Criminal Investigation Notes

At two o'clock in the afternoon, in Huadu City, Qiao Ze led a trainee policeman standing outside a metal gate. From the outside, it can be seen that this is a single-family courtyard with only one floor, like a Warehouse plant.

Qiao Ze pressed the doorbell in front of him. The doorbell was so loud that it could be heard clearly through an iron door.

They have been conducting investigations based on Su Hui's previous inferences. In the locations Su Hui delineated, all buildings and personnel have undergone a new round of registration and screening.

To this end, the serious crime team transferred more than ten criminal police and auxiliary police from the local branch.Under the scattered investigation of all personnel, the circle of suspicion has gradually narrowed.

Today, the last few blocks in the purple area have been checked. In order to speed up, they have been divided into eight groups. Qiao Ze and a small policeman from the criminal police team are in one group.

The little policeman was called Qi Shi. At the beginning, Qiao Ze was not used to it, and he always had the urge to add the word "white" to it. Later, he remembered the name as "in fact", so it was not so awkward. .

Seeing that there was no response from inside, Qiao Ze rang the doorbell again.

Behind him, Qi Shi was facing the form in his hand, and reported the situation here: "It used to be a warehouse of a food company, but it was bought by a private person and turned into a gallery... I registered the contact information and person in charge before, the owner of the gallery His name is Fu Yunchu."

"Gallery?" Qiao Ze looked up at the building. The old warehouse has been remodeled to add an artistic atmosphere.

"Yes, the owner, Fu Yunchu, is a well-known painter in Huadu. He once had the experience of studying abroad. His new works were sold at auction for 150 million."

Qiao Ze said with emotion: "A painting is a few years' salary of an ordinary person. This painter seems a bit level."

Seeing that there was no sound inside, Qi Shi asked again: "Shall we contact this Fu Yunchu by phone?"

Qiao Ze said, "Wait a little longer."

While the two were talking, the iron door in front of them was opened from the inside.

The door was opened by a tall, thin man with fair complexion, slender eyes and short hair. Qiao Ze judged that this man should be the painter Fu Yunchu.

Qiao Ze took a step forward and said, "Mr. Fu?"

The man nodded: "I am."

Qiao Ze showed his police officer ID according to the procedure: "Hi, I am Qiao Ze from the Huadu Crime Squad. We are investigating a case recently, and I hope you can cooperate with our investigation."

The man named Fu Yunchu let them in: "My place is just a gallery, nothing special."

Qiao Ze asked, "We're just checking, are you the only one here?"

Fu Yunchu answered him: "Yes, after all, creation is a very private matter, and I need to be quiet enough when I paint."

"Do you usually live here?"

"Sometimes when I draw late, I will stay here overnight, and occasionally I will go home to stay."

Qiao Ze and Fu Yunchu checked the ID number, mobile phone number and other information, including Fu Yunchu's registered vehicle, the time he usually travels here, and where Ning Ke was when he was attacked.

Fu Yunchu answered in an orderly manner, and also took out two movie receipts, the time coincided with the night of Ning Ke's disappearance.

Qiao Ze looked at the man's hand: "Mr. Fu, did your wrist hurt?"

He saw that there was a scratch on Fu Yunchu's wrist, and the wound was formed not long ago.

Fu Yunchu covered the wound: "It was scratched when I sharpened the pencil while drawing."

How did the pencil sharpener wound appear on the wrist?And the inside of the left wrist?

Qiao Ze was a little suspicious. He didn't poke the man in front of him, and continued: "That's a bit of a coincidence. I think the wound is still fresh. Doesn't Mr. Fu need to treat the wound?"

Fu Yunchu smiled: "There's no rush, I'll deal with it after I send you off, it doesn't hurt much anymore."

After Qiao Ze finished asking, he still wanted to check and looked behind him: "Mr. Fu's place is quite big, no wonder it took so long to open the door."

Fu Yunchu said: "Yes, I am in the innermost studio, and I have to go all the way through. I kept you two waiting for a long time." His answer was very calm, "Do you two police officers want something to drink?"

Just as Qi Shi was about to say that we will leave in a while, Qiao Ze answered, "Yes, do you have coffee here?"

When he said the word coffee, he noticed the changes on Fu Yunchu's face.

Fu Yunchu didn't seem to expect them to stay, he was taken aback and said, "I don't have coffee here, would you like some tea?"

Qiao Ze said, "Tea is fine too."

When the man left, Qiao Ze gestured to Qi Shi, and then called Lu Junchi. He covered the bluetooth headset and reported the situation in a low voice, and then said to Lu Junchi: "Captain Lu, I think this person is a bit suspicious..."

They have already asked several companies just now, most of them checked the situation, ruled out the suspicion and left in a hurry.Only here, Qiao Ze asked more carefully, he thought this gallery was a bit weird.

Lu Junchi said: "It sounds like the location is right, and the artist has relatively enough time...Although he explained where he was going that night, the alibi for going to a movie is not very strong. The movie ticket may have been bought on purpose. To be used as an alibi."

If you add the injured scratches...

Lu Junchi made a decisive decision: "You guys delay for a while, keep in touch, don't hang up the phone, we'll go over and have a look right away, we'll be there in about 5 minutes."

Qiao Ze hummed, turned around and was about to say hello to Qi Shi when he saw Fu Yunchu walking out.

He brought over two cups of tea and handed them to them with a smile.

Qiao Ze took it and placed it on a glass table beside him.

He knew that the man in front of him looked gentle and elegant, but in fact he might be the murderer they had followed for a long time—the butcher.

Looking at Fu Yunchu in front of him, Qiao Ze began to feel nervous involuntarily, and his palms were sweating.

He is the youngest member of the serious crime team. He has only been a policeman for a few years, and he has done more investigation work. Qiao Ze also participated in the arrest operation, but at that time it was a group operation of multiple people.

Facing a serial killer today, he was a little unexpected.

Now there are two of them, the number is superior, but Qi Shi is still a trainee police officer, without a gun, so he can't be counted on to use his hands.

Thinking of this, Qiao Ze became even more nervous. He had to try his best to hold the person in front of him until Lu Dui came.

Qiao Ze asked a few more questions, and Fu Yunchu answered them truthfully.Qiao Ze pretended to be recording in the notebook, but his heart was pounding, and the words he wrote were trembling.

Fu Yunchu saw that the two policemen had no intention of leaving after drinking water, so he asked, "Is there anything else you two need my cooperation?"

Qiao Ze followed along and said, "I personally like paintings quite a bit. Can Mr. Fu lead us around the gallery?"

Fu Yunchu seemed to be visibly nervous for a moment, but finally he hummed without refusing: "This place actually looks empty, it's not very big. The front is a small exhibition hall, and the back is my studio, bedroom and bathroom."

Qiao Ze looked around. Because this place used to be a warehouse, the storey was very high, and the walls were covered with paintings.There is not much furniture in the room, and it looks empty, like an art exhibition hall.

Some of those paintings are a bit abstract, but it can be seen that the painting skills are not bad.In the hall, there are also some large and small plaster statues, as well as some artworks.

Three people walked through the somewhat empty exhibition hall.

Qiao Ze stabilized his mind, looked sideways at a painting in the center and said, "This picture is not bad."

The content of the painting is a woman, whose age cannot be seen. She is sitting on a chair with her head bowed and her eyes closed. She looks peaceful and serene. Behind the woman, there are many squares, which look like some boxes.

The title of the painting is "Beloved".

A smug expression appeared on Fu Yunchu's face: "This painting is my most famous work, and it won an award at the art festival."

Qiao Ze turned his head to look at the paintings on the wall. He stopped before one of them. There were several women in the painting, standing in a row. The women in the painting had their eyes closed, but their mouths were slightly open. , the expression on his face was a little weird.Qiao Ze looked at the label below. The name of this painting is "Chorus".

Qiao Ze found that this Mr. Fu likes to draw women very much. 80.00% of his paintings have women, and the remaining 20.00% are some landscape paintings, and only a few of them are painted with others.

Most of the women in his paintings are pale, with their eyes closed, making them look uncomfortable.

Thinking of those stumps in the box, Joze's hairs stood on end.

After turning around the exhibition hall quickly, Fu Yunchu slowed down and looked at them...

I can't hold it any longer!

At this time, Lu Junchi's voice came from Qiao Ze's earphones: "It's basically confirmed. I asked Xia Mingxi to check the electricity consumption of this place just now. The electricity bill is several times that of the normal situation. We will be there soon, you guys Be sure to pay attention to safety!"

There are not many lights in this place, and the ceiling is high. It is a bit cold without the air conditioner.

Needing so much electricity, that's obviously...

Qiao Ze looked down, there may be an underground cold storage, or a large refrigeration equipment...

Qi Shi looked at the paintings on the wall, and casually said, "Oh, we've been running for a long time. The weather outside is hot, but it's more comfortable here. It's cool without turning on the air conditioner, which saves electricity."

After hearing this, Qiao Ze's heart skipped a beat for an instant.

Sure enough, the man who was talking with them just now suddenly turned pale.Fu Yunchu took two steps back, with a fierce look in his eyes.

Qi Shi mentioned this question just unintentionally, but Fu Yunchu was obviously guilty!He took that sentence as a temptation, thinking that he had been locked.

Qiao Ze's reaction was quick, he directly went forward to clasp Fu Yunchu's hand, Fu Yunchu turned back to hide, but Qiao Ze seemed to know his movements, and raised his knee against Fu Yunchu's abdomen.

Fu Yunchu took a blow, snorted, broke away from Qiao Ze, and raised his head to fight back. He rushed forward, trying to push Qiao Ze to the wall, but Qiao Ze quickly pulled out the gun that was in the holster behind him. The gun, without taking aim, fired a shot.

With a bang, gunshots exploded in the gallery, piercing the silence.

The bullet grazed Fu Yunchu's upper arm. He was obviously more familiar with this place than the two little policemen who had just arrived, so he turned around and pressed a button on the wall.

Several plaster statues shattered in response, and the ground was covered with white plaster fragments. This plaster statue was specially made, and a large amount of white powder swayed from it, and a pungent smell floated in the air, covering it up. The sight of the two.

This was obviously a trap that the murderer had set up a long time ago.

Qiao Ze shouted: "Be careful, it's poisonous." He hurriedly covered his mouth, held his breath, and pulled Qi Bai back to the door.

Qi Shi finally came to his senses at this moment, and followed Qiao Ze's example to cover his mouth and nose with his sleeves.

This Fu Yunchu obviously stored a lot of chemical materials, and they didn't know what the white powder inside would be.

The white mist gradually dissipated, and at this moment, Lu Junchi's voice came from Qiao Ze's Bluetooth headset: "We are here, open the door!"

Qiao Ze hurriedly opened the door of the gallery and let Lu Junchi and other police officers in.

In the gallery, Fu Yunchu had disappeared. As the lair of a perverted killer, he probably had already planned various escape routes.

The police officers who entered hurriedly opened the windows everywhere, and the gallery was in a mess, and there was still the smell of some residual chemicals.

"Lieutenant Lu, a car drove away from the back door..." Zheng Bai's message came from the intercom. They were in charge of blocking the back door. The car sped past not far from them just now without stopping it.

Lu Junchi looked in the direction of the back door, and there was a line of blood running backwards.They rushed over in a hurry, but they still missed the last step.

"Team Lu! Do you still want to chase?" Qu Ming asked urgently.

"Zheng Bai go after him, let's go rescue him first! If the deduction is correct, the victim may be locked up here!" Lu Junchi quickly ordered, and then he came back and saw Qiao Ze.

"I'm sorry, Captain Lu, it's because I didn't hold back the murderer." Some white powder was still on Qiao Ze's cheeks, he was a little embarrassed and aggrieved.

It would be great if he was more decisive just now, if he had ventilated with Qi Shi earlier just now, it would be great if his fighting skills were stronger, if only his marksmanship were more accurate...

That is a vicious serial killer, let him go and he may kill again, and there will be new victims!

If Army Lu was here just now, he would definitely be able to catch the murderer without letting him escape.

Qiao Ze clenched his fists in frustration. Teacher Su had analyzed the murderer's location, but he finally let the murderer escape.Thinking of this, his eyes felt sour and the corners of his eyes were red.

Lu Junchi looked at Qiao Ze. The person in front of him was only 24 years old. Not everyone had the courage to face a vicious serial killer and fight to the death.

If he rushed out rashly, he might be injured or sacrificed.

Lu Junchi patted Qiao Ze's shoulder and comforted him, "It was you who discovered the suspicious point during the investigation, which allowed us to locate the murderer. You are very vigilant and brave. You have tried your best just now, and we will definitely catch him." .As for now, you still need to cheer up, we still need to find the kidnapped victim."

After listening to Lu Junchi's words, Qiao Ze pulled himself together, took out the walkie-talkie, and began to contact follow-up support and 120.

The police officers searched the gallery, and at this time, the serious crime team was finally able to confirm that the painter Fu Yunchu was the murderous "butcher" they had been looking for.

"Here!" Lu Junchi quickly found a secret door with a brass lock on it. He didn't care about other things, so he shot the lock and kicked the door open.

A dark road leading to the underground appeared in front of them, and a strong smell of blood came from the underground...

If Fu Yunchu had long planned to turn this place into his slaughterhouse, he must have needed a sufficiently secret place for killing and dismembering corpses.When he bought this place back then, he probably fell in love with the private basement here.