Detective Files II

Chapter 389 The Man Who Recited the Multiplication Table
Seeing clearly the content on the CD, the hearts of the four immediately felt like being thrown into the ice cellar from the dog days, and the atmosphere in the office instantly became condensed. Tian Mi held the CD, and the other three looked at it. No one spoke to her.

After being silent for a while, Tian Yang was the first to come back to his senses: "Hurry up and let's see! I want to see what kind of moth this bastard can make!"

Tian Mi put the CD into the computer's CD drive, took a deep breath, and began to anxiously imagine what would be in the CD this time.

Soon, the player popped up, the video started to play, and a man appeared on the screen.

Like Jiang Yujing, this man was also kneeling on the ground. He lowered his head at first, and then slowly raised his head. The man's black hair was messy. Judging from the length, it should be a regular parted head. The man's The skin looks very white, that kind of whiteness is not the paleness caused by shock or excessive blood loss, but a kind of natural fairness. If one of his eyes hadn't been injured, his eye sockets were bruised, and his eyelids were swollen and high, there was almost nothing he could do about it. Open it, it looks like a gentle and clean man.

The man seemed to be in his early thirties, kneeling on the ground panting heavily, but he didn't shake into a ball like Jiang Yujing before.

His eyes glanced at the top of the camera a few times, but the fear in his eyes could not be concealed. The man's lips squirmed slightly, but without making a sound, he swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and began to read aloud with embarrassment. Get up: "One one gets one, one two gets two, two two gets four, two three gets six, two four gets eight, two five ten..."

Tian Mi looked at Mo Dou and Tian Yang beside her, their expressions were also full of surprise.

The man in the video recited the nine-nine multiplication table from beginning to end, and then started all over again.

"Five six thirty, five seven 35... seven seven 49, seven eight 56... eight nine 72, nine nine 81."

The man's recitation was repeated over and over again, but the person behind the camera never hit or smashed the man with anything like Jiang Yujing.

While the man was reciting the multiplication table repeatedly, Tian Mi carefully paid attention to the environment behind the man.I don't know if this video was recorded at night, or if the curtains were hung to block the light. There is only dim light in the room. The man should be kneeling under the light. The light around him is obviously better than that behind him.Tian Mi couldn't see clearly either, she could only vaguely see that the wall not far behind the man seemed to be pasted with light-colored wallpapers, and from the position of the man's shoulders, there seemed to be a decorative painting hanging on the wall. See the corner of the beautiful vintage frame, but not the painting itself.

After reciting the multiplication table countless times, the man finally stopped, took a breath, and started to say again: "I was wrong, I shouldn't help others cheat, I shouldn't take advantage of the law!"

Afterwards, like a living repeater, he began to repeat the same words over and over again.

Everyone stared at the screen, waiting to see what would happen next, but after the man repeated many times "you shouldn't help people cheat, you shouldn't take advantage of the law", the video suddenly ended.

This time the video is shorter and more inexplicable than the last one.

Jiang Yujing's video was still a self-confession, telling many details, but this time the man did not reveal any personal information, except for repeatedly reciting the multiplication table and a few words of self-criticism.

Although the video this time did not contain any violence, let alone gore, and there was no scene of the abductee being beaten, nor was it as serious as Jiang Yujing's incontinence, but in just a few days, Jiang Yujing was kidnapped and tortured. Send a CD to the police to provoke and kill the abductee, then send the same video CD to the newspaper to put pressure on the police, and now a second one is sent, this kind of behavior can’t help people feel angry .

"This murderer is too arrogant!" After watching the video, Mo Dou's fists were clenched tightly.

"If we follow Jiang Yujing's example, this man's fate will not be good. If we want to survive, we can find him before the murderer kills him!" Tian Yang scratched his head in annoyance, "But the problem is that this video is not even a little No information about the other party has been revealed! Apart from listening to the man recite the nine-nine multiplication table many times, plus many times of self-examination, there is nothing of value!"

"Maybe there are no clues, but there is still some valuable information." After all, Lu Xiangdong was only assisting in handling the case, and he was under much less pressure than the criminal police of the serious crime team, and his mood was relatively calm.

"Tell me!" Hearing these words, several people turned their gazes to him.

"Judging by Jiang Yujing's previous encounters as a precedent, this man is likely to be detained in his own home as well," Lu Xiangdong played the video again from the beginning, paused at one screen, and pointed to the man's face on the screen. A small shadow on it: "This shadow is obviously the projection of the lighting near the top of his head. From the slightly deformed shape, it looks like the crystal stone pendant on the crystal lamp. In addition to the wallpaper on the wall behind him And the retro picture frame with a corner exposed. Judging from these few details, the quality of life of the kidnapped man is not low, and he should be a person of middle and high income classes. By the way, I am not an art lover, but since Judging from the size and ratio of the exposed corner of the frame, it should be a very large painting, whether it is a masterpiece or not, the price of a large-sized retro frame is not low."

"That makes sense. Generally speaking, there are more people like Jiang Yujing who have meat buried under the bowl than people who wipe their mouths with pigskin before leaving the house. If this man can hang a large decorative painting at home , and use crystal chandeliers, the economic income is at least not the ordinary level of food and clothing." Tian Yang nodded in agreement.

"I don't know if you have counted the number of times that man recited the multiplication table and self-reflected." Tian Mi hesitated before taking the opportunity to express her own thoughts, "I'm not sure if it's a coincidence or something special Meaning, just now he repeated the multiplication table and the review 17 times each!"

"I just remember that he said it many, many times like chanting scriptures, and the speed was quite fast. I really didn't count many times!" After Mo Doujing Tian Mi said this, he also felt that there might be some tricks in it. Recite repeatedly, I may not be able to achieve the same number of two, unless I really counted on purpose! Dr. Lu, what do you think of this matter?"

"If Tian Mi didn't say it, I wanted to say it just now. This number should not be a coincidence. When he repeated it, there was a short pause, not only to catch his breath, but also to count the number of times. But this There is no way to judge what the numbers represent just from the surface.”

Lu Xiangdong agrees with Tian Mi's discovery, "Although this man also showed fear towards the people behind the camera, the degree is clearly not comparable to that of Jiang Yujing, including that except for one eye being injured, he can't find anything in his whole body. Other wounds, so I judge that his panic is the instinctive emotion that a prisoner can show, and the murderer must have given him some kind of promise, or a wrong hint, making him feel that his life is not in danger, It was just an ordinary revenge from the enemy."

"You mean, when this man was being videotaped, he probably thought that the murderer was just trying to embarrass him and frighten him. Regarding his situation, he still had a strong fluke mentality?" Tian Yang pondered. After a while, "That's true. If someone tied me up now and made me recite the multiplication tables that children only memorize, I would definitely feel that I offended someone. They found someone to deliberately throw me away!"

"But, there is one thing I don't understand!" Tian Mi frowned tightly, with a confused look on her face, "Last time, Jiang Yujing was ashamed of what she did, and the murderer hit her with things to force her to speak out, especially The part about Ren Xuyang, this time, just made the man say some inexplicable things, could it be because the murderer hates him less?"

"No," Lu Xiangdong shook his head, "After watching this video, my thinking has changed. I think the reason why the murderer forced Jiang Yujing to reveal some enlightening information that can clarify the target of the investigation is to open up An entrance, so that you policemen can walk into his maze and participate in his game, and this time, you have already acted as the participants of the game, so there is no need for him to let the abductee disclose information and reduce the difficulty of the game."

"I thought the murderer was someone who had a personal grudge against Jiang Yujing before, but now it seems that it was not aimed at Jiang Yujing himself. Nine-nine multiplication table... Nine-nine multiplication table..." Mo Dou pondered for a long time, then slapped his thigh suddenly , "Tell me, could this man be a math teacher in a school?"

"Don't you think that the 'difficulty of the game' is too low?" Now, Tian Mi has no such optimistic thoughts, "I'd better go to the courier company to ask about the situation! I don't believe this time The sender entrusted by the murderer still can't remember any details of his appearance!"

"Go, I hope you can gain something this time!" Tian Yang nodded to her, "Oh, by the way, there is one thing I almost forgot to mention, there is a phone number in Jiang Yujing's mobile phone that appears more frequently, I After careful investigation, it was found that the number had been suspended, but Jiang Yujing had contacted him before he was killed, so it should have been suspended recently. The ID card registered with the card was proved to be fake, and the holder of this number was suspected. "

As he spoke, he handed Tian Mi a note with a number on it.

Tian Mi understood what he meant, took the note and put it away: "I see, I will go and return quickly, call me if there is any other progress!"

[Thanks to the son of Drow Master for dropping the pink ticket!The last day of the long holiday, hurry up and be happy everyone! 】

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