dead dog

After a torrential rain, the mountains and forests were refurbished, and before the police stepped in, there was no trace left by nature.The three teams searched the huge mountain forest for a whole morning before finding the goal of the trip - a rat nest.

The chance of finding the rat nest was purely coincidental. Little Tao led people to search every inch of the turf, but accidentally fell into the mud pit and became a muddy figurine.

Xiao Liu, who was traveling with him, laughed at him: "Brother Tao, have you seen Pokémon? You are like the stinky mud in Pokémon now."

Angrily, Xiao Tao grabbed a lump of mud and threw it at him: "Then have you ever seen stinky mud beating people?"

Xiao Liu reacted quickly, dodged in time, and then turned back to help him.

Xiao Tao's shoes disappeared and fell into the mud pit just now. Xiao Tao reached out to the bottom of the mud pit to touch the shoes, feeling something wrong: "Why is there a cement board under here?"

Xiao Liu said: "It's in the wilderness, where did you get the cement board?"

Xiao Tao muttered: "No, it was this board that tripped me just now."

He fished out the shoes, controlled the water and put them on directly, and then called two more people. The three of them groped down the mud, and all of them touched the hard cement board, and they worked together to lift the board off. .

As soon as the board was lifted, all the muddy water, rotten leaves and branches on the top fell down, and fell into a tunnel more than one meter deep. A lot of dirt had already seeped into the tunnel, soaked in a shallow layer of sewage. Rats darted through the sewage and disappeared into the dark tunnel.

Xiao Tao was stunned for a moment, and shouted: "Captain Hai! The mouse's nest is here!"

No one thought that there was a tunnel made of cement slabs hidden in this mountain forest. This tunnel was designed to be concealed, covered with prefabricated slabs, lowered by more than 20 centimeters from the ground, and covered with another layer of soil. It was covered with a thick layer of moss by natural vegetation, and the grass that usually served as a cover was turned into a mud pit by the heavy rain. If Xiaotao hadn't accidentally fallen into it and was keenly aware of the strangeness, this tunnel might have continued to be buried for a long time. in the ground.

When Haiyang arrived with a large force, Xiaotao and the others had already lifted five boards and were working together to lift up the sixth board. Haiyang was taken aback by this battle: "What are you doing? Destroy the earth? "

Xiao Tao: "Captain Hai, there are mice down here."

Haiyang was not in a hurry to find the mouse, so he looked at the terrain first, and found that this tunnel was buried in a mountain depression in a straight line. It is natural to associate this tunnel with the Red Mansion Villa.

When Haiyang was observing the terrain, Xiaotao and the others had already lifted eight boards and accurately found the nest of rats.

Xiaotao: "There are so many! Captain Hai, come and see."

Haiyang bypassed the mud puddle smashed by cement slabs, walked over and stood on the edge of the tunnel, and smelled a rotten smell first, and then saw a group of black rats hiding in the tunnel, at least hundreds of them by visual inspection. The iron bars that appeared in the tunnel blocked the way, crowded in the sewage, suddenly exposed to the sky, and fled to the east of the tunnel that was not blocked by the iron bars.

Haiyang: "Stop, stop!"

Xiao Tao jumped down the tunnel first, and stood in the sewage up to his ankles, trying to scare the mice back, but the mice were not afraid of people, and crawled out from Xiao Tao's feet.

Xiao Tao got goosebumps all over his body: "Give me the net! Net net!"

Before departure, someone released the news, and it was reprocessed, saying that they were going to go up the mountain to catch rats. A few good-natured policemen went to the logistics warehouse to find a net that could be used to catch fish. It came in handy.Xiaotao and Xiaoliu stood on one side, spread the net to the bottom, and pressed it down with stones. The net and the iron fence guarded the tunnel on the left and the right. The rats had nowhere to escape and could only wander in the middle.

Haiyang squatted on the ground, looked at the mouse below, and said, "The investigation team is here."

Policewoman Xiao Guan walked over, observed the tunnel and said, "Captain Hai, the area where the rats live is too big, and there is water and mud everywhere, so it's hard to get test materials."

Haiyang picked up a stone and threw it into the sewage with a plop, and hit a mouse on the head: "If it's not easy to get it, you have to get it, and pass the water inside through the filter screen." He pointed to the surrounding open space, "Shovel away these pieces of turf, too."

The policemen took over the task without complaint and began to filter the water and shovel the land.

After pressing the net, Xiaotao went to Haiyang and said, "Captain Hai, Xiaoliu and I moved the board just now, and the middle pieces are much looser than other places, as if they were moved not long ago?"

Haiyang: "Where?"

Xiao Tao led him to the side of the tunnel where the net was pressed: "That's right here, the board is very loose."

Haiyang called two people over to investigate the area, and then said to Xiaotao, "Come up with me and have a look."

The two of them didn't drive, and walked slowly up the mountain road.The sunshine after the rainstorm was very hot, steaming the entire mountain forest into a swamp of clouds and mist.

Haiyang got hot after walking a few steps, so he took off his coat and put it on his shoulders, saying: "Talk, you usually talk the most, but today you found such a big rat's nest, why are you speechless?"

Xiao Tao shook the mud on his trousers vigorously, and said, "I'm just wondering. If Zhou Qingchu was really killed by a mouse here, and the first scene was so close to their own hotel, what did the murderer think? Zhou Qingchu deliberately took her to the mountain, threw her into the rat's nest to scare her to death, and then took her down the mountain to throw her body, this murder process is too complicated."

Haiyang: "Then tell me, what kind of murder process is not complicated?"

Xiao Tao raised his head to look at the sky, thought for a while, and said, "This murder process is too awkward. If the murderer premeditatedly murdered Zhou Qingchu, then he can torment himself too much." As he spoke, he became more suspicious. , "Captain Hai, I have a bold hypothesis."

Haiyang: "Speak, I'll listen."

Xiao Tao said, "Is it possible that the murderer didn't premeditate the murder, but did it on a whim."

Haiyang squinted at him: "What is the basis of your assumption?"

Xiaotao: "We have handled so many murder cases, and none of the victims were scared to death by being thrown into a rat's nest. This method of killing is too bizarre. But Zhou Qingchu was really thrown into a rat's nest and was scared to death. It's impossible that the murderer didn't intend to kill, and threw Zhou Qingchu into the rat's nest on the spur of the moment, and the purpose was not to kill Zhou Qingchu, but Zhou Qingchu was timid and scared to death."

Haiyang said: "But have you ever thought that the rat's nest is hidden in the tunnel, since the murderer can bring Zhou Qingchu over and throw him into the tunnel, he must know about the existence of the rat's nest in advance. Isn't this premeditated murder?"

Xiao Tao was stunned, and said: "Yes, but I still can't figure out why the murderer insisted on taking Zhou Qingchu from the urban area to the mountain, and then from the mountain to the mountain to throw the body? Wouldn't it be more concealed to leave the body in the tunnel directly? Those rats will eat up Zhou Qingchu's body sooner or later, isn't this a good way to destroy the body?"

Haiyang said: "You can't tell the difference between primary and secondary. Now the first thing to find out is not the murderer's criminal psychology, but the relationship between the murderer and the Red Mansion Villa. The rat nest is hidden in the tunnel, which is a man-made building. The only building on this whole mountain is the Red Mansion Villa, and maybe that tunnel is the sewage pipe of the Red Mansion Villa.”

The Red Mansion Villa has been closed since August, and its business has been suspended. There are only a few staff members who maintain the daily operation of the entire villa. Haiyang and Xiaotao waited for a long time in the lobby for the reception staff.They were greeted downstairs by a young woman in overalls with a housekeeping supervisor on her badge.

She spoke politely, but her attitude was a little arrogant. When she asked who the marine police officer was, she said, "Boss has been waiting for you for a long time, please go this way."

She led the way and led the two policemen to the small west building in the bamboo forest.

Haiyang glanced at Xiaotao, Xiaotao understood, and asked her: "Director Yang, right? How long have you been working here?"

Director Yang just walked forward without looking sideways: "It's been more than three months."

Xiao Tao smiled and said, "It's not very long. Then do you know this hotel well?"

Director Yang: "Not deep."

Xiao Tao really couldn't bear her cold face and wanted to withdraw, but Haiyang stared at him, so he had to continue chatting awkwardly: "It seems that we have to find an old employee who has worked for a long time to understand the situation."

Director Yang said: "This hotel signs a one-year labor contract with all the employees. There is no internship period and they will go to work directly. After the labor service period expires, no matter how they perform, the contract will not be renewed. So there are no veterans who have worked for more than one year here. staff."

Haiyang felt that she had hit the point, so he asked himself: "Isn't it very troublesome to recruit people like this?"

Director Yang returned to his indifference after a series of words: "Yes."

Haiyang asked again: "Then do you know why the hotel didn't renew the contract with you?"

Director Yang: "I don't know."

When Xiaoxilou arrived, Manager Yang pressed the password to help them open the door, saying, "The boss is in the tea room on the first floor."

The tea room is not so much a tea room as a golf room; a large room is covered with a layer of artificial turf, connecting with the green forest outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. The two-meter-long sea of ​​tea was squeezed into a corner, and even the tea sets were placed in the corner of the table in embarrassment.

Before the police arrived, Zhou Jing was still playing indoor golf. He was talking to a young woman wearing a nurse's outfit while holding a club. When he saw the policeman, he greeted him politely and shook hands with Haiyang: "Officer Hai, you have worked so hard!" .”

Haiyang smiled and said, "It's not hard, it's us who bother you."

The woman in the nurse's uniform went out, and Haiyang carefully asked, "Why are there still nurses?"

Zhou Jing also smiled and said, "My father suffered a stroke and he is recuperating here. I invited the nurse to take care of him."

Haiyang: "Oh, I heard about it."

Zhou Jing also entertained them to sit down on a group of sofas under the window, brought two more cups of tea, and then took a seat opposite them. He took the lead and said, "Are you here because of Jiang Ying's business?"

Haiyang followed his topic first: "Yes."

Zhou Jing also smiled apologetically: "What a coincidence, the fact is what I told you on the phone. Yesterday I checked the circuit here and all the monitors were turned off, so I don't know exactly what happened. I still don't know what happened. Very confused."

Haiyang: "Then pick what you know and talk about it."

Zhou Jing also: "I know very little. I was chatting with Ye Chuyang at the time, and suddenly I heard gunshots from upstairs. When Ye Chuyang and I entered Jiang Ziyan's room, Jiang Ying was already injured."

Haiyang took a sip of tea leisurely, looked back and forth at the scenery outside the window: "Didn't you see who fired the gun?"

Zhou Jingye: "No. That's all I know."

Haiyang turned his eyes back, stopped on his face, and smiled leisurely: "You and Jiang Ziyan's dictation are exactly the same, as if they communicated beforehand."

Zhou Jing also smiled slowly: "Officer Hai, I'm just telling the truth, I'm sorry I didn't help you."

Haiyang's cell phone rang, and Xiao Liu, who stayed in the col and was in charge of checking, said that the inspection materials were almost ready, and asked if he could close the team.

Haiyang glanced at Zhou Jingye, held his teacup and said, "Go to the bathroom? Okay, let me ask."

He pretended to put down his phone and asked Zhou Jingye: "Doctor Zhou, I happened to lead a team to search for evidence near your villa. I have a female subordinate who wants to go to the bathroom. Can you—"

Zhou Jing also: "Yes, yes."

Haiyang said to the phone: "Let Xiaoguan come over."

Xiaotao heard that Haiyang was directing and acting on the phone call, and immediately said, "Captain Hai, I'll meet Xiaoguan at the door."

Haiyang turned his face and said to him: "Hurry up, don't cause trouble for others."

Xiao Tao groaned and went out.

Zhou Jing also sat in meditation for a while, and picked up the teapot to add tea to Haiyang: "Officer Hai, did you just say that you would lead a team to search for evidence around here?"

Haiyang helped down the teacup, and said: "It's not the shooting that happened here, since Jiang Ziyan didn't shoot it, it might be that someone from outside the hotel sneaked in and injured Jiang Ying. Someone came and searched to see if they could find any clues. Oh, by the way, you have to take me to the room where the shooting happened later."

Zhou Jing also smiled and said, "Of course there is no problem, I will definitely cooperate."

Haiyang glanced at his watch: "Then go now."

He followed Zhou Jing to the guest room building, stopping and looking at the flowers and plants along the way, delaying a lot of time.

Zhou Jing also pushed away a guest room on the sixth floor and said, "This is Jiang Ziyan's room. No one else entered after the shooting. At that time, Jiang Ziyan and Jiang Ying were standing in front of the bar by the window."

Haiyang walked in, and was the first to see a samurai sword on the counter, pointing to the sword and asking: "This is it?"

Zhou Jing also said: "This is a hanging decoration in the corridor, I don't know how it appeared in this room."

Haiyang let go of the knife for the time being, walked around the room, stroked his chin, and said, "Since the floor-to-ceiling windows are closed and the windows are not broken, could it be that the suspect opened fire in the room? "

After he had done enough acting, he took out his phone again and answered a call that didn't exist: "I'm still in the villa, now? All right, I'll go back now."

He hung up the phone, turned around and said to Zhou Jing: "You have so many rooms here, I can't transfer them for a while, and I have something to do in my unit, so I have to go back quickly. How about this, do you have any blueprints for the hotel? I Take it back and study it slowly."

Zhou Jingye: "The drawing?"

Haiyang: "Design drawings, as-built drawings, whatever."

Zhou Jing also hesitated a little: "The only thing I can produce is the backup of the design drawings submitted for review last year."

Haiyang: "Okay, take a copy for me."

Zhou Jing also made a phone call and asked the staff to pick up the drawings.

Ten minutes later, Haiyang got a file bag, which contained a thin design drawing.

Haiyang said: "Then I won't waste your time, I will contact you again if there is something to do."

Zhou Jing also sent Haiyang out of the building, Xiaotao and Xiaoguan happened to come out from the building next door, the three met and left immediately.

Behind them, Zhou Jing also watched them turn around the fountain and go down the mountain with a sullen face.

Zhou Jing also took out the mobile phone that had started vibrating 10 minutes ago from his pocket, and called back the missed calls that had called him four times.

As soon as the phone was connected, he said, "I was receiving the police just now."

The other party asked: "What are the police here for?"

Zhou Jing didn't take it seriously either: "It's nothing, just investigate the case of Jiang Ying being shot."

The other party asked again: "Is it Haiyang?"

Zhou Jing also: "Yes."

"What did Haiyang say?"

Zhou Jing also recounted the content of the conversation with Haiyang, and the man asked gloomyly after listening, "Haiyang asked you for a blueprint?"

Zhou Jing also: "Yes."

"You gave it to him."

"Give it."

The man sneered angrily: "Idiot."