Serious Case Tracking

Chapter 15 Who is the Murderer
The meeting room of the police station can be described as "smoky". The ashtray in front of the investigators is full of cigarette butts. Of course, they cannot be blamed for this. Since the incident, no one has had a good night's sleep. , Even if you can just squint for an hour or two, it is a very luxurious thing.

Counting the attack on Wei Xiluo last night, so far, the murder has caused three deaths and one injury. Everyone sitting in the meeting room is under tremendous pressure. Behavior is also outraged.

"Captain Meng, if your guess is correct, then could the female shoe prints left at the murder scene of Wei Dongsheng and Wei Yannan belong to Feng Yao?"

"That's right! If we say that the murderer knew Wei Xiluo, and Wei Xiluo tried his best to protect him, but according to our investigation, among the women Wei Xiluo knew, the one with the closest relationship was his Apart from his wife Yao Ailan, there is only his mother Feng Yao, and Yao Ailan stayed at home in the city when the two murders happened, which means that the murderer he is most likely to protect is very likely his mother Feng Yao."

"But Team Meng, if these conjectures are true, does that mean that Wei Xiluo already knew the secret of 'Bird Homing', and that's why he and his mother, Feng Yao, killed the elder brother and the second sister, so as to achieve the conspiracy of monopolizing the inheritance What? Did Wei Beigui know about it?"

"Wei Beigui and Wei Xiluo are brothers, both born to Feng Yaosheng. If Wei Xiluo knew the secret of 'Bird Returning to Nest', it is impossible for Wei Beigui not to know about it. He might have participated in the murder of Wei Dongsheng and Wei Yannan."

"If this is the case, is it possible that they killed Wei Qiuyuan?"

"If so, how to explain the bloody shoe prints left at the scene? Wei Qiuyuan's murder scene is a man's shoe prints!"

"Is it possible that Wei Xiluo or Wei Beigui killed his father Wei Qiuyuan, and then Feng Yao killed Wei Dongsheng and Wei Yannan, and then left women's shoe prints on the scene to confuse the public and disrupt our police investigation."

The investigators expressed their views and put forward their own views and questions.

"I always think that the murderer who killed Wei Qiuyuan is not the same as the murderer who killed Wei Dongsheng, Wei Yannan, and the murderer who attacked Wei Xiluo last night." Meng Shaohui said after thinking for a moment, "Let's not think about Wei Xiluo who was attacked last night. Judging from the three homicides alone, Wei Qiuyuan died after being hit on the back of the head with a hammer, and judging from the cruelty of the murder, it did not seem to be deliberate, it was obviously a vendetta. As for the deaths of Wei Dongsheng and Wei Yannan, the murderer used It was a sharp weapon such as a knife or dagger, and it was fatal. After confirming that the person was really dead, the murderer left the scene. Judging from the method of murder, there was no obvious trace of vendetta. If it was the same murderer, then The method of the murder was too different. Then there is the scene of the murder, Wei Qiuyuan was murdered at home late at night, while Wei Dongsheng and Wei Yannan were led to the Temple of the Bird before being killed by the murderer."

"Could it be that the murderer is playing tricks?"

"I don't think there is such a possibility. Based on the analysis of several murder cases, it can basically be determined that the murderer is an acquaintance. Although the murderer is not the same person, the common feature is that he is very familiar with the situation of Sparrow Village and the Wei family. If the place to kill Wei Qiuyuan can be chosen At home, why can’t we kill Wei Dongsheng and Wei Yannan? We must lead them to the Temple of the Sparrow before killing them? So I suspect that the murderer who killed Wei Qiuyuan must not be the same person who killed Wei Dongsheng and Wei Yannan. What Feng Yao and Wei Xiluo mother and son said, the reason why they lured people to the Temple of Birds and then killed them was to make people think that they were done by outsiders, and the murderer who killed Wei Qiuyuan was an outsider at all, so he didn't care about the location of the murder. Also , a person always has a motive for committing a crime, so in these several cases, if the murderer is the same person, what is his motive for committing the crime? Or as someone proposed just now, Wei Xiluo and his mother Feng Yao conspired to commit the crime, then What was the motive for their murder? Is it for inheritance? If so, then there is no need to kill anyone. According to Wei Qiuyuan's will, whoever unlocks the secret of "birds returning to their nests" will get the inheritance, and there is no requirement that Tell other people the secrets you know and divide the inheritance equally. Then, assuming that Wei Qiuyuan has already solved the secret of "birds returning to their nests", and Feng Yao and Wei Qiuyuan are husband and wife, she may also know the secrets. The content of the will, so Feng Yao colluded with his son to kill Wei Qiuyuan, so that he could inherit the inheritance as soon as possible. In other words, Feng Yao only needs to tell his two sons the secret after Wei Qiuyuan's death, and then they can inherit everything in a fair and honest manner. However, Wei Dongsheng and Wei Yannan won't get any benefits at all. In this case, the mother and son can kill Wei Qiuyuan at most, so why kill Wei Dongsheng and Wei Yannan? Besides, if the bird returns to the nest Only Wei Qiuyuan knows the secret, so it is even more impossible for Feng Yao and Wei Xiluo to conspire to murder people for the inheritance, because even if they kill Wei Qiuyuan, Wei Dongsheng and Wei Yannan, they will not get the inheritance. I believe no one will be so stupid Doing this kind of thing is tantamount to losing his wife and losing his army. Therefore, the hypothesis that Feng Yao and Wei Xiluo's mother and son conspired to kill Wei Qiuyuan for the inheritance can be said to be untenable." Meng Shaohui analyzed seriously.

"It makes sense. From your analysis, Team Meng, no matter from which angle, Feng Yao's mother and son did not have the possibility of killing Wei Qiuyuan. In this case, their motive for the murder is not valid at all. And if Wei Dongsheng and Wei Yannan If they really conspired to kill, then the motive must not be for inheritance, but for some other reason."

"Quanzhong." Meng Shaohui smiled slightly, "The motive of killing people to fight for the inheritance is actually the most stupid. Think about it, he killed all the people who could compete with him for the inheritance, and in the end he was left to inherit the inheritance smoothly. No matter how clever his tactics are, he will definitely become the number one suspect, and our police will naturally focus on 'taking care' of him, so in the end, it's all in vain?"

"Captain Meng, do you mean that this case has nothing to do with inheritance?"

"Not entirely. At least judging from the current development of the case, the will is absolutely beneficial to the villagers of Majong Village. No matter what happens to the members of the Wei family, the villagers of Majong Village will undoubtedly be the biggest beneficiaries. "Meng Shaohui said.

"Then the previous speculation about the possibility of Feng Yao and his son Wei Xiluo committing a crime together is not valid?"

"This needs further investigation. At present, I can only say that Wei Xiluo is suspicious. Judging from the examination report on his injuries given by the forensic doctor, his injuries are not serious. Under such circumstances, he couldn't even provide any clues about the murderer who attacked him, which makes me unbelievable." Meng Shaohui analyzed, "In the previous murder cases of Wei Dongsheng and Wei Yannan, the murderer took their mobile phones after the murder, and Judging from the phone call list, the two victims had received a text message from an unfamiliar mobile phone number in the afternoon before they were killed. Although we cannot verify the content of their text messages, it can lead them to go to the Temple of Birds late at night. In a remote place, I believe that the content of the text message must be very tempting to them, and at this stage, there is nothing that can make them very tempting than the secret of "Bird Homing". The content of the text message coincided with each other. Although the mobile phone numbers used by the murderer were different each time, the content used should not be too different. But then a crucial problem appeared, that is, after Wei Dongsheng Before Wei Yannan and Wei Yannan were killed, the strange numbers that sent text messages had called into their mobile phones. If my guess is correct, the main purpose of the calls this time was to distract the victim and facilitate the murderer, but it was strange. Yes, I checked Wei Xiluo's cell phone. Although he received a text message from a strange cell phone in the afternoon, he had never called in before the attack, and he had killed people twice before. It only caused minor injuries once, so it would be too far-fetched to explain it by the murderer's carelessness. On the contrary, it would be more reasonable to say that the case of Wei Xiluo's attack was a "bitter trick" written and directed by himself. "

"If your guess, Team Meng, is correct, then Wei Xiluo has obviously shot himself in the foot. He originally planned to use a cruel trick to keep himself out of the world, but he didn't think he could do it."

"Wei Xiluo is obviously not suitable for acting."

"It can't be blamed on his lack of talent. If you want to really act, you have to cut a hole in him with a knife. If you lose your life, the gain will not be worth the loss."

The investigators joked with each other, and the serious and dull atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became more active. Meng Shaohui did not stop the people from teasing like this. Relaxing occasionally can at least refresh them, because the next The busy investigation work will not even have time for such teasing.

"Okay, let's get back to business." Meng Shaohui tapped on the table lightly, "Since the clues have emerged, our next investigation will revolve around Wei Xiluo, Wei Beigui and Feng Yao, and everything related to them must be re-verified , and dig deeper, and the protection of Wei Beigui must not be slackened. Now that Wei Xiluo has performed a bitter trick, Wei Beigui will definitely perform it again, otherwise this farce that has been staged will be true. It can't end."

"What about Wei Qiuyuan's case? Are we not going to investigate it for now?"

"I'm still a little confused about Wei Qiuyuan's case. If there is a grudge, in fact, some of the relatives of the villagers in Sparrow Village were indirectly killed by him. Many people should have grudges against him, but the luminous stone contains radioactivity. However, only the village chiefs Hu Liang and Wang Youcai knew about it, and it is very likely that Wei Qiuyuan killed Hu Liang. Logically speaking, Hu Zhendong is indeed the most suspect at the moment, but he had perfect circumstances when the case happened. Alibi, I really don't know where the problem is, did we ignore some clues?" Meng Shaohui said helplessly.

"Actually, Team Meng, you said that Hu Zhendong and Zhao Tietou used to be comrades-in-arms in the army. Is it possible that Hu Zhendong took advantage of this relationship and asked Zhao Tietou to help him kill Wei Qiuyuan?"

"I've thought about this too, but the key point is that only Wang Youcai knew about Wei Qiuyuan's killing of Hu Liang in order to hide the secret that the luminous stone was radioactive, and according to what Wang Youcai said, he never mentioned it to anyone. And, then how did Hu Zhendong learn the truth, and thus take revenge and commit murder?" Meng Shaohui was puzzled.

"Actually, Wang Youcai didn't have to tell Hu Zhendong to know about this matter. Back then, Hu Zhendong and Hu Liang went to the city to investigate the Luminous Stone. During this process, no one knew what happened between the two of them. Perhaps Hu Zhendong had already learned about the Luminous Stone from his father back then, but he didn’t take it to heart at the time. It was not until he chose to retire after the “Millions of Disarmament” in 85 that he had the opportunity to return to the village to investigate the truth of the matter, so that He found out that his father's death was related to Wei Qiuyuan, so he decided to kill him, and then used his relationship with Zhao Tietou to get him to help kill Wei Qiuyuan, and he could create a perfect alibi when the crime happened, so he could stay out of the incident."

It is undeniable that the investigators' deduction is also possible, because if Hu Zhendong asked Zhao Tietou for help, he believed that Zhao Tietou would definitely agree, because they were not only comrades-in-arms, but Zhao Tietou's family was also affected by it. The radioactivity of the luminous stone caused cancer. From this point of view, there is also hatred between Zhao Tietou and Wei Qiuyuan.

"If this possibility is true, why did it take until now?" Some investigators also questioned.

"Maybe it has something to do with Wei Qiuyuan's will." Meng Shaohui guessed, "It is possible that they are waiting for such an opportunity. Hu Zhendong works in Tianzheng Law Firm, and Wei Qiuyuan found this firm to handle matters related to wills. I believe it should not be It was a simple coincidence that Zhao Tietou was the director of public security in the village. I believe that he and Wei Qiuyuan in the village should have a very close relationship. It is very likely that this firm was recommended by him. Later, Hu Zhendong knew the content of Wei Qiuyuan's will. , so he decided to do it, not only to avenge his parents, but also to seek justice for the villagers in the village who were victimized by the luminous stone, and the most important point is in the will. The four children couldn't find the secret of "Bird's Return to Nest", so 90% of the shares in the mahjong factory will be owned by the village committee. However, no one knows what the secret of "Bird's Return to Nest" is. This secret that no one knows is written into the will as a condition for the inheritance of the four children. If he is not old-fashioned, then the only reasonable explanation is that he already knew the secret of "birds returning to the nest", so Hu Zhendong chose Killing Wei Qiuyuan after he made his will was to prevent Wei Qiuyuan from revealing the secret, so that after one year, the villagers would get the maximum benefit, and it was also a kind of compensation for the villagers who lost their lives because of the luminous stone."

"Makes sense, makes sense."

Meng Shaohui's guess was unanimously approved by the investigators.

"Another point, according to the forensic examination, the person who left the bloody shoe print at the scene of Wei Qiuyuan's murder was between 1.75 meters and 1.80 meters tall and weighed about 70 kilograms, while Hu Zhendong was only 1.70 meters tall and weighed at most . It only weighs more than [-] kilograms, but Zhao Tietou is more in line with this characteristic." Meng Shaohui said.

"Then is it possible to arrest Zhao Tietou immediately?"

"Although the guess is very reasonable, we have no real evidence. I believe that even if he is arrested, there is nothing wrong with him, and it is easy to scare the snake. After all, Zhao Tietou is only playing the role of a killer. Hu Zhendong is the real planner of all this. If you want to arrest, you must arrest two people together when there is evidence, and I always feel that the case is proceeding too logically according to my previous guess." Meng Shaohui hesitated, "Because there is another doubt, that is, Wei Xiluo's height and weight are also similar to the characteristics of the bloody shoe prints left at the scene of Wei Qiuyuan's murder, and the most important point is that Feng Yao had a boyfriend before marrying Wei Qiuyuan, and this man also Died of cancer, after this man died, Feng Yao followed Wei Qiuyuan. If the reason for this man's cancer is also because of the luminous stone, then the relationship between Feng Yao and Wei Qiuyuan is not as simple as it seems on the surface, but there is a The important premise is that Feng Yao also knows the truth of what happened back then."

"The case is getting more and more complicated. It's okay not to analyze it. This analysis seems to connect a series of problems together, but it seems to be completely confusing."

The investigators shook their heads helplessly.

"Bring yourself up." Meng Shaohui clapped his hands, "I believe that we are getting closer and closer to the truth. Before that, it was mainly because we did not find the right direction, so we took many detours in the investigation. Now, we are targeting Five people, Feng Yao, Wei Xiluo, Wei Beigui, Hu Zhendong, and Zhao Tietou, will conduct a more in-depth investigation. As long as it is related to them, all the information, regardless of size, will be investigated clearly. You have to remember one thing , no matter how cunning the murderer is, there must be a motive for committing a crime, as long as this motive is found, then there is a way to make the murderer show his true colors, the wise saying that everything that passes by will leave traces is not just a joke.”

(End of this chapter)