quarter quotient

Chapter 9 Wooden Wedges

Wang Jingping's case gradually came into contact with his school's network, so after the one-on-one questioning by the students, Cibin asked Li Yuan to carefully investigate Wang Jingping's personal belongings at his desk, and take them back to the police station for further analysis if necessary.

Knowing that Yin Hao would not return to the police station, Cibin took a group of people away from the school and called Yin Hao to communicate the progress of the case.

As soon as Yin Hao left Zhang Weidong's room, he got a piece of news from Yu Wenxin, a police officer who stayed behind to watch the surveillance video, and the content of the news was consistent with what Yin Hao had just learned from Zhang Weidong.

After Yu Wenxin reported the situation, Yin Hao just walked to the door of the coffee shop, and Ji Shang waved to him from afar.

It was at this time that Cibin's call came in, and Yin Hao asked Ji Shang to stop at the porch to answer the call.

Cibin: "The questioning of all the students is over, and there is no useful information. It's just that a few naughty students reported that Wang Jingping has changed a little in the past two months, and the way he manages them is not as soft as before. Chai Lu and I guess there is something It may be because of the breakup with Chen Qianyi that his mood has changed. What about you? Have you made any progress?"

Yin Hao: "Our intuition that day was correct. Chen Qianyi did have something to hide. At 10:30 on the night of the incident, Zhang Weidong met Chen Qianyi on the Binhe Road, and Chen Qianyi asked him to keep the night's affairs secret. In addition, Yu Wenxin was at Chen Qianyi's house. A woman suspected to be Chen Qianyi was found in the surveillance of the community, and she left through the back door at around [-]:[-] that night and got into a taxi."

Ci Bin: "This Chen Qianyi is really real. She's either vague or lying. She's covering it up. It's hard not to doubt her."

Yin Hao: "This time, I can ask her to explain to the police force."

Cibin: "I'll report to Captain Cao and take her back to the police station immediately. Do you want to participate in the questioning of Chen Qianyi? Or..."

Yin Hao glanced at the restaurant subconsciously, and Ji Shang was walking towards him.

Yin Hao: "The student who had a conflict with Wang Jingping has been ruled out as a suspect. Now it seems that Chen Qianyi is the most suspected, but there are still many links that cannot be clarified. I think Ji Shang can't take it lightly."

"Well, you continue to protect yourself."

Just as Ci Bin finished speaking, Chai Lu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, came over suddenly. Ci Bin backed away and reached out his phone to Chai Lu.

Chai Lu repeated the words 'close protection' without point, and Ji Shang had already stood in front of him, and Yin Hao decisively cut off the phone.

Ji Shang said: "You are so busy investigating the case, there is no need to waste police force on me. From now on, I will honestly stay at night, and I can't even go downstairs."

Yin Hao put the phone in his pocket: "I'm just following the order and obeying the arrangement. If Mr. Ji thinks I'm causing you inconvenience, you can communicate with Captain Cao and withdraw me."

"No inconvenience." Ji Shang realized that his words had been misinterpreted, and quickly waved his hand to deny it.Turning around, I realized that the police officer Yin's words were slightly sharp: "Why do you still call me Mr. Ji? Junior."

"Then what should I call you?"

"Senior brother? Senior? Ji brother? Shang brother? Ninth brother?" Ji Shang laughed as he talked. For the first time, he felt that the name given by his parents was awkward no matter how he called it.

With a poker face, Yin Hao turned and left.

Ji Shang chased him: "Brother, are we going back to leisure time now?"

"You have no one else to see?"

"No, no more."

Yin Hao said: "Come home with me."

Yin Hao joined the No. [-] Squadron of Yunpan City through talent introduction, and his rank in the police force is higher than that of the police officers of the same team, but the salary is not much higher.

This one-story, two-family multi-storey apartment is decorated in straight men's black, white and gray, with a visual estimate of [-] square meters.Ji Shang estimated the rent of this apartment, and felt that Yin Hao would have to drink the northwest wind after paying the rent with that little salary.

Yin Hao went home to change clothes and take a shower.He entered the room and turned on the TV, poured Ji Shang a glass of water, and he went into the bathroom.

When the TV was turned on, it was the children's channel, and Ji Shang didn't bother to change the channel.

When he was extremely bored, a stack of documents placed under the TV cabinet caught his attention. The stack of documents was hurriedly put away from the table when Yin Hao entered the room.

There is half a photo exposed at the bottom of the file.This is a group photo. In the photo are several boys in police uniforms. Yin Hao and another boy happen to be in the exposed part of the photo.

Ji Shang's gaze stayed on that photo, and he froze for a moment.But he quickly hid his emotions when he heard the sound of the bathroom door opening.

"Crown of the Moon... attack!"

Sailor Moon is playing on TV. "You're quite a girl!" Yin Hao walked through the living room wrapped in a towel, and glanced at the TV screen at the same time.

The last time Ji Shang met this kind of scene was in the school's big bathhouse.This will suddenly see a live one, and I can't react for a while.Ji Shang turned his head again, but Yin Hao had already entered the inner bedroom.

Next, Yin Hao didn't take Ji Shang back to Xianxiao directly, but went to 'Fireworks'.Surveillance video in the public area outside the bar can be retrieved directly by the police force’s internal system, but the video in the bar still needs to be obtained from the merchant.

In order not to affect the business of the bar, Ji Shang directly approached the supervisor through the bartender.After clarifying his identity and explaining his purpose, the supervisor made a phone call and brought the two of them into the monitoring room.

In the bar, there is only monitoring in the open space and the staff workshop, and there are blind spots in the monitoring.There is no monitoring installed in closed spaces such as boxes and toilets.

"How long do you usually keep your videos?"

The staff said: "You can search online for two months, and the system will automatically cover after two months."

Yin Hao said: "Then trouble me to copy all the existing monitoring within two months."

The staff let out a low cry of surprise, and Ji Shang also found it strange, as far as he knew, the murder happened three days ago.

The bar supervisor on the side nodded: "Yes, but the workload is a bit heavy. Even if we copy it with several computers, it may take several hours."

Yin Hao said: "Apart from opening hours, do you still keep people in the store?"

The main line of the bar: "No one, I open and close the door every day. I do it. Except for the working hours of internal staff, there is no one in the store.

Yin Hao said again: "Okay, I only want the ones during your working hours."

The staff in the monitoring room turned on four computers to copy the video.Neither Yin Hao nor Ji Shang left the monitoring room, and sat on the sofa directly behind the staff.

Stared at by four eyes from behind, the staff dared not do anything other than copy and compress the archive.I'm afraid that if someone accidentally clicks delete, he will be regarded as a suspect who is deliberately destroying evidence.

The time is 07:30 in the evening.The bar supervisor is a slick middle-aged man who left and returned soon after.He learned from the bartender that Ji Shang was a VIP guest here, so he made a special trip to ask if he wanted something to drink.

Yin Hao said: "Drinking is not allowed during duty."

The supervisor smiled and apologized: "Sorry, I didn't think carefully."

Ji Shang asked Yin Hao, "Have you had dinner yet?"

Yin Hao shook his head. It is common for him to have irregular meals or miss one or two meals when he is out on the job.

Ji Shang smiled and said: "It's a coincidence, I didn't eat either. I don't know why I'm so hungry, and I don't get paid."

Ji Shang choked Yin Hao speechless, then turned his head to look at the bar supervisor, and calmly began to order: "You don't have much to eat here, so serve me a large fruit salad instead of watermelon. Cut two baguettes and bake them, but don’t bake them for too long, as long as they turn slightly yellow. Also, I want sweet peanut butter.”

After Ji Shang finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Yin Hao: "What sauce do you want?"

"Same as you." Yin Hao said in his mouth, but in his heart he felt that it was just two mouthfuls to fill his stomach, and the person in front of him was so demanding.

The things Ji Shang ordered were quickly delivered to the monitoring room, and the one who delivered the food was Gong Han, the little brother who took the initiative to help Ji Shang store wine last time.

"I remember the last time I left, a new band was performing on stage, and the scene was almost overwhelmed. I didn't expect you to remember to save the wine for me in such a messy environment."

Gong Han said politely: "This is what we should do. But there were really many guests that night, and there was no time to sneak out to smoke a cigarette."

Ji Shang nodded, and Gong Han went out.

After the door of the monitoring room was closed, Ji Shang turned to look at Yin Hao after a while.On the coffee table, apart from what Ji Shang ordered just now, the supervisor also brought in half a baguette.

Yin Hao was taking out a bread slicing knife from the basket of baguettes at the moment, and was fascinated by it.

This is a conventional bread slicing knife with a serrated blade and a handle of about 20 centimeters long and three centimeters wide.

Ji Shang approached Yin Hao and lowered his voice, "Is the murder weapon a toothed knife like this?"

Yin Hao turned his head and found that Ji Shang was very close. He felt a little awkward, but he didn't make a move to distance himself.Since the case is still under investigation, Yin Hao did not answer Ji Shang's question, but he did not deny it either.

Ji Shang lowered his eyelids, his eyes fell on a certain point at random, and continued to whisper: "The murderer should not choose this type of knife."

Yin Hao asked: "How do you say?"

"If this kind of toothed knife is not careful when committing a crime, it is very easy to hang the murderer himself, or hang on the murderer's clothing during the carrying process, leaving fiber information."

The forensic medical report showed that there were indeed very few fabric fibers remaining in the wound of the deceased, which did not match the clothing of the deceased.

Ji Shang continued: "This case is a deliberate murder. Either the murderer didn't think carefully, or this kind of murder tool is easy for him to obtain and hide. But given the location of the murder and the calm and decisive way of committing the crime, I don't tend to Not thinking about the murderer."

Yin Hao turned his head to look at Ji Shang, and pressed closer to him slightly: "How do you know this is a deliberate murder? How do you know the murderer is calm and decisive?"

Ji Shang stepped back subconsciously, and said with a smile, "I accidentally glanced at your computer screen last night, a photo of a murder scene."

Yin Hao wanted to ask, but suddenly remembered that Ji Shang in front of him was once a genius that Professor Hu Yongyu of the OUHK said was born out of blue.It is not unusual for him to notice the results that ordinary police officers can analyze at a glance.

Ji Shang said again: "I know the confidentiality requirements of such cases, rest assured that I will not disclose any details to anyone."

Yin Hao didn't speak, but took a bite of the bread with peanut butter, it was so sweet.

Ji Shang, who was quiet for a moment, seemed to be unable to seal the gate after his old business was touched.While eating a slice of bread, he approached Yin Hao again.

Ji Shang frowned slightly, and said with a straight face: "But I always feel that the state of the corpse is a bit strange."

When Ji Shang spoke, the sweet smell covered Yin Hao's head and face. After gradually dissipating, the sticky smell still couldn't get out of the narrow and closed monitoring room, and Yin Hao subconsciously sniffed.

Yin Hao swallowed the bread: "What's so strange?"

"The dress is neat, except for the traces of rain, it can even be called neat. In the photo, there are no other defenses except for knife wounds, fighting scars, no self-defense, no struggle. No matter how suddenly the murderer appeared, it is impossible to face it without a trace. Unprepared. In other words, the murderer should be someone he is familiar with, or even someone who wants to protect and hide it. But that's not right, you recall the state of the limbs of the corpse, and there is no physiological reflex action when the human body perceives pain. It's like... ..."

"like what?"

Ji Shang shook his head and said uncertainly: "I can even feel joy and relaxation by opening my hands to welcome the long-awaited thing."

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