Detective: Open your eyes, I am handcuffed in the interrogation room.

Chapter 370 The Seventh Painting
one day ago.

Qu Chuan: Yu Sheng, you are playing a big role.

Yu Sheng: Don't use the word "play", I don't like it very much.

Qu Chuan: From the accents, there are people from Dicheng, Ningcheng and Jincheng, and the Yangcheng Criminal Investigation Detachment is also there. You once said that these paintings were created with life. Are the several human lives they refer to related to you?

Yu Sheng: Don’t ask questions that you shouldn’t ask. It seems that the police have set up a task force and time is running out.

Qu Chuan: Give me the remaining two paintings as soon as possible. The Seven Emotions series cannot be discontinued, or will I become a joke?

Yu Sheng: Qi Qing will not stop, I will finish it, don’t worry, they can’t find me, all you have to do is keep your mouth shut.

Qu Chuan: I don’t know anything. I only want the remaining two paintings. When will they be given to me? The sooner the better.

Yu Sheng: The police should take you back tonight. I insist that the lawyer will take you out 24 hours a day. He drives his car away from the people behind him and enters the underground parking lot of Hongwan Building. I am in the northwest of the second floor of the basement. The corner is waiting for you.

Qu Chuan: What do you mean by leaving behind people, they will follow me?
Yu Sheng: I really hope your mind can be smarter.

Qin He turned his head: "You mean the murderer ordered it?"

Qin He: "Knowing that someone is watching, he is still a bit smart."

The police officer quickly said: "In the northwest corner of the second floor of the parking lot, the car door was not even closed. We speculate that he either got into another car or hid in a corner of the building."

Chen Yi: "The murderer and Qu Chuan met before the release of the fifth work. It may have been at that time that the murderer arranged things for tonight."

Surveillance at the south gate exit captured a silver car leaving, turning right into the city road. The passenger was Qu Chuan, and the license plate number was Dong AY8N77.

Qin He looked at Chen Yi.

After arriving at the place, he scolded several police officers responsible for tracking. The latter lowered their heads and did not dare to make any rebuttal. For front-line investigators, the failure of tracking can only be attributed to their own lack of ability.

Chen Yi and Xie Yunzhi climbed up from the folding bed. When they learned that Qu Chuan had run away, their first reaction was a little surprised.

Qin He: "Nonsense, is there a third possibility? Heaven and earth??"

"What's going on? Where's the car?" Qin He asked.

The suspect in this case didn't run away.

The lawyer spoke very briefly and then hung up.

Why so anxious?
The few of them didn't talk about this issue for the time being. What they had to do now was to find Qu Chuan immediately. No matter what the other party's purpose was, they couldn't let him succeed.

There was silence in the car. This thing was really weird, there was no reason for it.

By the way, check the car owner information.

Qin He: "Is there anyone on duty in the building?"

Chen Yi nodded, took out his mobile phone to contact the transportation department, and searched for the location of the car throughout the city. The latest generation of electronic photography system is very efficient. Through technical means such as license plate extraction, image preprocessing, and feature extraction, it can be searched in a short time. Accurately locate a vehicle within.

This is the best way to check. Enter the license plate number and it will come out immediately.

Qin He frowned. "We don't know what he was thinking, but the lack of evidence doesn't mean he won't run away. Won't it be too late when we find evidence? But it's a bit strange that he did this right after leaving the Municipal Bureau. What do you think, Chen Zhi?"

Municipal Bureau.

As soon as he finished speaking, another police officer quickly ran from a distance to report the results of the surveillance investigation.

"Officer, I am free to whom I give the car to. As for the reason, I think I have the right not to answer. Sorry, goodbye."

Chen Yi had been thinking about Qu Chuan's motives and said at this time: "Of course there is a possibility of running away. There is also another possibility, that is, to do something very important. This matter is very urgent. I am anxious to go to the hotel." Don’t even look back, just drive away in the lawyer’s car.”

He had just been let go, and the police couldn't do anything to him for the time being. Even if he ran away, there was no need to choose this time, and he could be well prepared again.

Chen Yi: "Yeah."

Qin He did not call again. Qu Chuan had countless ways to take away the lawyer's car. It was a waste of time to argue with a lawyer. Now he needed to do his best to find Qu Chuan's location.

Chen Yi: "Sorry, this car is very important. I hope it can be found in the shortest possible time. It went west from the south gate of Hongwan Building."

Police officer: "Yes, there are people working the night shift who have gone to check the surveillance cameras."

"Qu Chuan shouldn't have run away, right? Now we have no evidence to prove that he was involved in the case." It was Xie Yunzhi who spoke.

Not far away, Qin He immediately contacted Qu Chuan's lawyer on the way and asked why he gave the car to Qu Chuan.

Yu Sheng: Ha.

Everyone got in the car and prepared to chase.

Chen Yi: "The case lasted eight years and was investigated in three cities, but still no trace of him was found. This person has a high IQ. It is not surprising that he predicted that Qu Chuan would be summoned, but why did he want to see Qu Chuan?"

The police officer chatted.

"Chen Zhi, it's a fake car. The real vehicle registration information is not a silver car, but a black SUV." A friend from the traffic police detachment said.

Quchuan: Okay, I understand...I'm not talking about the brain, it's about the parking lot.

Xie Yunzhi was surprised: "So prescient?"

The main driver was a man, wearing a hat and mask, and he was wrapped tightly.

The other party: "Don't worry, it will be soon. Keep in touch at any time."

Chen Yi: "I'm afraid he's not the smart one."

……

The fifth work in the Seven Emotions series has been released. These days are very sensitive for the task force. Qu Chuan will be focused on, and the murderer should also be aware of it.

At this time, is there anything that we must take the risk to see each other?
Normal people's thinking should be to hibernate and hide quickly. Anyway, the fifth painting has been completed and handed over to Quchuan. According to the creative cycle, the next painting will be two years later.

Two years is a long time, so long that the task force has been disbanded.

After a while, Qin He said: "Is it possible that we want to understand the police's movements and see how many clues we have found?"

Xie Yunzhi answered: "There is only one difference in information between the first meeting and the second meeting, and that is ghostwriting, right?"

After speaking, he looked at Chen Yi.

Chen Yi nodded: "Yes, the only information gap is indeed a ghostwriter. If the murderer knew that the police had begun to suspect the possibility of a ghostwriter, maybe... that's not right. Taking such a big risk just for a chat? Isn't this picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons?"

Qinhe and Xie Yunzhi also realized that the purpose of understanding the police's movements was to reduce risks, but in fact it created greater risks. The effort was not proportional to the reward, and the gain outweighed the loss.

Every time he shows his face, there is an increased chance of being caught. The murderer is so cautious and smart that he cannot fail to understand that there is probably a more important purpose in forcing him to meet Qu Chuan.

But...what else could it be for? At present, the only interaction between the two is the Seven Emotions series of oil paintings. It can’t be about creation, right? The three of them frowned in unison. Chen Yi had always been bold in thinking. Based on the clues he now had, he suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"I said, Qu Chuan shouldn't be in danger, right?"

The sudden words made Qin He and Xie Yunzhi look over subconsciously, and the latter said, "What do you mean?"

Chen Yi: "The murderer's crime interval was two years, and the targets were all young women. This is his most obvious crime characteristic, but nothing in the world is static, especially human psychology. Regardless of gender and time interval, Don’t you think Qu Chuan fits the seventh picture very well?”

Hearing this, Qin He's eyes narrowed, and Xie Yunzhi was also startled.

"Chen Yi, you...your thinking is a bit too big." Xie Yunzhi said, "But the possibility is not impossible. If you think about it carefully, Qu Chuan does fit the elements of the seventh painting, the desire for fame and the desire for profit. , and the desire for sex.”

Qin He glanced at the two of them and said, "You are looking forward to Qu Chuan's death. I feel bad asking you to tell me now. The murderer is worried that he will not be able to complete the Seven Emotions series of oil paintings within four years, and is worried that Qu Chuan will sell him sooner or later. , just do the next best thing?"

Xie Yunzhi: "It's broken. I feel very bad. Chen Yi, are we thinking too much? Shouldn't the seven paintings be done in order?"

Chen Yi: "It's just a possibility. The reality cannot be determined by a word. What if..."

Before he finished speaking, his cell phone rang. He stopped talking and took out his cell phone to answer the call.

"Okay, I understand, thank you." After hanging up the phone, Chen Yi turned around and said, "We found the car. It has stopped near the intersection of Yongxing Road and Xingfu Road."

Qin He immediately said: "Drive!"

The vehicle started and sped towards its destination.

After about a twenty-minute drive, Chen Yi got out of the car while making a phone call. After the car stopped, it was Jiang Xiaoxin on the other end of the phone.

The silver car was clearly exposed to the road surveillance. It was empty and there was no one around.

Jiang Xiaoxin: "Team Chen, we lost our position. The two of them entered the surveillance blind spot. The time was forty-five minutes ago."

This is the first time that the task force has been so close to the suspect, and the suspect jumped out on his own, so he is very courageous.

High risk means high reward. There must be a very special reason why the suspect chose to meet Qu Chuan tonight.

"Call for support!" Qin He gave the order.

Of course, Chen Yi was the best talker here in Yangcheng. He didn't waste any time and started to mobilize people from the municipal bureau, branch bureau, and nearby police stations to prepare for a blanket search of the area.

The suspect couldn't get very far before he gave up driving, and there's a good chance tonight will bring closure to the case.

Since the suspect showed up on his own, the task force would naturally not be polite to him. Even if he wanted to paint the murder scene, he couldn't do it so quickly.

The support response was very fast, and before long, police lights were seen in the distance.

Some police cars stopped on the spot and blocked the road. At the same time, they began to search from the outside of the encirclement to the inside. More police were on their way over.

At this moment, near the trash can at the corner of the street, a thin man stood in the darkness, one step ahead was the streetlight.

He just stood on the edge of the streetlight, turning slightly sideways, staring at the police car in the distance with an indifferent gaze under the brim of his hat. There were obstacles in his field of vision, and he could only see the front of the car.

On the other hand, he cannot be seen from the police car.

"It came really quickly, but it's still a little late."

The thin man's voice sounded, with a hint of hoarseness. He silently turned around and got on an electric car, accelerated in the opposite direction and left the place.

The location he chose is very good. The nearby shops may be in poor business. Most of them have closed down. Most of them have just been renovated and are ready to open. There are very few cameras outside the shops, and the road surveillance in the distance cannot capture him at all.

This means that we have made complete preparations in advance and are ready to work.

In the city bureau, Jiang Xiaoxin and others who were observing the surveillance in real time did not notice that the suspect had just slipped away from the edge of the surveillance.

Moreover, support came the slowest from this direction because it was the farthest away. When the police car came from a distance, the thin man almost turned into the alleyway. When the calculated encirclement was about to close, he rushed forward with swagger. go out.

The search continued, and the scope became wider and wider. Finally, police officers from the police station came to a certain street corner.

When the strong flashlight shone on him, the policeman's pupils widened in vain and he took two steps back in shock.

“There’s a discovery!!”

"There is a corpse here! Report to Chen Zhi quickly!!! Hurry!!!"

Chen Yi and the others were not close to here. When they learned that the searchers had found the body, they immediately got in the car and rushed here, standing in front of the dead Qu Chuan.

Qu Chuan's eyes were wide open with eyes wide open, his neck was bloody, and there was a large blood stain on his chest.

Next to the corpse, a drawing board stood there. It was an abstract oil painting with the label "Desire" written on the edge of the frame.

The picture has a deep black background and is dotted with stars that look like planets, which seems to symbolize the endless universe and the darkness deep in the human heart.

On this dark background, various bright colors are intertwined, and the contrast is extremely obvious, like a flame burning in the darkness.

The center part is a whirlpool composed of gold and red. It is definitely difficult to understand at first glance, but Chen Yi and the other three have just discussed this issue, and there are labels to remind them, so it is easy to figure it out.

This should be the desire for fame and fortune.

Gold and red represent fame and fortune, and the vortex is constantly rotating and expanding, faintly threatening to swallow up the entire painting, showing the endless and irresistible desire.

Around the golden red, there are some elegant pink and purple elements scattered, which are intertwined to form looming patterns. These patterns are like illusions in a dream. The real meaning may be lust.

Pink and purple are both gentle and charming colors that are very recognizable and make people intoxicated.

This painting is full of tension. The contrast and blending of colors make people feel the strong impact of desire. After looking at it for a long time, the picture also reveals a deep helplessness and sadness.

If this painting could speak, it would be this: Desire can only bring about short-term happiness and satisfaction, but in the end it will only make people fall into endless emptiness and pain.

Looking at this painting from God's perspective, Chen Yi and the others understood it almost instantly. When they looked at Qu Chuan's body, their faces darkened.

Changed, everything has changed.

The victim is no longer a woman, the time interval is no longer two years, and the order has been reversed. [Evil] is skipped directly and [Desire] is completed.

Even the person who died this time was the original author known to the public.

The murderer broke his own psychological rules, took great risks, and killed Qu Chuan here just after he left the city bureau.

He didn't even want to wait for Qu Chuan to return to the hotel, or wait for a safer time.

"How could it be so fast?" Xie Yunzhi gritted his teeth. It had only been forty minutes. Is it enough to kill and paint?
Chen Yi took a deep breath and said, "He has already finished painting. This time, he painted first and then killed the person."

Another person died after the task force was established, which was a slap in their face. As the team leader, Qin He was on the verge of exploding.

(End of this chapter)