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Chapter 31 Who Are You (1)
1. Someone identified the dead body
Lao Cui received a call from the armed police officer.Xiao Wu went out to handle the case, and Lao Cui asked the man on the phone what was the matter?The man on the phone asked, "So, is Officer Cui there?" Old Cui said, "I am Officer Cui, what can you do?" The man said, "Hello, Officer Cui. For the sake of reason, I may know the people above."

"Which identification notice?" Old Cui asked casually.The squadron hasn't given him any missions recently, let alone a murder case.

"It's been a while, it was in August last year." Old Cui straightened his back a little: "Is that the drug addict woman whose face was cut?"

"Yes, the contacts written above are Police Officer Armed Forces and Police Officer Cui."

After the case of the 8 female corpse occurred, a notice was issued on the identification of the corpse, and the contacts above were Lao Cui and Xiao Wu, members of the task force.After the announcement of the body identification was sent out, many phone calls came in, and the special case team checked them one by one and ruled them out.Later, because the identity of the deceased could not be determined, and the autopsy tended to indicate that the deceased died of a drug overdose, which was an accident, the team's attention to this case gradually declined.Lao Cui and Xiao Wu ran for a while without any progress, so the team suspended the investigation of the case.Xiao Wu and Lao Cui were also assigned to other cases.After a long time, Lao Cui also basically gave up on this case and no longer cared about it.

Since there is also information released on the intranet, colleagues who investigate missing persons from various places will continue to call to inquire.But after all, it's been a long time, Xiao Wu and Lao Cui haven't received any relevant calls in the past one or two months.

The man who called was not a colleague. He claimed to be surnamed Wu. He said that he might know the deceased, but he refused to disclose more information about the deceased on the phone.He asked for an interview.

Old Cui agreed to meet him.Unexpectedly, the place where they made an appointment to meet was a compulsory isolated drug rehabilitation center in Daxing.Old Cui is familiar with this place, he often came here when he was in the anti-drug brigade.After the case of the female corpse on August 8 last year, since the deceased was a drug addict, he suggested that the special case team could send part of the identification notices to the three drug rehabilitation centers in Beijing to see if anyone could recognize the deceased.However, there was no feedback from the drug rehabilitation center at that time.

The man surnamed Wu is also a drug rehabilitation officer in Daxing Drug Rehabilitation Center. After contacting the guards, Lao Cui found out that this surname Wu has a good reputation.His stage name is Sandstorm, and he is a well-known music producer in the music circle.Sandstorm was seized during the crackdown on drugs in the entertainment circle last April.Because it was the second time he was arrested for taking drugs, and he was already addicted to drugs and had a poor attitude of pleading guilty, he was sentenced to two years of compulsory drug rehabilitation.According to the guard, Sandstorm thinks he is rich and has status, and usually has a lot of opinions, which is difficult to deal with.

After the meeting, Lao Cui asked Sandstorm why he came to report now?Sandstorm said that he only recently found this confession in an old magazine in the library of the drug rehabilitation center, and the deceased was very much like a friend of his.But Sandstorm still refused to say who the deceased was?
Old Cui said, "Okay, how are you willing to say it?"

"I want to go out, and I'll tell you if you let me go out." Old Cui frowned: "The drug rehabilitation center and us are two units, and I don't count here."

"Then get someone who has the right to let me out, I'll tell him." Sandstorm looked like he needed a beating.Old Cui thought to himself, if you are my prisoner and dare to talk to me like this, I will not kill you.According to the introduction of the institute, when Sandstorm was arrested, he was found to have all the urine tests positive for heroin, methamphetamine, K powder, and marijuana.He has been imprisoned for more than half a year and still has withdrawal syndrome, and he often refuses to obey discipline. At least for now, he will definitely not be released.

After Sha Bao found out about the body identification notice, he felt like he had found a treasure, and told the prison that he was going to make a meritorious service, and he could leave the prison immediately.The institute didn't believe his words at all.However, when a murder case was involved, the head of the office agreed that Sandstorm would call Xiao Wu and Lao Cui.

Old Cui knew that addicts lied by nature, and Sandstorm would put a big question mark on it.It's just that the case has dragged on for so long, and if there are any clues, it can only be treated as a dead horse.

Pointing to his police rank, Lao Cui said to Sha Bao: "I am the person in charge of this case. I came all the way here. How dare you fuck me? Do you want to talk about it? When I go back, I will report that you are obstructing official duties. Probably because the nervous system is severely damaged, I suggest that you be locked up for one more year, and compulsory isolation and detoxification for three years. What do you think? Do you still want to play?"

Sandstorm was stunned on the spot, he didn't know if he was bluffed by Lao Cui's two bars and two stars, or by this old policeman full of foul language?
After 1 minute, Sandstorm said: "Okay, I can tell. But I have a request, I am almost a year old, and I want you to help me apply for early termination of compulsory drug rehabilitation." Sandstorm is still stubbornly resisting.

"If the information you provided is true, it's considered meritorious service. You came in last May, and I can help you apply for deregulation one year in advance."

According to the regulations, the period of compulsory isolation and detoxification is two years.After one year of compulsory isolated detoxification, after diagnosis and evaluation, for the detoxification personnel with good detoxification conditions, the compulsory isolated detoxification center may put forward an opinion to cancel the compulsory isolated detoxification in advance, and report to the decision-making organ for compulsory detoxification for approval.Before the expiration of the compulsory isolated detoxification period, after diagnosis and evaluation, for the detoxification personnel who need to extend the detoxification period, the compulsory isolated detoxification center shall propose an extension of the detoxification period, and report to the decision-making authority for the compulsory isolated detoxification for approval.The period of compulsory isolation detoxification can be extended for a maximum of one year.

Sandstorm hesitated. "Think about it slowly, and tell me after you think it through. I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first." Old Cui stood up. "Okay, okay, let me say." Old Cui sat down again, took out his cigarette and asked Sandstorm, "Have you quit smoking?" Sandstorm glanced at Old Cui's Zhongnanhai, and said contemptuously, "I don't smoke this kind Cigarettes." Old Cui ignored him, and started to smoke by himself.

"This person is very similar to my friend—Qin Wei."

"Qin Wei?" Old Cui was a little surprised, "Which Qin Wei?"

"Which Qin Wei is there? The rock star Qin Wei." Sandstorm reached out and took the cigarettes that Lao Cui had placed on the table, took out one and put it in his mouth.Old Cui let out an "oh" in his heart, he was negligent and missed it.

After the female corpse case occurred on 8 last year, the two-person special case team formed by Lao Cui and Xiao Wu based on the analysis of autopsy results, and finally narrowed the scope of investigation to those working in the film, television, media and entertainment industries in Beijing.

Lao Cui consulted the anti-drug teams in various districts to see if there were any undocumented drug users who met the requirements.Qin Wei was included in the drug-related list compiled at that time in the entertainment industry.But at that time Qin Wei was alive and kicking, there were commercials and filming, and there was a lot of news, so Qin Wei was naturally excluded.At that time, Lao Cui's attention was on another drug-related actress surnamed Zhou who was suspected to have been missing for many days.

Old Cui asked Sha Bao: "How do you know that this Qin Wei is a stand-in?" The compulsory drug rehabilitation center cannot access the Internet or use mobile phones, and can only watch limited TV programs during the specified time.

"What's the relationship between me and Qin Wei? How could I not know about her?!" According to Sandstorm, he and Qin Wei are friends and producers for many years, and most of Qin Wei's records are produced by him.

Good friends are also good drug friends, and the two often take drugs together.Qin Wei didn't hide from Sandstorm that the company had found a substitute for herself.Last year, during the crackdown on drugs in the entertainment industry, Sandstorm was arrested and Qin Wei fled in a hurry.After being arrested, Sandstorm kept his mouth shut, denying that Qin Wei took drugs with him, and was later sentenced to two years of compulsory drug rehabilitation.

Qin Wei returned to China in August, and she came to visit Sandstorm specifically. She said that she was rehabilitating drugs in the United States a while ago, wrote some songs, and showed Sandstorm some time later.She also said that she was going to find a relationship and get the sandstorm out.

"Later, there was no news about her. Qin Wei is careless and forgetful, so I didn't care, thinking that she had gone abroad again. Then last week when I was reading a magazine in the library, I found this magazine in the magazine. The notice of Zhang's body identification. The more I look at it, the more I feel that the body shape of the deceased is very similar to Qin Wei, and I wonder if Qin Wei is dead."

"What features of the deceased aroused your suspicion?"

"First of all, of course it's drug use. Qin Wei took white powder. Usually white powder is injected on the arm, and hitting here is called opening the skylight, you understand?" Sandstorm pointed at his groin.Lao Cui knew that some drug addicts called it "opening the skylight" by injecting drugs into the carotid artery and femoral vein.Drugs enter the brain directly along the blood. This injection method is said to be very exciting, and it is usually done by addicts with deep drug addiction.This injection method is very dangerous, the burden on the heart is heavy, and it is easy to die suddenly on the spot.

"Qin Wei also had injections on her arms at the beginning, but later she found that the injection holes on her arms were difficult to heal. She looked ugly and shocking. She is a star, she often has to perform, to meet people, and there are so many commercials. Outsiders saw that he was taking drugs, so they changed to injecting in the groin, mainly here to hide."

This is consistent with Lao Cui's original speculation that the deceased may be a public figure who needs to hide the needle's eye. "The key is the foot. Qin Wei's foot was deformed because of wearing high heels, and there was a big lump protruding from the thumb, which was very ugly. The deceased also looked like that. It is very common for drug addicts to open skylights. I don't think there are many people with that kind of foot. The two are put together, and the age and height are about the same, I want to kill Qin Wei, the possibility is very high."

According to Sandstorm, the characteristics of Qin Wei's body are indeed highly consistent with those of the 8 deceased.Qin Wei's identity is also in line with Lao Cui's setting that the deceased is an employee of the entertainment industry.

"Who will kill Qin Wei? Does Qin Wei have any enemies?" Old Cui did not directly tell Sandstorm the cause of Qin Wei's death. "Qin Wei has a good reputation in the industry. I seldom hear people say bad things about her. She has so many wounds on her body, how much enmity do you have with her?" Sandstorm told old Cui that Qin Wei is actually quite homely and generally not friendly. Outsiders, "I don't think she has any enemies. But with her status, it's inevitable that people will hate her. Maybe she offends people if she doesn't go to a performance invitation. In this society, there are too many psychopaths. Walking on the street If you don’t do it, you’ll be hacked. Don’t you think so, Officer Cui.”

"I cut her face because I didn't want her to be recognized. The person who did it should be an acquaintance." Old Cui guided Sandstorm. "But who will kill her? Who will benefit from her death? She is alive and everyone can earn her money. I also earn her money. Well, except for the substitute. Maybe she wants to kill Qin Wei and replace herself Her? Yes, it's very possible. Qin Wei successfully returned to China after rehabilitating drugs, and her substitute will be laid off. She was worried about losing her job, so she killed Qin Wei. Officer Cui, is my reasoning reasonable?"

"It makes sense. But Qin Wei should have been with a man before she died. Does Qin Wei have a boyfriend?"

"As far as I know, Qin Wei probably doesn't have a boyfriend right now. Oh, I don't know the current situation. I don't dare to talk about things in the underworld. Hehe."

"Why doesn't Qin Wei have a boyfriend? Doesn't it mean that her private life is chaotic?" Qin Wei's chaotic private life is the gossip that Lao Cui saw from the Internet. "Singing rock and roll, taking drugs is a must. Sexual life is chaotic, which is inevitable. Officer Cui, you understand." Sandstorm said in a frivolous tone, "If you want to talk about a boyfriend, I am Qin Wei's boyfriend, but an ex-boyfriend .Qin Wei doesn't need me now, she prefers that."

Lao Cui told Shastorm that none of the wounds on the deceased on August 8 were fatal injuries, and the autopsy found that the heroin in the deceased's blood reached a lethal dose.

"Oh—that's normal. She just came back from drug rehabilitation, and she hasn't smoked for a long time. She suddenly got an injection and opened the skylight again. She hung up without taking a breath."

Old Cui asked Sandstorm about Qin Wei's signs, preferences, and relationships, and was about to get up.If the deceased is indeed Qin Wei, the case has made significant progress.Lao Cui was in a good mood, feeling much more relaxed than drinking methadone, and was eager to go back to implement it.

"Officer Cui, do I count as meritorious service?" Sandstorm was also anxious. "If we confirm that the deceased is Qin Wei, it will be considered meritorious service."

"Then go check it out quickly. I beg you, Police Officer Cui, help me get out of this shitty place quickly. I'm going to go crazy if I stay any longer!"

"Qin Wei died, you don't seem to be sad at all?"

Sandstorm asked Lao Cui: "What's so sad? Now that you take a good breath, you know that this day will come sooner or later. Those who have money will live longer; those who have no money will die sooner. Like me, smoking while quitting , maybe I can live a lifetime." The corner of Sandstorm's mouth hangs that cynical sneer again.

Old Cui was speechless. "Dangdang, Dangdang——"

"What tune is this?"

"Fate - Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Listen to it while skating and you'll want to kill someone."

2. pretend to be deaf
Lao Cui and Xiao Wu were stopped outside the studio, and the staff said that Qin Wei was filming inside and would have to wait for a while. "Then let's go in and have a look." Xiao Wu said.

"No, no, restricted content is being filmed inside, and the director said that no one is allowed in." The staff members were very conscientious.

Xiao Wu still wanted to go in, but Lao Cui said, "Forget it, I've been waiting for so long, I don't mind waiting a little longer." This time lasted more than an hour.Although it is not cold this winter, after all, it is minus three degrees Celsius today. Lao Cui is wearing a thick cotton jacket and Xiao Wu is wearing a thin down jacket, so the body feels relatively cold.Finally, the door of the studio opened, and staff members came out.Old Cui and Xiao Wu went in.The studio is about [-] square meters, and one corner is arranged like a bedroom. Two cameras are facing a big bed, and the white sheets on the bed are very messy.There were two electric heaters beside the bed, a woman was sitting on the bed and sorting her clothes, and a fat assistant-like woman was waiting beside her with a thermos cup and clothes.

Xiao Wuchai was probably filming a bed scene before, no wonder the scene had to be cleared.He poked Old Cui with his elbow, then pointed at the actress.

Old Cui understood that Xiao Wu meant "that actress is 'Qin Wei'".Before coming here, Old Cui had seen the information about Qin Wei that Xiao Wu had collected from the Internet.The photos on the Internet are either Qin Wei's stage photos, or entertainment news photos of her attending a certain event. In most of the photos, Qin Wei is wearing heavy makeup and looks cool.In some photos, Qin Wei looks very thin and haggard, which is in line with Lao Cui's judgment of "suspected drug addict".

The Qin Wei in front of her seemed to be fatter than the Qin Wei on the Internet. She was wearing a loose white shirt on her upper body, and her thighs were bare on her lower body.There should be makeup on her face, but it's not obvious.Big eyes, high nose bridge, and a big mouth.Although the mouth is big, it looks quite gentle when eating, and it covers its mouth when chewing.Maybe it's acting, but the whole person looks very beautiful and energetic, and it can even be described as sunshine.She doesn't look like a junkie at all.

Old Cui thought to himself, this is right.Qin Wei got dressed and sat up on the bed, and the assistant put on a long down jacket for her.She took a few sips of water from the thermos and walked behind the camera to communicate with a handsome young man and a middle-aged man.Old Cui guessed that it might be the actor and director.

When Qin Wei and the director watched the replay and went to the side to rest, Xiao Wu walked over to her and said, "Miss Qin, are you free?"

The female assistant who was following Qin Wei was very vigilant: "I'm sorry, Sister Wei is not accepting interviews right now." Xiao Wu took out his police officer's card and waved it in front of her. The female assistant didn't dare to stop her, and turned to look at Qin Wei.Qin Wei said with a stern face, "What's the matter with you?" Xiao Wu put away his police officer's ID and said, "Look, there are a lot of people here. Shall we go outside and chat in another place?"

"Didn't you see that I'm still filming?" Qin Wei's expression was troubled.Xiao Wu insisted: "We have only one question, very soon."

Qin Wei had no choice but to nod: "Hurry up, there are so many people waiting." Old Cui and Xiao Wu took Qin Wei to the jeep parked outside the set and knocked on the window.The windows were rolled down, and inside sat Sandstorm and the corrections officer from the drug rehab center.Xiao Wu asked Qin Wei: "Do you recognize him?"

Sandstorm took the initiative to say hello: "Hi, hello." Ai Dou felt that the crew-cut man in front of him looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before, but he couldn't remember.

She hesitated: "Do we know each other?" Old Cui asked Sha Bao: "Do you know her?" Sha Bao nodded: "It's very similar." Smile: "Dangdangdangdang—Officer Cui, I have made a meritorious service."

Before coming here, Sha Bao himself could not confirm whether the Qin Wei he saw today was Qin Wei himself or a substitute.Old Cui was also worried, fearing that it would be another false report, and he would be happy for nothing.

(End of this chapter)