deep sin

Chapter 131
The taxi driver's sympathetic eyes and tone made An Changpu and Qin Ruonan feel a little funny but couldn't laugh. Maybe he was worrying unfoundedly, or maybe what he said would really happen to them. Things depend seven percent on the person and three percent on the sky. After all, the current legal procedure emphasizes evidence over oral confession. There is not enough evidence to prove it. Reasoning logically, like those great western detectives in the [-]th century, pointed out who is the real murderer.

Seven points depend on people trying to analyze and judge the nature of the case, speculate on the type and way of thinking of the criminal, and collect evidence as widely as possible, while the other three points depend on whether luck is good enough or not. Well, the evidence and clues that are clearly in front of us may disappear in an instant, just like a heavy rain can wash away fingerprints, footprints and other traces and clues at the murder scene.

Now in the two cases of Fang Wan and You Xiaoyang, they found the common ground between the two children, found their common hobbies, and even found a mysterious funder whose identity is unknown. There are three similar cases, but these are just bits and pieces. Whether they can be connected together requires further research and more relevant evidence.

With this slightly heavy heart, they came to the old criminal policeman who was the first to retire after the two boys were murdered eight years ago. Before coming, they talked with the old man on the phone and got permission, so As soon as I came to the other party's house and knocked on the door a few times, someone came to open the door immediately.

The person who opened the door was a tall man in his 60s. Although his hair had turned gray a lot, he was still big and round, with a ruddy face. He was a strong man when he was young. Renlai's eyes were sharp, he looked Qin Ruonan and An Changpu up and down, and before they could speak, he asked, "Are you two policemen from City C?"

An Changpu nodded, and greeted him politely: "Yes, I am An Changpu, this is my colleague Qin Ruonan, and you are Mr. Zhou, right?"

"Yes, I am, come in! It's so cold outside!"

Zhou Lao's voice was like a bell, and he spoke with great confidence. He waved his hands at the two and entered the room by himself. An Changpu and Qin Ruonan followed him in, and closed the door by the way.

Mr. Zhou’s home is very simple. In the living room is a set of wooden sofa and coffee table. There are a few red and green folding fans on the coffee table. He smiled at the two young people behind him: “My wife’s things, If she's fine, she can go out and wrestle with those old ladies. Come on, let's go to the study!"

The study room is not too big, except for bookshelves and desks, there is hardly much space. It is different from the study rooms of ordinary retired people full of brushes, calligraphy and paintings. There are no such things in Mr. Zhou’s study room. There is a portable DVD player on his desk. There are many TV series discs piled up on the side, one set at a time, all of them are criminal investigation subjects.

"Mr. Zhou still likes his old job after retirement!" An Changpu looked at those discs and smiled. It can be seen that this old policeman is full of love for his profession, and he is probably full of dissatisfaction when he retires. Give it up.

Mr. Zhou followed his gaze to look at the DVD on the table, and smiled: "Yeah, man, it's cheap! When I was not retired, I was tired every day, my back was sore and sick, and I didn't sleep for a few nights. , I just look forward to retiring and going home quickly, ignoring everything, just resting all day long! In the end, I really retired, and my heart is still empty! No, I just rely on watching these TV shows to find my feelings! My wife doesn’t like watching them , so the child bought me such a thing, let me enjoy myself in the study."

While talking, he gestured to the two young people to sit down, looking at them as if he could recall the years when he was still fighting in the front line of the police.

"Mr. Zhou, we are here today to ask you about the two murder cases of boys eight years ago." Qin Ruonan said.

Although he knew the purpose of these two young people's visit, when Qin Ruonan directly mentioned that matter, Elder Zhou's expression was instantly darkened.

"Actually, I have always been worried in my heart. I was afraid that the person we didn't catch would do bad things and harm others. Now it has really happened! Alas!" Mr. Zhou sighed heavily, walked to the bookcase beside him, and I was looking for something inside, "Those two cases were the last two major cases I handled before I retired. Not long after the evidence was insufficient and I had to put it on hold for a while, I was transferred to a second-line position and enjoyed a little for a year. I was free, and then I retired. Before I retired, I often went back to the original department to inquire about any progress, but there was no progress. You also know that I was a person who was about to retire at the time. In [-], those who were employed had already decided to put it aside for the time being and devote their energies to solving other cases.

An Changpu nodded, expressing his understanding.

Elder Zhou rummaged through the bookcase for a while, and took out an old portfolio, wiped the folds on the top of the portfolio with his hands, turned around and handed it to Qin Ruonan who was closer to him.

Qin Ruonan took it over suspiciously. The file bag was heavy. She pinched it with her hands and found a thick stack of papers inside. She untied the string wrapped around the mouth, pulled out the pages in the bag and flipped through them, and found that there were Some materials about the two murder cases of boys eight years ago are basically handwritten. In addition to written records, there are also some rough drawings, marking the location of the scene with simple lines and arrows.

"This..." She looked at Elder Zhou suspiciously. After flipping through the information in her hand, she could see that the records were more detailed, but it was also definitely not official information. What about the detailed case history recorded one by one?
Elder Zhou smiled helplessly and embarrassingly. He saw Qin Ruonan's doubts and explained to her: "These are all things I have done before the case has been put on hold. The notes I made before I forgot about them. In fact, I also know that this is against the regulations. I should not hold such specific case information privately, especially if it is an unsolved pending case. This is why I keep putting this thing on In the bookshelf, among a lot of books, even my own children haven’t read it. My idea at the time was that after I was transferred, I could take it out and look through it when I was fine, thinking about it, maybe it would be If I can figure out something, if I can provide help, it will be a good thing to solve the case! As a result, I finally finished sorting out and retired. After retirement, I have no qualifications or mood to study these things. The information has been sleeping in the bookshelf for several years, if you didn’t find it this time, I probably have to continue to sleep!”

An Changpu took it from Qin Ruonan's hand and turned it over. He wanted to ask Mr. Zhou something, but Mr. Zhou raised his hand to signal him not to ask.

"Everything I could remember at the time must have been recorded here. If I didn't write it down at the time, it is even more impossible to remember it after eight years. So it is useless for you to ask me to recall the original things. What I can have The impression is just a rough idea, and it is probably not difficult for you to know it from others, so you should ask the people who are still working, I have to avoid suspicion after all." He said to An Changpu.

"We understand, we won't make it difficult for you. In fact, I just want to ask, is it because the family of the two children reacted violently because they failed to catch the murderer?" An Changpu didn't want to force Mr. Zhou.

"Yeah, it was ugly." Recalling the situation at that time, Mr. Zhou sighed again, with a lingering fear in his clothes, "At that time, we felt as if we were the murderers who did all kinds of evil. It was like rats crossing the street. Shouting and beating, going to and from get off work every day is like being a thief."

"Since facing so much pressure from public opinion, why did you put the case on hold again? Why didn't you work harder to solve the case as soon as possible to calm the storm and restore your reputation?"

"At first we also planned this way, but then there was a vicious case in our place. A group of criminals made guns privately, and went to the homes of women who lived alone to rape and rob them at night. The crimes were very frequent. At that time, the case of the two boys had been investigated for several months, and all the clues that could be collected had been collected, but it was completely scattered and could not be linked together. In addition, no similar incidents have happened since then, you Said, if it were you, how should we deal with the priorities of the two sides? The two boys are already dead, and people cannot be brought back to life. Those arrogant bastards harm women who live alone, will this make their conscience feel better?"

After hearing Mr. Zhou's words, both An Changpu and Qin Ruonan were silent. The two of them graduated from the police school in the same year. They had been working in the front line of the police for several years. Social experience, this kind of dilemma has never been encountered before. Now, after listening to Mr. Zhou's original situation, I don't know how to respond, because if they are the parties, I guess they will feel the same lack of skills. .

The number of police is limited, and the division of labor is different. The criminal police who are responsible for solving criminal cases in the police is also limited. Compared with the huge population of citizens, the human resources of the criminal police are sometimes a little scarce, and they can deal with daily emergencies in peace It's more than enough, once encountering a bad time when big things and small things happen frequently, he doesn't have the ability of Sun Dasheng to pull out a hair and turn into thousands of clones.

The left is also subject to scolding, and the right is also subject to scolding. Stretching the head is a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife.

Sometimes, being a person and doing things is like this. If you do a hundred things well, no one will think of you well, but once you do one thing badly, even if you have a lot of helplessness, you will immediately attract stigma.

[This chapter is even more thrilling. . .Xiao Mo’s mother celebrated her birthday today, and originally planned to post an update after nine o’clock, but the website kept logging in, thinking that today’s update was going to be a waste, but it turned out to be an eye opener, and the half-cooked Quan Qin flew away!whee! 】

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