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

Chapter 423 The Corpse Buried in the Soil! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
1999年1月7日，下午5点30分。

The hilltop of Panying Coal Mine.

As the sun sets, casting its last rays across the sky, the daytime temperature gradually decreases with the arrival of night.

The cold wind blew against Yang Jinwen's face, making him feel a chill in his heart.

Fearing that it would be difficult to investigate the situation in the villa after dark, he conducted a rough survey of the villa before searching for the body.

Zhu Guixiu's villa on this mountain can be described as having beautiful scenery and everything one could need.

The villa features a billiards room, wine cellar, cinema, and luxurious bedrooms.

In summer, this place is a perfect retreat from the heat.

No wonder the girl Bai Ying mentioned, and the woman's cries that Chen Pingwa's fifth uncle heard when he went hunting in the mountains, both happened on summer nights.

The dates are August 1995 and July 1997, respectively.

Based on Bai Ying's confession, the time when Dou Junhao and Lu Yong took the girl to the other courtyard must have occurred in the summer.

These clues flashed into Yang Jinwen's mind, plunging his heart into despair.

At this moment, he was standing in the courtyard outside the corridor on the first floor.

As Bai Ying drove away, she saw the girl fall from the building. Immediately afterward, Wu Mingyu opened the window on the third floor and looked down, noticing that the girl was not wearing any clothes on her upper body.

Yang Jinwen is standing where the girl fell from the building.

The ground beneath my feet was a concrete surface, right where the driveway was located.

He looked up at the third-floor window, which was about ten meters high.

If a person falls and hits the ground headfirst, they probably won't survive.

Even if it's not headfirst when it hits the ground, it will most likely be crippled.

The third floor of this building is decorated very luxuriously, no different from a hotel suite.

Yang Jinwen went upstairs to check and found no personal belongings belonging to Wu Mingyu or anyone else. The room was also regularly cleaned.

The second floor is slightly less well-decorated, with four rooms, two of which are frequently occupied. The bathroom contains used towels, toothbrushes, and slippers.

The wardrobe in the bedroom was filled with clothes for all four seasons. Judging from the size of the clothes and slippers, one person was about 1.7 meters tall, and the other was about 1.85 meters tall, which was about the same height as Yang Jinwen.

In addition, the bedside table contained band-aids, pain relievers, entertainment magazines, empty Marlboro cigarette boxes, matchboxes, and so on.

There were no women's belongings found in either bedroom, so there was no doubt that these were Dou Junhao and Lu Yong's rooms.

However, unlike the previous case, the suitcase was still in the shorter bedroom wardrobe, but it was empty.

The wardrobe, which was filled with clothes for someone who was 1.85 meters tall, contained no suitcases, travel bags, or other items that could hold a lot of luggage.

Furthermore, the bedding in both bedrooms was in disarray and had not been tidied up.

Bai Ying said that Zhu Gui did not live in this villa often. He usually lived in the factories and mines halfway up the mountain, while Dou Junhao and Lu Yong, who did dirty work for him, lived in the villa on the mountain.

Dou Junhao probably lived in the bedroom next to the window. He was 1.7 meters tall. Lu Yong was from Northwest China and was 1.85 meters tall. He lived in the bedroom next to Dou Junhao's.

In Dou Junhao's bedroom, everything was there except for his ID card and wallet.

In Lu Yong's bedroom, his ID card, wallet, and other personal belongings were missing, and there were no suitcases or travel bags in the wardrobe.

From the congealed blood on the second-floor floor, Yang Jinwen was unable to determine when the murderer had arrived or the exact time of the shooting.

But it could have happened before Zhu Gui was killed, either during the day or at night on January 5th, or even the day before.

The timeframe for Zhu Gui's killing couldn't be too long, and a gunfight had taken place here!
Why do we say this? Because Yao Weihua and Cai Ting found bullet marks on the wall at the second-floor stairwell and on the right-hand wall.

In other words, someone pulled out a gun and fired at each other at the stairwell and in the bedroom on the right side of the second floor.

Most importantly, only one type of firearm casing was found at the scene.

Yao Weihua took out his pistol and compared it with the bullets in the magazine. It was very likely that they were 7.62mm caliber bullets.

Therefore, the firearm used with this bullet caliber is most likely a Type 54 or a Type 54 replica, since this type of firearm is the most common and widely used.

Zhu Gui was killed on Linping Road around 10 p.m. on January 5th. No shell casings were found at the scene.

Around 3 a.m. on January 7, Cao Xuan was shot and killed outside the Qincheng Dafuhao Nightclub. Wen Mo told Yang Jinwen that four bullet casings were found at the scene.

Because the incident occurred so recently, when Wen Mo called to inform us, the bullet casings left from the 107 shooting incident had not yet been tested for ballistics, so it was still uncertain whether they were fired from the same type of handgun found in Zhu Gui's villa.

Yang Jinwen knew that he could confirm the matter by making the call immediately, but he chose not to make the call for the time being.

By examining various clues, the general outline of the events can be roughly deduced.

At this moment, Yao Weihua and Cai Ting came downstairs to Yang Jinwen's side.

Yao Weihua spoke first: "Captain Yang, we've roughly figured out the situation. The first thing we can confirm is that someone sneaked into the other courtyard, and those two guys upstairs..."

"Dou Junhao and Lu Yong," Yang Jinwen reminded them, noting that forgetting the names of people involved in the case was a major mistake.

Yao Weihua nodded: "Yes, those are the two guys. One of them was sitting on the sofa when someone shot him twice at the bottom of the stairs and killed him on the spot."

Then, another person, judging from the direction of the shooting and the clothes hanging in the bedroom closet, was the 1.85-meter-tall guy, most likely from Lu Yong's bedroom. That bastard heard the gunshots and must have reacted quickly, drawing his gun and firing back. The gunman and Lu Yong faced off at the stairwell, exchanging a few shots each before the gunman left. Judging from the direction of the shots fired from the stairwell, we didn't find any spent shell casings at the gunman's position.

Only three spent shell casings were found near the bedroom door and inside the room on the second floor.

Cai Ting pondered for a moment and said, "The gunman who sneaked into the villa is very likely the murderer who killed Zhu Gui."

Yao Weihua asked, "What about the people who killed Cao Xuan?"

Cai Ting replied, "The gunman who killed Zhu Gui and sneaked into the villa is very likely connected to those girls."

The other gunman who killed Cao Xuan was definitely someone hired by Wu Mingyu to silence him.

Zhu Gui was murdered late on January 5th, and Cao Xuan was killed in the early morning of January 7th. Someone, either from Qincheng or Annam, leaked information about Zhu Gui's death.

Yao Weihua gasped: "That's terrifying. If something went wrong on the Annan side, the only people who would know that Zhu Gui was killed are Lao He, Lao Jiang, Lao Xu, Jiang Bala, and Lao Fu."

Yang Jinwen sighed and changed the subject: "If the shell casings we find here match those left behind when Cao Xuan was killed, and the bullet caliber and ballistic traces are the same, then the person who killed Cao Xuan was Lu Yong!"

Cai Ting continued the discussion, analyzing further: "So, after the firefight in the villa, Lu Yong immediately contacted Wu Mingyu?"

Yao Weihua said, "Wu Mingyu was afraid that his shameful deeds would be exposed, so he called a big shot and learned that Zhu Gui had been murdered. As a result, he became even more eager to get rid of Cao Xuan."

With Cao Xuan dead, there's no way to verify the facts. And with his father's influence, the case won't trace back to him. Even if it does, he can escape punishment.

Cai Ting cursed, "Fuck your mother, this beast has no respect for the law."

Yao Weihua was still deeply embroiled in conspiracy theories: "It's best if something went wrong on the Annan side. If He Jinbo and his men leaked the information, then it'll really be..."

Cai Ting looked at Yang Jinwen: "Captain Yang, should we contact Director Wen? This case is too big; if we investigate it ourselves..."

Yang Jinwen shook his head: "Wait, wait for Director Wen to call me."

"Alright," Cai Ting sighed again.

Just then, Maozi ran over from the front yard, excitedly saying, "Captain Yang, we found it!"

"What did you find?" Yao Weihua frowned.

Cat said, "Captain Yang told me to go to the surrounding area and look for any places where there has been recent construction. I found them."

"Grab the shovels," Yang Jinwen ordered.

The cat led the way, passing through the corridor and heading towards the wall on the right.

Banana trees are planted on both sides of the main gate of the villa. This type of tree is not common in Annam, and there are no such trees in the mountains. It is probably planted for aesthetic purposes.

To the right, below the edge of the cement dam, is a ten-meter-long cement staircase, and next to it, in the muddy ground, is a cluster of withered banana trees.

“Right here,” the cat said. “This is freshly turned soil. Look, there are footprints here.”

Yang Jinwen said, "Camera."

Cai Ting took the camera from behind her waist to the front, put the camera strap through her left arm, held the camera in front of her eyes, squatted down where the footprints were, and began to take pictures.

The footprints were messy, but there were quite a few complete ones.

Yang Jinwen spread his thumb and forefinger, and after a simple measurement, analyzed that the length of the footprint was about 43 yards. If Lu Yong, who is 1.85 meters tall, was the only one in the other courtyard, then the footprint belonged to him.

After surveying the area, Yang Jinwen found only 43 yards of footprints around the mound, with no other people's footprints.

In order not to disturb the footprints, Yao Weihua and Maozi put on plastic bags as shoe covers, carefully went around to the spot where the soil had been turned over, and stood with shovels in their hands.

One of the shovels was the one Yang Jinwen had seen before. It was covered in fresh soil, and although the soil had dried out a bit, its color was exactly the same as the soil here.

Yang Jinwen looked around and said, "There isn't much soil turned up, and it's not buried very deep. Let's start digging!"

The cat stretched out its paw, spat, wiped its paw, and began digging.

The soil that was just buried had not yet been compacted, so it was not difficult to dig it up.

Half an hour later, the cat, panting heavily, stopped what it was doing.

Clothes had already been found in a mud pit that was half a meter deep and the size of a water basin.

Yao Weihua knelt down and gently scraped the mud off his clothes with his hands. Then, he pulled a hand out of the mud pit.

"Holy shit, they actually buried the body here."

The cat turned its head, took a breath, and said, "It was only buried recently, and it's winter, so the temperature is low. The face hasn't rotted yet."

Yao Weihua and Maozi worked together to continue digging in the surrounding area.

At this time, a mountain breeze swept across the hillside, night fell, and visibility began to decrease.

The body was dug out and presented to the four men.

Before it got completely dark, Cai Ting raised her camera and photographed the corpse, its face, the surrounding environment, and Yang Jinwen, Yao Weihua, and Maozi.

This is crucial evidence for the Third Brigade's investigation into the 105 shooting case!
Cai Ting knew that if they didn't leave behind any video or photographic evidence, they would be in great danger in the future.

(End of this chapter)