Free Web NovelChapter 650: Chapter 650: Arresting the Suspect
"Ah?"
Song Fei seemed somewhat surprised by Lu Chuan’s request.
He was a bit unwilling to let Lu Chuan look at the car.
"Officer Lu, this is just a broken car, what’s there to see?"
Lu Chuan looked at Song Fei with a slight smile.
"I’m just curious, Boss Song, you ride this car often running dozens of kilometers to buy free-range chickens, and yet it’s maintained so well, looking so new."
Song Fei chuckled awkwardly.
"Isn’t it just winter? Now we go out less, so I washed it a couple of days ago."
"Boss Song, better open up the waterproof cover."
Song Fei seemed to realize his persistence wouldn’t make a difference, so he reluctantly stepped forward to uncover the waterproof cover on the tricycle.
After uncovering the waterproof cover, the entire car was revealed to the three of them.
As Song Fei said, the vehicle appeared to have been cleaned, the cargo bed was very clean, and there was no dirt on the entire vehicle.
"Boss Song, it’s been a while since you’ve ridden this car, hasn’t it?"
There wasn’t a speck of dirt on the tires, indicating it hadn’t been moved for a long time.
Song Fei exclaimed, "It’s winter, business is a bit slow, so I haven’t gone out to buy stuff lately, and haven’t driven it."
Having said that, Song Fei went to cover the waterproof cover again.
However, Zhang Hui stopped him.
Zhang Hui and Lu Chuan had worked on cases together more than once or twice.
Naturally, he understood that Lu Chuan must have discovered some issue in the farmhouse’s yard, which is why he was fixated on this tricycle.
Additionally, traces of tricycle tires had once been found at the scene where Zhang Cuiying’s body was burned.
And the place where the body was dismembered was in the valley of North Mountain, which isn’t particularly far from Zhao Family Valley.
Song Fei grew up in Zhao Family Valley, surely making him very familiar with the local terrain.
So if Song Fei were the murderer, it would all seem to make perfect sense.
Seeing his action of re-covering the waterproof cover being stopped by Zhang Hui, Song Fei’s face turned somewhat pale, but he did not insist.
Lu Chuan directly took out his gloves, put them on, and started inspecting the vehicle.
The tricycle had been washed very clean; there was a white plastic barrel in the cargo bed.
Lu Chuan opened the cargo bed and carefully observed the edges and the nut connections.
After opening the white plastic barrel, he sniffed it.
"Boss Song, this tricycle should be running on gasoline, so why is there diesel in the plastic barrel?"
Huh?
"Oh... it is like, we have another four-wheeled vehicle at home, an agricultural four-wheeler, and that one runs on diesel. Sometimes I buy diesel to keep on hand."
Lu Chuan looked at him but didn’t ask further questions, then got off the vehicle.
"Boss Song, you really are meticulous, cleaning the vehicle this well—I’ve never seen anything like it in the countryside."
Song Fei seemed to have a thin layer of sweat appearing on his forehead.
"...It’s nothing, nothing, just a habit."
"Brother Zhang, do you have anything else you need? I’ve finished here."
Zhang Hui knew Lu Chuan wanted to leave.
So he nodded, "I don’t have anything else either."
Then he glanced at Song Fei and his wife: "Sorry to bother you, Boss Song."
Song Fei apparently breathed a sigh of relief, quickly waving his hand, "No, no, no bother, no bother."
Outside the yard, the three got in the car, and Zhao Kui, who hadn’t spoken until now, looked serious.
"Director Lu...something’s wrong?"
Zhao Kui had the capability to become the deputy captain of the Tang County Criminal Investigation Team.
Since he took over the Zhang Cuiying disappearance case, he had actually followed every lead.
It’s just that in Lu Chuan’s view, the other party hadn’t been to the scene where Zhang Cuiying was burned.
So some judgments weren’t that comprehensive.
But just now all of Lu Chuan and Zhang Hui’s questions and actions indicated that this family had issues. free𝑤ebnovel.com
As for the final polite words before leaving, Zhao Kui was very familiar with them.
It surely indicated some clues had been found that needed confirmation, giving the other party some peace of mind.
Lu Chuan nodded, looking at the entrance of the rural resort outside the window.
"Pretty close."
Oh?
Lu Chuan continued to explain.
"That tricycle is Yadea brand and matches the tire tracks we found at the scene."
Among the three brands, Yadea is one of them.
"And there’s the diesel barrel in the cargo bed." freēwēbηovel.c૦m
"Even as the other party said, if it’s for fueling his agricultural vehicle, but how big is that oil barrel?"
"10 liters capacity."
"But generally for an agricultural vehicle, the tank capacity is about 50 liters or so."
"Moreover, in their kitchen, I found some splatters of blood on the walls. These bloodstains are definitely not from killing chickens or geese."
"This Song Fei...big problem!"
Once the direction for solving the case is clear, for the police everything else becomes much easier and simpler.
Next, Zhang Hui and others divided into two groups to investigate some situations regarding Song Fei.
The first was to determine where Song Fei went during the time period when Zhang Cuiying disappeared.
Also, the diesel he purchased, where and when he bought it.
Qiwang Town, Zhao Family Valley.
"Song Fei usually comes to the village about once every half month to collect free-range chickens, but this time it seems he hasn’t come for a month."
"Last time he came, did the tricycle carry anything?"
"I didn’t notice this, but last time when he came, the tricycle was particularly dirty, with blood in the cargo bed. That guy, really messy, killing chickens and geese left traces all over."
Bloodstains?
Lu Chuan personally came to investigate and quickly obtained critical information.
Song Fei used to come to Zhao Family Valley about once every two weeks to collect free-range chickens.
But this time, he hadn’t come for a month.
Moreover, last time when someone saw him, there were bloodstains in the cargo bed.
Initially, it was thought to be from killing chickens and geese, but according to Lu Chuan’s analysis, the bloodstains were likely from dismembering Zhang Cuiying.
And at a household at the east end of Zhao Family Valley, Lu Chuan found surveillance video from a month ago.
This household was a major local breeder, and a year ago, because someone stole two sheep, they installed surveillance at home.
There was surveillance in both the front and back of the house, and the back surveillance faced the gate and the only road in the village.
When Lu Chuan saw the surveillance camera, he went into the household to check.
The surveillance equipment was very good, capable of storing three months of footage.
A month ago, on the second day of Zhang Cuiying’s disappearance, the surveillance clearly showed Song Fei driving a tricycle to Zhao Family Valley.
And the vehicle seemed bulging, carrying a package.
In the afternoon, Zhang Hui’s investigation results came out as well.
"It’s clarified that on the second day of Zhang Cuiying’s disappearance, Song Fei drove the tricycle to Qiwang Town and bought six liters of diesel at the gas station there."
With this, the entire chain of Song Fei committing murder, transporting the body to Zhao Family Valley, and then going to North Mountain to burn the body was very clear.
After fixing all the evidence, Zhang Hui, Lu Chuan, and Zhao Kui rushed back to Tang County without delay.
After Song Fei and his wife were arrested.
Everything was confessed clearly and plainly without much effort.
