Mystery Tracker 2

The serious crime team is looking for two targets in the on-site visit this time: one is the witnesses at the scene of the crime last night, and the other is the suspicious people who appeared in the vicinity the day before the crime.For the first point, Shen Yan actually didn't have much hope.A place like Binhe Road, which is designed for walking and leisure, usually has the most people at six or seven o'clock in the evening, but the number of pedestrians will be greatly reduced after nine o'clock. Generally, no one will hang out in a secluded place like the river in the middle of the night. .In addition, although the murderer fired a gun, he used an air gun. The sound of an air gun is much lower than that of a real gun. In addition, there are dense trees here, so the sound of firing should not spread too far.The victim's body was not found until this morning, which is enough to show that no one was attracted by the sound last night.So everyone's main goal is actually the latter.However, it is not easy to do this.People who come here either come to exercise or take a walk. At this time, everyone usually only focuses on their family members, and few people pay attention to any suspicious people around them.However, everyone was not discouraged, and still asked patiently one by one.After experiencing countless "don't know", they finally found someone who could provide clues!A man in his 30s said that he did hear two suspected shooting sounds here at around ten o'clock last night!

"I came here at that hour last night to find a necklace for my wife." The man pointed to the woman beside him and said, "We brought our children here to play for a while at [-] o'clock last night, and when we got home My wife suddenly found that her necklace was missing. It is estimated that the buckle was undone while playing here with my son. The necklace was gold and quite valuable, and we had just arrived home at that time. If we went back to look for it immediately, Maybe I can find it, so I hurried back. I searched along the Binhe Road for a while, but I finally found it, and it is here." The man said, and when they came to the place where he was at that time, "I was very happy to find the necklace, and I was about to go home, but when I just walked out, I heard two 'pops'—not loud, I was taken aback for a moment, and then I realized that it seemed to be the sound of a gun being fired. So I stopped and listened carefully again, but there was no sound after those two beeps. I wondered if I had heard it wrong, but after a moment of hesitation, I was still a little worried—this kind of thing is usually small The kid was playing. I was afraid that someone’s kid would go crazy and forget to go home. So I thought about it and decided to come back and have a look. When I walked back here, I saw no one on the road, only a biker The car looked like it was not far away just now. I didn’t see anything special, so I continued to go home.” The man came to his senses belatedly, “Just now I heard someone say that someone died here last night. Now, could it be that time? But I didn’t see anyone on the road at that time?…”

After listening to the man's narration, Shen Yan asked: "Where did you stand when you came back?"

"It's almost here now."

Shen Yan stood up and looked back towards the Binhe Road—the place where the man was standing was about ten meters away from the place where the dead body lay, and there were railings and bushes between the two, which happened to block the road of Binhe Road.

"It's true that you can't see him from this position. The victim was lying there at that time." Shen Yan pointed to the place and explained.

"It's there?!" The man's eyes widened in surprise, "So, the one I saw..."

"That's right, the cyclist you saw is probably the murderer." Shen Yan said with certainty.

Hearing Shen Yan's words, the man was stunned for a moment and did not speak.The woman next to him was holding her husband tightly, her face full of fear - her husband passed by a murderer last night, I am afraid there is no woman who would not feel scared when she heard it.

"So, please think about it carefully, what did the person you saw yesterday look like?" Shen Yan continued to ask.

"This..." The man thought about it for a while, and then slowly said: "That man should be a man, a little thin, and I can't tell how tall he is, but judging by his riding posture, he is definitely not as tall as 1.8 meters and nine. .He was wearing a tracksuit, a hat, and he seemed to be carrying a bag behind him."

"Can you be more specific, for example, what color and style is his tracksuit, hat, and backpack? What kind of bicycle does he ride?"

"This..." The man was dumbfounded by Shen Yan's series of questions, and thought for a while, and finally shook his head with a bitter face, "Sorry, I really didn't pay attention at the time. I can only remember that the man's sportswear is dark , I can’t remember the rest.”

"Think about it carefully, this is very important to us." Qin Kai added without giving up.

"Actually, I just glanced at that person and didn't pay special attention. And he rode very fast and disappeared in a blink of an eye. Sorry, I really can't remember anything else."

The man's expression was sincere and full of apology, obviously he really couldn't think of anything.So Shen Yan nodded: "Well, let's leave a phone number for each other. If you think of something later, you can call us. If we need your help, we will also call you."

"OK."

That night, the serious crime team stayed on Binhe Road until after ten o'clock in the evening, but they failed to find a second witness.For this kind of result, several people are actually psychologically prepared for this kind of street murder, if the perpetrator is not caught on the spot when the crime occurs, the possibility of finding the perpetrator through witnesses afterwards is extremely slim.But fortunately, they did not have one clue in this case. Berland's company and family members were the biggest sources of clues for them.

7 month 30 day.

Investigations into the Berland family and company were launched concurrently.Berland's wife, Yu Xinyuan, arrived in City S early this morning. She didn't go home, and rushed directly from the airport to the Municipal Public Security Bureau.After confirming that the deceased was indeed her husband, Yu Xinyuan quickly agreed to the serious crime team's request to go to her home to collect evidence.Shen Yan discussed with Cheng Jinsong and decided to divide the troops into two groups. Cheng Jinsong took the forensic team to Bolande's house to collect evidence, while Shen Yan led the serious crime team and Shen Hao to Bolande's company.

The Citroen company that Bolande works for is located in the southwest suburb of S city. It is a large factory park covering an area of ​​over [-] mu.Different from the city where the land resources are tight, the buildings in the park are few and sparse, and they are mainly concentrated in the front half of the park, while the north side of the park is mainly wasteland.There are two buildings under construction.

"That's our newly built staff apartment. Mr. Bo was in charge of it all the time." Seeing Shen Yan looking out the window, Ye Ning, Boland's secretary, explained with a bit of sadness on his face.

Shen Yan withdrew his gaze from the window into the room.Boland's office is located on the top floor of the office building. The room is decorated in a simple but distinctive way. There are a row of car models of various Citroen models on the bookshelf, and on the desk, besides the necessary office supplies, there is also a Frames for family portraits.Shen Yan glanced at it, raised his head and continued to ask, "How many years has Bolande been working here?"

"Almost four years."

"What is he usually responsible for?"

"Bo is always the executive vice president of the company. He is responsible for many things in the company, including the R&D and production of new car series, the personnel of the unit, and so on."

"Then how is his interpersonal relationship in the company? Has he had any conflicts with anyone?"

"Pierre doesn't usually talk to me about work matters," Yu Xinyuan said in a nasal voice at Bolande's house, "but sometimes he calls other people, and I hear some of them." Speaking of this, she seemed to suddenly Thinking of something, "Yes, I remember hearing him call someone on the phone one night before I took the child to France, talking very loudly, I heard him yelling something over there in French 'Employee's sense of belonging It’s very important’, I asked him what’s wrong, he said it was about their company’s new apartment, Pierre hoped to build the apartment better, to give employees a sense of belonging, but some people seemed to think it was unnecessary and would waste too much Money. This is the only time I remember seeing Pierre angry about work."

"The one who disagreed with Mr. Bo's suggestion was Dumont, another vice president of the company." Berland's secretary introduced, "He is mainly responsible for product marketing. Dumont has always attached great importance to money. , He felt that the purpose of coming to China to build a factory was to reduce labor costs. There are many Chinese workers and the company’s loyalty is not high, so it’s not worth paying such a high salary.” Although he didn’t want to show too much love and hate in front of outsiders, he said At this point, the female secretary couldn't help curling her lips. "It's a pity that the big boss finally listened to President Du's words, so the funds for the entire apartment were finally cut..."

"What's the personality of Du Meng?" Shen Yan asked.

"He..." Just as the female secretary said a word, there was a sound at the door. They turned their heads together and saw a young woman leading two younger men into the office.Seeing so many people in the room, the woman didn't have any scruples. She said to Berland's secretary, "It's just right that you are here. Mr. Du is in charge of your boss's work. I'll come here to get some things." Ignoring the other party's reaction, the woman waved at the two young men behind her, "Come on, just move this computer and the files on the bookshelf away."

"Hey, what are you doing?!" Boland's secretary became anxious when he saw it. Regardless of the presence of outsiders, he pulled away the young man who wanted to approach the desk, and then stared at the woman and asked loudly: "Zhao Yanyan What are you doing?! Why are you taking my boss's computer?!"

"What are you doing? Doing work!" The woman named Zhao Yanyan replied confidently, "What the big boss said this morning, your boss's work will be handed over to Mr. Du. What's the point if I take away the computer and files according to Mr. Du's wishes?" wrong?!"

"This is Mr. Bo's computer! Even Mr. Du can't just take it away!"

"This is the company's computer! Your boss is dead, and the company's business has to be done! If you don't take away his computer, how will Mr. Du know what step he has completed in his previous work?"

"You can't take Boland's computer away for the time being." Shen Yan got up and interrupted the quarrel between the two women. Seeing that Zhao Yanyan seemed to be about to speak, Shen Yan directly took out his police ID, "We are from the criminal investigation team of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. , The deceased’s computer is an important evidence for us to investigate the case of the deceased, our police will take it away, and we will return it to you after collecting evidence.”

When she saw Shen Yan's ID, the arrogance on Zhao Yanyan's face instantly disappeared without a trace.She said unnaturally: "That's it...then I'll go back and tell Mr. Du..."

After Zhao Yanyan finished speaking, she turned around and wanted to leave, but Shen Yan stopped her: "Are you Du Meng's secretary?"

"Yes." Zhao Yanyan nodded lightly.

"Exactly, we have something to ask about Berland's case. Take us there."

"Ah?" Hearing Shen Yan's words, a trace of panic flashed across Zhao Yanyan's face.She looked at Shen Yan and saw that the latter did not intend to change her mind, so she secretly took a deep breath and said calmly: "These people come with me."

Dumont's office is located downstairs in Bolande, and it is also a very open and bright room.Different from the low-key and simple office of Bolande, Dumont's office has very distinctive personal characteristics. The bookshelves are full of framed photos and trophies containing his photos, the model of the Eiffel Tower is placed on the desk, and there is a pen holder Small French flag.Dumont looked younger than Bolande, with brown hair and dark brown eyes.After listening to Shen Yan's explanation of his purpose, he did not answer immediately, but turned his gaze to his secretary first.

"Vivian," Du Meng said, with displeasure in his voice, "What I told you just now seemed to ask you to handover work with Bertrand's secretary. I didn't ask you to move his computer, did I?"

"Sorry, Mr. Du," Zhao Yanyan lowered her head and said softly, "I thought this would make things faster..."

"I heard that you and Lily had some conflicts, but work is work, and I don't want my secretary to be a person who doesn't distinguish between public and private. Please don't bring those things about Gongdou in your TV series to the work unit."

The tone of Du Meng's speech was not serious, but the content was both impolite and uncomfortable.The serious crime team on the side frowned slightly.Zhao Yanyan was even more ashamed, she lowered her head and responded, blushing up to her ears.

"Okay, you go out first." Du Meng said in harmony.Zhao Yanyan hurried out of the office in case of amnesty.

After the secretary closed the door, Du Meng said kindly to Shen Yan: "I'm sorry Mr. Police Officer, what happened just now was my secretary's own opinion. I didn't actually ask her to do that. Just take the computer away. I hope you can solve the case as soon as possible and give Bertrand justice."

This Du Meng is obviously also a Chinese hand, and he speaks Mandarin very idiomatically.

Shen Yan did not respond to Du Meng's politeness, but asked straight to the point: "What is your relationship with the deceased?"

"We are good colleagues. Bertrand came to China earlier than me and is very familiar with China. He helped me a lot in work."

"Really? But I heard that you had quarreled about the apartment building before." Shen Yan pointed to the building outside the window.

"That's discussing work, not arguing." Dumont replied, "Bertrand and I don't always have the same ideas on work, so sometimes we communicate about work, but it doesn't affect the relationship between us. The friendship between them." At this point, he looked at Shen Yan and the others, and slightly raised the corner of his mouth, "Officer, don't you think I killed Bertrand?"

Shen Yan didn't answer Du Meng's words. He pointed to a photo on the bookshelf and said, "Do you know how to shoot?"

"Huh?" Du Meng didn't seem to expect that Shen Yan would suddenly change the subject. He glanced at the photo, then nodded, and said, "Oh, that was taken when I went hunting with my friends. Hunting is allowed in some forests in France. of."

"Excuse me, where were you from 21:23 to [-]:[-] the night before yesterday?"

"I'm at home. My girlfriend can testify. Need me to give you her contact information?..."

Coming out of Du Meng's office, Cheng Haiyang said, "This Du Meng is not very old, why does he look so old and cunning? He's still fighting in the palace, and his words are really awkward to listen to." He said, and took two steps quickly , walked to Shen Yan's side, "Boss, do you think he was the murderer who killed the deceased?"

"There's no evidence yet," Shen Yan shook his head, "Killing people is not a trivial matter, it's not convincing to kill people just to quarrel at work."

"That's true." Cheng Haiyang nodded, "But he can shoot, so it looks suspicious..."

"It's not suspicious, just check his alibi." Shen Yan responded casually, his eyes unconsciously looking out of the window - wondering what clues Jin Song will find? ...

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PS. There was a small bug in the design of the name before, and the full name of the deceased was changed to Pierre·Rene·Bertrand, otherwise he and his big boss would have the same name (sweat)...