Chapter 192 Too Deliberate
The scope of the fire in Hengxiang Haoyuan was mainly concentrated in Unit 2, Building A8 in the community.
When Luo Xun and Chi Xia went in, the last batch of firefighters had just withdrawn. Someone stopped them, thinking they were residents of the community who had sneaked in.
After revealing his identity, Luo Xun asked, "Which floor was the fire mainly on?"
"Sixth floor." The firefighter said, "But there is one strange thing. We rarely encounter it."
"What?"
"Three households on the same floor caught fire on the same night. Judging from the intensity of the fire, it is very likely that the fire started at the same time. Don't you think it's strange?"
The firefighter shook his head: "To be honest, we rarely encounter such coincidences."
"What about the cause of the fire? Has it been determined?" Chi Xia asked.
"We found an electric car at home 604."
The firefighter said: "Based on the preliminary observation, the fire in 604 may be caused by this. As for 617 and 613, I am not sure about this."
Seeing that he was sweating profusely, his lips were dry and chapped, and he was still wearing a heavy fire suit, Luo Xun didn't ask any more questions and told him to go down quickly.
The two of them continued to move forward amidst the mess. Luo Xun pulled Chi Xia and asked, "Have you accepted the interrogation from the boss?"
Chi Xia smiled and said, "Well, Uncle Qiao came back from a meeting and stopped by to see me and ask about Yu Ji. He told me that they destroyed several dens this time. I think it has something to do with Yu Ji's matter."
Luo Xun also heard about this. Although it had nothing to do with them directly, he still remembered what Chi Xia said at the time: the bigger the incident, the better.
At this moment, he inexplicably thought of Qu Bai.
Chi Xia continued, "When the report from the Chang Bureau is submitted and the provincial department approves our guess, we should get some internal clues by then."
Luo Xun responded, protecting her head: "Okay, be careful."
As they were talking, the two arrived at the sixth floor where the main fire started.
"If this fire was really man-made, then the murderer is quite cruel."
Chi Xia picked up a stick and moved the things under his feet: "It's the middle of the night. If we find it later, there will be more casualties."
The house they were in at the time was 604. As for 613 and 617, they were across the corridor from 604.
Chi Xia walked out to take a look and came back: "The three households between 613 and 617 were not damaged that badly, especially 615 in the middle."
"That is to say, there is a high possibility that the three fire points mentioned by the fire department broke out at the same time."
Luo Xun was checking the electric car that drove into the house: "Chi Xia, come and take a look."
Chi Xia walked over, squatted down and checked with him.
After a while, she said, "It seems that the fire started from this car, but I think, Captain Luo..."
She thought for a moment before saying, "In this case, the most important thing is probably not the fire."
"Fire is just the murderer's way of covering up his crime, right?" Luo Xun said.
Chi Xia nodded: "The three people had different degrees of knife wounds on their bodies, which is even more strange. Who hurt them? Are those knife wounds fatal? Also, how many people were there in the families of the three deceased at the time of the incident?"
"Let's look for it some more." Luo Xun said, "Once we meet up with Lao Lin and the others, it won't be hard to find the answers to these questions."
As they said this, they began to check the house carefully.
Not long after, Lin Wenjue came up, accompanied by a firefighting colleague.
"This is Captain Sun Qi, who is in charge of this rescue operation."
Lin Wenjue introduced them to each other: "Captain Sun, this is Luo Xun, the leader of our special task force, and the person next to him is our colleague, Chi Xia. I'll have to trouble you to tell them more about the fire."
A few people quickly greeted each other, and Captain Sun said: "According to our inspection, the fire points of 604, 613 and 617 were the explosion of the battery of the electric vehicle, the explosion of the microwave oven, and the explosion of the TV."
"The TV exploded?" Luo Xun was curious: "Fires caused by TV explosions are rare."
"Yes." Captain Sun said, "Captain Luo, it is not common for three households on the same floor to catch fire at the same time. If the fires in all three households were caused by the explosion of household items, it would be even more of a coincidence."
"Too much of a coincidence is deliberate," Luo Xun said.
Captain Sun continued, "And I suspect that the cause of the explosion was not due to aging of the electrical appliances, but was caused by human factors. Although the three electrical appliances were connected to the power supply during the inspection, it is difficult to determine that it was definitely due to general reasons such as aging of the circuit. We will further investigate this."
Luo Xun and Chi Xia looked at each other, and they both remembered Yu Ji's explosion.
Captain Sun quickly understood and smiled: "It seems that you already have some doubts."
Luo Xun and Chi Xia both smiled at him. Chi Xia asked him, "Captain Sun, the three dead should be the owners of these three families, right?"
Sun Qi nodded: "Yes, we also find it very strange, three households, three fires, and the owners are all dead."
"When you were fighting the fire, were there other victims in the victim's home, such as those who were injured and sent to the hospital?"
Sun Qi thought for a moment and said, "No, I am sure of this. There are only victims in these three households. There are no elderly people, women or children."
Just these simple messages were already full of unusualness and deliberateness for Chi Xia and the others.
Sun Qi received a call from a colleague, who needed him to take care of some matters. He said hello to Luo Xun and others, and left in a hurry.
After he left, Lin Wenjue looked at the two people in front of him and said, "Do you suspect that the fire was caused by a small explosion?"
Luo Xun and Chi Xia nodded.
"The murderer must have wanted to cover up some evidence." Lin Wenjue said: "A fire is enough. A fire can hide many things."
"Look for it. There are always some that can't be burned."
Luo Xun exhaled: "Let's split up and have a room each to see if there are any clues."
The three of them were assigned a task and started searching on their own.
Chi Xia entered Room 617. After a while, she stood in the corridor and shouted, "Captain Luo, Brother Lin , please look carefully to see if there is a syringe in the room you are in."
"Syringe?" Lin Wenjue's voice came out first, and soon he ran in and came out again, holding a syringe in his hand: "Chi Xia, do you have one too?"
Luo Xun also came out and raised the evidence bag in his hand: "I have it here too, and there is also a very small transparent medicine bottle."
"Medicine bottle...medicine bottle..." Lin Wenjue muttered, "I think I saw one just now. I'll go take a look."
"Chi Xia, what about you? Is there any?" Luo Xun asked.
"Yes, the same bottle as yours."
Lin Wenjue's voice just happened to be heard: "I found it. I have it here too."
The same syringe, the same transparent medicine bottle, the three people looked at each other in the mess and all smiled silently.
They went back into their rooms, and when it was daylight, they left the scene, all covered in dust and holding some things that could be used as clues in their arms.
In the community, with the joint assistance of the police, community property management and fire department, the restless owners finally calmed down a little.
Cao Bin and Juanmao had been dealing with them for a long time, and by now their clothes were soaked with sweat. They came to Luo Xun and the others in a sweaty state.
"It's so difficult. It's so difficult to deal with people."
Cao Bin rubbed his face with tears in his eyes: "Do you know that my mouth is stiff from smiling..."
Curly-haired man also had a gloomy face and said in a hoarse voice: "It's true ... I can testify..."
Luo Xun handed them two bottles of water, and after they finished drinking, he said, "Okay, let's go back to the bureau first."
Lin Wenjue called the hospital and said, "The hospital said that of the more than 20 injured people sent there, only one is still in critical condition. The others are out of danger, and the few with minor injuries can come back directly."
Chi Xia forced a smile: "Don't you find it strange? We went to so much trouble to make such a big noise, but only three people died, and all three of them had knife wounds."
"If the deceased had died before the fire, then it would be a bit unnecessary for the murderer to do all this," said Lin Wenjue.
"If not." Luo Xun sneered: "Then there are many more meanings."
