It didn't take long for the police to arrive at the scene. When they saw the cordoned scene and the crowd, the leading police officer was taken aback.
"Who called the police?"
"It was me."
Fangzheng walked out of the crowd and nodded to the police officer.
"After I found the body, I immediately cordoned off the entire scene. At present, no one has entered the room. All the relevant personnel are in the lounge. I sent someone to watch over them. No one left the lounge during this period of time."
"Who are you?"
It was easy to tell whether an expert was real or not. Fangzheng's ability to protect the scene and detain all the relevant personnel showed that he was not an ordinary passerby.
"My name is Fangzheng. I'm the president of Umbrella Corporation and a special consultant of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department."
Fangzheng also took out his ID and handed it over.
"This time, I'm back in China for sightseeing, not investigating a case. This is a coincidence."
Fangzheng had to make it clear first. Although the police were not as sensitive as the army, his current identity was still a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. If the other party suspected that they were investigating a case across the border, it would be troublesome.
"Oh?"
Hearing Fangzheng's answer, the police officer took the ID and looked at it carefully, then smiled at Fangzheng.
"So you're the Detective Mind Reader of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department."
"Huh?"
What the hell?
Hearing the other party's words, Fangzheng was stunned for a moment. When did my reputation cross the sea and return to China?
"Hello, I'm Li Bo from the Municipal Criminal Police Force."
At this moment, the police officer also enthusiastically reached out and shook Fangzheng's hand.
"To tell you the truth, a Japanese colleague came to study here before. At that time, we heard from him that there was a microexpression expert in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Rumor has it that he doesn't need the testimony of the criminal at all. He can get the answer just by observing the criminal's expression. It's like he can read minds, and he's even a Chinese … Hahaha, I didn't expect to meet you here. What a coincidence."
"It is indeed a coincidence, but it's not that amazing. After all, microexpressions are not omnipotent, and the saying of mind reading is non-existent. I'm just better at observation than most people. "
As the saying went, since the other party had spoken, Fangzheng naturally flattered each other in a commercial manner.
"Hahaha, not at all. In fact, we are also very envious. If only we had the ability to do so. Those damn bastards are all stubborn. It's almost impossible to pry anything out of a prisoner's mouth. By the way, Mr. Fangzheng, I don't know if you have time to come to our police station to give a speech. Although it doesn't say that we can immediately learn the micro-expression analysis technology, it would be good to let everyone see the development of international criminal investigation technology. "
"That's not a problem.... but let's watch the scene first."
"Sure, Mr. Fangzheng, please come along as well."
"Alright."
Soon, Fangzheng entered the scene with Officer Li and began the investigation.
"The deceased is the head of the acrobatic troupe, Yang Wang. The cause of death was a gunshot to the head …"
The situation at the scene was clear, but there were still a few suspicious points.
"Mr. Fangzheng, what do you think?"
After a simple autopsy, Officer Li looked at Fangzheng, and Fangzheng nodded.
"This case is indeed a bit strange, you see...."
As he spoke, Fangzheng pointed to the wall.
"You mean the word 'spring'?"
"Yes, I want to let the forensics team come and identify when the blood on this word was written."
"Is there a problem with this word in blood?"
Officer Li was still thinking hard about why the prisoner would write the word "spring" on it. He was stunned when he heard Fangzheng's words.
"Of course there's a problem. This word is too complete."
"Complete?"
"That's right."
Fangzheng walked to the wall.
"Let's assume that if someone committed a murder, they must have written the word in blood immediately after the murder. At that time, the victim was still fresh and warm, and the blood had not yet coagulated. If the prisoner wrote with the blood at that time, there must be a lot of blood flowing down the wall."
"But this word is very complete."
Hearing this, Officer Li immediately understood what Fangzheng meant. If the prisoner used "fresh blood", then the word "spring" written on the wall would not be so complete. But the word "spring" looked very complete, so it was very likely that someone wrote it in blood some time after the victim died.
"Secondly, why was the victim covered in water?"
Fangzheng looked at the corpse in front of him. At this moment, the acrobatic leader was sitting on a chair. He then turned around and leaned forward with his head against the wall. His body was covered in water, and judging from the empty goldfish tank next to him, the water obviously came from the goldfish tank.
"Judging from the scene, it's possible that the leader accidentally touched the fish tank during the fight with the prisoner and got drenched in water, but...."
Fangzheng turned his head to look at the forensics team, who shook his head.
"There were no signs of a fight on the body, only a single shot to the head."
"That's strange, isn't it?"
"That's right."
Officer Li also frowned. From the initial scene, it did look like the two sides fought each other, and then the prisoner shot Yang Wang to death. But after careful investigation, they found that the situation was not like that at all. Not to mention the strange blood word, the corpse was actually covered in water.... Everything was very strange.
"What do you think, Mr. Fangzheng?"
"What do I think? It's simple. I think this is a suicide case. "
".... Huh?"
Hearing this, everyone present was stunned. Yang Xiaolong even jumped up in excitement.
"You're saying my father committed suicide? How is that possible?! "
"But Mr. Fangzheng, we didn't find the murder weapon at the scene," Officer Li asked in confusion.
At this time, Officer Li also asked in confusion. If it was a suicide, then the murder weapon should be at the scene. But in fact, they searched the scene and didn't find the gun, so everyone immediately thought that this should be a homicide.
"It's simple. Since the murder weapon is not at the scene, it means that it must have been picked up by someone, so...."
As he spoke, Fangzheng raised his head and looked at the crowd standing at the door.
"Miss Yang Liling, please hand over the murder weapon."
"What?!!!"
Hearing this, everyone present was stunned again. Even Kindaichi and Miyuki looked at the girl beside them in surprise, not knowing what to say.
"Don't talk nonsense!!"
At this time, Yang Xiaolong stood up again and stood in front of Yang Liling, glaring fiercely at Fangzheng.
"What evidence do you have that Liling took the gun?"
"I'm an expert in micro-expressions. Simply put, I can see through a person's thoughts through their expression."
Fangzheng chuckled and looked at Yang Liling.
"Miss Yang Liling, to be honest, you did scream pretty hard at the time, but unfortunately, you don't have the talent to be an actress. In fact, the moment I saw you, I knew you must be hiding something. That's why I asked no one to leave the scene and act on their own. "
"That, that's it?"
"Of course it's not just that."
Fangzheng shrugged and looked at Shiho Nishimura.
"Miss Nishimura, may I ask, when did Miss Yang Liling go to the Commander's Office?"
"Well … right after we left the stage, she immediately went to the Commander's Office. She didn't even have time to remove her makeup …"
"That's right."
Fangzheng nodded and looked at Yang Liling again.
"We waited until everyone had left the stage before we went backstage. It took about five minutes, but you went to the Commander's Office right after you got off the stage. The distance from the Commander's Office to the backstage was less than a minute on foot. That is to say, based on the normal time it takes to find a corpse, you should have screamed before we got backstage. So, Miss Yang Liling, can you tell us what you were doing in the last few minutes? Brewing feelings? "
"…"
Hearing this, Yang Liling's face instantly turned pale. Fangzheng shook his head and looked at Officer Li. The latter immediately gave an order.
"Someone, take her to search her body!"
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, the police found a pistol on Yang Liling's body. In front of the evidence, Yang Liling admitted that she had done it. Just as Fangzheng had said, Regiment Commander Yang Wang had committed suicide. She had seen the corpse the moment she entered the room. But because Yang Liling liked the gun very much, she planned to take it away secretly. In order to cover it up, she wrote that word in blood to make the scene look like he committed suicide …
After listening to Yang Liling's confession, Officer Li was speechless. Her motive was too strange, but no matter what, destroying the scene and stealing the weapon was still a crime. So, Officer Li ordered his men to take Yang Liling away. As for Yang Wang's case, it was naturally closed as suicide … Well, that was how it should have been.
But Fangzheng secretly stopped Officer Li.
"Officer Li, do you want to solve a big case?"
"Big case? Mr. Fang, what do you mean? "
"Take a look at this gun."
As he spoke, Fangzheng placed the gun in the evidence bag into Officer Li's hand. It was a very small pistol, not even the size of a palm. It could be said to be a very concealed and delicate firearm.
"This is … a Derringer?"
"That's right, Officer Li. It's hard to buy a pistol like this in China, right?"
If it were Kindaichi and the others, they probably wouldn't be bothered by this, but Fangzheng was a native of China, so he naturally knew about the environment in the 90s. It was not strange for some people to have the means to buy a few Derringer pistols. After all, they often appeared in Hong Kong police movies back then. But the Derringer was of authentic European and American descent. This gun was once famous for being used to murder President Lincoln. It was impossible for ordinary Chinese to buy such a gun.
Especially in the mainland, even if an ordinary person had a gun, it would most likely be a rifle or a Type 54 left over from back then. It was impossible for them to get their hands on a Derringer.
In China, gun-related cases were all major cases. Even if Regiment Commander Yang was not dead, he would still be listed as an important suspect based on the Deringer in his hands.
If he had not died, he would have been interrogated in the police station about where he got the gun, where he bought it, and what channels he got it from …
"There's one more thing. I suggest you check the accounts of this circus."
"Accounts?"
"That's right. I remember that the people in this circus live in a certain acrobatic village in the mainland. That's strange. Where did they get the money to buy a passenger ship?"
That's right. This was a question that had arisen in Fangzheng's mind when he first saw the passenger ship. According to them, they had already started touring ten years ago in China in the 90s, which meant that it was the 80s. In the 80s in China, who in the mainland had the money to buy a passenger ship?
Of course, this was not absolutely impossible. Just like the Macau boss who bought Varyag and said that he wanted to turn it into a casino, he was rich and willful.
However, the people in this acrobatic troupe were all from a relatively remote and poor village in the mainland. He had never heard of any of them having overseas connections. More importantly, Fangzheng seriously doubted that the circus alone could break even.
Just like buying a car, you didn't just spend money on the car. After buying the car, you still had to maintain it, refuel, and repair it. These were all long-term expenses. The same was true for passenger ships. They were not things that you could just buy and use in the game. Passenger ships also needed to be maintained, transported, and so on.
To put it bluntly, with the current level of consumption, Fangzheng doubted that the tickets to the acrobatic troupe alone could even cover the cost of fuel.
These questions, coupled with the Western-made pistol that appeared in front of them, made it easy for them to think of some dirty business.
"I understand."
Officer Li was not a fool. He immediately understood the reason and nodded his head vigorously.
"I will immediately seal off the passenger ship. From now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave at will. I will also seal up all the accounts and conduct a search of the entire ship."
"And their home."
"That's right, and their home."
Officer Li was also extremely excited at this moment. He nodded his head vigorously.
"Thank you, Mr. Fang. I'll go and ask the leader now. When the case is over, I'll treat you to a meal at the most authentic restaurant!"
"Then I'll wait for your good news."
Fangzheng also chuckled, then he lowered his voice.
"Oh right, that Yang Liling, lock her up for a few more days. I can tell at a glance that she made up that weird reason. The reason she hid that gun is definitely not as simple as it being fun."
"Understood.
Leave it to me. "
Officer Li was also an experienced policeman. When the two of them exchanged glances, he naturally knew what Fangzheng meant. So, he nodded and turned to leave.
At this moment, Jin Tianyi, who had been extremely anxious at the side, scurried over.
"Mr. Fangzheng, what were you talking about with that officer?!"
At this moment, Jin Tianyi was also scratching his ears and cheeks, looking extremely anxious. He also had his own views on this case, but unfortunately, Fangzheng and Officer Li spoke in Chinese, so he could only be anxious and not interrupt. Now that he saw Officer Li excitedly leave, he could also guess that the other party must have found some useful clues, so he hurriedly ran over to ask.
Facing his inquiry, Fangzheng only looked at him silently.
"Children shouldn't interrupt when adults are talking."
I still haven't settled the score with you for involving me in a murder case!
(End of this chapter)
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