Mystery

Shen Ke hung up the phone.

A picture emerged in her mind.

The murderer took a comb and combed Lai Gui's hair seriously and carefully. He combed it, sprayed it with hairspray, and checked carefully to make sure that no broken hair fell out, with a proud and satisfied smile on his face.

He tied a red scarf on Lai Gui and hung him on a tree.

He took a few steps back, looked at the outstretched middle finger with satisfaction, and couldn't help but stepped forward to straighten the corner of the suicide note in his pocket.

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"Xiao Qi, tell me about Jiang Yuan's investigation first."

Chen Mo put down the tea mug and sat down.

The first day he met with the four members of the special case team was in this room, and the video of Zhu Zhumei's murder was played on the projector.

He thought, and couldn't help looking at Zhao Xiaomeng, "It's raining, and you live far away, what are you doing here? The three big sticks are very rough, and they won't be able to become embroidery needles after 100 years of grinding! You are a technician, tomorrow It’s too late to come back in the morning.”

Qi Huan smiled, seeing that Shen Ke was about to retort, he immediately turned on the screen.

"Jiang Yuan's interpersonal relationship is relatively simple. She is an online news editor, and she goes to work at [-]:[-] in the morning and ends at [-]:[-] in the evening. Sometimes she will go to work at the company when there are breaking news."

"I don't have a boyfriend, and I rent with my college classmate Li Ling in Tongzhiyuan Community, which is seven subway stations away from the company. When it doesn't rain, she will take the bus to the subway station first, and then take the subway back home."

"She is not a native of Nanjiang, and has no acquaintances or relatives in the local area. She usually leaves early and returns late, and is not very familiar with the residents in the community. According to Li Ling's description, Jiang Yuan is usually timid and cautious, a little socially fearful, and doesn't like to be with people very much. social contact."

Qi Huan said, playing a video.

This is a picture taken by a driving recorder. It rains heavily, and the video picture looks very blurry.

"It was at this intersection that I wanted to pick up Jiang Yuan but was rejected. Later, she got into a taxi. We found the taxi driver based on the payment records on her mobile phone and got this footage."

In the heavy rain, Jiang Yuan, who was wearing a white dress, held up a red polka-dot umbrella with difficulty. A gust of wind blew, and the small sun umbrella flipped over immediately. At this time, a pure white car was vaguely parked in front of her.

Jiang Yuan leaned over and didn't know what to say, then walked to the side of the co-pilot, and when he was about to open the door, he saw a taxi coming behind with double flashing lights and slowed down.

She immediately gave up the white car, ran towards the taxi, and stopped the taxi directly.

When the picture got closer, the white car had already driven away.

"The taxi driver's name is Wang Qiao. According to his description, there was already a little girl in the car at that time. Because no one answered Jiang Yuan's call, the passenger in his car happened to be on the way, so he could take Jiang Yuan there. Near the subway station, so he stopped."

"On rainy days or at night, many drivers will share a single order to pick up a person in this way, so that they can earn double money. The little girl in the car also agreed."

"Wang Qiao often travels in this area, knowing that the Tonghui Bridge will be flooded, so as soon as Jiang Yuan got on the bus, they agreed to get off near Lao Niu's grocery store. Jiang Yuan only needs to go through that alley. , you can take the subway.”

"We contacted another passenger who was in the car at the time, and this statement was confirmed. Jiang Yuan was killed shortly after getting out of the car. The taxi driver has an alibi, which can rule out suspicion."

"Then there is only one possibility left. Jiang Yuan was attacked by the murderer in the alley."

After Qi Huan finished speaking, everyone present looked serious.

Jiang Yuan was not violated, his property was not lost, he had no personal enmity, and it was just a coincidence that he was able to get in a taxi... All these signs showed that the murderer was most likely a pervert who killed people at will.

"Where's the white car in front? Have you investigated it?" Shen Ke pointed to the car that was a blurred white shadow in the picture.

Qi Huan shook his head, "The taxi dash cam didn't capture the license plate number. There are too many white cars of this style, and there is no way to track them after they merge into the traffic flow."

"You're done talking, now it's my turn," Shen Ke said, and put the information she found on the big screen.

"This is a case three years ago. I checked the weather forecast that day, and it rained heavily in Nanjiang City on the day of the incident."

Shen Ke's picture is very simple, with only a few key words.

"Rainy day, Tonghui Road, red scarf, makeup, gestures, strangulation..."

"The two cases have six things in common. We have reason to believe that the two cases are connected and they can be investigated together. However, Lai Gui's case is the same as Jiang Yuan's case. Suspicious suspect."

Shen Ke said, stood up, and walked to the whiteboard next to the big screen, "Let's draw a portrait of the murderer."

"First of all, the murderer is an adult male with a tall stature. Lai Gui was strangled to death and then hanged from a tree. Although he is an old man, he is a bit fat. It takes a lot of strength to hang such a dead person from a tree. "

"Similarly, Jiang Yuan had almost no room to struggle, and was strangled to death quickly, which also shows that there is a gap in strength between the murderer and her."

Shen Ke moved his hand, and the projection turned into a map, "This is where Lai Gui died and where Jiang Yuan died. From the map, it can be seen intuitively that they are very close, and they are all in the area of ​​Tonghui Road."

"Tonghui Bridge will accumulate water when it rains, and the subway station is just across the dark alley. There are no cameras near the entrance of the alley... These things are only known to those who are often active in that generation."

"So, the murderer works near Tonghui Road, or lives nearby. At least he is very familiar with that generation."

"Thirdly, the murderer should have been hurt before. The person who hurt him was a person who liked to dress up and wore a red scarf. So he dressed the person he killed like this."

The projection on the big screen now turned into a photo of the death scene of the two deceased.

"Now our question is, how did the murderer choose his victims."

"Lai Liang is an old man, a local; Jiang Yuan is a young woman, a foreigner; so far, the two have not found any overlap, nor do they have any common features in appearance."

"Some serial killers in the past had obvious preferences. For example, they were all young red-haired women, or patients who were also terminally ill, or something else..."

"But Lai Liang and Jiang Yuan don't have these common characteristics. They seem to be killing people indiscriminately. The murderer is in the dark, but we are in the light. What we know now is that the next time it rains, he will kill him near Tonghui Road. The third person..."

"So I have a bold idea..."

Shen Ke was interrupted by the ringtone of Qi Huan's cell phone after he finished speaking. When he picked it up, his expression changed instantly.

He hung up the phone, looked at Shen Ke, and sighed softly.

"It's not the next rainy day. The third person who was killed has already appeared. The brothers over there have blocked the scene and waited for us to pass. The deceased this time was a high school student who just finished studying at night."