"Yang Xinwu? I have never heard of this elder—" Su Wan poured tea for Mu Min.
"He is a veteran teacher in Fangcaodi. He has no position, so he is not very famous."
"Teacher from Fangcaodi? It's so imaginative." Su Wan said maliciously.
"Obviously, Elder Yang and her life secretary are the biggest suspects in the case. From the perspective of solving the case, the case is almost clear up to this point. However, the chain of evidence is not complete, especially that night
The so-called record of Yang Jihong sending Lin Xiaoya away at 22:10 played a very troublesome role."
"This little move proves nothing at all. The body is in the dormitory area, and there is no 300 taels of silver here..."
"I also find this strange, because if you take the body out and dump it, it will bring greater trouble to the case-solving work." Mu Min nodded, "But in most cases, criminals are panicked and can really look forward and backward.
Not many people think calmly."
****
The dormitory area was deserted. It was working time now and almost all the elders had gone out. The maids were either busy with housework at home or going out for shopping. There were only a few cleaners in the dormitory area cleaning the streets.
The scene of the crime still maintains its original appearance. Because there were neither veteran police officers nor veteran forensic doctors in Lingao at the time of the crime, and those who came to the scene were all their disciples, and the natural level was worrying. Therefore, in addition to recording the situation at the crime scene,
, apart from taking some photos, the scene was not disturbed too much. A cordon was set up around the area to prohibit anyone from entering or exiting. The roof leading to the third floor where the fall occurred was also sealed off.
The positions of the corpses marked with lime in the cordon were clear, and the bloodstains on the cinders ground could still be seen clearly.
"Where is the body?" she asked Wu Xiang.
"It has been sent to the forensic center."
"When will the autopsy report be released?"
"I'm afraid we have to wait a few days. Chief Su has gone to Kaohsiung, and the General Office said he won't be back until several days later."
The person responsible for guarding the scene was a naturalized policeman. Seeing the arrival of the senior police officer, the policeman who had been standing guard immediately stood at attention and saluted.
Mu Min, a naturalized policeman, was angry when he saw it. Although they wore the same uniforms, the staff of the General Political Security Bureau were all capable and upright regardless of their age, and they all exuded the style of a "secret policeman." In contrast, the staff under his command
Each of the policemen described them as wretched, and some were simply mildly disabled soldiers who had changed jobs. Not only were they not as energetic as others, but their uniforms were all like flour sacks, and their armed belts hung loosely on their bodies. He had a
An old 9mm revolver and a baton.
"Name? Police officer." Mu Min asked without taking her eyes off the body.
"Yao Dacheng. Regional command!"
"Okay," Mu Min asked in a gentle voice, "when did you find out?"
"Last night at 22:16, Chief, we were on duty. After receiving a call from the duty room here, we dealt with it as a first-level priority. We got here in 10 minutes." Yao Dacheng seemed to be very proud of his speed.
"Who found him?"
Yao Dacheng pointed behind his shoulder.
A slightly fat, middle-aged naturalized citizen woman wearing a gray skirt and "cadre uniform" came over. She was the manager of the Elder Service Club here. Her face was gray and she looked very depressed.
"How did you find the body?"
"My dormitory is on the third floor. When I got up at night, I came back from the toilet and saw that the door to the roof was open. Although the door was not locked, it was usually closed. I went up and took a look.
There is a dead body downstairs."
The female manager seemed to be in shock, she held her chest: "It's so tragic, it's all blood..."
"Didn't you hear any unusual noises before this?"
"No, I fell asleep."
"Why are you sleeping here? Who are the seniors who live in this senior dormitory building? Is there a list?" Mu Min felt that the building where the crime occurred was a bit strange - it was much smaller than other buildings.
"This is not the dormitory building of the elders." The woman who was the manager of the service club cried sadly, "This is the building of the service club."
Such a big incident happened in the elders' dormitory area, and the girl fell to death downstairs of the service club. Not to mention that I couldn't keep my position as a manager, and if I didn't make a fuss, I would be arrested and tortured.
scapegoat……
As the name suggests, the Service Club is an organization that serves the elders in the dormitory area. The building has a large laundry room with one-stop laundry and ironing services; there is a convenience store that provides simple fast food, snacks and daily necessities for the elders; it also provides clothing and mending.
The sewing club that serves...the cleaning team that serves the dormitory area, the offices of the gardening team, and the staff dormitories are also located in this building.
"How many people were in the building on the night of the crime?"
"Besides me, there are about five or six people. According to the regulations of the general office, there are people on duty in each department to serve the elders at any time."
"Give me a list."
"Yes. Chief."
"Let's go to the roof and have a look."
The roof of the building is a platform type that is rare in dormitory areas. According to the female manager, it is mainly used for the convenience of the laundry room to dry clothes.
"People probably fell from here." Wu Xiang pointed to a broken railing.
There are photos of this place in the file. The railings on the roof are made of wood and are very crude. The upper one of the two railings at the gap was completely broken, but the lower one was intact.
"Where's the railing up there?"
"Sent to the identification center."
"There are serious traces of corrosion at the broken place - it should have been hollowed out a long time ago. It was broken after being hit by a heavy object." Wu Xiang said.
Mu Min didn't say anything. The national police did not have professionals in the field of forensics. The so-called forensic center was composed of a few of them who were former criminal police officers based on the information in the big library and the things they learned from the TV series CSI. They then combined it with their own experience.
God only knows what useful things can be found on the railing.
Otherwise, there were no useful clues left on the roof: no footprints worth extracting, no fragments of clothing or other remnants.
But by this time, Mu Min had roughly understood the facts of the case, and the suspects were generally clear. Although the motive was not clear yet, in terms of the case itself, this was a very simple case.
"Okay, tell them they can clean up the scene." Mu Min took off his gloves and asked them to take a statement. Xiaowu, go to the Transportation Office of the General Office in the afternoon and find the driver who sent Lin Xiaoya out last night to take a statement."
"Yes, Chief."
****
"It's obviously impossible for the coachman to see Lin Xiaoya." Su Wan said.
"Yes, after the coachman drove the car to the door of the dormitory building, Yang Jihong came out and asked him to carry things upstairs, and then told him that he would send someone out together. After arriving at the destination Bairencheng Station, Yang Jihong asked him to go to the station again
I went to the store to buy something, and when I came back, I said that the person had already entered the station and left. The coachman never saw the person who went out with the car."
"This is a lie to begin with."
"Evidence must form a chain." Mu Min continued, "My people took Lin Xiaoya's photo and asked the police on duty at the station during this period of the night, the ticket clerks and the clerks of nearby stores - no one said they had seen her.
Pass her."
"Actually, there is no need to investigate this case now. Mr. Yang and his life secretary are the biggest suspects."
"Yes, maybe the forensic center can find some new clues from the railings - undoubtedly that is the murder weapon used to beat Lin Xiaoya."
At this point, both of them fell silent. The next step was to summon Elder Yang for questioning - this was beyond the scope of the police's powers. It required approval from the Executive Committee and even the Standing Committee of the Senate.
"I'm afraid this process will take a long time..."
"It's not necessarily a quarrel," Mu Min said. "The elders killed the naturalized people and only had to drink three drinks as a penalty." She exhaled angrily, "It's a pity that such a young girl is the same age..."
She suppressed her emotions and returned to describing the case.
****
After Mu Min came out of the dormitory area, she first did some paperwork. She sent a letter to the general office, requesting access to Yang Jihong's personal files and, if possible, Yang Xinwu's organizational office files. Then she went to the maid
School—because she held a pass issued by the general office, she was able to enter this place that was very mysterious even to the senators.
Mu Min was led by a female staff member along the corridor towards the director's office of the "Office Life Secretary Training Center". On one side of the corridor is the central garden, full of greenery and flowers in bloom. On the other side is a large glass window
Classroom. Through the glass window, you can see students taking classes. The sound of teaching is heard in the corridor from time to time.
"... Let's move on to the review of seventeen bars. Pay attention to the rhythm, and the movements must be steady..."
"...When cooking noodles, you must first pay attention to the control of the heat..."
"...the arrival of the elders has lifted our suffering people out of the sea of misery..."
"...Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the setting sun is blue and blue..."
…
Dong Weiwei was already waiting for Mu Min in the office - Mu Min had already called beforehand.
"Thank you for your hard work, you came here just for a run."
"No, it's hard for you, you have children to take care of at home, and you have to support the elders here, um..."
"Training little wives." Dong Weiwei sighed, "As a woman, this job is really nasty. But after all, it is much easier here than the Social Work Department. I will change my position when the children are older. What do you want to check?
?”
"I want to investigate Lin Xiaoya's school situation."
"I have prepared Lin Xiaoya's file," Dong Weiwei handed a file on the table to Mu Min, "Poor child, she was supposed to report to Fangcaodi in three days."