You're Guilty: Conspiracy Scene 2 crime escalation

Chapter 18 Night Tour (2)
The moment Li Kebai opened the door, a light that was too faint to be noticed flashed twice behind him.Xu Yilian was staring at Li Kebai with wide eyes. The moment the light came into view, her heart sank suddenly. She looked towards the source of the light, and saw two figures in security uniforms passing by, and quickly disappeared in the in the dark.

It turned out to be Wang Daheng and the others.Before Xu Yilian had time to think about it, she heard the bedroom door being gently opened. Li Kebai went straight to the bed and lay down. Within a minute, she snored loudly.

The creepy sleepwalking finally came to an end.Xu Yilian let out a long sigh of relief.But as the saying goes, "You only lower your eyebrows, but your heart is on your mind", the sneaky appearance of Wang Daheng and the others appeared in front of Xu Yilian again, which made her even more worried.Accompanied by Li Kebai's thunderous snoring, Xu Yilian suddenly remembered: It turned out that Wang Daheng and the others pointed behind her back yesterday afternoon to talk about Li Kebai's affairs, not to covet her beauty, disappointment, humiliation, anger, etc. Emotions were mixed in Xu Yilian's mind——Wang Daheng is a bastard, so he has seen Li Kebai sleepwalking a long time ago, so he must find a way to seal his mouth, no matter whether it is intimidation or temptation, he must not be allowed to talk nonsense outside.

Xu Tianhua and criminal police officer Li Jie stayed overnight outside the civil servants' compound. The last resident to go home was Director Yin of the Audit Bureau. It was two o'clock in the morning. Director Yin was driving a BMW. No alcohol or only a small amount of alcohol.Since then until five o'clock in the morning, there are no pedestrians or vehicles entering or leaving the community.

The possibility of Director Yin committing the crime is basically zero.Because he didn't know Newford well, he couldn't think of any reason for him to throw rubbish at Newford's house.

Xu Tianhua and the two of them handed over to the criminal police who were on shift at seven o'clock in the morning.Xu Tianhua yawned for a long time and said: "I have been guarding all night, and I haven't seen a single suspicious person. It's working hours now, and there are a lot of people going in and out. I hope you can gain something." Before he finished speaking, he The phone in the jacket pocket rang quickly.Looking at the number, it was Li Guanlan who called, and he was urged to say, "Another resident's home has been dumped with rubbish. Hurry up and enter the community and protect the scene. I will be there later. The person who had the accident is in Building No. [-], East District. "

There was a buzzing in Xu Tianhua's head, he was full of questions and before he had time to ask, Li Guanlan had already hung up the phone.Xu Tianhua said to the two criminal policemen who came to take over their shifts: "There is an accident in the community, you guard the door and watch out for suspicious people. Li Jie and I will go in."

Building No. [-] in the East District is Xu Yilian's home.Xu Tianhua once rummaged through the garbage at her house, and knew Xu Yilian, and when he arrived, he found out that the accident was her house again, and he couldn't help being shocked. If you want to believe it or not, the facts are clearly in front of you. If you want to believe it, you will spend the whole night He stared helplessly, let alone a person, even a dog or a cat would not be able to slip past his eyes.

At this time, Xu Yilian's house was in chaos.Li Kebai was the first to discover the garbage thrown in the yard.He was going to the city government for a meeting in the morning, and he went out early before walking into the yard. He stepped on a sticky pile of things. He looked down and saw two cabbage leaves that had almost rotted into mud first. Black hair is entangled in it, the hair is extremely black and thin, and the hair is very long. It can be seen at a glance that it is a woman's hair.

Li Kebai was already frightened. In the early morning, he accidentally saw the garbage thrown in his yard again. In an instant, he felt dizzy before his eyes. The blood in his whole body rushed to his head. He fell to the ground, his limbs twitching endlessly. Although he was still conscious, he couldn't get up.

Xu Yilian heard strange movements in the yard from the room, and hurried out to check.At this time, the shadow of Li Kebai's sleepwalking was still lingering in her heart, and she still had lingering fears. Seeing this terrible scene in the yard again, she couldn't help screaming sharply, breaking the morning silence of the neighborhood.

The daughter of the two, Li Youcai, came out of the toilet and ran outside when she heard the sound. She didn't know why, but when she saw her parents losing their composure, she also cried in fright.

Xu Yilian came to her senses first, and her first reaction was to call Li Guanlan for help.Somehow, at this lonely and helpless moment, thinking of Li Guanlan's calm and calm face, she felt much more at ease.

The pile of rubbish was very small. Excluding cabbage leaves and hair, there were only three chicken bones, a few pieces of broken glass, and a broken plastic bag.Li Guanlan sent people to check other people's homes in the community, but found nothing unusual.

That little strand of hair became the most important clue.Li Guanlan asked Su Caixuan to verify in the shortest possible time whether this strand of hair and the appendix discovered for the first time belonged to the same person, so as to ensure that this trace of clues would not be interrupted.

The source of the garbage becomes the key to the case.Li Guanlan did not have any doubts about Xu Tianhua's professional ability and professionalism, and with the surveillance video of the community as supporting evidence, it can basically be ruled out that the trash thrower came in and out through the gate of the community.And the possibility of climbing over the wall without touching the alarm system is basically zero.

"In this way, there is only one possibility left," Xu Tianhua thought for a while, and said his analysis, "The person who throws garbage lives in the community, and is probably an insider of this vicious murder and dismemberment case. A means of throwing out litter to get our attention."

Li Guanlan pondered and said: "I agree with your opinion. This is indeed a way of thinking. However, I think we have all overlooked another possibility. It is not ruled out that these rubbish were thrown from a high altitude."

"High in the sky?" Xu Tianhua asked puzzled, "There are only two high-rise buildings in this community, and they are tens of meters away from the incident site. How could the garbage be thrown from the sky?"

Li Guanlan inspired him—and at the same time helped himself sort out his thoughts, and said carefully: "The geographical environment is indeed like this, but we still can't constrain our thoughts. We have done two garbage disposal sites so far. One is the Niufud's house on the eighth floor. , one is Li Kebai’s house on the ground. The amount of garbage is not large, and they are all scattered on the surface. Moreover, there is a broken plastic bag mixed in every pile of garbage. I think that before the garbage is thrown on the ground, it is very likely that It was packed in a plastic bag, and because the garbage bag was higher than the ground, the impact force was very strong when it fell, causing the bag to break, rolled into a ball and mixed in the garbage, which did not attract our attention."

Xu Tianhua thought for a while, and seemed to have realized something, and said: "There is indeed such a possibility. Niu Fude's family lives on the top floor of the eighth floor. We have never figured out how the garbage is thrown up there. If the crime is committed from the sky, it can be explained. Yes. But this raises another question, how did the trash-thrower ascend to the mid-air? Couldn’t it be by helicopter or hot-air balloon? Even if it’s by means of lift-off, how can such a big movement be kept secret enough? without being noticed?"

Li Guanlan lowered his voice and said, "We need to broaden our thinking. We have always taken it for granted that people who throw garbage must be humans. Now it seems that other creatures cannot be ruled out."

Xu Tianhua and policeman Li Jie couldn't understand what was said, so they looked at each other, only feeling chills in their bodies.

Before Li Guanlan finished speaking, the phone in his jacket pocket rang loudly. It was Huang Qiaowei, the deputy director of the Guanpian Police Station in the Civil Servant Community, who called, and his voice was a little hurried: "Detachment Li, are you handling cases in our area? There is a tricky matter, can I trouble you to come here?" Afraid of Li Guanlan's refusal, he added, "It's about a 5-minute drive from your current location, and you will be there with just one push of the accelerator."

Li Guanlan had dealt with Huang Qiaowei several times, and he had a good impression of him. He could hear Huang Qiaowei's urgent tone, and said, "No problem, I'll go there right away. Where are you?"

Huang Qiaowei said: "The shore of Bailu Lake is on the side of the birch forest."

The car was still tens of meters away from the lake, Li Guanlan gasped and understood why Huang Qiaowei's tone was so anxious.By the turbid lake, under the gloomy birch trees, a large number of egrets fell to the ground and died. Their snow-white feathers echoed with the green grass, setting off a desperate bleakness and desolation.

Those dead egrets were lying down in disorder, their bodies stiff and hard, their two bird legs curled up, as if they were full of fear for this noisy and cruel world.Their eyes refused to close, and the cloudy white eye membranes were wet and sticky. It was unknown whether they were stained with dew or they had cried mournfully before they died.The black pupils look into the distance of the void, reminding the indifferent people that they were once beautiful and lively beings, and there was once a part of space for them in this crowded world where the greedy, the weak prey on the strong, and each other competes for resources. .

The Bailu lake was already full of onlookers. The three floors inside and outside were all full of fear and suspicion, whispering to each other, guessing the reason why the egrets suddenly died in batches.Some thought it might be a precursor to a major earthquake, some said that someone had poisoned Bailu Lake, and some people were pale and preoccupied, murmuring vaguely with trembling lips.

Huang Qiaowei, who was in a state of desperation, saw Li Guanlan approaching, as if he saw a savior, and went forward in three steps at a time, saying: "Li Detachment, I'm at a loss, please help me see, why are these big birds dead?" After so many deaths, the cause of death cannot be found, and the citizens make random guesses, which is a hidden danger to social stability."

Li Guanlan couldn't make a judgment for a while, and said: "As long as it is not an acute poultry infectious disease, it will not lead to more serious consequences." He turned around and asked a criminal policeman to inform Su Caixuan to come over immediately, and continued to say to Huang Qiaowei, "Did all these egrets die at the same time today?"

Huang Qiaowei wiped his sweat and said: "I just learned that egrets have died suddenly one after another in the past two months. Some citizens have found the bodies of egrets by the lake, but they have not attracted attention. They died in large numbers like today. Never before."

Worried about the potential danger of the spread of the epidemic, Li Guanlan ordered the police officers at the scene to evacuate the onlookers to a distance of ten meters, and the police officers also guarded at a place far away from Bailu's body.

After receiving the notification, Su Caixuan rushed to the scene. Seeing the tragic death of egrets in batches, she couldn't help but gasped and asked Ma Dezhong who came with her: "What do you think?"

Although Ma Dezhong is young, he is very calm and calm when encountering problems. He said: "The most fearful thing is the outbreak of bird flu. These egrets fit most of the characteristics of bird flu carriers—aquatic birds that have close contact with poultry raised by humans. The population density is high, and these are risk factors. However, there has been no record of bird flu outbreaks in wild birds in China so far, so this possibility is very small. Anyway, I think the dead egret should be sampled immediately."

Su Caixuan said: "The tools and medicines we carry are limited, but without delay, we can only conduct preliminary inspections on the spot. If any abnormalities are found, we can immediately notify the Animal and Plant Quarantine Office to avoid the spread of the epidemic."

The two put on protective clothing to prevent acid and alkali penetration in the shortest possible time, put on gas masks, and entered the isolation site.

The two selected two less stiff egrets from the ground as samples, took out a scalpel, scraped off the feathers and down on their abdomen, and then carefully cut open their skin.

Dozens of egrets circled in the air and croaked, mourning the death of their own kind.

Su Caixuan carefully inspected the egret's internal organs, let go of her hanging heart, and said: "I have not seen the characteristics of bird flu. There is no congestion, hemorrhage, cheese-like exudate in the trachea, no cloudy pericardial fluid, and no pancreas. See swelling. Bird flu can be preliminarily ruled out.” Because he was wearing a mask, his voice was very dull, and he had to shout loudly to hear it.

Ma Dezhong nodded and said, "I agree."

Su Caixuan cut open the egrets' crops and stomachs, inspected the food they ate before they died, and suddenly paused with both hands, as if realizing something.

Ma Dezhong also understood after 30 seconds, raised his head and looked at Su Caixuan, and said, "I think we have found the answer."

Su Caixuan made an "OK" gesture to Li Guanlan from a distance, and Li Guanlan understood, knowing that the two had found the reason, and the epidemic that she was most worried about finally did not appear.

At the same time, the corner of Li Guanlan's eyes caught an important image, this image is like a morning star at dawn, bringing a ray of light in the dark, and suddenly enlightening Li Guanlan's previously chaotic thoughts.Legendary novels describe martial arts masters as "eyes see six directions and ears listen to all directions". Although Li Guanlan is not a martial arts master, people who know him well say that he has three eyes and four ears.Sometimes he has his back to you and seems to be reading documents or typing on the keyboard, but he knows every move you make behind him, such as pouring a glass of water or bending down to pick up something, without turning his head , like eyes on the back of the head.

At this time, he performed another admirable and somewhat horrifying "superpower".Li Guanlan's eyes were fixed on Su Caixuan's hand gestures, seemingly intently, but he never missed the movement around him. He turned his head slightly and leaned into Huang Qiaowei's ear and said, "I think we have found the murderer who threw trash into the civil servants' quarters."

Huang Qiaowei was at a loss and asked, "Did Su Forensic Doctor find any clues?"

Li Guanlan shook his head, pointed to the sky in the distance and said, "Look there."

Huang Qiaowei followed his fingers and looked over. In the distant sky, he vaguely saw two egrets flying towards the civil servants' quarters. They had already flown into the clouds, and almost only two white spots could be seen.Huang Qiaowei was still confused and asked, "What is that?"

Seeing that he didn't understand, Li Guanlan pointed to a huge garbage dump 30 meters away and said, "It's still going on."

Huang Qiaowei didn't know what he was trying to trick, and thought that luckily he was not his subordinate or colleague, otherwise it would not be a pleasant thing to have to take his business ability test from time to time.Huang Qiaowei saw several egrets standing in the rubbish dump, some of them were hooting, and some were looking for food with their heads down.He still didn't understand why, but he didn't want to let Li Guanlan look down on him, and he didn't rush to ask for advice, but tried to search for every detail, his mind was spinning rapidly, thinking that even if he found a few specious clues, he could deal with it.

Li Guanlan was good at perceiving other people's minds, seeing Huang Qiaowei's embarrassing appearance, he did not urge him, but kept silent, knowing that this invisible pressure was enough for Huang Qiaowei to bear.This young but wily captain of the criminal police likes to use this method to train his subordinates in actual combat.

Huang Qiaowei was dripping with cold sweat, like a prickly awn. Just when he was at a loss, an unexpected scene came into his eyes: an egret flapped its wings and soared into the air, and the sharp bird held a bird in its sharp beak. It is holding a small crimson plastic bag, which is a bag picked up from the garbage dump, with a little garbage in it, hanging under the egret's beak, and gently shaking with the airflow generated by the flight.

In Li Guanlan's view, the bag of garbage was extremely heavy. Not only did it hide important clues about a murder case, but it also hid a serious social problem. It was the questioning of life by batches of egrets who died suddenly, and the concern for human beings. revenge.

Huang Qiaowei's eyes lit up, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he blurted out: "It turned out that the people who threw garbage into the civil servants' quarters were birds and not humans. We made a wrong judgment from the beginning."

A wry smile appeared on the corner of Li Guanlan's mouth.

(End of this chapter)