"Remove all the impossible factors, and what remains... No matter how much you don't want to believe it... but it is the truth!"
Lu Wen was sitting in the passenger seat, and the vehicle was undulating on the bumpy road.
The investigation of the body in Baker City was interrupted by a female sniper, now chasing him high above the tall buildings in the dark night.
Here in Mowu City, things are also making no progress.
"I have an impression of this. Is it from "Detective Conan"?"
Wei Boyan turned on the high beam, and the dirt road ahead became brighter.
It was still dark all around.
"Yes, but the original sentence comes from "Sherlock Holmes"." Lu Wen said.
"I've read that one, but I think a lot of the content in it doesn't stand up to scrutiny and isn't rigorous enough. Many similar literary and artistic works in history are better than that one." Wei Boyan said.
"We must consider the limitations of the times." Lu Wen looked into the distance, "There are many classic works of the same type in history, various characters, Ellery Quinn, Hercule Poirot... But in the end people only remember Sherlock Holmes, it shows that he must have something unique.”
"I know Poirot, is he the detective with the funny beard?"
"But only you know that there is only one detective that ordinary people know, and that is Sherlock Holmes. The transliteration should be Hermes. I don't know why the gentleman who was in charge of the translation translated it as Fu..."
As we hurried on in the dark, the small village was almost there.
Quite remote.
There are just over fifty households.
But the roads are much better than other villages Lu Wen has been to before.
The road is paved with gravel, so it is obvious that the economic level of this village is better than that of other villages. Many families have built brick houses.
"Drive slowly, I can see it, the body is at the entrance of the village."
"Sometimes I really envy your androids' eyesight. Do you have two cameras on your eyes?"
"Roughly the same."
“…”
There were several lights on at the entrance of the village.
Some villagers came out with wires from their houses and hung light bulbs on trees.
This kind of murder had not happened in this remote village for many years. The villagers thought it was very strange and had nothing to fear.
The executive officers from the local enforcement bureau arrived early and had already set up a cordon.
Wei Boyan was the first to get out of the car, shook hands with the local executive, and discussed the current situation.
"Sir, there are only five people from our branch. They are all here to guard the scene. However, we lack some equipment and cannot conduct relevant tests."
"It's okay. All the equipment is behind me. I'm following you."
Lu Wen got out of the car and looked at the body.
At first glance, it was judged that the cause of death was the same as that of the lawyer. There were multiple stab wounds, but they were not fatal. He died from excessive bleeding.
The time of death should be in the afternoon.
The reporter said that when he saw it, the blood flowing out from the crack in the door had solidified.
Let's wait for the forensic doctor to come over. In this weather, we can simply use the temperature of the body to determine the time of death.
Colleagues from the urban area arrived one after another.
Village, the name of the village contains the word "LAN".
Same cause of death.
Everything was as Lu Wen guessed.
"Sorry, I said a lot of bad words to you on the public channel before." An executive walked up to Lu Wen with an apology on his face.
"Actually... I'm not on the public channel in your area. I won't know if you don't tell me." Lu Wen said.
"It makes me feel bad if I don't speak out."
"You'll make me feel bad if you say it."
Several colleagues came forward to apologize.
Others went to the murder scene to investigate.
Wei Boyan was questioning several villagers.
"Have you seen any strangers coming in and out of the village these days?"
"I didn't notice it, but there are only so many people in the village. Everyone is an acquaintance. If there were really strangers, they would have noticed it."
Several villagers said they saw no strangers coming or going.
"It's past eight o'clock in the evening. People in rural areas eat late, so they probably haven't slept yet. Everyone, please do some hard work and investigate door to door. If you encounter anything wrong, record it."
Wei Boyan simply divided the people who came into groups.
It is indeed relatively late to eat in rural areas.
Every house still has lights on.
There are many executives, each with a flashlight, and there are also bionic executives with night vision mode turned on, which is not the funny eyes glowing, but real night vision.
Lu Wenze and Wei Boyan went directly to the place where the murder occurred.
"The bungalow has a brick structure and sliding windows. There are wooden bars on the outside of the windows. There are no signs of damage. The murderer did not enter through the windows."
A common bungalow in rural areas.
There is a living room, two bedrooms, and a kitchen in total.
The toilet is outside.
Except for the black tiles on the top of the kitchen, the rest of the top is made of flat cement. There is a staircase leading to the roof, where you can dry some crops on weekdays.
There are several cracks in the gray exterior wall, and the red bricks can be seen inside.
"This bungalow has some age."
"The initial judgment is that it is the scene of the first crime. The traces at the scene are very messy and damaged. Many traces can be detected. The white hair should come from the old man at the entrance of the village just now. The footprints at the door were left by the villagers who first discovered the body. There are snack bags, and some children came to see them out of curiosity... "
The villagers made it more difficult for everyone.
Lu Wen went in and took a look.
The furniture is simple.
Some old wooden furniture.
A rusty clock hangs on the blue-grey cement wall, and the hands have stopped.
The big color TV is placed at the end of the living room.
There are some bits and pieces on the table in the living room, and some old clothes on the stool. It can be seen that the original color should be darker, but they have all been washed and faded.
There is a gray stuffed toy on the TV.
There is an alphabet hanging on the cement wall nearby. The date in the lower left corner of the alphabet is seven years ago.
"Have children?" Lu Wen frowned, "The deceased did not live alone. There should be another child. Has he been found?"
"We found it. The child was playing with other children outside in the afternoon. He was frightened when he saw the situation at home. His mood has not yet stabilized. He is in a villager's home."
"After his mood stabilizes, ask him if any strangers have been to his home recently."
Lu Wen did not place his hopes on his children.
Judging from the murderer's last performance, he will do everything in a flawless manner, leaving almost no traces that might expose himself.
"The doors and windows were not damaged. Could it be that the murderer and the victim knew each other?"
In the lawyer’s previous case, the doors and windows were not damaged.
The murderer seemed to have walked into the room with great swagger.
But Lu Wen did not speculate too much at the time.
In a place like an urban area, there are countless ways to trick someone into opening a door.
(End of chapter)