I am a super cop

Chapter 372 You Overlooked an Important Detail

"Let's wait until the landlord brings the key. We have no basis for this. Maybe Zhang Xiaoya is not in the room at all."

Gao Cheng originally wanted to continue talking, but Gu Chen didn't listen at all, but squatted down directly, as if observing something.

"Gu Chen." Gan Wenfeng at the side called him and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Could it be...you don't smell blood?" Gu Chen turned his head and looked at him.

Judging from the situation of knocking on the door just now, Gu Chen has already sensed the abnormality from inside the house by using his expert level of observation.

Just now downstairs, Gu Chen specially inspected the room Zhang Xiaoya rented.

In broad daylight, the curtains were drawn, which is a bit unreasonable.

In addition, there was no response to knocking on the door, but Gu Chen could smell something abnormal in the room.

Lu Weiwei frowned for a moment, realized something, and asked, "You mean, the smell of blood coming from the room?"

After observing the surroundings, Lu Weiwei was sure that the opposite was a house that had not been lived in for a long time.

Moreover, it can be seen from the thick dust on the doorknob that only Zhang Xiaoya's room seems to be inhabited on this floor.

In this way, if there is a smell of blood in the house as Gu Chen said, it must be coming from Zhang Xiaoya's rented house.

Gu Chen stood up, pushed the door directly with his hands, felt the hardness of the door, and then said: "If you wait for the landlord, how long will it take?"

Obviously, if the landlord can't work it out, it's a jio thing.

"This..." Gao Cheng couldn't tell for sure, so he had to pick up his mobile phone again and call the branch office.

"I'm Gao Cheng, where are you now?"

"Old Gao, we are investigating." A policeman replied from the other end of the phone.

"Can you hurry up?" Gao Cheng asked again.

"Then give me another minute." The other end of the phone was still bargaining.

"Half a minute." Gao Cheng stopped replying after finishing speaking.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense...

At first, when everyone came here, they felt that they were looking for trouble.

But now when they came to the scene, they did find that there was a big abnormality in the rental house where Zhang Xiaoya lived.

Gao Cheng and Gan Wenfeng, in order to verify Gu Chen's sense of smell, couldn't help but put their heads against the door, and sniffed the smell inside the house.

But the two of them did not have Gu Chen's keen observation skills.

Especially the sense of smell.

With the blessing of expert-level observation, Gu Chen's ability in all aspects is several times that of ordinary people.

Gan Wenfeng turned his head to look at Gao Cheng, with doubts in his eyes.

And Gao Cheng also couldn't smell the situation inside the house, so now he looks at Gu Chen with a bit of doubt.

"Gu Chen, you said there was a smell of blood in the house, but why can't we smell it?"

"Yes." Gan Wenfeng also hurriedly said, "Could it be that Officer Wang and Officer Lu can also smell it?"

"I can't smell it." Officer Wang tried it just now, and found nothing unusual.

Lu Weiwei also waved her hand and said, "I can't smell it either, but Junior Brother Gu should be fine."

Lu Weiwei knew Gu Chen's power of observation.

Leaving aside whether he could find any abnormalities in the house, just from the cases that Gu Chen handled before, he has almost never missed a hand.

It can be seen that when your strength is not as good as others, just follow him and support your teammates unconditionally. The effect may be unimaginable.

Gu Chen has this kind of strength...

Therefore, when Gu Chen had doubts about the house, Lu Weiwei would immediately stand up and support her.

Gao Cheng and Gan Wenfeng looked at each other, their understanding of Gu Chen was only limited to his appearance.

It is said that appearance and ability are inversely proportional...

Logically speaking, a policeman like Gu Chen should be at the bottom of the police force.

But judging from Gu Chen's series of operations this morning, it seems that this Gu Chen still has his own shining points.

At the very least, this sketch is stunning enough.

Gu Chen is still remarkable in painting and sketching.

But looking at Gu Chen now, it seems that he is more like the leader of Police Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei. The decisions Gu Chen made at the scene seemed to play a leading role.

Thinking of this, Gao Cheng turned his attention to Gan Wenfeng, who was also his subordinate.

They are also at the police grass level, if Gan Wenfeng dares to assert himself in front of him, he must throw him over his shoulder.

But Gan Wenfeng didn't have the guts, let alone the strength.

"Old Gao."

Just when everyone was contemplating, a reply from the comrade of the sub-bureau suddenly came from the other end of the phone: "I found the landlord's number, and I will send it to you right away, pay attention to check."

After hanging up the phone for a few seconds, Gao Cheng received a call from the landlord on his cell phone.

Gao Cheng didn't think much about it, he just wanted to end all this quickly, so he dialed the landlord's number.

As the phone beeped, everyone at the scene pricked up their ears, not daring to be distracted for a moment.

"Hello? Who are you?" An old man hoarsely said.

"I'm from the Wutong Sub-bureau. Is Zhang Xiaoya your tenant?" Gao Cheng hurriedly asked him based on the situation he knew.

After about five seconds of silence, the old man replied: "Yeah, what's the matter?"

"It's like this." Gao Cheng calmed down and continued: "We have contacted Zhang Xiaoya's work unit, and the people there said that she has not come to work for a few days, and the phone cannot be reached. We suspect that she is experiencing difficulties at home. Some of our comrades even smelled blood in the house..."

"What... what? What did you just say?" The landlord also changed his tone after hearing the smell of blood.

"I said, we have a little comrade who heard that there was a smell of blood in Zhang Xiaoya's rented house. We are at the door now, and we can't confirm it. If you are nearby, can you please come and open the door?"

Gao Cheng also tugged at his collar, feeling that the atmosphere was too tense.

The landlord on the other end seemed to be frightened, and asked weakly, "Are you really the police?"

"It's absolutely true." Gao Cheng couldn't help but smile wryly when he was doubted, "If you don't believe me, we can make a video, and I can show you our police ID."

"Okay, I believe it, but I'm traveling abroad now, and I can't go back to Jiangbei City for the time being."

The atmosphere became awkward again.

Gao Cheng looked at Gu Chen, and Gu Chen walked over directly, and said to the phone: "Master, can we do this, let's kick the door."

"This..." The uncle suddenly hesitated, unable to pay attention for a while.

But Gu Chen didn't hesitate, and said directly: "If the situation in your house cannot be verified as soon as possible, then you should know the consequences. After all, it is a fact that Zhang Xiaoya disappeared for a few days. If something goes wrong in the rental house, I think you should know the consequences."

"Okay, okay." It may be because of awareness of the seriousness of the situation. After all, even the police said that there was a bloody smell in the house. Thinking of this, the landlord let go and said: "Then break the door, please don't hang up your mobile phone, I want to know the smell of blood in the house. Case."

"I agree with your request." Gu Chen answered very readily, and then nodded to Gao Cheng, Gan Wenfeng, Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang, expressing that he could help.

"Gu Chen, come on." Seeing that the deal was done, Gao Cheng didn't force it, and let Gu Chen handle it.

Gu Chen also took a step back and took a deep breath.

The gates of this kind of old buildings are not particularly strong, so Gu Chen basically has no pressure.

Kicking back with the toe of his right toe, Gu Chen suddenly rushed out, his right leg was as fast as lightning, and he was directly facing the door with a jio.

"boom!"

The door was hit by a sudden blow, the entire door frame twisted in an instant, and the wood on the door lock was almost dented deeply by Gu Chen's jio just now.

Gu Chen continued his efforts, grabbed the doorknob with both hands, and pulled hard again.

"boom!"

One in and one out.

The door was pulled open directly.

A few strands of dust fell from the top of the head in an instant.

"Ahem!" Lu Weiwei couldn't help coughing twice, fanned the ashes, and followed Gu Chen into the room quickly.

But the scene in front of them surprised everyone.

I saw a woman sitting on a wooden chair, and a sharp dagger was stuck in her chest.

The person was dead, and the blood on the ground had congealed, and the whole living room smelled of blood.

"This..." Gao Cheng was stunned.

He didn't expect that the suspicion aroused by a bus driver's one-sided statement would lead him to find Zhang Xiaoya's residence.

And at this moment, Zhang Xiaoya was sitting on that wooden chair.

Because the curtains were drawn, the whole house looked particularly dark, giving people a gloomy feeling at noon.

"Comrade policeman, comrade policeman." On the phone that Gao Cheng hadn't hung up yet, the landlady kept calling.

Gao Cheng tremblingly picked up the phone, put it to his ear and said, "Master."

"How is it? Has the door been knocked open?"

"Crash... smashed open."

"Then... what's going on inside? Tell me quickly!" The old man is now more anxious than the police.

There was a big incident at home, and people were outside again, and they couldn't come back in time, so I felt restless.

"Master, why don't you do this? I don't think you should travel any more. Come back first and deal with things here, okay?"

Gao Cheng didn't say it directly, for fear of irritating the landlord.

And the landlord who was involved in this matter seemed to understand the seriousness of the situation at home from Gao Cheng's tone, and immediately asked, "Did my tenant, Zhang Xiaoya, die in the room? Isn't it?"

"Master, don't ask too many questions. Come back quickly. Someone from our police will be here. If there is a situation, can we keep in touch at any time? Also, my surname is Gao, you can call me Officer Gao..."

After Gao Cheng communicated with the uncle for a while, the landlord agreed to buy a return ticket immediately, and he would be able to return to Jiangbei City by today at the latest.

After hanging up the phone, Gu Chen was already observing Zhang Xiaoya's situation.

Because in Jiangbei City, the main task is to exchange and learn.

Therefore, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang did not carry all kinds of equipment, so Gu Chen did not move the corpse.

Seeing Gao Cheng approaching, Gu Chen asked him, "How is it? Will the landlord come?"

"Should be back from afternoon to evening, early tomorrow morning at the latest." Gao Cheng replied weakly, feeling that the case before him was more difficult.

He saw that Police Officer Wang and Gu Chen had checked the room, and asked, "Did you find anything?"

"I took a look around." Gu Chen looked around and explained, "This house should be where Zhang Xiaoya lived alone, and no other people's daily necessities were found in it."

"And this Zhang Xiaoya died of excessive blood loss." Lu Weiwei quickly added.

Officer Wang took a napkin from the tea table, and put a bag of jewelry scattered on the ground on the table: "And we found this."

"What is this?" Gao Cheng immediately stepped forward, took out his white gloves, put them on, and opened the small cloth bag himself: "Gold jewelry?"

"That's right." Gu Chen nodded and said, "We found these on the ground, scattered around Zhang Xiaoya."

Gan Wenfeng rested his chin with one hand, and said thoughtfully: "How could this Zhang Xiaoya die at home suddenly? Also, these jewelry don't look like hers. There is even Bawangjin in it."

Gu Chen did not stay around the corpse, but checked every corner of the room again.

Later, Gu Chen found the adhesive tape on the door frame, which was a place he hadn't noticed before.

The adhesive tape was along the door frame, almost all over the circle.

Lu Weiwei followed Gu Chen's gaze and looked over: "Huh? Why are there so many tapes?"

Gan Wenfeng turned his head and said, "Why seal the door frame with tape? Is this going to be a secret room?"

As soon as Gu Chen was reminded, he hurried to the window and opened the curtains.

At this moment, not only the door, but also the gaps in all the windows were glued together.

The whole room looked more like a secret room.

"Could it be suicide?" Gan Wenfeng looked at the scene and couldn't help but sigh: "This Zhang Xiaoya, if you seal the doors and windows, isn't this a secret room? What does she want to do?"

Gao Cheng has been observing these jewelry all the time, and his expression is solemn.

He was not disturbed, but kept thinking.

Gu Chen saw Gao Cheng's thoughts, and asked him quickly: "Senior brother Gao, have you found anything about these gold jewelry?"

"Really." Gao Cheng nodded, and walked to Gu Chen and Police Officer Wang: "To tell you the truth, last week, a large amount of gold jewelry was stolen from a gold jewelry store in the high-tech zone."

"And the thieves are very skilled. Our Jiangbei police have hardly found any loopholes. We suspect that it was done by a man with agility, so we have been investigating."

"How?" Gu Chen asked.

Gao Cheng explained: "The reason is very simple. The thieves left very few clues at the scene, and their methods were clean and neat. All kinds of surveillance were destroyed, the alarm did not go off, and all the gold in the entire counter disappeared."

"For this reason, the Gaoxin District Bureau took all the shop assistants back to investigate, and found that these people had no time to commit the crime, and the thief may be someone else."

"No wonder." Lu Weiwei also suddenly realized: "No wonder we took the high-speed train to Jiangbei City, and found that there were many policemen doing security checks at the station, and the density was very high. Could it be because of this?"

"That's right." Gao Cheng didn't deny it, but said with some embarrassment: "After the incident happened, our local media in Jiangbei City began to broadcast the progress of the case 24 hours a day in various self-media and radio broadcasts. Watching this thing."

"And we have set up road cards at all toll booths and intersections to strictly investigate some abnormal people. It can be said that we have given criminals the greatest psychological pressure."

Gu Chen pulled out a piece of gold jewelry directly from the cloth bag with a napkin, and said, "Could it be that these gold jewelry are the items lost in the gold shop in the high-tech zone?"

Gao Cheng nodded: "I feel so."

After Gan Wenfeng checked the surroundings, he returned to several people.

Based on the trace of Gu Chen's search just now, he reconfirmed that on one side, all the doors and windows were pasted with adhesive tape to seal the gaps tightly.

Moreover, this kind of adhesive tape seems to be very sticky. When Gan Wenfeng tried to tear off the adhesive tape from the window gap, he spent a lot of effort, so he also came over and gave feedback:
"Old Gao, I have seen the situation here, the adhesive tape is very sticky, and every gap is occupied by this thing."

"That's weird." Gao Cheng walked to the door, his eyes became gloomy: "So, she, Zhang Xiaoya, probably committed suicide? Because all the doors and windows here are glued with this kind of tape."

"Or, because of various reports from various media, as well as enhanced inspections at all gas stations and intersections, Zhang Xiaoya couldn't bear such strong psychological pressure, and finally chose to commit suicide in fear of crime?" Gan Wenfeng also added.

Seeing everyone looking at him with strange eyes, Gan Wenfeng said again: "I'm just hypothesizing, after all, similar cases have happened before, and a suspect chose to commit suicide by jumping off a building because he couldn't bear the psychological pressure. No bullshit."

Gao Cheng nodded: "I can testify on this. In the case last year, an arsonist burned two people to death. We conducted a city-wide investigation of the arsonist."

"The arsonist hid in a corner under the viaduct and stayed there for five full days. Later, he couldn't bear it anymore psychologically. He climbed up a nearby unfinished building, jumped down, and fell to his death."

"So, you suspect that Zhang Xiaoya is the one who stole the gold jewelry in the high-tech zone?" Lu Weiwei hesitated, looking at Gan Wenfeng.

Gan Wenfeng said: "This Zhang Xiaoya's method of death is like suicide. If my guess is wrong, I'll ask a forensic doctor to check it out. However, she was able to glue all the gaps between the doors and windows and arrange it into a secret room, which shows that she has already died. Prepare to commit suicide."

Gu Chen smiled and said, "Senior Brother Gan's speculation is not unreasonable, but you have overlooked an important detail."

"What?" Gan Wenfeng's speculation was interrupted by Gu Chen, and he couldn't help but look back at him: "You said I overlooked an important detail, then what do you say?"

Without further ado, Gu Chen directly took the half of the tape that Gan Wenfeng tore off from Gan Wenfeng's hand, put it in his hand to examine it carefully, and then came to the door again.

Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang looked at each other, it seemed that Gu Chen had found the problem, so they followed Gu Chen to the door.

"Junior Brother Gu." Lu Weiwei asked him: "You just said that Officer Gan ignored an important detail, can you tell us what it is?"

"It's very simple." Gu Chen tore off a piece of tape from the door frame.

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(End of this chapter)