Chapter 49 Three Words
The crime scene was a small business hotel called "Chunhua Laike". There were not many rooms in the hotel, only about twenty or so. The owner was over 40 years old, his surname was Shan and his given name was Yang. He was also the person who reported the case to the police.
"When was the deceased found?" Gao Feng rushed ahead of Gu Xia as soon as he got out of the car, grabbed a policeman holding a notebook and started questioning him.
"Half an hour ago." The police officer was frightened by Gao Feng's tough style. Just when he was about to break free, he saw the badge on his chest and said, "The first witness was a cleaning lady hired by the hotel. She fainted on the spot. Later, their boss was brave enough to call the command center directly."
"Is it him?" Gao Feng asked, pointing at a man in a T-shirt in the distance.
The police officer turned around and saw the man holding a cigarette in his mouth, pointing and gesticulating at a police officer, looking very proud as if he had done something great. The police officer was immediately furious and scolded him with a smile: "It's him. He used to be a big shot in Minjiang City. But I heard that he offended someone and broke his leg. Later he turned over a new leaf."
"Wow! He's a real character?" Gao Feng took a quick look and saw that Shan Yang did have a problem with his legs. He walked with a limp. "Where's the surveillance camera?"
"Where is the surveillance camera?" The policeman spread his hands helplessly and said, "There is a surveillance camera of our police three hundred meters away. The cameras in places like this are usually installed by the boss himself. But can such a second-rate person do anything practical?"
Gao Feng shook his head. He thought Shan Yang didn't look like a serious businessman. He went around to the back of the decent camera at the door and saw that there was not even a single wire connected. He was immediately furious and turned to find Gu Xia to explain the situation. However, after searching for a while, he found that only Bai Ling went upstairs, while Gu Xia and Huamei were actually behind the hotel.
"You can get up here." Gu Xia looked at Huamei with a smile and said, "The placement of the air conditioner case provides a shortcut for the murderer. If I were the murderer, I would definitely choose to go up here."
"But based on the situation at the scene when we investigated last time, the murderer is very brave and his methods are very clean. He would not take this route." Huamei said.
"I don't think so. Let's reverse our thinking. The murderer couldn't have appeared in such a crowded place. This is the pedestrian street of Minjiang City. The streets are deep and wide, which is not only suitable for hiding, but also for escaping."
Gao Feng understood that the two psychology experts were discussing the murderer's psychology. He was a layman in this field and did not dare to interrupt. He just stood aside and stared at the air-conditioning box above.
"But there is a surveillance camera at the door, which doesn't make sense." Huamei thought deeply, "This shouldn't be the psychology of committing a crime. A mature murderer would not avoid surveillance. The more surveillance there is, the more he will show up openly. This just fits his psychology."
"Let me remind you that the surveillance here is just for decoration." Gu Xia said.
Gao Feng, who was standing aside, was stunned. He couldn't understand how Gu Xia deduced that the surveillance was useless. Coincidentally, the two men's eyes fell on him, and he immediately told them what he had learned from the police who recorded the scene with some embarrassment.
"Then this speculation is reasonable." Gu Xia touched his chin and said, "The murderer may have discovered that the surveillance camera was inoperable a long time ago, but he couldn't show up from the corridor openly. The only choice was to climb up from the back. What do you think, Gao Feng?"
"Ah!?" Gao Feng was stunned for a moment, then reacted in an instant and said, "The lowest air conditioning box is less than one meter from the ground. An adult taller than 1.5 meters tall would not have difficulty climbing it."
"And then?" Gu Xia smiled and looked at Gao Feng, motioning him to continue. Hua Mei also stood aside, listening to Gao Feng's analysis with great interest.
Gao Feng was a little nervous for no reason. This was his first time to conduct on-site reasoning in front of Gu Xia. After he calmed down, he continued, "But if we use this method, several conditions must be met."
Clearing his throat, he pointed out, "First, we need to know the room where the deceased lived. Second, we need to make sure that there will be no noise that attracts attention. Third, the window of the deceased's room must be open. Fourth, we need to have a suitable identity to cover up."
"Very good." Gu Xia nodded with a smile and continued, "Then let me add one more thing. The murderer must have knowledge in this area, but his identity must be fake."
"Ah?" Gao Feng was puzzled. "Fake?"
"I only said it's possible. Let's go upstairs and check on Bai Ling first. All our current ideas are just assumptions. We still have to look upstairs for the real clues." Gu Xia pointed to a room upstairs and said with a smile.
Gu Xia led the two people into the crime scene, but strangely, there was no burnt smell in the corridor. Instead, it was only when they entered the room that they smelled the unique burnt smell of the deceased.
The room was cleaner than expected. The deceased's luggage was neatly placed at the foot of the table, with no signs of being opened or turned over. The deceased's wallet and mobile phone were also on the table, with no signs of being lost.
However, the way the deceased died this time made several members gasp .
The body of the deceased was burned like charcoal, with his limbs propped up, his abdomen deeply sunken, his head drooping limply on his right shoulder, his empty eye sockets looking towards the entrance, and his mouth was very big.
Everyone felt a kind of despair in the eyes of the deceased. It was obvious that the deceased had propped up his body and wanted to call for help before he died, but no one came. Or maybe he did wait for someone, but that person was not prepared to save him.
"The method is the same. It is definitely done by the same person." Bai Ling pointed at the dead body expressionlessly and said, "The dead body struggled before death, causing the bones to shift. His jaw was open and he should have called for help. But what's strange is that no one rescued him or called the police."
"When did the deceased die?" asked Gu Xia.
"Around 11:30 last night." Bai Ling thought for a while and continued, "It can be seen that the fire was very intense. The deceased must have been burned to death in an instant before he had time to call for help. This action might have been his only way to get up."
"Were the deceased's movements restricted before his death?" Gu Xia was stunned and asked quickly.
"My initial guess is this," Bai Ling said. "When a normal person gets up, the first thing they do is sit up, or roll over and get up with their feet touching the ground. But the deceased did neither of these. Instead, he used the arch bridge method to get up. I don't rule out the possibility that his hands and feet were restricted."
"What is the identity of the deceased?" Gu Xia turned and looked at Gao Feng and asked.
"Liu Qirui, male?" Gao Feng was stunned when he took out the ID card from the deceased's wallet. After carefully checking other things, he said, "Professor Gu, I think something is wrong."
"Hmm?" Gu Xia was stunned and asked, "Tell me about it."
"There are various currencies in the deceased's wallet, proving that he has been to many countries. He must be a person who likes to travel. There are multiple airline check-in marks on his luggage pulleys. Judging from the dates on them, they are all recent, which means he has been to many countries. I looked at the deposit slip in the wallet and the deceased checked in last night." Gao Feng said with a frown.
"You mean this was a random crime?" Gu Xia understood Gao Feng's meaning and pointed out the key point directly.
Gao Feng nodded, still puzzled, "The deceased has traveled to many countries , some of which are currently in turmoil and instability. His awareness of prevention cannot be that poor, right?"
"That's why he left." Gu Xia sighed.
"Him?" Gao Feng knew that the "he" that Gu Xia mentioned was Wang Zheng. He immediately asked in confusion, "Professor Gu, where is he?"
"I want to know, too." Gu Xia smiled and said to the three people in front of him, "He left me three words before he left. Do you want to know what they are?"
Gao Feng and Bai Ling nodded quickly. They admired Wang Zheng very much and would never let go of this opportunity easily. However, Huamei on the side cursed that it was boring and turned away.
