Lin Yingxue looked at me in shock for a long time before she said, "Do you know who the murderer is? But we haven't even started investigating yet?"
"I don't know who the murderer is, but I already know his method of killing and how to find him. Now I can find the murderer anytime and anywhere!"
I said with a smile, but Lin Yingxue couldn't wait to ask, "Who is it? How did you find out? Did you hear something from what the village chief said just now?"
I nodded and said, "That's true. Although the village chief behaved strangely, it happened that his strange behavior revealed a lot of things. For example, the man wearing the evil ghost mask has come to Zhaojia Village!"
Why do I say this? Because I understand that the person who gave the village chief a sum of money was the man wearing the evil ghost mask. It is absolutely impossible that it was Qiongqi or the men sent by Qiongqi, because the village chief in front of me is not the real murderer who killed the two dead! Why I am so sure, I will talk about this later.
Since the village chief is not the real murderer, there is no need for Qiongqi to have any financial transactions with the village chief, unless Qiongqi has arranged another case for me, but the possibility is almost zero, because the two cases this time are too rough, and it is obvious that Qiongqi arranged them in a hurry, so that I knew everything so quickly. So based on this roughness, with Qiongqi's pride, he will not continue to make mistakes.
However, the man wearing the devil mask actually had two purposes for giving money to the village chief. The first was to hint to me who the real murderer of the two homicides in Zhaojia Village was. The second was to demonstrate to me and tell me that he was here.
According to what was said before, this case was arranged by Qiongqi in a hurry. In such a short time of a few hours, I think it is impossible for him to conduct an in-depth investigation of Zhaojia Village and find some people who need to be killed or have hatred to be his pranksters. So I think that in such a short time, the only way Qiongqi can do this is to use money! Use a considerable amount of money to bribe someone and let someone kill people according to the murder method he designed before I arrive.
Since the impression Qiongqi had left on us was so deep, we didn't dare to think about it in this simpler way. But if I were given another hour or two, I think I would be able to figure it out even without the reminder from the man wearing the evil ghost mask.
So next, we just need to search the homes of those brave villagers. As long as we find money of unknown origin or some old things, then it goes without saying that the person must be the real murderer of this case. Because Qiongqi did not design this case systematically, there will be a lot of fingerprints left at the crime scene and on the body. I am not afraid that the real murderer will refuse to admit it at that time. As long as the fingerprint identification is successful, he will be unable to defend himself.
After I finished telling the story, Lin Yingxue had a puzzled expression on her face, as if she was very skeptical about the authenticity of what I described. It's not her fault. After all, this case was obviously arranged by Qiongqi, but it was such a simple case. If it were me, I would find it a little hard to accept.
"I know you find this a little hard to believe, but I think this is the truth of this case, absolutely! We have all made Qiongqi a myth. No matter how powerful he is, he is just a human being."
Lin Yingxue shook her head and said, "I'm not questioning you. I'm just thinking about what you said just now. Why do you think the village chief is not the murderer? If the village chief is the one who was bribed by Qiongqi, then it can also explain why he got the money this time. It must be the reward that Qiongqi promised him after killing someone, right?"
"You don't understand this, right? Because you didn't notice one detail!"
The detail I am talking about is the change in the village chief's attitude when he met us twice. When he met us for the first time, his eyes lit up when he saw the three hundred yuan in our hands. It was obvious that he had not received any large sums of money at that time. However, this time he generously returned the three hundred yuan to us, and it was obvious that he had already taken the money.
So from the timeline, he got the money after the murder, so he didn't get the money from Qiongqi. Even if Qiongqi gave him only a deposit or a promise at that time, he would definitely not be interested in our three hundred yuan. Therefore, I dare to conclude that the village chief is not the murderer.
Since I already had a bold guess, I immediately called Bai Longfei and asked him to quietly check the homes of the few brave villagers who came out to carry the corpses last night to see if he could find anything unusual.
I don't know why, but this time I was very confident in my guess. After hanging up the phone, I sat on a big rock next to me and chatted with Lin Yingxue while smoking. After about half an hour, I heard the phone in my pocket ringing. After answering the call, I heard Bai Longfei's excited voice: "Found it! There is a suitcase hidden in Zhao Tiezhu's house, and there are probably hundreds of thousands of cash in it! I asked him where it came from, but he couldn't tell me. What's more important is that I found a dirty piece of blood and two things similar to human heart tissue in Zhao Tiezhu's house. Needless to say, Zhao Tiezhu must be the murderer! Ji Wen, I really admire you this time. You found the real murderer so quickly!"
I smiled helplessly and said, "What's there to admire about this? This is a simple case, anyone can find the murderer. Brother Long, you catch Zhao Tiezhu and force him to tell the truth about the murder, then hand him over to the villagers and lock him up temporarily until the police arrive and handle the case."
It can be heard from the phone that Bai Longfei's side is in great chaos at the moment. It seems that the villagers are questioning Zhao Tiezhu. It seems that he is still needed to take charge of the situation, otherwise Zhao Tiezhu will probably be torn to pieces by the villagers on the spot.
"Got it. I'll come find you guys once things are settled here. My intuition is always right. When I heard Zhao Tiezhu's name, I knew he must be the murderer. Haha! But by the way, has the man wearing the evil ghost mask come? Is there anything recorded in the dashcam?"
It was difficult to explain this to Bai Longfei in a few words, so I said, "I haven't seen it yet. I'll tell you the details when you finish and come over."
After hanging up the phone, I turned to Lin Yingxue and said, "See, I told you this case is simple. Since the murderer Zhao Tiezhu has been caught, we don't have to worry about Qiongqi for now. At least I don't think he will continue to do it here. Let's go look for clues about the man wearing the evil ghost mask."
Lin Yingxue smiled and said, "I don't think this case is simple, but you have changed. You are no longer the same person who solved the case for the first time. Qiongqi will not be able to do anything to you if he uses the same tricks."
"That's not the case. It's mainly because I'm bolder than before. In the past, even if I already had the answer in my mind, I still needed evidence to solve a case. Now, as long as I'm more than 70% sure, I dare to make a conclusion directly. Maybe this is growth."
We walked towards our vehicle as we were talking and soon arrived next to it. We got in the car and played the video from the dashcam, but we didn't see anyone appear in the screen from beginning to end.
"Why not? Didn't he come?"
I said helplessly, "How could the village chief have gotten the money if he didn't come? He must have come, but when he saw our car parked here, he knew what we were planning, so he passed through from another route. This guy is still as smart and alert as ever."
After hearing what I said, Lin Yingxue was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Do you know who he is?"
I looked around and nodded, "I think I'm 60% sure. After all, I'm just guessing based on some familiar situations."
If some people want to disguise themselves, even after many contacts, I cannot see through their masks. For example, I still cannot be sure whether my father is Qiongqi. However, although some people are very mysterious, their identities can be seen from some tiny details, such as the man wearing an evil ghost mask that we met this time!
I couldn't guess his identity before because he had always been using traps against me and didn't show any flaws from beginning to end. But this time, he bribed the village chief and completely exposed him. Just this one action almost made me see through the mask on his face.
When I first came to Zhaojia Village, I said that this Zhaojia Village is located on the top of a high mountain. Although it doesn't look like anything special, there are still many dangers. This is because the entrance to the village is a cliff, and there are no protective measures. People like me who are afraid of heights dare not approach the edge of the cliff. If someone walks here at night without paying attention, they may fall from the cliff. As long as you fall from here, you will definitely die.
Looking at the cliffs around me, I turned to Lin Yingxue and said, "Since the village chief wants us to leave as soon as possible, this is definitely not his own intention, but the idea of the man wearing the evil ghost mask. Have you ever thought about why he wants us to leave Zhaojia Village?"
Lin Yingxue shook her head and said, "How should I know this? Could it be that he has already prepared a bigger trap, waiting for us on the way out of the village?"
I nodded and said, "It's very likely! And this time he can do whatever he wants, so if he really prepared a trap on the road, it would be very dangerous for us to leave rashly! So today we can't leave no matter what! But if we don't leave, I think he will definitely not be able to help but attack me tonight!"