There was more than half a month between the first case and the second case, and a month and a half between the second case and the third case. The third case occurred on July 26, Tuesday, six days from now.
This is the general situation of the matter. Three homicides occurred in more than two months, but no substantial progress has been made. Therefore, Su Luoheng and Xia Ruolai, who are currently in the limelight, were named above to take over the case.
Seeing that Xia Ruo had roughly browsed through the case data in her hand, she asked her: "How is it, any thoughts?"
Xia Ruo thought for a while and said, "If the only thing the three people have in common is good grades, maybe the murderer really killed people because of jealousy, but it doesn’t have to be a poor student. In school, this kind of emotion will arise. It's possible for students of all classes."
Su Luoheng nodded and said in agreement: "Yes. Moreover, these students have outstanding academic performance, which should be known to the whole school. Then, every student in the whole school is motivated."
"But." Su Luoheng suddenly changed his tone and said to Xia Ruo: "Why are you so sure that the perpetrator is a student and not a school teacher?"
Xia Ruo was taken aback. When she saw this information, because of the investigation orientation on the information, she preconceived that the crime should be a student, and she didn't even consider the teacher. Su Luoheng picked it up at this time, only to find that his thinking was induced by this information.
"I... forgot..." Xia Ruo was a little embarrassed.
Xia Ruo thought fiercely, her own brain is really not easy to use. At the same time, he also admires Su Luoheng, who can keep calm and careful thinking at all times.
Su Luoheng no longer continued on this topic, but went on to say: "There is also a question of time. There was a half-month gap between the first victim and the second victim, and the second and the third There was a difference of one and a half months between the victims. Why is this?"
Except for the emergence of the second victim, the school's surveillance must be tighter and people's vigilance increased. Su Luoheng felt that there were other incentives.
"Hmm..." Xia Ruo also felt that something else might happen during this period that would cause the murderer to decide to start.
W High School is one of the key high schools in Hong Kong, with a large number of students.
Su Luoheng and Xia Ruo drove the car directly into the school. Because it is still school time, the school is quiet, and the occasional students also hurried, as if in a hurry to do something.
They were received by the principal of W High School, Pushan.
Annoyed by the recent serial killings, a cloud of cloud is locked between Principal Pu Shan's eyebrows. When I saw Su Luoheng and Xia Ruo, he pulled the corner of his mouth far-fetched, and a small piece of flesh bulged out on his cheek, which was also very stiff.
"Susu SIR, Officer Xia, hello."
Pushan had known them both in advance. This time it was also helpless. Four students died one after another, but the police could not find the murderer. Su Luoheng and Xia Ruo solved several cases one after another, which attracted a lot of attention in the police circle before someone recommended them to the principal.
"President Pu, hello."
Su Luoheng and Xia Ruo shook hands with Pu Shan respectively, and they shook hands together in a hurried manner and then separated. It was just a polite form. If you talk about these recent cases in the school.
"Then let's go
Go ahead, my office is on the third floor. "Sure enough, there was no more greetings, President Pu said directly.
"good."
There is no difference between the principal's office and the general administrative office. The big black table, the black swivel chair, the black three-column bookcase, and the books in it are all types that are suitable for taking news photos, such as "Pedagogy" and so on.
Principal Pu invited Su Luo Heng and Xia Ruo to sit on the sofa on the left side of the wall, and then dragged the chairs out a few steps, and sat down in a position slightly in front of Su Luoheng, frowning.
"Two police officers, you must have heard about our school." Principal Pu's opening remarks were also very direct. It seems that this incident has had a considerable impact on him.
When Su Luoheng received the news, his colleagues also showed him the information about these cases. He and Xia Ruo knew something about the general situation.
There have been three homicides in W school in the last two months, one boy and two girls, both students in the third year of high school. Moreover, they are all top students. It may not be very specific to say that it is top-notch. To be precise, the four students killed were among the top four or five of this year's senior high school students, with excellent academic performance.
"So, this incident has a very large impact on the school, and the impact on the school students is also very serious. Now everyone is panic, especially some good students with excellent grades, even dare not even come to school again. This is a crucial year, not only that we can't afford to delay this time, let alone the students."
When Principal Pu said this, his tone was heavy and difficult.
Su Luoheng also held relevant information about the case in his hand. There are photos of every deceased person in it, and those young lives are withered like this, and their hearts are also very uncomfortable.
Not much to say, both sides want to get to the point directly.
Su Luoheng said: "We want to learn from the teachers and classmates of the school about the situation of the deceased."
"Okay, okay, you two just ask, our teacher will be in the office as long as he is not in class." The principal said, stood up and took out several other paper sheets from the bookcase behind him, and handed them to Su Luo. Heng and Xia Ruo said: "This is the basic situation of the students in the school, including the class, the teacher and so on."
With this thing, it is very convenient. Su Luoheng thanked him and said, "Thank you."
Principal Pu said: "I hope the two can find the murderer as soon as possible."
"We will do our best."
In this information, the three victims belong to three different classes, but the third grade classes are all on the same level, and the teachers will also overlap. Su Luoheng first asked from the head teacher of the first victim, Xiangxiang.
Xiangxiang's head teacher surnamed Zhang, a tall, gentle female teacher, teaching Chinese to students. Seeing Su Luoheng and the others coming in, they got up immediately.
"You two, are you here to ask about the children in the school."
When Teacher Zhang talked about this matter, there was unconcealable sadness and sorrow in his tone. Of the three victims, two were his students.
"Yes. We have something we want to know about you." Xia Ruo said.
"You two, please sit down." Teacher Zhang invited Su Luoheng and the others to sit opposite her.
Teacher Zhang and the other two teachers should share the same office, but it seems that the other two
All teachers have gone to class, and she is the only one in the office.
When they came in, she had been reading the textbook. Xia Ruo glanced at it and saw that there were many marks made with red and black pens, and there were many different versions of reference books on the desk. It seemed that Teacher Zhang was a very good teacher. The person responsible.
"Of the three victims, two are your students, aren't they?" Xia Ruo asked.
"Yes... Xiangxiang and Qingqing are both my students. They are both excellent girls."
Xia Ruo said, "Could you tell us what these two classmates generally behave in school?"
Teacher Zhang said: "Xiangxiang and Qingqing are both girls who always study very seriously, and they have good personalities. Xiangxiang has a temperament, and is weaker when you are soft. School activities are also often participated, and the assignments left are always It can be done in a timely and serious manner."
Xiangxiang's temper is a bit aggressive? Could this be the reason why she had traces of fighting with the murderer
"Do the two of them have a bad relationship at school? Student or teacher?" This time, Xia Ruo didn't forget the teacher.
"No." Teacher Zhang replied decisively. She said: "Xiangxiang and Qingqing are both very helpful children. They have a good relationship with their classmates, and the teachers like them very much. Especially Qing, She has a quiet temper, doesn't like talking, and is less likely to cause trouble."
Consistent with the conclusions of the previous police officers, the three children had no rivals in school.
"Then did the two of them have any contact at school?" Xia Ruo asked.
"Xiangxiang and Qingqing?" Teacher Zhang thought for a while, and said, "In my impression, these two children don't seem to have much contact, but you still have to ask the students about this. They will understand better than I do. ."
Xia Ruo nodded, the teacher can never know more than the students.
"So, during the period before the incident, did Xiangxiang and Gentle behave abnormally? It just doesn't feel the same as usual?"
"There are some differences in normal times, Xiangxiang seems to be a little different." Teacher Zhang said uncertainly.
"Where is it different?" Su Luoheng asked immediately.
Teacher Zhang frowned, recalling the girl's appearance more than two months ago when she was alive. She said: "It seems that during that time, she was a little nervous."
"nervous?"
"Yes, I always seem to be worried about something." Teacher Zhang immediately said, "Of course, this is just my feeling, because she was injured during that time. I heard that there was an old house on the way home. Nian’s board smashed down. Although he avoided his head, his arm was still scratched."
It seemed that at that time, Xiangxiang was always prone to unlucky, and she was in a good state of mind, but she always gave her a feeling of being cautious.
Thinking of this, Teacher Zhang complained a little bit about herself. If she asked Xiangxiang a few more words and cared about her more, maybe everything would be different.
Xia Ruo and Su Luoheng immediately became alert and asked Teacher Zhang, "I was hit by the falling board? Did you check later, why did the board fall?"
"I'm not very clear about this. I only saw Xiangxiang with a bandage on her arm, so I asked her. The situation of her refusal is not very clear."
"Okay." Xia Ruo took this matter to heart.
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