Mystery

Chapter 2 Murder in the Closet
Conference room 311 is at the innermost part of the third floor of the Municipal Bureau, next to the fire safety ladder.

Many old smokers would smoke in the corridors when they couldn't bear it. Over the years, even though the windows were open, there was still a lingering smell of cigarettes.

The summer in Nanjiang City is extremely hot, like a stove.

Chen Mo held the file between his arms, stood at the window and took a deep breath. He had quit smoking.

It was still early at this moment, and the door of the cafeteria was open. If you didn't go down to look at Chen Mo, you would know that it was steamed buns stuffed with vermicelli and sauerkraut, and dry noodles without sesame paste.

Chen Mo withdrew his gaze and pushed open the door of meeting room 311.

There are four people inside.

Chen Mo pulled back the stool and put the file on the table.

"You should all know each other, right? Zhao Xiaomeng, who is in charge of network security; Qi Huan, who has local access; Li Yuan, who used to be a special police officer; Shen Ke, who has been seconded to Nanjiang New District before, and is a criminal investigation expert."

"Have you all watched the video posted earlier? I heard that Shen Ke was called to the police at that time. Tell me about the case."

As Chen Mo spoke, he looked up at Shen Ke who was sitting at the door with his head bowed.

From here, you can only see the top of her head, and the short curly hair is as fluffy as seaweed soaked in water.

Her skin is extremely white, and the blue blood vessels on the back of her hand are very distinct.On this hot day, she was wearing a black motorcycle suit. Just looking at it, Chen Mo felt like she was sweating profusely.

Shen Ke raised her head when she heard the words, maybe it was because she was not forced to smile, she looked much more natural than in the ID photo.

"It happened to be near the scene of the crime yesterday."

Shen Ke explained it expressionlessly, and her thoughts drifted back to 12 o'clock last night.

……

Nanjiang New District is a new development zone.

Compared with the four old towns in the southeast, northwest, and high-rise buildings, it looks more urbanized.

During the transformation of the old urban area in the past two years, many factories that did not meet the standards for energy conservation and emission reduction have been relocated.And because the rent is cheap, many emerging industries like to take root here.

Shen Ke looked at the black screen of the live broadcast room, put the phone in his pocket, put on the helmet, turned the motorcycle head, and galloped towards the Chaoyang apartment.

Just 10 minutes ago, she was still wandering around there, investigating the case of female Internet celebrity Lilith falling to her death in Donggui Mountain a week ago.

Lilith is a beauty blogger who became popular by shooting videos imitating the still photos of big names, and became famous on the Internet.Just a week ago, she went to Donggui Mountain to shoot a scene, and she fell to her death in full view of everyone.

After the incident, there was a rapid rainstorm in Nanjiang City, which almost drowned all the traces, and the on-site survey did not find any useful clues.

Eyewitnesses proved that Lilith was standing by the bluestone alone at that time, and no one approached her.The forensic autopsy report also contained nothing suspicious.If there is no new progress, the case will be closed with accidental death.

Chaoyang Apartment is a newly built Internet celebrity apartment on Qingnian Road, with a total of 18 floors.

Shen Ke parked his motorcycle and went straight to 1304.

This apartment is long and narrow, with doors on both sides, and the walls are newly painted white. At first glance, it looks like it is standing in the corridor of a hospital ward.Because of the new decoration, there is still a smell of formaldehyde.

1304 has been cordoned off, and the aisle is full of people looking out to see the excitement.

Shen Ke pushed aside the crowd, but before she could show her police officer ID, the police officer Xiao Zhang who came over received the police report, and called out happily, "Deputy Shen! You came so fast! The name of the deceased is Zhu Zhumei, and she was her manager." Ren Wang Haibin reported to the police."

Shen Ke nodded, took the shoe covers and gloves handed over by Xiao Zhang, and glanced at them out of the corner of her eye.

By the window at the end of the corridor, a man about 25 or [-] squatted there smoking a cigarette, and a pile of cigarette butts piled up on the ground.

She withdrew her gaze and looked towards the door, where a bamboo pole as thick as a little finger was leaning on it.

Even standing at the door, one could smell the bloody smell.

Shen Ke frowned slightly, and walked straight towards the white three-door wardrobe where Zhu Zhumei was hiding in the video.

All three doors of the wardrobe were open.The double-door cabinet on the left was empty, Zhu Zhumei moved to the single-door cabinet on the right at some point.Her body seemed to be supported by a kitchen knife around her neck, standing in the cabinet.

Her eyes were bulging, and blood splattered everywhere, staining her white short-sleeved shirt red.

On the white closet door, there was a patch of red, and blood flowed from the closet to the ground.

Shen Ke wore a mask and moved closer.

The handle of the kitchen knife is embedded in the back wall against the corner of the cabinet.In order to fix it, the murderer also deliberately nailed two iron sheets to hold it on the handle of the knife.

She knelt down and looked at the partition between the double-door cabinet and the single-door cabinet. There was a fresh sawdust under it.

A flash of inspiration flashed in Shen Ke's mind, he stretched out his hand, and gently pushed the partition, and the partition moved like a revolving door.

There was blood on both sides of the partition.

"Why is Deputy Team Shen here? Didn't it mean that you will go to the Special Cases Team of the Municipal Bureau tomorrow? Then let's go to the cafeteria to eat dry noodles!"

Shen Ke followed the sound and saw three people walking in the door.

Nanjiang City is not big, but it is not small. Murders are common, but it is impossible to happen every day.

Each sub-bureau has criminal investigation detachments, but the on-site evidence collection team and the forensic doctor are all in the city bureau, and will only be dispatched when necessary.

The man who spoke was wearing a blue and white striped shirt, buttoned up to the top, with a smile on his face showing his white teeth.His name is Yan Xiulin, and he is one of the only two forensic doctors in the city bureau. To Shen Ke, he is an old acquaintance.

Shen Ke nodded, and walked towards the door without saying a word.

When passing by Yan Xiulin, he said to the person standing behind him, "The murder weapon is a kitchen knife. There is a thin white thread accidentally left in the fixed place. It seems that the glove was caught."

"You can pay attention to whether there are marks left on the top of the cabinet. If the murderer is not wearing a hat, his hair may hit the cabinet and leave dander."

After she finished speaking, she took off her gloves and walked towards the man at the end of the corridor.

The evidence searcher carrying the toolbox twitched the corners of his mouth, and muttered dissatisfiedly, "Still with this cold old look, why would such a person go to eat dry noodles with you? Even Xiulin, you can still laugh gone."

Yan Xiulin looked at Shen Ke's back, "Sister Wang, you still don't know Shen Ke? Her nickname is robot."

A robot that is as cold as iron, scrupulously investigates all cases, and never knows how to get tired.

Sister Wang smiled helplessly, "That's right, we live in Nanjiang New District, and we were woken up from the bed. She is good, she is always the first to arrive at the scene, I am afraid she is still chasing the east and returning to the mountain so late case."

Seven days ago, she went to Donggui Mountain with Yan Xiulin, as well as Shen Ke.

"Are you Wang Haibin, the reporter?" Shen Ke's voice was cold, which made people think of the mechanical female voice "unlocked" in the live video.

Wang Haibin pressed the cigarette butt on the ground, patted the dust off his body, stood up and nodded to Shen Ke.

"It's me! I have a cold, so I asked for leave to rest at home. Zhumei suddenly started a live broadcast at night. After I saw what happened, I rushed over immediately. But I didn't expect Zhumei..."

Shen Ke looked at Wang Haibin seriously, "As soon as you found out that Zhu Zhumei was dead, you immediately called the police. What time was it?"

Wang Haibin hurriedly picked up the phone and checked the call log.

"It was about 12 past 10 o'clock. I also live in this apartment. There is a police station next to it. As soon as Officer Xiao Zhang arrived, you came back."

(End of this chapter)