening information of her lover was also provided by me to Zhiyuan. Originally, Zhiyuan said that his stepmother was always stealing food outside behind his father's back, and he said he wanted to punish them."

"Did Zhang Zhiyuan tell you how to punish them?" Gu Changzheng asked.

"Hmm, he didn't tell me this. He just let me listen to his arrangements. Around 6 PM, he asked me to open the iron doors between the 7th and 8th floors and the one leading to the rooftop. After half an hour, he asked me to open the iron doors between the 3rd and 7th floors."

"You didn't ask him why he did this?"

"No, he told me to just do as he said, so I didn't ask him."

"How did you know which guest who opened the room was the person dating Lou Zhen? Do you know him?"

Huang Li said: "I know. Zhiyuan showed me a photo of that person. That day, that is, the afternoon when that woman jumped off the building, Zhiyuan called and told me to check the information of the guest in room 714. I found a reason to check the registered ID card of 714 at the front desk, and it was indeed that person. I asked him how he knew that person was in 714, and Zhiyuan told me not to ask. Just let me find a reason to put, put in his room..."

Seeing her suddenly stuttering, Luo Fei asked: "Put what?"

Gu Changzheng also became alert. He suspected that it wouldn't be Zhang Zhiyuan asking her to put Peyote, right? Later, he felt it was wrong. If it was Peyote, then Chen Junyang should also be poisoned, but obviously, what Huang Li put was not Peyote.

Huang Li was urged by Luo Fei like this and was so scared that she hurriedly said: "Camera! Pinhole camera! He, he said this was the way to punish them. He wanted to secretly film their, their affair..."

Gu Changzheng smiled: "So that's it." No wonder Zhang Zhiyuan could accurately grasp Lou Zhen's time and "encounter" her just right when Lou Zhen came out! ===== CHAPTER 222 =====