Zhu Linglong's body was found by an old man who went to the mountain for morning exercises.
It was rainy in winter, and a light rain at night stunned the blood gushing out of her neck and rushed into the moss-covered dirt beside the path. Her clothes were soaked, her ponytail was spread out, her long hair was spread on her face, her eyes and mouth were not closed, and death had frozen her last moment of despair and pain.
"The corpse has spread to the whole body. The corpse spots appeared on the back and the back of the thighs, and merged in a large area. The color did not fade with acupressure, the cornea was highly cloudy, and the eye conjunctiva began to dissolve." The forensic doctor of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Dongcheng Branch squatted on the ground for preliminary Autopsy, "The time of death was about 12 hours. She was killed around 9 o'clock last night. The fatal wound was in the neck. The sharp weapon cut off her neck artery, causing a large amount of blood loss in a short period of time."
"What trace is this?" Lan Qiao asked, pointing to the blood hole on the corpse's forehead.
The forensic doctor shook his head, "It's not clear what tools caused them, but I'm sure it's post-mortem injury."
Lan Qiao looked solemn, remembering the meeting she had held at the Criminal Investigation Bureau not long ago. In a case that the serious crime team is currently investigating, the victim has holes of unknown meaning.
Is this case related to the case in the hands of the serious crime team
After receiving the case report from the Dongcheng Branch, Mingshu immediately set off for Luhuang Mountain, which is located in the southeast corner of Dongye City, and saw Xiao Yuan was there when he got on the bus.
"Xiao Bureau?"
"Come up." Xiao Yuan gestured to the empty space beside him, "I heard that there was a small hole in the head of the deceased, I'll go take a look too."
The police car galloped, and half an hour later stopped at the narrow road leading to the Green Phoenix Mountain from the "House of Mountains and Villas".
"Go up the mountain from here?" Fang Yuanhang asked.
"Come closer from here." Lan Qiao said: "The identity of the deceased has been determined. It is Zhu Linglong, the owner of the 'Houses in the Mountains', 24 years old, a native of Dongye City. Judging from the clothes she wore when she was killed, She was running at night in Luhuang Mountain at the time. The surveillance at the access control caught her."
When passing through the gate, Mingshu asked, "Is she entering the mountain from here?"
Lan Qiao nodded, "It can be seen from previous monitoring that Zhu Linglong will enter the mountain around 8:30 every night and come back around 10:00. This access control is the only entrance and exit connecting Green Phoenix Mountain to the community."
"The community has the signboard of Green Phoenix Mountain, but in fact they are not responsible for the residents who enter Green Phoenix Mountain." Mingshu observed the surrounding environment, frowning, "My impression is that Green Phoenix Mountain is a forest park, what do you think? So desolate? Not even basic lighting."
"The Forest Park is mainly located in the northern section." Lan Qiao, as a criminal police officer in the Dongcheng Branch, is naturally more familiar with Dongcheng District than Mingshu. "This is the back mountain of Green Phoenix Mountain, and basically no tourists will come here."
Mingshu said: "That is to say, although this is the back garden of the 'Mansion in the Mountains' and the Green Phoenix Mountain Forest Park, it is actually an embarrassing area of 'no matter what'."
Lan Qiao sighed, "Yes, very few people come here, but anyone can come here. Zhu Linglong, a girl, runs in this kind of place for a long time, and there are always potential safety hazards."
With that said, everyone has rushed to the scene of the crime.
It is a path that should be described as quiet. The leaves are towering, some are already yellow, and some are still green. They are entangled in a dome above Zhu Linglong. If you ignore the miserable situation below, it can even be regarded as rare in the city. of beauty.
Xing Mu went up first, checked and said, "Like Huang Yan and Li Zhaofeng, they are also ice hammers."
Mingshu asked, "Did you find any other clues at the scene?"
The sub-bureau's trace inspector shook his head, "The fight between the murderer and the victim was very short, and the victim could be said to be subdued in an instant. No skin tissue of the murderer was found in his fingernails or mouth."
The medical examiner added: "There is no sign of assault either. The killer has an overwhelming advantage over the victim."
At this time, Lan Qiao suddenly received a call from the technical investigation team. The other party was emotional and said that the public surveillance near the South 7th mouth of Luhuangshan had photographed a suspicious person.
Surveillance in the urban fringe has not yet been updated, and the quality of the pictures taken at night is worrying.
But even so, it can be seen that at 8:12 last night, an extremely strange person with a backpack entered the Green Phoenix Mountain from the South 7th Exit.
He is strange because his neck is not the head of a normal person, but a huge wolf head!
At 9:49, the person reappeared in the surveillance near South Exit 7, and then left along the street westward.
The southern section of Luhuangshan is already remote, and even in the daytime, few people pass by the south 7th mouth. There were no witnesses around when the camera caught the person twice.
"Zhou Yuan." Ming Shu said, "To clarify the picture, I want a close-up of the details of this wolf head."
Zhou Yuan nodded, "Understood!"
The case was formally transferred to the serious crimes team.
Xing Mu conducted an autopsy on the corpse, and it was clear that Zhu Linglong had not taken any medicine before he was killed and was exercising on an empty stomach. The murderer did not leave any clear-cut clues on her. Judging from the fatal injury and the situation of the small hole after death, the murderer is "evolving" step by step.
The wound on Huang Yan's neck was the most ferocious, like a large mouth with blood vessels, and the trachea turned outward. The murderer used a lot of strength during the attack, and may have repeatedly cut and stabbed because he was worried that Huang Yan would not be able to be killed. . The small holes in Huang Yan's chest are dense, overlapping each other, with different shades, reflecting the fluctuating and restless mental state of the murderer at that time.
Both Li Zhaofeng and Zhu Linglong's wounds were relatively "clean". Li Zhaofeng's feet were stabbed twice by an ice hammer, and Zhu Linglong's forehead was only stabbed once. This shows that the murderer has been able to control his emotions after having experience.
Especially when killing Zhu Linglong, he was even able to do it with ease.
"The murderer must know that he will be captured by the camera, but he doesn't care, he has a headgear." Fang Yuanhang said: "I suspect that the murderer also wore the wolf head when he killed Li Zhaofeng."
"The height of the murderer measured by monitoring is between 1.79 and 1.81 meters. Judging from the body shape, it is correct to be a male. But the reason why he wears the wolf's head is not only to conceal his identity." Mingshu said slowly: "The wolf's head is the opposite of the murderer and the murderer. For the victim, it is a prop with a certain meaning, and the murderer hopes to use the wolf head to restore a scene, and then intimidate the victim before committing the murder."
Fang Yuanhang said: "There are many other ways to conceal one's identity, and there are countless kinds of headgear, but the murderer chose the wolf's head. If our earlier inference is close to the truth, then the intersection of the victims is werewolf killing?"
Mingshu said: "A real werewolf kills."
Zhou Yuan has completed the processing of the picture. Due to the limitation of the shooting equipment, no matter how fine it is, it can't be refined. However, the level of presentation can already be judged. The wolf head worn by the murderer and the wolf head in Li Zhaofeng's house belong to the same series.
They are all werewolf killing peripherals produced and sold by the "Storm" Chamber of Secrets Club a few years ago.
Zhu Linglong's home is located at 12-3, Area A. It has two bedrooms and one living room. It is about 70 square meters. The decoration is very warm. There are animal dolls on the sofa, bed and bay window. A Barbie doll that looks like a young girl's residence.
"It seems that it has been cleaned recently, and there is no sign of outsiders entering." Xiao Man said: "The electric water heater in the bathroom is in the state of boiling water, and the air conditioner and electric blanket in the bedroom are both turned on. was completely unprepared.”
"This is quite different from Huang Yan's murder." Mingshu was pacing in the living room, his eyes resting on a basket of facial masks beside the coffee table, "Huang Yan took the initiative to turn off the monitoring and 'welcome' the murderer's arrival, but Zhu Linglong did not know that she had been targeted by the murderer. Li Zhaofeng probably did not know that she had become the target of the murderer."
"What does this difference indicate?" Xiao Man frowned, "Imitating crime?"
"I can't rule out the possibility of imitating the crime, but if it is really imitating the crime, it can only be found from the 'inner boy'." Mingshu said: "The details of the small hole in Huang Yan's chest have never been announced to the public."
The crime committed by "inner boy" is a very sensitive topic, Xiao Man shook his head, "I don't think so."
Mingshu said: "From the perspective of this series of cases, I don't think so. It is obvious that the murderer and the three victims have intersections. Li Zhaofeng and the murderer have the werewolf headgear of the 'Storm' Secret Room Club. Before Huang Yan met Cai Xinyue, I have been to 'Storm', the murderer killed Zhu Linglong wearing a werewolf headgear of 'Storm'. I am more convinced now that the small hole smashed by the smashing ice hammer means wolf teeth - the murderer can't find anything more than the smashing ice hammer A tool like a mace, and it's not easy to get a real mace."
Xiao Man said, "In that case, Zhu Linglong might also have a werewolf hood!"
However, until the end of the indoor search, the serious crime team did not find the werewolf headgear. There were two boxes of werewolf killing cards, but they were placed at the bottom of the bookcase, and it seemed that they had not been used for at least two years.
Similar to Li Zhaofeng, Zhu Linglong also has many other cards.
There are two brochures in a prominent place on the computer desk, with tickets inside. Tickets and brochures belong to the "Ninth Battlefield" secret room that "Tianyun Chaodu" opened not long ago.
Mingshu remembered that this secret room was the place where Huang Yan had agreed to go with Cai Xinyue before he was killed.
Does their death have something to do with this secret room that suddenly appeared in Dongye City
"The last time you went to 'Storm', they said that this kind of werewolf headgear was no longer sold two years ago, and the real-life werewolf slaying organized by customers was more popular three years ago." Xiao Yuan said: "Then The intersection of their group may have been three years ago."
A group of people who are strangers to each other played a werewolf killing game in the "Storm" secret room club three years ago, and then each returned to their own lives. Now the werewolf killing has long passed, but the participants have been killed one after another. In terms of perspective, this is a real live werewolf kill.
"Now the investigation has encountered some obstacles." Mingshu held a porcelain cup to warm his hands, "'Storm' never registers guests, and the monitoring is only reserved for the last half year. Let alone three years ago, who went there a year ago' It's not easy to find out if you've spent money on Werewolf. The number of people involved in Werewolf killing varies, 6, 8, 10, 12, or even more people can play. The murderer knows who the players were at that time, but we don't I know. Anytime the killer wants to do it. I'm afraid the next murder will happen soon."
"It's not that there is no idea at all." Xiao Yu'an said: "They gathered in 'Storm', but if you play the real werewolf killing, 'Storm' does not provide a location, they can only find a location by themselves. The city is not a good choice, the most ideal place is Remote forests or villages. Li Zhaofeng likes to run to the southwest, such as Wulizhou, he may even propose to Liwuzhou, but the feasibility is almost zero.”
"Because it's too far!" Mingshu put down the cup, "The more people there are, the more difficult it is to coordinate. Li Zhaofeng was a white-collar worker, and Zhu Linglong was still a student at the time, and neither of them had enough time. They could only choose a nearby village."
"Usually, women are more keen to take pictures than men, especially when they go to a new place." Xiao Yu'an said: "Let Zhou Man and the others find all the photos of Huang Yan and Zhu Linglong, especially the photos from three years ago. Do a comparison of the timelines, maybe you can find the same place."
Wang Jun was questioned again, but she had little information to provide to the police.
At least four years ago, her marriage with Li Zhaofeng fell into a quagmire, and Li Zhaofeng never revealed to her what he was thinking.
In the company, although Li Zhaofeng is very popular, he talks to almost all his colleagues, but no one knows what his entertainment activities are after get off work.
This is a man who took the initiative to erect a wall around himself, and he has a world that belongs only to himself.
I am afraid that only when he is traveling and playing games with headphones can he perceive the joy of living.
While the investigation continued to deepen, the forensic identification center determined that the skull belonged to a sky burial in Wuli Prefecture and was not involved in a murder case.
Upon learning the bad news, Zhu Linglong's mother fainted into the hospital, and her father Zhu Zhenyou endured grief and came to the Criminal Investigation Bureau to assist in the investigation.
Zhu's family is in the business of ornamental plants, and their living standard is above average in the entire Dongye City. Zhu Zhenyou's voice is hoarse, and he constantly wipes his tears with the towel he carries with him.
"Linglong is my only daughter, and her mother and I have been in the palm of my hand since she was a child. Before graduating from university, we thought about buying her a house. At that time, I wanted to buy a house in the northwest of Dongcheng District, where it is close to the city center and convenient for doing anything, but Linglong is reluctant and insists on buying it here, saying that it is backed by Green Phoenix Mountain and the air is good." Zhu Zhenyou lamented: "If you want to blame us, we are parents for not taking good care of her!"
Ming Shu put the wolf head found in Li Zhaofeng's house in front of Zhu Zhenyou, "Do you have any impression of this kind of headgear?"
Zhu Zhenyou was stunned for a moment, with tears in his eyes again, "Where did you find this? Is this related to Linglong's murder?"
Mingshu said, "Do you have an impression? Zhu Linglong also has a similar werewolf headgear?"
The sad old father took the wolf's head with trembling hands and looked at it for a long time, "We also have one at home, which Linglong brought back when she was in college. Later, she moved to a new house and said she didn't want it, so her mother put it away."
Fang Yuanhang rushed to Zhu Linglong's parents' home and found a werewolf hood in the locker.
Compared with the other two wolf heads, Zhu Linglong's is obviously much more delicate, and even the color is not gray and black, but snow white.
Xu Cheng, the manager of "Storm" said: "This is a female wolf headgear, which is made according to the head circumference of a woman, but many customers think it is too cute and does not have the deterrent sense of a werewolf, so it has not sold well."
"Three werewolf headgears have been found now." Fang Yuanhang said: "Huang Yan didn't have headgear at home, either she didn't buy it, or she thought it was useless and disposed of it. I still can't think of the murderer's motive. They A group of people once played a game and haven't been in contact for a few years, why did they kill people suddenly?"
"What happened in the game back then." Mingshu said, "I suspect that this group of people stopped contacting after parting because of this."
"Fuck!" Fang Yuanhang was agitated, "Don't tell me someone who played the game together died? The murderer wanted revenge for this dead person?"
"Team Ming! I found it!" Zhou Yuan shouted excitedly on the phone: "Can you and Xiao Bureau come over now?"
There are a number of photos stitched on the screen. They are from Huang Yan's computer and Zhu Linglong's social platform gallery. The shooting time was concentrated in early October three years ago. The earliest one was October 3, and the latest one was October 6.
It can be seen from the photos that it is a country with low earth houses and fields, but the fields are overgrown with weeds and are in a barren state. There are no villagers and no other people in the photo, it is a simple landscape photo.
Mingshu learned from Xu Cheng that there was an unwritten rule among people who used to play werewolf, especially real-life werewolf lovers, that they would not take pictures or ask for each other's information. The guests who come are fundamentally different.
So no one in the photo can understand it.
"Can you be sure where this is?" Xiao Yuan asked.
Zhou Yuan said, "In the southernmost village of Maoyang Village in Han Province!"
At the same time, an interpersonal relationship investigation against Zhu Linglong is also underway.
Liu Ying couldn't stop crying, "I also asked her to get a fitness card with me. If I keep her, she won't be killed!"
Mingshu said, "You are the closest colleague to Zhu Linglong. Have you heard her talk about the secret room and the werewolf killing?"
"Yes." Liu Ying wiped her tears, "Linglong just told me not long ago that she went to the newly opened secret room in 'Tianyunchaodu', and it was terrifying to play... Ah!"
Following Liu Ying's scream, Mingshu frowned, "What's wrong?"
"Werewolf Killing Linglong also told me." Liu Ying covered her mouth. "She said, she said she played the real Werewolf Killing a few years ago, and they played together with Hu and Hu Ying!"
"What?" Mingshu asked, "Hu Ying? That Hu Ying who played "Red Dust and Rivers and Lakes"?"
Liu Ying nodded and shook her head, as if she didn't understand what she was talking about, "Linglong said it was Huying, but I didn't believe it, so I asked her to show her a photo. She said no, and she said I didn't believe it."
This is undoubtedly an extremely important clue, and Zhu Linglong's other friends also confirmed that after Hu Ying became popular, Zhu Linglong did say that she once played with Hu Ying to play Werewolf Killing.
"But we all took her for a lie, not the truth."
"Linglong is actually a little vain - although it's not good for me to say that a person who has passed away, she also said that she knew this star and that star when she was studying. Later, when she was exposed, she said that she just dreamed about them."
"Zhu Linglong may not have lied this time." Mingshu said: "Hu Ying did go to the 'Storm' secret room club before it became popular. When we went to 'Storm' last time, I also saw that Hu Ying had been playing on the screen. 's video, 'Storm' is using Huying for publicity!"
Xiao Yuan turned around from the window, "If Hu Ying was a participant in the real werewolf killing that year, then he must also be the murderer's target. The murderer has not attacked him for the time being because he is a star and it is difficult to attack him. The biggest. However, another possibility cannot be ruled out…”
"You mean, Hu Ying is the murderer." Mingshu shook his head as soon as he said it, "Why would a star who is at the peak of his popularity suddenly kill someone? The possibility is too low."
"No matter what kind of possibility, contact the economic company first." Xiao Yu'an said: "Now maybe he is the only one who can explain exactly what happened that year."
In the headquarters building of Fangchi Entertainment, a nanny car parked quietly in the dark.
Pushing forward two years, Fangchi Entertainment is still a little-known entertainment company, and there is not a single artist under its umbrella. This year, it suddenly lost "shit luck" - Huying became popular because of the "Red Dust and Rivers and Lakes" filmed last year, and Xinghuan Entertainment in the same city was struggling due to the scandal of the Chu family.
Now Fangchi's reputation in the industry is soaring with Huying, and it has the momentum to replace Xinghuan Entertainment.
Almost all young artists who have become popular overnight will choose to take advantage of the situation to sprint, accept endorsements, accept variety shows, and accept new films, for fear of not being able to burn themselves into the most dazzling beam.
Before "Red Dust and Rivers and Lakes" was broadcast, Fangchi made a series of business plans for Huying, and Huying cooperated at the earliest - since he entered this circle, he has always been a diligent and diligent one. But when the popularity of "Red Dust and Jianghu" hit the north and south of the country, Huying asked the company to "cool down" itself, on the grounds that it wanted to concentrate on filming in the future, and did not want to consume too much in the vain traffic and popularity.
But how could Fangchi be willing to let go of such a cash cow
For a period of time, Hu Ying was continuously stuffed into variety shows and accepted various interviews. Last month, Hu Ying told his agent Man Lin directly that he needed a rest and had family members to take care of.
Fang Chi began to hype Hu Ying's filial character.
Tonight, Huying finished recording a show and returned to Fangchi with Man Lin.
It is rare for the popular fried chicken to come to the company, and many employees and 180th line artists stick their heads out to watch the excitement.
Man Lin closed the door, and the smile on his face just disappeared immediately, "How long do you want to rest? You don't even want to read the book I found for you! Hu Ying, do you think you can rely on "Red Dust and Jianghu" "It will be popular until next year? How many years have you been working? Tell me? Now that you have finally made it through, you are not cooperating with my marketing methods, and you are still picking and choosing! Can you correct your attitude? You are just a flow of traffic. , not a powerful artist! You don't have the capital to cultivate your life now! By next year, when a new hit drama is broadcast, all your little fans will go to recognize others as brothers! "
Hu Ying sat on the sofa with an indifferent expression, unmoved by the agent's bitter words.
He didn't even glance at the agent.
This appearance is very different from the lake shadow in the public perception.
"This book, you must pick it up for me." Man Lin said angrily.
Hu Ying lowered his eyes, and his eyes fell on the script of a modern idol drama.
After half a minute, he got up and said, "Sorry, I don't have time for now."