Chapter 58 There’s a ghost!

Chapter 58 There’s a ghost!

Chapter 58 There’s a ghost!

Du Yu keenly realized that the problem occurred in the one month between the completion of the park renovation and the assembly of the Bronze Sparrow Statue.

"We want to meet the guard who was in charge of guarding the gate at that time." Du Yu said.

Xu Yiqing added: "There are also design drawings for the concrete base."

On the second day after completing He Yunke's autopsy, Du Yu dispatched police officers to the construction team to investigate the movement of personnel during the pouring of the concrete base based on the autopsy report that "the dismemberment of the body was for the convenience of transportation and disposal."

The workers in charge of pouring the cement claimed that it was absolutely impossible for someone to throw a body into the cement.

If the body was thrown into the mixer truck, the workers nearby would definitely notice the foreign object when pouring it out; if the body was dumped into the construction site secretly during pouring, the construction site would be working 24 hours a day and they would also notice it.

When the police visited them and asked them for the surveillance footage, the person in charge said that the surveillance footage had been deleted long ago, so this clue was left unresolved. Du Yu and his team then focused their work on investigating He Yunke's interpersonal relationships and started to investigate Pan Yao's line.

When Dai Guanghua heard that Xu Yiqing wanted the design drawings of the concrete base, his first reaction was to evade the question.

"The design drawings... they... they involve commercial secrets. There's no reason for us to show the contract with Party A to others. What if we get into a lawsuit?"

Du Yu frowned, "If you get into trouble, our Jiangcheng police will fight for you. Besides, if Fumei Group has any objections, it won't be your turn to cause trouble. Our police chief will back you up, so what are you afraid of? Assisting in the investigation is a citizen's duty, please cooperate, Boss Dai."

Dai Guanghua kept repeating "cooperation" and scratched his balding forehead. "I'll go find some blueprints for you. Officers, please stay here and have some tea."

Du Yu said, "Don't forget to call the guard over."

Dai Guanghua nodded repeatedly: "I know, I know, but Captain Du, let me be frank. That old man never speaks the truth. He is a scoundrel and very superstitious! He always talks about ghosts and gods, but in fact he just doesn't want to work. Don't believe what he says, and don't spread it. It's not good for the reputation of our construction site."

Du Yu said: "Just call him over. As for whether what he said is true or false, we police officers know it ourselves."

After Dai Guanghua left, only three people from the task force and several accompanying technicians and police officers were left in the room.

Someone asked: "Captain Du, I think there is something wrong with this person in charge. He was hesitant when asked for drawings, and he was talkative when asked for people."

Du Yu looked at Zhou Shi and said jokingly, "What do the experts say?"

Zhou Shi thought for a moment and replied, "It probably has nothing to do with the case. I've heard that there is a lot of corruption at these construction sites. They probably cut corners to avoid being discovered by us."

Du Yu nodded: "Let other units investigate later. Today, the case is the most important and we need to close it as soon as possible."

Although the corpse-hiding-in-the-statue case did not put as much pressure on the leadership team as the Baxia Village fire case, and no deadline was set for solving the case, the case still had a bad impact.

The discovery of body parts in the park that the company funded and renovated was a huge blow to the Fumei Group. It was a former senior executive of the company who had gone missing.

It is a good thing and a real political achievement for enterprises to invest in people's livelihood.

As a result, people were in panic and the social pressure was too great, so Director Fu asked Du Yu to close the case as soon as possible. If the murderer could not be caught, it would be considered a serial case. A case notice would be issued first to stabilize public opinion.

Du Yu did not want to close the case hastily. Although he was certain that the murderer was the cleaner, he did not know the time and method of dumping the body. How could he explain to the public that body parts were found in concrete?

About twenty minutes later, when the three members of the task force had almost finished their tea, they saw Dai Guanghua leading an old man outside the boarding house.

"What should we say and what shouldn't we say when we get in? Do you still need me to teach you?"

"Need not."

"If I hear that things are not going well at our construction site the next day, you don't have to work with me anymore. Go back home and farm."

After warning the gatekeeper, Dai Guanghua pushed open the door, smiling broadly, holding a folder in his arms: "It took some time to find the design drawings."

Xu Yiqing took the folder, and Du Yu offered the old man a chair, who thanked him repeatedly. Then they stood there, looking at Dai Guanghua.

Dai Guanghua was stunned, and then he realized it, and the smile on his face became a little stiff.

"I just remembered that I have something else to talk about. You guys can chat." Dai Guanghua paused as he was about to enter and stepped back to the door: "Captain Du, call me if you have anything."

After he left, Du Yu said to the old man in a friendly manner: "We will ask you a few questions. Don't be afraid. It's just a field survey... Just write down your name, place of origin and contact information first."

The police officer next to him handed over the record form.

The old security guard felt a little embarrassed and did as Du Yu said.

I don’t know whether he had never seen such a scene before or he remembered his boss’ warning.

Du Yu said: "The last project of your construction team was the renovation of the Citizen Park, right?"

The old security guard said, "I don't understand."

Zhou Shi said, "The place where you looked at the gate last time."

The old security guard said, "There is a trading city across the street from the city. I even bought a stool there."

Everyone understood that it was the Citizen Park.

Du Yu asked again: "Last time at the construction site, your boss said that all the people and equipment had been evacuated, and he left you there to guard the gate?"

The old security guard thought for a moment and said, "I was always left alone to guard the gate at the construction site."

Du Yu said: "There is a very large concrete base in the middle of the park. Do you remember it? It looks like a thick tree trunk."

Zhou Shi opened her cell phone and handed it to her, which contained photos she had taken on the day of the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

In the photo, the bronze sparrow is standing majestically on the concrete tree trunk with its wings flapping, and in front of the statue is the back of Xu Yiqing. This photo was taken secretly by Zhou Shi.

Du Yu and the other technicians all raised their lips tacitly.

The person involved, Xu Yiqing, was somewhat helpless, but Zhou Shi was not shy at all. Instead, he looked at him openly: "Is there something on my face?"

Xu Yiqing raised his hand to signal for a statement to be taken first, and asked the guard: "There should not have been the bronze bird on top, only the concrete base below."

Unexpectedly, the old security guard suddenly showed a very frightened expression and stared at the bronze sparrow statue in the photo.

"No, no, no," he suddenly waved his hand, "Don't come looking for me, I haven't done anything wrong!"

The sudden change scared everyone. Du Yu was afraid that he would fall off the chair, so he hurried to support him.

This old man must be over 60 years old, and he is still guarding other people's doors. When people get old, they are afraid of falling or getting hurt, which may leave some sequelae.

"Don't be afraid, we police are here." Du Yu comforted him.

The old security guard still had the look of fear in his eyes, and he kept muttering, "There's a ghost!"

ghost?

Xu Yiqing was stunned, and suddenly felt that he seemed to have heard this statement somewhere before.

(End of this chapter)