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Chapter 15 Scar Fairy Tale
There is no awakening without pain!

-Jung

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On a winter night, snowflakes fluttered outside the window and fell on the ground.

In the small room filled with warmth, the light is soft. A little girl who looks like four or five years old is standing on the bed next to the window, with half of her body leaning on the window sill. There are a pair of innocent and clear eyes on her red face. Through the breathable glass, I am admiring the white and misty world outside like a fairy tale.

The door was gently pushed open, and a man came in. The little girl called out "Daddy", and then lay back obediently on the bed, pulling up the quilt to cover her body.The man walked to the bed, smiling lovingly while quickly tucking the quilt for the little girl.

"Dad, the snow is so beautiful!" The little girl exclaimed in a childish voice.

"It's as beautiful as my Xue'er." The man raised his hand to close the curtain, then leaned over and pinched the girl's cute little face and said.

"It was snowing when my mother gave birth to me, right?" the little girl asked.

"That's right! That's why Mom and Dad named you Xia Xue!" The man pulled a chair and sat down beside the bed, then picked up a book of fairy tales on the bedside table, "What story do you want to hear today?"

"Snow White!" the little girl said with a giggle.

"Still listening? Listening every day, isn't that enough?" the man asked.

"I like it! We both have the word 'Snow' in our names. Will I be as beautiful as Snow White when I grow up? Dad, you are my prince and will protect me forever, right?" The little girl Said seriously.

"Hehe, when you grow up, you will meet other princes, so you don't need a father!" A smile appeared on the corner of the man's mouth, his eyes froze for a moment, as if he was looking forward to the scene of the little girl growing up, and then there was a sound in the small room. His deep and magnetic reading voice.

"In the severe winter, the snow like goose feathers was flying in the sky, and the queen was sitting by a window of the palace doing needlework. Inadvertently, the needle pricked her finger, and the red blood gushed out and dripped on the On the snowflakes on the window sill, the queen thought to herself: If I had a daughter whose skin was as white as this snow, her lips were as bright and delicate as this blood, and her hair was as black and bright as the ebony wood of this window, then she should have a daughter. How wonderful! Later, the queen really gave birth to a beautiful little princess, and she named the little princess Snow White..."

"But not long after, the queen fell ill and died, and the king married another wife. The new queen was very beautiful, but she was proud and jealous, and couldn't bear others to be more beautiful than her. She had a magic mirror and could tell Who is the most beautiful woman in the world..."

"Many years passed, and Snow White grew more and more beautiful. One day, the magic mirror told the new queen: Snow White is the most beautiful woman in the world... The new queen secretly ordered a warrior to pretend to be a hunter, and tricked Snow White into the forest to kill her... …Snow White wakes up in her cabin in the forest to find seven dwarfs gathered around her bed...”

"At this moment, a prince from a neighboring country happened to pass by, and he fell in love with Snow White..."

"In the end, Snow White finally married the prince and lived happily ever after. They were happily together for the rest of their lives."

After the story was finished, the little girl had closed her eyes, let out a steady snort, and had a sweet smile on her face.The man put down the book, took out a glowing red apple from his pocket, and gently placed it next to the little girl's pillow. The daughter liked apples the most, and he would prepare one for her every day.

The picture flashed, and at some point, the little girl excitedly picked up the apple and put it to her mouth, took a bite hard, chewed it a few times with great enjoyment, and then swallowed it sweetly.However, her body froze suddenly, and one hand tremblingly strangled her neck, her expression was extremely painful, as if her throat was choked by the apple and she couldn't breathe; then, the apple in the other hand slowly slipped down, and her body Staggering, the cheeks on both sides suddenly puffed up, and the corners of the mouth immediately overflowed with blood.Finally, she couldn't help but opened her mouth, and a stream of blood sprayed towards the man's face...

"Don't...don't...I didn't give you a poisoned apple..." The man suddenly opened his eyes, trying to bounce off the bed, but found that he couldn't move freely.He blinked hard his eyes blurred by tears, only to realize that he was wearing handcuffs and shackles at the moment.

"Oh, it's a dream. It turned out to be a dream. This is a detention center..." The man gasped in shock and muttered to himself.

"Xia Mingde, a lawyer wants to see you!" The small window on the iron door of the detention room was opened from the outside, and the voice of the guard came in.

"Well, good!" The man stood up shaking, dragged his shackles and walked to the door of the detention room, waiting for the door to be opened.

Following the guarding police officers to the reception room, the man didn't stop for a long time, but just looked at the lawyer sitting opposite him slightly, then turned his head and walked out the door, and at the same time said coldly: "Go back, you Not what I want!"

"Wait a minute." The lawyer yelled calmly, and then nodded to the policeman next to the man, indicating that he wanted to talk to the man alone.After the police officer went out and closed the door of the reception room from the outside, he said leisurely, "I'm here because I want to hear a fairy tale!"

As soon as the lawyer finished speaking, the man trembled suddenly, then slowly turned around, his eyes full of suspicion...

Invitation to the first chapter
Ancient City, 11 months ago.

On a hot summer night, the streets are crowded with people, people watching the scenery, enjoying the shade, dating, and having sex. There are people everywhere.The weather is so hot that people can only stay at home during the day, and naturally run out to enjoy the outside air at night.

There are many people and many cars, especially taxis.At this time, there was a taxi painted beige, shuttled freely among the turbulent crowd and traffic.The car stopped on the side of the road, unloaded the passengers, and immediately someone took over and sat in.The driver was a middle-aged man with a kind face, and his business was so good that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

The taxi was driving slowly, and the crystal pendant on the interior rearview mirror was shaking slightly rhythmically.Unlike other taxi drivers who usually put Buddha statues or auspicious signs in the crystal frame, the middle-aged man's pendant has a photo of a beautiful girl, who is fresh and refined, smiling and showing a pair of small canine teeth, looking like a girl. Extraordinarily sunny.

The middle-aged man held the steering wheel with both hands, glanced at the photo of the girl in the crystal pendant from time to time, and the smile on the corner of his mouth grew stronger——his daughter is the greatest achievement in his life, after this summer vacation, she will go to Beijing, Enter a prestigious university and start her wonderful college life.As the father who single-handedly brought her up, the middle-aged man was a little bit reluctant, and even a little proud. Seeing his daughter today, no matter how much suffering he had experienced in life, he felt it was worth it.

The taxi stopped on the side of the street again, and the passengers got off. Taking advantage of the time when no one came up, the middle-aged man took out a large teacup from the storage box beside him and unscrewed the lid to take a few sips of water.At this moment, the phone rang, and he took out the phone from his trouser pocket with one free hand, and pressed the answer button...

"Are you Xia Xue's father?"

"Yes, I am."

"We are from the traffic team. Your daughter had a car accident and is being rescued at the hospital!"

"Ah! Which hospital?"

……

In the solemn ward, the surroundings were pale, and the middle-aged man couldn't see his daughter because she was covered by a sheet as white as snow.He couldn't believe everything in front of him. Even when he tremblingly stretched out his hand to uncover the cloth sheet covering his daughter's head, he was still lucky enough to think: It must be a mistake, since God wanted his daughter to be so beautiful. Why would you want to take her away if you gave him a gift from him?

The white sheet was still lifted, and immediately there was a burst of mournful cries from the ward...

Now, July.

The heat of the ancient city is in full swing. Even though it was early in the morning and the sun hadn't come out much, the temperature was already not low.The thick heat waves continuously surged in the air, leaving no chance for people to breathe.

A burst of piercing sirens pierced the tranquility of the morning. Several police cars entered an old residential community one after another. The side of the road was quickly isolated by a yellow and white cordon. work.

Inside the cordon is a garbage dump, with two dilapidated wooden trash cans.Since the bucket was already filled with all kinds of dirt, the subsequent garbage was randomly piled around the garbage can, and the soup of spoiled food flowed on the ground, which not only emitted bursts of stench, but also attracted swarms of flies and mosquitoes.

However, what made people avoid this early in the morning was that a man with a drooping head and blood-stained chest was sitting leaning against one of the trash cans; and there was a conspicuous graffiti on the other trash can. The author outlines an "angry" caricature head with a few simple strokes, which looks strange and unusual under the depiction of blood-like red dye.

Halfway through the on-site search and evidence collection, the cordon was raised, and a woman with a fashionable dress and outstanding temperament walked in. At first glance, she looked a bit like a senior white-collar worker or a news anchor on TV, but her face had the same graffiti on the trash can. A similar expression, a bit annoyed, and a bit frustrated.

"Captain Ye, you're here!" A young police officer greeted her, pointed to the man next to the trash can, and said, "The forensic doctor said that the method of killing is the same as before, and the time is about two o'clock in the morning. , all the valuables on his body were robbed, his identity has yet to be confirmed, the graffiti dye is human blood, and it probably belonged to this person."

The woman called Team Ye didn't say a word, just nodded slightly, staring at the graffiti on the trash can with ecstasy, and finally uttered a few words: "The expression of the graffiti has changed again!"

"Yeah, it's the fifth one. It must have been done by 'Graffiti Killer'. I don't know when it will be the first one." The young policeman paused, and tentatively murmured, "Why don't we invite Mr. Han Yin to help?" Bar?"

The woman known as Team Leaf looked away from the graffiti, turned her head and stared blankly at the young police officer, her pair of willow-leaf eyebrows were tightly frowned, as if she was very conflicted, and finally said nothing, turned around and raised her vigilance Line, walked to the police car parked on the street.The young police officer froze in place, and some monks Zhang Er couldn't figure it out and felt very uncomfortable.

The woman got into the police car, rubbed her cheeks with both hands, and pressed her forehead hard, looking exhausted, then took out her mobile phone from her jeans pocket, and dialed a familiar yet unfamiliar number...

A police academy in the north.

It's the graduation season again, the campus is full of sadness, and graduates have already left school one after another, so the campus radio began to play some warm and blessing songs in a loop early in the morning.Han Yin also deliberately got up earlier and came to the campus to say goodbye to the graduates one by one.

He doesn't have any special arrangements for his own summer vacation. He plans to go back to his hometown for a few days to stay with his parents, and then to Beijing for a while, so that he can be closer to Gu Feifei. If she doesn't go to the case, the two can travel nearby. Travel, relax, and enjoy the world of two people.

But for people like them, it seems that the plan will never keep up with the changes. On this early morning full of faint sorrow, Han Yin's mobile phone displayed a long-lost number-it was a call from Ye Xi.

Although a long time ago, Han Yin completely cut off his feelings for Ye Xi in his heart, thinking that the most appropriate relationship between them was ordinary friends, but when he heard the familiar voice from the microphone, especially that When there was an indescribable sadness in his voice, Han Yin's heart began to beat wildly again, and he became nervous.

"Hey, it's me, did I disturb you so early?" Ye Xi's voice was very soft, sounding weak, "Long time no see, how are you?"

"I'm fine, how about you?" Han Yin said calmly as much as possible.

"I'm not good, I want you to help me." Ye Xi said quietly.

"This..." Han Yin didn't expect Ye Xi to be so direct, and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

"I'm dealing with a serial robbery and murder case. I haven't had a clue for several months. I'm under a lot of pressure..." Ye Xi immediately added, her voice choked up.

"Oh." Han Yin responded vaguely, and then fell into a brief silence.

He knows Ye Xi's personality too well. To be honest, she is more down-to-earth than Gu Feifei, she has a smooth side in dealing with people, and can deal with various relationships with ease; No matter how much pressure you bear, you will not show it easily.She can show such a relaxed attitude towards Han Yin without reservation, which shows that she puts Han Yin in a very close position in her heart.

How could Han Yin not understand this truth, but this was indeed something he hadn't expected before, which made his situation a bit embarrassing and contradictory.In fact, he was never prepared to face Ye Xi and Gu Feifei at the same time. He didn't know how Gu Feifei would feel if he changed his summer vacation plan to help Ye Xi.But having said that, he mainly wanted to solve the case, and he didn't do anything wrong. I believe Gu Feifei can understand his choice!He can only comfort himself in this way, because he knows that he will never choose to stand by when Ye Xi needs help the most!
Han Yin finally agreed to Ye Xi's request, but after hanging up the phone and thinking about it for a while, he picked up the phone and called Gu Feifei again, thinking that he should confess to Gu Feifei frankly, which can be regarded as a respect for her .Sure enough, Gu Feifei behaved very generously, letting Han Yin handle the case with peace of mind, and also said that if she needed any help from her, she would let Ye Xi speak up.In this way, Han Yin will feel more at ease, but it is estimated that the whole summer vacation will be ruined!
Section [-] Graffiti Killer

Airport lobby.Only a few hours later, Han Yin was already at the boundary of the ancient city.

Time seemed to go back to two years ago, and it was still Ye Xi and Kang Xiaobei who came to pick up the plane.Ye Xi, whom I haven't seen for a long time, is still so bright. Although there is tiredness in her eyes that cannot be concealed, she can't hide her charming yet dignified charm; and Kang Xiaobei is still rushing to help Han Yin carry luggage, he is also mature If there are too many, it will give people a tougher feeling, as if he has become Ye Xi's most capable assistant.

After exchanging pleasantries, the three went to the parking lot to pick up the car.Sitting in the car, Han Yin offered not to worry about settling himself down, but to go directly to the scene of the crime to have a look at the crime scene, and to understand the case in detail based on the actual environment, so that he could enter the role more quickly.Of course, Ye Xi and Kang Xiaobei couldn't wait more, five people had already died, and what they needed most was to solve the case as quickly as possible.

The three came to the scene of the first case of this series of robbery and murder.

This is a secluded alley. The surrounding houses are old. Most of them are small brick houses in a row. There are also wooden attics. The wood and tiles have faded. With all kinds of criss-crossing wires, the whole area feels dirty and messy!
"The victim was thrown here, leaning against the wall, with a red graffiti on the wall above his head." Ye Xi and Kang Xiaobei took Han Yin to almost the middle of the whole alley, and Kang Xiaobei Pointing to a fence, he said, "The victim is Jiang Tiejun, 21 years old, unemployed. He disappeared at a friend's place drunk and left alone on the evening of May 5 this year. His body was found at 22:6 the next morning."

"Jiang Tiejun was strangled to death with a rope. There were traces of restraint on his wrists. He was tortured before his death, and his throat was cut after his death. The forensic doctor determined that the time of death was between 5 am and 23 am on May 3; his belongings were looted It was empty, including mobile phones, wallets, necklaces, brand-name lighters, earrings, and rings.” Ye Xi continued, “The caricature of the head portrait on the wall has been proved to be Jiang Tiejun’s blood, which was painted with his clothes. went up."

"Well, it's obviously a dumping of the body. The first crime scene is not here." Han Yin responded softly, looking around while muttering, "There is no camera surveillance here, and most of the street lights lack light bulbs, so there is no light at night." Great, it's a good choice."

"But if he wanted to avoid witnesses, why didn't he just throw the victim to a more secluded place like the suburbs?" Kang Xiaobei asked puzzled.

"I think the murderer seems to want to avoid the crowd on the one hand, but also wants people to see the victim!" Ye Xi followed Kang Xiaobei's question, "Is this a bit contradictory?"

"Not necessarily, this is just our cognition." Han Yin smiled lightly, "Whether there is a contradiction or not needs to be considered from the perspective of the murderer."

"You mean this is actually the effect the murderer wanted?" Ye Xi asked in surprise with his mouth half-opened.

"It's hard to judge now." Han Yin smiled again, and then asked, "Is the victimization of the rest of the people similar to this?"

"It's basically the same, but the victims in the back haven't been abused." Ye Xi said a little verbosely. Some on the ground, some on the trash can, etc., but with different expressions."

"Let's just finish reading here, let's go to the next scene?" Seeing that Han Yin just nodded and didn't say much, Kang Xiaobei waved the car key in his hand and asked in due course.

"No need, I know it." Han Yin said decisively, then turned and walked towards the car, "Show me those graffiti!"

While talking, the three got into the car one after another, Kang Xiaobei started the engine, and the car drove out slowly.Ye Xi took out the tablet from his bag, and while sliding the screen, he introduced the displayed photos one by one: "This is the first graffiti that appeared. The murderer drew a round head and filled in two eyebrows. The downturned eyebrows and the upturned mouth are similar to the "smiley face" expressions we see on the Internet; this is the second graffiti that appeared at the corpse throwing scene, and it is also a "smiley face" headshot , but added a red face on top of this, Mr. Han should be able to see the murderer's intentions, right? He wanted to draw a 'shy' expression; the third graffiti, the eyebrows and mouth on the portrait were drawn by the murderer That's it, we analyzed that he might want to draw a 'sleep' look; the fourth graffiti, still has two eyebrows on the head, but the mouth is drawn as a cross (×), this is not easy to judge, Xiaobei I think the murderer is trying to warn people not to talk nonsense; this is the fifth graffiti that appeared recently, which is just the opposite of the first one, with two curved eyebrows rushing up, and one mouth sinking at the corners, obviously an 'angry' ' expression."

"We really didn't understand the meaning of these graffiti, so we published the first four in local newspapers, hoping that the citizens could provide some reference directions, but there has been no reliable feedback." Kang Xiaobei added.

"This is interesting." Han Yin took the tablet from Ye Xi, looked at the graffiti photos one by one several times, and murmured, "I have to study it carefully."

"Well, it's not early today anyway, so let's take you back to the hotel first." Ye Xi took out two folders from the bag and put them next to Han Yin, "The case information is all here, you can study it at night. If you have any ideas, we can discuss them tomorrow."

"Okay." Han Yin replied simply, still focusing on the tablet.

Not long after, the car drove into the compound of the Municipal Bureau Guest House, the room had already been booked, and the three of them entered the lobby and took the elevator directly to the room.

Kang Xiaobei was very savvy, entered the room, put down Han Yin's luggage and found an excuse to leave first, only Ye Xi and Han Yin were left in the room, the atmosphere was not as natural as before.The two sat dryly, neither of them said a word. Occasionally, their eyes met and then quickly moved away. In the end, Ye Xiqing coughed twice, and generously broke the silence and said, "Do you think there is something wrong with my handling of this case?"

Han Yin looked up and smiled, noncommittal, and asked in a flat tone: "Why didn't you find me earlier?"

"I know you are now Gu Feifei's profiling expert, and you usually have teaching tasks, so you must be very busy, so I don't have the nerve to disturb you." Ye Xi pretended to be relaxed and teased, but her voice was somewhat unnatural, and she paused a little After a while, he muttered again, "Well, actually, the most fundamental reason is that I underestimated the seriousness of the case, and now I'm a bit stuck, so I have to beg you with the cheek."

Han Yin could hear that there seemed to be a hint of jealousy in Ye Xi's words, and an inexplicable feeling surged in his heart, as if he had suddenly returned to the feeling of secret love when the two first met, but in a blink of an eye, there was something in his mind. Another rational voice came out: "Han Yin, you have already thought clearly before, what you really like is Gu Feifei, and in Ye Xi, you put more thoughts on your mother!"

Therefore, at this moment, Han Yin could only resort to his usual smiling strategy to cover up his inner bewilderment.

"Let's go, have a meal together?" Ye Xi didn't notice Han Yin's strange expression.

"Forget it, let's not be polite." Han Yin was stunned for a few seconds before refusing, "I don't feel hungry yet, hurry up and read some case materials, and I'll order food delivery when I'm hungry."

"Okay, I won't bother you anymore, don't look too late, go to bed early!" Ye Xi curled her lips, with a trace of disappointment in her eyes, "Hang up the phone anytime you need it."

Han Yin pretended not to see Ye Xi's expression, and replied vaguely "Yes".

After sending Ye Xi away, Han Yin spread the documents on the table and began to concentrate on studying the case.

The criminal marks of the case are obvious. Of course, the most worthy of study is the graffiti behavior of the murderer. What kind of mentality did he come from when he left the cartoon head portrait with expressions such as laughing, angry, sleeping, shy, and shutting his mouth at the corpse dumping site?This is a very critical question, because it can directly reflect the essential motive of the murderer's crime.

Judging from the fact that the facial expressions depicted in the avatar cartoons are different, maybe the murderer used them to record the mood during the crime or that period of time. It may be a very casual habitual action, with some mischief and cynical attitude, showing The murderer's age is relatively young, which deeply reflects his serious antisocial psychological disorder.But if graffiti is a kind of telling, carrying a more specific meaning, it has nothing to do with age, habits, interests, etc., but a paranoid and delusional psychology; the root of this kind of psychology is mostly related to a certain associated with a specific stimulus for frustration.

When interpreting graffiti from these two levels, as mentioned above, the corresponding criminal motives are fundamentally different. The former is more inclined to rob the murderer as the primary purpose of committing the crime; the latter shows that the murderer intends to kill. Stealing money is just a move to confuse the direction of the police in handling the case.

Then Han Yin carefully reviewed the description of the criminal methods in the forensic report and case records. It can be seen that the murderer would always cut the victim's throat after strangling the victim, which is unnecessary in the eyes of ordinary people. , that is to say, it is not a criminal habit, but a marking behavior, and its meaning should be interpreted from the level of psychological needs. Perhaps the throat-cutting action reflects an unforgettable tragic experience of the murderer.As for the change in the criminal method, it may be related to the mentality of the murderer and the constraints of the crime scene environment - the first crime, the murderer has not yet formed a relatively mature crime model, he controlled the victim, perhaps trying to torture him to obtain a bank card However, in the end, it may be out of safety considerations that the relevant extraction was abandoned, so the subsequent cases simply skipped the attempt on the bank card, and there was no need to carry out the abuse.

As for the situation at the crime scene, except for the first scene where the corpse was thrown, the rest are the first crime scenes, namely: Case No. 6, which happened in the back alley of a high-end Internet cafe, at 4:11 p.m. on June 6. Around 19:8, because the Internet cafe is non-smoking, the victim was killed while smoking in the back alley between online games; Case No. 6 happened in a public toilet on the side of the street, at 28:7 p.m. on June 7 Left and right, the victim’s car was still parked on the side of the street at that time, probably due to a sudden urgency, and then he was killed when he got out of the car to go to the toilet; Case No. [-] happened in an unattended open-air parking lot, which was next to the victim The high-end community where he lived, because the parking spaces in the community were full, some residents including the victim parked their cars outside the community. The specific time of his murder was at [-] am on June [-]; In an old residential community, the time was around two o'clock in the morning on July [-]. The victim was robbed and killed after leaving the residence of a female friend.Generally speaking, the murderer either followed the crime or used an ambush method.

If we only analyze the location, we can see that there is no particularly concentrated area for the murderer to commit the crime, and all directions of the entire urban area are involved. I am afraid that his intention is to choose an area without camera monitoring on the one hand, and on the other hand it may be It is intended to interfere with the police's judgment on the location of his daily activities.However, this is only from the perspective that the victim is a "random target". If it is a "deliberately selected target", then the analysis of the location is another matter.Of course, with such a large-scale crime, and the murderer seems to be very familiar with the terrain, it can be inferred that he is a local resident and owns a car...

Next, Han Yin will focus on the victim:

The victims are all locals, ranging in age from 19 to 28 years old, and their family conditions are quite good, some of them are rich second generation; they don't have to work, and spend their parents' money wearing famous brands, going to nightclubs, and dating girls all day long. A few have a history of drug abuse. Anyway, they like to spend time and drink, cause trouble, and seek all kinds of excitement. They are all typical prodigal sons.

These few people also have a common characteristic - they are all standard party (party) masters.They are keen on all kinds of social gatherings, and they are familiar with each other. They basically know each other at some gatherings, and they will call each other when there are receptions and dances.However, there are quite a lot of players in this group, not limited to just five of them, and they don’t always play together, they each have other circles, especially it is said that they played separately for a long time before the murder, the connection is not It is very close, so whether this relationship between their acquaintances can be the main factor in their being robbed and killed is not yet judged.It would make sense if the murderer only focused on their economic affluence. However, what cannot be avoided is that there is always a strong sense of resentment or hatred throughout the case, otherwise the murderer would not be so resolute. killer.

Therefore, Han Yin agrees with Ye Xi's intuition at the scene of the corpse throwing. The murderer seems to be consciously wanting to show the victim's tragedy to the outside world. This has some meaning of "execution". It seems that he wants the world to see him The act of "execution".As a result, Han Yin actually tended to think that the murderer was a paranoid paranoid, but unlike the notorious "mining serial killer", he may be a mission-based killer rather than a power-seeking killer. In other words, the murderer's main motive for committing the crime was not seeking money but "killing"!
As mentioned above, the murderer in this case transformed from an ordinary person into a serial killer, to a large extent, he was hit by a specific stimulating and frustrating event, and this stimulating incentive is likely to have a direct relationship with the graffiti. The implication is the top priority of the entire case detection work.

As for the direction of the next investigation, in addition to maintaining the original work of investigating criminals in the area and maintaining communication with the police in neighboring cities to prevent the possibility of criminals committing crimes, Han Yin believes that we should also pay attention to the so-called expert or the victim himself. The player's group of rich children, maybe the murderer came from those people.

The clues of the third quarter are highlighted
Ye Xi attached great importance to the range of suspects redefined by Han Yin, and sent several groups of plainclothes to nightclubs, Internet cafes and other places where players from rich families frequented, and soon they found a suspicious candidate.

His name is Liu Dajiang, he is 23 years old, he likes to gamble, nicknamed "Yaoji", he was originally a son of a wealthy family, his parents are executives of state-owned enterprises, he was famous in the player circle for his extravagant spending, so many players are willing to invite him to join .Later, his parents were imprisoned for corruption and bribery, which led to the decline of his family and his fame in the circle.If a luxury car is replaced by a domestic economy car, there is no capital to squander at will. Although he is still a frequent visitor to parties, he is no longer popular.

According to some of this group of players: During the Spring Festival this year, more than a dozen of them gathered together in a nearby star hotel to open a suite to play cards after being high (crazy) in a nightclub, including Liu Dajiang and the case. five of the victims.They played for two days and two nights, playing mahjong, poker and other gambling games in turn. In the end, Liu Dajiang lost everything, including his mobile phone and ring.Later, he wanted to ask the people present to borrow some gambling money, but no one answered him. In a fit of frustration, he smashed the hotel room, and the game ended badly. From that time on, Liu Dajiang was rarely among them show up.

From the clue of gathering people to gamble, it can be said that a more specific connection between the five victims has been found, and if this connection is the cause of their murders, then the biggest suspect is of course Liu Dajiang.

For Liu Dajiang, the imprisonment of his parents is tantamount to letting him fall from heaven to hell, not only economically, but also mentally.A dude like him was pampered by his parents and respected by others since he was a child, and he was rarely disobeyed. He easily developed a self-centered personality, so if he could not accept the reality in his heart, he would gradually put his own Dissatisfaction and failure are attributed to the betrayal of the society, parents and friends, forming an anti-social psychological barrier and producing a deformed revenge mentality; and he grew up locally, familiar with the terrain, has a private car, and at the same time knows several victims, won't raise alarm...

Liu Dajiang has motives and conditions for committing crimes, which is worthy of in-depth investigation, but in fact, he does not fully fit the scope of Han Yin's criminal profile, especially the psychological motivation of the murderer's serial crimes that is profiled in the profile is very different.He is more like a complex, robbing money and killing people are on the same level for him.However, as far as the criminal profile itself is concerned, there may be deviations, not to mention that it is only a preliminary conclusion now.

Then Ye Xi and Han Yin found Liu Dajiang's home, but his brother and sister-in-law said that he hadn't seen him for more than half a year, and said that when his parents were safe, he didn't often stay at home, and he had nothing else to do when he came back. , just want money.This time his parents couldn't control him, so he became even more unscrupulous, and he simply didn't even return home.

Asked about Liu Dajiang’s daily whereabouts outside, his brother and sister-in-law said they were not very clear, while the “inner circle” said that he had no fixed place to go, sometimes he would have a room in a hotel, sometimes he would stay in an Internet cafe, or Sometimes I live in the house of some girls I associate with.As for girlfriends, he often changes them, especially when life is good. There are many miscellaneous girls around him. Of course, these people are just rabble. They had a long love for him, and those people suggested Ye Xi and Han Yin to find the girl and ask about Liu Dajiang's whereabouts.

After pointing them out, Han Yin and Ye Xi found the bar where the girl worked, but the girl only went to work at night. girl's home.This time it went surprisingly smoothly, the girl's home was not difficult to find, and Liu Dajiang was blocked.

When Liu Dajiang heard that the two were policemen, he didn't feel particularly nervous, but he was a little stunned, and said with some self-deprecation: "Now I'm left with the ability to eat soft food. You are both the captain of the criminal police and an expert consultant. It really makes me feel uncomfortable." Some are flattered!"

"Still talkative at this time!" The girlfriend at the side gave him a blank look, turned her head and hurriedly explained, "I testify, he really didn't do anything during this time, just stayed at home honestly."

"You're singing at the night show. You must be late after get off work, right? How do you know what he did when you were not around?" Ye Xi sneered.

"Okay, I admit that I don't change my nature. I usually gamble on football or something, but I don't gamble too much. You two won't come to me for this matter, will you?" Seeing his girlfriend being asked, Liu Dajiang He continued stubbornly, "Don't go around in circles, just speak up if you have anything to say."

Seeing this, Ye Xi and Han Yin glanced at each other, then took out five photos from the bag - the photos of the victim's on-site storage after the murder, put them on the coffee table in front of Liu Dajiang in turn, and said: "Do you know these people?"

"Ah——" Liu Dajiang leaned over, glanced at him, then widened his eyes and opened his mouth in shock, "They were killed?"

"Well, haven't you heard of several robbery and murder cases recently?" Han Yin raised his eyebrows, his eyes fixed on Liu Dajiang's face.

"I know, but I know. The newspapers are reporting every day, but I didn't expect them to be robbed." Liu Dajiang frowned, still emotionally out of shock.

"Five people were killed one after another. It should be a sensation in your circle. How come you haven't heard any news?" Han Yin asked suspiciously.

"Actually, we can only get together when we are playing. We don't have many contacts in normal times, and we don't have a deep friendship. What's more, you should know about my current situation. Basically, I have left that circle." Liu Dajiang was stunned. Confused, as if remembering something, he pointed to the photo of the victim in the fifth case and said hesitantly, "No, on the night of the 6th, I saw him in front of the bar where my girlfriend worked! "

"He was killed in the middle of the night that day, to be precise, in the early morning of the 7th." Ye Xi nodded and asked with a serious expression, "What were you doing at that time?"

"You don't suspect me, do you?" Liu Dajiang finally came to his senses, jumped up, and said anxiously, "What a joke, why do you think of me? Do you think I haven't been miserable enough?"

"Why are you in a hurry? Sit down honestly, we're just making a routine inquiry!" Ye Xi raised her voice and scolded severely.

"Don't mind, officer. He just has such a bad temper. Let me tell you." The girlfriend tugged at the corner of Liu Dajiang's clothes, pointed at the photo of victim No. 6, and smoothed things over, "The [-]th is my birthday. , Da Jiang specially went to the bar to pick me up from work, ready to go out to celebrate together, and then we saw him walking on the side of the street with a girl in his arms, both of them looked slightly drunk, and then a taxi stopped beside them, The two got into the car and left."

"What kind of taxi? What's the license plate? Have you seen the driver's appearance?" Han Yin showed interest in the taxi, and then continued to ask.

"It's the ordinary taxi we drive in the market. I didn't pay much attention to the rest!" Liu Dajiang and his girlfriend looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Thank you for your cooperation. If you think of anything again, please contact us in time." Han Yin said politely, then reached out to ask Ye Xi for a business card and handed it to Liu Dajiang.

Liu Dajiang generously admitted that he met the victim the night before he was killed, but there was no further contact with him afterwards. Although his girlfriend testified, he felt that there should be no problem with the oral supply, especially when he described the victim and a The fact that the girls are together also fits the development of the case—this girl is the new girlfriend of victim No. [-], and the two stayed together in the girl’s rental house for a while on the night of the murder. would be back, so the victim left just before [-]am and was killed shortly thereafter!

But Ye Xi and the others ignored the information before the two returned to the rental house, that is, the link that Liu Dajiang pointed out that they had taken a taxi, or even if Ye Xi and the others noticed, there might not be Han Yin. generally care.In Han Yin's view: locals, who are familiar with the terrain, have cars, and may take stalking to commit crimes, are in line with the suspicion of taxi drivers, especially those taxi drivers who have been operating near nightclubs for a long time. The wealthy and the circle will also have a certain understanding, so it is very possible to stare at them.

Let’s restore the incident of Case No. [-]: the victim and his girlfriend came out of the bar, took a taxi and returned to his girlfriend’s residence, during which the girlfriend told the victim to leave before the roommate came back, and the girlfriend’s words were heard by the taxi driver. He kept it in mind, and he felt malicious, so he ambush outside the victim's girlfriend's residence, and waited for the opportunity to commit the crime after the victim came out of the girlfriend's residence.

Han Yin's deduction was approved by the victim's girlfriend. She did say what she said in the taxi, but because she was a little drunk at the time and because the taxi seat was equipped with protective bars, she had no impression of the driver and could only It must be a man.

Section [-] Dark night investigation
As new clues emerged, the task force led by Ye Xi also quickly adjusted its deployment, focusing on a comprehensive investigation of taxis operating near major nightclubs and other entertainment venues in the city at night, focusing on looking for significant economic changes in the recent period, or due to certain factors. A taxi driver whose life has been severely hit by a specific event, such as the recent loss of a huge amount of money, the dissolution of a marriage, and accidents in family members.

The night investigation lasted until the third day, and finally ushered in major progress. When a taxi driver was being questioned routinely, his expression on his face was extremely flustered, which attracted the attention of the investigation police.Officers then conducted a brief search of his car and found a small travel bag in the trunk of the car, which was opened to reveal a dagger and a noose with a slipknot apparently used as a noose use.The driver was speechless on the spot, trembling all over, too frightened to speak.

The driver was quickly taken to the team and his identity was confirmed. His name is Xia Mingde, he is 45 years old, and his hometown is local.At the same time, the technical department tested the dagger and the noose, and found bloodstains belonging to several victims on the seemingly smooth blade and handle. The specifications and patterns of the noose matched the strangle marks on the victim's neck. It can be confirmed that the dagger and the noose are the murder weapons of the serial crimes. The key is that Xia Mingde's fingerprints are left on the two murder weapons.The task force then searched his residence, but found no further physical evidence, and no information related to the case was displayed on his mobile phone.

Now, Dongfang has already turned white, and it has been seven or eight hours since Xia Mingde was arrested. Sitting in the interrogation room, he kept repeating a statement in a low voice: "The travel bag is not mine, it is a passenger from the day before. The one left in the car, I did play with the dagger and the rope, but it was just out of curiosity, and I didn’t expect them to be the tools of the crime. As for the owner of the travel bag, because there are too many passengers coming and going, I’m sorry He wasn't impressed."

"Don't you think that this set of arguments might not even convince you?" When Xia Mingde told the story of the travel bag again almost mechanically, Ye Xi finally couldn't help becoming irritable, and slapped the interrogation table hard, threateningly said, "Your attitude will not do you any good, and don't take chances. Based on the evidence we have so far, even a zero confession will not hinder your conviction!"

"Alas—" Xia Mingde sighed helplessly, followed by a long silence, and finally looked around subconsciously, and said, "There is no window here, it should be dawn outside now, right?"

Ye Xi raised his wrist and looked at his watch, nodded his head slightly, and said sarcastically, "Why, is there anything more important than this today?"

"Let me tell you the address, please write it down..." Xia Mingde pursed his lips and smiled, waiting patiently for Ye Xi to write down the address before he said calmly, "This is the address of my sister's house, please tell her my current situation , ask her to help hire a lawyer, the best one here, so she doesn’t have to worry about the cost, I’m willing to pay no matter how expensive it is.”

"You...well, this is your due right, and we will meet your request." Ye Xi was actually furious, but calmed down in an instant. This is also her mature side, especially the essence of the initiative. It is in the hands of the police. She believed that it would be a matter of time before Xia Mingde was taken down, so she changed the subject and said, "But I don't think this is your best choice. You should cooperate with us to take the initiative to explain the case, so as to minimize the damages." Your crime!"

"There is no good or bad choice, let alone mitigating the crime, because I am not the one who committed the crime." Xia Mingde responded sharply to Maimang, with extremely firm eyes, "I want to see a lawyer. Innocent people should not be punished." Lock it up here!"

At this time, Han Yin was watching the interrogation in the observation room next door as before, and Xia Mingde's performance could be said to be both expected and unexpected.He has seen a lot of serial killers like this, unless they are caught on the spot when committing crimes, or the investigators know enough about them to analyze the ins and outs of their crimes and their psychological motives, otherwise it is difficult to make them bow their heads happily plead guilty.But what made Han Yin whisper in his heart was that all of Xia Mingde's body and micro-expression language showed quite calmness, and there was no trace of fabrication when he narrated the story of the travel bag.Of course, for serial killers, their mentality itself is deformed, and they will firmly believe that whether it is killing people or dealing with the police is reasonable, so they often do not respond to normal people when they are nervous or lying. Lie Yi can't do anything to them.For example, Edward Campa, although he strangled the female student sitting in the passenger seat to death just one minute ago, he was still able to escape the police's interrogation calmly; Two bodies were lying in his truck outside at the time.But for Xia Mingde, Han Yin had a faint feeling in his heart. It seemed that there was a strong belief supporting him, or constantly hypnotizing him, making him have a determination to be innocent and to be free!
The murder weapon was found in the criminal suspect Xia Mingde's car, and his fingerprints were also extracted from it. It should be said that the evidence is solid. If he can be guided to confess his crime, and then clarify the motive of the crime, and then confirm the confession by identifying the scene, it will basically be possible. Sent for inspection.However, the current problem is that Xia Mingde refuses to admit the crime, and even seems to have great determination to fight the police to the death, so the task force needs to find out the motive of the crime.

Han Yin took Kang Xiaobei to investigate Xia Mingde's background information. They first visited his sister and learned from her that Xia Mingde's only daughter died in a car accident last summer.Han Yin keenly felt that this would be a direction worth pursuing, so through a few days of visits to various parties, he restored some life experiences of Xia Mingde and Xia Xue's father and daughter:
Xia Mingde lives alone now. His wife passed away due to dystocia early in his life, leaving behind a daughter named Xia Xue.In order not to let his daughter be wronged, Xia Mingde never had a marriage history and raised Xia Xue alone.

Xia Mingde has a technical secondary school education. He was once assigned to work as a salesperson in a state-owned shopping mall. Later, because he had to raise a daughter, he felt that he was earning too little money at the workplace, so he voluntarily resigned, borrowed money to buy a taxi and became the owner of the car.After that, he left early and returned late, worked hard to make money by driving, and was relatively well off financially.Especially in recent years, he has paid off all his debts and bought a new taxi.In addition, the Xia family has a girl who has just grown up, and the daughter Xia Xue is very slim, well-behaved and sensible, and her academic performance is outstanding, which makes him very gratified. Generally speaking, the life of the father and daughter is quite smooth.But such a happy life took a subversive turn last summer.Just one night in mid-August last year, Xia Xue was hit and killed by a luxury sports car on the street near her residence. She was only 8 years old at the time, and she had just received admission from a key university in Beijing not long ago. The notice is really regrettable.

He lost his wife in his early years, and he worked hard alone to raise his eldest daughter. During the period, he also went through ups and downs. Seeing that his life has improved and his daughter is up to the challenge again, it can be said that he has a bright future. However, he suddenly disappeared, and no one can accept it. Therefore, Xia Mingde's mentality is getting worse. Extremes are not hard to imagine.And the subsequent punishment of the perpetrator by the court made Han Yin think that Xia Mingde's psychology is very likely to undergo serious fission.

The driver who caused the accident was Xue Liang, a young rich second generation. He drank a lot of alcohol at the time of the accident, which was considered a serious drunk driving cause of death. However, he did not flee the scene after the accident, but immediately called the police and emergency calls, and actively participated in the accident. He pleaded guilty very sincerely to the rescue of the injured, and his family members also offered to pay a huge amount of compensation.In view of the above performance, the court finally sentenced him to a light sentence of "two years in prison and two years of probation".From an objective point of view, the court's verdict is quite satisfactory, but it is conceivable that with Xia Mingde's mood at that time, how could he be satisfied with the court's verdict, so he appealed, but the result of the second trial was to uphold the original verdict.According to some witnesses who participated in the trial at the time, after the court of second instance announced the result, Xia Mingde made some irrational actions. "Life for life", even chased out of the court, relentlessly throwing out all kinds of cruel words...

Young, with superior family conditions, drinking and having fun, comparing the five victims in the case, it is not difficult to find that they have almost the same identity background.For Xia Mingde, because he has been unable to get out of the shadow of his daughter's tragic accident, and his heart is always entangled in the injustice of the court's judgment, his thoughts gradually become extreme and delusional, until he takes revenge on those rich children who are similar to the perpetrators. The thought, and finally put into action, this is logically established.In addition, the verdict of the second trial was announced at the end of March, and the first robbery and murder case occurred less than two months later. The timing seems to be right.As for why he didn't hurt the perpetrator himself, I'm afraid that on the one hand, it's out of self-protection, because once the perpetrator is killed, the police will inevitably contact him; on the other hand, this is also in line with the fact that serial killers are always good at empathy The consistent pattern of committing crimes, or in Xia Mingde's serial killing plan, may have envisaged that the perpetrators should be killed at the end.

In Han Yin's view, this kind of motive analysis is appropriate, infinitely close to the truth, and also very consistent with what he pointed out in his previous crime profile-the murderer was full of resentment and grief, and the victim was tortured. Executed!And from Xia Xue's death experience, it seems that the implication of the "cut throat" mark can also be interpreted, because she was killed when the perpetrator was seriously drunk and driving, so her father Xia Mingde wanted to punish the perpetrator for drinking , then slit the victim's throat!

In order to further confirm Xia Mingde's criminal suspicion, Han Yin and Kang Xiaobei also specially interviewed Xue Liang, the driver who caused the accident, but unexpectedly, he was depressed and in a very bad mental state.When his mother opened the door of his bedroom with Han Yin and Kang Xiaobei, he was sleeping soundly, and the room was full of smoke and alcohol.

"Let him sleep for a while, last night he was tossing and tossing for a long time, even if he is awake, you can't ask anything!" Xue Liang's mother, who looked like a lady, looked very gentle, and said softly with a wry smile, and then He waved to Han Yin and Kang Xiaobei, and beckoned them to sit down on the big sofa in the middle of the living room, and then his eyes became hot and tears came down, "My son is too playful, but he has a good nature, kind-hearted, and kind-hearted. Also simple. After killing someone, he has been immersed in self-blame and guilt, unable to extricate himself, and because he is very timid, he may have been frightened by the various curses and threats made by the girl's father inside and outside the court at that time. Worried that he will be retaliated, not only rarely go out, but also drunk all day long. Don’t let him drink, it’s like crazy, people become very nervous, stay up all night, check the doors and windows repeatedly Lock it well, and often in the middle of the night, the whole family will run around upstairs and downstairs, talking nonsense, making our house jump around, and everyone, young and old, will have no peace."

Xue Liang's mother probably felt aggrieved for a long time, but she was finally able to confide in her today, so she didn't intend to stop when she opened her mouth.Han Yin and Kang Xiaobei could only look at each other, pretending to listen carefully.After a long while, Kang Xiaobei finally couldn't help interrupting her, and said, "Um... Auntie, we are very short on time. I came here today to ask you and the girl's father after the court of second instance pronounced the sentence. It's Xia Mingde, have you contacted him before?"

"Oh, ouch, I'm sorry, I was so focused on talking to myself that I forgot to tell you what to drink." Xue Liang's mother was awakened by Kang Xiaobei's words, and hurriedly got up to make tea.

"Don't be too busy, we'll leave after a few words." Han Yin stretched out his hand to stop her.

Xue Liang's mother sat down slowly, and said: "At first, the child's father and I were also worried, and wanted to send the child abroad, but the court said that the probation period did not allow leaving the country, so we had to give up. But the girl My father did not pester us as expected, let alone extreme revenge."

"Not once?" Kang Xiaobei asked in a confirming tone, "Has he never appeared near your house?"

"No!" Xue Liang's mother shook her head without hesitation and said, "Sometimes when we take our children out, we will also consciously observe the surroundings and find no signs of being followed. I don't know if he saw us calling into his account. Compensation changed minds, and that's a lot of money."

"It's possible." Han Yin smiled, followed by a kind reminder, "Have you thought about taking your child to see a psychiatrist?"

"His father said the same thing, but the child would not go to death, and said that if we forced him again, he would jump off the building!" Xue Liang's mother sighed deeply, and said with a sour face, "Oh, I really went to prison, There is still a day, but now this child does not know when he will be able to break free from his prison and return to normal. I am really worried."

"Auntie, please tell him not to worry..." Kang Xiaobei hesitated for a moment, glanced at Han Yin, and then said, "Tell him that Xia Mingde has been arrested by us, and it should never be possible to trouble him again Already!"

"Really?" Xue Liang's mother said, both happy and worried, "What happened to the girl's father? Why did he arrest him? This family is really miserable!"

"We have discipline, so we can't talk about it." Kang Xiaobei said, "Anyway, let your son relax!"

"Okay, thank you so much for coming to tell me the news." Xue Liang's mother said gratefully.

Coming out of Xue Liang's villa, Han Yin and Kang Xiaobei walked towards the parking lot. Kang Xiaobei couldn't help but said: "Xia Mingde was so excited in court at the time, but he didn't actually make things difficult for Xue Liang. It doesn't make sense. Yes. Bar?"

"From the point of view of emotional change, it's a bit abrupt." Han Yin agreed with Kang Xiaobei's statement.

"Maybe it's just like what you analyzed earlier, Xia Mingde won't let Xue Liang go easily at all, he disappeared from Xue Liang's life, he is actually planning a bigger revenge and murder plan, just put Xue Liang at the end of the killing! "Kang Xiaobei concluded, and then looked guilty again, "Mr. Han, did I talk too much just now? I just think that Xue Liang's mother is not as snobbish as other rich people. She feels that she is very educated and reasonable. It’s not easy, so I couldn’t hold back and…”

"It's okay, I can understand, you're doing it for their own good." Han Yin pursed his lips and smiled, reassuringly.

Although Han Yin said that it didn't matter, he felt that something was wrong in his heart. After all, the case was still under investigation and the result was unknown, so it might not be possible to "crucify" Xia Mingde firmly.In fact, just as Han Yin was worried, the case was not as easy to close as imagined, and soon, a situation that everyone did not want to see appeared!

Section Five

In the past few days, Han Yin and Kang Xiaobei have been running around, busy confirming Xia Mingde's criminal motives, while Ye Xi stayed behind, continued to deal with Xia Mingde, and at the same time was responsible for the reception of his attorney.

Because the implementation of the new criminal law has improved the rights of citizens, lawyers can carry out agency work in the initial investigation stage of a case, and they meet with criminal suspects alone without any recording or monitoring, and the conversations between them are strictly confidential. The police have no right to interrogate the suspect; and when the police interrogate the suspect, if the suspect makes a request, the lawyer will appear and accompany him to ensure that his rights are not violated. In the trap.As a result, every time Xia Mingde was interrogated after the attorney's participation, he did not respond to all of Ye Xi's questions, but his attorney repeatedly stated: "The travel bag containing the murder weapon does not belong to Xia Mingde, but to someone else. Passengers left in the car."

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but Xia Mingde made a lot of fuss about hiring a lawyer, and it can even be said that he performed a ridiculous farce.Since he asked to hire a lawyer, in less than a week, five lawyers have been replaced. was also insulted by him.Generally speaking, he has always emphasized that these lawyers are not capable enough, and he needs a lawyer who promises to clear up his grievances. The problem is that the "Lawyers Law" and the lawyer's practice regulations clearly prohibit lawyers from making any promises to their clients.And what's ridiculous is that, in exchange and exchange, in the end Xia Mingde decided to hire back the first lawyer he came into contact with. The reason he gave was: after comparison, he felt that the lawyer had the strongest ability and deserved it. He went to entrust.But after such a back and forth, Ye Xi began to suspect that the lawyer might have directed this farce.

This series of robbery and murder cases should be said to be extremely sensational and can attract enough attention.In fact, many lawyers were willing to act as Xia Mingde's attorney, and some even approached his sister and offered to represent him for free. With the farce of changing lawyers, the case has completely attracted the attention of the entire legal community in Gudu City.As a result, the action of the special case team is like walking on thin ice, and if there is a slight mistake, it will inevitably be criticized by the legal profession and public opinion. This is probably the real purpose hidden behind the farce.However, this also reminded Ye Xi that there must not be even the slightest flaw in the case handling procedures, lest the lawyer take advantage of the loopholes and affect the final court trial.

In view of the above situation, Ye Xi, Han Yin and Kang Xiaobei met urgently, and they all believed that the current evidence should be consolidated to deal with the changing situation.

"Will people take it for granted simply by looking at the cause and effect of the case through Xia Xue's car accident?" Kang Xiaobei said worriedly.

"It's really not convincing. After all, the direct perpetrator of the car accident is still safe." Ye Xi nodded helplessly and said, "Even if we point out from the perspective of criminal profiling that Xia Mingde might want to save him until the end to kill him, we still have to It's just speculation, and no one can say what didn't happen!"

"As for the murder weapon, Xia Mingde's reasons seem far-fetched at first, but when you think about it carefully, from the perspective of his profession, it is also reasonable." Kang Xiaobei continued.

"It makes sense, at least what Xia Mingde said is possible, especially since we didn't find the stolen goods at his house." Ye Xi nodded in agreement, "It seems that the evidence of this case still needs to be improved."

"Then start with the physical evidence." Han Yin, who has not said a word, suggested, "Extensively trace the sources of travel bags, daggers, and ropes. If the seller can be found, see if Xia Mingde can be identified; at the same time, ask his relatives and friends. Have you ever seen him use that travel bag?"

"The direction is right..." Kang Xiaobei hesitated for a moment, and said falteringly, "But what if we can't find out? Could it be that we really caught the wrong person?"

yes!Han Yin and Ye Xi never seemed to consider this!The two looked at each other, their brows tightened at the same time...

On July 7, at 31:02 in the morning, Xia Mingde was still detained in the detention center, and the robbery and murder case reappeared.

If it was a case of the same series, this would be the sixth case. The victim was a young man who died half an hour ago in a private room of a disco.

Number four was marked on the door of the private room, and it was a mess inside, with wine bottles, cigarette butts, fruit plates, etc. thrown all over the room.The victim was lying on his back on a large sofa with blood on his neck.On the wall next to the back of the sofa, there was a red manga portrait painted on the wall. His eyebrows were drawn into a figure of eight, his mouth was drawn into an "O" shape, and a few small dots were drawn on the corners of the mouth on both sides. It seemed that the murderer was either trying to draw a " The emoji of "crying and weeping", or trying to draw "vomiting" or "drooling".

Han Yin looked around in the private room, and finally fixed his eyes on the bloody graffiti, and suddenly felt a little worry in his heart: it didn't seem to be an imitation of the crime, the strokes were simple and clear, and the expression of the cartoon avatar changed, which was logically consistent with the previous one. Cases are similar.If it is an imitation, I am afraid that the expression of the graffiti will be the same as a graffiti that appeared before.

Sure enough, the forensic doctor said that as in the previous case, the victim was first strangled to death with a rope, and then his throat was cut. The graffiti dye was human blood.The on-site investigators also said that the victim's property was looted and he had no documents that could prove his identity...

Not long after Han Yin chatted with the forensic doctor, Kang Xiaobei walked into the private room from the outside, pointed to the victim and said, "The waiter who reported the case said that they were a group of people drinking here last night, but when the waiter came in, only He fell here alone. I guess this person was drunk and left alone, giving the murderer an opportunity. In addition, there are video surveillance at the entrance and exit and the dance floor hall. I just glanced at it. Well, I can’t see people clearly. As for whether the murderer can be captured at the entrance or exit, I’m not optimistic. There is also a back door here, which is not monitored, and guests can come in and out freely. If I were the murderer, I would definitely go through the back door. I will copy these videos I bought a copy, take it home and take a closer look!"

"Have you seen anyone suspicious?" Han Yin asked.

"I asked a few waiters, and they all said that there were too many guests last night, so I didn't pay much attention." Kang Xiaobei said.

"Where are the guests?" Han Yin asked.

"Everyone who should go is gone, and those who stay here are all drunk and unconscious, there's no point." Kang Xiaobei shook his head lightly and said.

"I asked the bar manager, and he said that the victim was a regular customer. A group of people often come to play. They all seem to be quite rich, but their identities are not clear." Ye Xi also walked into the private room and followed behind Kang Xiaobei. Said, "The manager said he knew one of them. He has hung up on that person and will be here soon."

"No matter who he is, at least judging from the information we have so far, he is quite similar to the previous victim type." Kang Xiaobei said with a dejected face, "I can't guarantee it, I really caught the wrong person!"

"We're in trouble!" Han Yin smiled unnaturally.

"That's right, some details of this case did get out due to the media rushing to report it, but it's impossible for outsiders to know it in such detail, and it's hard to imitate it so similarly." Ye Xi also smiled wryly, and then changed the topic, "Unless it is We insiders did it, or Xia Mingde has an accomplice?"

"If we believe that Xia Mingde is suspected of committing the crime, we can only consider it from these two directions!" Han Yin sighed helplessly.

After closing the team, more specific information will be fed back one after another.

The blood of the graffiti did come from the victim, and it was also dipped in the victim's clothes. The blackmail was also made of rope, and the pattern of the strangle marks was strikingly similar to the previous case. It can be confirmed that the rope cover seized in Xia Mingde's car Same size and category.The victim is from a wealthy family, 20 years old, unemployed, and often hangs out in various nightclubs. The paradox is that he is an acquaintance with the previous victim, but they haven't been together for a long time.The camera surveillance seems to have captured the murderer: at around 01:30 in the morning, the door of private room No. Due to the light and light, it is impossible to see the face of the murderer clearly. It can only be judged from the figure that it is a man, about 5 meters tall.

The travel bags and daggers seized earlier appeared to be street goods. The ropes used to make the nooses were found to be produced by local manufacturers, but the sales range was very wide, and it was difficult to identify specific retailers.The progress of the physical evidence investigation is not going well, and a very similar case suddenly appeared. It has to be said that it is quite beneficial to Xia Mingde. His lawyer also responded and has already requested the police to release his client. Therefore, even if Han Yin and Ye Xi Not reconciled, I want to try to investigate whether he has any accomplices, and there will not be too much time left for them.

In addition, as analyzed at the scene of the crime, there is another direction of investigation, that is, imitation crimes from within the police station.However, this kind of investigation may be difficult to carry out on a large scale. It not only affects morale, but also easily arouses criticism from the outside world, and the entry point of the investigation is also a problem.Like the case he handled two years ago, Han Yin provided Ye Xi with a way of thinking: If an insider commits the crime, the motive is nothing more than a little bit. With the advantage of knowing the inside story of the case, he takes the opportunity to take revenge on the person he hates, so as to make the crime clear. Transferring it to the so-called "true murderer" indirectly helped Xia Mingde, but it also greatly misled the investigation of the case.Of course, he doesn't care about these.

In this way, if someone in the police station has some kind of connection with victim No. [-] and the social interactions around him, then it is very likely that this person is imitating the crime.

Section [-] Exile and kill field

Due to the reasons mentioned above, the internal investigation of the police station should not be carried out with great fanfare, and the attitude should be relatively gentle, but what is annoying is that every unit has a small group of meddlesome people who like to stir up trouble and spread rumors.As soon as the internal review was approved by the bureau, rumors spread that the essence of the review was that Ye Xi wanted to use the case to exclude dissidents.Therefore, Ye Xi discussed with Han Yin and decided to start from his own side, first review the inside of the task force, and then gradually expand the scope of the department.This can be regarded as an example, which means that this review is non-discriminatory, there is no special target, and everything is based on the perspective of handling the case.

But even so, Ye Xi could still feel some resistance.In fact, if you think about it in your own shoes, you are all policemen, and no one would feel comfortable if you were suspected of being a criminal. Fortunately, the review did not last long, and it was stopped abruptly because of an anonymous email.

This morning, a bulging express mail was transferred from the messenger room of the bureau. The recipient on the cover only said in general, "Received by the person in charge of the criminal police detachment of the Gudu City Public Security Bureau." very clear.Ye Xi originally wanted the technical department to detect if there were any dangerous goods, but when he turned around to make a phone call, Kang Xiaobei had already tore open the seal of the mail. Inside was a package folded from newspaper. What are some wallets.

"What are you doing by mail, one, two, three...a total of six, there is nothing in it, but it looks like a high-end product!" Kang Xiaobei fiddled with the wallets one by one, muttering in his mouth.

"Put it down! Are you heartless?" Ye Xi hurriedly put down the phone in her hand, shouted at Kang Xiaobei, then took out a large evidence bag from the drawer, and threw it to Kang Xiaobei, "How many victims do we have now?" You don’t know? All the victims’ wallets have been robbed and you don’t know? Hurry up and pack up the money, and the newspaper, and send them to the technical department for fingerprinting!”

"Oh, these are the wallets of the six victims!" Ye Xi yelled at Kang Xiaobei, who woke up like a dream, pulled the wallets and newspapers into the evidence bag with his arms, carried them and ran out .

Ye Xi glared hard at his back, went to the table and picked up the mail package, took out her mobile phone and called the number left by the sender, as expected, the receiver indicated that the other party had turned off the phone, presumably the mobile phone number was a temporary card , the sender information should also be false.She called the courier company again, and contacted the receiver through the mail number. The other party said that she had never seen the mailer, and the mailer had designated a place on the phone for him to pick up the package...

The identification results came out soon. No fingerprints were collected on the wallet or the newspaper. It seemed that the murderer was very cautious. He might be worried that his fingerprints would be left on it, so he wiped every part of the wallet carefully.The newspaper wrapped in the wallet is the city's daily newspaper published yesterday, and it is sold everywhere on the street, so it has no trace value.The wallets were not all empty. One of them contained a 10cm square note. There was no writing on the note, only a caricature of a head portrait of "hands covering mouth and snickering" drawn with red dye.The dye is human blood, and after DNA test comparison, it belongs to the blood of victim No. [-].Since no fingerprints were collected, it was impossible to rigorously confirm the ownership of the wallet, so the family members could only be notified to identify it. It turned out that there was no surprise that the wallet belonged to their child.The mailer is undoubtedly the murderer of the whole series of cases.

As for the profile picture, it was obviously a mocking expression. Could it be that he was mocking the police for arresting the wrong person?There is no doubt about this, and this is what the murderer wanted to express when he mailed the wallet to Ye Xi.This is a kind of provocation and an act of self-expression, which is in line with the psychological demand model of serial killers' desire to upgrade.In other words, he is no longer satisfied with controlling, manipulating, and manipulating the original target group, and instead hopes to obtain more exciting satisfaction through controlling, manipulating, and manipulating the police.However, this act revealed that the graffiti left by the murderer at the crime scene was not as complicated as Han Yin imagined, but expressed his mood very intuitively.This point is also reflected in Han Yin's previous analysis, but after comprehensive judgment, Han Yin tends to go in the opposite and complicated direction. Now it seems that it is a misjudgment. The real mission-oriented killer doesn't care about external reactions, so The murderer is actually a serial robbery murderer with antisocial personality disorder.

"Then do we have to adjust the direction of the investigation?" Ye Xi asked after hearing Han Yin's repositioning of the murderer.

"Actually, it should be, but to be honest, I still can't let go of Xia Mingde's line." Han Yin explained with an unusually sincere attitude, "It's not that I insist on going my own way, it's because he fits my previous profile too much, so I still want to Stick to another possibility: the murderer who is making trouble outside now may be Xia Mingde's accomplice."

"I agree with Teacher Han's idea." Kang Xiaobei echoed, "Since the murderer can send the wallets of six victims, the possibility of copying the crime is ruled out, and there is no need to continue the internal review. Let's concentrate on finding Looking for his accomplice?"

"Of course we won't investigate. The bureau can finally breathe a little easier." Ye Xi said with some self-deprecation, "But I'm afraid Xia Mingde and his lawyer are more happy."

"That's for sure. Xia Mingde's explanation for the murder weapon should be tenable. Since we can't find his accomplice in a while, it seems that we have to let him go!" Kang Xiaobei thought in his heart. Unwilling to say.

"Actually, I want to spend more time, but I'm afraid it's not possible. Xia Mingde's lawyer was already jumping up and down before, and now there is such a thing as a wallet, it really can't be closed anymore!" Ye Xi said with a sigh.

"It's not necessarily a bad thing to let him out, maybe he can lure out his accomplices!" Han Yin finally said.

On August 8, around one o'clock in the morning, the bad news came again, and the murderer committed the crime for the seventh time.

The scene of the crime was a rental room in a unit building, and the victim was a young male.As before, he was first strangled to death with a rope, and then his throat was cut. The time of death was in the first half of the night, and in detail it was between 18:8 and 9:[-] on the evening of the [-]th; On the wall, there is still a red head portrait painted on the caricature.The expression also changes, but it's not easy to guess, it's very abstract, just draw a pair of glasses on Yuanyuan's head.

The informant was a girl who was drinking in a nightclub, came back from get off work in the early morning, and found the victim.She rented the house and the victim was her boyfriend.The girl further explained, saying that the relationship between the two was just for fun, and they didn't take it seriously.The victim’s family is rich, and his parents run a factory. He spends the night at the girl’s house every now and then. Of course, he never treats her badly in terms of money, but the victim is a bit abnormal during this time, staying here for almost a week without going out. Yes, it seems like I'm hiding from someone.The girl asked him if he had caused any trouble outside, and he explained that it was mainly because of recent robberies, and it was not safe to go out at night.The girl looked at the photos of the first six victims one by one, saying that the victim had played with these people for a while.

When receiving this report, Ye Xi's first reaction was to call Kang Xiaobei and ask about Xia Mingde's whereabouts.

Since Xia Mingde left the detention center, Kang Xiaobei led a group of people to follow and monitor him non-stop.Generally speaking, Xia Mingde's scope of activities is very narrow. During this period of time, he didn't leave the car, and basically stayed at home. When he went out, he either went to the vegetable market or took a walk downstairs.It may be that he is dull and not good at making friends, and he did not see any friends meeting and partying; his mobile phone and home landline are monitored by technology. Nothing could be more normal.The only thing worth noting is that he once hung up on the phone to several colleagues who drive taxis, asking them to help them pay attention to whether there is anyone who wants to buy a taxi, saying that he is not going to do it anymore and wants to transfer the taxi.

After receiving the information fed back by Kang Xiaobei, Ye Xi and Han Yin specially investigated those taxi drivers. Their family backgrounds were all normal, and they were able to provide alibi witnesses at the time of the crime, so they excluded them. Suspected "partner in crime".Anyway, from the observation of almost half a month, it seems that Xia Mingde really has nothing to do with serial killers, and the people around him who can be regarded as connected are not suspected of committing crimes at all, so Kang Xiaobei feels more and more uneasy. He didn't want to think about that, but he had a vague feeling that Han Yin's investigation direction this time might be a big mistake, and the subsequent negative results would be unimaginable.

While thinking wildly in his mind, Ye Xi called, Kang Xiaobei glanced at the time, it was already midnight, and there was an ominous premonition in his heart.Sure enough, Ye Xi's voice on the other side of the microphone was extremely serious and hasty: "Is Xia Mingde at home?"

"Yes, always here!" Kang Xiaobei glanced upstairs through the car window subconsciously, and said softly, "There is still a light on the window!"

"Confirm!" Ye Xi said on the phone.

"Wait a minute." Kang Xiaobei shook the phone in his hand, turned his head and signaled to the police officer sitting in the back seat, "Hang up the phone at Xia Mingde's house."

"Is Lao Wang at home? I'm sorry, I made a wrong call!" The police officer understood, picked up his mobile phone and dialed Xia Mingde's landline, hung up the phone and said to Kang Xiaobei, "It's his voice."

"Captain Ye, he is indeed at home." Kang Xiaobei pressed the phone to his cheek again and said, "What, something went wrong?"

"The murderer committed another crime!" Ye Xi's tone seemed very irritable, "Let's not talk so much now, and go back to the team for a meeting later!"

"Okay, let me explain here, and I'll leave right away." Kang Xiaobei said.

Before dawn, the detachment meeting room.

A case discussion meeting was held overnight. In addition to the backbone of this series of cases, the heads of the city bureau also appeared together, all of them with serious faces and angry eyebrows, and their eyes were so cold that they could kill people—Comprehensive case and The results of further forensic identification can basically confirm that the case that happened a few hours ago was committed by the same murderer as the previous case.

The case has thus expanded to seven cases, and the corresponding number of victims has also increased to seven, which has greatly exceeded the tolerance limit of the bureau leaders. Therefore, at the beginning of the meeting, the entire task force, especially the team leader Ye Xi, was severely criticized by the leaders. criticize.Han Yin wanted to get up several times to take responsibility, but Ye Xi who was sitting next to him firmly held him down.It wasn't until the leaders had vented their grievances and the atmosphere relaxed a little that Ye Xi stood up and lowered his posture and said, "To be honest, the case bureau has given us enough support, whether it's manpower or material resources, so the current unfavorable situation I have to take full responsibility for the situation, but I implore the bureau leaders to give me one more chance, I promise with my personality and career as a policeman, I will definitely solve the case!"

After hearing Ye Xi's request to speak, which can be said to be self-defeating, several leaders communicated with each other, and finally Zhou Zhiguo, the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation, made a statement on his behalf, saying: "Xiao Ye, the bureau is really disappointed with you this time. You should have heard the public opinion from the outside world. The impact is too bad, but given your past performance, the bureau is still willing to believe that you are capable of handling the case well, and can give you another chance, but there is no more time... "

"Two weeks!" Ye Xi cut in decisively, and offered to give a deadline, "Just two weeks! If there is no progress, let the bureau deal with it!"

"Okay, I hope you can handle the case as soon as possible, and don't let the murderer continue to do whatever he wants!" Several leaders exchanged opinions again, and the representative Zhou Zhiguo announced the decision.

After the general meeting, the leader left, and the task force held a small meeting again.

The topic is very clear, which is what to do next.According to the actual situation, there are two options: [-]. Stick to the current investigation direction—this case is Xia Mingde and his accomplices, and continue to dig deeper around Xia Mingde; [-]. Overturn all previous analysis, reorganize the case from the beginning, and find breakthroughs. It was almost equivalent to returning to the previous situation where both eyes were smeared.

However, Han Yin felt that while insisting on finding Xia Mingde's criminal accomplices, he could also enrich some investigation points, that is, the group of victims in the case.In fact, Han Yin mentioned this point before, and the task force also took corresponding actions, but it was gradually ignored because of Xia Mingde's appearance.Especially in the sixth and seventh cases that appeared recently, the victim still had certain social contacts with the victim in the previous case, so Han Yin is now increasingly suspicious that the murderer did not choose them because of their identity, status, character or Hobbies and other aspects of the same, maybe they have appeared in a specific space or event at the same time, maybe they are a party to this special event, and were executed for stimulating the murderer!
Then, in addition to continuing to patiently monitor Xia Mingde and wait for him to make mistakes, he also needs to visit the social relations around the victim more comprehensively and in-depth, looking for the possibility that these seven people appeared in a certain occasion or event at the same time.If the scene of them appearing at the same time, or even just a few people appearing at the same time, can be related to Xia Mingde, then it is certain that Xia Mingde is one of the murderers.Of course, even if Xia Mingde has nothing to do with Qiqi's appearance, he must take it seriously. After all, the ultimate goal of all actions is to catch the murderer, not to prove someone's ability to judge.

At night, the sky was cloudy and the stars were thin, and a lone moon was shining red, like the face of a drunkard, full of evil spirits.

At about 10 o'clock, the crowd of people enjoying the shade and strolling on the street gradually left, but Xia Mingde's figure suddenly appeared at the entrance of the corridor.Holding a bulging convenience bag in his hand, he walked slowly to an intersection on the west side of the unit building. He looked around a few times, took out a stack of yellow paper from the convenience bag, placed it on the side of the street, and lit it with a lighter.After a while, flames rising up and down in the dark night, Xia Mingde watched with devout eyes, muttering words... until the yellow paper burned up, turned into floating dust, and was blown in all directions by a sudden evil wind, he did not With great reluctance, he turned around and went back the same way.

This scene was witnessed by Kang Xiaobei who was hidden in a van across the street. He took out his mobile phone in confusion, called up the perpetual calendar software, and while scrolling through the calendar, he muttered softly: "Today is August 8th." July 19th in the lunar calendar; Xia Xue’s car accident happened on August 24th last year, that is, July 8th in the lunar calendar... Well, the anniversary has passed long ago, so it must not be for Xia Xue, so the meeting in the middle of the night Who are you worshiping?"

Chapter [-] dead end

Time is like this, the more you want to slow it down, the more it feels like it is going fast - in the blink of an eye, a week has passed, and only half of the deadline for handling the case is left, Xia Mingde is still standing still, and the related investigation has not improved.Although Han Yin and Ye Xi were as worried as ants on a hot pot, they had to force themselves to calm down and make some retrospective summaries of recent work in order to find possible mistakes and deficiencies.

After spending a whole night, Ye Xi and Han Yin went through all the interview and investigation records and related statements one by one. It can be said that on the basis of confirming that the case was committed by Xia Mingde and his accomplices, with Xia Mingde as the center point, the surroundings were directly or indirectly related to it. The people who have checked everything that can be checked, and can't find any clues after exhausting their minds, must really need to make up their minds to reconsider the possibility of the existence of this so-called "criminal partner". Uneasy.But he didn't show it. He knew very well that he must not mess up at this time. If he messed up, Ye Xi would be messed up, and then the entire task force would naturally lose heart and lose their fighting spirit, so he had to persevere and firmly believed that he would find him. A new entry point!
In fact, in many cases, the turning point of the situation is due to Han Yin's sudden inspiration. This is a very subtle feeling or ability, and the subtle thing is that you don't know when it will appear.Since there is no way to take advantage of it now, we can only use some relatively primitive methods, so Han Yin suggested that it is better to list all the people who can be related to the case so far on the whiteboard, so that it may be more intuitive to see clues that have been ignored.Those related to the case are: the police; the victims and their family members, friends, and lovers; the suspect Liu Dajiang and his singer girlfriend; the main suspect Xia Mingde and his daughter, sister, and taxi companions; drunk driving caused the death of Xia Mingde's daughter Xue Liang...

Han Yin and Ye Xi each took a pen and listed several characters on the whiteboard in the large office of the task force, and then they stepped back a few steps to examine the results... Not to mention, this trick really worked, Ye Xi keenly It was found that one of the participating groups was not listed, which meant that the task force previously ignored the suspects of those people—they were Xia Mingde's lawyers!

As mentioned earlier, due to his obsession with the ability of lawyers, Xia Mingde has contacted five lawyers, three men and two women. Excluding the lawyer he hired at the end, Ye Xi thought that there was a male lawyer who had the same relationship with Xia Mingde earlier. There is an intersection.

Ye Xi remembered that the lawyer was called Xu Lin, who looked younger, and was Xia Mingde's third lawyer, the one that Ye Xi had mentioned to Han Yin, who was scolded and ran away by Xia Mingde.It is said that he came to the door to represent Xia Mingde on his own initiative. What's more, he was also the attorney representing Xue Liang, the perpetrator in the car accident that caused Xia Xue's death.Xia Mingde didn't recognize him at first, so he met him a few times, but after somehow recalling it, he scolded him severely. If the guards hadn't rushed to the reception room in time, he would have almost beaten Xu Lin.

However, if Xu Lin is Xia Mingde's accomplice, it would be a bit unthinkable, but right now there are no other clues to follow up, Han Yin and Ye Xi think they might as well try to contact him to see if they can catch some clues.

Early in the morning, before the law firm went to work, Han Yin and Ye Xi waited at the door, finally waiting for someone to arrive, but were told that Xu Lin had voluntarily resigned on the 14th of this month.Trying to ask Xu Lin about his background information, the other party said that Xu Lin rarely mentioned personal matters at work, so they didn't know much about it. The two had to ask the personnel department for his contact information and detailed home address, and then left the office building.

After getting in the car, Ye Xi dialed Xu Lin's mobile phone immediately, but there was a reminder that the other party had turned off the phone, and no one answered when calling the landline at home. The same happened several times, so the two decided to find Xu Lin directly. go to the door.

The community where Xu Lin lives looks relatively old, with brick-concrete buildings that are very old and low, generally five or six stories high.Xu Lin lived in Room 302 of a unit. Ye Xi and Han Yin felt a strange aura as soon as they entered the corridor.And as they climbed the stairs and got closer to Xu Lin's house, the stench became stronger and more distinct-the two were sure that the stench came from Xu Lin's residence.

With the sensitivity of a serious criminal police officer, Ye Xi seemed to have a premonition.She looked at the door for a while, it was an old-fashioned one, with an iron fence door on the outside and a wooden door on the inside, and then tried to put her hand in through the gap in the fence, and found that the door was not locked, so she turned it slightly With the handle on the inside, the iron door opened.Immediately afterwards, she knocked tentatively on the wooden door inside, and then put her ears on the door. No one answered the door, but she heard some noises inside the room; knocked harder twice, and the noise inside the room became louder. Like someone is arguing.Ye Xi quickly pushed the wooden door hard, but it didn't move at all, probably locked inside.It was too late to say it, but Ye Xi got a little bit of luck, raised his foot towards the wooden door and kicked it down.

The wooden door opened with a bang, and in an instant, a wave of heat with a foul smell rushed towards the face.The curtains in the room were closed tightly, and it was dark, but with the light from the door, Han Yin and Ye Xi could clearly see hundreds of big black flies all over their bodies. They made buzzing noises and danced like demons in the room. circled.

The two subconsciously covered their mouths and noses, took out their mobile phones to turn on the lighting function at the same time, and walked into the house bravely.According to the usual experience, the light switches are all set by the door. Han Yin took a photo on the wall and saw a row of white switches, but when he pressed them one by one, there was no change in the house. It seemed that the power supply was cut off.Just thinking about it, Han Yin felt Ye Xi pull him, turned his head and saw Ye Xi was raising his finger to the front not far away, there was the same dark bathroom with louder buzzing noise...

The door was open. Han Yin and Ye Xi walked to the door and held up their mobile phones to take pictures together. Although they were mentally prepared, they were still numb from the creepy scene in front of them—the rancid smell in the bathroom was even worse. What's more, it makes people feel a little hot, and the big flies are still rampaging in groups; a naked male corpse is lying in a dry bathtub, the whole body has been blackened and festered, and the abdomen, chest, and limbs have been severely rotted, covered with Tender white fly maggots, and countless fly maggots crawling around in the mouth, eyes, ears and nose. There are two deep incisions on the wrist of the left arm. The surrounding flesh is eroded, and the bones are clearly visible. A fruit knife was thrown away. On the concrete floor by the bathtub...

About a quarter of an hour later, the brigade who received the emergency call rushed to Xu Lin's residence, and various tasks such as photography, autopsy, search, and evidence collection began immediately. Only then did Han Yin and Ye Xi have the thought to look at the house carefully.

The size of the house is small, it looks like only fifty or sixty square meters. There are two south-facing bedrooms and a very small living room. There are two old-fashioned large photo frames hanging in the middle of the living room wall, and there are many photos in them. , There are photos of Xu Lin in different age groups, some may be photos of him and his mother, and some photos with his grandma or grandma, but I didn't see a photo of his father.

Next to the toilet should be Xu Lin's room, which is very simple, with a single bed, a small bookcase filled with various legal books, and a writing desk with various materials, reference books and With a laptop computer, the whole room is quite bookish.Of course, these are not the main points. What caught Han Yin and Ye Xi's attention was a piece of A4-sized white paper placed in the middle of the writing desk, because it was a handwritten "last word".

"'I think I really have to go. Every cell in my body is telling me this reality, so I don't have to insist anymore. Sister, I have no fear, and I don't feel sad, because I already knew it early , Living soberly may not be a kind of luck. If there is reincarnation, please tell God, don’t let me come back to this world!’ The signature is ‘Xu Lin’, and the date is ‘August 8’!” Ye Xi whispered After reading out the contents of the suicide note, he asked with a puzzled face, "This Lawyer Xu seems to have a deep resentment towards the reality, but he wouldn't commit suicide, right?"

Han Yin smiled wryly, without responding, he opened the big drawer in the middle of the writing desk, and before turning through it, he saw a pile of receipts and a green leather medical record.Han Yin picked up the medical records and flipped through them a few times, took a look at the receipts, then piled them all up on the desk, and said to Ye Xi, "It's probably the main reason."

"What is this?" Ye Xi also looked at the medical records and receipts, and suddenly realized, "Pancreatic cancer is in the advanced stage, so it turns out that I am sick of the world because of illness!"

"It seems that it is indeed a suicide." Han Yin said with some hesitation, "But Xu Lin is Xue Liang's attorney, and it should be said that he was also the object of Xia Mingde's resentment, and then he committed suicide after Xia Mingde was released. Of course, this may be the case. There's no cause and effect relationship, but I have an odd feeling that I can't describe."

"You think his death has something to do with Xia Mingde? Impossible?" Ye Xi expressed doubts about Han Yin's subtext, just in time to see Kang Xiaobei walking in, and said in a serious tone, "Xiaobei, can you confirm Have you never lost Xia Mingde?"

"Of course, since he left the detention center, except for staying at home, he has never left the sight of his brothers!" Kang Xiaobei patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, I have explained everything over there, and there will be no mistakes. Yes Alright, what do you ask this for?"

"It's okay, just ask casually." Ye Xi didn't want to complicate the question for the time being, so he said something vague and perfunctory, and then asked, "How is the peripheral investigation going?"

"This area is full of old houses, and some of them are old neighbors. I basically asked clearly." Kang Xiaobei took out a small notepad and said, "This house belongs to Grandma Xu Lin. His mother died of illness early on. His father It is said that he eloped with someone, and he also has a crazy sister who lives in a mental hospital. Xu Lin grew up with his grandma, who passed away two years ago. Most of the neighbors spoke well of Xu Lin, saying that he is sensible and honest. Very promising, wait a minute."

"It's been quite a rough experience, no wonder the suicide note left to my sister is so resentful, overall it seems that there is not much doubt." Ye Xi paused, and thought for a while, "If not, let's take the time to confirm: Xiao Bei went to the law firm to collect some of his handwritten documents and signatures, and then took it to the technical department to find a handwriting expert to compare and verify it with the suicide note; I went to the hospital where he was treated and asked his attending doctor to see how his illness had deteriorated. Degree; Mr. Han, how about you go to the mental hospital and see how his sister is doing?"

"Let's do it like this!" Han Yin said with a "huh".

The soldiers were divided into three groups, and the efficiency was naturally very high. After half a day, the three met again in Ye Xi's office.

The result of handwriting identification is very clear. It can be confirmed that the suicide note was written by Xu Lin himself, and judging from the style of writing, Xu Lin was in a stable mood when writing, not out of coercion.According to the doctor in charge of the hospital, Xu Lin, his disease was probably detected at the beginning of the year, because generally pancreatic cancer is confirmed to be in an advanced stage, and the median survival time is usually only one or two months, so the doctor at that time estimated that he would be at most He could live for three to five months, but he didn't expect him to survive until now. The doctor thought it was a miracle.The key is that this disease is very painful. Xu Lin had gone to the hospital many times to take morphine to relieve the pain. This may also be a factor in his choice of suicide, because he couldn't bear the severe pain.The hospital with Xu Lin's sister said that he visited his sister on the morning of the 16th and paid a large sum of money to the hospital, hoping that the hospital would take good care of his sister as much as possible, which is also a manifestation of explaining the funeral. .In addition, the forensic doctor confirmed that Xu Lin died of hemorrhagic shock caused by cutting his wrists. Judging from the degree of decomposition of the body, the time of death has been more than ten days, which means that it coincides with the time when the suicide note was signed.In short, it can be determined that Xu Lin committed suicide, and when the seventh case occurred, Xu Lin had already passed away, so no matter what assumptions were made, he could be completely excluded from the case.

But to everyone's surprise, the name Xu Lin did not disappear from the ears of the police. Instead, it brought them a deeper memory, and it can even be said to indirectly affect the fate of Ye Xi and Han Yin.

With Xu Lin's death being classified as a suicide, it can be said that all clues of the case have been completely interrupted, and most of the task force has no hope for Xia Mingde's suspicion.And just when the entire surveillance team including Kang Xiaobei was in a slump, they suddenly overheard a call between Xia Mingde and an unfamiliar mobile phone number.Although the number was unfamiliar, the person was not unfamiliar. It was Xue Liang who called Xia Mingde. He asked Xia Mingde to meet under a famous stone tablet in the forest park on the phone. The time was 4 pm.

This phone call made Han Yin and Ye Xi's imagination run wild again.The contrast between Xia Mingde's performance at the second trial and his attitude towards Xue Liang afterwards was very abnormal, but now that Xue Liang took the initiative to contact Xia Mingde, would there be any deal between the two?Could Xue Liang be Xia Mingde's accomplice?There is really no reasonable reason for this, but let’s not think about it so much, just wait and see what kind of answer their meeting can bring!

Forest Park is located in a small town in the suburbs. There are not many tourists outside of public holidays. Especially at 4 pm, it is almost difficult to see people in the park. It must be tricky for Xue Liang and Xia Mingde to choose this time to meet!After listening to the phone call, the task force dispatched urgently. In addition to burying bugs at their meeting place, there were also many groups of people hiding in corners that could not be seen by normal sight to deal with emergencies.

The fact surprised everyone. At the moment when the two met at the appointed time, Xue Liang took out a short knife from his satchel without saying a word, and stabbed Xia Mingde in the body.Everything happened so fast, when the ambush personnel realized, Xia Mingde had already been thrown to the ground by Xue Liang, the two of them were rolling back and forth, wrestling with each other...

Kang Xiaobei rushed to the place where the incident happened, and kicked Xue Liang who was riding on Xia Mingde.Xue Liang suddenly fell to the side, and just about to get up, Kang Xiaobei jumped up and knocked Xue Liang to the ground again, and Xue Liang was crushed by countless police officers who arrived after him.Xue Liang was not reconciled, and struggled like a maniac, yelling in his mouth: "Kill him, you must kill him, otherwise I must be the next one to die!"

Kang Xiaobei walked up to Xue Liang, squatted down, pulled his hair, and said sharply, "You're fucking crazy!"

"I'm not crazy. I heard that my lawyer has been killed by him. He won't let me go." Xue Liang couldn't move, so he raised his head and shouted.

"You mean Xu Lin? You idiot, Xu Lin committed suicide!" Kang Xiaobei poked Xue Liang's head with his finger and said.

"You liar!" Xue Liang continued to yell, "Didn't you also say that this person surnamed Xia would never come out again?"

"You..." Kang Xiaobei was at a loss for words for a moment.

"Don't make things difficult for that child, let him go!" A weak voice came from not far away.Xia Mingde was being helped up by two police officers. He was covering his abdomen with one hand, and blood gushed out from between his fingers...

The eighth chapter is to be continued
Suffering from self-blame and fear for a long time, Xue Liang was already on the verge of a mental breakdown. After hearing the news of Xu Lin's death, he forced himself to think that he would also be killed. In fact, this was almost schizophrenic.In addition, Xia Mingde's injury was not as serious as imagined, and he himself has repeatedly stated that he will not be held accountable. Therefore, the police allowed Xue Liang's family to take him back, but strongly advised him to seek the help of a psychologist.

However, Ye Xi and Han Yin are in serious trouble. Xia Mingde, who has been confirmed as a criminal suspect by Han Yin, has become a victim in the end, and was almost killed under the nose of the task force. Presumably the police station is more or less At least have to bear a certain responsibility.The case investigation has been fruitless so far, and the entire police station has been humiliated. The leaders of the city bureau are completely disappointed, and they no longer give Ye Xi any chance or time to explain. They quickly held a meeting and announced that Han Yin would be relieved of his duties as a consultant. At the same time, suspend all work of Ye Xi, waiting for further processing.The case was transferred to Deputy Chief Zhou Zhiguo to take over, and the various investigations that had been carried out were immediately stopped, and a new work direction was given after resuming the case.

On the night before leaving the ancient city, Han Yin knocked on the door of Xia Mingde's house by expressing condolences for his injuries.

After being polite, Xia Mingde seemed to understand Han Yin's thoughts very well, he smiled lightly and said, "You can ask whatever you want, I know everything."

"Actually, there is only one question, and I still can't figure it out." Han Yin didn't hide it, and said with a calm smile, "Why did you forgive Xue Liang from the bottom of your heart?"

"Oh, it's very simple. I saw the indemnity in the account, which is money that I can't earn in a few lifetimes. I suddenly feel that I should live well, at least spend the money before I die." Xia Mingde looked calm, He said with some self-mockery, paused, and turned serious and said, "The key is that I have figured it out, no matter how much I punish Xue Liang, my Xueer will never come back, so why bother with another child's future?" Woolen cloth?"

"It's best for you to think so!" Han Yin spoke softly, then stood up, pretending to say goodbye, but suddenly stopped, stared into Xia Mingde's eyes and said, "Can I see your daughter's room? "

"Of course." Xia Mingde still had a smile on his face, walked to the door of the bedroom on one side in a leisurely manner, and while pushing the door open, he shook his head at Han Yin and said, "Look, just look at it."

Han Yin walked to the door of the bedroom and took a look inside. It seemed that nothing had changed. The bed, wardrobe, dressing table, writing desk, and computer were all neatly arranged, just like Xia Xue. Still living in it.Han Yin had an indescribable feeling in his heart, a faint feeling - if Xia Mingde really let go of his daughter's death, he wouldn't be so morbidly pretending that Xia Xue never left!
As soon as he came out of Xia Mingde's house, Ye Xi called and said that he wanted to find Han Yin for a "breakup meal". Han Yin asked about the location and said that he would take a taxi there.

In fact, the more Ye Xi showed such an indifferent attitude, the more uncomfortable Han Yin felt. It can be said that among all his consulting tasks, this trip to the ancient capital was probably the only one he regretted.Not only did he fail to handle the case well for others, but it was very likely that Ye Xi would lose his entire career. He really couldn't afford Ye Xi's favor.This is not a question of whether to take responsibility or not, and feelings are things that cannot be taken at will, because Han Yin has already made a promise to a sincere emotion!
The torrential rain was pouring, and lightning pierced the gloomy night sky.

In the corridor full of dirt, the sensor lights flickered on and off, and the sound of heavy footsteps sounded slowly.Every time the footsteps sounded, a pool of water was left on the gray-black concrete steps. Gradually, the footsteps became clearer and clearer, but then stopped abruptly, followed by a dull sound of closing the door in the corridor.

There was a click of a switch, and the originally dark room was instantly lit up. A pair of rain boots stained with mud appeared under the yellowed light, and the raincoat on them was still dripping. "Rainboots" slowly turned to the room on one side, pushed open the door, and walked in. "Rainboots" walked to a table in the dark, and pressed the switch of the desk lamp on the table familiarly. Under the limited light, the wall on which the table leaned was almost covered with black and white photos printed on printing paper. , the above record is the every move of all the victims of the series of robbery and murder in the ancient city...

And there was a beige kraft paper envelope lying on the table. The thin comer, wearing rain boots, a long raincoat, and a buttoned rain hat, picked it up tremblingly, and poured out two photos and pictures from it. a letter.He unfolded the letter paper and looked at it intently for a while, and after a while, he lifted up the skirt of his raincoat, took out a lighter from his trouser pocket, and lit the letter paper. Then he picked up the two photos that were originally contained in the envelope, looked at them carefully, and then Pick up two thumbtacks on the table, and firmly nail the photo to a conspicuous place on the wall...

(End of this chapter)