Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 67 Zhou Tong Detective Series IV: The Skinner (1)
Introduction to Section 1
In the cold night, the cold rain pattered down, like shattered blades, falling on the street.Looking along the road paved with bluestone, it was pitch black in the distance.But even if he couldn't see it, he could still hear it. A scream came from the thick darkness.It was a woman's voice. Although the shrill cry was only for a short moment, it was extremely clear.

In the buildings on both sides of the street, several lights were on. Although it was already late at night, some people were still awakened by the harsh sound.However, these lights were only on for a while, and then went out one after another.In this kind of night, even though the person who woke up was a little puzzled, he was unwilling to go out to find out what happened. After all, he turned off the light and fell asleep again with his hands covered by the quilt.

It was pitch black, I couldn't see anything, I couldn't hear anything, I couldn't even move my body, but I could feel it, feel the cold, feel fear, and feel that I was being hung in mid-air.The woman regretted why she had to go out at such a night.

Suddenly, there was a cracking pain from the corner of the mouth, and the tape on the woman's mouth was torn off.

"Who? Please let me go..." the woman cried and begged.

But no one responded to her.

After a while, a lamp above the woman's head suddenly turned on, as if a hole had been torn in the darkness.

Under the dim light, a man in a white coat, a white mask and a hat appeared in front of the woman.

At this moment, the woman can see that her hands and feet are chained to a circular iron frame, and her naked body hangs in the air in the shape of a cross.She cried more and more, but otherwise she could not move a finger.

The man in white was holding a scalpel in his left hand. The cold light from the blade was like his eyes, which made people tremble.

"You...what are you going to do?" The woman opened her eyes wide in horror, watching the man in white approach step by step.

The man in white remained silent, his eyes fixed on the woman's body, as if admiring an outstanding work of art.He couldn't help stretching out his hand and began to caress the woman's smooth and white skin.

His slender and pale hands gently slid across the woman's delicate face, long white neck, and towering breasts... Finally, they circled around the waist and rested on the back of the woman's neck.

The woman is crying, pleading, trembling...

A stabbing pain came from the back, and the woman screamed in pain.

The sharp knife ran along the back of the neck, across the back and down to the anus.

The eyes of the man in white seemed to be on fire. He threw away the knife in his hand, and carefully pressed his hands against the sides of the woman's back skin, and slowly peeled it off. The skin on both sides opened inch by inch, like a bat. wings...

Section 2 Human Pi Thangka
At dusk, golden tombstones stood quietly in the cemetery, and desolate fallen leaves were flying all over the sky, accompanied by the sound of the wind, like a sad song played in the sky.

A man and a woman held hands, with solemn expressions, walked along the stone steps of the cemetery, walked through a forest path, and stopped.

The two stood silently in front of a tombstone for a long time.

The man held a bouquet of white chrysanthemums, bent down and placed them gently in front of the tombstone.The moment he raised his head, his eyes reflected the bright red name on the tombstone——Li Ying.

His heart couldn't help a stabbing pain.He will never forget that cruel and tragic scene. The girl Li Ying who loved him deeply was stabbed into the chest by the murderer and fell into a pool of blood... If she was not so reckless at that time, she would not have sacrificed. Deep self-blame has been lingering in my heart.

"Zhou Tong." The woman patted the man's shoulder lightly.

"Oh." Zhou Tong woke up from the painful memory and stood up straight.

"Three years, you still can't let go?" The woman gently hugged Zhou Tong's arm, and leaned her head gently on his shoulder.

"Yongjie, I'm sorry, I made you quit your job because of me." Zhou Tong turned sideways, stroking Yan Yongjie's soft hair apologetically.

"Being with you, it doesn't matter what you do, it's fine now." Yan Yongjie hugged Zhou Tong tighter, "We stay away from those murders, conspiracies, darkness... I really feel very happy to live a peaceful life like this. "

Zhou Tong didn't speak any more, just quietly looked at the tombstone in front of her, letting the cold wind and fallen leaves slide by her side...

In the meeting room of the special criminal investigation team of the Ministry of Public Security, although all the members were present, it was silent, no one spoke, and even everyone's breathing became slow and heavy.These team members are used to all kinds of bloody scenes of murders, but now seeing the pictures of murders on the big screen, they couldn't help but gasp.

A corpse, a skinned corpse, the flesh and veins are clearly visible, and a pair of bulging eyes burst out of fear on the distorted face, which makes people shudder.

In order to deal with some unconventional, bizarre and extremely difficult cases, the Ministry of Public Security has set up a special criminal investigation team.The members of the group are all elites in the police force.

At this time, a female team member couldn't help it anymore, stood up quickly, ran to the trash can on the side, and vomited with a "wow".

Chang Ning, female, received a doctorate in criminal psychology from the Public Security University of China when she was 22 years old. She originally belonged to the Dalian Public Security Bureau. Because of her outstanding professional skills in criminal psychology, she was transferred to the special criminal investigation team. Yesterday was her first Day report.And when she encountered such a case when she first arrived, she couldn't help it.

Sun Yaoming, the leader of the criminal investigation team, looked at her and couldn't help shaking his bald head slightly.This girl suddenly reminded him of Yan Yongjie, she must have come when she was Chang Ning's age, she was both beautiful girls, but Yan Yongjie was more "vicious" than men at that time.But Chang Ning in front of him is gentle and gentle, with a look of weakness.

Chang Ning vomited for 5 minutes before slowly getting better.

"The corpse you see is the first victim discovered by the Lhasa police under the Lhasa Bridge on November 23." Sun Yaoming said and clicked the mouse, and the picture on the screen was changed, still the same A skinned corpse, but with a different body shape, is obviously another victim. "On November [-], the Lhasa police found the second victim in the garbage bin of the Lhasa North Suburb Passenger Station."

"A week ago, on December [-], the third victim appeared in the woods of Zongjiao Lukang Park." The picture on the screen changed again, and another corpse appeared.

At this time, the expression on the faces of almost all the team members had changed from surprise to anger. The murderer's method was really cruel and inhumane. This kind of crime method was beyond the reach of normal people.

Sun Yaoming also ignored everyone's reactions, and continued: "The three deceased persons found so far are all female, aged between 22 and [-] years old. The information in front of you contains detailed information about the deceased."

"These places where the dead were found were just places where the murderers abandoned their bodies. Where were they attacked? Where was the first scene of the victimization? The local police didn't find any clues!" A male member of the team who had been sitting next to Sun Yaoming Looking at the information, he frowned and said.

Chen Siguo, a handsome man with blond hair and black eyes, is 28 years old, Chinese-American, his father is Chinese, and his mother is American. He graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the United States. He returned to China with his parents five years ago, and then joined China. The Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Public Security was transferred to the special criminal investigation team three years ago because it had cracked many major cases. It is currently the most outstanding police officer in the special criminal investigation team.

"The murderer is very cunning, well-planned, did not leave any clues, and has strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities. The Lhasa police were helpless. Three days ago, they asked the Ministry of Public Security for help. The leaders of the Ministry were furious after learning about the case and asked the special criminal investigation team to assist the local Police, solve the case as soon as possible!" Sun Yaoming said with a serious expression.

"It doesn't matter if the leader is angry or not, but if the murderer is not found out as soon as possible, the next victim may appear." Chen Siguo grew up in the United States, and he has always been indifferent to the domestic bureaucracy. Go straight, never turn.

Sun Yaoming also often has headaches because of this, and often has to do some aftermath work for Chen Siguo, but he appreciates Chen Siguo's ability to handle cases very much. Since Yan Yongjie resigned and left, he has been entrusted to investigate important cases.

"In most cases, such murderers should be men, between the ages of 28 and 40, with high IQs, legitimate careers, good speech, and will please women. They plan carefully before committing crimes. Once a target is selected, it will take a few days Weeks to learn about the other party's schedule, and even the people around him, to ensure that no accidents will happen when committing the crime." Chang Ning made a psychological analysis of the murderer while flipping through the materials.

Everyone turned their eyes to Chang Ning, with admiration in their eyes.She was a little embarrassed, and her pale face became a little rosier.

"Chang Ning, doctor of criminal psychology, just reported to our special criminal investigation team yesterday, I hope everyone can work together in the future!" Sun Yaoming introduced to everyone.

At this time, Chang Ning also stood up shyly and saluted his colleagues.

"I agree with Chang Ning's point of view. The murderer should know the three victims, so that he has the opportunity to observe and understand their situation. Therefore, we need to further screen the information of the three victims to see if they have anything in common. Maybe we can Find the clue." Chen Siguo said while showing a kind smile to Chang Ning.

Sun Yaoming nodded, thought for a while, and said, "Chen Siguo and Chang Ning, you two are in charge, lead the team to Lhasa immediately, assist the local police in investigating this case, and catch the murderer as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" Chen Siguo and Chang Ning stood up and said in unison.

In the morning, the cool autumn wind lifts the floral curtains, allowing the warm sunshine to shine in the room, which feels warm and poetic.The woman's smooth and white body was unreservedly presented in the sunlight, reflecting an almost suffocating light.She bit her red lips, buried her head in the chest of the man below her, tightly grasped his strong arms with both hands, and her whole body was like a raging wave, slapping on the bronze-colored beach.Under this strenuous exercise, the alluring fragrance in her body flowed out of the pores along with the beads of sweat, and slid down onto the man's body drop by drop.

A high-pitched moan of joy, followed by a tight hug and deep panting, as if the wind calmed down and the waves subsided...

Yan Yongjie had a contented and sweet smile on his face, quietly hugging Zhou Tong, and Zhou Tong looked at Yan Yongjie with a mischievous but full of love in his eyes.

"Yong Jie, your skin is so smooth."

"Little pervert, you are the only one with a sweet mouth." Yan Yongjie gently pinched Xia Zhoutong's cheek.

"I'm more than sweet, I have something good for you." Zhou Tong took out two air tickets from under the pillow as if by magic.

"A ticket to Tibet?" Yan Yongjie took it over and looked at it, only to feel that his eyes lit up, and he almost couldn't believe it.

"I know you have always wanted to travel there, and now I have a surprise for you." Zhou Tong laughed.

"But...how do you ask for leave from the company?" Although Yan Yongjie really wanted to go, but thinking of the face of the general manager of the company, she still hesitated.

"It's okay, I've already asked for leave for you."

"You...you ask for leave for me?"

"Anyway, I'm also a middle school teacher now. The son of your general manager happens to be in our school. I stopped by to visit the house a few days ago." Zhou Tong couldn't help but chuckle when he thought of the appearance of the general manager that day. .

"You are really capable, and you can use children too." Although Yan Yongjie said so, she was already happily hugging Zhou Tong tightly.

Lhasa was called "Resa" in ancient times, "Goat" was called "Re" in Tibetan, and "Tu" was called "Sa". According to legend, when Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty married Tubo in the seventh century AD, it was still a barren grass beach. The Ramoche Temple used goat back soil to fill the lying pond. After the temple was built, the number of missionary monks and people who came to worship the Buddha increased. Around the Jokhang Temple, many hotels and residential houses were successively built, forming the Jokhang Temple as the center. The prototype of the old city.At the same time, Songtsan Gampo expanded the palace (now the Potala Palace) in Hongshan, so palaces were built one after another on the Lhasa River Valley Plain, and a famous plateau city that is prominent both at home and abroad was formed. "Jasa" gradually became a "sacred place" in people's hearts, and became the center of Tibet's religion, politics, economy, and culture at that time.In the impression of ordinary people, Lhasa is composed of Potala Palace, Barkhor Street (Bajiao Street), Jokhang Temple, Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery and Lhasa River, but Tibetans believe that "Lhasa" in the strict sense should be It refers to the Jokhang Temple and the Barkhor Street built around the Jokhang Temple. Only when you reach the Jokhang Temple and the Barkhor Street can you be counted as the real Lhasa.

In today's Barkhor Street, there are many shops on both sides of the street, selling a variety of commodities with national characteristics, such as bronze Buddha, prayer wheel, butter lamp, prayer flag, snuff bottle, Tibetan knife, butter, highland barley wine, Tang card painting, handkerchief Tibetan blanket and so on.Tourists from all over the world stroll here, bustling and lively.

But this morning Barkhor Street looked extraordinarily deserted, the sky was gloomy, the long street was empty, not a single shop was open.At the far corner of the street, occasionally one or two stray dogs would come out and whine.

Gal Dongzan runs an antique shop called "Jubaozhai" in Barkhor Street. He has developed a habit of opening the shop at six o'clock every morning.Although there was never any business at this time, he didn't care.

He likes the morning air, opens the door, makes a cup of buttered tea, eats a piece of fragrant tsampa, plays a little song, and then starts to wipe the antiques in the shop one by one, although most of them are fakes.

But today was an exception. When he opened the door, he was shocked to find a man in a black robe standing outside the store.

In this day and age, there are very few people who wear clothes like this. The long black robe, even with a hat, wraps the whole body tightly.

Gal Dongzan looked at the person in front of him and was stunned.

"I'm here to do some shopping." The face of the man in black was still covered with a black veil, and a faint mist passed through the veil, floating in the cold morning wind.

"Oh, please come in." Gal Dongzan opened the door to do business. Although the man was a bit strange, he still said politely.

The man in black was also polite, and walked in directly.

"I don't know what you want? I have a good thangka here..." Gal Dongzan followed, and introduced the antiques in his shop with some pride.

But the man in black didn't even look at what Gal Dongzan said.

Seeing that the man in black was not interested at all, Gal Dongzan put down the antique in his hand and looked at the man in black again.Seeing the sharp and indifferent eyes of the man in black, he felt a little scared in his heart, and regretted letting this man in so hastily.

The store suddenly fell silent, and this kind of silence made Gal Dongzan feel suffocated.

"What I want is human skin Thangka." The man in black stared at Gal Dongzan and said word by word.

Gal Dongzan's face changed slightly when he heard this.

Thangka is also called Tangga, Tangka, which is a transliteration of Tibetan, and refers to religious scroll paintings that are mounted in colorful satin and hung for worship.Human skin thangka is a thangka made of human skin.Some lamas in Tibetan Buddhism believe that humans are the most spiritual animals, and thangkas drawn with human skin are helpful for spiritual practice.Before the liberation of Tibet, Tibetan slave owners used the skins of some serfs to make human skin thangkas in the name of religion.

"How can such a rare thing be found in a small shop like mine?" Gaer Dongzan calmed down and picked up the teacup beside him, wanting to take a sip of buttered tea, but found that the teacup was empty.

The man in black was covered with a veil, and he didn't know what his expression was, but his tone was equally cold.

"Descendant of the Great Chieftain of Dege, heir of the family, Gar Dongzan."

Gal Dongzan was so shocked that the teacup in his hand almost fell to the ground.He didn't expect that the other party would find out all about him. The visitor was not kind, and it would be useless for him to continue fooling around.

(End of this chapter)