Chapter 397 Finding Clues

Zhengming District Criminal Investigation Brigade.

Li Meng, who was left behind by Chen Shu and others, sat in his messy office, getting more and more angry as he thought about it. He was usually too busy to keep his feet on the ground, but at this time, he was not even thinking about his work, and he just felt angry with himself for most of the day.

Finally, he found a reason to convince himself to settle down and start working. Through the information obtained from Chen Chuan's transcripts during the day, Li Meng successfully obtained Sister Hua's personnel information and phone bill from the public security intranet.

After pulling down a bunch of phone calls from before the loss of contact, Li Meng settled down and began to investigate the people who had been in contact with Sister Hua one by one one by one.

An hour later, Li Meng leaned on his office chair in disappointment.

"During the time when the crime occurred, Sister Hua's phone records were very few. Several numbers could withstand back-checking and scrutiny, and the account owners were not qualified to commit the crime. Judging from the communication records, there were no useful clues. "

After wiping his face hard, Li Meng touched the mouse again and opened another system on the intranet. I started to check the takeout records, hotel registration and express delivery sites associated with Sister Hua, but still found nothing.

According to the usual case handling procedures, at this moment, all the video surveillance on Lianhua Road and the video surveillance of all hotels on the street should be directly investigated based on the time of Sister Hua's disappearance.

However, this kind of investigative work of looking through surveillance cameras consumes a lot of manpower and time. It is not a major criminal case, and even as the deputy captain, he cannot use the already scarce police force at will.

Li Meng frowned as he looked at the thick stack of case information that had just been printed in his hand. After thinking about it, he finally took out his cell phone and called several of his most senior and capable officers into the office.

Li Meng put his hands on the table and said casually: "I haven't handled a case for a long time, and I can't open my mind. In fact, it's not a big case. I asked you to come here because I wanted to ask something."

"Li Da, tell us everything we know."

"That's strange. Is there anything you don't know about Li Da?"

"Li Da, you don't want to test us, do you?"

Everyone was talking, and their tone revealed the undoubted confidence of the detectives.

Li Meng rubbed his nose without comment and asked: "Where do you think those high-end ladies and peripherals get their business? Oh no, even if they get the business, where do they do their transactions?"

In the personnel carrier during the day, Li Meng was always worried about the "B&B" mentioned by Chen Shu as a tool for selling sex.

"Express hotel."

"Yeah, it's just like a roadside hotel."

"High-end? Does it count in the car?"

This answer was not ideal. Li Meng interrupted the discussion of several people, took out his mobile phone, called several young policemen in the brigade, and repeated the same question.

The conclusion reached was the same. Li Meng frowned and said nothing.

The group of detectives surrounding the desk knew that their deputy captain was not satisfied with their answer, so they all kept silent at this moment.

"Li Da, can I say a few words?" A young-looking policeman standing in the corner raised his hand and asked.

"explain."

The young policeman organized his conversation and said: "Short-term rentals are popular now. The lady rented a house with high-end decoration and community from the landlord. She only rented it for three months and only used it as a gun room. It expired. If the house is lost, they won’t even ask for a deposit.

"Because the lady's business cannot be fully booked every day, she will rent the house to people in need outside her own schedule for a day or a few days, so that she can spread the expensive rent."

New knowledge, but there is still no connection with the disappearance case of Sister Hua. Li Meng nodded calmly and motioned for the other party to continue.

"Well, there is another kind of B&B. Now the ladies have learned a lot and know that hotels and guesthouses are easy to be raided by the police. So after receiving the order on WeChat, they will directly place the order on the mobile app. Those who are hidden in the community B&B.”

With a "bang", Li Meng suddenly pushed away the table and chair and stood up.

He hurriedly asked the young policeman: "Repeat what you just said. Wait, there is no need to repeat it. WeChat, Momo, mobile phones, and online chat APP software now all use WeChat to communicate, who can still be stupid? Who are you calling?

"If it's inconvenient, you can send a text. If you want to audition, you can send a voice message. If you really want to contact someone, you can also chat directly. You can even make a video inspection to check the goods. Once the order is placed, a positioning will be attached. Let's live together!

"Once the transaction is completed, you can choose to block or delete the account. No worries! You have to pay the phone bill for making calls! It is not cost-effective no matter how you calculate it. It will be troublesome in operation. In the end, you may have to go back to WeChat to send your location."

Li Meng clicked his hands together and finally gave himself a reasonable explanation.

No wonder Chen Shu didn't mention the mobile phone bill before. It turns out that this ancient skill has been unknowingly eliminated by the times.

You have to start checking WeChat from now on!

Li Meng was filled with emotion. When he came to his senses, he realized that a room full of police officers were staring at him and listening with interest.

He waved his hand and asked his subordinates to leave the office.

After the office became quiet again, Li Meng stood alone by the window, looking in the direction of the SWAT team, touching his chin and muttering to himself:

"Should we conduct a comprehensive investigation in accordance with the working mechanism for missing persons and suspected homicide cases?"

Chen Shu's rigorous face seemed to faintly appear on the transparent window glass.

Those eyes looked directly into Li Meng's eyes and felt uncomfortable.

Not far from the entrance of the food stall, next to the well.

Chen Shu squatted beside the well, staring at the well with the cover opened. He hummed for a while and found a random reason to hang up the phone.

"Li Meng? What's the matter?"

Chen Chuan, who was standing beside, was holding an outdoor searchlight in one hand and pointing it at the well. His eyes were also staring at the well, as if he was afraid of missing something good.

"Oh, he said he has an acquaintance in Guangdong Province who can help us contact Penguin's executives to retrieve Sister Hua's WeChat chat records."

"What a lie! How could it be possible? If it could be retrieved, I would take his last name! Not to mention that this is just a kidnapping case, if it was a murder case, they wouldn't record it. Alas!"

Although Chen Chuan had been slacking off in technical investigation for many years, he was engaged in and exposed to high-tech technical means on a daily basis, and he would inevitably deal with technology companies like Penguin several times, so his understanding of this company was far beyond Li Meng's own thoughts.

The last sigh obviously had a story.

Chen Shu responded casually, without any intention to continue this topic with Chen Chuan. His attention was all on the well: "Bowen, search slowly, be careful, we are not in a hurry."

"Okay!"

Under the direct illumination of the high-power searchlight, the originally pitch-black well was now as bright as day, but all you could see was a dark mass of mud, and you couldn't see anything from a distance.

Ma Bowen, who was lying on the side of the well, held a long hook in his hand and stretched his arm to the bottom of the well, fishing things out of the well again and again, and when he hooked it, he lifted it up and threw it on the ground.

After a long time, several people gathered around and watched the pile of dirty things that Ma Bowen fished out and placed on the ground. Chen Chuan carried several buckets of water that had been prepared long ago and washed the pile of things over and over again.

With the repeated washing of tap water, these things that were originally unclear gradually showed their original appearance.

"Shu, what is this? Why does it look like bones to me? Could it be human bones?"

After flushing several buckets, Chen Chuan squatted down and reached out to rummage through it, picking out several bones of different shapes from the pile of dirt.

Chen Shu picked out all the things that looked like bones. He had never been to the vegetable market and rarely cooked in the kitchen, so he really couldn't tell whether these were human bones or pig and cow bones.

He called the stall owner who still had her hands tied, pointed to the well next to her and asked, "Does this well connect to your store?"

The stall owner originally thought that these policemen were here to inspect the food, drug and environment. But now she saw a group of them busy around the stinking well for a long time, with serious expressions. She was a little confused at this time and could only say honestly:

"It connects to our store. When we were renovating, it was the master I hired to install the pipes."