Detective: Open your eyes, I am handcuffed in the interrogation room.

Chapter 591 Heading to Shidu Town
That night, Chen Yi accompanied Fang Yanjun for a long meal. They didn't talk about work but only about family matters. It was warm and relaxing.

When talking about going to the Midwest thousands of miles away to investigate a case, Fang Yanjun just said to do his best and to call him if they encountered any difficulties and thought they could help.

After returning to the hotel for a nap, the special case team received their guns the next morning and set out to leave the imperial city.

He Shirong went on a business trip as soon as he took office. When he was in Yangcheng, he had already mentioned the case of Shidu Town. This was the first battle of the special case team.

This case is more difficult than Chen Yi expected.

The file is top secret and cannot be taken away or copied. Chen Yi recalled the details of the file in his mind. Although he was looking out the window, his thoughts were already immersed in the case.

Qin Fei was driving. If he felt tired, he would take turns with He Shixin and others on the road.

We don't have to stop on the way and can only take a short rest at a service area. We should be able to reach Shidu Town before dark.

Today is neither a holiday nor a weekend, so there won't be many people in Shidu Town.

Rumors of the local area being haunted have scared away many people over the years, such as Tan Dong. Now, the only people who dare to go there are probably only a handful of adventure anchors and curious young people.

The journey was lonely and boring, so Cheng Hanjun started the conversation: "I remembered Fengmen. I went there with my classmates when I was a graduate student. To be honest, that place does feel very awkward. Fengshui does have some scientific basis."

The co-pilot was Su Ying. She remained silent and was distracted. I wonder if she was thinking about the case like Chen Yi.

Chen Yi and He Shixin sat in the middle row, while Cheng Hanjun and Teng Dabin sat at the back.

Teng Dabin, who was closest to Cheng Hanjun, asked, "Do you mean that Feng Shui causes some villages to have a weird color?"

Cheng Hanjun said: "That can't be said. The weird color is all a rumor. However, in order to achieve the best effect, the sealed door itself must be different from other places, otherwise netizens would have debunked the rumor long ago."

Teng Dabin: "What's the difference?"

Cheng Hanjun: "I studied it in depth back then. The architectural layout of Fengmen violates the conventional Feng Shui theory and makes people feel very uncomfortable. In addition, there is a custom in the village that the dead should not be buried outside the village, which has directly led to a heavy negative energy in the whole village for many years.

There are so many graves, it’s scary just looking at them.

Also, the Fengmen is located in a special geographical location, and people who enter are likely to lose their sense of direction and get lost, which adds to the mystery, so the story becomes more and more bizarre as it is passed on, but in fact, there are reasonable explanations for it. "

He Shixin in the middle row turned around and asked: "What about Shidu Town? Have you heard anyone talk about it?"

Cheng Hanjun shook his head: "No, Captain Chen said that Tan Dong encountered ghosts twice in a row in Yunshui Inn, which is ridiculous. Even in Fengmen, a famous ghost village, no one has ever said that they encountered ghosts.

If Tan Dong is not lying, then someone is playing tricks, and there is something wrong with the people in Yunshui Inn. "

Teng Dabin said: "After so many years, there was still a murder case. If there was a problem with Yunshui Inn, it should have been found out long ago."

Cheng Hanjun: "I didn't say it was the boss. Don't you think this remote town that has been abandoned for many years is a good place to kill people?

After the police were called, it took an hour for them to arrive, and those who came were from the police station. They lacked experience in crime scene investigation and easily overlooked many clues.

I personally think that this is the main reason why this case has not been solved for so long. If a higher-level criminal investigation team could arrive quickly, they might be able to find out a lot.”

Teng Dabin agreed: "That's true. The Midwest is not like the East. Beating someone up can make the news."

The further west you go, the more desolate it becomes, especially in the sparsely populated autonomous regions where you have no idea what has happened in the past.

He Shixin: "Let's get back to the case itself. Time cannot be reversed, and we cannot change what happened in the past. We can only rely on the existing clues to find new possibilities.

Captain Chen mentioned one true and one false yesterday. At that time, everyone was afraid to speak because of He. Now we can talk freely. "

Teng Dabing shut up temporarily. What Chen Yi had scolded him before was right. He was not particularly good at criminal investigation and lacked experience. He joined the special case team just to make a cameo appearance and protect Chen Yi's safety.

Chen Yi’s fighting ability is stronger than his, but there is more than just Chen Yi in the special case team.

"They shouldn't be twins, right?" Qin Fei, who was driving, spoke.

Su Ying, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around in surprise with a strange look on her face. The possibility of this happening was infinitely close to zero.

The one in Jingcheng is the older brother or the younger brother, and the one who died in Shidu Town is the older brother or the younger brother?

Three pairs in a row?
A bit ridiculous.

Not to say it's impossible... but it's still ridiculous and a very strange idea.

He Shixin said: "If there was only one deceased person, we could guess whether it was twins, but there were three deceased persons, three pairs of twins were involved in the murder case, and we couldn't find their household registration information, so the possibility is too low."

Qin Fei: "Then it can only be makeup. The murderer is proficient in makeup. Maybe it's the body in Jingcheng, or maybe it's the body in Shidu Town. In short, there must be a fake victim who deceived the investigators through makeup.

To do this... do you have an accomplice?"

Su Ying was surprised again. She thought so too. The young man in front of her was just trying to attract others.

Those who can be recruited into the special case team by Chen Yi are indeed not mediocre.

He Xin asked: "Which one is false? Don't be influenced by Captain Chen first, make your own judgment."

Yesterday, Chen Yi judged that it was more likely that the body in Shidu Town was fake.

Possibilities are just possibilities after all. Without solid evidence, we cannot say that it is 100% true.

Qin Fei set up adaptive cruise control so that he could devote his energy to discussing the case. He said, "Team Chen and I have the same idea and believe that the probability of the body in Shidu Town being fake is higher.

Apart from the operational space, the three victims in Jingcheng showed no intention of deliberately exposing their whereabouts. They all disappeared on the road without surveillance after get off work. The murderer had obviously planned for a long time and knew the work and life of the three people very well. He knew when and where it was safest to do it.

After Jingcheng was dealt with, the accomplices in Shidu Town immediately hung the body and prompted the people in Yunshui Inn to call the police. The Shuishi Town Police Station took photos after arriving at the scene, which led to the claim that the victim was in Jingcheng an hour ago and hanged in Shidu Town an hour later.

In fact, when the police were called, the victim might not even be dead.”

This inference was well-founded. Except for Chen Yi who was looking out the window, everyone nodded in unison and gave positive affirmation.

Teng Dabin sighed secretly, even his apprentice was so smart. No wonder Chen Yi was like a monster. When they were on Sendong Island, he wanted to be ahead of him in everything and had sharp insight. Otherwise, the two of them would have been beaten to pieces long ago.

He Xin said: "In this case, it can be indirectly judged that the murderer is either a local of Jingcheng, or has lived in Jingcheng for a long time. He became enemies with the three victims because of something, and thus planned this serial murder.

Maybe he is also from Jingcheng Economic Development Zone, and is active right under the eyes of investigators, but he was able to evade them perfectly this time."

Qin Fei: "Making enemies? This is the biggest difficulty in this case."

If there is a grudge, there will definitely be traces. The police in Jingcheng and Xigui County have been investigating for such a long time and have invested a large amount of police force. It can be said that they have turned up everything that could be found. If there is a grudge, how could they not find it?

Could it be that, like the Jiangcheng case, they were jointly involved in something that outsiders didn't know about?
There are tombs everywhere in Jiangcheng, what does Jingcheng have?
Jiangcheng was buried in the ground and Jingcheng was hanged. Is there any explanation for hanging?

Chen Yi hadn't made any movement yet. Su Ying, who was sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't help but look back. She found that the other party seemed to be admiring the scenery outside the window and didn't care what everyone was talking about.

Since no opinion was expressed, it means that there were no serious mistakes in the discussion just now, and there were no unexpected major breakthroughs.

With their experience and thinking in investigating cases, they probably thought of all this. Four hours later, the car stopped at a service area, and several people got off the car to have lunch and rest, and then Cheng Hanjun took over the driving.

The current service area is a five-star service area. I heard that it cost 300 million yuan to build. It is very well built, with everything from food and clothing to transportation, and there are also many entertainment venues.

Chen Yi had not participated in the discussion while in the car, but now he spoke during the meal: "One true and one false is the most reasonable explanation. If the body in Shidu Town is not the victim, then the body must have been swapped before the Jingcheng Criminal Investigation Detachment saw it.

Regardless of the identity of the body before the substitution, do you think Yang Hongyi is... problematic?"

Yang Hongyi is the only full-time forensic doctor in Xigui County. Every victim in this case was taken over by Yang Hongyi after leaving Shidu Town. Theoretically, he can do whatever he wants.

Everyone looked over.

He Xin spoke up: "It's not mentioned in the file. Did the Jingcheng Criminal Investigation Team not suspect anything?"

Chen Yi: "Not necessarily. Even if I suspected him, I wouldn't write it down in the file. After all, he is my colleague. I can't talk nonsense without evidence, and I can't leave it in the file. It would be irresponsible to Yang Hongyi.

If this matter gets out, it will inevitably have a serious impact on Yang Hongyi's career. "

Three people can make a tiger, which is very scary. Over time, suspicion will turn into rumor, and rumor will turn into stain. No matter whether you did it or not, it will be considered negative, and you will have to endure the pointing and criticizing of people around you.

Whether the Jingcheng Criminal Investigation Detachment has suspicions or not, it will not be reflected in the files.

Need to ask separately.

"Do you want to give Chai Ziyi a call?" He Shixin asked.

Chai Ziyi is the captain of the Jingcheng Criminal Investigation Detachment. When he investigated the Shidu Town case, he was the deputy captain and now he has been promoted.

You will meet this person sooner or later, so it is normal to call him in advance.

Presumably the other party has also been notified that the unsolved case from eight years ago is now taken over by the special case team of the police department, and the team leader is Chen Yi from Yangcheng.

Chen Yi shook his head and said, "No, one of the reasons why I chose to go to Jingcheng in the end was to meet Chai Ziyi in the end.

The contents of the file are objective, while the words spoken by the police officers handling the case are subjective and will influence the judgment to some extent. Since this case involves many places, we don't need to contact Chai Ziyi for the time being, so let's wait and see.

We will investigate first, and after we are done, we will exchange the clues with Chai Ziyi to fill in the gaps."

When is new: "Okay."

Su Ying ate her meal in silence. She now regarded Chen Yi as a genius in investigating crimes. She was not surprised at what he said and just obeyed his orders.

In fact, she was not needed at all in the case of Ishidu Town, because the bodies of the three victims had already been cremated.

There is no legal provision that "the family cannot cremate the victim's body before the homicide is solved." According to the procedures for handling criminal cases by public security organs, for the needs of case investigation, forensic doctors must promptly inspect or examine the victim's body, and extract and collect traces, physical evidence, biological samples, etc. related to the case.

An autopsy may be performed to determine the cause of death.

After a comprehensive autopsy, if there is no need to continue preserving the body, the public security organ can notify the family to take the body back, rather than having to wait until the case is solved.

After receiving the body, they will choose cremation.

In this case, the cause of death of the three victims was very simple, all of which were mechanical asphyxiation caused by strangulation. There were no other wounds on their bodies, and drug components were detected in their mouths and noses.

The crime process was very clear: the victim was drugged and then hanged.

This requires a lot of strength, and it is judged that the perpetrator is a young or middle-aged male.

When reading the files, Su Ying mainly looked at the autopsy report, which had very comprehensive and detailed photos. According to her judgment, there was nothing wrong with the autopsy performed by the forensic doctor that year.

It's a very simple job, and it doesn't matter who does it.

It is worth noting that the fingernails of the three victims were very clean, probably because they had been cleaned. This shows that the murderer had a strong anti-detection awareness. Not to mention DNA, he did not even leave a trace of clothing fiber for the police.

As for the rope used for hanging, it was a common nylon rope, which was very clean.

Nylon rope is a high-strength, durable, lightweight, wear-resistant, corrosion-resistant, and not easy to break rope. It has a wide range of uses and is difficult to find.

"Captain Chen, are we going directly to Shidu Town?" Qin Fei asked.

Chen Yi: "Yes."

Qin Fei: "As a special case team member?"

Chen Yi: "As tourists, forget that you are police officers from now on and think of yourself as outsiders who come here for fun out of curiosity.

Isn't Yunshui Inn haunted? Let's go see if it's still haunted. If it is, we can be ghost hunters."

Qin Fei: "Tan Dong said that he saw a ghost hanging on a dead tree. That dead tree must be the crime scene of this case.

Being able to describe the crime scene, this can't be made up out of thin air, right? Either you have seen the crime scene, or you have really seen a ghost... The ghost I'm talking about is someone pretending to be a ghost."

At this point in the conversation, Chen Yi looked at Su Ying who had been silent. She had already finished eating and was sitting there like an outsider. She might not have yet integrated into the team.

The other party is not good at socializing.

"Sister Su, do you have any ideas? We will all be colleagues fighting side by side in the future, so don't be so restrained."

Several people looked at Su Ying.

Su Ying didn't expect Chen Yi to suddenly direct the conversation towards her. The call of "Sister Su" touched her quite a bit and seemed to be a lot closer to her.

She was not distracted, and her mind was not idle, and she spoke immediately: "The time when Tan Dong saw the ghost was about three years after the incident. If someone is still playing tricks three years later, there must be a purpose. I wonder what the purpose is.

If there really is someone playing tricks, catching this guy might help the case, or even... he himself is an insider and participant, and cannot be ruled out as the murderer. "

Teng Dabin suggested: "Could it be someone from the inn?"

Su Ying: "It's hard to say. All three cases happened on the dead tree outside the town. The people in the inn have been investigated thoroughly a long time ago. They are the closest.

If it is really them, they are hiding it too deeply. "

Qin Fei added: "The files show that there are other villages near Shidu Town. We have visited all the villages that need to be visited and investigated all the villages that need to be investigated."

Chen Yi concluded: "The contents of the files are very important. If something we find is different from what is recorded in the files, it means we have found a breakthrough.

When we arrived at Shidu Town, everyone was alert, listened more, watched more, and talked more. "

Talk more?
Several people nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)