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Chapter 172 The Devil's Hand
"Really?" Jiayi asked hesitantly. She was flustered now. This was an unprecedented emotion. Although she had always been a high-risk police officer, when this person who was at great risk became When she fell in love with the man she loved, all the anxiety and worry surged up in an instant, making her a little breathless.

"Really, I don't need to lie to comfort you, it's meaningless." Lu Xiangdong said lightly.

"Then why did the murderer send an email to Cheng Feng, saying that the murder was a gift for him? Isn't this a kind of hatred?" Jiayi asked a question.

"That's not necessarily the case. Didn't you just say that the murderer's destruction of the deceased's face and stripping his clothes was an insult to the deceased? What's more, if it was purely for the purpose of declaring war on Cheng Feng, why did he have to spend so much time transporting the victim away from the scene of the first murder and risking such a big risk to move him to the back of the small park in the University City? Cheng Feng demonstrated, why didn't the murderer move the body to a relatively closed place for abandonment, but added unnecessary risks to his plan? If someone really wanted to take the opportunity to revenge Cheng Feng, he would not want his The plan failed due to unforeseen circumstances just after its implementation, right?" Lu Xiangdong asked Jiayi.

Jia Yi was taken aback, she knew what Lu Xiangdong said was reasonable, but she still couldn't help worrying about Cheng Feng: "Is it possible that the murderer abandoned his body in the pavilion on the back hill of the park because it was far away from the scene of his first murder?" It is relatively close, so it is convenient to discard the corpse? And destroying the victim's face and discarding the clothes is also to increase the difficulty of finding out the victim's identity, so as to achieve the purpose of provoking Cheng Feng or the police? If it wasn't someone who came targeting Cheng Feng, why? Would you send such an email to him? I originally analyzed that there was hatred between the murderer and the deceased because you concealed important circumstances during the crime from me! I know you are afraid of me worrying, but these are not the same as what the murderer sent. As soon as the email and other situations are contacted, can you say that there is no such possibility as I said?"

"The possibility you mentioned does exist, and we don't deny it." Cheng Feng patted Jia Yi on the back, half reassuring and half objective, and said, "But there are two other reasons that you forgot to take into account. It is a large piece of flesh missing from the deceased’s thigh, and its whereabouts are unknown. The second is the pentagram pattern drawn on the deceased’s body with her own blood. These two points are not directly related to the email sent to me by the murderer. If the murderer’s If the main purpose is to target me, why do you want to do this?"

"By the way! Mail! Did you find anything?" Jiayi's eyes lit up.

Cheng Feng shook his head helplessly: "The registrant of that mailbox has not left any valid information on the website, so no clues have been found about his identity yet."

"But if this person is not targeting you, then why did he send you a special email, telling you where the woman's body was placed, and saying it was a gift for you?"

"It's nothing surprising." Before Cheng Feng could speak, Lu Xiangdong shrugged his shoulders: "Your Cheng SIR is quite well-known in the criminal investigation circle of City C. You always understand the reason why a big tree attracts attention, right? This murderer, no matter where he came from The method of killing, the location of the corpse, and the behavior pattern cannot be equated with ordinary murder cases. The more brutal the murderer, the more daring and arrogant, and the more prominent the personality distortion in his heart. I think you are reading I should have come into contact with that kind of case when the murderer satisfies his morbid psychology by committing crimes, and builds his self-confidence by controlling and trampling the lives of others. I think the murderer in this case should be such a person, and Xiang The provocation of the well-known detective in City C will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of the murderer's game, and it will also make it easier to obtain a greater sense of accomplishment!"

After listening to Lu Xiangdong's words, Jiayi also felt that it made sense, and he felt a little more at ease: "If this is the case, after the identity of the deceased is clarified, should we first find out why the murderer did it to the deceased? Is it out of personal grievances, or is it completely random selection out of abnormal psychology?"

"That's right, this is very important. No matter what, once the identity of the deceased is confirmed, the investigation must start with the people around her."

"One more question, why did the murderer use her blood to draw a pentagram on the body of the deceased?" Jiayi relaxed a little after Lu Xiangdong and Cheng Feng analyzed it in turn, although he still felt worried , but I also understand that no matter whether the murderer is just provocative or deliberately targeting Cheng Feng, since the incident has already happened, panic cannot solve the problem. Apart from telling him to be more careful, all I can do is to try to keep my head calm Rational, not only can't add confusion to the investigation of the case, and involve Cheng Feng's experience, but also should do everything possible to help the police find out the real culprit as soon as possible. down.

"Usually the imprints and symbols left by the murderer on or around the deceased will not be for no reason!" Lu Xiangdong asked Cheng Feng: "Did you bring any photos of the scene?"

Cheng Feng shook his head: "No, what's wrong?"

"I want to see what that pentagram looks like."

"I can probably remember it!" Cheng Feng took the paper and pen from Lu Xiangdong's desk, and according to his memory, drew on the paper a pentagram symbol that was very similar to the one found on the body of the deceased.

"I remember what the pentagram seems to represent..." Although Jiayi is usually full of curiosity about some Western metaphysics, he has not dabbled too much after all. Looking at the patterns drawn by Cheng Feng at this moment, he feels very familiar. But I can't think of more meanings represented by this pattern.

"The pentagram is a calling many times."

Bi Xia didn't know when he stood at the door of the office, and happened to hear Jia Yi's words, so he took it up. He nodded politely to Cheng Feng, and then asked Lu Xiangdong: "Teacher Lu, I didn't bother you, did I?"

Since Bi Xia left early on Valentine's Day in a low mood, when we met again the next day, he had returned to his previous self-confident and high-spirited appearance, and his attitude towards Jia Yi had also returned to the previous politeness, and he no longer tried to pass various Jia Yi breathed a sigh of relief when Tong Tong showed his favor, and at the same time, Bi Xia's attitude changed so quickly that she couldn't help wondering whether Lu Xiangdong had revealed to Bi Xia his relationship with Cheng Feng secretly.Of course, falling in love is a matter of fairness and aboveboard. Although it cannot be announced to the world with drums and drums, if someone finds out, Jiayi is also willing to admit it.

"Bi Xia, do you know the meaning of the pentagram?" Seeing that he seemed to know a lot about this kind of thing, Jiayi also knew that Bi Xia was a person with a wide range of knowledge, so he immediately asked him for advice.

Bi Xia came over, took a look at the pattern drawn by Cheng Feng, and then asked Cheng Feng: "Officer Cheng, is the pattern on the body of the deceased you mentioned exactly the same as the one you drew?"

Cheng Feng nodded: "I remember that."

"Which direction does the sharp point of the pentagram face?" Bi Xia asked.

"What does the pointed angle represent?" Jiayi didn't understand the religious meaning of the pentagram symbol, but seeing that Bi Xia seemed to understand it, he hurriedly asked.

Bixia explained: "The pentagram was first regarded as a symbol of the womb of the underworld in ancient Egypt, and was also regarded as a symbol of the goddess of the underworld in the Babylonian period. It can be seen that the meaning it represents is mostly inseparable from the devil."

"That means this pattern means evil?"

"Not necessarily, in the magic circles of some mystical theories, there is a circular magic circle, which is used to protect the magician himself, and the pentagram is used to seal the devil, and the five intersection points of its lines are considered to be able to seal the magic circle. The devil's 'door' can seal the devil in the pentagon in the middle of the pentagram."

Jia Yi frowned: "Could it be that the murderer drew such a symbol on the deceased to say that the deceased was a demon?"

"It depends on how the pattern of the pentagram looks on the deceased!" Bi Xiayou asked Cheng Feng: "Could Officer Cheng recall the way the pattern appeared on the deceased?"

Cheng Feng tried his best to recall, and said: "The pentagram pattern was drawn on the chest of the deceased. I remember that it should be upside down, with the sharp corner pointing down to the lower body of the deceased, and the gap between the two corners facing the neck. What does this mean?"

After listening to Cheng Feng's description, Bi Xia frowned: "In the Middle Ages, some alchemists drew the so-called small universe model, that is, in the human body model, the circle outside the pentagram represents the universe, and a male portrait is painted inside , the head, hands and feet correspond to the five corners of the pentagram. Warlocks believe that the "small universe" of people is dominated by the pentagram. If the pentagram is turned upside down, it will look like what Officer Cheng said , it becomes an inverse pentagram, the sharp point of the pentagram corresponds to the human head in the human body model, and the sharp point is inverted, that is to point the human spirit downward, that is, hell. The pointed star would then be an evil demonic symbol, and the upside-down pentagram would represent a call to Satan."

"Then what does drawing an inverted pentagram mean to summon Satan?" Cheng Feng asked hastily.

"It means that this person has given his soul to the devil. He is full of sins and will suffer eternal suffering after death," Bi Xia said.

"Bi Xia, do you believe in religion? How do you understand it so clearly?" After listening to his explanation, Jiayi had a better understanding of the pentagram pattern.

Bi Xia smiled and shook his head: "I'm not a believer, but I'm usually more interested in mysterious things, so I happened to read some books introducing this kind of content."

(End of this chapter)