The biggest feature of a serial killer is that as the number of murders he creates increases, his personal characteristics will gradually emerge in front of the police. For the three homicide cases, for this small group of elite classes, they have too much in common. Instead of guessing the next victim to determine who the murderer is, it is better to think more about what the person who has been returned to the dead can give What do we leave behind.
Ye Chen finally chose to believe in Niu Xiaojiang, which was also a personal instinct. When Lin Xue heard Ye Chen's opinion that the murderer might be more than one person, it was really shocked, because when the murderer rose to two or more people, all of them had no alibi.
Ye Chen looked at the autopsy reports on the table over and over again. It was too difficult to judge the existence of two murderers based on these autopsy reports, and there was no basis to determine the existence of two murderers, so even if his inference was correct, it would still be difficult to make any progress.
Niu Xiaojiang came to the room and Ye Chen took a deep breath. He really can't rule out Niu Xiaojiang's suspicion now, but he believes in his instinct, "Tell me all the details of your drinking on the night of Zhang Zhenzhong's death."
Hearing Ye Chen's question, Niu Xiaojiang couldn't help but smile, he asked easily: "You chose to believe me, right?"
Ye Chen nodded, but said very solemnly: "But I don't want you to act arbitrarily after synthesizing my problems. I know you have your own ideas. Since I believe you, please cooperate with me."
Trusted by the most famous detective in the criminal investigation circle, Niu Xiaojiang’s face was unconcealed excitement. He calmed his emotions a little bit and began to say: "We dismissed get out of class late that night, it should be more than eight o'clock, because The next day, we can take a morning break, so everyone decided to go out to play. We usually work in groups. Liang Jianming and I have always been in a group. He and Guo Kaisheng are fellow villagers, so the three of us went out to drink together. On the road We also ran into Lei Yonghua who came over to finish the work, so we called him by the way."
"How many people know that Zhang Zhenzhong is going to the bar?"
"I know! He was yelling that he must go to the bar, and he invited all the female colleagues in the class." Niu Xiaojiang pointed at Lin Xue, intending to tell Ye Chen that she was also in the invitation range, and Lin Xue was right too. Ye Chen nodded.
Seeing that Ye Chen stopped questioning, Niu Xiaojiang continued: "To be honest, I drank a lot that night. Both Guo Kaisheng and Liang Jianmin's hometown drank baijiu frequently. Under the coaxing of both of them, Lei and I had nothing to do with him. Not an opponent. Drinking a total of six bottles of White Bar?" At this point, Niu Xiaojiang
I couldn't help rubbing my stomach, "Hey! In the end Lei team lay down, and I vomited with Liang Jianmin for a long time. Then we broke up. I went back to the hotel where Liang Jianmin and Liang Jianmin first, and Guo Kaisheng went to send Lei team home."
"What time did you leave the hotel?"
"Ten thirty!"
Ye Chen's eyes changed and he asked, "Didn't you drink too much? Remember so clearly?"
"This was only known when Lei Team came to record the statement the next day." Niu Xiaojiang scratched his head. "It was Liang Jianmin who settled the account at that time. He issued the invoice, and the machine time on the invoice was half past ten. So the suspicion of the three of us was directly ruled out, because we would never have time to commit the crime.
"Are you sure you were discussing the case with them the night Zhang Yuhua died?"
"Yes! I'm pretty sure, we can testify to each other!" Niu Xiaojiang thought for a while and said, "If it wasn't for the discovery that it was too late that day, I guess I wouldn't leave."
"You don't even bring your mobile phone there, do you?" Ye Chen smiled helplessly, "Can you not pay attention to the time? Is there such a big age gap between us?"
Niu Xiaojiang said solemnly: "When discussing the case, you must have a look at the case. How can you hold a mobile phone?" What Niu Xiaojiang didn't notice is that after he said this, Ye Chen's brows wrinkled slightly. a bit.
After that, Ye Chen asked Niu Xiaojiang casually after asking a few questions. It wasn't until he closed the door that Ye Chen's expression became much more natural.
"Are you doubting him?" Lin Xue asked softly.
"I can't talk about suspicion! After all, everyone is a suspect now. Since I have chosen to believe him for the time being, I won't immediately overthrow my fulcrum." There are only two cigarettes left in the pack, Ye Chen Suddenly I regret letting Sun Xiulin smoke so much.
"Pivot?" This was the first time Lin Xue heard Ye Chen put forward this term. As Ye Chen's former apprentice, she thought that Ye Chen had given him all his skills.
"Faced with the internal homicide of such a small group of suspects, the biggest problem is suspicion. Suspicion will make them distrust each other and even less want to share information. This gives the murderer more opportunities to kill." Ye Chenna A piece of paper was printed with the names of Niu Xiaojiang, Liang Jianmin, and Guo Kaisheng. "Like this smaller group, if we want to demonstrate more problems, we must find a fulcrum, a fulcrum that we temporarily believe to be true."
"So, I chose Niu Xiaojiang. In other words, I chose Niu Xiaojiang
From that moment on, I would consider his words to be the truth, and then use his words as a fulcrum to collide with other issues and see if I can explain them clearly. "
Lin Xue nodded thoughtfully. She used a pen to circle the two of Liang Jianming and Guo Kaisheng on Ye Chen’s paper. “According to Niu Xiaojiang’s fulcrum, Guo Kaisheng and Liang Jianmin should be the murderers. They first poured out the other two, and then A restaurant left in the name of sending Captain Lei, and a He Niu Xiaojiang returned to the hotel, but because Niu Ge and Lei were already drunk, they were in control of the time. They could even flood the two in advance, After killing someone, come back to open an invoice."
"What about the second one? Niu Xiaojiang has been with them all the time!"
Ye Chen smiled contemptuously, "This is easier to do, and I am afraid that only serious workaholics like Niu Xiaojiang can cooperate with them to complete such a perfect alibi." Ye Chen pointed to the penetrating alarm clock, and then He stopped talking.
"I see!" After she figured out this question, Lin Xue thought it was too ridiculous. The last question Ye Chen asked just now was not random. "Niu Xiaojiang did not bring a mobile phone. The time they chose to discuss the case was still late at night. At that time, no one was walking outside, and the only thing that could remind Niu Xiaojiang of the time was the alarm clock issued to us. As long as they slow down the alarm clock in advance, Niu Xiaojiang has become their most powerful alibi witness."
Ye Chen patted his head, "Although the explanation makes sense, first of all, this is just our reasoning, and secondly, we still use Niu Xiaojiang as a fulcrum for reasoning. There is no evidence at all!"
Lin Xue, who was still excited just now, was directly poured into freezing point by Ye Chen's cold water. The reason why Ye Chen suspected Liang Jianmin and Guo Kaisheng was because Sun Xiulin said just now that they knew that Miao Lianlian was going to take a bath. Among them, Nie Yang had ample alibi at the time of the first murder case, and the people in the hotel were excluded from cooperating in the crime, so the suspect naturally fell on both of them.
But as Ye Chen said, there is no evidence at all, not even the cable. In desperation, Ye Chen sent another voice to Wang Yujie, "Sister Wang, help me check Liang Jianmin and Guo Kaisheng in the elite class."
It was already dark outside the window, and the night of the New Year's Day in Blue Ocean City didn't seem to be so hustle and bustle. After eating some of the food delivered, Ye Chen found that he had finished smoking. Fortunately, Ye Chen remembered that there was an unclosed convenience store next to the hotel. After talking to Lin Xue, he went down to buy cigarettes by himself. (End of this chapter)