Mystery Collection 2

After a bowl of warm and fragrant egg flower beef porridge, Chen Yifei ran to the pot to refill the second bowl without being greeted.

He walked back to the table with the bowl in his hand, and said slyly, "Brother Chen, I'm going to trouble you again."

Gu Tingxi said seriously: "The consultation fee is two hundred once."

"Okay, I'll write an IOU first, and I'll pay it to you when I retire." Chen Yifei said bluntly.

Han Chen asked, "What case?"

Chen Yifei said slowly: "It's a small hotel in the alley across the road from you. Yesterday at seven o'clock, I received a report that someone was attacked. The call was made from the room on the first floor. The person who was attacked at that time The girl was seriously injured, and the phone was cut off in the middle of the conversation. We contacted the owner of the hotel before we arrived at the hotel. The blame was here. The door was locked when the owner rushed over. She called a few neighbors to help The door was knocked open, but there was no one else in the room except the victim, and there was no way out."

Gu Tingxi asked: "Does that mean this is a secret room?"

"That's right, the windows are not locked, but there is a protective fence outside. I have checked, and there is no sign of removal of the protective fence. The people who hit the door at that time can prove that the door is locked. Unfortunately, this hotel does not have cameras installed. Otherwise, you'll know what's going on."

Han Chen frowned and asked, "How is the victim doing now?"

Chen Yifei said solemnly: "The dangerous period has passed, but she was seriously injured, and she cannot record a statement now, and this is not a simple wounding case. The murderer should be targeted. He not only stabbed the victim The one who cut her face with a knife, this girl must be disfigured."

"It sounds like the murderer and the victim have a deep hatred. Could the murderer be a love rival or something? Has the identity of the victim been investigated?" Gu Tingxi put down the bowl and chopsticks and asked him seriously.

Chen Yifei looked up at him, and said with a smile, "Okay, you are very professional now, little detective."

Gu Tingxi was embarrassed by him, and smiled embarrassingly.

Chen Yifei said sternly: "Speaking of business, the victim is Zhou Tong, who came to visit relatives from his hometown. He has an elder brother named Zhou Kuncheng who works in this city. His elder brother opened the hotel room for her in advance. I I met Zhou Kuncheng yesterday. He said that Zhou Tong has been staying in his hometown for the past few years, and he has no friends in City A, let alone enemies, and she just arrived here yesterday. Unfortunately, Zhou Kuncheng happened to have something to do yesterday, so he gave her Her address tells her to go to the hotel by herself, otherwise she won't place an order as soon as she arrives."

Han Chen pondered for a while and said, "The murderer came prepared and created a secret room, which means that all his actions were targeted, but the paradox is that Zhou Tong just arrived here yesterday, as you said She shouldn't have enemies, have you checked what Zhou Kuncheng was doing yesterday?"

"Zhou Kuncheng works as a manager in a boutique supermarket. He said yesterday that there was an event in the supermarket and he couldn't leave. Employees had to use a special channel to punch in and out. It can be confirmed from the clock-in records and monitoring records that Zhou Kuncheng hadn't left since noon yesterday. supermarket."

Gu Tingxi sorted out her thoughts, and said doubtfully: "A girl from other places, unfamiliar with her place of life, was killed by her enemy in revenge in a remote small hotel without a camera, and the other party took a lot of trouble to create a secret room Murder, but his knife was not fatal, and the little girl called the police. No matter how you think about it, there is something wrong with it. Do you think Zhou Tong has no enemies, and secondly, is it so complicated that the other party needs to set up a secret room to kill people? You see, this murderer had a plan and a premeditated plan. He disfigured Zhou Tong, which proved that he had a hatred for Zhou Tong, but it was just such a person who allowed Zhou Tong to escape and save his life? What's more, Zhou Tong Tong has no friends here, the only connection with him is her brother, but her brother Zhou Kuncheng has an alibi."

Han Chen put away the bowls and chopsticks and put them into the sink, "Go to the scene and have a look, let's go."

The three of them left the bookstore, led by Chen Yifei to the hotel where the incident happened. The hotel is called Chaoyang Hotel, which is at the end of the alley, less than 30 meters away from the small shop where they ate hot pot yesterday.

The exterior walls of the hotel are painted white, and the courtyard at the entrance is fenced. It is deliberately built in an architectural style with white walls and black tiles. When you enter the door, you will see the reception. There is a camera at the door, but according to Chen Yifei, this is the only camera in the hotel , only aimed at near the cash register.

As soon as Chen Yifei entered, the proprietress who was sitting behind the cash register immediately stood up and asked nervously, "Comrade policeman, is the girl alright? Has the gangster been caught?"

Gu Tingxi squinted at her for a while and asked, "Ma'am, are you the one who went to the hot pot restaurant to buy glutinous rice balls yesterday?"

The proprietress said both annoyed and fortunately: "I went to buy glutinous rice balls yesterday, and when I got back to the hotel, I received a call from the police, saying that someone was injured. If it had been a few minutes earlier, I might have seen the murderer, but Maybe it’s because I’m lucky, this kind of gangster might kill anyone he sees.”

Chen Yifei asked: "Did you notice anything unusual yesterday?"

The proprietress frowned, and sighed, "Have you already asked about this? Yesterday, there were three groups of guests in the hotel. Besides the girl, there was also a young couple who came to open a room, and a college student who came to travel. Checked in earlier than that girl."

"What time did Zhou Tong check in? Have you been in and out since then? Have you registered here?"

"His elder brother came to open the room the next night. It was almost twelve noon when she came. I don't know if I went out again after that. It's so cold that I can't sit all day long." Here, and the girl didn't say a few words to me when she entered the door, how can I remember so much."

Han Chen checked the surroundings of the hotel. Although a camera was installed at the door, it was not facing the door, and the windows in the corridor were not equipped with guardrails. The murderer did not need to go through the main door when leaving.

Chen Yifei took the two of them to the victim's room, and he said as he walked, "I have investigated the neighbors who hit the door, and there is no suspicion. The colleagues in the forensic department have also confirmed that the door lock was indeed locked from the outside to the inside." It was knocked open by the impact, and there were no glue and foreign nails around the door frame. It can be concluded that the door was indeed locked at that time."

The room that Zhou Tong stayed in was an ordinary standard room. The room was on the first floor, about [-] square meters. The entrance was a bathroom. There was a window on one side of the room, and a protective fence was installed outside the window, and there was no sign of dismantling the protective fence.

Chen Yifei sighed: "The suspect's hair and DNA were not found in the room. The only opening in the room is the window, but as you can see, even a child can't get in through such a narrow opening."

Gu Tingxi went to the window and looked out. There was also a small alley outside. Although the gangsters couldn't get in, it was easy to put their hands in through the guardrail.

"Brother Chen, do you think this gangster's behavior is contradictory? He slashed Zhou Tong's face many times, which shows that he hates Zhou Tong very much, but he only stabbed Zhou Tong in the stomach, and This knife did not kill her." Gu Tingxi said, "Maybe the murderer scratched her face not because of hatred."

Chen Yifei asked curiously: "Then why do you say it is?"

Gu Tingxi pointed to the window: "The whole room is in the shape of a secret room, and there is only one passageway, the window, but it is obvious that the murderer cannot enter and exit from here, so there is only one possibility. The murderer was standing outside the window at that time. Zhou Tong walked to the window. The murderer might be a man with a strong eye. He immediately caught Zhou Tong, stood outside the window and stabbed her in the stomach. As for scratching Zhou Tong's face, the reason was very simple. The illusion that he was in the room was just that he didn’t think that Zhou Tong would not be stabbed to death with the knife. Another point is that the fireworks were set off for a long time last night, so Zhou Tong’s cries for help were likely to be covered by the sound of the fireworks.”

Han Chen reached out and touched the protective fence, frowned and said, "There is a lot of dust on the window sill and the protective fence."

Gu Tingxi scratched his face: "I'll think about it again."

Chen Yifei sighed: "I just hope that she can recover sooner. No one wants to let a ferocious gangster wander outside during the Chinese New Year."

Han Chen patted the dust on his hands: "Zhou Kuncheng is in the hospital?"

"Yes, we contacted him immediately after calling the police. He asked for a few days off work to stay in the hospital and take care of his sister."

"Go see him and see how Zhou Tong is doing."

When they arrived at the hospital, Zhou Tong was still sleeping. Her mood was not stable. She woke up several times and screamed like crazy, almost hurting the nurse who came to change her dressing.

The doctor later gave her a sedative, but Zhou Tong's situation is not optimistic. Many victims of abuse and assault will pass on the physical damage to their psychology, but in any case, the specific situation will have to be determined. Observe for a while.

Zhou Tong's elder brother, Zhou Kuncheng, was guarding her in the ward at the moment. Knowing that the police had arrived, he got up from his chair exhaustedly, and walked slowly to the corridor with his heavy body.

Zhou Kuncheng is 35 years old this year, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses. He came in a hurry when he heard the news, still wearing the work clothes of the supermarket.

Zhou Kuncheng's eyes were red and swollen, his voice was hoarse and dry as if he was in a desert, "Officer, do you have any news?"

Chen Yifei looked at him apologetically, "Not yet, we came here to ask you again, does your sister have any enemies in City A? Or does she have any friends that you are not familiar with?"

"My younger sister has a carefree personality, and it is unlikely that she will make enemies with others. I have been in City A for five or six years, and she sometimes stays for a few days, but I haven't heard that she has made friends."

"Then did she talk to you yesterday, or is there anything unusual?" Chen Yifei asked.

Zhou Kuncheng shook his head bitterly: "I've told you all I know. If I knew that this kind of thing would happen, I would definitely go to the station to pick her up."

Han Chen looked at him for a while before asking, "Your sister comes to City A, why don't you let her live at home?"

Zhou Kuncheng looked up at him, subconsciously thinking that he was Chen Yifei's colleague, and said truthfully: "My wife and my sister don't get along very well, and the house rents one room and one living room. She has no place to sleep when she comes. I think To make her live more comfortably, I booked a hotel for her, but I didn't expect it to hurt her."

Gu Tingxi glanced into the ward, only to see a person lying down on the bed, he turned his head and looked at Zhou Kuncheng again, and asked, "Where is your wife?"

"I went on a trip to a neighboring city, and I should be back today." Zhou Kuncheng asked, "Officer, why are you asking my wife? You don't suspect her, do you?"

Chen Yifei shook his head: "It's a routine question, don't think too much, it's important to take care of your sister now."

Zhou Kuncheng sighed: "That's good. Although my wife and Tongtong have some conflicts, it's just a trivial matter in the family. Besides, my wife is so delicate, it's impossible for her to do such a cruel thing."

"Don't be too sad, our colleagues are guarding here, and nothing will happen to Zhou Tong again. I think you should go home and change your clothes to rest." Chen Yifei patted him on the shoulder, turned around and told him A few words from colleagues.

Zhou Kuncheng hesitated for a while, rubbed his face and said, "I'll come back after I get some clothes."

After the three of them separated from Zhou Kuncheng, Chen Yifei asked, "Brother Chen, do you think what Zhou Kuncheng said is the truth?"

Han Chen frowned: "Zhou Tong was injured. He acted very sad indeed. He also has an alibi. It should not be him. Let's check his wife's whereabouts first."