I am a super cop

Chapter 716
Gu Chen quickly realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Don't worry, speak slowly."

"The peacock breeding base is on fire."

"Well, put out the fire quickly, or call 119 if it doesn't work."

"no no."

"Isn't the Peacock Base on fire?"

"It's true that the Peacock Base is on fire, but, but..."

Wan Ting's thoughts were confused for a while, and she didn't explain clearly on the phone at all, which made Gu Chen feel confused.

After calming down, Gu Chen said again: "Wan Ting, don't worry, just talk slowly, what happened to the Peacock Base?"

"Just...someone was burned to death in the room." Wan Ting struggled for a long time before finally speaking clearly.

Gu Chen was also taken aback for a moment, and quickly asked her, "Who was the person who was burned to death?"

"I don't know, it might be Ah Fa, because his workers haven't come back yet, and he was burned to death in the room where he lived. The weirdest thing is that this room is completely locked, and no one can go in."

The phone paused for a few seconds before Gu Chen asked again: "You mean, the people who were burned to death were locked in a secret room?"

"Correct."

"Will someone throw inflammables through the window, causing people inside the house to be burned to death?" Gu Chen asked again.

Wan Ting couldn't tell for a while, so she could only explain roughly: "Probably not, because all the windows in the rooms are closed. When I went to the Peacock Base, I saw the people in the house burned to death outside the window, so I just called you."

"Are you alone at the scene?" Gu Chen asked.

Wan Ting said: "That's right, but my brother and the others will bring people over soon. I feel that this place is very dangerous, so I called you..."

At the same time that Wan Ting was talking with Gu Chen, there was a noise of a car in the distance.

Wan Ting breathed a sigh of relief, and then said again: "It's my brother and the others who are here, so does my calling you count as calling the police? Or do I need to call 110 again?"

"You wait for me there, and also, stop your brother and others outside the Peacock Base, don't let anyone come in and out at will, remember."

"I understand, it's protecting the scene, right?" Wan Ting asked.

"Correct."

"Okay, then I know, come here quickly."

After the two had a simple communication on the phone, Gu Chen hung up the phone.

"Senior Sister Lu, Senior Brother Wang, Xiao Yuan, Senior Brother He, Senior Brother Ding, let's go."

Gu Chen stood up and said.

Everyone couldn't help being taken aback, but judging from the situation of Gu Chen's phone conversation just now, it is likely that something happened somewhere.

So they quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks, and set off with Gu Chen.

After putting on the police equipment, Yuan Shasha and Lu Weiwei prepared the toolbox that Gu Chen needed and put it in the trunk of the vehicle. They all took an assault vehicle and headed directly to Hehua Township.

The news that someone in the peacock breeding base was burned to death spread like wildfire.

When the police assault vehicle appeared outside the base, there were already many local villagers surrounding it.

Everyone stood outside the iron gate and whispered, discussing the strange situation on the scene.

A little girl who was held by her grandmother suddenly pointed at the police car and shouted: "The police uncle is here."

Everyone turned around to take a look, and then gave way to both sides of the road like a tide, and gave way to the police in the middle.

"Officer Gu." A familiar figure suddenly walked out of the crowd. This was Wan Gang, the mayor of Wanxiang who had been live broadcasting with Gu Chen before.

Seeing that Wan Gang was extremely anxious, Gu Chen asked, "What's the situation at the scene? Who is the deceased?"

"I don't know, my sister Wan Ting blocked everyone out and didn't let us in, but the only person living in the peacock breeding base should be Ah Fa."

"Where is Wan Ting?" Lu Weiwei asked.

Wan Gang turned around, pointed at the iron gate and said, "She's right there."

"Let's go and have a look together." Gu Chen didn't have time to think about it, so he waved his hand and led everyone to the gate together.

Seeing Gu Chen bring someone over, Wan Ting breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly waved to Gu Chen: "Officer Gu, I followed your request and never let anyone in."

"Thank you very much." Gu Chen glanced at the door lock and said, "Then can you open the door now?"

"Ah? Oh." Because she was too nervous, Wan Ting was taken aback for a moment, but she quickly realized and opened the door.

Officer Ding and He Junchao immediately set up a cordon around the perimeter to maintain order at the scene.

Seeing that Wan Gang was still outside, Gu Chen said directly to He Junchao, "Senior Brother He, let Master Wanxiang come in."

"Okay." He Junchao nodded.

Wan Gang also understood the meaning, and immediately raised the cordon, and drilled into the Peacock Base from below.

When he came to his sister Wan Ting, Wan Gang was also stunned and said: "Officer Gu, I also received a call from my sister to find out that something happened at the peacock breeding base. I don't know what's going on inside now."

"Come over with me to have a look." Gu Chen didn't say much, and went directly to the scene of the crime.

But when Wan Ting led the way and took everyone to Peacock Base, Ah Fa's solitary residence, Gu Chen suddenly became suspicious.

Surrounding the residence for a week, the walls are still intact, exactly the same as when I first visited the Peacock Base, and there is not much meaning to change.

Gu Chen asked curiously: "Since it's on fire, why is the house still intact?"

"I don't know." Wan Ting shook her head like a rattle, and said directly: "Except that the people inside were burnt beyond recognition, I don't know what's going on with this house?"

"Also, the house is obviously locked, but how did he do it?"

With Wan Ting's question, Gu Chen didn't respond, but went directly to the window.

This is a relatively spacious one-person room, which is usually used for workers to live in, with only two sliding windows.

Gu Chen thought of a murder case in a secret room that he had cracked when he first joined the police force. The other party used dismantling and replacing the glass to achieve the effect of the secret room.

But different from this time, the windows last time were old wooden windows. As long as the replacement glass is in place and the glass glue is in good workmanship, it is basically impossible to see too much.

It was also in consideration of the unsanitary life of the deceased last time, but the windows were cleaned cleanly, that made Gu Chen find the loophole.

But this time, all aluminum alloy windows, the glass glue is intact, and there are no traces of cleaning.

Obviously, this time is completely different from the last time, there is no possibility of the murderer entering the room through the window.

Through the glass, Gu Chen could clearly see a charred corpse lying on the floor tiles of the room, frowning slightly.

After putting on white gloves and checking the window, Gu Chen came to the gate.

The iron door is very strong, Gu Chen double-checked and found that it was indeed locked from the inside.

"How is it?" Officer Wang asked beside him.

"I can only hit the door." Gu Chen has no better way, because it seems a bit cumbersome and a waste of time to unlock this kind of retro door.

"Then I'll go get the hammer." After receiving Gu Chen's reply, Officer Wang turned around and was about to leave.

Gu Chen grabbed him and said, "No, I'll do it."

Taking two steps back, Gu Chen adjusted his breathing, found the right foothold, grabbed the ground with his right toe, and stepped back abruptly.

With lightning speed, he kicked hard at the iron gate.

Afterwards, only a "bang" was heard, and the iron door slammed open tremblingly.

Gu Chen kicked the door steadily, accurately and relentlessly.

It only takes one kick to break the door, which is much easier to use than a hammer.

Of course, Gu Chen also carefully calculated the iron gate and his explosive power to kick the gate.

If he felt that using his feet could not solve the problem, Gu Chen would use the breaking hammer without hesitation.

Before entering the room, Gu Chen put on a foot cover to prevent the traces in the house from being destroyed.

Gu Chen took Lu Weiwei into the room together, while Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha were in charge of investigating the door.

Everyone has a clear division of labor, but seeing this scene in front of them still makes people feel sick.

The whole house was filled with a burning smell.

The corpse that fell in front of him was completely burnt beyond recognition, looking like a piece of coke, very cruel.

"Junior Brother Gu." Lu Weiwei turned from the window and said, "The window is locked."

"Open it, let's get some air." Gu Chen fanned the unpleasant burning smell in the room with his hand.

Lu Weiwei nodded and obeyed.

Gu Chen went back to the iron gate and checked the inside of the iron gate back and forth.

Just as I guessed just now, the iron door is locked inside, although Gu Chen also knows that some of them can be locked outside the house with some rope auxiliary tools.

But after checking and confirming the door lock, Gu Chen resolutely gave up this idea.

The kind of magical operation that appears in TV dramas actually has a very low probability of success.

On the spot, this situation does not exist at all.

Because the inner side of the iron door, in addition to the normal door lock, also has the original latch.

However, the situation in which the door can be locked from the inside by pulling the rope outside the door in TV dramas does not exist at all.

This can rule out the murderer using the iron door to create a secret room.

But since the iron door was locked from the inside, and the windows of the room were locked from the inside, this made Gu Chen a little suspicious. Did this guy set himself on fire?

The first thing Gu Chen needs to determine now is the true identity of the deceased.

But looking at the charred corpse in front of him, Gu Chen knew that he needed the help of Wan Ting and Wan Gang, which was why he called them here.

"Senior Brother Wang, give Chief Wan and Wan Ting a pair of gloves and boots and let them in."

Looking at Wan Ting's loose long hair, Gu Chen added another sentence: "In addition, add a hood to Wan Ting, let her cover her hair, and then let them in."

"No problem." Officer Wang readily agreed.

Not long after, Wan Gang and Wan Ting, who were dressed, entered the scene.

When she saw the charred corpse on the floor tiles, Wan Ting subconsciously retreated and hid behind Wan Gang.

"This... this is too scary, it's disgusting."

"Don't be afraid." Gu Chen comforted at first, and then said: "This corpse, can you recognize his identity, is it the boss Ah Fa?"

Wan Ting didn't dare to move forward, so Wan just took a few steps forward, looked left and right at the corpse, then stood up and replied: "It should be Ah Fa. From the looks of it, it should be him."

Because the face of the other party was burned, although Gu Chen also knew that it might be Ah Fa, but for the sake of accuracy, Wan Gang, who was more familiar with Ah Fa, was still needed to confirm.

But Wan Gang's answer was the same as he imagined, the deceased was indeed Afa, the owner of the peacock breeding base.

"What is your basis?" Gu Chen asked.

"Watch." Wan Gang pointed to the watch on the charred body, and said, "Although it was severely damaged, the outline is still there. This guy likes to wear this brand of watch, and even showed it off to me."

"In the past few years, Ah Fa has basically been wearing this watch when talking about business." After looking at it again, Wan Gang said again: "There is also this chain around his neck, which he often wears. It’s quite dark, but I can recognize it at a glance.”

"I can recognize it too." Wan Ting on the side also confirmed, "I've seen his decorations too."

"But, how did he manage to burn himself like this in the secret room?" Lu Weiwei, who was on the side, checked around and confirmed that this was a secret room.

But the most weird thing about burning like this in a secret room is that none of the surrounding furniture was ignited, which is a bit scary.

Gu Chen didn't answer, but squatted down and began to examine the charred corpse.

After repeatedly confirming the main body parts of the burnt corpse, Gu Chen did not find any sign that the body of the deceased had been attacked.

Since it is a charred corpse, it is indeed more difficult to detect than a normal corpse, and some other possibilities are not ruled out.

For example, whether the deceased was poisoned and so on.

But these are not the issues that Gu Chen has to consider first, because in this simple room, Gu Chen's existing tools are not enough to achieve this kind of precise detection.

Checking from the legs to the upper body, Gu Chen was suddenly attracted by the neck of the corpse.

As soon as his eyes lit up, Gu Chen raised the corpse's head slightly with his left hand, and then under the illumination of the strong flashlight, he found that there were obvious strangle marks on the neck of the corpse.

Although this sign is extremely difficult to detect in front of the charred corpse.

But Gu Chen still found something tricky at the position of the larynx.

"It was strangled to death." Gu Chen said.

"What... what? Was he strangled to death?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, Lu Weiwei quickly squatted down, and followed Gu Chen's gaze to inspect the throat of the deceased.

Like Gu Chen's conclusion, Lu Weiwei also found out the trick.

"That's right, according to all the signs, he was indeed strangled to death, because there are obvious strangle marks here."

"Even though the body of the deceased was charred, these traces remained."

"But...but how could he be strangled to death? After being strangled to death, he was still set on fire like this. Isn't that too terrifying?" Wan Ting, who was standing aside, was not very courageous.

But now it's better, Gu Chen found out that the deceased was strangled to death with a rope and burned into charcoal.

This is indeed unimaginable horror.

Gu Chen stood up, looked around again and said: "If this is the case, the deceased was strangled to death, and then set fire to the body, it means that the murderer must have left the scene after committing the crime, which also means that this room may be It's not a secret room at all."

"It's not a secret room. Could it be that the murderer can escape to the sky? The door locks and windows here are all locked from the inside. Could it be that the murderer still has the ability to penetrate walls? Or dig a tunnel?"

It was also reminded by Lu Weiwei that Gu Chen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly turned his gaze to the wall again.

Judging from all signs, this house is a pure secret room, and the wall panels of the room are all nailed from the inside, which is very strong.

But how did the murderer escape from the secret room after committing the crime?

First of all, Gu Chen has been able to exclude the doors and windows...

And looking up at the ceiling, it seemed impossible.

"Is there really a tunnel here?" Gu Chen turned around and asked Wan Gang and Wan Ting.

After the two looked at each other, they both shook their heads.

Wan Gang explained: "It is impossible to have a tunnel. This house has not been built for a long time, and many people involved in the construction know that it is impossible to dig a tunnel under the tiles, because it is all cement and sand."

"Even if he, Ah Fa, wants to dig a tunnel, it's impossible for outsiders not to know, and he can't do it alone."

"That's right." Wan Ting on the side also hurriedly said: "The previous workers didn't live here, they all lived in the townhouses."

"But because there is still a lot of feed in the room, the smell is very strong. After the workers made a fuss, Ah Fa asked someone to build this single room near the door, so that the workers can live comfortably."

Hearing what the two said, Gu Chen also nodded silently: "That is to say, this single room has not been built for a long time, and it would be very difficult to dig out a tunnel with the strength of Ah Fa alone?"

"Yes." Wan Ting nodded fiercely, and said again: "Even if he, Ah Fa, can dig tunnels, what is he doing digging tunnels? Why do you have nothing to do?"

"That's right." Lu Weiwei agreed with Wanting's point of view.

Normally, if it wasn't for a nervous breakdown, I wouldn't do boring things like digging tunnels.

But just to be on the safe side, Gu Chen still stomped on every floor tile in the room a few times to make sure there was really no problem.

"If there are no problems with the doors and windows, it is impossible to go to the sky to escape to the ground. Then the murderer can only pass through the wall." After some exclusions, Gu Chen returned his gaze to the wall again.

Although it is known that the possibility is unlikely, the deceased was indeed strangled to death, which is beyond reproach.

Even though this was not the first scene of the crime, the burning of the deceased obviously happened in the room.

Gu Chen had assumed that the murderer poured inflammables on the body of the deceased and then ignited it through the crack of the door, but he quickly ruled it out by himself.

Because the possibility of this is almost zero.

But if the deceased did not set himself on fire, then the murderer must have left the scene after committing the crime.

But outsiders can't enter this pure secret room, so there is only one last possibility, the murderer may have passed through the wall.

It was just now that I heard Gu Chen discussing the problem of penetrating the wall. Officer Wang walked to the wall, took out his shrinking baton, and began to tap the wall lightly.

Because he knew what Gu Chen meant, it didn't mean to go through the wall, but he just thought there might be something wrong with the wall.

Seeing that Police Officer Wang started the investigation first, Gu Chen simply took out his shrinking baton and began to share the investigation task together.

But soon, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha also joined them.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk!"

All of a sudden, knocking sounds came from everywhere in the room.

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