Chapter 1738

By the beach.

Listen, Gu Chen is here to reason for herself. What does Lu Weiwei seem to think of?

I've been listening to all kinds of witnesses reviewing the course of the crime. It's obvious that some of them have been taken to a crooked rhythm.

In the eyes of witnesses, the murderer must be a bearded man with a duck tongue hat.

But the witness may not know. Maybe the murderer deliberately let the witness see all this.

"I see." Lu Weiwei seemed to keep up with Gu Chen's thinking, and suddenly realized: "the killer may be disguised as a beard, and the killer is likely to swim from the water to the Bank of the river, and then escape to the woods after killing Zhang Qi."

"What else?" Gu Chen continued to ask questions like a teacher.

Lu Weiwei scratched her cheeks: "and... And that is, if the murderer was in disguise, he must have been seen by witnesses, but he could jump into the river and escape. Why did he run into the woods?"

"Are you too nervous to choose a way? Or..."

After hesitating for a few seconds, Lu Weiwei suddenly brightened her eyes and said:

"I know. The murderer is deliberately showing it to the witnesses. If he escapes to the river, from the perspective of this landscape stone, the witnesses can't find the specific appearance of the murderer."

"But instead of doing so, the killer chose another escape route, that is, running into the woods."

"But in this way, his body shape and appearance are completely exposed to the sight of witnesses."

"So since this murderer committed a purposeful murder, it's impossible not to prepare his own way. What's the matter if he is found?"

"So elder martial sister Lu thinks?" Gu Chen seems to have seen that Lu Weiwei has guessed the result.

Lu Weiwei, who was on the other side, said slowly: "I think the killer's appearance may be disguised, and when he ran away, the suspicious witness found herself just to confuse us later."

"Maybe." After hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Gu Chen didn't say too much.

So he took out his mobile phone, photographed the special footprints on the ground and said:

"At present, the new footprints are barefoot, and Liao Jianbo is the only one swimming here tonight, according to witnesses."

"After all, in this cold weather, the water temperature in the river is also very low. No one will say that on a whim, they run to swim, which requires enough courage."

"But the killer may have landed barefoot and came from the water, which shows that at that time, at least two people were in the water."

"In other words, the murderer may sneak into the beach from the water, kill Zhang Qi, and then deliberately expose his appearance to witnesses to confuse everyone." Lu Weiwei thought deeply and said:

"Younger martial brother Gu, can I think that the murderer is covering for someone?"

"It seems that elder martial sister Lu has guessed. Go ahead." Gu Chen said with a smile.

"He's covering for Liao Jianbo." Luweiwei blurted out.

This is also in line with Gu Chen's expectations. After all, the facts are here.

"If the murderer wants to cover deliberately, there must be beneficiaries. From the witness's defense testimony to Liao Jianbo at that time, it seems that Liao Jianbo's suspicion is directly ruled out."

"This clearly shows that Liao Jianbo was the vested interest in the whole process of the incident, and he was completely excluded."

After a pause, Gu Chen said: "of course, this does not necessarily mean that Liao Jianbo must be related to the murderer, but at least from the current situation, Liao Jianbo's alibi can be explained."

"So, next, I think the killer may continue to dive into the water and escape after passing through the grove."

"I think so." Lu Weiwei seems to want to go with Gu Chen.

Together, they continued to hold a strong flashlight and began to walk towards the woods along their footprints.

After the soft sand on the beach, there is a grove in front.

The woods are surrounded by low lawns, which are the landscape vegetation deliberately arranged by the developers.

And the new footprint also lost its mark around the lawn.

But if you look closely, you can still see that there will be dents on many green lawns.

According to the latest depression degree of the lawn, Gu Chen tracked down with Lu Weiwei, and finally rediscovered the missing barefoot mark in the gravel land near the river bank.

"Younger martial brother Gu, look." Lu Weiwei pointed to the front and hurriedly said, "it's the footprints. The barefoot footprints just now."

"I see." Gu Chen nodded silently to express his understanding.

"From the footprints, it is indeed going to the river." Luweiwei said.

Gu Chen stood by the river and carefully observed the surrounding environment.

From the woods to Liao Jianbo's swimming area, it seems that one is upstream and the other is downstream.

But the location is very secret.

"If the killer escapes in the water here, it doesn't feel necessary at all." Gu Chen pointed to one side of the woods and said, "go this way, go through the woods, you can leave the scenic spot, and go down the river from here. What does he want?"

"Yes, what's the motive?" Lu Weiwei was also thinking. She couldn't help muttering: "go down the river from here, either swim to the other bank, or swim down, or go upstream."

"But it's possible to meet Liao Jianbo swimming in the river upstream, but isn't it better for him to walk in the downstream direction?"

Looking at the opposite direction, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but say: "if it's to swim to the opposite side..."

"Unlikely." Before Lu Weiwei's voice fell, Gu Chen directly interrupted and said:

"If you swim to the other side, there is a forest area opposite, which is still in the undeveloped stage."

"When we were looking for people here during the day, I once noticed the terrain distribution on the other side."

"It can be said that the trees opposite are well protected, so the vegetation is dense. Many of them are primitive vegetation with stems and vines."

"If I want to escape, my whole body will be scratched by these thorny stems and vines, and the murderer may be barefoot, which is even more unlikely."

"That only swam down, but..." Lu Weiwei thought for a few seconds, turned to Gu Chen and said, "but younger martial brother Gu, we also analyzed it just now."

"If he swam down, he didn't have to swim at all. Since he had been observed by witnesses and passed through the woods, wouldn't he just run out of the woods? And he couldn't swim downstream."

When the voice dropped, Lu Weiwei took out her mobile phone, clicked on the picture of the Scenic Guide taken by her mobile phone at the entrance of the park, and Liang said in front of Gu Chen:

"You see, the river is actually beautiful in this section, but it is intercepted by nylon net at the downstream."

"This place is prepared by Yuan group to develop into a drifting tourism project in summer."

"It's a dry season again, so a small dam is still being built recently. Because it hasn't been built yet, it needs to intercept all kinds of garbage and sundries upstream, so there are several nylon nets to block it."

Take a deep breath, Lu Weiwei also has no good way: "if the murderer swims to such a place, he has nothing to find trouble and can't swim at all."

"Yes, elder martial sister Lu is right." I feel that Lu Weiwei's wave is really reasonable in combination with the analysis of the terrain.

So Gu Chen followed Lu Weiwei's words and directly replied:

"So it's completely impossible for the killer to swim down the river from here to the other bank, because the original vegetation will scratch him black and blue, and it's not conducive to crossing the jungle."

"When swimming downstream, the killer will be blocked by nylon net and can't swim to the safe area at all."

"And the murderer can walk through the jungle and escape to other directions, but the murderer goes into the water here."

After a pause, Gu Chen also reminded him, "in this weather, it is almost impossible for anyone to enter the water here, so there is only the barefoot mark of the murderer."

"This can almost exclude other irrelevant personnel, so there is only one swimming direction for the murderer."

"That's upstream!"

In the last sentence, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei spoke in unison. They both wanted to go together.

"But..." Lu Weiwei hesitated and said thoughtfully, "but if the murderer swam upstream, wouldn't he be right with Liao Jianbo?"

"But Liao Jianbo didn't find the trace of the murderer in his inquiry just now. It's impossible."

"After all, the river is so wide. Liao Jianbo was in the river again and there was no one else around."

"If someone swam past Liao Jianbo, he would be able to find it, but he didn't."

"That's because no one swam past him." Gu Chen also made a point and said calmly, "because the murderer may be Liao Jianbo himself."

"Himself?" After a few seconds of surprise, Lu Weiwei asked Gu Chen, "before that, I heard from witnesses that Liao Jianbo was still greeting Zhang Qi on the shore when he swam to the upstream area, and the two were still interacting in the space."

"But if so, all this was a cover up before. Liao Jianbo's purpose was to confuse the witnesses on the shore, right?"

"Probably." Gu Chen was also thinking and said, "but just now the two witnesses also repeatedly stressed that it seems that the interaction between the two people, women always say the same thing, and their voice is strange."

"But if the murderer is Liao Jianbo, it is obvious that this location is his carefully selected location. The purpose is to create a murder event in which he is not at the scene of the crime."

"The two witnesses near the pavilion obviously became Liao Jianbo's chess pieces in a muddle."

"Repeat the same thing?" Lu Weiwei held her chest in her hands, held her cheek and thought, "brother Gu, if I were Zhang Qi now and you were Liao Jianbo."

"Don't you think it's strange that you swim in the river and I say the same words and greetings you don't listen to?"

"Of course." Gu Chen also grinned and explained, "so this is also a doubt. Who in normal people will keep repeating the same greeting with people swimming in the river?"

"This shows that Zhang Qi was not normal at that time. It is possible that Zhang Qi at that time had died."

"Already... Dead?" Lu Weiwei smelled the speech and exclaimed, "but if she is dead, how can Zhang Qi say hello to Liao Jianbo in the river?"

"Elder martial sister Lu." Gu Chen glanced at Lu Weiwei and said honestly, "I found some problems when I checked Zhang Qi's body before."

"That's Zhang Qi's time of death. It should be around 6:25 p.m."

"But what we heard from the gate of the scenic spot was 5 p.m. after 7 p.m., but according to witnesses, they saw the bearded man committing the murder at about 6:45."

"Liao Jianbo swam from the water to the shore and found that Zhang Qi was strangled between 6:58 and 7:00. Then we rushed to the scene."

"In terms of time, the time when the witness found Liao Jianbo in the water should be around 6:25 p.m."

"6:25? Doesn't that coincide with Zhang Qi's death time?" After hearing Gu Chen's words, Lu Weiwei also asked Gu Chen:

"Younger martial brother Gu, you knew the time of death was tricky before. Why didn't you expose Liao Jianbo's lie?"

"Because I had no evidence." Gu Chen also told the truth and continued to explain:

"Just think about it. Liao Jianbo has eyewitness testimony to prove that the murderer is a big beard, and Zhang Qi on the shore has been greeting and interacting with Liao Jianbo in the river before 6:45."

"Judging from the time, Liao Jianbo has no time to commit the crime at all, because he eliminates various conditional factors. It is obviously too idealistic and unrealistic for Liao Jianbo to swim from the water to the shore and kill Zhang Qi."

"Well, maybe there are two murderers? But it's not right." Lu Weiwei still doesn't understand.

I feel there is a difference in time.

Gu Chen grinned: "yes, if the murderer is Liao Jianbo, it will inevitably make people feel an illusion that Liao Jianbo is committing a crime separately."

"From the various conditions at the scene, it is obvious that Liao Jianbo in the water did not have such conditions."

"After all, Zhang Qi on the shore has been repeatedly greeting him. This factor alone can easily interfere with everyone's judgment."

"I understand." Lu Weiwei nodded silently and echoed, "that is to say, if Zhang Qi at that time didn't always say hello to Liao Jianbo in the river, it can be proved that Liao Jianbo swam to the bank and strangled Zhang Qi after he was in the water."

"But if Zhang Qi died around 6:25 p.m., that is, when Liao Jianbo went into the water, it means that there is another person who has been greeting 'Zhang Qi' on the shore since Liao Jianbo went into the water. Doesn't that mean that Zhang Qi has a separation?"

Gu Chen shook his head: "the dead will not make any noise unless..."

"Unless what?" Lu Weiwei asked.

Gu Chen said calmly, "unless the movement of Zhang Qi heard by the eyewitness at that time was just a pre recorded sound, which was used to confuse the two eyewitnesses and make the eyewitness think that Zhang Qi was still alive and had been interacting with Liao Jianbo in the water."

"Only in this way can the witnesses believe that the murderer was someone else, and the murderer appeared in the image of a beard at this time, which can deepen the impression of the two witnesses. It's really ulterior motives."

"So it is?" When Lu Weiwei heard this, she was also relieved by the environment before the combination:

"I know, so the key clue is Liao Jianbo's voice after swimming in the river. This voice may have been recorded before. Then where the equipment is is very important."

"That's right." Seeing Lu Weiwei finally understand, Gu Chen also sighed: "if you want to complete this murder, you have to get rid of your suspicion."

"That obviously shows that Liao Jianbo has made careful arrangements before, and there will be no case that he comes to Ludao scenic spot and others follow him all the way."

"The only thing that can be explained is that it must be a sound like device, which is used to play the sound recorded by Zhang Qi and confuse witnesses in turn."

"Where will the equipment be?" Lu Weiwei looked at the river in front of her and said thoughtfully:

"Have you been abandoned into the river by the murderer? If so, you have to look in the river."

"But even if you find it, will the contents still be useful?"

"This..." Gu Chen is not sure about this. After all, Yuan's group is operating all kinds of structures developed here.

It can be imagined that Yuan's group was building a careful dam in the lower reaches of the river to store water and raise the landscape water level.

If you dry the water, can you find these equipment?

Gu Chen thought of this and suddenly had a new idea.

"Elder martial sister Lu, let's hurry and find the leader of the tourism park." Gu Chen said.

"Ah?" Lu Weiwei was stunned, but she quickly kept up with Gu Chen.

They walked all the way to the park management office.

At this moment, police officer Wang and Yuan Shasha are also meeting with the leaders of the scenic spot and discussing the specific situation.

See Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei finally arrive late, and their noses are red by the cold wind.

Officer Wang grinned and hurriedly reminded, "Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, it's cold outside. Come and have a cup of hot tea. I don't know where you two are."

"Yes, elder martial brother Gu and elder martial sister Lu, come and have some hot tea." Yuan Shasha also held the hot tea in her hand to keep warm.

Let alone, this deer island belongs to the mountain area, but the temperature in the mountain area is very low at night. No wonder the deer island scenic spot is in the trial operation stage and needs to empty tourists at 8 p.m.

It can be seen that before the accommodation hotel was officially put into operation, the staff here were also very cold.

In this case, if there are no thermal insulation measures, the tourist experience will obviously be greatly reduced.

Just after Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei sat down, a middle-aged man in a suit in the tourist area immediately made two cups of hot tea, personally brought it to them, and politely said, "two police comrades, drink some hot tea to warm up."

"Thank you." Lu Weiwei thanked her and quickly covered the cup with her cold hands, then put it on her mouth and took a sip.

But Gu Chen asked him directly, "are you the leader here?"

"That's right." The middle-aged man in suit nodded silently: "I'm the person in charge of Kagoshima scenic spot."

"That's great. I'm looking for you." Gu Chen said with a faint smile.

Can hear Gu Chen say so, but the middle-aged man in a suit is not calm.

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