I am a super cop

Chapter 1268 Material Warehouse
"The bloody rope? The blood on the neck? The bloody mask?"

According to the idea provided by Gu Chen, after a few seconds of simple meditation, Zhao Guozhi's eyes lit up, as if he had realized the clue.

So Zhao Guozhi pushed aside a police officer and took out one of the masks directly from the evidence collection bag.

Seeing this, other people also gathered around one after another.

After Zhao Guozhi looked at it carefully for a few seconds, he suddenly realized: "There are traces of rope friction on the mask?"

Turning his head and glancing at the police officer responsible for collecting the masks just now, Zhao Guozhi hurriedly asked him, "How many masks are there in total?"

"I've counted them, and there are 200 of them in total," said the police officer.

"That's right." Gu Chen came from the side, and said lightly, "I know how the murderer can kill He Xizhou in his sleep without entering the room."

"How to say?" Officer Wang was still thinking about the mask, but Gu Chen seemed to already know the result.

Gu Chen pointed to the blade remaining on He Xizhou's neck, then pointed to the bloody rope, and explained proactively:
"Actually, the principle is very simple. The murderer can tie a sharp knife in the middle of the rope in advance, which is the one stuck in He Xizhou's neck."

"Then he can put these 200 masks one by one on the rope and stick them in through the gap of the exhaust window."

"The next step is the most brilliant modus operandi, which requires the murderer to have flexible movements and precise judgment."

"That is to tighten the rope outside. At this time, the loose rope will suddenly become straight because of wearing more than 200 masks."

Seeing everyone looking at each other in dismay, while gesturing with Gu Chen's words with his hands, Gu Chen said again: "At this moment, that rope wearing 200 masks instantly became a murder weapon."

"And the sharp knife tied to the end of the rope naturally became a sharp weapon for killing people."

"As long as the murderer aims at the right time and stabs hard, the sharp knife at the other end of the rope will kill He Xizhou who is sleeping."

"Finally, the murderer cut the rope with a knife, and then pulled out the rope."

"But in this way, all the masks will be scattered all over the place, but where the masks are pierced, there will be blood left by friction. That's why, the mouth parts of those masks contain a lot of fresh blood."

"That's because that's where the rope goes through, of course it's unavoidable."

After a pause, Gu Chen said again: "So it is impossible for the murderer to stain those masks with blood after killing He Xizhou, because the time will not allow it to be unnecessary."

After the voice fell, the scene was suddenly dead silent.

Zhao Guozhi nodded slightly, and said involuntarily, "According to what you said just now, it seems that this is indeed the case."

"In this way, first collect these evidences, and then use other similar props, and we will simulate it again."

"But now we at least know what these horror masks are."

"That's right." Yuan Shasha also said with lingering fears: "I didn't know what these horror masks were for before. I felt that all the masks were stained with blood. I thought someone was pretending to be a ghost here."

"But just now, after hearing Senior Brother Gu say this, I suddenly realized everything. It turns out that a mask, a rope, and a sharp knife can instantly become a murder weapon."

"That's right." Seeing that the mystery was finally solved, Lu Weiwei also smiled and said: "This is the same as you wear many plastic bottle caps on the rope, once the rope is pulled fast, the soft rope can become a stick. "

"In this way, there is support."

Glancing at He Xizhou's body lying on the bed, Lu Weiwei also sighed, disappointed and said, "It's a pity that this guy He Xizhou didn't accept our interrogation, so he just passed away."

"But now there is another murderer who killed him. I feel that He Xizhou is quite complicated."

"Maybe it's the enemy." Police officer Wang stood on one side with his hands folded, expressing his own opinion:
"He Xizhou has gained some fame in Southeast Asia. There must be a lot of enemies. Maybe even more people want him to die."

"If He Xizhou is only responsible for two lives in China, then he is trafficking in people and smuggling contraband in Southeast Asia. It is estimated that he will not be shot a hundred times."

"Now that he died in a small hotel, he felt that he deserved it, but this murderer is too dangerous. It seems that everything is a trap set by the murderer."

"trap?"

Hearing the new term proposed by Police Officer Wang, everyone was stunned.

Gu Chen nodded silently: "I agree with Senior Brother Wang, this indeed looks like a trap."

Looking up and looking around, Gu Chen said again: "Think about it, everyone, at first He Xizhou lived in the presidential suite in the urban area, and lived in style."

"But all of a sudden, they don't even need a deposit, and just hide in a small hotel in the countryside, where they stay for so many days."

"And just now I heard from the proprietress that he spent the Chinese New Year in a small hotel. What is the reason for enduring such a boring life? I guess it's because of his interests."

"Come to see a friend." Officer Wang shook his fingers, and said involuntarily, "It must be difficult for him to persuade him to hide here. At least He Xizhou listens to him."

"Is there someone important behind He Xizhou?" Lu Weiwei had a sudden thought.

Zhao Guozhi nodded silently: "It's entirely possible that this He Xizhou's fake identity can be used to confuse the real one, so this channel must be very important."

"Although this guy has enjoyed himself in Southeast Asia these years, in China, he is nothing but a fugitive murderer."

"So the reason why he was able to return to Jiangnan City shows that someone is behind his back to help him, but it must be the arrangement of that person to make him hide here obediently."

"But why set up a trap? Is it a conflict of interest?" Yuan Shasha asked.

Zhao Guozhi shook his head in embarrassment: "It's not clear at the moment, let's wait until the murderer is found."

"I'll arrange this." Officer Wang took the initiative to invite Ying, and also explained: "If the murderer committed the crime half an hour ago, then we happened to be here when he committed the crime."

"In other words, the murderer may not have left at all, and he should still be in the town. I suggest that the road be blocked immediately to prevent the murderer from absconding."

"I have already notified Xiao Zhao and Xiao Wu who were staying outside, and asked them to block the road and temporarily prohibit vehicles from driving out."

"Because the only way out of town is to take the county road, so we still have a chance now."

Hearing Zhao Guozhi's remarks, Police Officer Wang chuckled: "It seems that Director Zhao has done a good job in planning."

Zhao Guozhi waved his hand: "Don't praise me, and immediately notify the other police officers on vacation in the sub-bureau, and ask them to bring their equipment and rush to Hedong Township for reinforcements."

"Yes." Hearing this, Police Officer Wang quickly took out his mobile phone and prepared to contact him.

Then Zhao Guozhi said again: "Gu Chen, inform the left-behind personnel of your criminal investigation team to monitor all the roads around Hedong Town and pay close attention to suspicious vehicles and people."

"Yes."

Gu Chen nodded, immediately took out his mobile phone, and began to convey these to He Junchao.

After Zhao Guozhi made overall arrangements at the scene, he was going to search for the real murderer who killed He Xizhou here.

Since it was late at night, not many people went out.

There are very few vehicles entering and exiting.

Counting from when Zhao Guozhi led everyone to Hedong Town just now, almost no vehicles left Hedong Town.

This directly provided the possibility for everyone to search for the murderer.

Afterwards, everyone returned to the assault vehicle, gathered the law enforcement recorders carried by the police officers who were in charge of the search at that time, and Yuan Shasha was responsible for obtaining the surveillance images and checking for suspicious persons.

In addition, Zhao Guozhi deployed other police officers to collect surveillance near those shops.

Due to supermarket stores, private cameras are often installed near the door.

Therefore, Zhao Guozhi wanted to use these non-governmental forces to fill in the monitoring loopholes as much as possible.

One night, everyone suddenly felt that the situation was serious.

It seemed gruesome enough for a murderer to be murdered in a hotel back room.

And because of the special status of the deceased He Xizhou, Zhao Guozhi could only call Qin Gang to report the situation on the scene.

Gu Chen sat beside Zhao Guozhi, listening to the repeated communication between the two.

It seems that Qin Gang attaches great importance to this and plans to send more police officers to support him.

For a while, there was an endless stream of police cars coming to Hedong Town.

Police officers from different locations began to come from all directions for reinforcements.

Zhao Guozhi, who hung up the phone, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Looks like we don't want to sleep tonight. Bureau Qin is rushing here. We can't find the murderer. Don't think about it, everyone."

"Don't worry, Director Zhao, with so many people doing a three-dimensional investigation, it's impossible to find the murderer, right Junior Brother Gu?" While comforting Zhao Guozhi, Lu Weiwei glanced at Gu Chen beside her.

Gu Chen nodded slightly, and said involuntarily: "I think investigation is one aspect, but the focus should be on precise investigation based on the situation on the spot."

"What do you mean?" Zhao Guozhi glanced at Gu Chen.

Gu Chen said again: "For example, where did those masks come from? It may take a lot of police force to investigate, but it seems to be much easier to investigate the source of the masks."

"That's right." After being reminded by Gu Chen, Officer Wang suddenly thought of something.

So he quickly took out his phone, clicked on the photo he just took, and muttered involuntarily: "These masks seem to be different from the masks sold in the park."

"Are you sure?" Zhao Guozhi asked.

Police Officer Wang nodded silently: "Anyway, the places to buy masks are only these few parks."

"In these parks, I often take my Xiaobei to play. The masks sold there are basically similar styles, nothing more than Ultraman, Monkey King, and some popular cartoons now. figure."

"But the masks we found tonight are all messy types, don't you think it's strange?"

"You mean?" Zhao Guozhi didn't quite understand these things, so he continued to question Police Officer Wang.

Officer Wang grinned and explained, "These masks seem to be prepared for participating in some folk activities."

"Country activities?" Hearing Officer Wang's words, everyone echoed in unison.

It feels like I didn't pay much attention just now, but now that I think about it, these bloody masks are indeed very different from the masks sold to children in the park.

After all, children like cute masks, but these masks look like all kinds of ghosts and snakes, which are not suitable for children from the senses.

Zhao Guozhi pondered for a few seconds, then quickly said, "Gu Chen."

"Yes." Gu Chen said.

Zhao Guozhi flicked his fingers: "Hurry up and take your people to the town to ask if there will be some folk activities here that require people to wear this mask?"

"Also, ask where these masks come from."

"Understood." Gu Chen nodded silently.

This is also what I thought just now.

So they winked at Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, and they all got out of the car and walked to the supermarket where He Xizhou's whereabouts were found just now.

At this moment, the store was dark.

The old man seems to be preparing to close down.

If the police search just now was a bit noisy, the old man was purely watching the excitement, but now the excitement is over, and he feels like he needs to rest.

The reason why Gu Chen chose the supermarket just now is also very simple, the other stores have closed.

Gu Chen looked down to see that it was not too early, and just as the old man in the supermarket was about to close, Gu Chen and everyone rushed over immediately.

"Grandpa, wait a minute." Gu Chen pushed against the door.

The old man frowned, and said, "What's the matter, comrade police? You seem to be making a lot of noise tonight? What happened here?"

The old man also seemed confused.

Watching the police cars drive in one by one, the number of police officers keeps increasing.

And the road at the entrance of the town has also been blocked by the police.

The old man is a sensible person, and if he feels like this, something big must have happened.

Since it was night, in order to avoid suspicion, the old man was also a little scared, so he was about to close the door and go to sleep.

But now Gu Chen came to ask about the situation.

Gu Chen didn't hide anything from him, and said bluntly: "The person you told us just now died in the hotel, and we are currently hunting down the murderer."

"What? Dead?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, the old man's heart skipped a beat.

Seeing this, Lu Weiwei quickly comforted her: "Don't be nervous, we have a question to ask you now."

After finishing the words, Lu Weiwei quickly clicked on the phone's photo album, and showed the photos taken on the spot in front of the old man one by one.

"Look, sir, do you recognize these masks?" Lu Weiwei asked.

The old man took back the reading glasses on the table and put them on again, squinted his eyes, then slid his hand a few times, then nodded and said:

"I know you, this is a mask for the folk celebrations in our town. A while ago, during the time of Xiaonian, we held corresponding homestay activities here. Many people wore these masks to participate in the activities..."

The old man in the supermarket also explained the origin and use of these masks to everyone.

Gu Chen probably understood that these masks were props bought by the town to hold folk activities.

In this way, everyone seems to be relieved.

It feels like there are some signs of clues at last.

Lu Weiwei couldn't wait immediately, and continued to ask: "Then old man, do you know who usually keeps these masks?"

"I know, that person's name is Xi Mu, and almost all the props and materials needed in the town are purchased by him."

"Because his family has a big warehouse, usually a lot of things in the town, just those miscellaneous props, will be placed there. You can ask him."

"Where does Xi Mu's family live?" Lu Weiwei looked around and frowned slightly: "We don't know each other well here, why don't you trouble me to take us there?"

"Okay... okay, after all, the sooner the murderer is caught, the sooner our side will be at peace."

The old man knew that it would be good for him to cooperate with the police.

After all, who wants to let a murderer get away with it, especially in Hedong Town.

If you do business here by yourself, you may run into it unexpectedly.

He Xizhou, who came here to buy cigarettes before, was a murderer, which was enough to make the old man break out in a cold sweat.

But now that the murderer He Xizhou was murdered again, I was a little scared after thinking about it.

So when Lu Weiwei mentioned it, the old man was also very active.

"Wait for me." The old man closed and locked the door, then waved his hand and said, "Let's go, I'll take you there, it's not far away."

"Thank you uncle."

Seeing that the old man took the initiative to cooperate, everyone was very pleased.

At this moment, there were few pedestrians on the street, but the police officers were in groups of threes and twos, distributed at various intersections, patrolling suspicious persons.

Everyone has their equipment in their hands and is ready to capture the activities at any time.

Therefore, Gu Chen could also see that everyone was actually nervous, especially the new police officers.

However, as new police officers continue to reinforce, everyone's courage gradually grows.

After all, beating up a murderer in groups has an absolute advantage psychologically.

Therefore, anywhere on the road, as long as traces of the murderer are found, the ratio of the police to the murderer can be at least three to one.

Over there, the police continued to patrol Ho Tung town.

On the other side, the old man of the supermarket had already led everyone through an alley to the entrance of an old building.

Pointing to the gate, the old man of the supermarket introduced: "This is the warehouse of Xi Mu's family. It is usually considered as a warehouse rented by the town, and Xi Mu's family lives next door. Usually, I can help you look at the warehouse or something."

"So many materials in our town are stored here, as are the masks."

During the conversation, the old man of the supermarket had already brought everyone to the door of a family.

"Duk Tuk Tuk." The old man knocked on the door directly and called out, "Xi Mu, Xi Mu."

"Who is it?" Awakened by the barking of dogs outside, there seemed to be a response in the house.

"I'm Lao Zhao from the supermarket." The old man said.

"Is there something going on so late?" The male voice in the room seemed weak, as if he had just woken up.

The old man didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "You open the door quickly, I have something to do with you, hurry up."

"Then you wait." The man in the room responded.

Afterwards, everyone heard nagging complaints in the house, and not long after, the door was opened.

A middle-aged man in a coat yawned and took a look.

Seeing the old man of the supermarket standing at the door with a group of policemen, Xi Mu was stunned and asked weakly, "Who are you?"

"I'm Gu Chen, captain of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Furong Sub-bureau. We are investigating a recent murder case and need your cooperation."

While Gu Chen was speaking, he clicked on the photo album on his mobile phone, showed the picture in front of Xi Mu and asked, "Are these masks from your warehouse?"

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