Bai Ying. A very common name.
But the common name caught Mingshu's nerves in an instant.
When Qin Ying was rescued at Haijing Temple, she never said her surname was Qin, and Qin Ying's nominal adoptive mother's name was Bai Hong.
After leaving Haijing Temple, Qin Ying changed her name to Bai Ying
"This is Bai Ying's information provided by Jingli City's No. 2 Prison." Xiao Yu'an clicked on the sealed bag that had already been opened on the table.
Mingshu pulled out the information, and the first thing he saw was Bai Ying's photo.
It was a face that was prettier than most men, with piercing eyes that didn't look like a prisoner at all.
Mingshu immediately recalled the photo of Qin Ying saved in his mobile phone, compared left and right, and said solemnly, "Bai Ying is Qin Ying!"
"Yes." Xiao Yuan stood up, "Bai Ying was sentenced to 14 years in prison for causing death by intentional injury twelve years ago. This photo was taken twelve years ago. He was 25 years old at the time, and his appearance was similar to that of 16 years old. There is not much difference between the time. After serving five years in prison, at the age of 30, Bai Ying escaped from prison and has disappeared."
Prison breakouts are common in film and television literature, but in reality, jailbreaks are not a common occurrence. First, the prison has its own management system, and the most brutal prisoners will be subdued in it. Second, even if they run out, they can only Live a life of fear and hiding.
Very few prisoners choose to escape.
"Strange." Mingshu frowned, "A fourteen-year sentence for intentional injury to death is already considered a light sentence. Bai Ying has served five years in prison. If he can go out, he can't risk escaping from prison. How did Bai Ying behave when he was serving his sentence?"
"I don't know for the time being, Bai Ying's situation in prison and the specific details of his crime. You need to arrange for verification." Xiao Yu'an crossed his fingers, "It is certain that when the local police investigated the case of the tragic death of Gong Guozhen's family, I didn't think of Bai Ying's escape from prison."
"How could it be?" Mingshu was puzzled. "Prisoners escape, no matter where they are, they should be seriously investigated. After Gong Guozhen died in Bai Ying's escape, the focus of the investigation should be the prisoners' revenge."
Xiao Yu'an said: "But according to the prison guard, Gong Guozhen has always taken good care of the prisoner, and Bai Ying has no motive to retaliate against Gong Guozhen."
Mingshu frowned even more deeply, and almost instantly came to a judgment, "There is something wrong with this prison."
Xiao Yu'an nodded, "What I know now is just the appearance and fur. After all, our people haven't passed by. Similar scenes happened in three cities, Gong Guozhen's family, Cao Fenghuai's family, and Qin Xiong's family must have a relationship. Just us Dongye. Judging from the clues from the city, this 'relationship' exists in Qin Ying, that is, Bai Ying, who escaped from prison, but the other two cases may provide other ideas."
"I'm going to Jingli City now." Mingshu said, his eyes sank, "But this case is not under our control. Have you communicated with the local police?"
Xiao Yuan glanced at the time, "The matter of communication will be handled by the special operations team. Prepare yourself and go directly to Jingli City to meet them."
Cross-provincial investigations have never been easy. Information is not necessarily communicated between provinces and cities, and each has its own network of relationships. This is one of the reasons why some serial homicide cases are delayed and difficult to detect. .
However, if the special operations team comes out, the problem is much easier to solve.
Mingshu and Yi Fei rushed to Jingli City, got off the plane and boarded the police car of the special operations team.
"Brother Mingshu, we meet again." A young man with big eyes and short hair sat on the co-pilot. He looked like a member of the special operations team, but he didn't wear a police uniform like the team members who were driving. Instead, she wore a bright yellow coat.
"Le Ran, it's okay to call him Lele." Mingshu introduced to Yi Fei, "The best player in the special operations team."
Yi Fei smiled happily and said, "Hello."
"Hello Team Yi!" Le Ran and Yi Fei gave a high five, revealing eight little white teeth.
Mingshu asked, "Team Shen is here too?"
"Brother Xun is at the city bureau." Le Ran said, "this Bai Ying used to be a 'black household', do you know?"
Mingshu nodded, "He has always been a 'black household' in Dongye since he was a child."
"What we know now is that Bai Ying got his hukou in Jingli City when he was 18 years old, and a family surnamed Qiao helped him to get his hukou." Le Ran said, "After gaining an identity, Bai Ying still lives in Qiao's family, because he has no education and no relationship, can only do some low-paying jobs. Before he was suspected of intentionally hurting people at the age of 25, he was doing odd jobs in a seafood restaurant. "
Mingshu had already seen Bai Ying's wounding on the plane—
Twelve years ago, there was a very famous seafood restaurant in Jingli City called "Hongzhuang".
The name "Hongzhuang" doesn't match the seafood shop itself. It refers to the outstanding appearance of Zhou Han, the owner of the seafood shop.
There were always rumors in Jingli City that Zhou Han was taken care of by a wealthy businessman, and that the second generation of the rich and the second generation of the right were jealous for Zhou Han.
Gossip fueled the popularity of "Red Zhuang", and Bai Ying went in to work as a handyman when the second "Red Zhuang" store opened.
Half a year later, a murder occurred in the box of the second store of "Red Makeup". Zhang Long, the 28-year-old owner of a private company, was stabbed through the lungs with a sharp knife. Although the hospital tried its best to rescue him, he still failed to save him.
Fingerprints on the knife and blood footprints at the scene proved that Bai Ying, who entered the box at the time and had a dispute with Zhang Long, was the murderer.
Bai Ying pleaded guilty and had a good attitude, saying that after being harassed by Zhang Long in every possible way, she acted impulsive with Zhang Long and accidentally stabbed the kitchen knife into Zhang Long's body.
The fighting marks at the scene and the injuries on Bai Ying's body confirmed Bai Ying's words.
In the end, Bai Ying was sentenced to 14 years in prison for intentionally wounding people to death, and served the sentence in Jingli City No. 2 Prison.
The case seems to be very clear and there is no doubt, but Bai Ying's escape from prison constitutes the biggest doubt.
Jingli Municipal Bureau, Criminal Investigation Detachment.
When Mingshu and his party arrived, Shen Xun was talking to a gray-haired policeman.
"The Ming team is here." Shen Xun omitted the politeness and said directly: "This is Captain Chen Hechen who was in charge of investigating Bai Ying's case at that time."
Bai Ying's case is a small case, and Jingli City is only a small city. The local police have never cooperated with the special operations team in the past. When Shen Xun arrived, the city bureau was very nervous.
Chen He even more so.
He has worked in the public security system for decades, starting as a police officer on the street, and later he was promoted to the Criminal Police Squadron of the Sub-Bureau, where he handled some innocuous cases and was promoted to the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Bureau the year before, but because of his age When he is older, he is no longer running around in the front line, and usually does some logistical and administrative work.
As soon as the special operations team came and asked him about the Bai Ying case twelve years ago, a huge panic enveloped him—could it be that something went wrong in that case
"Chen team, don't be nervous, we just want to find out what happened to Bai Ying back then." Shen Xun said, "Bai Ying escaped from prison while serving his sentence in the second prison, do you know about this?"
Chen He nodded, "I also participated in the investigation."
"From what you know about Bai Ying, what might be the reason for his escape?" Mingshu asked.
"I..." The wrinkles on Chen He's face shook, and he said after a long time, "What can I know about him?"
Mingshu's eyes suddenly changed.
A competent police officer should never say such a thing.
If you ask who knows a murderer best, Mingshu's answer is definitely the police who track and arrest him.
Mingshu himself knew very well the suspects he had investigated. Because if you don't understand the ultimate, you can't find the flaws of some suspects at all.
Of course, not all police officers can do this.
Mingshu sighed lightly and said again: "Then first, let's talk about the situation when you investigated Bai Ying's case. What I want to hear is the details and your analysis of the clues, not the contents of the case file. ."
Chen He and Mingshu looked at each other for a moment, then looked away, "The evidence in this case is quite sufficient, and Bai Ying also pleaded guilty, so we didn't report it to the city bureau. Now you ask me to explain the details, I really can't remember too much, Because there were no difficulties in the investigation, we don’t know how many cases we have to do in a year.”
"You said just now that you participated in the investigation of Bai Ying's escape from prison." Mingshu said, "You should be very clear about what happened to Bai Ying when he was serving his sentence?"
Chen He nodded this time, "I heard from the prison guard that he has been receiving reform seriously, and has never caused any trouble in the prison. The only thing is that others bullied him."
Mingshu asked, "What's the matter?"
Chen He said: "The people who are locked up with Bai Ying are all rough and rough. Bai Ying is a fair and beautiful man. What may have happened, you can think of it without me telling you?"
Mingshu frowned and said, "He was violated?"
"That's not true." Chen He said: "The prison guards arrived in time and rescued Bai Ying. Bai Ying was honest, hard-working, and obedient in the prison. The prison guards gave him more or less the green light and took more care of him. Nothing like this ever happened again. When we went to investigate Bai Ying's escape, we heard from the prisoners that some of them called Bai Ying 'the son of the second prison'."
Mingshu asked, "Gong Guozhen is also one of the prison guards who take care of him?"
Hearing the name "Gong Guozhen", Chen He's expression changed and he nodded.
Gong Guozhen's family died tragically, this case will not be solved in a day, and the shadow hanging over Jingli City will not be dissipated in a day.
It was a prison guard who was killed, and most of the suspects were prisoners with hatred in their hearts. The criminal police and special police who have dealt with criminals for a long time will inevitably put themselves in it.
"I'm actually..." Chen He glanced at Mingshu and Shen Xun, but hesitated.
Shen Xun said: "Team Chen, if you have any thoughts, please let us know."
Chen He lowered his head in silence for a long time, and sighed: "I really don't understand why Bai Ying wants to escape from prison. He, he really doesn't look like a person who can escape from prison. He has been in the second prison for five years, and he has always Divided, when he confessed his guilt so well, he was also trying to get a light sentence and a 14-year prison sentence. According to his performance, in the end, he would not stay for 14 years at all, and he was only in his thirties when he came out. Be a new person. But he ran away, and his life was ruined."
Mingshu thought that the clues would be much clearer after seeing the police who investigated Bai Ying's case back then, but Chen He provided too little information. Mingshu discussed with Shen Xun and decided to go to the second prison in Jingli City in person, while Yi Fei stayed behind. Come down and investigate Bai Ying's "family".
"They can't figure out why Bai Ying escaped from prison, can I figure it out?" Huang Xiaochun, the prison guard, flipped through the past files, "As I said, no one here is as strange as Bai Ying's escape. There really is no sign at all. , The man disappeared suddenly. Before Bai Ying escaped from prison, he also talked to me about his plans after he was released from prison, saying that he wanted to set up a shop and do some small business."
It was precisely because no one thought that a "model prisoner" like Bai Ying would escape from prison. At that time, the whole second prison was in a hurry and couldn't respond immediately. Later, despite the special police of the city bureau, no one was brought back. .
When Bai Ying escaped from prison, Gong Guozhen was among the guards on duty.
The investigation records show that all the prison guards on duty have been questioned after the incident, and they all said that Bai Ying had no abnormality that day.
But a big living person disappeared from a heavily guarded prison for no reason, how could there be no abnormality
Someone must be lying.
Seven years ago, the police couldn't find out who was lying, but now, the truth is almost in front of Mingshu.
It is very likely that Gong Guozhen was the one who was doing things behind his back. Otherwise, the death of his family would not be so similar to that of Qin Xiong's family.
But according to what Huang Xiaochun and other prison guards said, Gong Guozhen has always taken good care of Bai Ying. When Bai Ying was almost violated by the prisoners, Gong Guozhen also helped him.
Assuming that Bai Ying's escape was aided by Gong Guozhen, what reason did Bai Ying have to kill Gong Guozhen's family after being released from prison for many years
From Bai Ying's point of view, isn't Gong Guozhen his benefactor
The process does not deduce the result, and from the result inversely, a completely different process appears.
That is the thinking has fallen into some kind of misunderstanding.
Mingshu calmed down and re-analyzed Bai Ying's so-called escape.
After committing the murder, Bai Ying actively pleaded guilty and received a light sentence. During her sentence, Bai Ying worked actively to seek commutation of her sentence. Before escaping, she also looked into the future with the prison guards.
Such a person, what reason is there to escape
So Bai Ying was not actually a prisoner? But forced to leave for some reason
what is the reason
What role did Gong Guozhen play in it? So that Bai Ying didn't thank him, and killed him a few years later
What about Cao Fenghuai
Are Cao Fenghuai, Gong Guozhen, and Qin Xiong all enemies of Bai Ying
According to regulations, the police from other provinces cannot walk around the prison at will, but Mingshu is a special operations team behind him, so he enjoys certain special powers.
"I want to see the prisoner in the same cell as Bai Ying." Mingshu said.
Huang Xiaochun showed a slightly embarrassed look, saying that this has to be followed by an application.
While waiting for Huang Xiaochun to apply, Mingshu called Shen Xun.
Soon, Huang Xiaochun brought the two prisoners to Mingshu.
"Just the two of them." Huang Xiaochun said, "The rest are out of prison."
Two prisoners, one named Wen Xiang, was in his 40s, and the other was named Liu Ligan, who was in his 30s. They were both charged with intentional injury. The people in the same cell came and went, and those two were the only ones who got along with Bai Ying day and night.
In front of Huang Xiaochun, the two said something related to Bai Ying, but this person is good-natured, diligent and likable.
Mingshu listened for a while, and found Wen Xiang's eyes very interesting.
He seems to be sending a message with his eyes - I know what you want to know, but I can't say it for now.
Ming Shu supported Huang Xiaochun.
There are surveillance cameras everywhere in the prison, but after staying there for a long time, you naturally know where you can talk.
Wen Xiang led Ming Shu forward until he was completely out of sight of the prison guards before he said, "You all thought Bai Ying was a prison breaker, but it's not."
"All?" Mingshu shook his head, "If I believed that Bai Ying really escaped from prison, I wouldn't have gone this far with you."
Wen Xiang raised his eyebrows, briefly met Mingshu's gaze, and shook his head with a smile, "Don't you find it strange, I'm a prisoner, why do I tell you so much?"
Mingshu said: "There are too many strange things in this world."
Wen Xiang smiled more happily, but soon the smile gradually stiffened until it disappeared.
After a moment, he turned around and squinted at the high wall in the distance, "Bai Ying once asked me for help, but I didn't help him."
Mingshu said calmly, "Someone forcibly took Bai Ying from the prison, didn't they?"
Wen Xiang nodded.
In his eyes, Mingshu saw guilt and regret.
"I should help him. He has helped me more than once." Wen Xiang clenched his fists tightly. "But you know, in a place like a prison, the one who can't offend is the prison guard."
Mingshu asked, "Is it Gong Guozhen?"
Wen Xiang said in surprise: "You already know?"
Mingshu seemed calm, but waves were already welling up in his heart, "Why did Gong Guozhen do this?"
Wen Xiang said: "I can only tell you the facts I have seen and my speculations over the years."
Seven years ago, on June 14.
According to regulations, some prisoners will enter the No. 3 workshop to work, and return to the cell after the work is completed. In the meantime, Bai Ying, who was supposed to be working in workshop No. 3, never showed up. After work, the prisoners have one hour of free time. When Wen Xiang passed by the warehouse, he heard a slight noise inside, and when he looked closer, he found a person lying on a bed made of several cargo boxes.
This person is Bai Ying.
Wen Xiang was shocked.
It was Bai Ying who made the noise. Bai Ying was probably drugged and couldn't stand up at all.
Seeing Wen Xiang at the door of the warehouse, Bai Ying stretched out her hand with great effort, and tears kept pouring out of her eyes.
That picture, that gesture and look in his cry for help, Wen Xiang has never forgotten.
If time went back, Wen Xiang would rush in without hesitation and carry Bai Ying out. But at that time, Wen Xiang chose to run away.
Just when he turned around, he heard Bai Ying's desperate "ah" sound.
Accompanied by the sound of footsteps.
Wen Xiang hurriedly hid in a blind spot and held his breath.
Before long, he saw a man sneaking out of the storeroom.
It was prison guard Gong Guozhen.
That night, the prison suddenly went under martial law because some prisoners escaped. In the second half of the night, Wen Xiang learned that the prisoner who escaped was Bai Ying.
"I can see clearly, with Bai Ying's state at the time, it was impossible to escape from prison." Wen Xiang's voice trembled, "It was Gong Guozhen, maybe someone else got him out."
After listening to Wen Xiang's narration, Ming Shu was silent for a while.
Wen Xiang smiled bitterly: "I know it's hard to believe that a prisoner didn't want to escape, but was taken out by a prison guard. I didn't say anything when I was interrogated. I don't dare to say it, it's useless to say it."
Mingshu asked, "Then why are you willing to tell me?"
"I will be released from prison next year." Wen Xiang shrugged, "When I go out, maybe I won't tell this secret until I die. But I think someone should do justice for Bai Ying. We are both Prisoner, this is true, but we accept the reform seriously, and we never thought about escaping, Bai Ying served his sentence well, but was murdered, why should he be charged with the crime of escaping?"
Mingshu said, "Then guess what is Gong Guozhen's purpose in getting Bai Ying out?"
Wen Xiang shook his head, "I can't guess, but it's definitely not a good thing. People with looks like Bai Ying are always missed in our place, but Gong Guo really has a wife, so it's not like we can only find men to vent his anger. Last year, the superiors came to investigate again and said that Gong Guozhen was killed. I thought at the time whether it was Bai Ying who did it, but I also thought that Bai Ying might have died long ago."
Jingli City, Muming Street.
Yi Fei walked through the narrow alley, and the policeman from the police station walked in front.
"That's Bai Ying's house. There's no one else at home." The police pointed to a small shop.
This street is full of old houses. Some shops facing the street are above the street, some are below the street. To enter those shops below the street, you have to go down four or five steps.
The police made it clear to Yi Fei for a long time that Bai Ying was a "black householder" with unclear origins when he first arrived in Jingli City. Later, he settled down on this street and became a worker in a tailor's shop. The boss, Qiao Ying, was a good man. A son of the same age as Bai Ying, but this son died of illness before Bai Ying came to Jingli City. Qiao Ying was so sad that he took Bai Ying as his own son. Later sentenced, Bai Ying's household registration was hung in the tailor's shop.
In recent years, everyone is not interested in wearing tailor's clothes. Qiao Ying is also old, so he closed the shop and lived in the shop alone.
"There is something wrong with his mind." The police reminded: "Don't take everything you say."
Yi Fei stood in front of Qiao Ying and looked at the old man in his sixties.
Sixty years old is not really old, but Qiao Ying has no vitality.
"Are you here to find A Ying?" Qiao Ying said, "I've said it before, he's not with me."
I also knew that after Bai Ying committed the murder and escaped from prison, the police must have come to this cramped tailor's shop many times.
Yi Fei suddenly felt sorry for Qiao Ying.
"I'm not looking for Bai Ying." Yi Fei said, "I just want to hear from you, how did you and Bai Ying know each other back then? Why are you willing to help Bai Ying solve the identity problem?"
After a long time, Qiao Ying murmured: "If my child is still there, it will be the same size as A Ying. I have a relationship with A Ying, and he is the child God returned to me. You all say that A Ying killed someone, I don't believe it. , I lived with him for seven years, he learned to make clothes from me when he was 18 years old, I taught him the truth of being a man, I don't believe he can kill."
Yi Fei tried to calm Qiao Ying, but Qiao Ying wiped her tears tremblingly and repeated: "I don't believe he can kill!"
On the way back to the city from the second prison, Ming Shu received a call from Shen Xun.
"We found Zhou Han, the boss of 'Hongzhuang' back then." Shen Xun said, "The one who gave her money to run 'Hongzhuang' was the victim of Hongcheng, Cao Fenghuai."