The Book of Death by Heart Poison

After finding a way of thinking about Kuang Ming's case, Hua Chong immediately went to the place where the first murder case happened - Jiangheng Inn.

He is the general manager. Other team members can focus on one line, but he can't. He has to make a general judgment based on a comprehensive understanding of the three cases.

Jiangheng Inn is located in Linxian District, the western suburb of Anjiang City. Linxian District used to be called Linxian Town and was under the jurisdiction of Anjiang City. Red travel business card.

Viewed from a helicopter, there are many manors with different styles on the hills of Linxian District. They are either homestays or restaurants. There are also many similar buildings on the slopes by the river. From a distance, it seems that the traffic is very inconvenient, but you don’t know until you get there. All homestays and restaurants have repaired roads. If you drive by yourself, as long as it is not the peak season, the car can drive to the door. If you take public transportation or traffic jams in peak season, you can only walk.

It is December, the relatively light season of the year.There is no snow in the urban area of ​​Anjiang City. The mountains in Linxian District will snow when it is the coldest in January, and there will be another wave of guests at that time.

But now many homestays in the mountains are closed.

Most of the riverside ones are still open.

On the way, He Ruo told Hua Chong that this is because the location of the riverside is better. Those homestays, restaurants, etc. are all clever. They used the old dilapidated houses by the riverside to directly knock down a wall and make it into a dilapidated style. Sitting by the broken wall to eat, you can see the sunset on the river.

Jiangheng Inn used to be the best business among these riverside homestays.

However, after Huang Xia was killed in the inn, the tourists left in horror. Huang Xia's daughter Bai Jiao was too sad, and she had no energy to run the homestay anymore, so she closed it down.

What appeared before Hua Chong's eyes was a gray house surrounded by overgrown weeds and tables, chairs and benches scattered in the yard.Some of the decorative lanterns are still hanging on the trees, and some have been hanging down. The light bulbs are broken.

Haizi said, "This house is at least 40 years old, right?"

"Probably more than that." He Ruo said: "In the past, this area was full of bungalows, the highest of which was only three floors, and the people who lived there were all low-level earners, such as boatmen and quarrymen, and the houses were poorly built. , and no one to belong to. Whoever has money will move out, and a new group of people will live in. Originally, in our city, no one cares about this place, but after the Internet celebrity trend blows, these houses have all become sweet pastries. Not to mention, once people with business minds decorate these houses and make a few desserts, they will really become a place for tourists to check in."

Hua Chong entered the Jiangheng Inn in no hurry, and observed the surrounding environment while listening to what He Ruo said.

If you don’t look at the renovated earthen houses around, this is actually a complete rural area. The road is different from what he imagined before he came here. He thought it was a uniformly paved road, but in fact it was filled by each homestay, and only filled in their own. The piece at the door caused the whole road to be patched together like patches.

There is a high probability that there is no public surveillance in this kind of place.And there are bound to be a lot of blind spots in the cameras inside each homestay.The murderer passed through the blind spot and killed Huang Xia.

Haizi shouted from the yard: "Flower team, are you coming in?"

Hua Chong said: "Here we come."

The B&B opened by Huang Xia's family is a relatively large one on Xieyang Road. It has two yards at the front and back, and two restaurants.

"Look at this location, it's no wonder it's the place where Internet celebrities check in, the view is incredible!" Haizi had already climbed to the knocked-off wall on the second floor of the restaurant.

The dilapidated wall is like a picture frame. In the picture frame, the big river flows, the iron chain bridge crosses the river, and the tall buildings on the other side are lined up on the mountain, with a sense of hierarchy. Even if the weather is bad and the clouds are rolling, you can still feel the wonderful scenery here. Artsy.

Hua Chong also went up, and after looking at it, he said: "If it's sunny, it should be more beautiful when the sun sets."

"This road is called Xieyang Road because the sunset is so beautiful." He Ruo said: "There are many photos taken from this angle on the Internet. Their business is good because of this angle."

Hua Chong turned around, "How do you sell the old houses here? This place has the widest view, and everyone who does business wants to win this set, right?"

He Ruo snorted: "There are many ways here, and money is the second priority. The key depends on whether you have the right relationship. Anyway, the water is quite deep, and you can't buy it with money."

Hua Chong narrowed his eyes, "Tell me in detail."

He Ruo was slightly startled, "Flower Team, do you think this is related to the case?"

"Not necessarily." Hua Chong said, "But it might be a clue."

He Ruo was a little worried, "This..."

"Is it related to the planning of Linxian District?" Hua Chong said, "Just say what you want, and I will judge."

He Ruo felt that this was a scandal, and the special operations team was an outsider after all, but the murder case must be solved, so she couldn't stop it no matter what, so she hesitated again and again, so she said it.

The houses on Xieyang Road were either factory buildings of a quarry, or were built spontaneously by people in the past, and the property rights are a mess.After Jiangxian District prepared to engage in the Internet celebrity economy, these houses were assigned to the district project team.

Who in the district project team has no relatives?Knowing that this area will definitely develop in the future, he sold the house to someone close to him.

Although they are all on Xieyang Road, their positions and angles are a matter of great knowledge. The view on the side is not good, and no one wants them.

"When Huang Xia was killed, we came to investigate, but we didn't really think about how their family got this yard." He Ruo said, "Flower team, are you going to investigate this?"

Hua Chong walked to the broken wall and looked at the endlessly flowing river in the distance.

Jiangheng Inn's business is good, which is easy to attract people's envy. The situation on Xieyang Road is even more special. Jiangheng Inn's prosperity is not because of its good service and investment, but because of its almost perfect view of the river.

And Jiang Heng Inn can have this angle, which is absolutely indispensable.

Jealousy can make a grievous person do anything.

Hua Chong looked at the time, "They haven't arrived yet?"

"It should be soon." He Ruo said, "The murder scene is just behind, should we go and see it now?"

Hua Chong nodded, and said to Hai Zi, "Let's go."

"They" refers to Huang Xia's daughter, Bai Jiao, and Bai Jiao's boyfriend. The local police have already conducted rounds of questioning on them. The city bureau keeps this record, but Hua Chong wants to record it. Feel free to meet them in person.

The back yard is bigger than the front yard, and it is not open to tourists. It was not taken care of when it was still open for business. Now that several months have passed, weeds are growing wildly. Standing here, you can truly feel that Xieyang Road is still a rural area that has not been systematically developed. , the so-called internet celebrity is only half of its makeup.

The sound of a car came from the front yard, He Ruo looked at it, "They are coming!"

Bai Jiao was wearing a black coat and light makeup, her eyes were full of sadness and care.She came alone and said she had broken up with her boyfriend last month.

"The business of the homestay can't continue, and I get angry because of my mother's affairs at every turn, which must have put too much psychological pressure on him." Bai Jiao said in a soft voice, "Did you find me this time because you found the murderer?"

After only a short contact, Hua Chong saw that Bai Jiao was a girl who had been well protected by her family since she was a child and had hardly suffered any hardships. Before Huang Xia was killed, she might have never experienced setbacks. Obstacles are cleared by the parents.

"Not yet." Hua Chong said.

Hearing this, Bai Jiao's expression darkened a bit, and then she smiled politely, "It's okay, thanks for your hard work, I believe the police will find the murderer."

Hua Chong said: "Please take this trip, I have some questions to ask you."

Bai Jiao had met He Ruo several times, but this was the first time she had seen Hua Chong, and she looked at He Ruo for help.

He Ruo quickly said: "This is the leader who came down to oversee the case. Tell him everything you have."

Bai Jiao turned her head in surprise, and there was a gleam of light in her eyes, "Supervision... Has it attracted attention? Please seek justice for my mother!"

Hua Chong comforted Bai Jiao for a while, and asked, "I've read the interrogation records, were you and Du Qiong (his boyfriend) the first to discover the scene?"

Bai Jiao nodded in a low voice, and began to describe the situation at that time.

In midsummer, all the restaurants and B&Bs on Xieyang Road are full of guests, and the rooms are booked out as early as one and a half months ago. The restaurant accepts a limited number of guests every day, and a time slot must be reserved in advance.

The Jiangheng Inn was extremely busy up and down, Bai Jiao and Du Qiong discussed and hired 6 waiters temporarily.Huang Xia learned that her daughter was too busy, so she took the initiative to come to help. She had lived in the inn for 9 days before she was killed.

The restaurant said that it was open until 12:12, but it was impossible to stay at 3:[-] during that time. Young people not only wanted to watch the sunset on the river, but also wanted to see the night on the riverside. There were waves of customers, and it was often until [-]:[-] in the morning. , the guests will all leave.

And before 3 o'clock, the store is busy, no one can rest, and they don't notice what's going on in the corner of the backyard.

At 8:19 in the morning on August 3th, after seeing off the last group of guests, Bai Jiao lay exhausted on the sofa, staring at the ceiling, unable to utter a word, and her mind went blank.

She was so tired, but also so happy.This is her first time starting a business, and the daily income is beyond her imagination. If she keeps earning like this, when the off-season comes, she closes the shop and goes to the South Seaside for the winter with Du Qiong.

After lying down for a while, the tone eased, and she heard Du Qiong calling her, "Jiaojiao, have you seen Aunt Huang?"

Bai Jiao sat up and suddenly felt something was wrong.

She didn't seem to see her mother that night. Usually, her mother is busy and full of energy. She often helps the guests choose the angle for taking pictures.

Her store has been open for so long, and the one who appears most in the niche reviews is her mother.Guests often say that there is an enthusiastic elder sister in Jiangheng Inn. The food is delicious and the people are nice. Although she is old, she is very trendy.

Mom has become her living sign.It wasn't normal that he didn't show up this night.

Du Qiong said, "I asked in the kitchen just now, and Uncle Xiao and the others said they didn't see Aunt Huang."

At that time, Bai Jiao didn't expect anything to happen, "I'll go down and look for it."

The front yard of Jiangheng Inn is very artistically decorated, which is equivalent to the facade of the entire inn, and the backyard has not had time to tidy up for the time being.Bai Jiao originally planned to get through this wave, tidy up the rest, and make more money next year.

I searched all three houses and the front yard, but still couldn't find anyone, so Bai Jiao said to Du Qiong, "Let's go to the backyard to have a look."

There were no lights in the backyard, so Du Qiong turned on the flashlight in his mobile phone, and the white light shone into the darkness, Bai Jiao's chest tightened inexplicably, and she said tremblingly, "What is that?"

The light flashed too fast just now, and she vaguely caught a black shadow crawling on the ground.

The light from the flashlight slowly shone back, and both of them could see clearly that the black shadow was a person who had fallen to the ground.

"It's my mother." After a few months, Bai Jiao had calmed down, but when she came to this point, she still involuntarily clutched her clothes tightly, her eyes flushed.

Hua Chongwen said: "Speak slowly."

Bai Jiao wiped the corners of her eyes, "Du Qiong and I thought she was just passed out at the time, so we immediately called 120. The backyard was too dark, and I couldn't see anything clearly. I was so scared that I didn't even have time to think about how my mother passed out there. , just let Du Qiong call someone."

Hua Chong read the investigation records. When the police arrived, Huang Xia's body had been moved to the lobby of the inn, and there were a lot of messy footprints at the important crime scene.It can be seen that the actions of Bai Jiao and Du Qiong at that time helped the murderer a great favor.

"We carried mom out and I saw mom's face clearly when we got to a place with lights. She, she..." Bai Jiao took several deep breaths before suppressing the fear in her voice, "All of us Too scared to speak, my mother lay on the ground, staring at us."

Huang Xia was strangled to death.

Strangulation, mechanical asphyxiation, is one of the most common methods of murder.The neck of the strangled person will have obvious grooves, the face will be bruised and swollen, some will have protruding eyes, and the tongue will protrude from the mouth.

For ordinary people, the visual impact of such a corpse must be very large.

When 120 arrived, Bai Jiao was still in a daze.She didn't know what happened, and she didn't know what the people around her were talking about. She just saw the doctor shook his head and said a few words to Du Qiong. After that, someone started screaming. Du Qiong picked up his cell phone and made a call. .

Then the police came.

"They said that my mother had died a long time ago. When we found her, she had been dead for almost 5 hours, and her body was already stiff." Bai Jiao said intermittently: "They asked me to recall what happened 5 hours ago. , Why did my mother go to the backyard. I don’t know. I have been busy since 10 am, and the evening is the busiest time. There are so many guests, and every table is calling me... I don’t even know that my mother is gone.”

The on-site investigation records are very detailed. The place where Huang Xia's body was located was a piece of moss-covered mud. It is reasonable to leave footprints, but the footprints were destroyed. The trace inspectors only extracted the footprints of Bai Jiao and others.

There is also a pair of chopsticks on the mud floor.The appearance of this pair of chopsticks was very abrupt. After investigation, it was Jiangheng Inn's own chopsticks.The police suspected that Huang Xia had brought it for some reason, but there was no Huang Xia's fingerprint on the chopsticks.

In this case, it is likely that the murderer brought it, because he wore gloves, so no fingerprints were left.

However, chopsticks did not become an important clue until the second murder related to chopsticks occurred.

The police called up all the surveillance cameras inside and outside the Jiangheng Inn, saying it was "all", but in fact there were only four in total, which were the only public surveillance on Xieyang Road and three in the inn.

Their coverage is so small that killers can easily avoid them.

Huang Xia's interpersonal relationship was the focus of the investigation at that time. The staff of the inn and some guests were all interviewed.But until today, there has been no breakthrough in this case.

It is a pity that before the second case occurred, the local police did not list Huang Xia's case as a serious case, but the branch investigated it on its own.After it was handed over to the serious crime team of the Municipal Bureau, some investigations have become very difficult.

For example, it is difficult to find the guests who spent at Jiangheng Inn that day.

After learning about the events of the day, Hua Chong mentioned the issue he had discussed with He Ruo before: "How did you take down this courtyard?"

Bai Jiao was stunned, and blinked blankly, "What do you mean?"

Hua Chong said: "As far as I know, this courtyard is the place with the best view of the river on Xieyang Road. It is easier to make money doing business here than in other courtyards. Correspondingly, it is not a matter of taking it down." It's easy. You need enough money, and more importantly, contacts."

Bai Jiao looked confused, "But I don't find it difficult."

Hua Chong raised his eyebrows.

Bai Jiao said: "I have a deposit of my own, and my father and mother each supported me. I went to see the house with Du Qiong, and I thought it was very good, so I went back and told my mother. After that, I went through the formalities and everything went smoothly. .”

Hua Chong said: "Neither you nor Du Qiong took the initiative to ease the relationship?"

Bai Jiao shook her head.

Hua Chong knew it well.It can't be that simple for Bai Jiao to get this yard. Either Huang Xia found a relationship, or her father Bai Zhongguo.

This clue has to be pursued.

After noon, the sky cleared up, and the sun shone through the clouds, like lightsabers thrown towards the river. Standing by the broken wall, no matter how you shoot, it is a very stylish painting.

Hua Chong took several photos and sent them to Liu Zhiqin.Known clues are circulating in the brain.

Starting from the motive, Huang Xia's murder may have hindered other families from making money.However, the sale of these houses and courtyards on Xieyang Road has no relationship with the other two cases.

Similarly, if Kuang Ming's case is considered to be related to Kang Qing's death, it has nothing to do with the other two cases.

Hua Chong heaved a sigh of relief and looked at the river in a trance.

At this time, the phone buzzed twice.It was a message from Liu Zhiqin.

"What's wrong with these photos?"

Hua Chong stared at the dialog box, paused his fingers, and didn't type right away.

There is nothing wrong with the photos, and it doesn't even have much to do with the case itself.

When he was just standing here thinking, he suddenly saw that the sky had cleared up, and the beautiful scenery suddenly appeared, and he happened to be holding the phone in his hand, so he took two pictures casually, and threw them to Liu Zhiqin.

But of course Liu Zhiqin didn't know that he was just doing it casually, and wondered if there were any clues in the photo for a long time.

Liu Zhiqin's message came again: "?"

Hua Chong laughed lightly, and sent a voice message: "It's okay, did I affect your work?"