The Conspiracy 1

Chapter 2 The Weird Cross (2)
I've slept in the police station more than once, and I'm not a baby who sleeps on a hard bench, but tonight is a mess.When I was half asleep, I felt that the air in the room was about to solidify, and it was falling down a little bit, which made my heart feel extremely depressed, as if an invisible thing jumped on me and pressed down. me too.I don't know what's wrong with my body, I can't move if I want to, but I also feel as if there is a person standing next to me. He doesn't speak, but just walks around occasionally, accompanied by a weird clicking sound, which reminds me of a chicken. The scene where the paws walk on the concrete floor.I clenched my fists desperately, trying to wake myself up, but my body refused to obey the instructions, and I kept struggling until I suddenly opened my eyes.

I hurriedly sat up and panted heavily, looking around, but there was no one, and the entire conference room was empty.I rubbed my forehead and found that I had a low-grade fever, and looked at my watch. It was past 7 in the morning, and there were footsteps and voices outside the meeting room.I hurriedly got up and found the toothbrush and went to the bathroom to wash.This is a major feature of serious criminal police. A set of toiletries and clothes are prepared at the police station. If you encounter a serious case, you may not be able to go home for a long time.

Both Liu Qianshou and I belong to the Second Detective Team of the Serious Case Squadron.The second detective team consisted of four people. Liu Qianshou was the chief detective, and the other two were Wang Gensheng and Da Lingzi. Da Lingzi was the policewoman who vomited the first time she saw a dead body.The three of us work together, and Liu Qianshou has his own office.When I came back from breakfast, I found that Wang Gensheng and Da Lingzi had also come.Liu Qianshou came to us on time at 8 o'clock and shouted: "All go to the conference room for a meeting!" I could guess that the content of the meeting must be related to the murder case last night. Wang Gensheng and Da Lingzi didn't know about it, so it seemed Confused.

There were only four of us in a huge conference room, which seemed a bit empty, but it was also good, that is, it was not crowded, and we each found a comfortable place to sit down.Liu Qianshou first told the three of us about the general situation last night, especially when I also went to the scene, both Wang Gensheng and Da Lingzi cast a sympathetic look.Then he turned on the projector and played a picture: "This is the female corpse from last night, everyone take a look."

I was drinking coffee, and I looked up by the way, and when I saw the picture clearly, I spit all the coffee out of my mouth with a puff.Wang Gensheng and Da Lingzi all stared at me strangely, and I didn't care about my gaffes.In fact, I don’t blame me for this reaction. The female corpse on the screen grinned slyly, especially her slightly cloudy eyes were staring at us.I remember clearly that the female corpse who went to the scene last night didn't smile at all.

While wiping the coffee from the corner of my mouth, I pointed to the screen and asked, "Boss, did you take the wrong film? Is this the dead man from last night?" Liu Qianshou also stared at the screen: "I hope I took the wrong film Yes, but that's right, this is the female corpse we saw last night, isn't it weird? Not long after we left the scene, she grinned. Yes, this can only be regarded as a postmortem neurological reflex."

Although I am not a medical student, I do know a little bit about this area. I do not believe this conclusion from the bottom of my heart. Can people still laugh after death?It's evil.I looked at Wang Gensheng and Da Lingzi, wondering what they thought.Both of them frowned, and neither of them spoke.Liu Qianshou broadcast the next scene, which is a close-up of the back of the neck of the female corpse. The female corpse was lying in blood last night. In order not to spoil the scene, Liu Qianshou and I did not check the place.On the back of the neck in the film, there is an area the size of a fingernail that has scabbed over.

Liu Qian held his arms in his hands, showing a pondering look, as if he was talking to himself, but also seemed to be asking us: "This scab is very special. I think it is suspicious, but I can't figure out what the doubt is. What." Da Lingzi couldn't help but ask, "Boss, what does the forensic doctor's report say?" Liu Qianshou picked up a notebook, opened the notes on it, and read: "The forensic doctor's report stated that judging from the murder scene, , there is no doubt about it, the cross on the forehead of the female corpse can only be regarded as a quirk of her own, she cut it herself before she died, as for the scab and smirk, there are also 'reasonable' explanations."

We all wonder what that means.He sighed, and said, "This morning I talked with Chief Inspector Yu of the first investigation team about this matter. His opinion is that this is a suicide case and we can close it." The three of us couldn't help but look at each other After a while, Da Lingzi continued to be the spokesperson: "Boss, let's close the case." With a bang, Liu Qianshou slammed the clip on the table, and it could be seen that there was some anger on his face. "No." He yelled with a raised voice, "If this case is closed, I will be aggrieved."

"Boss, case closure rate." Da Lingzi reminded again.Ordinary people would certainly not understand the meaning of what Da Lingzi said, but I do.There are instructions from above that require the detection rate of all localities to be high. Like ordinary cases, the detection rate must reach 90.00%, and the detection rate of homicide cases must be [-]%.If the investigation of this murder case is delayed any longer, it is very likely that the higher authorities will blame it, and Liu Qianshou will also be scolded. Da Lingzi's suggestion is not unreasonable.

But Liu Qianshou became even more angry when he heard the whole thing. Thanks to our second detective team in the meeting room, he pointed out the window and cursed: "What is that Yu Zhaoxuan? The first detective team he led has a high rate of solving crimes." , but is the level of solving crimes high? Let me say that many of them are unjust cases. They are very popular, and there are a lot of awards. But for our second detective team, I would rather not have awards or solve cases, as long as there are no unjust cases.”

Da Lingzi's face was not very good-looking when she was told. Wang Gensheng and I also lowered our heads when we saw that the atmosphere was not right.I support Liu Qianshou from the bottom of my heart. Although this way, my monthly performance will be much less, but to quote a sentence, I just want to have a clear conscience.Liu Qianshou also understood that Da Lingzi had good intentions and didn't blame anything. After calming down, he told us about the follow-up plan: "Let's put this case aside for now. Everyone has time to investigate more. Remember what I said, no matter how suspicious it is. There are so many contradictions, there is only one truth, what we have to do is to make sure that this female corpse is innocent. Okay, the meeting is adjourned."

Calculated, the meeting lasted less than a quarter of an hour, but the inspector made a fool of himself early in the morning, and after the three of us came out, we felt a little panicked.Each of us has several cases in our hands, and we did not continue to discuss the case of the female suicide corpse when we returned to the office. Instead, we started to deal with some urgent tasks first.

I have two cases in hand, one is a gambling fight murder, and the other is a house robbery and murder. The evidence of these two cases is solid, and they can be handed over to the procuratorate as soon as I write a report.I planned to work on these two reports first, so I started to write them in a hurry. During this period, Reiko went out three times frequently, especially the last time. No one came back for almost half an hour.I know why she went, she must have quarreled with her boyfriend again.

The whole police station knew about Da Lingzi. She wasn't from the Serious Crime Squadron before, but was transferred from the anti-pornography team.Last time, in order to solve a big case, she spent a lot of money undercover as an escort lady, and slept with the underworld boss. Finally, thanks to the evidence she collected, she caught these stinky fish, but her boyfriend thought she was dirty, Crying every day to break up.

I analyze it from the perspective of a bystander. In fact, no one is right or wrong. Da Lingzi loses her body for the sake of organization and social stability, which is different from those unscrupulous girls. Touched, which also does not say anything.I thought about it and sighed helplessly, and even fumbled in my pocket. I remember clearly that I didn't put anything in my pocket, but after I touched it, I picked up a small piece of rope and came out. .

I looked at the rope and was stunned. It was just a very ordinary hemp rope, but it was dark, and I felt that there was a lot of mud on it. When I sniffed it, there was a foul smell.I wondered where this thing came from, but after thinking about it for a long time, I only felt that the fat man was the biggest suspect. He hugged me last night, and he must have put the dirty rope in at that time.

I was clean and alone, and I was disgusted by the dirty rope. It happened that Wang Gensheng was going out, so I tore a piece of paper to wrap the rope and asked him to throw it away for me.As soon as Wang Gen left, Da Lingzi came back on her hind legs. I saw her eyelids were a little swollen, and I thought she must be hiding in a corner and just finished crying.

Dalingzi had a stubborn temper, stared at me and said it was okay, then sat silently in her seat in a daze.But how could she be okay, suddenly the stinky bitch slapped the table hard.It was really loud, as if a child had set off a firecracker in the house.I didn't expect this to happen, and I was terrified.Seeing Da Lingzi didn't explain, I thought she had to pat the table.I'm not her boyfriend, and I have no excuse to comfort her.It is said that those who know current affairs are the best, so I yelled "Oh my stomach hurts" and took the opportunity to escape.

When I went to the bathroom, there was no one there, so I lit a cigarette, thinking about giving Reiko a break before going back.During this period, I started thinking about the female corpse case again, especially the three doubts: the cross, the smirk, and the scab. I think that as long as any one of these doubts can be figured out, the whole case can be solved.

People always forget about themselves when they think about things, I didn't even think about smoking a second cigarette, but just as I was about to light it, there was a very slight laughter from the toilet: "Hee hee hee... "Based on the voice, it should be a child. I thought to myself, this is a police station and not a kindergarten. How can there be a child's voice?Especially since there is no one in the toilet.I looked back with a skeptical look, the urinal was excluded first, and as for the four closed squatting positions, I couldn't see anything for a while.

While pressing the rubber stick on my lower back, I squatted down one by one to check from the outside to the inside.To be honest, every time I opened the small door, I felt a little nervous, always thinking that I would see a strange ghost child.But until I pushed open the small door of the last squatting position, I didn't find anything.I was quite surprised for a while, thinking that maybe I had an auditory hallucination just now?This sounds scary. I have no history of genetic diseases, let alone experience of mental illness before. If such a disease occurs at such a young age, the future will be dark.

I was frightened by myself, and I closed my eyes and muttered, saying that I must have a low-grade fever, not a mental illness.I repeated it several times, and suddenly there was a small cool breeze blowing on the back of my neck.The entire toilet window was closed, so there was no possibility of wind.Intuition told myself that there was someone standing behind me.Ever since I came into contact with the case of the female corpse, my atheism has been challenged again and again. Although it is hard to imagine what is behind me, whether it is the ghost child who was giggling just now, but standing there by myself is not an option.I went all out, yelled, and turned around to draw out my baton.But what caught my eyes was a bird's nest head, who else could it be if it wasn't Liu Qianshou?

He was not frightened at all, and stared at my neck with wide eyes.

I breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "I said Mr. Liu, why don't you make a noise when you walk?" Liu Qianshou replied, "I called you when I came in, and you didn't move. Hey...don't move now, let me see the back of your neck."

As soon as he talked about the back of the neck, I thought of the scab. I knew he must take this opportunity to study something, but the problem is that he used me to study it, and I was a little unhappy.But Liu Qianshou insisted, I had to turn around and let him watch for a while, until he clicked his tongue a few times, and he emphasized to me: "Put down the work at hand and go out with me."

I guess he must have an idea, this learning opportunity can't be missed, I hurriedly agreed.The two of us drove a police car to the scene again, and now the place is deserted, not to mention people, not a single mouse.Especially when I first entered the house, despite the bright sunshine in broad daylight, it still made me feel depressed.

Liu Qianshou gently closed the door, squatted down on the spot, squinted his little eyes, and swiped around to get up.I turned my head to look at him, really wondering what this man was looking at.I asked curiously: "Boss Liu, what are you doing?" Liu Qianshou was very impatient to be interrupted like this, so he waved his hand and said, "Go and play, don't disturb my thinking."

I felt like I was on the cold bench, but I'm really not being polite when he said that, so I just found a corner and moved a chair to sit on.Of course, I'm not idle and I'm still observing him from a distance.I found that Liu Qianshou was very strange, he grinned happily for a while, pouted his nose with a frowning face for a while, and occasionally even had a fierce look on his face.That is to know what he is like, otherwise I would have gone over to beat him and take him to a mental hospital quickly.

He keeps making these faces over and over and it eventually annoys me.I yawned and curled up on the chair to sleep.Just when I was in a daze, suddenly there was a rattling sound in the house, the same as the one I heard after going to bed last night, like chicken feet walking on the concrete floor.I opened my eyes quickly this time, and looked around immediately.Head Liu was not in his original position, and I panicked at this moment, not knowing where such a big living person went.

This is the scene of a murder, especially when the female corpse died very strangely. I really can't guarantee if there will be any evil or supernatural situations.I was in a hurry, so I yelled loudly: "Boss Liu." I was worried about Liu Qianshou's safety, but I didn't expect Liu Qianshou to come out of the bedroom angrily as soon as I finished shouting, pointing at me and saying: "Li Feng, I'm warning you, can't you just calm down?"

I ignored his warning, and asked again: "Did you hear the strange noise just now?" Liu Qianshou frowned and looked at me: "What is it? I just heard you howling." My heart skipped a beat, I could see that Liu Qianshou didn't look like he was joking, could something really be wrong with my spirit?
Liu Qianshou turned around and went back to the bedroom. I was really afraid that I would stay in the hall, so I followed.He was squatting beside the bed. Although the blood on the bed had dried, it still reminded me of the scene from last night.He murmured about it for a long time, and finally heaved a long sigh, and waved to me for a cigarette.I ordered two, handed him one, and smoked one myself. Taking this opportunity, we chatted.

Liu Qianshou asked me: "Li Feng, do you know what a smart murderer is?" I didn't expect him to ask this. I thought of an answer at random, but I didn't dare to say it. I thought it depends on whether a person is smart or not. Isn't it over to find a set of questions to test IQ?Liu Qianshou saw that I didn't reply and continued, pointing at the scene: "A smart murderer, every time before he commits a crime, he will think about possible problems several times, including the method of committing the crime, the route he takes, and the longest time allowed. Time, and what accidents encountered during the crime, how to deal with it, etc. Such murderers are terrifying, and their anti-detection capabilities are particularly strong."

I thought about what he said, and suddenly understood his strange purpose before: "Boss Liu, did you treat yourself as a criminal just now? Use empathy to think about what happened last night?"

"That's right, if you want to understand this kind of people, the most effective way is to regard yourself as them." Then a sad expression appeared on his face: "I thought about many possibilities back and forth, but they were ruled out one by one. It’s gone, and I still haven’t figured out how the murderer came in to kill.”

I can feel how bad he is in his heart just by looking at him.Liu Qianshou seemed to suddenly remember something, said "That's right", took out his phone again, and showed me a photo.I completely convinced him, most people save pictures of beauties and landscapes in their mobile phones, and even more ruthless, save some small movies, but his photo turned out to be the forehead of a female corpse, where the cross is drawn .

Now it’s all right, when the photo shows the whole close-up, especially the turned-out skin near the cross, it makes me feel nauseous again.Seeing that I had the urge to cover my nose, Liu Qianshou reminded me: "Li Feng, be serious, tell me quickly, what did you see?"

I said in my heart that I am not serious now?If you stretch your face again, your face will almost crack.I suppressed my temper and took a closer look, but it was just a cross, nothing else.I shook my head to show that I didn't know, Liu Qianshou pointed a place with his hand, and asked me again: "Is there anything unusual here?"

(End of this chapter)