The matter at the Qingxixia construction site was perfectly resolved, Pei Qingzhi was satisfied, and Tang Xi was also satisfied.
All the money she earned before was used to get rid of the Tang family. She is very poor now. Although this salary is calculated as a friendship price, it is enough for her to live a superior life until after the college entrance examination.
Now that everyone has come, Tang Xi didn't bother to find another day, so he directly took the drawing and talked with Pei Qingzhi.
Lawyer Chen drew up the contract and sent it over. It happened that Chu Li was also finishing the case at the construction site. After signing the contract, they had a meal together before leaving.
Maybe it was because I met too many perverted murderers and ghosts during this period, and it was rare to calm down for a while after that, or as she said, the end of the year is almost here, and criminals have to take an annual leave, right? In the entire city bureau, except for the theft and fraud divisions which were busier, the other departments were free.
Tang Xi finally studied quietly, and in the monthly exam at the end of November, her ranking climbed up by dozens.
What surprised everyone was Qi Sihui. Since the last time a Concentration and Tranquility Talisman allowed her to perform to her due level, this girl seemed to be enlightened, and she got the top 50 grades in one fell swoop. It is conceivable that As long as she can maintain this grade at the end of the semester, at least she can go to class two, and if she works harder next semester, class one is not impossible, and she has already entered the gate of a key university.
At the beginning of December, Jiangnan City officially entered the winter season. The little girl who is afraid of the cold has already worn various light down jackets outside the school uniform, adding a touch of bright color to the monotonous school.
Tang Xi is not afraid of the cold, even if it is really cold, put a flame talisman next to her body, which can control her all day long. Otherwise, Captain Chu would be able to dangle around the serious crime team in his early autumn shirt and jacket
Just when she thought that the peaceful days could continue, the director of Mediterranean teaching opened the door of the classroom.
"Director? get out of class is not over yet." Wu Hai, who was talking about it, was very dissatisfied.
"Don't bother you, student Tang Xi, come out for a while." The dean said.
Tang Xi was startled, put the phone in his pocket and walked out.
"Okay, okay, what are you looking at? Continue to class!" Wu Hai patted the podium to suppress the noise in the classroom.
"Director, what's the matter?" Tang Xi followed behind, looking at the sweaty side face of the teaching director, and really couldn't think of a reason to look for her.
"You'll know in a while." The dean wiped off his sweat and took her directly to his office.
As soon as Tang Xi entered, her eyes narrowed slightly.
Inside were two policemen with strange faces, at least not from the city bureau.
"Student Tang Xi?" the older policeman asked.
"I am." Tang Xi nodded.
"Hello, we are the criminal police of the Xincheng Public Security Bureau. My surname is Wu. There is a case that requires you to go to the bureau to cooperate and explain the situation." The policeman said.
"From Xincheng?" Tang Xi raised her eyebrows.
Jiangnan City is divided into four major districts. Except for the City Bureau, all the people in the four sub-bureaus in the south, east, and northwest have dealt with her to some extent. Only the Xincheng Public Security Bureau has never known her.
Xincheng is a new area developed after the expansion of Jiangnan City in recent years. It is almost half the size of Jiangnan City. Tang Xi usually heard a few good things about the Xincheng branch from Chu Li.
"Can I see the ID? Both of you." Tang Xi stretched out his hand.
"The little girl has a good sense." The two policemen smiled, and each took out their police cards and handed them to her.
Tang Xi checked it carefully and confirmed it was genuine, so she returned it and said, "Thank you. But I am underage, and I have the right to notify my guardian and lawyer to cooperate with the investigation of this kind of matter."
"Yes." The policeman froze for a moment, and gave her a gesture of convenience.
Tang Xi didn't shy away from it, took out her mobile phone, called Lawyer Chen first, got a reply from him to go to the Xincheng branch immediately, and then called Chu Li to explain the situation.
"Huh?" Chu Li was also stunned, and said after a while, "Okay, you go with them first, and I will go there right away."
"Okay." Tang Xi hung up the phone calmly, looked up and said, "Let's go."
"Thank you for your cooperation." Although the two policemen were surprised that a high school student of this age was so calm and calm, compared to Miss Jiao who was crying or hysterical and refused to cooperate, Tang Xi could make their work much easier.
Tang Xi got into the police car, the older policeman was in charge of driving, and the young policeman sat next to her, looking like an intern.
"Can I ask, what do you need my cooperation for?" She asked.
"Sorry, it's related to my duties, so I can't disclose it." The little policeman next to me declined, and then seemed to feel that this was a bit harsh for a girl, and explained, "Don't be afraid, you just need to tell the truth, the police will not wrong good people …”
"Xiao Zhang!" Lao Wu, who was driving, stopped.
Xiao Zhang was taken aback, and closed his mouth embarrassingly.
However, because of a word he missed, Tang Xi's heart sank.
Her intuition was indeed correct, and she said she was "cooperating with the investigation", but the behavior of the Xincheng branch clearly regarded her as a suspect, not a witness. But recently, she is at school and home at two o'clock and one line every day, and she hasn't even been to the city bureau. At most, she can have a cup of milk tea and a cake with Qi Sihui and Xia Shuang after school. What kind of cases can she get involved in
Half an hour later, the police car left the urban area. The newly built road was wide and tidy, but the newly planted trees were young and not as lush as the urban area. The buildings on both sides could not be seen from the residential areas, most of which were industrial parks and factories.
"Here we are." Xiao Zhang, who stopped at the gate of the police station and held back all the way, could barely utter a word.
Tang Xi opened the door and got out of the car. Before he could close the door, the next moment, the familiar car rushed towards him, with harsh brakes, and a beautiful drift, just stopped in front of the police car.
"Hey, you can't park here!" Xiao Zhang shouted dissatisfied.
"Xiao Zhang, remember this license plate, it belongs to the Municipal Bureau." Old Wu reminded.
Xiao Zhang's last words were choked back, his face flushed red.
In fact, the people in this car look menacing, no matter how you look at it, they look like they are not friendly.
As soon as the driver's door opened, Chu Li stepped down and closed the door with a "snap".
"Captain Chu? This is really... what wind brought you here?" Old Wu laughed.
"Evil wind!" Chu Li said with a cold face.
"Team Chu?" Old Wu was at a loss.
"Your Xincheng branch brought my girl as a suspect for interrogation, and you didn't let me sit in?" Chu Li snorted coldly.
"Your...girl?" Old Wu looked back at Tang Xi, dumbfounded.
"You are speeding." Tang Xi pointed out.
In theory, the city bureau is farther away, and the road is more congested, but Chu Li arrived at the same time as her.
"The speed limit in the new area is 80 yards, not the 40 yards in the old area. If you step on the line, you are not speeding!" Chu Li said angrily.
"This... Team Chu, let's talk first." Lao Wu wiped off his sweat and felt unlucky, why did he accept such an errand
Chu Li didn't speak, just stepped forward and walked in first.
After finally sitting down, the atmosphere in the interrogation room was weird.
According to the rules, both Chu Li and Tang Xi's mobile phones were temporarily handed over to the police for safekeeping, but... Yan Shifei, the head of the Xincheng Criminal Police Detachment who was temporarily brought in for interrogation, was the first and the second eldest.
It is true that a guardian is required to interrogate minors, but when the guardian is the leader of the serious crime team of the Municipal Bureau, the Chu team known as the God of Killing, no one can really be relieved of the pressure.
"Let's have a trial." Chu Li leaned on the back of the chair, very relaxed.
Yan Shifei smiled wryly, collected himself, and then took out a photo and put it on the table: "Miss Tang, see if you recognize this person."
Tang Xi glanced at him. It was a man in his thirties. He was wearing a famous brand. He seemed to be from a good family, and there was an arrogance on his face. She said directly, "I don't know him."
"So sure?" Yan Shifei said, "Don't you need to look carefully?"
"He looks very rich, and I couldn't get in touch with people of this level in my previous living environment." Tang Xi said indifferently, "I have only been in Jiangnan City for a few months, and I am still in school, so I have very limited daily contact with people. , Have you ever seen a memory that doesn’t require careful thinking.”
Yan Shifei choked on her, and couldn't make a mistake, so he could only ask a question: "Miss Tang, where were you at 11 o'clock last night?"
"I'm a student preparing for the college entrance examination. Of course I'm at home at this time. Where else can I be?" Tang Xi asked strangely.
"Who can prove it?" Yan Shifei asked.
"He." Tang Xi pointed at Chu Li, and said as a matter of course, "We live together, and he knows best if I'm at home."
Yan Shifei thought for a while, then looked at Chu Li, and said tactfully: "But, Miss Tang, even if Team Chu is your guardian, you live in the same house, but at 11 o'clock in the evening, it is impossible for him to still be in your house." In the room? In other words, he couldn't possibly see you at home."
"Team Yan thinks that when I'm awake, I won't even find out that a girl of this age sneaks out and back home?" Chu Li raised his eyebrows and said disdainfully, "Or you want to say, I'll give her Perjury, complicity with her."
Yan Shifei twitched the corners of his mouth, but still said forcefully: "Captain Chu, you also understand the rules. In view of your relationship with Miss Tang, such one-sided remarks cannot be regarded as a strong alibi, but we have The evidence proves that Miss Tang appeared in another place that night—"
"Check the monitoring." Chu Li interrupted directly, "Fengya Jiangnan is one of the few high-end residential areas in Jiangnan City, with perfect security equipment, as long as she was only seen entering the corridor last night but not going out, the alibi is established."
"These have already been sent to adjust. It's just that Pei's property has not been officially approved and refused to announce the monitoring, so it wasted time." Yan Shifei said a little unhappy.
As a colleague and senior, with the means of interrogation and the complete chain of evidence, Chu Li is only more proficient than him. The feeling that the suspect is being suppressed everywhere during the interrogation makes him very uncomfortable.
"I want to ask, what on earth did I... what do you think I did?" Tang Xi asked.
"This person." Yan Shifei nodded at the photos on the table, stared into her eyes, and said slowly, "He died at home last night, with a knife."
"!!!" Tang Xi's eyes widened all of a sudden, but she calmed down quickly, and pointed at herself in doubt, "So, why do you think I did it? Am I like a murderer? Or is it indiscriminate? The stranger kind."
"Because the surveillance video at the victim's home shows that Ms. Tang appeared there at 11 o'clock last night." Yan Shifei replied, "The method of killing with a single knife is very professional, and it cannot be done by ordinary people who burglarize. He's a practicing family. As for Miss Tang, do you have the ability to kill people—I've also watched that video, and the Yongning shopping mall hijacking case has already explained it, you have it."
"Wait." Tang Xi waved his hand and stopped him, "Do I have the ability to say otherwise, anyway, even if there is, it is not evidence of my murder. But... are you sure, the person you saw in the surveillance is me?"
"Unless Miss Tang has twin sisters who look exactly the same." Yan Shifei said.
"Can I have a look at the photo of the deceased?" Chu Li asked suddenly.
"Please." Yan Shifei was startled and waved at him.
Chu Li picked up the photo, looked at it, and couldn't help frowning.
"You know him?" Tang Xi wondered.
"Although you haven't seen it, you should have heard of it." Chu Li looked at her and said.
"Who?" Tang Xi was at a loss.
"Yang Qingrong." Chu Li spat out a name, and seeing that she hadn't reacted, he added, "Yang Wenqiu's younger brother, the Yang Qingrong who introduced Mr. Fengshui to Wang Liguo in the Jindi case."
"He!" Tang Xi suddenly realized, and then was taken aback, "Yang Qingrong... was killed?"
"The suspect is you." Chu Li sneered and threw the photo back on the table.
"Why?" Tang Xi protested, "I haven't even met him before. It was only when you told me last time that I knew there was such a person."
At this moment, a policeman opened the door of the interrogation room and walked in, whispering something in Yan Shifei's ear.
"Really?" Yan Shifei's voice suddenly sounded.
"Really." The policeman nodded affirmatively. "It has been confirmed by the technical detective. There is no trace of editing and editing. It is true."
"Okay. I see." Yan Shifei waved him out, feeling a headache.
"Why, have you checked the monitoring?" Chu Li asked.
"Indeed, the surveillance shows that after Ms. Tang entered the corridor at 6:31 pm, she didn't go out again until 6:03 this morning." Yan Shifei said.
"Then my alibi can be established?" Tang Xi asked.
"I'm afraid not yet." Yan Shifei shook his head and said, "Because the surveillance video of the victim's home has also been proven to be true and effective, we still need to investigate Fengya Jiangnan to see if there is a blind spot that can avoid surveillance. "
Tang Xi couldn't help frowning.
Is there a monitoring dead angle? For most people, it doesn't exist. But she knows that with her ability, even if she doesn't use Xuanmen Taoism, she still has several ways to get in and out without leaving any traces, and I believe Chu Li can do it. The internal personnel of the public security know each other well, needless to say too clearly. With surveillance on both sides at the same time, excluding the possibility of someone who looks exactly like her is actually very detrimental to her.
Fengya Jiangnan's surveillance cannot 100% prove that she has not left, but the surveillance of the deceased's home can 100% prove that she has appeared.
In particular, at 11 o'clock in the evening, normal people have already entered the room even if they are not asleep, and it is difficult to find witnesses.
Su Huang and Yu Mingfan can prove that she is in the room, but can the ghost testify
Tsk, Aunt Zhang gave her a cup of hot milk at around 11 o'clock. If I had known that "I" could be photographed at the deceased's house, I should have said that Chu Li gave it to her, so the chain of witnesses would be complete. It's a pity If the opportunity is missed, it would be suspected of collusion to say it now, and it will not be easy to be accepted.
"It's not impossible to prove that she never left." Chu Li pondered for a while, then suddenly said.
"How to say?" Yan Shifei's spirit lifted.
It's not that he identified Tang Xi as a suspect, but surveillance is solid evidence. If Chu Li can rule out Tang Xi's suspicion, at least they can also trace Tang Xi's relatives, or makeup experts and other clues. died on a tree.
In terms of psychology and emotion, no one wants to believe that the little girl who took the risk to rescue the hostages and rescue the police would be a murderer.
What's more, he really didn't want to offend the serious case team leader.
"Can you get my phone?" Chu Li asked.
Yan Shifei nodded.
Soon, Xiao Zhang brought over the cell phone he kept.
Chu Li picked it up and unlocked it, found a video to play, and put it on the table.
Yan Shifei and Old Wu next to him both leaned over to take a look, and even Tang Xi couldn't help being curious about what they took to prove that she was in the room.
The video is a little dark, and it was shot on the terrace at night. It is condescending, with thousands of lights. In the center of Jiangnan, it is a rare view. It makes people think that this is the top floor of some hotel club.
It's just that all the videos are taken are scenery, and there is no one there.
"This?" Yan Shifei was at a loss.
"I can't sleep, I took a random night scene." Chu Li reminded, "Look at the lights."
Yan Shifei was taken aback, and then he noticed that the light in the video was a bit dim. It should not be the light on the terrace, but from the house. For six or seven seconds, the light was turned off, and then turned on again.
Noticing this detail, he couldn't help but grab his phone, rewind the video and watch it again.
"The place where we live is to open up two sets of squares with exactly the same pattern on the top floor. I and her room are connected to the terrace, and I can take pictures of the lights in her room here." Chu Li said flatly, "The lights in our house Without intelligent control, a small manual mechanism can turn off the lights at a fixed time from a distance, but it is impossible to turn on the lights again, which is enough to prove that there were people in the room at that time.”
As for whether the person in the room is Tang Xi, according to the principle of innocence, the police can't prove that there is another person, so they assume that there is no one.
The time shown in the video is 22:35.
"It takes more than an hour to drive from Fengya Jiangnan to Yang Qingrong's house. It is impossible for her to show up at Yang's house at 11 o'clock." Chu Li said.
Yan Shifei: …
"Captain Chu, you are too good!" Tang Xi Xingxing looked over.
Sure enough, this is the expert in solving crimes.
Yan Shifei rubbed his temples, and asked his subordinates to copy the video in a low voice.
"Captain Yan." Another policeman walked in, glanced at Tang Xi and said, "The lawyer is here."
"Understood, take him to go through the formalities." Yan Shifei said helplessly, "Miss Tang, you can go back first, but if you need to leave Jiangnan City recently, please report to the police first."
"Can I take a look at the Yang family's video?" Tang Xi asked, "Maybe I can see something, isn't it just like me?"
When Yan Shifei heard the last word, he swallowed back the words he wanted to refuse, nodded and said, "Yes."
Old Wu worked on the notebook for a while, then turned the screen around to show her.
The video is the surveillance footage at the gate of the Yang family. At 23:03, a girl wearing a light blue down jacket and jeans rang the doorbell. She just lowered her head and didn't capture her face.
When Ms. Deng entered the door, Lao Wu pressed the fast-forward bar until 23:27, the screen time, when the door opened again, and the girl walked out. After walking a few steps, she suddenly turned her head, her face was exposed to the surveillance so unexpectedly.
Old Wu quickly pressed the pause button.
Tang Xi couldn't help shaking her hands.
If she didn't know that she was absolutely right and had never been to Yang's house, she would have wondered if she was sleepwalking
Chu Li leaned over to look at it for a while, and suddenly asked: "Did she turn around and talk to the person who sent her out at the door?"
"Not sure." Yan Shifei shook his head, "There is no sound from the monitoring, and the girl on the screen didn't speak. This action can be understood as she was listening to the person behind the door—the Yang Qingrong who lived alone might not have died at that time. It can also be understood as After killing someone, take another look at your masterpiece before leaving."
Tang Xi calmed down, "tsk tsk" twice, and sighed: "Captain Chu, if you don't move here to live with me, I really can't tell you this time. I even wonder if I have a missing person for seventeen years. twin sister?"
Although the woman in the picture is slightly distorted due to the pixel problem of the surveillance, no matter who watched it, they can't violate their conscience and say that she is not Tang Xi.
Really exactly the same.
"Miss Tang, are you sure you don't have any sisters?" Yan Shifei couldn't help asking.
"I'm sure I don't have one now." Tang Xi blinked her eyes with an innocent face, "But I don't know if I lost a sister when I was born, after all...my parents were born less than three days after I was born. , died in the fire in the maternity hospital."
Yan Shifei's eyes shrank, obviously understanding the subtext in her words, and nodded slightly: "Okay, the police will investigate, thank you for your cooperation."
"You're welcome, this is a civic duty." Tang Xi replied.
Yan Shifei personally sent the two of them outside and returned the phone.
"Miss Tang, Team Chu, the formalities are completed, we can go." Lawyer Chen walked over.
"Lawyer Chen, please make a special trip." Tang Xi said.
"It should." Lawyer Chen smiled reservedly.
This is the guest of two generations of Mr. Pei's grandparents. He has already been instructed. If there is anything, he can put down his work at any time and go to help. Anyway, Mr. Pei pays him a high salary, so there is nothing to complain about, let alone Tang Xi. A difficult client.
Yan Shifei rubbed his chin from behind, narrowed his eyes, thoughtful.
A lawyer, the most rigorous profession, but he put Tang Xi in front of Chu Li when he greeted him. Obviously, he came for Tang Xi's face, not Chu Li.
This little girl is interesting.
"Captain Yan, what should we do? If it wasn't for her, all the clues would have to be collected again." Old Wu said with a bitter face.
"How should I put it... It's not her, I should be glad." Yan Shifei said, "Go, investigate the hospital fire case seventeen years ago, how many people died and how many children were lost."
"Seventeen years ago, there was no paperless office. After the fire, a lot of data was missing. It's hard to check." Old Wu sighed, "I'll try my best."
On the other side, after leaving the Xincheng Branch, Chu Li thanked Lawyer Chen again, and dragged Tang Xi into his car.
"Hey, don't be so stern, I'm a disaster for nothing." Tang Xi said with a smile, "I'm going to eat Shengji's spicy crab, to get rid of bad luck!"
"You have eaten three times this month." Chu Li replied casually, but the car still drove to the place she said, and said after a while, "Do you think Yang Qingrong's death is related to the Tang family?"
"I don't know." Tang Xi shook her head, "I'm the one who was the most surprised about this, okay? Anyway, let Captain Yan look to the Tang family to see if it can make the Tang family move. If it moves, it will There will be gaps."
"Haven't you already gotten rid of them? Why are you still paying attention to the Tang family?" Chu Li was puzzled.
"It is legally free, but my intuition is not over." Tang Xi said in a deep voice, "Let's not mention that you saw Tang Zhenying's strange attitude at the gate of the court that day. The most troublesome thing is Tang Jing."
"Tang Jing? What's wrong with her?" Chu Li was even more surprised, "She is a little girl who has been hugged wrongly. Although she is a little selfish, she really lacks a little brain for what she really wants to do."
Tang Xi was teased by him with a "puchi" smile, and then said: "Tang Jing has a problem with her soul."
Hearing this, Chu Li rolled his eyes and didn't bother to care.
Anyway, he can't control it.
"I'm just wondering, where did that guy who looks exactly like me come from?" Tang Xi pondered, "The surveillance cannot capture the image of a ghost, and even Yun Qi can't leave an image on the surveillance, so she must It's something that actually exists. Can makeup change oneself into another person? Like plastic surgery? Ancient disguise?"
"Read less novels and do more test papers!" Chu Li said angrily, "Do you think plastic surgery is just a face-squeezing in a game? Experts can tell where a knife has been moved on the face at a glance. Disguise is even more nonsense, and the police identified suspects People don't just look at their appearance, they use cranial imaging technology for comparison. A bare face is not enough, and the bones under the skin have to be the same. At present, except for the identical twins who are particularly similar, there is no comparison between two similar-looking twins. People get confused."
"That's weird." Tang Xi sighed.
"Let's wait for the investigation results of the sub-bureau first." Chu Li paused before saying, "Don't place orders these few days, go out with your classmates at school, and go out to places with a lot of surveillance. I will go home early, and you write questions at night Write in the living room with me, and try to have witnesses except when you are sleeping, so as to avoid any more trouble."
"Understood." Tang Xi responded, staring blankly at the rapidly receding scenery outside the window.
The feeling of rain coming.
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