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Chu Xingmu was still waiting for Zhao Chen and the others at the scene of the crime on Xiaochong Road to search for clues about the location where Sun Xiaoqi was knocked out. Xia Ci came out of the hospital and hurried back to the team. The blood sample ball was sent to the technical department, and Chu Xingmu immediately rushed back to the team when he heard that Xia Ci had found an important clue.

Just after Li Yaomin ordered to increase the patrolling police force in the city, someone posted a video on the Internet. The content captured in the video was exactly the scene where the police car and the ambulance were parked at the Xiaochong Road alley together on the night of the incident.

It’s just a video of the police dispatching the police, which is not enough to attract public attention, but people living on Xiaochong Road said that the police station in their street is going door-to-door to check whether there are outsiders or suspicious people, and even properties in major communities have received Notice that the number of patrols by the security team in the community has increased, and not only that, they didn't mention anything about the case that happened in Xiaochong Road Alley.

Some people began to spread nonsense on the Internet, accusing the police of violating their right to know in the face of the sudden intensification of investigations, and some even fabricated a series of rumors based on the clipped video. Many leaders have a meeting.

Some radical netizens also posted appeals on various online media platforms, asking the police to give them a reasonable explanation, and even mentioned the corpse dismemberment case last year and the serial murder case five years ago. Some vicious case happened, but before the police took action, what Wu Huanshan was most worried about happened.

Citizens’ doubts and speculations triggered by a video also attracted the attention of some media and reporters. With the blessing of unknown information, citizens began to panic before seeing any relevant police reports.

So the media reporters with great powers used their professional skills to not only know the vicious wounding incident that happened on Xiaochong Road in the early morning in just three hours, but even found the hospital where the victim was.

It took less than 13 hours from receiving the report to the deployment of the police force at the end of the public security bureau meeting. Even the police did not figure out whether the case was a copycat crime or what was going on. They were questioned overwhelmingly by the citizens. and blame.

Chu Xingmu is still waiting for the test results of the blood samples in the technical department, and then compares them with the blood samples of all criminal suspects with criminal records in the database, so he has no time to pay attention to the public opinion that broke out on the Internet.

He only found out after Wen Ti saw the news and called Chu Xingmu. Chu Xingmu asked Han Yang to send the results to the office of the Criminal Investigation Team after the test. Also tricky situation.

Chu Xingmu was about to leave the technical department and was about to go upstairs when a few people came in suddenly at the door. After a closer look, it was Yu Qingyan who brought Mu Fang and Zhong Changxin over. Zhong Changxin saw that Chu Xingmu was the first to fight him. Greeting: "Captain Chu."

"Why are Professor Mu Fang and Dr. Zhong here?"

Zhong Changxin looked at Yu Qingyan and Chu Xingmu, and said calmly: "Director Li asked Professor Mu to help you solve the case. I am Professor Mu's assistant."

Professor Mu Fang nodded slightly, and smiled at Chu Xingmu, "Come early during the meeting."

Chu Xingmu moved out of the way, Mu Fang and Zhong Changxin passed by, Chu Xingmu and Yu Qingyan glanced at each other, Yu Qingyan walked past him arrogantly, Chu Xingmu was full of doubts, Mu Fang hadn't cooperated with the police since Zhou Jinlin's case. Why did Li Yaomin invite him so easily this time?

And no one informed him that there will be a meeting later, he is calmer than anyone else now, since Li Yaomin has invited Mu Fang over, it shows that Li Yaomin has paid attention to it.

In order not to miss the meeting, Chu Xingmu returned to the office and hurriedly explained a few words before going to the meeting room.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Han Yang sent the results of the blood sample test to the criminal investigation team. Bai Yao and Tang Zhe hurriedly compared the information with the information in the database. Lang Lang learned about Sun Xiaoqi's whereabouts the day before from Sun Xiaoqi's parents. The parents said to go and walk the places where Sun Xiaoqi passed from going out to her classmate's house, write down all the intersections with surveillance, find someone to call out those surveillance, and ran all day to find all the surveillance videos before she went back .

The meeting organized by Li Yaomin has two purposes. One is to invite criminal psychology experts to assist the police in judging whether the murder of Sun Xiaoqi is a copycat crime or the real culprit of the serial murder five years ago; He has cooperated with Zhou Jinlin for many years, his participation can prove whether Li Yaomin is biased towards the serial murder case, and can also eliminate the criticism that Li Yaomin has received in the five years since he was promoted to the director.

Li Yaomin's move also made Chu Xingmu less suspicious of him. Afterwards, the city bureau issued a case report on Sun Xiaoqi's murder case in response to Internet rumors. Due to the sudden incident and the suspect is at large, in order to prevent the suspect from fleeing and committing crimes, all district bureaus increased Police patrols were launched to remind citizens to pay attention to travel safety.

Not only that, the police also confirmed that Sun Xiaoqi's murder was related to the serial murder case five years ago. The real culprit of the serial murder case may be another person. Once the news that the real culprit of the serial murder case committed the crime five years later was released, it immediately aroused a lot of attention. The attention and uproar of the people in the city also alarmed the higher authorities, and the city government asked the city bureau to solve the case with all its strength.

In addition, Li Yaomin also applied to the procuratorate for a retrial of Zhou Jinlin's false accusation and miscarriage of justice, and then combined Zhou Jinlin's false accusation with the serial murder case for investigation.

After the meeting, Chu Xingmu sent Mu Fang and Zhong Changxin out of the office. Mu Fang suddenly stopped Chu Xingmu and said, "Director Zhou is right."

Chu Xingmu saw that there were other people around, so he said to send them to the gate of the Municipal Bureau, and the three came out of the building. Chu Xingmu keenly felt that there was something in Mu Fang's words.

In order not to disturb Mu Fang and Chu Xingmu's conversation, Zhong Changxin used an excuse to pick up the car.

It was the first time Chu Xingmu talked about Zhou Jinlin's case with Mu Fang in the past five years. Chu Xingmu smiled and said, "I know you don't like dealing with the police, so I haven't looked for you in the past five years."

Mu Fang said bluntly: "I knew Director Zhou was not the murderer five years ago."

Chu Xingmu looked at Mu Fang in astonishment, and heard him say: "Director Li told me before asking me to help you solve the case that he would reverse the case for Director Zhou. Once the serial murder case is solved, everyone involved with Zhou Jinlin will be investigated. , you should know how many people went in, I am not from the public security department, but I was not spared because of the long time of cooperation with Director Zhou."

Chu Xingmu had never heard Yang Weiyuan mention these things to him. He always thought that Mu Fang didn't cooperate with the police because of Zhou Jinlin, "So you didn't cooperate with the police to avoid suspicion?"

Mu Fang said: "Only the person involved knows what the truth was. I still remember that when I assisted the members of the task force to perfect the psychological portrait of the murderer bit by bit, Director Zhou suddenly appeared at the scene of the sixth murder case. At that time, the police received a provocative letter from the murderer, deliberately exposing his whereabouts. When they rushed to the scene, they found that the person was Director Zhou. If Director Zhou had not escaped that night, but went back with them for investigation, at least he would not have been arrested. The reputation of being a sinner in Qingshi will be ruined."

Chu Xingmu's face instantly became ugly: "You said that on the night of the sixth murder case, Director Zhou fled after being found at the scene?"

Mu Fang nodded slightly, "From the moment he escaped, he couldn't turn back, and the clues I found about the murderer became the key evidence to accuse Zhou Jinlin. At that time, everyone thought Zhou Jinlin was the murderer. Some people say it’s no wonder they set up a task force when the first murder occurred, and they couldn’t find any clues left by the murderer until the sixth murder occurred.”

Although Mu Fang knows that Zhou Jinlin is not the murderer, he still doesn't know why Zhou Jinlin escaped. He is the director of the city bureau and the leader of the task force. Since he didn't kill anyone, why did he flee the scene after seeing Li Yaomin and others?Mu Fang never expected that Zhou Jinlin's accusation of being the murderer of the serial murder case stems from the clues he found for the task force.

"It's almost time, we should go." Zhong Changxin drove the car to the gate, and found that Chu Xingmu and Mu Fang hadn't finished chatting, and they still had important work to do when they went back.

"I've written down what Mr. Mu said, and you need to pay more attention to this case." Chu Xingmu turned back absently after speaking.

Zhong Changxin looked at his back and asked Mu Fang: "Professor, what did you say to Captain Chu? Why does he have that expression?"

Mu Fang turned around and said, "I said something about his master."

Chu Xingmu endured the discomfort and walked into the building, but when he reached the stairs on the first floor, he sat down on the stairs because of dizziness. A few words from Mu Fang opened Chu Xingmu's closed memory. His boldness The conjecture finally came true after learning the truth about Zhou Jinlin's escape.

Chu Xingmu took out his mobile phone and sat on the steps to make a call to an unremarked number. Ever since Yan Shaoci testified in court for Xu Chi's murder, he had not contacted Yan Shaoci again.

In the forensic department, Han Yang finished the last test paper, took off his gloves, filled out the data in the test form, and planned to take it to the criminal investigation team's office, but when he came out from the corner of the corridor, he found Chu Xingmu sitting on the steps , as if about to fall down at any time.

Han Yang hurried over to support him, and asked, "You still kicked me this morning, what's the matter now?"

Chu Xingmu supported the wall and stood up, saying, "Dizziness."

Han Yang put the folder in his armpit and helped Chu Xingmu back to the office. He was fine when he went out, but he was helped by Han Yang when he went back. Tang Zhe and Bai Yao immediately put down their work when they saw it. Helped Han Yang to help Chu Xingmu back to the work station.

"I said don't be brave. Since I met you, I haven't seen you spend a day at leisure. You come back to work when your injuries are not healed. You don't pay more attention to yourself. This case is a tough battle. Can you hold it?" Han Yang put the materials on Chu Xingmu's table and poured him a glass of water.

Chu Xingmu didn't hear what Han Yang said at all, his ears were always "buzzing", his mind was full of the truth he heard from Mu Fang and Yan Shaoci: the night when the sixth murder happened It was when Chu Xingmu was kidnapped by Zhao Hailu, and Zhou Jinlin escaped because Yan Shaoci told him that Zhao Hailu had kidnapped Chu Xingmu.

Zhou Jinlin ran away to save Chu Xingmu.

Chu Xingmu always thought that Zhou Jinlin appeared in the Yihe Building to save him, but he didn't know that Zhou Jinlin was also charged with murder to save him, fell into the trap set by Zhao Hailu, and lost his life to Lu Liangshan hand.

In this way, Zhou Jinlin's killing by Lu Liangshan may have been arranged in advance by them, and they never thought of letting Zhou Jinlin live to clear his charges.

Bai Yao took her mobile phone to the door and called Wen Ti. Wen Ti hurried to the criminal investigation team after more than ten minutes, and ran all the way into the office. None.

But Chu Xingmu was surprised when he saw Wen Ti appearing in the office suddenly, and asked, "Why are you here?"

Bai Yao stretched out her head and whispered, "I told Wen Ti that you were not feeling well."

Wen Ti walked to Chu Xingmu and asked, "Why did you switch to this side?"

"The sun is good at this table." Chu Xingmu smiled, and hooked a stool with his feet, "Sit quickly."

"The sun has already set, so what sunshine is there?" Wen Ti looked at Chu Xingmu worriedly, and he also saw that something was wrong with Chu Xingmu.

"I ran a lot today, maybe I'm tired." Chu Xingmu put the materials back into the file bag, told Bai Yao to put them away, then turned to Wen Ti and said to Wen Ti as if no one was around: "Come and have dinner with me later, I have to work overtime at night."

"When do you work overtime?"

"It's past ten o'clock, and the public opinion is hard to deal with."

Chu Xingmu and Wen Ti had left the office for a long time. Bai Yao poked Tang Zhe with her elbow and asked, "Is the captain a little strange today? I've never seen him so depressed before."

"The captain came back to work before his injury healed, maybe he was overworked again."

Bai Yao thinks it makes sense: "The captain can't rest even at this juncture."

Wen Ti came to the yard and asked him seriously: "What's the matter?"

Chu Xingmu slowed down and walked side by side with Wen Ti, first he sighed and then smiled, and then said: "I checked for five years, but I didn't expect that I indirectly killed Zhou Jinlin."

Wen Ti stopped suddenly, Chu Xingmu took his hand: "Go out and talk."

Chu Xingmu said that he asked Wen Ti to accompany him to have dinner, but when he got there, he sat in the car and refused to get off. Wen Ti sat in the car with him for 10 minutes. The two of them didn't say a word. Xingmu was so engrossed in thinking about things that Wen Ti didn't want to disturb him.

"Zhou Jinlin, Yang Weiyuan, Mu Fang, and my dad, they should all be related to me." Chu Xingmu half-lyed on the seat and said without end.

Wen Ti didn't understand for a while, and didn't dare to intervene easily. He heard Chu Xingmu say: "The period when Zhou Jinlin was wanted happened to be when I was kidnapped by Zhao Hailu. I saw Zhou Jinlin at the scene, Yan Shaoci was imprisoned because he harbored fugitive Zhou Jinlin, he told Zhou Jinlin about Zhao Hailu’s kidnapping of me, so Zhou Jinlin ran away to save me, maybe at that time he had the only way to go.”

"The person who framed him took advantage of the serial murder case to make the plan seamless, and abandoned Zhao Hailu, except for the hidden danger of Zhou Jinlin."

He doesn't know when these conspiracies started, but it must be related to Qingshi's drug secrets, from Zhao Hailu to Wang Yuemin and Cheng Hai, and even the insiders who have not been exposed so far. Pulled down from the position, Chu Xingmu really didn't want to doubt the uncle who had watched him grow up since childhood.

When Li Yaomin sent Wu Huanshan to arrest Zhou Jinlin, he must have never thought about how to rescue Chu Xingmu. He said that Zhao Hailu kidnapped Chu Xingmu to threaten Li Yaomin. In fact, Zhao Hailu set up the game from the beginning and used Chu Xingmu as a bait to wait for Zhou Jinlin. Throw yourself into the trap.

The people behind Zhao Hailu and Wang Yuemin are their real enemies, and this internal struggle is longer than Chu Xingmu imagined.

Wen Ti put her hand on Chu Xingmu's shoulder, Chu Xingmu looked back at Wen Ti, and said: "For the past five years, I have dreamed of knowing the truth about my kidnapping, but now I know it, but it makes me breathless."

"You are also a victim. The person who killed Director Zhou was Lu Liangshan. Dr. Qiao told me that Director Li went to Nanjia the day after we met Lu Liangshan."

Chu Xingmu sat up suddenly, "When did you say that?"

"When Zhong Changxin and I went to Nanjia, I asked about Lu Liangshan, and he revealed it unintentionally."

"You don't have to pick me up at night, go to my father's house and bring Chu Daha and Wen Daju back, and I'll take a taxi back."

Wen Ti sent Chu Xingmu back after dinner, and Chu Xingmu hurried to the anti-drug team's office. Chen Yuyao was about to go home from get off work when Chu Xingmu stopped him at the door.

"Don't go home in a hurry, I still have something to see you." Chu Xingmu pulled a stool and sat at the door.

Chen Yuyao also pulled a stool and sat opposite him, "Do you still have time to chat with me?"

"Let's talk about the drug trafficking case you and Xu Chi investigated five years ago. It started with Zhao Hailu. If there hadn't been the missing girl case in Chang'an District 16 years ago, we wouldn't have caught Wang Yuemin. Without Zhao Hailu and Wang Yuemin's drug trafficking case in Qingshi The activity is still rampant."

The surveillance camera in the corridor was facing them with a flashing red light, and Chen Yuyao said, "Wang Yuemin is dead."

Surprise flashed across Chu Xingmu's face: "Isn't he still in the detention center?"

"Wang Yuemin's case will go to trial in one month, and he died at this time."

"How did you die?"

"I've searched around but can't find out. The detention center is very tight-lipped."

Chu Xingmu said: "When Zhao Hailu and Wang Yuemin die, all the clues are broken, what are you going to do?"

Chen Yuyao smiled wryly: "Our two teams haven't cooperated for several years, right?"

"Then I don't need to talk nonsense. You go to Director Wu later, and borrow me a few more people by the way. My team is short of manpower."

"I don't have enough manpower either, you can ask Director Wu to transfer."

"Why are you even more stingy than Han Yang?" Chu Xingmu stood up and kicked the stool back, and Chen Yuyao watched him turn a corner and go up the side stairs.

When Chu Xingmu returned to the office, he found that everyone was present. Seeing that he had finally returned, Xia Ci pulled him into the tea room and said, "Lu Liangshan is dead."

"When?"

"Last night." Xia Ci was not surprised to see him at all, as if he already knew.

"I died just as I was about to meet others. How could such a coincidence happen? As soon as Zhou Jinlin's case was investigated, the insiders disappeared one by one."

"Who else?"

"Wang Yuemin, if I remember correctly, Wang Yuemin is also a member of the task force."