Since the person involved cannot remember, the only option is to investigate the bystanders. Pedestrians on the road cannot investigate, but businesses near the incident location are easy to find.
When Gao Chongjiu came to Dashi Street, he first called Pai Jia, who accompanied him and visited all the stores within 20 meters of the scene of the fight on the day of the fight. He called the store owners and clerks and asked them to identify them.
Take photos of Chen Ding.
Now, I really found a clue. A guy who runs a paper-making shop in the big market said that he had seen this person. Because the paper-making shop was closed that day, he sat at the door and watched the street scene. When the fight happened, he did see this person.
People walked through the store door.
Gao Chongjiu quickly asked about the situation at that time. The waiter said that there seemed to be nothing special and he saw him walking past with another person.
This immediately aroused Gao Chongjiu's interest, and he immediately asked what this person looked like. The clerk said that he couldn't remember clearly, but he only remembered that he was a man, similar in size to Chen Ding, and he was also dressed like a man, and he looked like a shopkeeper or a boss.
Guys, bookkeepers and the like.
Moreover, the guy's attention was attracted by the fight at the time, and he was naturally not interested in passers-by, so he couldn't tell any specific details about the clothing.
"Did he have any head injuries?"
"Wearing a headscarf, you can't tell."
Gao Chongjiu refused to give up and remembered that Chen Ding had said that he had brought two hundred taels of silver - even if there was no silver, he still had to bring a few changes of clothes from Sanliang to here, and he should always have luggage with him.
"Does he have any baggage or anything like that?"
"That's not true," said the waiter. "Empty-handed."
"Where's the person he's with?"
"It seems that he is also empty-handed..." The waiter suddenly remembered something, "By the way, this man has a purple cloth gauze on his shoulders!"
Gao Chongjiu perked up: Chen Ding's oral transcript said that he had lost a purple cloth bag, and the money was contained in it!
"Is it very heavy? Is it packed with stuff?"
"I can't remember this clearly. I didn't pay attention either."
These testimonies prove at least two points: Chen Ding did not enter Guangzhou alone, but was traveling with another person; he indeed brought a robe - although it cannot be said that there was really money in the robe.
The question is who is this person? Chen Ding’s transcript does not mention that he had any companions, and he repeatedly said that he was knocked unconscious outside the city.
According to Chen Ding, he landed at Lijia Wharf and was attacked near Wuyangyi, so the gate into the city was either the Wuxian Gate or the South Gate. So he immediately went to these two gates and asked
Unfortunately, there was too much traffic in and out of these two city gates, and the police on duty said they couldn’t remember whether they had seen Chen Ding and his purple cloth trousers.
Then, he went to Lijia Wharf and the merchants near Wuyangyi to learn about the situation. He obtained some sporadic eyewitness testimony about Chen Ding's whereabouts. Finally, he found the boss of the inland river ship that Chen Ding was riding on, and the boss said that he had indeed taken him there.
Such a guest arrived in Guangzhou from Sanliang with a purple cloth robe. There was no one traveling with him on the ship.
"He got off the boat at Lijia Pier."
"Is anyone picking up the guests?"
"No, he walked away alone after getting ashore."
Gao Chongjiu asked again if there was anything suspicious or unusual about this person.
"This man is brave enough to travel far alone with so much money!" said the boss of the ship.
"How do you know he brought a lot of money? Did you see it?"
"His purple cloth bag is heavy, and it is naturally filled with silver. Could it be stones?" said the captain of the ship. "He is also very careful. He never leaves his hand. He always sits under his buttocks, and even sleeps with it in his arms. He is alert.
very."
Gao Chongjiu returned to the Criminal Division, sorted out the materials obtained after a day's work, and came to three conclusions:
First, Chen Ding did come to Guangzhou alone, but he had a companion at the scene of the incident; second, Chen Ding brought a large amount of money with him; third, the money was at least in Dashi Street when he was witnessed.
Yes, it's just carried on another person's back.
"This thing seems not simple." Gao Chongjiu said to himself.
In the evening, he reported the investigation and his own opinions to Li Ziyu.
"Obviously, something must have happened from when he said he was knocked unconscious to when he was witnessed on Dashi Street." Gao Chongjiu said, "I think it is necessary to talk to Chen Ding again."
"The key is this fellow traveler." Li Ziyu said, "The problem is that Chen Ding never mentioned this person from beginning to end. Could it be that the guy saw it wrong? He was just very close to Chen Ding when walking. In fact,
Don’t know each other? After all, apart from this guy, there is no other eyewitness testimony.”
"That's possible," Gao Chongjiu nodded, "but since he is a stranger, why is Chen Ding's trousers on his shoulders?"
"Steal it?"
"If you steal it, you should immediately hide in the crowd after you get it. Instead of walking with the victim in a swagger-according to the guy, both of them walked very calmly."
This really doesn't make sense, Li Ziyu thought to himself, this case is really weird! He touched his chin, which had only a few short and sparse beards, and fell into deep thought. He went back and forth with all the reasoning and cases he had learned in the Lingao training class.
The result is still unclear.
"Could it be that he messed with a woman or was gambling, and was cheated and lost money? He refused to say." Li Ziyu said, "The people in the same company are the cheaters."
"It's not impossible." Gao Chongjiu nodded, "But it was less than two hours from the time he disembarked from the boat to the time he was witnessed in the main street. The game was a bit nervous..."
"Two hours, it's really a bit stressful." Li Ziyu knew that this didn't make sense.
Gao Chongjiu coughed and said, "Why do I feel that this case smells familiar..."
Li Ziyu was confused: Familiar taste? Familiar taste? Suddenly he slammed the table:
"Lao Gao, you're right! It's indeed familiar. Chen Ding knows how to pat flowers!"
Gao Chongjiu "suddenly realized" and patted his thigh, and said loudly: "That should be it! Why didn't I think of it! I always felt something was wrong, but I couldn't figure out what was wrong! You were right when you said that!"
Li Ziyu was very excited and said: "Thank you for asking, otherwise I really wouldn't have thought of it! This makes sense! No wonder Chen Ding insisted that he was injured outside the city! He was indeed outside the city
He was injured! He was only left behind when he arrived at the main street - "But," he suddenly doubted his own reasoning, "since he was the one who was photographed, why was he beaten with a stick and still beaten?"
It's so heavy that it hurts my head and bleeds. I feel it's unnecessary."
"Taking flowers" is essentially drugging the victim, causing him to lose consciousness for a short period of time and obey the perpetrator's will. But its effect is limited. If it is drugged more heavily, he will fall asleep in a deep sleep.
.
Since the murderer kidnapped Chen Ding by slapping flowers, why did he have to hit him with a stick on the head?
"Lao Gao, I think there are still a lot of doubts."
He summarized the doubtful points: First, since the robbery was successful outside the city, why did you bring Chen Ding into the city? Doesn't this increase the risk of being discovered in vain? Secondly, since you brought Chen Ding into the city, why did you bring him into the city?
He was thrown away in the street and beaten hard with a stick.
He stated his doubts one by one. Gao Chongjiu nodded repeatedly and said, "Actually, there is one more thing that I don't quite understand."
"What's up?"
"Where was this stick beaten? Chen Ding said it was outside the city, but if it was really beaten outside the city, how could he be controlled by the drug and walk all the way to the city? He was unconscious in the health center.
It took several days for him to wake up. Besides, if the murderer wanted to use drugs, why would he use a stick?"
Li Ziyu was speechless for a moment. Indeed, if you think about it carefully, there are still too many inconsistencies...inconsistencies...illogical, yes, illogical places! What did the instructor say? The first step in criminal case investigation is to restore the scene. The criminals are
How to do it, why he did it. As long as you understand the criminal's thoughts clearly, you will roughly know the direction of the investigation.
"There are indeed a lot of things that don't make sense here." Li Ziyu mused, "shoot the flowers, shoot the flowers..." He suddenly asked: "Do you think this case is related to the case at the Maojia Inn?"
The child abductors in the Maojia Inn case were a group of professional criminals who were good at "shooting flowers". It is difficult not to associate the two cases.
"It's possible." Gao Chongjiu nodded, "There are still many people who have not been brought to justice in the case of cheating."
"Especially the leader of the Guandi Temple men and horses actually escaped because of him." Li Ziyu was a little unwilling, "If he could have been caught at that time, many people in the case of cheating would not have been able to escape."
"Ayu, have you ever thought about it. The case of Mao Jia just happened not long ago. Hundreds of people died because of this case. Even if those who escaped by chance were not scared out of their wits and fled Guangzhou, they should still be dormant and hiding.
Liangtou, why do you risk using this method? Once discovered by us, doesn't it mean that they are still active? Are they so stubborn?" Gao Chongjiu said leisurely.
"Of course there is a reason why they have to use it." Li Ziyu said.
What was the reason? His mind was spinning rapidly, and suddenly he realized something and blurted out: "Because they want not only Chen Ding's money, but also him!"
Gao Chongjiu nodded silently. He had thought of this just now. Only in this way can these contradictions be explained.
"Ayu, you are right! Compared to money, I am afraid that Chen Ding is more important!"
"In this case," Li Ziyu became more energetic, "take some time to fully understand Chen Ding, especially his social relationships. See if there are any breakthroughs in this area. The shops and homes around Dashi Street, you
Also send someone to check it out again to see if there is anything suspicious."