I don't know Pan An very well now, but when I saw him pointing at the faucet and saying these words with such confidence, I naturally felt that he must have discovered the key to the problem, so I immediately asked, "What did you find? Tell us about it. Did you really see the murderer's method of committing the crime?"
Pan An nodded with a confident smile and said, "Of course! If my guess is correct, the murderer must have killed the victim first, and then transported the victim's body to the water tank on the roof through the faucet pipe."
Hearing his remarks, I immediately had a bad feeling. My intuition told me that Pan An in front of me was definitely an idiot. However, Director Li looked at the faucet curiously and said, "How could a body get into such a thin pipe?"
I also looked at Director Li with surprise, thinking, did you two graduate from the same school? You believe this nonsense
Pan An didn't care about my contemptuous look, and said proudly: "We all saw from the surveillance just now that the murderer is the ghost of the first two victims. If it is a ghost, it is not difficult to transport the body through the pipeline to the water tank on the roof. After all, the pipeline of this faucet leads to the water tank on the roof."
Before Pan An finished speaking, no one paid any attention to him. Director Li, Zhang Qishan and I turned around and walked out of the house. Pan An also felt that he seemed to have made a fool of himself just now, so he followed us quietly, not daring to say a word.
Before, I heard Bai Qi say that although Pan An had special abilities, his brain was not as good as mine. I thought Bai Qi was being modest, but who knew that far from being modest, he was actually exaggerating. With his kind of imagination, he is indeed not suitable to be in the special case team.
After coming out of the room, we came to the door of the monitoring room on the first floor again. We saw that the door of the monitoring room was surrounded by people, most of them were young people. Everyone held a video recording device in their hands and wanted to rush into the monitoring room to record the scene of the "ghost killing". However, security guards Zhang Wei and Huang Xu blocked the door tightly and did not let them in.
"What are you doing? Get out of the way! If I see you again, I'll arrest you for obstructing official business!"
Director Li did not have the same good temper as the others. He just cursed at the group of young people who were watching, and scared them so much that they disappeared completely within three seconds.
After the road was clear, we entered the monitoring room. I directly asked Huang Xu to call up the "ghost" images that appeared before the deaths of these people again, but this time, I asked him to play all seven cameras on the eighth floor, plus the hidden camera next to the water tank.
We watched the surveillance footage for nearly an hour before we could see all the details clearly. Although the seven cameras on the eighth floor were located in different locations and angles, they all recorded the scenes of the "ghosts" of Curry Gege and Wang Qiang. But the strange thing was that the surveillance camera on the water tank on the rooftop did not capture anything. Neither the ghosts of Curry Gege and Wang Qiang, nor how the body entered the water tank, but it recorded everyone who had been to the rooftop.
I was even more confused. Even if the murderer had a way to avoid surveillance, he would have gone to the rooftop, opened the water tank, and then dumped the body. Why didn't the rooftop surveillance record any information? Could it be that the murderer really transported the body to the rooftop through the faucet
All these disorganized clues before my eyes, pieced together to the result that they were all "ghosts" killing people, without even a trace of human intervention, made me a little nervous, as if I was back to the feeling in the White Building.
The sky gradually darkened, and everyone in the monitoring room fell into a deathly silence. Director Li sighed, stood up and said, "I think we should leave it at that for today. After all, this surveillance video is useless. I think we should start the investigation from the water tank on the roof. How about this? Tomorrow morning I will have someone bring a few cameras to monitor the water tank on the roof at 360 degrees, and even the edge of the roof. I don't believe that there really is such a thing as a 'ghost' killing people!"
After hearing this, I stood up as well. I had been sitting for a long time and my legs felt a little numb. I rubbed my thighs and said, "This is the only way. I will stay here with Pan An tonight. Maybe we will make some new discoveries at night."
Director Li nodded and said, "Then I'll leave it to you, Ji Wen. I still have high hopes for you because I believe in Chief Bai's vision."
But before Director Li could finish his words, a low but not very serious male voice came from outside the monitoring room.
"Of course, we have to trust Commander Bai's judgment. Lao Li, you went a little too far this time, didn't you? Those foreign policemen have come to me to complain. You've made me lose face by doing this."
I immediately looked towards the door and saw the door of the monitoring room slowly open. A middle-aged man with a mustache, a very warm smile, and a slightly thin figure walked in from outside. Behind this middle-aged man, followed a large group of police officers who had come with Chief Li before.
When Director Li and Pan An saw the middle-aged man, they all stood up and saluted, "Hello, Director!"
When I heard their address, I realized that the unremarkable middle-aged man in front of me was the Director Ouyang they were talking about.
Director Ouyang just nodded slightly, with his hands behind his back, and scanned the people in the room, then said: "Old Li and the others stay, the rest of you go out first, we have something to discuss."
Chief Ouyang's words were like an imperial decree. The police officers and the two security guards in the room immediately walked out of the room and closed the door. At this time, Chief Ouyang smiled and said, "There are no outsiders now. Please sit down."
Looking at Director Ouyang in front of me, I thought to myself that although this man looked very kind, I couldn't quite see through him. I felt that he was very cunning. It would be best to have less contact with people like him in the future, otherwise one day I might be sold out without knowing it.
Director Li seemed to still be angry. He sat down and turned his head to the side, not looking at Director Ouyang. Director Ouyang shook his head helplessly and said, "Old Li, what can I say about you? You just can't change your stubborn temper. Didn't I tell you before? I had no choice but to make this decision. Besides, I didn't completely refuse the intervention of the special case team. Otherwise, do you think they would be here?"
After he said that, I finally understood that the person who called us here was not Director Li, but Director Ouyang in front of us.
Director Li was stunned and said, "Director, are you saying that you asked Officer Bai to send someone here?"
"What else? The argument was so intense at the time. Do you think Bai Qi would send someone if you just turned around and left? But Bai Qi's methods are more sophisticated than mine. He didn't send someone from the special case team directly, but sent a more powerful young man."
As he spoke, Director Ouyang turned to look at me and said with a smile, "You must be Ji Wen, right? I've heard a lot of people talk about you. It is said that you solved the forensic murder case in Binhe Town, Zhongwei City some time ago. I'm sorry to trouble you with this case."
He spoke so politely, so I naturally couldn't lose my manners. I immediately nodded and smiled, "I will do my best."
Director Ouyang then said, "The reason why I agreed to the foreign police's involvement in the investigation is firstly to maintain the relationship between the two countries. After all, the deceased is the son of an important figure in their country. It is understandable that they are angry. Besides, we should try not to cause trouble in the current situation. When dealing with such things, we should show our great power style."
"As for the second one, it's just my guess. Because their deceased died so strangely in this hotel without any reason, I can't rule out that it was done by one of their own people. So when I asked them to select the police, I specifically asked them to place the bodyguards of the two deceased among them. If it was really one of their own people who killed someone, then they would have nothing to say to us at that time. This is a happy ending for everyone. Ji Wen, do you think I'm right?"
When Director Ouyang was speaking, his eyes were always fixed on mine. I could deeply feel the unfathomable scheming in his eyes, and I also understood why Director Ouyang said that to me.
I don't know if others understand it, but in my opinion, Chief Ouyang clearly wants me to fabricate the truth that Curry killed the bodyguard. Even if it is a frame-up, I have to do it.
I never expected that Director Ouyang, who always had a smile on his face, was actually a person with sweet words but a sharp tongue. He could come up with such a vicious idea, which shows how cruel and ruthless this person is!
I naturally understand in my heart that the suggestion proposed by Director Ouyang is the most effective suggestion to solve the problem, but I can never wrongly accuse an innocent person because of it!
I coughed lightly, but didn't say it explicitly. Instead, I said tactfully, "Indeed, if it was really done by their people, then our country has no responsibility, and it will not affect the relationship between the two countries. But I think the murderer in this case may be someone else. When the time comes, I will find out the truth and bring the murderer to justice. It will be our most sincere explanation to their country! Besides, there is absolutely no such thing as killing for no reason in this world. The murderer must have his reasons for choosing to kill that foreigner. I believe that when I find that reason, it will be enough to convince their country!"
When I said this, I felt like my heart was about to jump out! After all, the person I am facing now is not an ordinary person. If I offend Director Ouyang because of this matter, I am afraid that I will suffer a great loss at his hands in the future!
Pan An, who was sitting opposite me, kept winking at me, and Zhang Qishan, who was sitting next to me, grabbed my hand tightly, trying to stop me from continuing. Director Ouyang, who always had a warm smile on his face, nodded gently and said, "Yes, that's very well said! It's good to be young. I hope you can continue to implement your principles. I'll leave this to you, Lao Li. When the case comes out, remember to tell me."
After saying that, Director Ouyang stood up and left the monitoring room, and Director Li followed closely behind him. However, before Director Li left, he turned his back to Director Ouyang and quietly gave me a thumbs up.