Jian Jing walked around the crime scene and felt tired: "Can I sit down?"
"Please sit down. The evidence collection is complete." Ji Feng handed over the tablet.
Jian Jing found a comfortable position on the sofa, opened the software, and found the confession part.
First, clarify a few time points.
The deceased entered the suite at 10:05, which was the last time others saw him. The autopsy report gave the time of death as 10:40-11:10.
In addition, the person in charge saw a guest appear in the club at around 10:50. He exchanged a few words with the guest, arranged for him to enter the VVIP box, and then went upstairs to inform the deceased according to the deceased's instructions. The time was around 11:00.
At this time, he heard an argument from outside the door. He knocked on the door but got no response.
The person in charge was worried, so he found the security captain, and everyone worked together to pry the door open, and found the deceased.
It was exactly 11:10, and a few minutes later, the security captain called the police.
What did the others do during the 1 hour and 5 minutes
Jian Jing pulled it and found that there was a lot of text, so she asked, "Is there a video?"
Ji Feng said: "Yes, click below the confession to watch the video."
She clicked on the confession of the person in charge.
The man was a fat man in his thirties, surnamed Zhao, with a friendly appearance and a very cooperative attitude.
The person in charge replied: "My job is mainly to coordinate the work of various departments, where to assign people, where to clean up, when to call for stage work, and generally that's it."
"Tell me what you did on the night of June 15th."
"That's a lot. I can count the things we have to do every night on my ten fingers, and they are all trivial things. I remember that right after we opened at 7 o'clock, a customer wanted to book the whole place. I told him that it was impossible to book the whole place, but he insisted and threw a stack of money at me. Wow, I knew he was a second-generation rich kid at first glance..."
He was so talkative that the police had to stop him: "Just answer whatever you are asked. Don't talk nonsense."
The person in charge said aggrievedly: "Isn't that what I said?"
Another police officer changed the question: "You can just say the action will be between 10 and 11 o'clock."
"It was a little after 10 o'clock. The boss and the client finished drinking, and I sent him upstairs to rest. Then we continued to work. We were busy at this hour. I kept walking around the club and my legs were tired.
"11 o'clock, then, at 10:50, a big customer came, and I hurried over to greet him. Alas, there was nothing I could do. If you dare to neglect me once, it will be difficult for you to do business in the future. I had good intentions, but I talked too much. I chatted with him and went upstairs to see the boss. I have already told him what happened next."
"Tell me more about it."
"All right."
"I went upstairs at 11 o'clock and heard some noises in the house, but no one answered when I knocked on the door. I was very worried, so I went to find Daqian (the security captain) to open the door. It took more than 5 minutes. I went upstairs and called again, but there was still no response. I couldn't open it with my key, so I had to find tools to pry it open. When the back door opened, I saw the boss lying on the ground. I was shocked and rushed over to see that his head was covered in blood. Xiaotan was sitting there stupidly, not knowing what was going on.
"I tried to get my boss to come to me, but he didn't work, so I told Daqian to call the police. Later I asked Xiaotan if he did it, but he didn't answer me. I was afraid he would leave, so I had to stay with him until the police came."
The next one is the security captain.
He was wearing a black suit and had a burly build. He sat on a chair in the interrogation room that felt shaky.
"My working hours are from 6pm to 3am." Unexpectedly, the big guy can express himself very well and in an orderly manner. "Every night, my main job is to patrol the club, be responsible for the safety of the guests, and maintain order. If I encounter drunk guests, I will send them back to the private room or call a taxi to take them home. If there are any troublemakers, I will ask them to leave."
He also specifically corrected: "We are a formal club and we will not fight with our guests."
The police asked: "Where were you between 10 and 11 o'clock?"
The security captain replied: "I should stop patrolling."
"you alone?"
"Together with my colleagues," he recalled. "I remember that night, we also handled an incident. A guest was drunk and acted crazy, and it took us a long time to calm him down."
"What time is it?"
"I don't remember exactly, probably around 10:20."
"And after that?"
"I was busy chatting with colleagues, patrolling, and calling taxis for customers. It was almost 11 o'clock, and I was planning to have a midnight snack and rest for a while. Brother Zhao (the person in charge) suddenly came to find me, so I went upstairs with him."
"Tell me about your discovery of the deceased."
"Okay." The security captain thought carefully for a moment and then said slowly, "At that time, Brother Zhao (the person in charge) came to me anxiously and told me that the boss seemed to have quarreled with Xiao Tan. He knocked on the door, but the boss ignored him and asked me to go up and open the door to see what was going on."
The policeman suddenly interrupted: "It's normal for couples to quarrel. Why did you agree as soon as you heard it?"
"Ah, it's just a small talk." The security captain shook his head and revealed, "He has a criminal record. He had a conflict with a customer before and threatened him with a knife. The boss spent a lot of money to suppress him. And..."
He showed a subtle expression of understanding, confusion, and difficulty in speaking.
"Well, the boss has a rather unusual hobby. Once before, Xiao Tan came over and said that the boss had fallen and was bleeding a lot. He and I rushed him to the hospital, but the doctor said that if we were any later, he would be in danger."
Jian Jing: “???”
She grabbed Ji Feng and paused to show him the screen: "Is this what I understand?"
Monsoon: “Yes.”
Jian Jing understood. No wonder the person in charge was so nervous. As soon as there was no movement, he asked the security captain to pry the door open, for fear of ruining the boss's "interest".
It turns out that this hobby can lead to death... cough.
She continued to look down.
Then came the secretary.
She was very different from Diane and others that Jian Jing was familiar with. Many buttons of her shirt were undone, her hip skirt only reached her thighs, and she wore a pair of fishnet stockings. Her ten fingers were pressed against long nails, which looked fake and vulgar.
"My job is to follow the boss's instructions. I do whatever the boss tells me to do." The secretary looked frivolous and had a coquettish voice. "I usually wait until the boss goes to bed before I can go home."
"Where were you and what did you do on the night of the incident?"
She said: "Before 8 o'clock, I stayed in the office to rest. There was nothing to do. After 9 o'clock, my friends said they were going to the club to play, so I went down and sang songs with them for a while. At about 10:30, I went out to buy supper for my boss and came back at 10:50."
"Isn't there any midnight snack in the club?"
"They are all steamed buns, noodles and the like, which the boss really likes to eat."
“He eats it every day?”
"If you drink, you will eat less, so you will definitely need it. It is definitely the case at other times."
"Did you find anything unusual when you came back?"
The secretary said, "I knocked on the door, but there was no sound. I guessed the boss hadn't woken up yet, so I went back to the office and waited."
"Is there anyone else in the office?"
"No, Sister Li's computer is on, but she's not there." The secretary explained, "At this time, she should have gone out for a midnight snack. The midnight snack in our club is from 10 to 12 o'clock. If you go too late, it will be gone."
"When did you know something happened to the deceased?"
"It was Brother Qian (the security captain) who told me that the police were coming and asked us not to wander around."
"You didn't hear anything before this?"
"The clubhouse is very soundproof, and I was playing with my phone, so I didn't pay attention." She defended, "It has nothing to do with me, I don't know anything."
Then comes finance.
She was a middle-aged woman in her twenties, wearing a loose coat and trousers, grey flat shoes, and had a reserved and somewhat nervous expression.
"That night I was working overtime to do some calculations, and I was in the office until 10:30. After finishing the calculations, I went downstairs to get a midnight snack, and didn't come back upstairs until 11:15." Her timeline was very simple. "That's when I knew something had happened to my boss."
"After 10:30, can anyone prove that you were downstairs?"
She shook her head: "I was going back to the office, but the room on the top floor was stuffy, so I went out for a while. I didn't run into anyone."
In other words, there is no field proof.
The last one is the business manager.
The so-called business department is actually responsible for accompanying guests with drinks and singing. The manager is in her thirties and is female. Unlike the serious style in my impression, the manager's clothes are very plain, with light makeup and a black off-shoulder long skirt. She does not deliberately play the edge ball, but makes people feel elegant.
"I am the business manager of Jin Cui Hua Palace. My daily job is to arrange our waiters to serve the guests in each private room."
The manager said slowly and hurriedly, "On the evening of the 15th, I started working at 7 o'clock as usual, and I stayed in the private room to chat with guests until after 9 o'clock. Many people can testify for me. By the way, that night a colleague had a conflict with a guest and was beaten. I sent her to the hospital, but because I had a lot of things to do, I paid the bill and went back to the club."
"What time is that?"
"I remember leaving the hospital at 10:10. Based on the distance we traveled, we should have returned to the club at around 10:40. I don't remember the exact time."
"Did you drive there yourself?"
"I don't know how to drive, so I can just call a taxi."
"What about after we return to the club?"
"I reported the matter to the boss and went upstairs. I ran into Brother Zhao on the way. He told me that Xiao Tan was here today, so I didn't rush to find him and rested in the lounge for a while."
"When did you know something happened to the deceased?"
"I only found out when Daqian came and knocked on my door and told me that the boss had died."
"Did you hear any noise before?"
"I did not notice."
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While Jian Jing was concentrating on watching the video, Ji Feng observed the scene for the nth time.
He carefully checked the lounge and office outside and confirmed the soundproofing of the room. If it was a high-decibel sound, it would be difficult to hear the noise once the door was closed. But if there was only one door, he could still vaguely hear something.
On the one hand, none of the suspects were lying.
So, are they really not suspicious
"I still don't quite understand." Prosecutor Zhu interrupted him and questioned, "Although there are a few people who don't have on-site evidence, Tan Hao's motive for murder is very clear, but the others have no obvious motives."
Ji Feng nodded: "Yes, Tan Hao and the deceased had an emotional dispute, and the family had many arguments because of it. The deceased once threatened to take back the things given to him. For money or love, he had enough motives to kill."
Prosecutor Zhu said: "I know you insist on investigating because you are afraid of wrongly accusing a good person, but at the moment, I don't see any suspicious points."
"It's intuition," he said. "You can also say experience."
She raised an eyebrow.
Ji Feng said, "I have seen many murders. Some were carefully planned but ended up in failure. Some were dismembered and the perpetrators slept in the same room with the corpse. But most were crimes of passion. The perpetrators killed people on impulse and only considered how to end the crime afterwards. Judging from the situation at the crime scene, Tan Hao is undoubtedly a criminal, right?"
Prosecutor Zhu nodded: "Yes."
"Prisoners like him may have a lucky mentality before they are caught. But he was caught on the spot, with the evidence." He said, "You see, he killed someone on impulse without considering anything, but he was able to withstand so many days of interrogation and insisted that he was the murderer. Isn't it strange?"
"This is just your analysis of his psychology. There is no evidence to prove that he is the murderer."
Ji Feng said, "Let's check it out. Teacher Jian is good at this." He called Jian Jing, "Teacher Jian, have you finished reading it? Give me some feedback."
"Why are you rushing me?" Jian Jing walked out slowly, and also took a good look at the office and the lounge room. Finally, she said, "I'm hungry. Let's go."
Prosecutor Zhu: “???” I was waiting to hear any doubts, how come they are gone
Ji Feng: "Okay, let's go."
She was confused: Go, just go away? Do people in front of you communicate through brain waves