National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 795 - 738: Adventure

Chapter 795: Chapter 738: Adventure

After Li Guangzhi was brought to the police station, Tao Lu’s phone had not stopped ringing.

However, Tao Lu’s face showed no sign of displeasure. She was actively responding, answering the phone when necessary, and saying what needed to be said.

Huang Qiangmin deliberately stood close by to listen for a while, looking as though he was learning something.

"No problems, right?" It was Zhan Kan’s first time dealing with such a big case, and seeing Huang Qiangmin and Tao Lu’s demeanor, he couldn’t help but ask with concern.

"What problems could there be? This might even help Tao supplement her household a bit, so she doesn’t get drained by Huang," said Liu Jinghui, adding with a laugh, "Later on, the prosecution will definitely get involved early. Once they do, Tao will just push it over to them, and then it’ll be all right."

According to current regulations, anyone who discusses a case with the prosecution, whether pleading or inquiring, or even just mentioning it inadvertently, must record it in the file—if this is not done and the matter is later exposed, the prosecution will face consequences.

Therefore, once a case reaches the prosecution, ordinary phone calls usually stop.

As long as there were no problems with the case itself, Jiang Yuan didn’t care either. He nodded and said, "What comes next depends on the interrogation of Li Guangzhi. If it really was them, then the case would be considered closed."

"Yes, it’s finally over. Fortunately, it was done by two kids. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have gone so smoothly," Liu Jinghui also remarked sentimentally.

In this case, there were many things that were not very clear. The evidence collected by Jiang Yuan, Liu Jinghui’s reasoning, or the details Xu Taining unearthed, were all incomplete and failed to reveal the full picture of the case.

This was one of the complications of gun-related crimes. Remote weaponry made murder far too easy, especially outdoors where too little information was left behind. Since the killer didn’t bury the bodies, it increased the difficulty of tracing the suspect directly from the bodies and wounds.

Zhan Kan, listening to the two men’s conversation, was somewhat confused and couldn’t help asking, "Aren’t you afraid that the interrogation won’t yield results? Li Guangzhi managed to get a gun, and it looks like he has connections at home. If he refuses to confess, we don’t have any evidence."

Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui, contrary to Zhan Kan, had handled too many cases. Hearing Zhan Kan’s words, they both laughed.

Zhan Kan was sensible and young. Blushing, he asked, "Why do you laugh, Master, Uncle Master?"

"Let your Master explain," Liu Jinghui stepped aside.

Jiang Yuan did not decline, "If Li Guangzhi is willing to speak, that’s best. If not, isn’t there another one?"

Three people committing a crime could not keep it a secret, especially teenagers. The one who hadn’t fired the gun would definitely talk. The shooter would either pretend to be calm or outright accuse the other party, then both sides would start to compete over details, eventually revealing the full picture of the case.

Soon, the police officer in charge of the interrogation came out to report.

Tao Lu gestured for Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui to join her in the conference room.

"According to the interrogation of the two suspects, the three really did stumble upon a gun during their adventure," the interrogator began, his news so sensational that Tao Lu rubbed her ears in disbelief.

Liu Cheng, who had conducted the interrogation alongside him, smiled bitterly. He himself had had to ask several times to believe it, and with a helpless shrug, he said, "Li Guangzhi and Liu Shun’s grandfathers worked at the same factory. They would tell them stories about preparing for possible wars and famines back in the day, including one about a hidden cache of weapons in an air-raid shelter..."

"Most kids would just listen to such stories and that’s it. But Li Guangzhi and Liu Shun, having heard it before, decided this time they wanted to film a short video. So they brought along a classmate, Zhang Yankai, to venture into the air-raid shelter and look for relics from the past."

"And they actually found it. Initially, they mainly found discarded items like bed planks, table legs, clothes poles, and such. Later, in one room, the three of them found a well-sealed military weapon box. Inside the box was a fully-parted, oil-sealed Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and one box of bullets. The bullet box was arm-length, made of tinplate, similar to spiced ham cans in sealing technique, which could be twisted open. Inside were 15 paper-wrapped packages of bullets, each with 25 rounds, totaling 750 rounds."

Hearing this, Tao Lu could barely contain herself, "Accidental discoveries of military weapons happen every year, didn’t they think to report it? How do others handle it in the news, don’t they watch at all? Don’t students these days watch the news?"

"They just wanted to shoot a short video. Li Guangzhi’s exact words were... We thought, since it’s a rare opportunity, let’s shoot some short videos before calling the police, then make another video of turning in the weapons, and maybe we could get a lot of followers..." The interrogating officer spread his hands and said, "They really did shoot videos. There’s one of them exploring and finding an ammunition box, another with weapons and ammunition being unboxed, and also one showing them practicing shooting... all stored on the digital camera Zhang Yankai had brought from home. Someone has been sent to retrieve it."

Tao Lu clenched her teeth and asked, "They even practiced shooting?"

"The three of them, each fired 100 rounds. That’s equivalent to four packs of bullets per person," Liu Cheng spread his hands, "It was all recorded. The shooting practice took place near the air raid shelter, more than twenty kilometers away from the scene of the incident."

"What did they run over there to do?"

"Hunting."

"They know how to hunt? And what was the purpose of hunting?" Tao Lu posed the question and then answered it herself, "To shoot videos?"

"Yes," Liu Cheng repeated, "There is a complete video record. However, they didn’t encounter any game."

Tao Lu’s brow furrowed upon hearing this, and Liu Jinghui also shook his head repeatedly, unable to even muster a smile.

Seeing this, Liu Cheng sighed helplessly, "When we initially investigated, we also questioned Liu Shun’s classmates, including Li Guangzhi. He was very calm when he was asked, and the police in charge of the investigation did not expect a 16-year-old child to be so good at concealing the truth. It was only after we tricked him during the interrogation that he confessed."

"Who fired the gun?" Tao Lu, not dwelling on the regret of the funds flowing away like seawater on their end, immediately pursued the important question.

Liu Cheng said, "Li Guangzhi."

"And the reason?"

Liu Cheng exchanged glances with another interrogating officer, then said, "Based on what we know so far, it appears to have been an accident."

"Shooting from a tree and it’s still an accident?"

Liu Cheng sighed, "Climbing the tree was for posing. And yes, they recorded that process too. Li Guangzhi claimed that they were ready to leave at that time. Zhang Yankai handed him the gun, and he thought all the bullets had been removed since the bullet bag was with Zhang Yankai. Zhang Yankai, on the other hand, stated his bullet bag was very heavy and had already mentioned that whoever uses the gun should check it..."

"Not removing the bullets is one thing, but aiming at a person from a tree?" Tao Lu’s anger grew as she spoke.

Liu Cheng had already been through his anger and could only shake his head, saying, "It’s just the foolish actions of unruly kids. Holding a gun, they just want to aim at something. Li Guangzhi said that he was just concerned with posing and inadvertently pulled the trigger..."

"And then they all ran away?"

"Yes."

"So, they just took a life like that." Tao Lu shook her head gravely and looked towards Jiang Yuan.

From her perspective, if the video is indeed true, then this case might also have reached its conclusion.

Although the deceased’s parents are in infinite sorrow and the deceased has passed away in the prime of life, the result is as it is now.

Jiang Yuan noticed Tao Lu’s gaze, looked back at her, then glanced at Liu Jinghui and slowly said, "Earlier we mentioned the abandoned air raid shelter. Within the Jingji area, there are many abandoned air raid shelters, right? In our search scope, have we taken air raid shelters into consideration?"