Chapter 376: Too Long

"Third person? This..."

Outside the barn, the sun was high, the breeze was blowing, and the sweat on the head of the branch captain Zheng Tianxin was oozing out, as if he had eaten spicy Chongqing noodles.

At this moment, facing Liu Jinghui, Zheng Tianxin really wished he had been choked to death by the spicy Chongqing noodles.

The sweat on his head was not only the surprise and astonishment at the development of the case, but also a sense of guilt deep into the bone marrow.

Words like protecting the peace of one side, most of the time, are a bit fake and empty. However, as the branch captain of the Criminal Police Branch of the Luyang Municipal Bureau, Zheng Tianxin, who is middle-aged, has no hope of promotion and no desire for transfer. His life is the ups and downs in the police world. If he has any career, any achievement, any bright and beautiful part of his life, any highlight moment, it is all here. The word "protecting the territory and the people" almost covers all the bright parts of Zheng Tianxin's life.

The perpetrators of the 805 case, however, smashed these realistic, illusory, real, and fantasy light parts again and again.

"These beasts!" Zheng Tianxin cursed through gritted teeth, then looked up and asked Liu Jinghui: "How to do it?"

He now sees clearly that in terms of criminal investigation and case solving, he is far inferior to Liu Jinghui. In the Luyang Municipal Bureau or the Shannan Provincial Department, there is no one who can match Liu Jinghui, otherwise, it wouldn't be Liu Jinghui turning around the province day after day.

At this point, Zheng Tianxin doesn't think about anything else. He just wants to solve the 805 case, catch all these perpetrators back, no matter how many there are.

Liu Jinghui pondered and said: "You can ask technical investigation to summarize the call records of Zhang Hai and Chen Youdi. Those who have phone calls with both of them are the key suspects. Social software can also continue to be checked. In addition, can anything be interrogated from Chen Youdi's side?"

"As for the interrogation part, the prosecution is following up, no news yet." Zheng Tianxin replied, and then said: "I will contact technical investigation again, and there should be news soon."

The 805 case looked like it was shrouded in a hazy shadow at first, but after getting closer, it was not complicated. Especially the two people involved in the case, they didn't have strong anti-reconnaissance ability, and they were not cautious in doing things...

Liu Jinghui's plan was similar to the previous one, and the previous one was very smooth. Now continuing to use it, Zheng Tianxin also felt at ease.

Zheng Tianxin issued orders on the spot.

Liu Jinghui continued: "On the side of Panyuan Village, I think we can put another team to investigate carefully. See if the neighbors on Chen Youdi's side have heard any news or movements. Also, if a third perpetrator comes, every time he drives, he has to pass the village entrance, right? You can find the surveillance cameras of the national highway and the village here."

"This idea is good! They transport victims, they should also use cars." Zheng Tianxin nodded repeatedly. This kind of criminal investigation thinking also fits his thinking mode.

Zheng Tianxin picked up his phone and communicated with all parties.

Zhou Yuanqiang also rushed to the bureau without stopping. Involving technical investigation work, many need to fill in a large number of forms. Zheng Tianxin has to sit in the

scene, so he, the political commissar, has to run.

Dozens of criminal police were also pulled up, doing statements for villagers all over the village.

The natural conditions of Panyuan Village are okay, but like Jiang Village, after demolition, most people moved to the demolition residential area provided by the government. Those who finally returned to the village, and those who could return to the village, were all elderly people in their 60s or 70s, and 50 years old was considered strong.

These people can also do some work within their power, take care of their daily needs, but when they were asked to do statements by the police, they all became flustered and didn't know what to say.

The police officers on duty were not surprised, they could only comfort them well, and then ask carefully and repeatedly, often asking two or three times to get an accurate answer.

The surveillance at the village entrance and the national highway also needs several pairs of people to check separately. They have to run to the traffic police team and search carefully in the system... At the same time, the interrogation work is also being stepped up.

Zheng Tianxin can see that Chen Youdi is not an experienced and persevering criminal expert. He is even a bit cowardly, just like an ordinary old

farmer, just strengthening greed, selfishness, lust, and other desires, thus becoming a different kind of human being.

But in the interrogation room, Chen Youdi could hold back and not speak. He looked cowardly and fearful, like a mouse that had been captured, wishing he could curl up into a ball.

However, no matter what the interrogation police said, he turned a deaf ear, and even muttered words that others couldn't understand, as if he were an aborigine from a primitive forest.

"This person looks like he's scared stupid." The interrogation police roared for more than

an hour, and couldn't roar anymore, slapped the table, and walked out of the interrogation room.

Zheng Tianxin looked at him soft into a ball, scared to death, and then thought of the scene in the barn, couldn't help but feel disgusted: "This kind of thing is not a person. We treat him in a human way, and he pretends."

"Feeling his spirit is a bit collapsed, the state of fear is true." The interrogation police sighed. He had seen this kind of person. In fact, it is equivalent to being scared down. Normal thinking is gone, saying nothing can be heard, and it is as if it cannot be listened to.

Or, he really knows the consequences.

Doing such a case, caught on the spot, the death penalty is inevitable. What he fears is perhaps the part being threatened.

The prosecutor who specially ran over to follow the 805 case also had a gloomy face. He

had seen the photos, so it was very difficult to raise compassion for the suspect in front of him, but the case was progressing so unsmoothly.

"Can't really let his spirit collapse, it's better to slow down if possible." The prosecutor had to persuade a few words. No matter how cruel the killer is, when he faces his own pain and death, his spirit is still fragile.

Zheng Tianxin gave an "En" unhappily and said: "The key now is to determine the third person. The third person might still have kidnapped women. Every minute of delay now, the other side is more likely to kill to silence, and escape to other places."

"Think of other ways." The prosecutor persuaded: "I'm not standing on the side of the suspect, but if the suspect dies, is this case even harder to handle?"

Zheng Tianxin thought about the bitterness of the past two years, and nodded helplessly.

This case almost emptied all the resources of the Luyang Municipal Bureau, and also emptied his energy for these two years. Finally, if the killer dies, then the crimes of these few years are really in vain. 【37

Zheng Tianxin thought of the hardships of the past two years and nodded helplessly.

This case had almost drained all the resources of the Luyang Public Security Bureau and had also drained his own spirit over these two years. If the killer ended up dead in the end, then the suffering of these past few years would truly have been in vain.

Whether or not a killer stands in the defendant's dock is, at certain times, quite important.

"How is the surveillance check going? Did you find the license plate?" The prosecutor saw Zheng Tianxin's poor mood and asked in a low voice.

"Cloned license plate," Zheng Tianxin spat out through his teeth.

A cloned car can still be investigated, but investigating it takes effort.

"What about technical reconnaissance?" The prosecutor had followed the case in advance and already understood every aspect involved.

Zheng Tianxin sighed helplessly and said, "The SIM card was bought, and we can't contact anyone anymore. The last time it connected to a base station was near Panyuan Village..."

Disposable phones, common in American TV shows, aren't popular domestically, but some people still use them. When police encounter this in normal times, they have to be twice as suspicious, but when it really comes to an investigation, it does indeed have the effect of obstructing reconnaissance.

The prosecutor thought for a moment and asked, "In that case, is there no news from social media apps either?"

"None," Zheng Tianxin said, becoming a bit frustrated. "Some villagers in Panyuan Village did say they saw people coming to look for Chen Youdi, but they couldn't describe his appearance clearly. People in Panyuan Village had very little contact with Chen Youdi; he was the type of person who was isolated. Since he was young, he had no friends, a total loser in the village..."

As Zheng Tianxin spoke, he also felt it was pointless.

The case had reached this point, with so many clues, yet they all ended up breaking off simultaneously. Of course, if one were to follow any clue now and investigate carefully, trying to find a way to expand the scope, there is still a probability of catching up, but in terms of time...

Buzz... Zheng Tianxin's phone rang.

"I'll take a call," Zheng Tianxin said to the prosecutor.

Embarrassed, he pressed the phone. Zheng Tianxin asked with an awkward smile, took out his phone, and saw it was a call from Jiang Yuan.

This could only be a call related to the case.

Zheng Tianxin hesitated for a second, then answered the phone, put it on speaker, and said, "Forensic Doctor Jiang, I've put you on speaker. What's the matter?"

"I found a fingerprint inside the granary," Jiang Yuan's voice came through the phone, calm and steady. "I have now locked onto a repeat offender with a history of molestation, a Luyang local who works at a property management company. I'll send the specific details to your phone. I now suspect this person is the third party."

Zheng Tianxin was stunned: "Did you just find the fingerprint?"

Zheng Tianxin checked his phone; at least four hours had passed since the corpse in the granary was discovered.

Jiang Yuan replied with an "En," and said, "It took over three hours; I found it on the edge of the nightstand. Separating the fingerprint also took quite a bit of time. Branch Chief Zheng, I suggest we make an arrest immediately..."

"Okay, okay," Zheng Tianxin replied. While using gestures to have the criminal police nearby help make calls, he couldn't help but ask: "Is it difficult to find this fingerprint?"

Laughter from several people came from the other side of the phone; Zheng Tianxin felt it must be his own crime scene investigation team.

Jiang Yuan said, "There was a certain degree of difficulty; the killer had the habit of handling fingerprints. However, he stayed in this granary for too long."