Escape From the Library

【Death of a Lawyer-09】

After returning to Xinghe Building, Yue Xingwen carefully checked all the surveillance cameras inside the building from the 1st floor to the 40th floor.

The interior of this building is a back-shaped structure, the elevator is located in the middle, and the corridors in the east, south, west, and north directions are connected to each other, and there are large floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the surrounding scenery.

There are different small studios in the corridors in the four directions of some floors, and some large companies will occupy the entire floor.

Minghui Law Firm is rich and powerful, renting the entire 40th floor. Each lawyer has an independent office with luxurious decoration, and there is a sign saying "40F-Minghui Law Firm" in the elevator.

The Moonlight Design Studio on the 39th floor was obviously not that rich, and only rented a room in the east corridor.To the west is a private "accounting firm", and to the south and north are the "Yiren Beauty Club", which is decorated in a tall style. The accounting firm and the beauty club all closed before 10 pm last night, and no one stayed in the Xinghe Building.

Yue Xingwen discovered that there are surveillance cameras on the left and right sides of the lobby on each floor, and there are also cameras at the corners of the corridors and inside the elevators.The stairwell is on the south side of the building, and there is one camera per floor.

On the surface, the interior of this building does not have any surveillance dead ends.

Whether you take the elevator upstairs or climb the stairs, you will be photographed by surveillance cameras in every corner.

There is also surveillance in the stairwell from the 40th floor to the roof. Just check the surveillance to prove whether what Chen Yueqin and Qi Zhao said is true or false.

Because there were too many surveillance videos inside the Xinghe Building last night, Team Lin copied all the surveillance data on the entire 40 floors. The police force has a special person in charge of checking the surveillance, and Ke Shaobin is following up on this matter.

They adjusted the monitoring points on the 39th and 40th floors to check, and found several useful clues——

First, the monitoring of the corridor on the 40th floor showed that around 20:40 in the evening, a delivery boy delivered food to the 40th floor of Xinghe Building. He went out together, took the food at the front desk on the [-]th floor, turned around and returned to the office, and has not come out since then.

Second, in the monitoring on the 39th floor, between 21:21 and [-]:[-] in the evening, Chen Yueqin went out to get takeaway twice. The first time, the takeaway guy was carrying a cake box, and the second time was the western food she ordered , which is consistent with her description of "inviting Zhou Ziyang to Xinghe Building to celebrate his birthday together".

Third, the surveillance camera in the lobby on the first floor captured Zhou Ziyang walking into the building with a suitcase at 1:21 in the evening. He took the No. 50 elevator to the 1th floor.Twenty minutes later, that is, at 40:20, Chen Yueqin took the elevator to the 22th floor with the cake and takeaway, and sneakily pushed open the glass door of Minghui Law Firm.

The office inside the firm was not monitored, and no one knew what happened afterwards, but it is conceivable that the two should have eaten birthday cake and Western food together, had a sweet birthday, and then slipped into the bathroom to make love, during which they were Qi Zhao, who was working overtime in the office, heard the movement and witnessed the goddess who had a crush on having an affair with someone in the toilet, and his three views were shattered.

Fourth, at 23:15 in the evening, Chen Yueqin appeared in the elevator hall again, returned to the 39th floor with empty cake boxes and takeaway boxes, threw the garbage into the public trash can, and then turned around and walked into the "Moonlight Design Studio".

She didn't come out after that.

This monitoring can rule out Chen Yueqin's suspicion. She took the elevator back to the 23th floor at 15:39, which is consistent with her confession that "go back to sleep after around 24 o'clock". Zhou Ziyang's death time was at [-]:[-] in the evening She has an alibi.

Although Qi Zhao never came out of the office and never took the elevator, there is no need to take the elevator from the 40th floor to the rooftop, but the stairs.

Ke Shaobin and his colleagues called up the surveillance camera in the stairwell on the 40th floor and stared intently at the surveillance video.

There are no lights in the stairwell at night, but the infrared surveillance can still capture people. No one passed by this stairwell last night. They played it at four times speed until 23:50, when a black shadow appeared in the surveillance.

Ke Shaobin immediately paused and zoomed in on the screen——

The tall man was wearing a black sportswear, it was Zhou Ziyang!

He should be slightly drunk, his footsteps were a little shaky when he walked, and he climbed up to the rooftop.Never came down again.

Ke Shaobin supported his glasses, then went back and looked at it carefully, and asked in doubt, "He went up to the rooftop alone?"

The colleague next to me said: "It is true that no one else went to the rooftop during the surveillance last night. To go to the rooftop, you must climb up the stairwell on the 40th floor. This staircase is monitored, and anyone who appears will be photographed."

At this time, Jiang Pingce came over and asked everyone to watch the monitoring results.

Ke Shaobin cut out the five surveillance videos related to the suspect and the deceased separately. Jiang Pingce watched it carefully and frowned slightly: "Chen Yueqin, all the suspicions of Qi Zhao have been ruled out?"

"From the monitoring, yes, Zhou Ziyang went up to the rooftop alone." Ke Shaobin said: "Chen Yueqin returned to the Moonlight Design Studio on the 23th floor at 15:39 in the evening, and never came out again. Qi Zhao took a takeaway at 20:40 in the evening , did not come out of the law firm, let alone the stairwell leading to the rooftop on the [-]th floor."

The stairwell leading to the roof on the 40th floor is the most critical part of the case.

Surveillance photographed the deceased appearing here and walking up to the rooftop, but did not photograph anyone other than the deceased.

So how did the murderer get there?Fly over the eaves and walls and climb the windows?

Jiang Pingce took out his mobile phone, typed quickly, and sent a text message to Yue Xingwen: "Xingwen, the monitoring ruled out the suspicion of Chen Heqi, and found that the deceased went to the rooftop at 40:[-], but there was no trace of the murderer. Let's see, can the murderer climb up to the roof from the window on the [-]th floor?"

Yue Xingwen opened the window and leaned out to look up—from the 40th floor to the roof of the building, the floor height is about 3 meters. Most of the four corridors in the southeast, northwest, and north are falling windows. There is no leverage point, which is not good. climb.It is also difficult to climb around the corner of the building.Because the shape of this building is a bit special, above the 40th floor, there is a structure similar to "eaves" all around.

The whole building is like wearing a "hat". The eaves are more than 1 meter wide. Might turn over.

Unless the murderer is a special soldier with professional climbing props such as ropes and hooks.

Qi Zhao, a lawyer, should not have the physical condition to "fly over the eaves and walls" from the window on the 40th floor.

Yue Xingwen took a few photos of the top floor, sent them to Jiang Pingce, and concluded: "I saw it on the spot, and it is almost impossible to climb from the 40th floor to the rooftop of the top floor."

The investigation of the case has reached a bottleneck.

All suspects have alibi.Moreover, their testimony is completely consistent with the footage captured by surveillance.Liu Lan and Liu Minghui never left their residences after returning home. Qi Zhao has been playing games in the office, Chen Yueqin returned to the studio on the 23th floor at 15:39, and Chen Xueqin played mahjong all night.

The monitoring clearly showed that Zhou Ziyang walked up to the rooftop alone.

Before and after him, no murderer went up to the rooftop.

How should his death be explained?

Team Lin came over with a cup of coffee, stood behind everyone with his arms folded, and analyzed: "The deceased Zhou Ziyang spent his birthday with Chen Yueqin in a leisurely way last night, and he had an affair in the toilet. He must not have been threatened. It's normal. It's impossible for a person to act so calmly when they're threatened."

He paused, and said: "The suspects who have been in contact with him all have alibi. Does his death must be murder?"

Jiang Pingce was stunned: "What Team Lin means...isn't it murder?"

Team Lin smiled and said, "What if he started to drink wine after making out with his mistress, got a little drunk and excited, and climbed up to the rooftop to see the scenery, but he stumbled and fell?"

Ke Shaobin thought about it carefully, and said in a low voice: "In this case, it can explain the clues we have found so far? Zhou Ziyang was not very clear-headed after drinking alcohol and having sex with Chen Yueqin, so he made an inexplicable call to his wife. Accidentally threw it in the toilet, and then climbed up the roof from the stairs next to the toilet, trying to blow some air, but fell down?"

Team Lin nodded: "Well, at present, this explanation is the most reasonable. Because, in all the chains of evidence, no murderer was found, and no one was photographed on the roof."

Jiang Pingce frowned and said, "What if the murderer was already waiting for him on the rooftop?"

Team Lin looked back at him with a smile: "What was the weather like last night?"

"It rained heavily overnight."

"So, do you think that the murderer broke out the window during the rainstorm and climbed up to the roof? Or did the murderer go to the roof a long time ago and waited patiently for him in the rainstorm for 3 hours? Then how did the murderer know Zhou Ziyang Will you definitely go to the rooftop?"

Team Lin's rhetorical question made everyone look at each other in blank dismay.

He continued: "Suppose the murderer texts or calls Zhou Ziyang and asks him to meet and negotiate on the rooftop. Would Zhou Ziyang, a prudent lawyer, foolishly climb up to the rooftop to seek death? You have also seen that during surveillance, He didn't carry the suitcase, which means that the speculation that he was threatened by the murderer and secretly dealt with the murderer is wrong."

Several colleagues nearby started to discuss: "Team Lin is right." "Zhou Ziyang climbed up to the roof by himself, and he is more likely to stumble and fall!" "The money in his suitcase should not be used to trade with the murderer. Maybe it's just hiding temporarily, thinking about dealing with it later?" "If he is threatened, is he still in the mood to celebrate Chen Yueqin's birthday?"

Jiang Pingce said: "But it's raining heavily outside, why didn't he take an umbrella when he climbed onto the roof?"

Team Lin said: "This Lawyer Zhou may have a habit of getting wet in the rain, and he wants to go to the roof to soak in the rain to sober up. This further proves that he climbed up to the top floor voluntarily and voluntarily. If the murderer asked him to negotiate, shouldn't he Do you bring an umbrella? On the one hand, it can cover the rain, and in case of conflict, you can also use the umbrella as a weapon to protect yourself."

Everyone: "..."

There is no murderer in all the evidence, and the suspects related to the deceased also have alibi. Team Lin's analysis is indeed more rational.But Jiang Pingce and Ke Shaobin came to take the exam. If the answer was "drunk and fell", that would be ridiculous. They absolutely do not agree with this inference.

Seeing Jiang Pingce frowned and lost in thought, Team Lin patted him on the shoulder lightly and said, "Xiao Jiang, if you think this conclusion is wrong, you can continue the investigation. But the police force has limited manpower, and we still need to investigate other chains." The homicide case, the case of Zhou Ziyang falling from the building, is put on hold for now, if no new murder evidence is found within five days, the case will be closed as an accidental falling from the building."

Jiang Pingce and Ke Shaobin looked at each other and looked at each other.

All the previous evidence is the information given to them by the title.

The real exam will officially start now.

The police force will not help them find any clues. How did Zhou Ziyang die? They need to investigate by themselves!