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Chapter 112 Murphy's Law (7)
Kuang Wuwei sighed and said, "I just went to the teahouse where Pu Anjun was killed. The place is messy, but the storytelling in that place is really good. I guess everyone in the teahouse was paying attention to listening to storytelling. , no one noticed the murderer. And the deceased happened to be sitting in a side seat at the time, and there was a toilet not far from that place, and many people went in and out."

Shen Yue nodded and said: "Yes, every case happens to have different circumstances, which shows that the murderer has been following the victim before committing the crime, and it is likely that he used a relatively long-distance tracking method, otherwise It’s impossible to find any clues.”

Kuang Wuwei thought for a while, and said: "There is another possibility, that is, the murderer is already familiar with the victim's living habits, and then waited at the selected crime location. For example, in the last case, I think such a possibility Very big. Strangely, the deceased was feeding a German Shepherd, which is a very ferocious dog, but the dog died beside the victim, and was also pierced through the heart. This matter is too It's weird."

Shen Yue said: "I have thought of a possibility, but I can't confirm it yet."

Kuang Wuwei looked at him and asked, "What's possible?"

Shen Yue said: "The murderer's modus operandi is so familiar. If he is ruled out as a surgeon or an expert in anatomy, then there is only one possibility. He has practiced with animals many times. The difference between small animals and humans is too great. Experimenting with dogs is quite possible. Just think, how many dogs does it take for a man to practice his modus operandi to that extent? Dogs are the most intelligent animals, and when that German shepherd sees the murderer, it will be What kind of reaction? Probably paralyzed by fright."

Kuang Wuwei asked: "Since there is such a clue, why not investigate from this aspect?"

Shen Yue said: "This murderer feels like a ghost. Every time he commits crimes, he chooses the timing very well. Think about it, will he leave obvious clues? Look at how many ghosts there are on the streets of this city. Stray dogs, as long as you are willing, you can catch a few at any time. This city is too big, and it is not easy to investigate this clue." At this point, he looked at Kuang Wuwei, and said: "Your specialty is right The observation at the scene of the crime is very keen, if you think about it carefully, you may find something."

Kuang Wuwei nodded, and couldn't help turning around to look at Shen Yue and Kang Ruxin after leaving.

Shen Yue found that there were quite a few patients in the dental clinic in front of him. He took a look inside and found that the decoration was not bad, with a white tone, and several nurses inside were wearing light blue overalls, giving people a sense of tranquility and cleanliness. a feeling of.

Kang Ruxin asked in a low voice: "Why are we here? Hasn't his clinic been transferred?"

Shen Yue replied: "I would like to find some patients to understand the situation. In a clinic like this, the patients are usually people who live nearby. There should be a lot of old patients who come here to see the doctor. The current relationship between doctors and patients is so tense... Of course, I just want to rule out this possibility."

Shen Yue and Kang Ruxin entered the clinic together, and Kang Ruxin handed over the police officer ID to the nurse at the front desk, and said, "We want to find out a few old patients here..."

At this time, Shen Yue suddenly asked the nurse at the front desk: "Have you been working here all the time? You were there before Cao Xiangqian was killed? Great, then we can just talk and don't bother the patient." The nurse at the front desk was surprised Looking at Shen Yue, Kang Ruxin hurriedly said beside him: "He guessed."

After being reminded by Kang Ruxin, Shen Yue realized that he really shouldn't adopt such a method at this time. After all, there are still patients in the hospital, and it would be bad if the nurse at the front desk uttered an exclamation.He hurriedly said: "Yes, I guessed it. That's it. We are here for Cao Xiangqian's case. Don't be nervous. We just want to ask you a few questions."

The nurse at the front desk asked in surprise: "Didn't someone come to investigate before?"

Shen Yue said: "Yes. But we want to know more about some of the issues. For example, before you answered that Dr. Cao had never had a quarrel with a patient. Is this really the case?"

The nurse at the front desk nodded and said: "Here, we first clarify the price with the patient before proceeding with the treatment. If the patient disagrees, he can leave at any time."

Shen Yue asked again: "Has there ever been such a situation... After the treatment, the patient found that the effect was not good, or there was a problem with the materials you used, which caused conflicts?"

The nurse at the front desk replied: "Never. Really. Dr. Cao resigned from a big hospital. His medical ethics and skills are very good."

Shen Yue found out that she wasn't lying, and asked again: "I see that you have several nurses here. Have there been any conflicts between Dr. Cao and the nurses? By the way, why are there so many nurses here?"

The nurse at the front desk said: "Dr. Cao is very good to us. The nurse is mainly responsible for some simple treatments, such as cleaning teeth."

Shen Yue smiled slightly and asked, "Very good?"

The nurse at the front desk blushed suddenly, and said, "Don't get me wrong, Dr. Cao is not the kind of person you imagined, they have a very good relationship as husband and wife."

Shen Yue nodded, feeling very ashamed.Such a career will always make him habitually speculate on others from the dark side of human nature. Although he often euphemistically calls it to rule out the possibility, it will inevitably produce some dark things in his heart after a long time.After pondering for a while, he asked again: "Apart from raising dogs, what other hobbies does Dr. Cao have?"

The nurse at the front desk replied: "We didn't know about his dog at all before. He never brought the dog here. He likes to exercise and sometimes plays football on weekends. I don't know about the rest."

It seemed that he still got nothing, Shen Yue sighed in his heart.

Then he and Kang Ruxin went to Cao Xiangqian's house.The relationship between the deceased and his wife was very good, and the son was studying abroad.According to the deceased's wife, he resigned at the beginning to earn money for his son to study abroad.From the time when the children just entered junior high school, they began to have this plan.

Many people around us are living for children, Shen Yue couldn't help sighing again.

"Doctor Cao likes dogs very much?" Shen Yue asked.

Cao Xiangqian's wife said: "He likes animals, but I don't. After the child went abroad, he raised it several times before I agreed. In fact, I know that he is under too much pressure. The cost of the child abroad is very high, and there are so many clinics now. The competition is extremely fierce, and if there is a medical accident, it is likely to go bankrupt, so I agreed. But then I also fell in love with our family dog, which was trained very docilely by Lao Cao. Lao Cao often said to me , 'Our children and dogs are very obedient, mainly because I teach well...'"

When she talked about her dead husband, she became emotional and babbled on and on.Both Shen Yue and Kang Ruxin listened patiently. They knew that the woman in front of them needed to talk too much, and Shen Yue also hoped to find useful clues from her chatter.

After she calmed down, Shen Yue asked again: "I heard that Dr. Cao likes to play football? Who does he like to play with? Has he ever had any conflicts with those people?"

Cao Xiangqian's wife replied: "The people who play football with him are all colleagues from the hospital where he used to work. They have a good relationship, and sometimes they have dinner together, and I often participate. Isn't playing football just to exercise your body, how could there be a conflict?"

What she said was very reasonable, and what she said should also be true. The fact that a group of people often have dinner together is enough to explain the problem.Although Cao Xiangqian has resigned, his circle of friends is still the same.He came out to open a clinic by himself, and although he earned more money, he also felt pressure and loneliness. Perhaps it was because of this that he cared more about his previous circle.Human beings are social animals, and the circle is actually our other home in many cases.

But why did the murderer choose him?

Coming out of Cao Xiangqian's house, Shen Yue said that he wanted to walk alone, but Kang Ruxin didn't say much.There has been no progress in these cases so far, Kang Ruxin can feel Shen Yue's bad mood, and knows what he is most worried about now.Standing there watching Shen Yue who was slowly going away, for some reason, she suddenly felt a pang of heartache: It's a pity that I can't help him.

There is an alley next to Cao Xiangqian's residential area, about 50 meters long, and that is where he was killed.Shen Yue walked in slowly.The alley was less than five meters wide, and Shen Yue found that there were a few street lights inside, which seemed to be relatively new, and cameras had already been installed in the alley.He immediately understood that these devices were newly added after Cao Xiangqian was killed.Why do you always have to remedy the accident after the accident?It's too late to remedy the situation!Why not mend the sheepfold before the sheep is lost?
That day, it was already dark when Cao Xiangqian led the shepherd dog into this alley, which was a habit of his after dinner.It was late autumn at that time, and the cold had already arrived. In addition, the lights in this alley were dim, and most people seldom entered it at night. Cao Xiangqian never felt that there would be any danger because of the existence of the dog.Perhaps what he really likes is the quietness in this alley.He had to resign for the sake of his children, and the quiet atmosphere in this alley could just relieve part of the pressure in his heart.

Shen Yue stopped slowly, as if he saw a person and a dog not far ahead.The man walked slowly for a while, and ran fast for a while, and the shepherd dog beside him was also jumping happily. What a beautiful picture it was!Suddenly, the shepherd dog let out a wail of fear and was trembling all over. The man turned around to look in surprise, then squatted down, and asked the shepherd dog, "What's wrong with you?"

At this time, a figure suddenly appeared behind that person. After staying behind that person for a moment, he turned around and walked slowly towards the other end of the alley.One person and one dog petrified there, like two statues.

Shen Yue quickly ran towards that place, the illusion had disappeared, he raised his head, and found that there was an old building wall next to him, but the windows on the wall were not vertically above this place, and the place he was at right now was The place where Cao Xiangqian was killed at that time.

Obviously, the murderer shouldn't have come down from the upper window, and it is impossible to come down from there silently, at least the shepherd dog would have discovered or sensed it in advance.He squatted down to the wall to look, and sure enough, he found that there were old traces of being pressed on the weeds growing here.Although the case has occurred for several months, the incomplete appearance of those few weeds seems to indicate that someone once squatted here.

In this long and narrow alleyway, under the dim light, a man in black squatting in this place, of course, will not attract the attention of passers-by, only the dog Cao Qianqian felt when he walked here Dangerous aura emanating from it.

Shen Yue stood up slowly, and looked towards the end of the alley, which was a main road in the city, and one could see the crowds and vehicles passing by at the exit of the alley.He walked there quickly, stretched out his hand to hail a taxi, and said to the driver after getting in the car, "Go to Beicheng."

This teahouse is next to Pu Anjun's home.Pu Anjun's home is the fund-raising house of the unit, and this area is an old city. It is because of this that teahouses like this can be preserved.This teahouse is located behind the family area of ​​another unit. It is more than 100 square meters in size. There are many low-back bamboo chairs and coffee tables in a mess.There were a lot of people inside, almost all of them were old people. When Shen Yue entered, he found that in addition to bowls of tea and teacups, some of the tea tables also had peanuts, sugared garlic, etc., and some old people were drinking from these things. Tea.

It happened that the place where Pu Anjun was killed was empty, Shen Yue guessed it was because of the superstition of the old people.He went there and sat down, and after a while a man came over and asked him what tea he wanted.Shen Yue said, "Just cover a bowl of tea."

The Gaiwancha was brewed with Tuocha, which cost five yuan a cup. He took a sip, and the taste was a bit bitter, but full of strength.

The storytelling on the stage was actually about the hit TV series "Emperor Yongzheng" broadcast a few years ago. Shen Yue listened carefully for a while, and couldn't help laughing—this is not something about the Qing Dynasty, it is clearly something that happened in recent years Son.The person who commented on the storytelling was over 50 years old, and he spoke the local dialect with a sonorous, cadenced voice, and a joke popped up from time to time, which caused the people below to roar with laughter.At this time, Shen Yue turned around and found that the attention of the people behind was on the storyteller.

He turned around and touched his back, and found that the upper edge of the bamboo chair back was about five centimeters below the shoulder blades.Pu Anjun was about the same height as him, so the murderer must have stabbed the murder weapon from behind at the moment when people applauded.He allowed himself to relax completely and found that he could still maintain his balance.

At that time, Pu Anjun died here just like this, and was not discovered until the teahouse was over.

This murderer is really like a ghost.

(End of this chapter)