You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 360 Peace and Joy!

The corridor outside the operating room in the hospital.

Shen Wenzhu sat on the bench with her legs together, bent over, and her elbows on her knees, glancing at the operating room door from time to time.

When Yang Jinwen arrived, she slightly raised her head, her eyes deep and her expression solemn.

"Captain Shen, are you alright?"

Shen Wenzhu shook her head: "I'm fine."

"The injured..."

"He's my brother, my cousin."

"Cousin?" Yang Jinwen suddenly remembered Wen Ling'er, who also had a lot of cousins.

Shen Wenzhu mechanically recited the information: "My brother's name is Tao Junpeng, he is 30 years old, and he lives at No. 102, Unit 1, Building 4, Huifeng Community, No. 117 Taoyuan Road, Xingye District."

I am married. My cousin-in-law's name is Wu Xiu, and she has a two-year-old daughter.

My brother was on the night shift yesterday. The incident must have happened late at night. He was taking passengers to Yang'an Town in the northern suburbs when the accident occurred.

One kilometer from the Yang'an Town Police Station, he was robbed. He fought with the robbers, sustaining multiple stab wounds, and endured the excruciating pain as he ran towards the Yang'an Town Police Station.

Upon seeing this, the on-duty police officer immediately took him to the hospital…

Seeing Wu Daqing running over, Yang Jinwen raised her hand to stop him from asking questions and looked at Shen Wenzhu.

"Can you confirm that this is the same group of criminals involved in the robbery and murder on November 9th?"

Shen Wenzhu shook her head and then nodded: "According to the doctor who was treating my brother, he had ligature marks on his neck, two stab wounds to his abdomen, and a stab wound to his chest that the knife couldn't be pulled out."

There is a scar on the left thumb and three defensive wounds on the right palm.

Yang Jinwen squinted: "What kind of scar is on your left thumb?"

"When I entered the operating room, I noticed that there were marks, which should be from a ligature."

"On the evening of November 9, a taxi driver named Zeng Desong was murdered."

The ligature marks on his neck were from a hemp rope thinner than his little finger. If they were also from hemp rope, and the wounds matched the stab wounds on Zeng Desong's body, then it was the same group of thugs who committed the crime.

Shen Wenzhu sat up straight and nodded, saying, "There should have been at least two thugs in the car at the time, one in the passenger seat and one in the back seat."

The assailant in the back seat put a rope around my brother's neck and strangled him tightly, while the assailant in the passenger seat held a dagger and stabbed my brother..."

Yang Jinwen continued, "Your brother must have sensed danger at the time. When the thug in the back seat grabbed his neck, he stuck his left thumb into the rope, giving himself a chance to escape..."

Yang Jinwen extended his left thumb and gestured in front of his neck.

If this is not the case, once the neck is tied with a rope, only the limbs have the ability to resist. In just a few seconds, the person will suffocate due to lack of oxygen and gradually lose consciousness.

In addition, in both cases, the perpetrators in the passenger seat were also extremely vicious. When the victims resisted, the perpetrators began to stab them with the same method, stabbing them in the abdomen, except that Tao Junpeng was stabbed in the heart.

At the time of his murder, Zeng Desong had no other signs of struggle except for a defensive wound on his right hand. His cause of death was not stabbing, but strangulation.
Yang Jinwen pondered for a moment, then walked to the side and called Yao Weihua, asking him, Maozi, Cai Ting, and others to immediately go to Yang'an Town in the northern suburbs.

The incident occurred late at night; it is now 10 a.m.

The murderer targeted night shift taxi drivers, luring them to the suburbs to rob and kill them.

Zeng Dehai was murdered at a reservoir in the northwestern suburbs.

Late last night, Tao Junpeng was tricked into going to Yang'an Town in the northern suburbs. If the gang of thugs hadn't run away, he would still be in Yang'an Town.

Even if they flee, they will leave clues in the dead of night. They need to buy food, stay in guesthouses, or take other means of transportation back to the city.

Even if you're walking, you're likely to encounter witnesses.

Wu Daqing suggested from the side, "Team Leader Yang, if you don't have enough manpower, you can call our logistics department. We have a few people on rotation today, so they're available."

"can."

"I don't have a phone..."

Yang Jinwen handed his mobile phone to Wu Daqing.

Shen Wenzhu stood up and stared intently at Yang Jinwen: "Can you catch the murderer, Captain Yang?"

"As long as these criminals remain in the city, they can't escape."

“My brother ran to the police station and collapsed. He gave the police my phone number because he didn’t want my cousin-in-law to know. So, if you can’t handle it, leave it to me.”

Yang Jinwen remained silent, and according to the principle of avoiding suspicion among relatives, Shen Wenzhu could not interfere in the case.

However, he understood that Shen Wenzhu was just saying it in anger; anyone would lose their composure in such a situation.

While waiting for the surgery, he suddenly asked, "Captain Shen, there's a restaurant next to our brigade. Is the owner of that restaurant your cousin?"

Shen Wenzhu looked up at him with a questioning look: "I don't have a cousin who owns a restaurant."

Yang Jinwen raised an eyebrow.

Shen Wenzhu realized the problem: "So the boss told you I'm his relative?"

"This is not."

“I often eat at his place. When I’m busy, I call his restaurant and he delivers food to me a few times…” Shen Wenzhu narrowed her eyes: “Once I’m done with this, I’ll shut down his restaurant!”

Yang Jinwen didn't say anything. He crossed his arms and leaned his back against the wall.

He thought the surgery would be slow, possibly until the afternoon, but less than an hour later, two doctors emerged from the operating room.

Shen Wenzhu rushed over and asked, "Doctor, what's the injured person's condition? Is he still alive?"

Are you a family member of the injured person?

"Yes! I am his sister."

"He has lost too much blood, he is already..."

Shen Wenzhu stood motionless, her entire body stiff. Yang Jinwen sighed softly, "Can we go in and take a look?"

The doctor removed his mask and shook his head in refusal: "It's best to wait for the police to arrive first..."

Yang Jinwen took out his identification and handed it to him: "We are from the Municipal Public Security Bureau."

After he finished speaking, he instructed Wu Daqing, who was standing next to him, "Call the forensic doctor Li from the branch and ask him to come and take over."

"Okay." Wu Daqing nodded.

Yang Jinwen looked at Shen Wenzhu: "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, let's go inside." Shen Wenzhu took a breath, suppressing the grief in her heart.

Three female nurses were standing in the operating room, tidying up the medical equipment.

The quartz clock on the opposite wall ticks away, the hour and minute hands pointing to 11 a.m.

Based on the time of death, it should be between 10:00 and 11:00 on November 13th. Tao Junpeng died from his injuries despite all efforts to save him.

Two blood bags were hanging on the IV stand; one was empty, and the other was half-used.

On the operating table, the pristine white sheets were stained crimson with blood.

Tao Junpeng's face was pale, his lips were purple, and his eyes were slightly open, but his pupils had become dim.

One of the nurses is removing the syringe from his right wrist.

On the bedside table, the heart monitor beeped, and the line on the screen was a straight green line.

Another nurse quickly went over and unplugged the power, and the operating room immediately became quiet.

Shen Wenzhu walked to the bedside, slightly raised her right hand as if to touch Tao Junpeng's face, but ultimately lowered her hand.

She was trying hard to suppress her emotions and not let the tears fall, so at that moment, she felt a stinging pain in her eyes.

Yang Jinwen took out disposable gloves from his pocket and put them on, then lifted the sheet covering Tao Junpeng's lower body.

Because it was an emergency surgery, Tao Junpeng's upper body clothes were all removed, revealing shocking stab wounds.

He had two wounds on his lower abdomen, next to his right side, with cotton wool stuck to the wounds.

The same hemostatic cotton was already used up in a large quantity in the medical waste bin next to it.

Yang Jinwen took a pair of tweezers from the nurse's tray.

Just as the nurse was about to explode, Yang Jinwen waved his identification document, which he hadn't yet tucked into his pocket, in front of her.

The nurse had no choice but to keep quiet and put the tray back on the counter.

Yang Jinwen held the cotton swab and slowly removed the cotton swab from Tao Junpeng's lower abdomen, revealing two wounds.

The wound had the skin turned outwards, with a little bit of yellow fat attached, indicating that the knife had been forcefully stabbed and then quickly pulled out.

The assailant was holding the knife in his right hand and was very strong.

The wound is about two centimeters long, which matches the wound on Zeng Desong's body. It is highly likely that the case was committed by the same group of people.

And the knife was sitting on a tray on the counter, with a wooden handle.

Yang Jinwen walked over, picked it up and examined it. The knife was 1.5 centimeters wide, so the assailant must have encountered resistance after stabbing, and the wound widened when he pulled the knife out.

The knife wound Tao Junpeng received on his left chest also proves this point.

The knife wasn't pulled out at the time, and the wound left by the doctor when he pulled it out during the emergency matched the width of the weapon used in the crime.

The doctor judged that Tao Junpeng died from excessive blood loss, presumably based on the fact that he had managed to hold on until now and had not died immediately.

If the stab had hit the heart, Tao Junpeng wouldn't have been able to hold on for so long.

Of course, the specific cause of death can only be determined after an autopsy.

Yang Jinwen slowly walked around the body, and came to the left front of the body. He reached out and lifted Tao Junpeng's left wrist.

There was indeed a purplish-black mark on the joint of Tao Junpeng's left thumb, indicating that his left thumb had been caught in the snare when he was being strangled.

Yang Jinwen lifted Tao Junpeng's right hand again, and then his gaze sharpened.

Because he saw something under Tao Junpeng's fingernails.

He crouched down and carefully removed the fibers from under his fingernails with tweezers.

He held it up to the light and squinted slightly.

Shen Wenzhu chimed in from the side, "It's hair!"

Yang Jinwen nodded: "It's yellow, dyed, not long, and you can see the roots. It looks like a man's hair."

Yang Jinwen leaned down again and saw that Tao Junpeng had a lot of hair left under his fingernails. After taking them out one by one, he also found a half-meter-long hair, but it was black.

It's obvious that this is a woman's hair!

A moment later, Yang Jinwen looked at Wu Daqing and said, "Let's go, it's time to get to work."

Wu Daqing asked, "Captain Yang, where are we going?"

"Old Yao and his gang are in Yang'an Town. Let's go find them and see where these thugs got on the bus."

"Ok."

When Yang Jinwen and Wu Daqing walked out of the operating room and arrived at the hospital gate, they saw a row of yellow taxis parked on the road in front of the hospital, and about a dozen taxi drivers were walking up the steps.

On one side of the entrance, a young woman, holding a young child in her arms, stood on the steps, her eyes fixed on the drivers, as if looking for someone.

The child in her arms was wrapped in a small red blanket with four golden characters embroidered on it: Peace and Joy.

(End of this chapter)