National Forensic Doctor-Chapter 1191 - 1121: Clover

"Damn his mother, damn his ancestors for eighteen generations..."

The leader of the Binren Gang fiercely shook the interrogation chair, making the steel chair sound like a music box with clanging noises.

The police officers in the interrogation room waited for him to vent before softly saying, "Don’t rush, would you like a cigarette?"

"Yes!" The gang leader immediately stopped.

The interrogation officer got up, stuffed a cigarette in his mouth, and lit it.

The gang leader smoked greedily, taking half of the first puff.

Several people quietly waited until he smoked to the butt without making a sound.

The gang leader himself finally spoke slowly, "When did they start hooking up?"

"We’re not yet clear on the exact time." The interrogation officer’s expression was serious.

The photos shown to the gang leader were found after Jiang Yuan and the Image Reconnaissance Brigade had worked together for a long time, borrowing information passed over by Technical Investigation.

One must admit, the awareness of these cheating individuals is relatively high, but it cannot be compared to murderers. There is a certain gap between amateurs and professionals.

This time, both Image Investigation and Technical Investigation first located the phone positions indicating the time the two were together. Then they confirmed the hotel they stayed at, retrieved a series of surveillance videos, including the hotel lobby footage.

If Zhang Lei was somewhat careful outside, once inside the hotel, he was almost completely unguarded.

She was even less professional, with footage of her personally buying condoms at a convenience store.

Seeing this, the gang leader completely lost his mind.

Liu Jinghui calmly watched the scene, guessing which parts were genuine or fake.

After a few seconds, the interrogation officer asked, "Zhang Lie, when did you find out they were together?"

"If I knew, I would have already..." The leader of the Binren Gang, Zhang Lie, paused and said, "You suspect I killed Zhang Lei?"

The interrogation officer replied, "You’ve said yourself you can’t stand this sort of thing, right?"

"Of course not. If he messed around with some woman outside, or we just had a spat, it’d be one thing. But a wife is different, isn’t it?" Zhang Lie said with bulging eyes, but his tone calmed down. "I didn’t kill Zhang Lei. Zhang Lei deserved to die, but I didn’t kill him."

The interrogation officer frowned slightly, saying, "You had the motive and capability to kill... Since we reached you, we already have evidence... Don’t expect anyone to bail you out; this case involves two provinces, you can’t escape."

"Zhang Lei died outside the province?" As the gang leader, Zhang Lie was held in solitary confinement after being captured, entirely cut off from information, only aware of Zhang Lei’s death.

The interrogation officer glanced at Liu Jinghui, nodding slightly.

Zhang Lie spat on the ground, cursed someone, pondered for a moment, and said, "You almost said it involved two provinces. Why would I commit murder outside the province? I’d do it in Luo Jin City, get a few guys to handle it, and you’d never find the body. What’s the point of a murder case then!"

The interrogation officer stared at him for a long while without speaking.

One must admit, Zhang Lie’s logic was quite compelling.

Liu Jinghui also pondered deeply.

This Zhang Lie is a classic ’rough yet meticulous’ type, looking like a thug but actually very clear-headed. For someone like him, there are many ways to kill Zhang Lei; he wouldn’t need to do it himself, and even if he did, it wouldn’t involve transporting the body out of the province. It would only increase risk, waste time, and hold little significance.

Someone like Zhang Lie, it’s not surprising if he’s killed someone before — dumping bodies and such, whether he’s done it or not, he’s certainly heard of it. In the society of earlier years, whether someone’s handled such things or not, they’ve usually experienced it in some way.

From any angle, Zhang Lie should have his own approach, certainly not like this.

The interrogation officer couldn’t conclude there, so he explored another angle to continue questioning Zhang Lie.

Liu Jinghui accompanied until the end, then ambled back to the office.

"How did it go?" Liu Wenkai dropped by occasionally with some support, hoping they could crack a murder case together; that would be fantastic.

Liu Jinghui looked at Liu Wenkai for a few seconds, shook his head: "He did indeed have an affair with the wife..."

"Yeah!" Liu Wenkai pumped his fist as if scoring a three-pointer.

Liu Jinghui sighed: "Not related to the murder case; the gang leader is probably not the killer."

"Why not? He’s not taking action? Is he even a man?" Liu Wenkai protested.

"As it stands, the evidence doesn’t support it." Liu Jinghui paused, then seriously said, "Doesn’t look like it."

Interrogation tends to reveal many things, especially in a question-and-answer session.

This can be tried when one’s partner strays; often their behavior can reveal much.

Many police officers have plenty of irrational judgments about whether a suspect committed the crime or not.

Liu Jinghui himself is a deduction expert, and he’s been through countless cases, frankly speaking, he’s seen more murderers than Neptune’s partners. Most of the time, a glance is enough to know if they did it.

Of course, the evidence is necessary for the prosecution, but during investigations, especially for someone like Liu Jinghui, most of the time it relies on intuition.

Liu Wenkai quickly realized, his face turned serious, asking, "Really isn’t the gang leader?"

Liu Jinghui changed his approach: "This gang leader of Binren Gang is certainly dirty under the surface, worth digging deeper, but for Zhang Lei’s murder case, we need to consider other directions..."

"Then look for pollen." Jiang Yuan stepped in, holding a thick stack of printed sheets: "Oak, hazelnut, nettle, plantain are common wind-pollinated plants. Just roughly check them... I think we should focus our efforts on clover. I found lots of clover pollen along with several other grass family plants. I think we can prioritize the park."

"Zhang Lei, at the park?" Liu Jinghui’s mind instantly conjured several scenes: "Did this kid seduce another married woman? The gang leader didn’t kill him, but another man did?"

"Does someone like Zhang Lei date and go to parks? That’s too inefficient." Liu Wenkai shook his head: "For someone like him, going from a bar to a hotel is standard; having a meal beforehand would be considered serious. He probably doesn’t have much time. I heard he’s too busy testing all the new girls to get through them."

"Maybe he’s truly in love?" Liu Jinghui wants to believe in love, but deducing immediately overturned his own belief: "Dating and not bringing a phone? Impossible, there’d be no GPS to find anyone in a park."

Liu Wenkai chuckled: "More likely he’d get chopped up in a park."

The few of them exchanged glances, sensing there was something interesting.

The Luo Jin City Criminal Police Detachment quickly mobilized two brigades and coordinated with multiple precincts. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

Finding a location citywide is extremely difficult. Modern cities are huge, especially the expanded suburbs, where one area is larger than another. Bustling areas might be limited, but who commits murder in bustling areas?

Truthfully, those fenced-off open spaces are where vegetation flourishes, ideal spots for murder.

Fortunately, clovers require precise care, only parks and a few other places can grow them extensively.

This might pose some challenge to police elsewhere, but for Luo Jin City police, it’s straightforward.

Ever since Pang Jidong became Jiang Yuan’s main disciple, he’s mainly worked on Legal Botany. Moreover, he deliberately invited botanists from various places to refine and create a Luo Jin City plant distribution map.

Now, simply following the map, they can locate large areas of clover.

Equipped with Jiang Yuan’s spore diagrams, Pang Jidong didn’t even need expert assistance, he himself pinpointed a community park.

"It’s at Songxiang Park."

Pang Jidong found the place, pulled out the park’s entrance and exit surveillance footage, and sure enough, saw footage of Zhang Lei entering.