As soon as Gu Xizhou parked the car, he saw the security guard at the door walk over and say politely to Gu Xizhou, "Hello, sir."
Before the three of them got out of the car, the security guard outside had already opened the car door for Gu Xizhou and the other two and made a gesture of invitation.
The service was really good. No wonder it was the most expensive nightclub in Ningqing City … Gu Xizhou silently looked up at the gorgeous door and the attentive service staff in front of him.
After he got out of the car and walked to the door, he was stopped by the security guard. The security guard reminded him in a low voice, "Please show your membership card."
Gu Xizhou turned to look at Xiang Yuan and Fang Zhi. The three of them exchanged glances.
"Membership card? Do you have one? "
"No … I'm just a little forensic doctor. How can I go in and out of a place like this? One night and half a year's salary will be gone. "
"Gu Ge, you don't have one. I'm just a poor little policeman. I don't even have one!"
Gu Xizhou, who wanted to sneak in as a plainclothes officer, directly showed his ID and said, "I'm a policeman. I'm here to investigate a case. Please take us in."
After Gu Xizhou finished speaking, the service staff was stunned for a moment and the smile on his face faded. "Sir, it's not opening hours yet."
The two sides were in a deadlock. In order to prevent Gu Xizhou from going in, the service staff directly hugged Gu Xizhou's leg and refused to let him go.
"Is this necessary, brother?" Gu Xizhou asked helplessly. He couldn't beat people up, could he?
The security guard said, "It's necessary. If I let you in, I can get out."
Gu Xizhou said, "… I'm telling you, you're obstructing official business."
Gu Xizhou said, "Yesterday, one of your guests was killed when he returned home. We're just doing our job. If you continue to do this, it will affect the progress of my investigation! "
The young security guard seemed to be intimidated by Gu Xizhou's words. He showed a thoughtful expression and said, "How about this, I'll ask the manager to come over and tell you that I can't make the decision. Is that okay?
"Okay." Gu Xizhou didn't continue to make things difficult. The security guard sat on the ground and took out his walkie-talkie.
"Manager, can you come down for a moment? There were a few police officers at the entrance of the club. Yes, it was the police! I investigate murder cases. "
"Police? Oh, okay, okay, I got it. I'll be right down. Please ask the police to wait for me for two minutes. "
"Alright!"
The security guard put down his walkie-talkie and looked up at Gu Xizhou with a smile.
Gu Xizhou: "… Can you let go of my leg?"
"Oh, I'm sorry!" The security guard apologized.
Gu Xizhou raised his hand and looked at the time on his watch. Two minutes … was really a little long.
At this time, Xiang Yuan was already complaining, "Two minutes. They've already made us stand here for half an hour. I think they must be cleaning up those things that shouldn't be exposed."
As soon as Xiang Yuan finished speaking, he turned around and saw a forty-year-old middle-aged man in a suit holding a walkie-talkie.
The man must have heard Xiang Yuan's words. His expression was a little stiff, and his forehead was full of sweat. He looked apologetic. Then, he said in a rough voice, "Sorry, sorry to have made you wait for so long."
"Hello, I'm Feng Chaozhang, the manager on duty for today." The manager said cheerfully, "If you have any questions, you can ask me!"
Gu Xizhou took out a photo. It was a photo of the deceased, Tang Xiao. "Have you seen this woman?"
Feng Chaozhang stared at the photo for a while and shook his head. "I think I've seen her, but I also don't think so."
Gu Xizhou raised his eyebrows. "Don't laugh at me. I'm not here to investigate prostitution or drugs. The last place this woman was at before she died was your Gold Dust Family Club."
"No, officer, you've misunderstood." Feng Chaozhang waved his hand and showed a simple and honest smile. He explained, "What I mean is that this woman had plastic surgery on her face. I really can't tell the difference. There are too many people in the club who look like her! Even if it's not a thousand, there are at least eight hundred! "
Gu Xizhou immediately took the photo and looked at it again. He frowned and stared at the woman's face in the photo. She had European double eyelids, big eyes, a high nose, and a pointed chin. She had the standard face of an online celebrity.
Gu Xizhou waved his hand. He knew that Feng Chaozhang was not talking nonsense. "Okay, you know all the surveillance cameras, right? I want to see the surveillance footage on the day of the victim's death. "
"But we don't have any surveillance cameras in the private rooms here. You want to see the surveillance footage in the nightclub and the elevator corridor," Feng Chaozhang explained.
Fang Zhi said, "Then look at the places where you can see it."
Feng Chaozhang was silent for a while. He took out his phone and made a call to his superior. After a while, he came back and said, "Okay, come with me."
According to Tang Xiao's phone records, Gu Xizhou determined her approximate time of arrival. He started with the surveillance footage at nine o 'clock in the evening.
"Gu Ge, it's Tang Xiao. The clothes and the bag are the same!" Fang Zhi suddenly shouted as he stared at the surveillance footage.
Gu Xizhou followed him and sat down. He marked all the places where Tang Xiao appeared in the surveillance footage. Tang Xiao had interacted with a lot of people that day. She spent most of her time in the nightclub downstairs of Jin Fen Jia. Occasionally, someone came to look for her, and she would follow that person upstairs.
Feng Chaozhang was confused. "Who is this woman? Why are so many guests looking for her? "
Gu Xizhou looked at him and asked, "Do you really not know her, or are you pretending not to know her?"
Feng Chaozhang: "Huh?"
Seeing that he did not seem to be pretending, Gu Xizhou and Fang Zhi looked at each other. They understood that Tang Xiao was using this place to sell drugs. The club did not know about it. The waiters who helped Tang Xiao were probably part of the drug gang behind Tang Xiao.
By the time they finished watching the surveillance footage, it was already noon. Gu Xizhou took Xiang Yuan and Fang Zhi to a restaurant for lunch.
Xiang Yuan and Fang Zhi ordered. Gu Xizhou immediately took out his phone and called Wang Ao to tell him what he had found.
"Okay, I'll inform the anti-drug police." Wang Ao rubbed his eyebrows.
After they finished eating, the phone rang. Gu Xizhou picked up the phone. A soft female voice came from the other side.
"Hello, are you the captain of the criminal police in Jinluo Police Station?"
"Yes, I am."
"We have cracked the victim's phone and confirmed her identity. She is Hu Shanshan, 27 years old, female, a local of Ningqing. The other information has been sent to you. The call records have been found. However, it will take some time to recover the deleted data on WeChat and QQ."
"How long will it take?"
"Before this afternoon."
"Okay, thank you."
Gu Xizhou hung up the phone and checked the victim's information. Hu Shanshan's home address was 20 kilometers away from Golden Garden. She didn't have a fixed job and didn't seem to have any contact with Tang Xiao.
Gu Xizhou's heart sank. He then looked at the call records with Tang Xiao before he died. The last five calls were all from female names.
"F * ck," Xiang Yuan also glanced at the records. "If it's a random murder, it will be difficult to find out who did it."
"There's no other way. Let's go to her home first." Gu Xizhou turned to Xiang Yuan and said, "I'll drive you to the police station first."
"Okay, I don't want to run with you anyway. My body is weak and I'm not suitable for this kind of running life." Xiang Yuan made a weak expression.
Gu Xizhou was speechless. What a drama queen.
When Gu Xizhou drove Xiang Yuan back, he accidentally saw a guy being held down by several policemen at the door. The guy shouted, "I didn't spread rumors! I just posted a video! "
"Why are you detaining me? This doesn't make sense! I'm going to sue you! "
Gu Xizhou took a closer look. The handcuffed man was the guy who posted a video online yesterday to slander them. "Hey, hey, isn't this the new internet celebrity who became popular yesterday? You're reporting to the police station today? "
"I, I didn't spread rumors. I just posted a video!" The man said stubbornly.
Gu Xizhou glanced at him and saw the stubborn expression on his face. He was amused and laughed out loud. "That's enough. You're still stubborn even when you're dead."
After dropping Xiang Yuan off, Gu Xizhou and Fang Zhi drove straight to Hu Shanshan's home address. When Hu Shanshan's family received the news of Hu Shanshan's death, her mother cried until she fainted. If it weren't for Fang Zhi's quick hands, the woman would have fallen to the ground.
Gu Xizhou carried Hu Shanshan's mother to the sofa and looked at Hu Shanshan's father, whose eyes were red.
"Hu Shanshan didn't come home until noon. Aren't you worried?" Gu Xizhou asked.
"She, when has she ever come home on time? This damned girl likes to fool around with people outside. This time … "The man was very emotional. As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes." The two of us didn't care. We thought she was just like usual … She just didn't go home and spent the night outside again! "
Gu Xizhou was silent for a moment and asked, "Does she have a job?"
The man shook his head. "No. Her family is quite rich. Her mother and I thought she didn't want to work. If she doesn't want to work, then forget it. We can afford it anyway."
"She often spends the night outside?" Gu Xizhou was more direct. "Is it with her boyfriend? Do you have her boyfriend's contact information? "
Hu Shanshan's father was silent for a long time.
Gu Xizhou said, "We need your cooperation. I don't think you want your daughter to die for no reason, right?"
The man opened his mouth with difficulty and said in a very weak voice, "It's not with her boyfriend … I don't know how to say it. This damned girl … She, her relationship outside is a bit messy."
"Messy?"
Hu Shanshan's father nodded and said, "Yes, I'll say it one by one. But don't tell anyone else. I didn't teach my daughter well. She has a messy relationship outside, and there are always different men sending her messages and gifts …"
Gu Xizhou said, "Okay. Can we go to her room and take a look?"
"Yes, come with me." The man led Gu Xizhou and the others into Hu Shanshan's room.
Hu Shanshan's room was filled with cosmetics, bags, jewelry, and clothes. It was obvious that she lived a good life even without a job.
"Do you know where the nightclubs she often goes to are?" Gu Xizhou asked.
Hu Shanshan's father shook his head. "I don't know."
Gu Xizhou said, "Please don't hide it. This …"
Before he could finish, he was interrupted by the man. "I really don't know. I haven't spoken to her for more than a year."
Gu Xizhou and Fang Zhi were stunned when they heard this. Fang Zhi hesitated for a moment and asked, "You lived under the same roof and didn't speak to each other for more than a year?"
The man nodded with tears in his eyes. "I couldn't control her. I was just angry. So I said I wanted to cut off my relationship with her. We didn't speak after that."
As he spoke, the man lost control of his emotions. He squatted on the ground and cried silently. He muttered to himself, "If I knew it would be like this, if I knew it would be like this, I would have locked her at home and not let her go out to fool around. She wouldn't have died now. If only I had been more forceful …"
In the room, Gu Xizhou and Fang Zhi looked at each other. After a short silence, they both shook their heads. It seemed that they could only wait for Hu Shanshan's mother to wake up before they could continue to understand the situation.
After a while, Hu Shanshan's mother finally woke up. When she saw Gu Xizhou and Fang Zhi's faces, she looked like she was about to faint again. Gu Xizhou hurriedly said, "Madam, we need to ask you some questions. Only then can you help us solve the case as soon as possible!"
When the woman heard this, she cried and leaned against her husband. She looked like she was about to faint at any time. She said weakly, "Ask away. As long as I know, I will tell you."
After comforting them, Gu Xizhou asked, "We have just learned from the victim's father that your daughter often goes to nightclubs. I want to ask, which nightclubs do you know she often goes to?"
"Ah, let me think … Let me think." The woman couldn't control her emotions and cried again. After a while, she said a few names.
Gu Xizhou raised his eyebrows. She didn't mention the Gold Powder Aristocratic Family. Gu Xizhou asked tentatively, "Did she mention the Gold Powder Aristocratic Family?"
"Yes, the Gold Powder Aristocratic Family is a membership. However, Shanshan has only been brought in once or twice. She is not a regular there."
"Oh." Gu Xizhou nodded. Then, he walked into Hu Shanshan's room again. After looking around for a while, he didn't find anything useful.
Gu Xizhou comforted him. Before he left with Fang Zhi, he heard Fang Zhi say, "Thank you for your help. We will definitely solve the case as soon as possible."
After Gu Xizhou and Fang Zhi left, the two old people in the room couldn't control their emotions anymore. They hugged each other and cried bitterly. Even through the door, they could hear their cries.
Fang Zhi took a deep look at the closed door of the room.
"Let's go," Gu Xizhou said quietly. "Let's go to the Qingyang Police Station."
"Okay."
Gu Xizhou patted Fang Zhi. "It's none of your business. Everyone has their own choice."
"I know." Fang Zhi nodded.
The two went straight to the Qingyang Police Station. The criminal police in charge of Hu Shanshan's case introduced the case to Gu Xizhou.
"The test results are out. It's the same as the murder case you found yesterday. The murderer used drugs to knock the victim out and then cut the victim's chest with a knife. Judging from the method, it's the same! However, this woman didn't leave the Gold Powder Aristocratic Family yesterday. She went to another nightclub.
"We preliminarily conclude that it's a serial murder case. We just contacted the Jinluo Police Station and checked the interpersonal relationships of the two victims. They didn't have any common friends and didn't contact each other.
"The worst possibility now is that someone killed randomly. In that case, it's very difficult to investigate, and it's very likely that there will be new victims tomorrow morning." The criminal police officer's face turned pale.
Gu Xizhou said in a low voice, "Can you show me the victim's belongings?"
"Here are the photos." The criminal police officer took out a stack of photos and handed them to Gu Xizhou. "Everything has been photographed. If you want to see them, I can take you there later."
Gu Xizhou looked at the photos in silence. At this time, Fang Zhi suddenly handed a photo to Gu Xizhou. "Gu Ge, look at this."
It was a paper bracelet with English letters printed on it.
"The letters seem to be the abbreviation of the Gold Powder Aristocratic Family," Gu Xizhou said as he took out his phone and called the Jinluo Police Station. After the call, he said in a low voice, "Tang Xiao also has this in his bag. The Gold Powder Aristocratic Family has a membership system. After entering, everyone will wear this kind of disposable bracelet. On the back of each bracelet is the number of the day."
Gu Xizhou immediately asked someone to take out the bracelet. After a closer look, the date on the bracelet was about a month after the victim's death. This meant that Hu Shanshan went to the Gold Powder Aristocratic Family once a month ago.
Basically, they could rule out the possibility of a random killing. Everyone was obviously relieved.
Gu Xizhou touched his chin. "Let's go to the Gold Powder Aristocratic Family tonight."
"The Gold Powder Aristocratic Family?" Officer Qingyang heard this. "You're going to investigate a case?"
Gu Xizhou: "No, investigating a case will alert the enemy. We're going to be undercover officers."
"Let's not talk about whether we can afford it first. The membership system is stopping us from entering …" Several people shook their heads in unison.
Gu Xizhou heard this and was silent. They were right.
Fang Zhi's head drooped. "If we go in directly at night to investigate, won't the murderer be more vigilant?"
"Let me think about it." Gu Xizhou rubbed the space between his eyebrows and walked out. He opened the window and felt the wind. His mind seemed to be in a better state.
He took out his phone and made a call. A moment later, he walked into the office of the Qingyang Police Station and left with Fang Zhi.
Fang Zhi said, "Gu Ge, what do we do now? Do we wait outside the club? "
Gu Xizhou laughed. "Isn't it too miserable to wait outside? Of course we go in. "
Fang Zhi: "But … how do we go in?"
"Don't worry, you'll find out tonight. Isn't it just a membership?" Gu Xizhou said with a look of disdain. "Who doesn't have one?"
At seven o 'clock in the evening, Fang Zhi sat in a small restaurant and ate noodles. He silently looked at the man sitting with them.
"Gu Xizhou, you asked me for help, and you're treating me to noodles?" The man raised his eyebrows and was very displeased.
Gu Xizhou heard his words and showed a pitiful expression. He said, "Boss Si, please bear with it!"
Si Yu glared at him and lowered his head to eat his noodles. Why couldn't he figure it out? He actually agreed to bring this bastard into the club!
"Boss Si, you're a good person. The victim and her family will definitely remember your help to the police!" Gu Xizhou added, "Me too!"
Fang Zhi thought about it and understood. Gold Fen Aristocrat Family was the best club in Ningqing. As a local tycoon, Si Ge must have a membership card. However, at this moment, Fang Zhi looked at Si Yu in a different light.
Sure enough, men become bad when they're rich!
After eating his noodles, Gu Xizhou was about to get his car when he saw Si Yu stop in front of a cool sports car. Gu Xizhou looked at it for a long time and said to Fang Zhi, "Don't take my car today. Take Boss Si's car."
Si Yu saw that the two of them followed him. One of them quietly opened the front passenger seat and the other silently opened the back seat. He asked, "What? Are you treating me as your chauffeur? "
"We can switch. I'll drive and you can sit in the front passenger seat," Gu Xizhou said as he winked at Si Yu.
Si Yu thought about it and shook his head. "Forget it. I'll drive. I'm afraid you can't drive."
"Don't look down on me like that!" Gu Xizhou said disappointedly. "I can drive my own car quite well!"
Si Yu: "Ha."
After getting into the car, Gu Xizhou touched the leather seat and asked casually, "Boss Si, how much is your car?"
"I forgot. It's tens of millions."
When Gu Xizhou heard this, he felt like vomiting blood. He remembered that there were countless dusty cars in this person's garage. Fang Zhi, who was sitting in the back seat, clenched his toes. He felt that he had touched something wrong.
He could tell from their eyes that they despised Si Yu. This b * stard was inhumane.
The car sped along and arrived at the entrance of Jin Fen Jia at eight o 'clock. Before the valet at the entrance could react, he heard the manager, Feng Chaozhang, urging him, "Why aren't you going to pick him up?"
Feng Chaozhang hurried over. He lowered his head and opened the door for the driver.
At first glance, he was a little dumbfounded.
At second glance, he was in disbelief.
"You are …"
Gu Xizhou said, "Manager, you don't welcome me?"
Wasn't this the police officer from earlier in the day?! The corners of Feng Chaozhang's mouth twitched. He clearly recognized the driver. Si Yu couldn't stand Gu Xizhou, so he let Gu Xizhou drive the car.
Feng Chaozhang didn't know what to do. He looked at Gu Xizhou, his eyes full of question marks.
"I took a look around during the day. The environment here is pretty good, so I wanted to experience the nightlife," Gu Xizhou said casually.
Feng Chaozhang couldn't help but remind Gu Xizhou that they had a membership system and that they needed a membership card to enter. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Even if you are rich, you can't enter just because you have money. You need a membership card."
Gu Xizhou gave Si Yu a look.
Si Yu: "…"
Si Yu quietly took out a card from his pocket and handed it to Feng Chaozhang.
"Okay, can we enter now that we have a membership card?"
"This card is of the highest standard here. You can enter with this gentleman." Feng Chaozhang gritted his teeth and scolded the staff at the side, "What are you waiting for? Come and put on the wristbands for the guests."
Gu Xizhou glanced at his and Fang Zhi's white wristbands. There were a few different colored lines on the wristbands. Gu Xizhou guessed that it was a special symbol that only people who had been here for a long time would understand.
As for Si Yu's wristband, it was different from the other two's. It was black with a few golden lines on it.
Gu Xizhou looked at Feng Chaozhang in disdain and said, "These people use wristbands to differentiate people? I'll go. "
Si Yu grabbed him and said, "That's enough. Are we going in or not?"
"Let's go in!" Gu Xizhou had never been so annoyed while investigating a case!
With Si Yu leading them in, Gu Xizhou wanted to take a look at the private rooms. Si Yu casually said, "We don't have to go to the private rooms. We can just go to the nightclub downstairs."
Gu Xizhou looked at Si Yu at a loss and asked, "Why?"
Si Yu said calmly, "The two victims you mentioned couldn't have entered a private room. Do you know how much a private room costs for a night here?"
Gu Xizhou: "…"
Gu Xizhou: "No, forget it. I don't want to know."
Si Yu was speechless at Gu Xizhou's words and continued, "The first victim you mentioned was a drug dealer. The second victim's family was only considered well-off. If they booked a private room here, the drug dealer would have made a huge loss. The money she earned was far from enough to book a private room. Therefore, if the murderer you're looking for is really in the Gold Powder Aristocratic Family, he can't be in a private room. He can only be someone from the nightclub downstairs."
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