After the fire was extinguished, the fire commander immediately took Gu Chen and Officer Wang to the scene of the incident to investigate the cause of the fire.

The scene was already in a mess, with traces of fire damage everywhere, and several firefighters were cleaning up the scene.

"Please do not move the items at will. Thank you for your cooperation." Gu Chen took the first step and stopped the two firefighters from working.

"Listen to the police." the fire commander also ordered.

Officer Wang looked around and asked hurriedly: "Where is the deceased you found? Take us there quickly to take a look."

"In the room." A firefighter said pointing to a room.

Gu Chen walked to the scene first without saying a word.

On the burned floor of the room, a body lay lying there.

Fortunately, the body was not badly burned as the firefighters said.

Gu Chen made a general observation and found that except for the burnt right side of the body, other parts were not very serious.

"Is this how it was when you found it?" Gu Chen asked one of the blackened firefighters.

"Yes." The firefighter nodded and said, "We were conducting search operations at the time, but the fire in this room was too big, so we could only suppress it with water cannons."

"Later, we accidentally discovered that someone had collapsed in the room, but nothing could be done at that time. Fortunately, the room had limited flammable materials. We believe that the deceased died of suffocation due to inhaling a large amount of harmful smoke."

"Understood." Gu Chen nodded, confirming what the firefighter said.

The room was relatively empty with very few furniture. In addition to the blackened walls, two-thirds of the floor was also burned.

Looking at the aluminum alloy windows again, the glass has already burst and the frame has been severely burned and deformed.

However, the clothes of the deceased's body were only burned away. It can be seen that when the fire was spreading, the firefighters put it out in time, so that the body could remain partially intact.

"Senior Brother Wang." Gu Chen took out his white gloves and called Officer Wang.

Officer Wang understood instantly and immediately took out his white gloves, and the two began to examine the body.

Several firefighters who were watching suddenly started teasing each other in confusion.

"It's all burnt, what else is there to check? Just carry it away."

"They are confirming their identities. We will get a stretcher over later and help them carry it out together."

"Hiss! It's so miserable, it's just too miserable to look at."

The firefighter commander glanced at everyone and said: "You guys go down first and search every house carefully to see if there are any other victims. If there are any, report them immediately."

"yes!"

Several firefighters and soldiers left after receiving the order.

At this moment, Gu Chen and Officer Wang, after checking the back of the body, turned the charred body outward together.

Suddenly, Gu Chen's face was startled: "Mo... Mo Xiaolei?"

"What?" Officer Wang, who reacted slowly, was also stunned at the same time and quickly looked at the body.

Although the body was severely burned in the fire, and even one side of the deceased's face was scorched, Gu Chen could still tell from the remaining half of the face that the deceased was Mo Xiaolei, the general manager of the Jiangnan Auction House.

"Why is it him?" Officer Wang was a little incredulous.

In other words, Officer Wang was a little uncomfortable with the fact that Mo Xiaolei, whom he had interacted with a few days ago, was suddenly burned to death in front of him.

Officer Wang thought of many ways to meet Noila Mo, but it was definitely not this way.

"Senior Brother Wang."

While Officer Wang was sighing with emotion, Gu Chen made a new discovery. He pointed at Mo Xiaolei's chest and said, "There seems to be a deep stab wound on the chest of the deceased Mo Xiaolei."

Following Gu Chen's prompt, Officer Wang touched Mo Xiaolei's chest with his hand. Sure enough, just as Gu Chen said, there were indeed signs of being stabbed with a sharp weapon on Mo Xiaolei's chest.

"Do you know this person?" The fire commander on the side looked at the two of them in confusion.

Officer Wang said: "The deceased had reported a crime before, so we knew each other, but we didn't expect that just a few days later, the deceased would meet again in this way.

"And judging from the wounds, it seems that he was stabbed to death before the fire broke out." Gu Chen continued to add.

"How could this happen?" The fire commander was a little puzzled. He immediately squatted down to check carefully and said casually: "Could it be that... the cause of death of the deceased was because of the last report?"

"Isn't that true?" Gu Chen said.

Last time it was just a simple fight. Right and wrong were very clear. Both sides were at fault.

In the end, Liu Yangguang was detained administratively for four days and had to bear all of Mo Xiaolei's medical expenses.

Even if Liu Yangguang is dissatisfied, he will not kill anyone for revenge. Gu Chen still knows this very well.

Officer Wang frowned and said: "Whether it is true or not, when we go back, we will arrest Liu Yangguang and question him first. After all, he was detained administratively for beating Mo Xiaolei. I heard that he has even lost his job now.

Maybe it's a psychological imbalance and a temporary revenge mentality."

Gu Chen had no objection and nodded in acquiescence.

At this time, a firefighter made a major discovery while investigating in the living room. He hurriedly shouted: "Captain, a timer ignition device made of clockwork was found near the sofa in the living room. The fire is likely to spread from here.

Out."

When the fire commander who was observing the police handling the case heard this, he immediately lost interest in the deceased and hurriedly walked to the living room.

Gu Chen and Officer Wang looked at each other and followed him.

The sofa at the scene had long been burned, and near the sofa, the remains of a timed ignition device made of clockwork were particularly dazzling.

Gu Chen quickly looked around and saw the remains of some flammable items around.

Obviously, the fire was probably caused by this simple device. Similar to the law of mosquito coils, combustible objects will be ignited at a certain time, thereby burning the sponge sofa.

"Sure enough, it was premeditated." After listening to what Gu Chen said earlier, and combined with this simple clockwork timer ignition device, the fire commander also felt that there must be something fishy about this matter.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Comrade police, since the deceased was your former reporter and was assassinated at home, I think only you, the police, can find the perpetrator."

"That's for sure." Gu Chen also affirmed: "No matter what methods the other party uses, we will not let him escape easily."

Officer Wang's face turned pale.

One night, he encountered a fire and a murder, which made Officer Wang, whose stomach was growling, realize that the idea of ​​going to the old street for dinner was over.

The most important thing now is to find the murderer of Mo Xiaolei.

"Gu Chen." Officer Wang hesitated for a moment and said: "From now on, it is obvious that after killing Mo Xiaolei, the murderer used a ignition device made of clockwork to set the room on fire at regular intervals, and then the fire spread.

A major fire ensued.”

"That's right." Gu Chen also agreed with Officer Wang: "After the murder, the murderer set fire to the room with the intention of destroying the evidence. If we hadn't discovered it in time, I'm afraid all the residents of this building would have followed Mo Xiaolei.

, buried in this sea of ​​fire."

The fire commander was so angry that he gritted his teeth: "This damn guy, isn't this too cruel? He treats the lives of the residents of the entire building as a trifling matter. No matter whether he comes for the deceased or not, for just setting fire, he should be punished by death."

Cut into pieces with a knife."

Several firefighters who participated in the rescue at the scene also changed their expressions at this moment.

One of them said: "Comrade police, our job is to put out fires, and your job is to apprehend criminals. Now that our work is basically over, and the cause of the fire can be basically determined, the rest of the work will be left to you. I hope you can do it as soon as possible."

Catch the murderer."

"Yes." Another firefighter also said: "If everyone hadn't evacuated in time, I'm afraid there would be more than one corpse buried in the sea of ​​​​fire today. He chose to set a fire at night. This guy has a terrible heart."

It can be seen that everyone is very angry.

It is hard to imagine that so many clues can be learned from a fire.

After understanding the case, Officer Wang said: "This murderer must have some deep and contradictory connection with the deceased Mo Xiaolei. The top priority now is to investigate the murderer's motive. Anyone who has had frequent contact with Mo Xiaolei recently

Everyone should be investigated one by one."

"Senior Brother Wang." Seeing Officer Wang express his opinion, Gu Chen also quickly added: "Being able to enter Mo Xiaolei's room at night to kill him means that the murderer is probably an old acquaintance of Mo Xiaolei. We might as well start from

The people around him will investigate first."

"Okay." Officer Wang also agreed with Gu Chen's opinion.

Everyone has a relatively unified consciousness when it comes to investigation.

The first thing Officer Wang could think of was the barber Tony - Liu Yangguang.

After all, no matter how the investigation is conducted, Liu Yangguang is the number one suspect.

Early morning.

After investigating based on Liu Yangguang's address, Officer Wang and Gu Chen once again brought Liu Yangguang, who was sleeping, into the Furong Branch in an apartment.

1am.

Liu Yangguang, who was sitting in Interrogation Room No. 1, squinted his eyes and blocked the dazzling light with his hands.

"Comrade policeman, I have already said that Mo Xiaolei's death has nothing to do with me. I have been detained for 4 days. I have already admitted my mistake. Can you give me a chance to change my ways? I really admit my mistake.

Already."

"Liu Yangguang." Officer Wang glared at him and continued: "I advise you to tell the truth. Where have you been tonight?"

Liu Yangguang was also very unhappy, and his expression was extremely ugly.
To be continued...