In the first story, the murderer killed two white-collar workers who were not much different in age. In the second story, the murderer kills a family of three people with a large age difference between them. In the third story, the murderer killed three people of different ages who lived in the same community.
We have been looking for the connection between these people before, but we have not investigated why. Because we have too much established the connection between the victims in sociology, but have not thought about this aspect. Whether it's gender age or relationships, these are the real deal.
But the zodiac, this is more mysterious. And we have never collected this kind of information on the victims, nor have we paid attention to the zodiac signs of these victims. Now it seems that the zodiac signs of these victims are likely to be different. Thinking of this, I immediately sent a text message to Sister Mary, asking her to look up the victim's information and zodiac sign.
But I continued to chat with the old lady: "Grandma, don't you really know who took these bowls in the end? You also know our identities, and you should know that we probably won't come to your house without something. This It is related to the lives of many people, think about it carefully? Who took those bowls?"
The old woman pondered for a moment, and then said: "I really forgot about this. I did draw these bowls with my own hands, but I really don't remember who they sold to or who they were given to. People I'm old, and my memory is declining. I don't know why anyone cares so much about these bowls. If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't know."
The old lady waved her hand and said suddenly: "But I remember, this is the last time I draw. Not long after that, my father became seriously ill and died within a week. After my father died, the family sold the factory , I divided the money to live my own life, when the factory closed, there were quite a lot of unsold bowls, and they were all given away.”
I nodded, and I really wouldn't continue to press an old man about what happened more than ten years ago. But this time we didn't come in vain, we did get a very important clue. If the murderer had killed people according to the twelve zodiac signs, then eight people had already died, and four more people were about to die...
At this moment, Sister Mary sent the message, but when I roughly counted, there were nine people. I slapped myself on the head violently, forgetting about the female boss who is now a skeleton. Then, these twelve zodiac signs are unreliable for killing people. But when I went to see it, I was surprised to find that these nine people were actually of different zodiac signs.
The previous two white-collar workers belonged to the genus of Hou and Sheep respectively. The father of the family of three is a dragon, the mother is a horse, the daughter is an ox, the female boss is a rabbit, and the old king is a rat. The widow in the house is a snake, and the twittering child is a tiger.
I suddenly figured it out, maybe every time a person dies, the murderer will throw away the corresponding bowl. When he was in the sewer, the murderer was going to throw away the mouse's bowl, but he didn't expect to meet us, so the murderer did it. Accidentally dropped all the bowls and broke them.
That is to say, three more people will die. These three people are born in the year of pig, dog and chicken.
Among these three zodiac signs, I am a dog, Guan Zengbin is a pig, and Gu Chen is a rooster. This is a bit too much of a coincidence, and it feels a little chilling.
I pointed to the zodiac signs of these victims and said, "See, these people have different zodiac signs."
Gu Chen and Guan Zengbin looked over, and the old lady also looked over curiously.
Gu Chen said: "There are rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, goats, and monkeys, and only chickens, dogs, and pigs are left. But it's not easy to find the murderer. After all, the zodiac has a cycle of twelve years, and the age span is still quite large. The murderer There is also a wide range of choices. Moreover, according to your inference, the murderer killed someone who knew his secret, so is this just a coincidence?"
I frowned. According to my inference, the murderer didn't choose to kill at random. But if the murderer only kills according to the twelve zodiac signs and has no other motives, this is called random killing, and he just kills with his own set of operable conditions.
So, is this a coincidence, or did the murderer do it on purpose
Moreover, what was the murderer's intention for the English words left in the three cases? Zodiac signs and spells
"By the way, grandma." I said, "Call us if you think of anything in the future."
The old lady nodded, and suddenly said: "No, I remembered, there were people like you who came here yesterday, look, people's memory is not good when they are old. I said how do you feel?" What happened today is very familiar, just wait a moment."
The three of us looked at each other, not knowing what the old lady meant.
The old grandma started looking for something in the drawer, and I stood beside the old grandma and watched. I saw that there were everything in the drawer of the grandma's desk, all kinds of medicine boxes, various parts screws, needlework scissors, combs, toothbrushes and so on. The grandmother's ID card was also placed on the table, so I took it out and glanced at it.
"Grandma is sixty-five this year?" I looked at the ID card and said, "You are in good health."
The old lady smiled and said, "It's okay."
I handed the ID card to the grandma, and said, "Put this ID card away, don't leave it indiscriminately, if it gets scratched, it will affect the use of it later, it will be bad."
The old lady nodded and said, "That person said the same thing yesterday."
"Who is it?" I wondered.
The grandma took out a note, and I saw a mobile phone number written on it. Looking at this mobile phone number, I felt more and more familiar, so I hurriedly took out my mobile phone and entered the number. But after only entering the first few numbers, a person's phone number appeared on my mobile phone. And this person is none other than Xiao Liu.
I understand, it turns out that Xiao Liu came here yesterday. And I also understand that this may be what Xiao Liu calls an important clue. Zodiac murder case, and the dead are all residents of the old city. Xiao Liu found here a day earlier than us, and Xiao Liu must have found something before he was sure of the murderer's next crime location.
But now, I am afraid that Xiao Liu has already ambushed in the place where he thought the murderer would commit crimes again.
So, what did Xiao Liu find out
The old lady handed me the note, and said, "They came yesterday, and their questions are similar to yours. I'm old and my memory is not good. I didn't realize it when you asked, but when you said leave a phone call , I just remembered."
I nodded and said, "So did he ask anything we didn't?"
Then the old man threw the ID card into the drawer again, and then sat on the bed: "Ah, it seems that I have asked, it seems that I have asked more about the situation of our family. That young man is not like you. He asked very detailed questions. When it was dark, I kept asking until eleven o'clock."
I nodded, this is indeed Xiao Liu's character. Xiao Liu is the kind of person who must analyze all the ins and outs clearly if he learns about something. In this respect, Xiao Liu is much better than me. It's just that when Xiao Liu was still under Team Leader Shao, Xiao Liu never had a chance to show it.
And the current Xiao Liu is completely different from the previous Xiao Liu.
Xiao Liu asked more about the situation in the old man's home than I did, and this may be the basis for Xiao Liu to determine where the next story will happen.
Thinking of this, I asked, "Does anyone in your family belong to a dog or a chicken or a pig?"
The old man thought for a moment and said: "Yes, my parents only have two children, a boy and a girl. My brother is a chicken, and his wife is a pig. By the way, his son is a dog, but his son is both I'm in my thirties, and I'm not married and have children. I also told the person yesterday about this situation. It seems that something serious happened?"
The old man looked up at me.
I looked at the old man, and on her wrinkled face, a pair of cloudy eyes were looking at me, with a very confused expression.
I sighed and said, "Yes, otherwise, two groups of people would not have come here in just two days. By the way, grandma, where are the rest of your family?"
The old man sighed and said, "There is no one else. My wife and I have no children, and we live alone."
"Then your brother won't come to see you?" I asked again.
The old man still shook his head, and then said: "My brother and I don't have a good relationship. After my father died, we never had any contact with each other again."
"Never come here once?" I looked into the old grandma's eyes.
She sighed heavily, and said, "I haven't been here once. My house hasn't been visited for a long time."
"By the way, grandma, give me your mobile phone, and I will store the number in your mobile phone directly, and you can call me directly in the future." I said.
The old man waved his hand and said, "No, where do I have these things? I live alone, so why do I need them? I forgot to mention yesterday that I don't have a phone. If you know the person from yesterday, tell him too. "
I nodded and said, "Then let's go first and come to see you when we are free."
"Okay." The old lady followed us out.
I took one last look at the photo that Guan Zengbin put on the table, then turned and left.
When we walked out of the gate, Guan Zengbin said, "What a tragedy, are all empty nesters like this?"
I pulled my hair with my hands and said slowly: "This old man has a problem."
"What's the problem?" Both Guan Zengbin and Gu Chen looked at me.
I said: "She has no problem with her memory. Didn't you find that she is leading us to the things she wants to tell us?"
"What do you mean?" Guan Zengbin frowned, stretched out his fist and hit me once, and said, "You have committed a mistake that everyone suspects again?"
"I saw a USB adapter cable in a drawer."
I looked at the two people: "Tell me, an old man who doesn't even have a mobile phone, how can he have a USB-to-COM port that ordinary people don't often use?"