Chapter 12 2 Finger-Wide Crack in the Wall

Chapter 12 2 Finger-Wide Crack in the Wall

Chapter 12 Two Finger-Wide Crack in the Wall
Du Yu was stunned.

Then he slapped his thigh and stood up suddenly, which scared Xu Yiqing.

"What are you waiting for? Go arrest them!" Du Yu grabbed the intercom and shouted, "Criminal Division Team One, Team Two, Team Three, everyone, go!"

The autopsy report in Xu Yiqing's hand has now become an encyclopedia to help solve the case, so he is naturally a colleague and even sits in Du Yu's passenger seat.

Du Yu didn't want to mention the last time Xu Yiqing sat in his passenger seat to catch someone, so he remained silent.

Xu Yiqing also knew why he was silent...

Because that time, it was the 10.25 major dismemberment case that was solved, and all members of the serious crime team were mobilized, which was very similar to now.

The serious crime squad searched the entire city for the murderer who killed Xu Yiqing's brother. Finally, the man tried to escape over the wall, but Du Yu pounced on him and pulled him down. During the fight, Du Yu was stabbed in the thigh.

The atmosphere was very depressing along the way. There was uneasiness about Li Yueyue's case, and it was unclear whether Zhao Qianyu was the real murderer. There was also avoidance of the October 10.25 dismemberment case.

But it was not a good idea to continue like this, so Du Yu, who was always outspoken, decided to speak out.

"Old Xu, do you really think that boy wasn't the murderer of your brother?"

Xu Yiqing shook his head: "I have never denied that we arrested the wrong person."

He used us because when it comes to solving cases, forensic scientists and criminal police are always on the same front.

Du Yu asked, "What have you been struggling with all these years? You even threatened to resign in protest in the hope of getting the case retried... You personally submitted the autopsy report, and we arrested the criminal together. The evidence is irrefutable, and the murderer confessed... Lao Xu, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Yiqing still shook his head: "I don't believe that he dismembered my brother... my brother."

"You've said this a thousand times, but where's the evidence?" Du Yu kindly consoled and advised, "You're also an old hand in this field. Why do we need forensic doctors? Isn't it to provide solid evidence to convict the murderer? If you can't produce evidence, the higher-ups will think you're fooling around."

"I don't have any evidence." Xu Yiqing sighed: "But the first time I saw the murderer, I knew he couldn't do such a thing... He doesn't have that ability."

Xu Yiqing spoke very cryptically because the dismemberment case that year was so tragic.

It was so tragic that Xu Yiqing did not even perform the "autopsy" during the autopsy.

The meat was so shredded that there was no place to cut it.

Xu Yiqing could only rely on DNA testing to shiver at the pile of minced meat and bones, feeling angry and sad while imagining his brother's voice and appearance.

Du Yu asked: "Are you saying that the murderer has the courage to kill but not the courage to dismember the body?"

Xu Yiqing closed his eyes to calm his slightly trembling breathing, and returned to reality from the dissection table that year.

"Courage is such a subjective evaluation that it has no reference value. I think the person who killed my brother didn't have the skills to dismember a body... It's impossible for ordinary people to cut a person into more than 2,000 pieces with flesh and bones, without leaving any flesh on the bones."

After a pause, Xu Yiqing sighed: "If only Ah Sheng had been working at that time, maybe he could have figured out something from the broken bones... After all, he is way ahead of me in bone research."

This is of course an exaggeration. Xu Yiqing is a hexagonal warrior, but he is not as good at bones as Lin Sheng, who is a specialized student. However, he is not far behind.

This was a half-joke, marking the end of this heavy topic.

The serious crime squad's convoy soon arrived at the shantytown where Zhao Qianyu lived.

The bumpy dirt road was a real pain for cars, and Zhao Qianyu's home was at the end of the road.

There was a thick willow tree on the road which served as a landmark for Du Yu to identify, and the police officers from the field team were waiting under the tree.

After getting out of the car, Du Yu confirmed the situation while Xu Yiqing looked around.

They are all low-rise bungalows. Perhaps because they heard about the demolition, the houses around them have been expanded illegally to varying degrees.

One family built a new garage, another family capped the yard in an attempt to count it as indoor area; in short, these abrupt buildings that are as new as can be and dark cement have formed a new trend in the shantytowns.

Xu Yiqing turned his head and looked at the big willow tree again.

The willow trees in late autumn naturally lose their greenness. The twigs become very brittle and fall all over the ground. They are often picked up by passing children to have interesting fantasies and meaningless beatings. They are then broken into even smaller pieces of twigs, which cover the way home.

A nest next to the tree caught Xu Yiqing's attention.

He was not sure whether it belonged to a dog or a cat, because the small wooden box had no occupants. In front of the door stood an ordinary iron fist, which was also crushed by a naughty child.

There had been no animals living in that nest for a long time, otherwise someone like Xu Yiqing, who was extremely sensitive to smells, would have been able to smell whether it was a cat or a dog.

"Lao Xu, Lao Xu!"

Du Yu was already waving from a distance, and Xu Yiqing hurried over.

"These are Zhao Qianyu's two houses, right next to each other." Du Yu pointed to the bungalow at the end of the path: "The one on the east side is where Zhao Qianyu and his daughter live, and the one inside is where Li Yueyue lived before."

Xu Yiqing looked around the house.

The road was a very ordinary dirt road, dark brown in color. It had rained a few days ago so it was still a little soft. Green moss grew in the places at the base of the walls on both sides where there was no sunlight, making it particularly moist.

It can be seen from the two houses that Zhao Qianyu and his daughter live in the better-maintained one, while the exterior wall of the rented one is cracked.

The two houses were very close to each other, yet there was still a gap between them.

Xu Yiqing walked to the crack in the wall and measured it. It was about two or three fingers wide.

"Ok?"

He squatted down and saw some scratches on the soil in the corner.

It looked like someone had dug something out of the crack in the wall... but the marks were obviously very old, and you couldn't see them without looking carefully. "It looked like a tennis ball or something fell in there, and a kid dug it out with a bamboo pole." Xu Yiqing said to himself.

On Du Yu's side, the police officers from the field team had already knocked on the door of Zhao's house, but Zhao Qianyu was not there, only his daughter was at home.

When I entered the yard and looked up, I saw that the roof had been sealed with glass. It seemed that they wanted to get more money when the house was demolished.

The serious crime team met Zhao Qianyu's daughter, Zhao Xiaomeng.

She is not tall, probably because she inherited her father's short stature. She has short hair and looks like a boy at first glance.

The door to the living room was open. Zhao Xiaomeng was sitting on the sofa very stiffly, looking at the police who suddenly visited with an expression of horror and fear on her face.

Before the serious crime squad arrived, the field police had already completely controlled the Zhao family.

Unfortunately, Zhao Qianyu was not there.

Du Yu asked: "Where is your father?"

Zhao Xiaomeng lowered her head out of fear, her voice as small as a fly: "They left the ship early in the morning."

Du Yu said, "Call your dad and tell him you have something to talk to him about."

Zhao Xiaomeng called Zhao Qianyu. She could clearly hear Zhao Qianyu's impatience on the phone, but he could not resist his daughter's pleading and had to agree to rush back.

The journey takes one hour.

During this period, the serious crime team had time to search the Zhao family thoroughly.

As a member of the Forensic Department, Xu Yiqing also belongs to the Investigation Division, so he assisted the police in taking photos of the entire place to collect evidence.

Based on a forensic intuition, Xu Yiqing chose the bathroom.

Pushing open the door, the small bathroom was filled with a strong smell of disinfectant, and the father and daughter's daily necessities were placed on the table.

Razors, toothbrushes, cups, soap, combs, hair bands, hairpins, headbands...

The bathroom was tested with luminol reagent and a small amount of reaction was found in the toilet bowl and toilet paper bucket.

Du Yu asked: "Is there a problem?"

Xu Yiqing shook his head: "If there are women in the family, this is normal... If it is used in the kitchen, the fluorescent traces will be heavier. In addition, if Zhao Qianyu is a fisherman, he will probably kill a large number of live fish at home. The reaction of the luminol reagent alone is not enough to be used as evidence."

Although he said this, Xu Yiqing still adhered to his professional ethics and took photos of the bathroom inside and out for future use when needed.

After taking the photos, Xu Yiqing said, "I want to go take a look next door."

So the serious crime team took the key from Zhao Xiaomeng and went to the room next door where Li Yueyue had rented.

There was a lot less furniture and a lot more clutter in the room.

Some of the furniture originally belonged to the Zhao family father and daughter, so Li Yueyue naturally had to leave it behind when she moved out. And the small refrigerator and router that Li Yueyue bought herself were all taken away one by one.

Li Yueyue probably moved out some time ago, and the yard was already piled with foam boxes that smelled like fish.

Du Yu said, "It seems that Zhao Qianyu doesn't plan to rent out this house anymore... Is it really because of the demolition compensation that he had a conflict with Li Yueyue?"

Xu Yiqing walked around inside and out and also tested it with luminol reagent, but there was no large-scale fluorescent reaction.

"The house looks normal for now, and we can't find anything else."

The serious crime squad returned to Zhao Qianyu's home and waited for him.

Soon the unique engine sound of a tricycle could be heard outside the house.

Before I could see anyone, the sound had already come in through the open door.

"What's going on? What's going on? Why are the police looking for me? It's the fishing season now, and the fish in the river are all fat and juicy. I can earn several thousand dollars a day. I tell you, the government has to compensate me for the lost wages!"

The blurry figure in the surveillance video became concrete at this moment. Zhao Qianyu had an ordinary appearance, small eyebrows and eyes, a dark complexion, and thick palms. He was unloading his fishing tools from the tricycle.

Xu Yiqing walked forward to take a look and saw all kinds of fishing nets and fishing gear that he didn't recognize.

Among them, of course, there are fishing rods.

He touched the fishing line on the fishing rod...very sharp.

"Zhao Qianyu, we are from the Jiangcheng Criminal Police Brigade." Du Yu showed his ID: "We suspect you are involved in a criminal case. Please come with us."

Zhao Qianyu was stunned: "What criminal case?"

Du Yu confessed: "Li Yueyue is dead."

"Who?"

"Li Yueyue."

The Zhao family's father and daughter had different expressions on their faces.

Shock.

fear.

(End of this chapter)