In the office of the Special Investigation Group at the Yunzhou Police Station.
"Sis Miao," Zeng Ke reported, "The laboratory team is testing Zhang Qile's paintings. The police have also invited painting experts to test whether the paintings are authentic!"
"Mm …"
Miao Ying nodded, but her eyes were fixed on the big screen. The big screen was playing Zhang Qile's painting, The Red Bathtub.
Although it couldn't be said to be 100% similar, Zhang Qile's painting was still highly similar to the crime scene of the Red Bathtub Case.
However, the dead woman in the painting was different from the real victim in the red bathtub.
There were a total of four victims in the Red Bathtub Case. So, it seemed that Zhang Qile's painting did not point to any of the victims.
The woman in the painting must have been imagined by Zhang Qile himself.
At that moment, Wu Xiumin took the black-and-white photo of the Red Bathtub Case and compared it with the realistic oil painting.
Wu Xiumin said, "It can be seen that there are still some differences in the details. However, in terms of the composition and the characters, it is very similar to the crime scene!"
"So …" Cui Lizhu frowned and said, "We can't be completely sure that Zhang Qile must have seen the crime scene of the Red Bathtub Case?"
"Xiao Cui, didn't you remind us before?" Wu Xiumin said. "Zhang Qile's age doesn't seem right. It's impossible for her to have seen the crime scene with her own eyes!"
"Mm …" Cui Lizhu said. "That is to say, there are only two possibilities left. One is that Zhang Qile imagined it out of thin air, which is just a coincidence!
"The other one was a picture of the crime scene that Zhang Qile had seen. At that time, the police officer in charge of taking the photos was called Zhang Shuai, "Cui Lizhu said." But, Zhang Shuai has nothing to do with Zhang Qile … "
"Sis Miao, I deliberately looked into it before," Zeng Ke said. "Among Zhang Qile's male friends, there is only a section chief of the traffic police team. The others have nothing to do with the police.
As for the traffic police, it is impossible for them to see the photos of the crime scene … "
"Speaking of the photos …" Captain Shao quickly explained, "We checked the evidence room. As the Red Bathtub Case has been closed, the case files have been placed in the archives room, and no one has touched them!
"However, the archive room is considered an open place. Any criminal police officer and archivist can come into contact with it. So, I'm afraid it's impossible to find out who leaked the photos …"
"Hmm …" Miao Ying nodded and looked at Zhang Qile's painting carefully.
"Team Leader Miao, there's one more thing," Captain Shao reported. "We investigated Bao Yucheng. On the day of the crime, he wasn't in Yuezhou. He was in Xiangjiang for an art salon. He has a very clear alibi!
"Also, Bao Yucheng is considered a famous person in Yuezhou. I checked his background again, and it's very clean!" Captain Shao said, "Although he is in contact with Zhang Qile, he shouldn't be lying. They don't have a deeper relationship."
"Yes," Zeng Ke agreed. "I checked the transaction records of Zhang Qile and Bao Yucheng. If there was an ambiguous relationship between them, then we should be able to see it!"
"That's true." Cui Lizhu smacked her lips and said, "If Zhang Qile really got Bao Yucheng, the super eligible bachelor, then she wouldn't have to spend so much effort on her gallery!
Plus, she wouldn't have slept with Bao Yicheng … "
"So, it seems that Bao Yucheng is not a suspect, right?"
"The painting …" Miao Ying sighed and said, "Bao Yucheng took it out from the garage. You all saw that when he took it out, there was a thick layer of dust on it. This means that, although Bao Yucheng liked the painting, he wasn't obsessed with it. He didn't even put it in his safe!
"So … Tsk tsk …"
"There's no problem with Bao Yucheng, and there's no problem with Bao Yicheng either." Cui Lizhu smacked her lips and sighed. "So … This case has reached an impasse?
"We … Is there no other way to continue investigating?"
"To be honest, this is the first time I've come across something like this." Captain Shao frowned and said, "Whether it was the crime scene or the place where the victim was kidnapped, there were so many surveillance cameras, but nothing was captured!
"I really can't understand this!"
"Sister Miao," Zeng Ke put down the phone and reported to Miao Ying, "The Forensics Department called, and through the identification of the experts, they confirmed that the red bathtub painting was indeed Zhang Qile's original work. It was painted by her!"
"Oh … that's strange!" Miao Ying frowned. "Zhang Qile, how did you draw it? Her family had nothing to do with the red bathtub case, so why would she paint such a painting? "
"Team Leader Miao." At that moment, Wu Xiumin seemed to have noticed something. She pointed at the police photo and said to Miao Ying, "Look carefully, there is a patch of darkness here. According to the crime scene records, that patch of darkness was caused by a white candle melting …
"Look at Zhang Qile's painting again." She pointed at the big screen and said, "Look at the same position. There …"
"Huh?!" Miao Ying's eyes widened. What appeared on the painting was a white candle, and it was a candle that was burning.
"The positions of the two are very close!" Wu Xiumin said. "Team Leader Miao, Zhang Qile's painting might have a prototype!"
As soon as she said this, everyone was shocked!
In fact, he felt his hair stand on end!
"The age doesn't match …" Cui Lizhu said, confused. "Then … Zhang Qile must have seen the crime scene photos? Shouldn't we … search her residence? "
"But …" Wu Xiumin said, "The position of the candle is correct, and the scattered charcoal on the ground is also much larger. But … Tsk tsk …"
"But what?" Seeing Wu Xiumin in such a difficult position, everyone was even more curious.
"The bathtub is different!" Wu Xiumin finally said the main point. "I compared all four bathtubs from that year, and they are obviously different from the bathtub in the painting. The height, the style, and even the color are different …"
"Oh … Yeah …" Cui Lizhu was confused. "If it was based on the crime scene photos, then the bathtub should be the same, and the victim … Mm … Mm …"
As soon as Cui Lizhu said this, the scene suddenly fell into an even more oppressive silence. Everyone thought of the same thing, and it was a very scary thing!
Finally, after ten seconds, Cui Lizhu also thought of the same thing. She was so scared that her hair stood on end, and she felt a chill down her spine.
"Oh my god …" Cui Lizhu gulped and looked at everyone in shock. "You … You mean … Could it be …"
"The red bathtub case didn't end, right?
After Peter was caught and the red bathtub case was declared closed, someone … someone committed the red bathtub case again, but … but after the murder, the public never found out?!
"Then … then …" Cui Lizhu pointed at the big screen and said, "Zhang Qile knew about it, or he secretly saw it, and she … she drew the painting, which led to the murder?!"
As Cui Lizhu said this, everyone got even more goosebumps.
"If your deduction is correct …" Miao Ying stared at the painting and said, "The woman in the painting might not be fake …"
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