Chapter 267 Murder!
Chapter 267 Murder!
More than half an hour later, Xie Jian walked quickly to Li Xidong and Jia Dongming and reported to Li Xidong respectfully: "Report to Director Li! According to the confession of this group of bandits, they came from the northeast with the purpose of digging up a treasure left behind by Xiao Rizi in Sijiu City."
When Li Xidong heard Xie Jian's report, he showed an expression of disbelief on his face. He asked Xie Jian in a very serious tone: "Xie Jian! What did you say? Did this group of bandits come from the northeast? How many people are there in total? How did they know that Xiao Rizi had buried a treasure in our Sijiu City? Where is this treasure?"
When Xie Jian heard Li Xidong's question, he immediately reported to Li Xidong: "Director Li! According to the confessions of these bandits, they were originally from the Northeast Army. After the bald man escaped, they fled to the border between us and the Soviet Union to avoid our pursuit."
"Not long ago, they robbed a family and found a treasure map left behind by Xiao Rizi. The gold and jewels in this treasure were looted from China by Xiao Rizi before he was defeated. Because they were not transported away in time, they were eventually buried in the mountains on the outskirts of Sijiu City."
"As for how many people came this time and the exact location of the treasure, these bandits are not very clear because they came to Sijiu City in batches. The only two leaders who knew the details were killed by us during the gunfight just now."
After hearing Xie Jian's report, Li Xidong realized that the bandits had deliberately led them to Xiayunling, which was enough to prove that the treasure was not in that direction. Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Li Xidong immediately ordered, "Xie Jian! Take these bandits out of the mountain first, and then you can take the militia into the mountain to clean up the bodies and weapons."
Jia Dongming, who was standing by, heard Xie Jian's report and pondered for a long time before saying to Li Xidong, "Director Li! The fact that this gang of bandits tried to lead us to Fangshan proves that the treasure is not buried in this direction. I suggest calling the General Administration immediately and asking them to coordinate the militias of various communes to strictly investigate the strangers who suddenly appeared during this period."
Li Xidong nodded in agreement when he heard Jia Dongming's proposal and replied, "Okay! Xiao Jia! I'll leave this to you. I'll rush back to the city and report this news to the Municipal Bureau and the General Administration immediately."
After Li Xidong left, Jia Dongming looked at the gangsters who were tied up tightly, and led the police officers at the scene to start dealing with the aftermath.
Just as Jia Dongming led his team back to Sijiu City, two clerks from the street office came to the entrance of a courtyard house near Madian Bridge. Seeing the half-open door, one of the clerks said curiously, "Mr. and Mrs. Chen should be at work at this time. Why is the door of the Chen family open?"
Another female clerk, hearing the question raised by her colleague, instinctively glanced at the half-open door and replied with a smile: "Da Jiang! I think the Chen family has something to do today, so Chen Jian might come back early."
The clerk named Dajiang smiled and replied after hearing what his colleague said, "Chen Jianke is an advanced worker. Something must have happened to make him come back early. Let's go in and take a look."
The two men pushed open the door and walked into the Chen family's courtyard. When they were about to go to the main hall to take a look, they found a body lying on the floor of the main hall. The female clerk was so scared that she couldn't help but screamed, "Someone's dead! Someone's dead!"
"Deputy Captain Jia! I just received a call from the Madianqiao Sub-district Office. A murder occurred at Madianqiao." Jia Dongming had just returned to the branch and was planning to ride his bike back to the steel rolling mill to take a look. However, just as he walked out of the office, Xie Jian suddenly ran up to him and reported to Jia Dongming respectfully.
When Jia Dongming learned that a murder had occurred, he was visibly stunned, but he quickly reacted and immediately ordered Xie Jian: "Xie Jian! Bring your men with me to the scene immediately!"
More than ten minutes later, Jia Dongming and others rode their bicycles to the gate of the street office. At this time, a large group of neighbors had gathered in front of the gate to watch.
Seeing the neighbors blocking the entrance to the gate, Xie Jian immediately shouted, "Make way!"
When the street office staff saw the police coming, a middle-aged woman immediately came forward and greeted Xie Jian enthusiastically, "Captain Xie! You are finally here."
When Xie Jian saw the middle-aged woman coming towards him, he immediately introduced her to her: "Director Zhao! Let me introduce you, this is the deputy commander of our criminal investigation team, Comrade Jia Dongming!" Xie Jian introduced here and turned to introduce Jia Dongming: "Deputy Commander Jia! This is Director Zhao from the Street Office."
After hearing Xie Jian's introduction, Jia Dongming took the initiative to greet him, "Director Zhao! Hello! What exactly happened here?"
After hearing Xie Jian's introduction and Jia Dongming's question, Director Zhao quickly greeted Jia Dongming and said, "Captain Jia! Hello! This family's surname is Chen, and his name is Chen Jian. He is the deputy director of the library. His wife is Xiao Na, and she is a nurse in the hospital."
"Today, two staff members from our subdistrict office passed by Chen's house while on business. They saw that the door, which was usually closed, was ajar. They thought something had happened in Chen's house, so they pushed the door open and looked inside. As a result, they found Chen Jian lying in the main room and whispering."
After hearing what Director Zhao had introduced, Jia Dongming immediately took the lead and walked into the courtyard. He saw a corpse lying on the floor of the main hall and a dagger stuck in the back of the corpse.
Jia Dongming took a look at the furnishings in the main room. Everything was arranged very neatly, with no signs of a fight at all.
Jia Dongming carefully walked around the corpse and came to the inner room, where he saw Xiaona dead in the bedroom. Xiaona's neck veins had been cut with a knife, and she eventually died from excessive blood loss. The only thing that puzzled Jia Dongming was that there was not a trace of pain on Xiaona's face.
Jia Dongming walked out of the room and went back to Chen Jian's body. He squatted down and took a look at the expression on Chen Jian's face, confirming that there was no pain on Chen Jian's face either. This was enough to show that the couple died very peacefully. The only explanation was that the murderer had drugged the couple before killing them, so the couple didn't know what was going on until they died.
After examining the body, Jia Dongming immediately activated his Eagle Eye skill and discovered that in addition to the footprints of the couple, there were also footprints left by several other people.
After discovering that these footprints did not belong to the deceased couple, Jia Dongming turned around and walked out of the main room and asked Director Zhao who was standing in the yard: "Director Zhao! After you found the deceased, who entered the scene?"
When Director Zhao heard Jia Dongming's question, he immediately replied, "Captain Jia! In addition to Xiao Jiang and me, there is also Xiao Zhong from our street office."
After hearing what Director Zhao had said, Jia Dongming smiled and said to him, "Director Zhao! There are footprints of the deceased couple and several strangers at the scene. In order to determine which of these footprints belongs to the murderer, can you call all the clerks who entered the scene so that I can compare the footprints?"
When Director Zhao heard Jia Dongming's request, he immediately agreed and said, "Okay! No problem! I'll go get them over for you."
Director Zhao soon called the other two people to the yard. After Jia Dongming looked at the soles of their shoes one by one, he finally identified the murderer's footprints.
"Xie Jian! This set of footprints is left by the murderer. Now arrange for someone to collect the murderer's footprints immediately. At the same time, notify the forensic doctor and have them examine the body to see what kind of drug the deceased was ingested before he died."
When Xie Jian heard Jia Dongming's instructions, he immediately began to arrange people to look for valuable clues according to Jia Dongming's instructions!
(End of this chapter)