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Chapter 41 Phone Tracing
In the autopsy room, Benjamin was doing tests on the culture dish with a dropper, while Luo Fei watched from the side.

"What do you think of the last "Made in Heaven"?" Benjamin asked Luo Fei.

Luo Fei nodded: "The plot is not bad, but the heroine is too average. In terms of acting skills, I think Vivien Leigh is the best."

"I agree, "Gone with the Wind" starring Vivien Leigh will be released next week, do you want to watch it together?" Benjamin asked.

Luo Fei nodded: "Okay."

"Don't be late... Ah, the poison has reacted."

Luo Fei leaned forward: "What is it?"

"Strychnine," said Benjamin.

"Did she die from poisoning?" Luo Fei was dubious.

"No, such a small dose is not fatal." Benjamin shook his head and said.

"Since the murderer killed her with a knife, why did he poison her beforehand?"

"In addition to strychnine, other ingredients were detected in the stomach."

"What is it?" Luo Fei asked nervously.

Benjamin picked up the Petri dish: "Smell it carefully."

Luo Fei sniffed it and thought for a moment: "It's... musk."

"Your sense of smell is really keen." Benjamin nodded with a smile.

"Strychnine plus musk... This shouldn't be poison. What did you think of?"

"I am very familiar with the cheap contraceptive pills commonly used in low-class brothels on Fourth Avenue. If my biological mother hadn't occasionally forgotten to take the pills, I would not have come into this world."

"The deceased Zhao Qimeng was a prostitute?" Luo Fei felt a little unbelievable.

But Benjamin's answer was still very positive: "But she has a husband..."

"Her husband doesn't know about it. She is a prostitute who does business secretly without telling her family." Luo Fei said.

At the same time, in the interrogation room, Wang Jiade looked sleepy, and the lights made him unable to keep his eyes open.

"Mr. Detective, I made clothes all night yesterday without closing my eyes. Let me sleep for a while, just for a short while."

The assistant said sharply: "If you confess to the murder, I will let you sleep."

"I really didn't kill anyone, you can't wrong me."

At this time, Ye Changqing walked in with a report, whispered in the assistant's ear, and the assistant left.

Ye then sat down: "Mr. Wang, I'm sorry, I made a mistake earlier, your wife doesn't have a lover."

Wang Jiade snorted coldly: "Hmph, I already knew that you were talking nonsense, so you can let me go."

Ye waved his hand: "Don't worry, let's chat casually, this is the autopsy report, it says your wife has been taking birth control pills, do you know about this?"

After hearing this, Wang Jiade was taken aback: "What? There must be a mistake. We have always wanted to have a child. How could she take contraceptive pills?"

"Tell me about your tailor shop. How's business going?"

Wang Jiade sighed: "Sigh, people nowadays like to buy ready-made clothes instead of looking for tailors. They don't know how to dress at all."

"By the way, you have a private phone installed at home, right?" Ye Changqing asked.

"Yeah, I'm in the tailoring business, and the phone is installed at home to take orders." Wang Jiade said.

"Are all the calls looking for you to make clothes?"

"Business has been poor recently, and there are very few calls from customers, but there are quite a few calls to ask my wife to play mahjong."

"Who is calling?" Ye Changqing asked.

Wang Jiade thought for a while: "My neighbor, Mrs. Li."

"How often and when did you call?"

"Usually every Wednesday, Thursday or two days, at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, sometimes my wife answers it, and sometimes I answer it for my wife to listen to. What's wrong with this call?"

"It seems that this phone not only picks up business for you, but also picks up business for your wife."

Wang Jiade looked puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"Is your wife lucky in mahjong?"

Wang Jiade nodded: "Yeah, she always wins money, and she also said that she plays mahjong to supplement the family income. Isn't that looking down on me? Do I have to rely on my wife to play mahjong for a living?"

"Hehe, your wife didn't go out to play mahjong. We investigated the surrounding neighbors, including Mrs. Li who is opposite your house. Your wife hasn't touched mahjong for several years."

"How is this possible?" Wang Jiade thought thoughtfully.

"You thought it was Mrs. Li who called, but it was actually the contact person of a dark horse gang pretending to be Mrs. Li." Ye Changqing sneered.

"Dark horse? The more you talk, the more I don't understand."

"Dark horses are four-horse road jargon. In plain English, they are prostitutes. Your wife has been engaged in the skin and meat business in the name of playing mahjong, and often stays out all night. You became suspicious and thought she was dating a lover, so you followed her to a small hotel." , she had to confide the truth to you under persecution. Haha, your wife turned out to be a prostitute, which is more unacceptable than dating a lover. You couldn't bear it, and killed her with half a pair of scissors in a fit of anger. How about it, I Are you right?" Ye Changqing said, leaning towards Wang Jiade.

Wang Jiade then slowly lowered his head, making his expression hard to see.

Ye Changqing had a smug expression on his face.

Outside Sullivan's apartment, the sun was shining brightly.

On the bed, Xiaoman woke up and suddenly found that something was wrong!Turning around abruptly, he found Luo Fei sitting beside his bed, staring at him.

"How did you get in?"

Luo Fei looked natural: "It's not important. What's important is that Javert just called and Wang Jiade, who was locked in the detention room, ran away."

Xiaoman: "What?! Someone ran away again."

"Not only ran away, but also wounded a police detective and robbed him of his gun." Luo Fei opened Xiaoman's closet, quickly picked out a jacket and pants, and handed them to Xiaoman, "Hurry up and wear them, here you are." In 5 minutes, I will wait for you downstairs."

After Luo Fei finished speaking and walked out, Xiao Man, who hadn't reacted for a while, was still in a daze.

Xiaoman was stunned for a long time, then hugged her clothes and shouted to the door: "Hey, how did you get in?!"

Half an hour later, in the inspector's office.

Ye Changqing stood there with a wound on his face, reporting to Javert, Luo Fei and Xiaoman stood beside Javert.

"Last night when I went back to the police station, Xiao Liu, the patrolman on duty in the detention room, told me that Wang Jiade wanted to see me confess to the murder, so I took him to the interrogation room for interrogation. Unexpectedly, halfway through, he pretended to have a stomachache. I sent him to the bathroom, walked halfway and knocked me out from behind while I was not paying attention, and when I woke up, I found that he had run away and took my gun."

When Ye Changqing was talking, Luo Fei looked left and right at him.Ye Changqing yelled unnaturally: "What are you doing, there is no end!"

Luo Fei pointed at Ye Changqing: "Lying, when people lie, there will be a physiological characteristic more or less-dry mouth, this characteristic of you, Detective Ye, is too obvious, just now you kept talking. Swallowing and licking your lips, your mouth must be very dry, right?"

Ye Changqing: "Luo Fei, let me tell you that I don't want to follow your tricks, just create something out of nothing!"

Luo Fei narrowed his eyes and stared at Ye Changqing: "Wang Jiade doesn't know you, why did he name you to confess? Suspects should be accompanied by police officers when going to the bathroom, why do you do it yourself? You said Wang Jiade knocked you out from behind, why did you hurt me?" But on the face?"

Ye was speechless when asked, "This..."

Sha Wei slapped the table: "Enough, Luo Fei, Qin Xiaoman, you two also explain to me, tell you not to intervene in Detective Ye's case, why are you still investigating?"

"As I said before, the ability to solve a case depends on ability, not seniority. If you hand over a major homicide case like this to a police detective with poor ability, not only let the suspect escape, but also lose his gun. Don't you think it's not enough trouble? ?” Luo Fei said.

"If it weren't for Luo Fei, Detective Ye wouldn't even be able to find out the identity of the deceased." Xiaoman chimed in.

Ye Changqing: "Who said that, I already saw her identity..."

"Stop talking!" Javert thought for a moment, "Okay, Qin Xiaoman, Luo Fei, I allow you to join this case and assist Detective Ye in the investigation."

Xiaoman saluted: "Thank you, Inspector."

Javert: "Ye Changqing, it's a big deal for a police detective to lose his gun. If you don't want to make things worse, you'd better tell the truth. What happened last night?"

Ye Changqing faltered and said: "I... I went back to the patrol room yesterday and heard that the husband of the deceased was locked up in the detention room for assaulting the police. I immediately thought that he might be the murderer, so I interrogated him, but he refused to admit it. To lure him into confessing..."

Time flashed back to the interrogation room last night.

Ye Changqing crossed his legs and looked proud: "...How about it, am I right?"

Wang slowly lowered his head.

"Mr. Wang, you came to the patrol room today to identify the dead body. You were detained for assaulting the police, not for formal arrest as a murder suspect. Now I am only conducting ordinary interrogation, not a formal interrogation. If you immediately admit to murder, it can be counted as a crime." You surrendered yourself, and your impulsiveness is justifiable, the judge should have the discretion to pardon you from death. But if you refuse to admit it, do you know what is waiting for you?" Ye Changqing said and took out his gun and put it on the table, "Have you ever seen a prisoner shot? The bullet went in from the back of the head and came out from the front. Boom, the whole face disappeared."

Wang slowly raised his head...

Ye looked at him proudly: "How about it, which way do you choose?"

Sudden!Wang Jiade quickly grabbed the gun on the table and pointed it at Ye, who was stunned: "I am not a murderer, nor is my wife a prostitute, you are lying!"

"You, you, calm down, don't be impulsive!" Ye Changqing's face turned green when he spoke.

"She's going to play mahjong. You must be mistaken. I'm going to ask Mrs. Li for clarification. Get out of the way and don't stop me!"

"Don't mess around, put the gun down now, I won't tell others that you stole my gun..."

Wang Jiade didn't listen, and stepped forward to smash Ye Changqing's head several times with the handle of the gun. Ye Changqing fell to the ground immediately, and Wang Jiade left in a hurry.

"...That's how it happened." Ye Changqing lowered his head after speaking.

"Send someone to Mrs. Li's house if you didn't say such an important thing earlier." Javert said.

"I've already sent someone to guard, but Wang Jiade didn't show up."

"I'm afraid that what he is looking for now is not the neighbor Mrs. Li, but the "Mrs. Li" who called." Luo Fei shook his head and said.

"No matter who Wang Jiade is looking for, he is now attacking the police and taking the gun, which has constituted a felony. Ye Changqing, immediately issue a warrant and set up guards on the main roads to prevent Wang Jiade from escaping the concession. I give you 24 hours. Arrest him and bring him to justice." Javert said to Ye Changqing.

Ye Changqing stood at attention: "Yes!"

Javert waited for Ye Changqing: "What are you doing standing there, do it right away!"

Ye Changqing froze for a moment, then hurriedly backed out.

Shawei then said to Luo Fei and Xiaoman: "You two, be responsible for finding that "Mrs. Li" who called."

"Yes!" Xiaoman nodded.

"Inspector, you finally made the right decision." Luo Fei said with a smile.

Inspector Javert stared: "Stop talking nonsense, go!"

In the working hall of the telephone office, a row of female operators are plugging and unplugging telephone lines.

Wiring lady: "Hello, what number do you want? ... How many numbers do you want? ... 7254, ok..."

The manager walked in with Luo Fei and Xiaoman.

"You pick up the phone at home to connect to our telephone exchange, tell the operator the number of the other party you want to call, and the operator will help you connect to the other party. After the other party answers, the operator will record the start and end time of the call."

"Is every call recorded?"

The manager pointed to a large pile of record books: "Yes, the phone bill is charged based on this record."

Xiaoman took out a piece of paper with a number on it: "Can you find out the number of the caller who made this call at around [-] o'clock yesterday afternoon?"

The manager was in a dilemma: "I'm afraid it won't work."

Xiaoman was puzzled: "Why, didn't you say that every call is recorded?"

"We only record the number of the calling party, not the number of the receiving party. There is no charge for answering the call, so there is no need to write it down." The manager said.

Xiaoman flipped through the record book: "Over 100 calls came in around [-] o'clock yesterday afternoon, and it is impossible to determine which one is for the Wang family."

"If there are still calls to this number today, can you record it for me?" Luo Fei said.

"Look, there are hundreds of operators here, and each of them has to answer hundreds of calls every day. According to what you said, you need to add a process and modify the format of the record book. This is simply unrealistic." The manager pointed to the operator working in the lobby Said.

"Can they just record calls made to this number?" Luo Fei said.

"I can tell them this number, but seeing how busy they are, whether they can really remember your number, I can't guarantee it." The manager said.

Luo Fei thought for a while: "Then what if this is the case, when there is a call to this number, I will call in from another phone to inform you at the same time, when you receive my notification, immediately ask all the operators to see who it is connected to this number."

The manager scratched his head: "This... is theoretically possible, but it is very troublesome to operate."

"The police are handling the case, please cooperate." Xiaoman said.

The manager nodded reluctantly: "Okay."

In Wang's house, a telephone worker is answering a phone, Luo Fei and Xiaoman are watching.

"Switchboard switchboard, this is 1397, do you hear me...Okay...Mr. Detective, this number is connected, what else can I do?"

Luo Fei nodded: "No, thank you."

After the workers left, Luo Fei whispered to Xiaoman: "Remember, when a call comes in later, you are in charge of delaying the time, and I will be in charge of notifying the telephone company."

Xiaoman asked back: "Are you sure the other party will call?"

Luo Fei shook his head: "I'm not sure, but this is the only way. Wang Jiade confessed that there will be calls every Wednesday and Thursday around [-] pm, and today is Thursday, so it should be no exception."

"In case the other party already knows that Zhao Qimeng was killed..."

"No, I have asked Sha Wei to seal the news tightly. The other party should not know the news of Zhao Qimeng's death so soon. When the call comes, you will pretend to be Zhao Qimeng. Come on, let's try, Dinglingling..." Luo Fei said that he even imitated the state of making a phone call.

Xiaoman glared at Luo Fei angrily: "Hey, who is it!"

Luo Fei: "Stop, stop, that's not how Zhao Qimeng talks."

Xiaoman was stunned: "Have you heard her speak?"

"No, but Mrs. Li said..." Luo Fei looked at Xiaoman sincerely.

Xiaoman recalled Mrs. Li's words, and shivered all over her body: "It sounds crisp when you hear it? I can't learn it, why don't you demonstrate it."

Luo Fei imitated the woman's voice: "Hey, who is it? I'm Qimeng, what's the matter?"

Xiaoman was immediately stunned.

Luo Fei nodded to Xiaoman seriously: "Come and try."

"This...is too difficult for me."

"Hurry up, hurry up, it will be three o'clock soon." Luo Fei opened his pocket watch and looked.

Xiaoman gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, imitating: "Hey... who are you..."

At this time, just in front of the Wang family's gate, a figure was leaning against the electric pole, smoking a cigarette while monitoring the movement upstairs.

In Wang's house, Xiaoman is still practicing.

"I'm Qimeng...what's the matter..."

"Slow down the voice a little more, as if you haven't woken up, come again." Luo Fei still instructed from time to time.

"I am Qimeng..."

At this time, the phone rang suddenly!Xiaoman looked at Luo Fei nervously: "Do you want to pick it up?"

"Remember, you are Zhao Qimeng now, a prostitute. If you speak in your fierce tone, you won't be able to do business, and you will starve to death." Luo Fei pointed at Xiaoman and ordered.

Xiaoman glared at him, picked up the phone, and spoke in a coquettish voice: "Hi, I'm Zhao Qimeng, who are you?"

A female voice came from the phone: "Qimeng, I'm Mrs. Li."

Xiaoman gestured, and Luo Fei quickly picked up another phone beside him.

"Oh, Mrs. Li, what do you want from me?" Xiaoman forced a smile and said.

"Qimeng, why did your voice change?"
"Uh... I, I have a cold."

Xiaoman covered the microphone and whispered to Luo Fei: "Have you found it?"

Luo Fei: "My line is busy."

Xiaoman: "Then what should I do?"

"Continue, delay." Luo Fei picked up the receiver and dialed repeatedly.

At the same time, a woman in another room was on the phone: "Are you sick? Can you still come today?"

"A little problem, it doesn't matter, where are you today?"

"Little Hibiscus Hotel, 05:30, this time it's Mr. Zhang, remember?"

Xiaoman nodded: "I remember."

"Okay, that's it..."

Xiaoman looked at Luo Fei, and hurriedly added: "Hey, wait!"

"what's up?"

"This... I have something I want to discuss with you."

"What's the matter? Yes... what's the matter..." Xiaoman looked at Luo Fei for help, and Luo Fei gestured with his hands to fly.

Xiaoman watched Luo Fei's movements, and blinked at Luo Fei: "I... want to fly?"

"Ah, what did you say?" Luo Fei shook his head helplessly, and gestured to retreat again.

Xiaoman finally understood: "I want to quit."

Luo Fei gave a thumbs up.

"Why, well done?"

"Yeah...why..." Luo Fei pointed to his own eyes, then pointed to Xiaoman.

"My man may have suspected me, if he finds out..."

Luo Fei followed closely, pinching his own neck.

"He will kill me..." Luo Fei continued to show fear.

"What to do, I'm so scared..." Xiaoman said in a trembling voice.

"What are you afraid of? We have also experienced strong winds and waves back then, and we are still afraid of a man?" The other end of the phone said disdainfully.

At this time, Luo Fei finally connected the phone: "Hi, I'm Luo Fei."

"is there anyone beside you?"

"No, my man is out, it's the sound of the radio." Xiaoman said hastily.

"Okay, I won't tell you anymore. Someone knocked on the door, and the business is here."

The phone hung up immediately.

"Hey, hey..." Xiaoman looked at Luo Fei, "Did you find it?"

Luo Fei gestured OK.

(End of this chapter)