Since I had said this, Officer Yang naturally knew that the murderer I was talking about was this middle-aged man. Although his eyes showed that he had great doubts about my conclusion, he still chose to believe me and asked his men to pin the middle-aged man firmly on the sofa.
"This is sheer nonsense! Are you saying that the female anchor will be scared to death because of my injury and disfigurement? If that's the case, wouldn't there be a lot of people scared to death by me every day? Are all these people's deaths going to be blamed on me? I knew long ago that you had no good intentions in calling me here. It turns out you were planning to put the blame on me!"
The middle-aged man spoke angrily in a hoarse voice while trying to struggle out of the hands of the two police officers who were holding him down. Perhaps the two police officers were afraid of hurting the middle-aged man's face, so they simply handcuffed him, and he finally behaved himself.
When the young man next to me heard what I said, he immediately said excitedly: "Yes, he must have killed the person! I told you it's none of my business. Can I leave now?"
None of us paid any attention to the young man, and I smiled at the middle-aged man and said, "Yes, there is no evidence for everything I said so far, so you can just assume it's nonsense for now, but when I finish, you'll understand how I know you're the murderer."
To talk about this, we must first talk about the "guilty thing" I just mentioned. Taoist Lin previously speculated that the murderer burned the body after killing someone, most likely to complete a ritual, or to vent some kind of anger in his heart, so after association and questioning, we immediately knew that two months ago, a serious fire had occurred in Zhongwei City, causing a family of three to be burned to death at home.
If things are really as Taoist Lin speculated, then the fire two months ago is very likely to be linked to this case. There is no other connection between the two incidents except that the bodies of the deceased were burned in the fire. So I think that instead of spending time looking for evidence and clues, it is better to make a bold assumption. This guess is related to what I said about "guilty deeds".
Officer Yang said that the fire two months ago was caused by a natural gas leak in that family, but what if that is not the case? Could it be that the real cause of the fire was caused by these anchors
The last question I asked the young man was where the other four hosts went to drink on the day of the fire two months ago. They said they went to the "Fable" KTV. Although I am not very familiar with the shops in the east end of Zhongwei City, I have been here for more than a year after all. I have also heard of this "Fable" KTV. It is said that the decoration is very good and the service attitude is also very good, but the price is very expensive. Bai Longfei and I have never been there.
Although I have never been there, I know the specific location of this KTV. It happens to be near the community where the fire occurred, so I dared to make such a bold assumption and forcibly link the two things together.
My groundless reasoning made the middle-aged man, not to mention Officer Yang, think it was a bit too far-fetched, so he reminded me, "But we have investigated before, and the real cause of the fire was indeed a natural gas leak. And even if it is as you said, what does it have to do with the person in front of you? People in his unit said that this person doesn't seem to have any relatives. It's impossible that he went out to kill people for a fire that has nothing to do with him, right? Ji Wen, did you make a mistake somewhere?"
"You're right. Now, in my opinion, this is the only possibility left. Do you really think that everyone died in the fire? In fact, it's not like that. One person escaped from the fire and exchanged identities with another person. This person is the middle-aged man in front of you, the male owner of the family of three who died in the fire!"
After I said this, everyone's brains went blank for a moment, and I could also see that the middle-aged man sitting on the sofa finally showed a hint of nervousness in his eyes. Needless to say, I was definitely right about this matter!
Officer Yang was silent for a few seconds before saying, "But the fire had already killed the three members of that family. I saw the bodies with my own eyes. Could it be that he has come back to life?"
"No, the body you saw was actually someone else, the real electrician who worked at the petrochemical factory. The fake electrician in front of us is the real male owner of the family. He cleverly used the electrician's body and identity to cover himself, and then waited for an opportunity to take revenge. I think he should also know that the fire in their house was caused by those four hosts."
Officer Yang still didn't quite believe it. He sighed and said, "Although what you said makes sense, there has to be evidence, right? Is there any evidence that can convict you?"
I turned around and winked at Lin Yingxue, who immediately handed me the information about the family of three who died in the fire two months ago. I flipped to the male owner's profile and pointed to his photo and said, "Officer Yang, look, this male owner has a rat spot on his neck. Although this one-inch photo must have been retouched, the rat spot is not very clear, but no matter how it is covered, it can still be seen if you look carefully."
Officer Yang didn't seem to notice this at all. He immediately took the information from me and looked at it carefully. Then he exclaimed, "You can see it even at such a small size?"
I smiled slightly, then pointed at the panicked middle-aged man in front of me and said, "I noticed when I came in just now that he also has an identical rat spot on the same part of his neck. Even though his face is destroyed and his voice is changed, he can't hide it. That's why I dare to say that he is the male head of the family that died in the fire two months ago. If that's the case, I think we just need to compare his DNA with that of the male head of that family, and that will naturally prove what I said."
"There is another thing. I always feel that the two dead people's cell phones were burned at the same time. It is definitely not just an act done by the murderer to create a murder scene. I think there must be some secret hidden in their cell phones. This secret must be related to the arson! And there are two people who know this secret. They are the other two anchors who went to the bar. As long as these two people are arrested and beaten up and forced to tell the truth, everything will be revealed! Besides, there are still two people who are not dead. The murderer must have hidden drugs used for murder in his home. Go to his house to check and you will understand everything."
This time, I only used reasoning to solve the case from beginning to end, so I had doubts in my heart about whether my reasoning was correct. Although I spoke as confidently as usual, no one could detect the uneasiness in my heart.
The reason why I chose such a hasty method of solving the case was that I had no choice. Although I said that I would solve the matter at hand first and then go to Dengfeng City, I was still unable to solve the case with peace of mind. I wished I could move to Dengfeng City in the next second to see what was going on with Tang Qingfeng. So I could only choose to finish it as soon as possible and pray that there would be no mistakes in my reasoning.
After my reasoning and threats, the middle-aged man was completely speechless. He sat on the sofa in silence for a long time before he sighed and said in a hoarse voice, "What a pity! I didn't expect it to be exposed so soon. If I had another day or two, I would have killed the other two beasts and avenged my wife and children!"
Since the middle-aged man said this, it meant that he had completely admitted that he was the murderer. I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, while Officer Yang had a look of shock on his face. Obviously, he did not expect that this was actually the murderer.
"Tell me about your crime." After Officer Yang recovered from his shock, he immediately ordered someone to bring paper, pen and recorder to record the murderer and make him confess his crime.
The murderer was completely depressed at this time. He sat on the sofa with his head down and told exactly what had happened to him.
The murderer had said before that he was the second generation of a wealthy family, so he had many houses. Ever since the houses were distributed, he had not gone to work again. He just idled around at home every day collecting rent, and lived a much better life than most people.
He has a wife, a six-year-old son, and a younger brother with a withdrawn personality. He says his life is pretty happy.
Two months ago, it was the murderer's son's sixth birthday. The whole family and the murderer's younger brother came to the house to celebrate his son's birthday, but who would have known that the tragedy would happen that very night.
That night, the murderer was sleeping soundly when he suddenly smelled a strong smell of smoke. He was immediately awakened from his sleep and found that the entire bedroom was surrounded by thick smoke and the air was full of the smell of natural gas. He immediately realized that the house was on fire.
After getting up, the murderer wanted to go out to check the source of the fire and kill the witnesses as soon as possible. However, when he stood up, he suddenly felt dizzy, and his son beside him was still sleeping in the thick smoke. The murderer immediately realized that they might have been poisoned by natural gas.
The murderer, feeling dizzy, carried his unconscious son on his back and tried to rush out. When he opened the door, he found that the fire had already spread to the entrance. He had slept with his son that day. Judging from the size of the fire, his wife in the bedroom and his brother in the guest room might have been engulfed by the fire.
Although the murderer was very heartbroken, this was not the time to be sad. Since he could not rush out of the room in the fire, he had no choice but to jump from the second-floor balcony with his son. But when he came to the balcony with his son on his back, he was completely desperate, because he saw that not only was there a raging fire on the first floor, but there was also a fire in the yard below the balcony. If he jumped down like this, he would still be burned to death!
Just when the murderer was about to despair, he suddenly heard a series of footsteps coming from the distance. He immediately looked up and saw four people running hurriedly towards their house!