The landlord arrived.

He was a tall, thin, middle-aged man with a receding hairline, already offering his local support to the central government.

Balding.

"Officer, hello, hello."

The landlord offered Old Zhang a cigarette.

Old Zhang didn't take it, but instead took out the camera and placed it in his palm for the landlord to see.

The landlord's face immediately turned green. At first, he thought the police were there to check the fire safety or investigate the identities of migrant workers. He never expected that the police would discover this.

"What is this?"

The landlord wanted to deny it.

But not everyone can receive an award on the Oscar stage.

Most people's acting skills definitely don't measure up.

Moreover, while people online might think little of the police, in reality, when a real criminal police officer in uniform stands in front of you, most normal people will feel a little apprehensive, especially if they have been caught red-handed.

Zhang Yanfeng saw through the landlord's lies at a glance and immediately said to Xiao Cao, who had come with him, "Control him, don't let him contact his family, and have someone search his residence."

As he spoke,

Zhang Yanfeng pointed at the landlord,

And lowered his voice:

"If we find this video on your computer or anywhere else, do you know what the consequences will be?"

Zhang Yanfeng himself wasn't very clear about the specific consequences, because domestic laws on this aspect are somewhat ambiguous. Many similar cases of secretly filming and installing cameras, even if the person involved calls the police, are mostly resolved through negotiation and compensation.

But this didn't stop Old Zhang from pretending to know a lot to create psychological pressure on the landlord.

Moreover, if this kind of thing spreads, compensation is a small matter. Once it's publicized, the embarrassment would be huge.

The landlord couldn't hold on any longer and grabbed Zhang Yanfeng's hand, "I was wrong, I was blinded by greed, I was wrong, I was wrong..."

"How can you be such a heartless landlord? You're so shameless!"

The female tenant next door immediately started scolding.

"Alright, the police will handle this matter. I'll take him away first."

Zhang Yanfeng didn't come here to deal with a small camera. He came for a murder case.

"Officer, you can't let him off so easily!"

"I know, wait for our notification."

With that, Zhang Yanfeng dragged the landlord out of the room.

The landlord almost knelt on the ground, about to kowtow to Old Zhang, constantly begging him not to publicize the matter, and even more so, not to let his wife know.

"I want to ask you something..."

"Officer, I have a clue to report!"

Zhang Yanfeng and the landlord spoke almost simultaneously.

"You go first," Zhang Yanfeng nodded.

"I installed this for a reason, really not to do anything lewd, really, you have to believe me."

"Reason?"

"Yes, there's a reason. Two years ago, I had a tenant here, named Xia or Wang Chunhua, who disappeared. I installed this camera because of this incident.

This is for the safety of the tenants."

Who are you trying to fool?

If you were concerned about the safety of the tenants, why didn't you put the camera in the corridor, but outside?

You put it in the bathroom, were you worried that the tenants would accidentally slip and fall while taking a bath and no one would be there to rescue them?

But Old Zhang didn't rush to scold him, but instead asked, "Xia Chunhua? You know about Xia Chunhua's disappearance?"

As he spoke,

Zhang Yanfeng directly grabbed the landlord's neck,

And roared:

"Tell me everything, what else do you know!!!"

The landlord was so frightened that he was stunned for a few seconds before immediately nodding:

"I have a video, I have a video, at my house."

..............

Zhang Yanfeng took Xiao Cao to the landlord's house. The landlord didn't live here, but lived a little further away, in a three-bedroom apartment.

Pushing open the door, the landlord's wife was cooking in the kitchen. Seeing someone returning, she walked out wearing an apron.

"This is?"

"This is the police. I'm assisting the police in investigating some things, about the tenants," the landlord explained preemptively.

Zhang Yanfeng nodded, prioritizing the investigation. He didn't mind giving the landlord cover first.

In fact, if the landlord could provide valuable enough clues, he wouldn't mind directly helping the landlord and the tenants resolve the compensation privately, which would actually be more beneficial to the tenants than going to court.

Because once the matter is made public, the landlord would be shameless. But if the matter isn't made public, the landlord would try to satisfy the tenants as much as possible in terms of compensation to prevent the matter from being publicized.

This wasn't Zhang Yanfeng bending the law for personal gain. In fact, according to his experience, most victims of this type are more willing to receive some practical benefits. If you insist on dragging the landlord to expose him and sue him, the victim would instead resent you for meddling.

The group entered the landlord's study. The landlord's wife served tea and then left.

Zhang Yanfeng had Xiao Cao stand at the door.

The landlord then opened his computer with peace of mind,

Clicked into the folder,

"It's here, the video from October 2016. It was precisely because of this incident that I firmly installed cameras in the tenants' rooms, but I was afraid that they wouldn't understand my good intentions, so I didn't tell them, fearing it would cause misunderstanding..."

"Shut up, open the video and take a look," Zhang Yanfeng urged. The landlord's excuse was too lame.

You said you installed it after Xia Chunhua's incident, then how did you have it before Xia Chunhua's incident?

The landlord opened the video.

The video wasn't particularly clear.

Maybe because the landlord's camera wasn't very high-end a few years ago, not as advanced as now, but the general situation could still be seen clearly. At least it was much clearer than ordinary cameras.

After all, he was going to watch that scene,

If there was a pile of black and white pixelated mosaic, what was there to see?

In the picture,

A woman was taking a bath.

The woman's face appeared from time to time.

Zhang Yanfeng carefully identified it and called Xiao Cao to watch it together, confirming that it was the f-numbered nameless corpse Xia Chunhua!

Then,

They continued watching,

Watched,

For twenty minutes!

Zhang Yanfeng looked down at the progress bar,

And found that there were still twenty minutes left.

"Does it take that long to take a bath?"

"Yes, because the water bill is shared equally, so these tenants take long showers to avoid being at a disadvantage. They don't conserve water, otherwise if others use more and they use less, wouldn't they be taken advantage of?"

"Fast forward!"

Zhang Yanfeng urged.

Although this was evidence footage, Zhang Yanfeng and Xiao Cao didn't have any obscene thoughts in their hearts. After all, the dead are the most important, so some scenes should be skipped if possible.

Thinking that the woman currently taking a bath in the video,

Was murdered and buried on the riverbank two years ago, almost dying without any news, it inexplicably caused a burst of heartache.

The landlord started fast-forwarding. He must have watched this video many times, all the way to the 37th minute of the video.

In the picture,

Suddenly, a man wearing a raincoat appeared. After the man came in, he directly covered Xia Chunhua's face and dragged her out of the bathroom.

This man,

Should be the murderer!

But the man in the picture was wearing a large mask, completely covering his face.

"Why the hell didn't you call the police at that time?" Zhang Yanfeng scolded.

"I wasn't sure if something had happened..."

"She didn't take her things, and she just disappeared, and you're still not sure if something happened?"

"What if she hooked up with a sugar daddy and flew away, and the door wasn't broken."

"Go to hell!"

Zhang Yanfeng kicked the landlord,

The landlord was kicked to the ground,

Not daring to make the slightest sound.

Outside the door,

His wife seemed to have heard the noise, ran over to knock on the door and ask what was wrong.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, you go do your thing!"

The landlord immediately shouted.

Zhang Yanfeng knew that this bastard landlord was actually worried that his act of installing cameras to secretly film would be exposed if he called the police, so he chose to remain silent about a life that might have been murdered!

"Time, tell me the time."

Zhang Yanfeng turned the video back and looked at the time at that time. The video did have a notation, it was 3:20 PM on October 24, 2016.

In his mind, he began to recall the layout of the low-rent housing he had visited before.

The murderer buried the body,

Which means that after he killed Xia Chunhua, he took the body away. Whether he took a living person or a dead person, such a big person would be very noticeable.

"Xiao Cao, let's go, come back with me!"

Leaving the landlord who was still sitting on the ground,

Zhang Yanfeng had Xiao Cao drive him back to the entrance of the low-rent housing.

However,

This time Zhang Yanfeng didn't go up, but turned around and looked at a "Construction Bank" next to the entrance of the building.

"The murderer must have brought the victim down. This low-rent housing only has this one passage up and down. The murderer must have entered and exited from here. During the time after 3:20 PM on October 24, 2016, the murderer is likely to have come out of here with the victim!

Let's go, come with me to this bank to retrieve their surveillance footage."

"Ah, will the bank agree to let us retrieve the surveillance information so quickly?"

"The bank isn't Didi."

"Oh, that's true, but it's been almost two years, maybe the surveillance has already been deleted?"

In many places, surveillance footage is deleted every three months or half a year due to memory reasons, which is normal.

"The People's Bank of China's regulations seem to be half a year, but most other banks will keep video backups for two or even three years. This is to comply with the statute of limitations for civil litigation."

Zhang Yanfeng took Xiao Cao into the bank, showed his credentials, and requested to view the previous surveillance video backup. He also explained that the matter was urgent and that the necessary procedures would be completed later.

The bank didn't hesitate at all,

And immediately stated that they would fully cooperate with the local police in handling the case.

Soon,

On the computer in the surveillance room, the video was retrieved. After adjusting it to that time period, Zhang Yanfeng requested to play it in fast-forward mode.

When the surveillance time reached 3:40,

Zhang Yanfeng decisively called to stop,

Rewind a little bit, play it in slow motion!"

The picture went back and started playing frame by frame.

In the picture,

At the location of the entrance of the building,

An old man appeared. The old man was wearing clothes similar to those of a construction worker and was carrying a snakeskin bag.

"Zoom in!"

The picture was zoomed in.

Because the bank staff in the surveillance room weren't professional, they couldn't repair the picture or improve the clarity. But after the picture was zoomed in,

Old Zhang immediately recognized who this guy who took off his mask, carried a sack, and smoked a cigarette was.

It was that old man,

The old man who died in the end!

At that time, he should have been controlled by the ghost jade.

Old Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

He had known who the real murderer was for a long time.

The reason he continued to investigate,

Was to find evidence,

To give,

The evidence to exonerate the old Dao!