When I returned to the village, it was already dark, and the clouds in the sky finally couldn't bear the huge force, and scattered large and large snowflakes on the ground. It seems that this snow will last for a long time . After returning, the old village chief hurriedly found us a courtyard house.
The main room is divided into two suites on the left and right. Guan Zengbin, a little girl, naturally sleeps in one room by herself, while the three of us big men are squeezed into one room. Fortunately, the bed is big enough to sleep three people. It's just that the three of us have never touched this coal stove, and we don't know how to burn it.
Fortunately, Captain Zhou himself is from the village, and he is very experienced in dealing with this kind of coal stove. After a while, the coal stoves in the two rooms were burning red. Captain Zhou looked at us, and then said: "I'm afraid that this kind of coal stove has never been seen by anyone in the city. It is estimated that it will become history in the future and disappear from this world."
While we were talking, several of us were already lying on the bed.
It's just that it's only past seven o'clock. For young people like us who don't sleep at all, going to sleep now is undoubtedly a kind of torture for us. Lying on the bed tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, several people chatted. Captain Zhou was very concerned about this case and kept asking me about the situation.
Captain Zhou asked: "I think this case may not be as simple as you imagined. If the murderer is really a butcher, such a person is too obvious in this village. Is it possible that the murderer did it on purpose? Are you pretending to be like this?"
I lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling above my head, listening to Captain Zhou's analysis. Captain Zhou became serious, and his analysis was logical. Is it possible that the murderer deliberately imitated a person's tactics, leading us to investigate in the wrong direction from the beginning
"It's possible." I said seriously, "The murderer is not a butcher. The murderer may have seen the murder of a butcher somewhere, so he imitated the butcher's methods."
"Copy killing?" Gu Chen asked.
I pulled my hair with my hands, and said while thinking: "The imitation killing is to pay tribute to the superb murderer in my heart, and in this village, there may not be such imitators. Just like in our life Like fanatical groupies, for them, no matter what bad things their idols do, they still support their idols. As long as you say anything that is not good for their idols, they will punish you hostility."
The two hummed.
I continued: "Just like these fanatical fans, some serial killers also have fanatical fans, and they will imitate the killing methods of their idols. For example, until today, some people still imitate the murder of Jack the Ripper in the 19th century. technique, even though a hundred and twenty years have passed."
Captain Zhou shook his head when he heard what I said, and said, "There shouldn't be such fanatics in this village, right? For many years, there hasn't been a single murder case in Yumu City, even accidental deaths and suicides. Very few. If there really was such a person in Tougouzi Village, I think he should have killed people long ago, why wait until today?"
I closed my eyes, and said to them slowly: "But if the murderer is just an ordinary person, why would he cruelly dismember the victim's arms and arms while killing people? And until now, only There is only one arm and one leg, and the rest of the limbs have not yet appeared."
Gu Chen said, "Do you think the limbs that will appear next time will be thrown out in a different way? Then the other arm and leg, will they be removed in a different way?"
Following Gu Chen's words, another picture appeared in my mind.
The victim was tied to a bed at the moment, and he had no way to struggle and resist. A butcher stands on her left with a bloody blunt knife in his hand, while at the same time a hunter with a dog is on her right.
I was suddenly taken aback by my own thoughts. If this was the case, then this case would be much more serious. Judging from the current situation, there are probably two murderers. This is a combination of a butcher and a hunter. When the two of them dismember the corpse, the one will throw the corpse.
In this way, they can perform several corpse dumps in a short period of time.
But often the more brutal the murder, the more likely the murderer was just one person. Because even the murderer of a serial murder case never hopes that he will be arrested one day. Even if some people send provocative emails, it is only for the purpose of provocation, not to actually arrest them.
Two murderers are always more unstable than one person, and no one knows whether one of them will betray the other in the next moment.
Gu Chen's words reminded me that before, I thought it would be very unreliable to have too many close-ups on one person, but it is also very unreliable if two murderers kill a person together. reliable thing.
My mind was in chaos, so did one person have too many characteristics of a murderer, or did two people conspire to murder the victim
Shaking his head, he still can't tell the difference.
I sighed and said: "Tomorrow the village chief will gather everyone together, and then we can see if there are any suspicious people. And it is already the third day, but we still lack the most basic information. Now we Even the information of the deceased is not clear.”
Captain Zhou put his arm behind his head and said, "Yes, the villagers in Tougouzi Village are relatively mobile, most of them are disabled, and ordinary people don't come here. It's a pity that Yumu City is really an eighteen-year-old town. The small cities on the lower line have not even managed to record the information of all villagers on the Internet.”
The wind blowing outside the window startled me. I opened the curtains and looked outside, and the snowflakes fell on the window sill and fell on the snow. It seems that the snow tonight is probably going to be another night. I am a little worried, because after this heavy snow, tomorrow morning will be a piece of white again, covering up all traces.
I lay down again, wrapped myself in a quilt, and continued: "Haven't all your information been recorded online?"
Captain Zhou nodded and replied: "Yes, I remember that I was more than 20 years ago. At that time, information checks were not strict, and they were all paper files. Later, in the 21st century, the Internet developed rapidly. , Only then did we record that information on the Internet.”
I was still in my mother's womb more than twenty years ago.
Captain Zhou continued: "At that time, there was a lot of information that had not been verified, so it was recorded like that. At that time, many people temporarily changed their age or ethnicity, and there was no strict review. But With the Internet, it has really developed rapidly, and in those years, many fugitives were caught through the Internet."
Gu Chen said with a smile at this time: "But I said Captain Zhou, you are in your forties this year, we have stayed in Yumu City for three months, and we haven't seen you talking about getting married. I remember you found a local girl, what is that Xiaomei? I haven’t seen any contact recently? If you want me to say that you are already 40 years old, it’s time to get married, right?”
Having said that, I also listened with my ears open, and Captain Zhou sighed and said, "You can tell me, I don't know what's wrong with me, and I don't know if I've offended my girlfriend." .My cell phone, it hasn’t rang for a week.”
With that said, Captain Zhou called up the call log for us to see.
I was sleeping next to Captain Zhou, and looking around, sure enough, I was the one who called him the last call on the list.
Gu Chen also turned over to look, and said: "I think it's over, Captain Zhou, it's not that I didn't give you face. I think, you are probably dumped. Let's talk about your girlfriend, we are not I haven't seen it before. That handsome one looks good. How old is she?"
Captain Zhou replied, "Thirty this year."
Gu Chen clapped his hands and said: "Look, you are ten years apart. There is a gap in this relationship, and you still don't contact him. I guess he was sad and blocked you one way. I will tell you when the time comes, you Just cry."
"Impossible." Captain Zhou shook his head and said, "I have a case."
I smiled and said, "Isn't it an excuse to have a case? You see, you have so much time now, why can't you make a phone call?"
Instigated by Gu Chen and I, Captain Zhou, a man in his forties, was also a little shy. Finally, he couldn't resist our offensive and dialed his girlfriend's number. We asked Captain Zhou to open the public release, and Captain Zhou's face was flushed, he didn't know if he was shy or what.
But no one connected for a long time, until a female voice came out: "Sorry, the number you dialed is busy, please dial later."
Hearing such words, Captain Zhou's expression suddenly became gloomy. From his eyes, we can see sadness and helplessness. Gu Chen and I used to have a playful smile, but now we don't know what to say.
I don't know if Gu Chen's words came true, Captain Zhou has been blackmailed one-way.
Gu Chen muttered: "I remember that Xiaomei is very clingy to you, she probably likes you, I was just joking."
Captain Zhou looked at Gu Chen, then at me, his lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something.
Finally Captain Zhou said: "Gu Chen, Wu Meng, there is something I want to tell you..."
I waved my hand and said, "Don't say anything, don't say anything, there are so many women in the world, why bother to fall in love with a single flower?"
"No." Captain Zhou shook his head.
Gu Chen said: "Don't think about it, go to sleep."
No one spoke.