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Chapter 9 Strange Cases
Zuo Zhong opened the file suspiciously, and found that it was a case handled by the Jinling Police Station.

It's not a big deal. The International Red Cross came to China to visit, and a piece of jewelry was lost in the room of the Countess of England in the visiting group.

But the problem is, in order to entertain the so-called international friends, the chairman's wife arranged the visiting group in the Tangshan Sanatorium.

Tangshan Sanatorium is a place for military and political officials to recuperate and rest. It is heavily guarded. The service personnel in the sanatorium are also carefully selected and reliable personnel. They have never made mistakes in the past.

In such a place, how did the thieves steal the jewels? After investigation by the Jinling Police Station, they found nothing.

What's even more strange is that the cook in the nursing home suddenly hanged himself, with the lost jewels under his feet.

International friends were involved, and people were killed in places haunted by dignitaries. The Jinling Police Department could not find out, so the case was handed over.

After Dai Chunfeng got the case, he still had a headache, thinking about Zuo Chong's brain work, maybe he could see something.

Zuo Zhong frowned, the case seemed simple, the thief committed suicide under pressure.

But the question is, how did he steal it, and why did he commit suicide.

Nursing homes have their own division of labor, and it is very conspicuous for a cook to go to the guest room. Why did the police station investigate and find nothing before, and then the police station found nothing, so he couldn't wait to commit suicide?
The file also stated that because the body could not be preserved, the police station burned the cook's body, leaving only an autopsy document. A theft case has now become a case without merit.

Zuo Zhong asked curiously: "Teacher, this case is a bit weird, but it shouldn't be a case of our Secret Service, right?"

Dai Chunfeng had a gloomy face: "It's not the gang of villains from the Secret Service Headquarters who spread rumors in front of the Chairman, and the Chairman will naturally not be fooled. It's just that the Secret Service has spent a lot of money since it was established, and it must be explained to everyone."

So it turned out that this was a battle between two secret agencies, but it had nothing to do with Zuo Zhong, his thoughts were all on the case file.

In modern times, it is not his turn to be a detective to solve homicide cases. Now that he has such an opportunity, Zuo Zhong definitely wants to return to his old profession.

After much deliberation, Zuo Zhong had a general idea in his mind, raised his head and said, "Teacher, leave this case to me, but what about the work of the spy defense team?"

"You don't need to worry about this, I'll talk to Zhao Lijun. If it doesn't work, just treat it as a suicide in fear of crime. The important thing is to solve this matter as soon as possible." Dai Chunfeng made a decisive decision.

"Yes, teacher."

After bidding farewell to Dai Chunfeng, Zuo Zhong went back to the dormitory to think over the case over and over again, without any sleepiness.Dai Chunfeng learned that the lights in Zuo Chong's room had not been extinguished all night, he said in his heart that Shen Mo would do what he ordered with his heart.

When he went to work in the morning, Zuo Zhong first went to report to Zhao Lijun, and at the same time explained the tasks Dai Chunfeng had given him.

Zhao Lijun was indeed a little dissatisfied with Zuo Zhong. The reason was that Song Minghao, the deputy leader of the anti-espionage team, gave him a lot of money for the position of team leader.

Everything was going well at first, and everything in the secret service was in place, but a Zuo Zhong jumped out and took the position.

Now Zhao Lijun's claws are numb, he spent all the money he received, so to speak, Zhao Lijun managed to stabilize Song Minghao, and promised to promote him if he had the opportunity in the future.

Zhao Lijun was no longer satisfied with Zuo Zhong, but he didn't dare to disobey Dai Chunfeng's explanation. After thinking for a long time, Zhao Lijun, who did not give up, pretended to be apologetic: "Leader Zuo, the office is in a hurry to use cars now, and several cars in Corey are now in use. So, I can only work hard on the left team leader."

Zuo Zhong didn't get angry, and replied with a smirk: "It's okay, section chief, I'm still young, so it's nothing to walk around."

Naturally, Zuo Zhong wouldn't be furious on the spot. Zhao Lijun's little trick can only disgust people, so if he doesn't have a car, he can just borrow it.

He turned around and borrowed an old Xue Fulai from Chen Gongshu, and took Wu Chunyang to Tangshan Nursing Home, because he couldn't drive a car from the Republic of China period.

On the way, Wu Chunyang said excitedly: "Instructor, I didn't expect to see you again."

"Well, let's communicate more in the future." Zuo Zhong didn't know the details of Wu Chunyang, so it was inconvenient to say more, so he could only listen to his words and observe his actions.

The sanatorium is located about 20 kilometers east of Zhongshan Gate in Jinling. The car is an old American car with poor roads. It took a long time for the car to reach the gate of Tangshan Sanatorium.

Because of a homicide, the gate is now locked, and there are several soldiers standing at the gate, led by a second lieutenant. After the second lieutenant registered the two people's IDs in detail, he checked the car before releasing it.

Zuo Zhong, the co-pilot, asked curiously, "Brother, have inspections been this detailed before?"

The second lieutenant looked up at him: "The people who come and go here are all dignitaries, we will be scolded if we always make trouble like this, but only familiar people and cars can enter, and those who are not familiar with it will be checked and registered."

This is in line with reality. Many places say that they are heavily guarded, but in fact they only target ordinary people. Zuo Zhong doesn't believe that Dai Chunfeng is here, and he will be registered for inspection.

Driving in the nursing home, Zuo Zhong found that the scenery was really good. The hot spring flowing down from the Tangshan Mountains was endless, and the steaming heat could be seen from a long distance, like a fairy mist. No wonder the high-ranking officials liked to come here so much.

There were bursts of laughter in the distance, and Zuo Zhong saw a few people who looked like sons and brothers, leading a group of prostitutes to play and play, and the patrolling sentinels turned a blind eye.

Zuo Chong frowned. How could anyone come in? Then why didn't the Jinling Police Station find out? Even if they found out, they wouldn't dare to ask these young masters.

After parking the car, Zuo Zhong didn't go directly to the leader of the nursing home, but walked around the wall of the nursing home.

From the beginning of design, Tangshan Sanatorium was designed to serve military and political dignitaries, and safety was the first requirement, so the walls are not only high but also have barb wires.

There are garrisons in the entire Tangshan area, because there is a Tangshan Artillery School here, as well as private villas of military and political dignitaries. For example, Baldhead has a villa in the nearby mountains.

Under such circumstances, the thief dared to steal jewels from the Countess's room, which can be described as audacious, but such a bold person was so frightened that he hanged himself.

Zuo Zhong sneered and said, "Wu Chunyang, what would you do if you stole the jewels and made an earth-shattering event?"

Wu Chunyang scratched his head: "Team leader, the nursing home is so big, you can hide things anywhere. When the inspection is not so strict, just take them out."

"Yeah, that's why there's a problem." Zuo Zhong put his hands behind his back, as if thinking of something.

After finishing speaking, Zuo Zhong didn't delay anymore, and went straight to the director of the nursing home. The director was a lieutenant colonel, and Zuo Zhong was a small second lieutenant. Naturally, he stood at attention and saluted when he saw him.

The dean was very enthusiastic when he heard from Zuo Zhong that he was sent by the Secret Service to solve the case, and he would feel pressure if the case was not solved, so he specially sent his secretary to cooperate with the investigation.

Zuo Zhong asked the secretary to transfer the files of all the service personnel in the nursing home. There are more than 200 people in total, and more than 50 people can freely enter the guest room area at any time.

These more than 50 people are basically service personnel, all women in their teens and 20s.

The archives of the nursing home are very detailed, and even have photos. In addition to specific personal information, there are also information on important members of the family, and there are records of who was recommended by whom as a guarantee.

Zuo Zhong looked through the pages and found that these girls were basically distant relatives of military and government officials. They had already undergone background checks when they came, and the basic requirement was to have a clean family background.

Among the remaining 100 people in the nursing home, the source is complicated. The chef is from a certain restaurant in Jinling, the gardener is from the mansion of a certain official, and the cleaners are from Jiangbei disaster victims, etc.

Zuo Zhong casually flipped through a few and lost interest. The profiles of these people were very simple, with no photos or background checks, only basic information such as name, age, and address.

Although there was no gain, Zuo Zhong confirmed an idea, that is, the work of the room attendant in the nursing home is very important, otherwise the nursing home would not have put so much effort into making files.

Zuo Zhong asked the director's secretary: "Does your nursing home often hold meetings?"

The secretary was taken aback: "Yes, the chairman and his wife like the hot springs in Tangshan very much, and some military and political meetings will be held here."

"Come on, take me to the guest room where the crime happened." Zuo Zhong decided to visit the crime scene.

So the secretary took Zuo Zhong and Wu Chunyang from the office building to the guest room area. The guest room was also surrounded by a wall with barbed wire.To enter the guest room area, you have to pass through an iron gate, which is also guarded by several soldiers.

How did the chef get in, over the wall or did the guards not care?But seeing the guard's lazy appearance, Zuo Zhong reckoned that he didn't care.

The Countess and her entourage lived in a detached Western-style house, with the living room and entourage room on the first floor, and the master bedroom suite on the second floor.This was the same as what was said in the file, and the countess was sure that she locked the door of the suite every time she went out.

Zuo Zhong walked all the way to the door of the suite in silence, took a look and said angrily: "Who changed the door lock, don't you know the simple truth of protecting the scene?"

The secretary was also taken aback, and hurriedly explained: "Sir, calm down, I can guarantee that the scene is like this. The countess moved to the city after the incident, and there are no other guests in the guest room area. No one else has been here except the police station."

After twisting the well-functioning door lock, Zuo Zhong didn't say anything, and walked directly into the guest room, where the situation on the day of the crime was maintained. It seems that the Jinling Police Station is not all waste.

The things in the room were turned over in a mess, all the drawers were opened, even the mattress was removed, the left wheel turned around, went to the window again, opened it and looked, and found nothing.

Zuo Zhong stood by the window without speaking, and Wu Chunyang and the secretary also remained silent. After a while, Zuo Zhong turned on the light in the room again and carefully observed the ground.

It's a pity that it has been many days since the incident happened, and the footprints in the room are very chaotic and nothing can be seen.Zuo Zhong walked to the bed again, looked down at the bottom of the bed, it was very clean, as if it had been cleaned specially.

Zuo Zhong's face was serious, this was not a jewelry theft case or a simple murder case, Zuo Zhong directly asked his secretary to take him to the phone booth, and he had something important to report to Dai Chunfeng!
(End of this chapter)