Luocheng, Tianyue Hot Spring Villa.
At present, Dongzhuang, which is for ordinary people, has been closed, and only Xizhuang, which entertains the rich, is still open.
Two groups of people from Xucheng and Luocheng were doing on-site surveys. Fang Yuanhang asked, "Master, which group are we?"
Mingshu said, "We count... the soy sauce group?"
Fang Yuanhang: "..."
I found out that you look like a monkey when Bureau Xiao is away!
"The Ming team in Dongye City, right?" A team member wearing a mask ran over and said angrily: "The flower team is below, are you waiting for him here, or go down and have a look?"
"The flower team is in the drain?" Mingshu said, "I'll go down to find him?"
The team members distributed masks and gloves to Mingshu and Fang Yuanhang, and led the way down.
Mingshu called Hua Chong—although Liu Zhiqin answered the phone—and mentioned that he was interested in Luocheng's corpse dismemberment case, Hua Chong seemed to be very busy and didn't ask any further questions. He asked him to come at his convenience.
Lai Xiuliang's case has now hit a dead end. He thought about what he might be able to find in Los Angeles, so after discussing with Yi Fei, he brought Fang Yuanhang to Los Angeles.
Of course, before departure, he and Xiao Yuan passed the breath.
Xiao Yuan was busy at both ends of the capital, one because of the case, and the other because of Xiao Jincheng.
The last time Xiao Jincheng came to Dongye City, and vaguely asked his father to take care of him, Mingshu had a bad premonition. Xiao Jincheng was seriously injured. Although he was rescued and the current situation is stable, he has not woken up yet.
The old man of the Xiao family was too worried and was admitted to the hospital. Xiao Yuan had to go to the hospital every day to see Xiao Jincheng and the old man.
If it weren't for the heavy burden on his shoulders, Mingshu would be in the capital now.
He and Xiao Jincheng fought from childhood to adulthood, and they stopped fighting when they were adults, and they had fewer and fewer opportunities to meet, but they still quarreled every time they met.
Like everyone in the Xiao family, he hoped that Xiao Jincheng would wake up quickly.
"It's still the same." Xiao Yu'an's voice sounded a little tired, "The doctor said to plan for the worst."
Mingshu sighed, feeling depressed, "Xiao Jincheng is such a bastard, how can he not survive and harm the world?"
The two were silent for a while, Xiao Yuan asked about the case, Mingshu paused for a moment, and forced himself to enter the working state, "Do you know about Yin Zhen's case?"
Vicious cases across the country will be aggregated to the special action team, and Xiao Yuan is holding the preliminary investigation materials of this case.
"I know." Xiao Yuan guessed what Mingshu was thinking, "Are you planning to go to Los Angeles?"
"Well." Mingshu said, "There are some special aspects of this case, which may be related to the Lai Xiuliang case we are investigating."
Xiao Yu'an said: "Then go. It just so happens that the Los Angeles police have helped us a lot before, and you can also help them in the past."
Mingshu said: "By the way, brother, Zhou Lan and the others..."
"There is more than one case of juvenile delinquency in the country where firecrackers are tied to victims and set on fire," Xiao Yuan said. "The age is relaxed, and similar perpetrators range from 20 to 55 years old."
Ming Shu subconsciously pressed down the corners of his lips.
"However, in these cases, very few victims died. You also know that simply lighting firecrackers will generally not kill people." Xiao Yu'an said: "These cases involve bullying and bullying."
Mingshu asked, "What's the connection with our case?"
"There is no conclusion yet." Xiao Yuan said: "Further investigation is needed."
Mingshu nodded, realizing that Xiao Yu'an was not in front of him, he said "um" again and asked, "Brother, why is your voice wrong?"
Xiao Yu'an said, "Huh? It's okay."
Mingshu said, "If I'm not by your side, you won't know how to take care of yourself."
Xiao Yu'an smiled warmly, "Shouldn't I tell you this?"
When approaching the drain, Mingshu smelled a strong odor.
Fang Yuanhang wrinkled his nose and whispered, "It's too strong!"
The team member who led the way said: "It's almost scattered now, the underground is not ventilated, high temperature and high humidity, the battle when I first came down... Forget it, I have been on so many sites, and I can be considered a 'veteran'. I vomited before I came out."
Fang Yuanhang: "..."
He could understand why his energy was so strong.
It turned out that in addition to the smell of decay, there was also the smell of vomit from colleagues.
Mingshu had already put on a mask, but his eyelids twitched a few times.
The criminal police have been working for a long time, and they all understand that the role of masks is not really big. Many times they wear three layers and four layers, just for psychological comfort.
Only protective clothing and masks can really block the smell, but this kind of equipment is not always available on the scene, it is troublesome to wear, and it also affects the investigation.
After Mingshu entered the drainage channel, he realized that it was very different from what he had imagined.
Tianyue Hot Spring Villa is rich in wealth, and the drainage channel is built like an intertwined tunnel, with a height of 2 meters 4 and different widths.
Hua Chong saw Mingshu and waved his hand.
Mingshu walked over, "Flower team, I'm disturbing you."
"What's the matter?" Hua Chong said, "I can't ask for you to help me investigate the case."
People's adaptability is really terrible. Fang Yuanhang felt that when he was close to the drainage channel, he almost fainted, but now walking in the drainage channel, he was used to the smell and no longer felt uncomfortable.
And his master is more powerful, not only is not uncomfortable, but also discussed with Hua Chong.
"The murderer did not leave any traces. In other words, the murderer originally left footprints and fingerprints, but in this humid environment, the footprints and fingerprints all disappeared." Hua Chong said: "As for those samples that can test DNA, It was not found at the scene."
Mingshu looked at a door ten meters away, "There are many such doors in the entire drainage channel?"
"A total of 78." Hua Chong was a little helpless, "Dongzhuang has 78 communities, and each community can enter the drainage channel. All of them are opened up, and there is no monitoring inside and outside the drainage channel. Any guest or staff member has the opportunity to remove the corpse. The pieces are thrown down. In addition, the time of throwing the corpse is the Spring Festival, when the flow of people is the largest, it is not easy to detect."
Mingshu did his homework and asked, "Are the drainage channels of Dongzhuang and Xizhuang connected?"
Hua Chong shook his head, "Although Dongzhuang and Xizhuang belong to Tianyue Hot Spring Villa, they are actually two completely different marketing systems, and they are far apart from each other."
Mingshu frowned in thought.
Hua Chong turned sideways, "Captain Ming, do you care about Xizhuang?"
Mingshu said: "I heard that the per capita consumption there is very high, and most people can't afford it."
"Yes, Xizhuang receives 'high-end' guests."
"Then Yin Zhen is the target customer of Xizhuang."
People can't stay in the drain for too long, Hua Chong found a door and went up with Mingshu.
The awake air immediately poured into his lungs, and Mingshu quickly took off his mask.
"I have considered this question. Yin Zhen's body appeared in Tianyue Hot Spring Villa. Did she take the initiative to come here and then be killed? Or was she killed in another place and then brought here by the murderer to throw her body?" Hua Chong Said: "Both situations are possible. The autopsy concluded that Yin Zhen was dismembered within 3 hours after death, and the time of throwing the body was roughly 12 hours after death. Judging from the information we currently have, Yin Zhen's body was dismembered within 3 hours of death. The behavior is rather strange. Maybe she came to Tianyue Hot Spring Villa on her own initiative. Xizhuang was built for people like her. In this way, Xizhuang might be the first scene. Unfortunately, we did not find it in Xizhuang. clues related to the murder."
Mingshu thought for a while, "If the first possibility is ruled out first, only the latter case will be considered. Why did the murderer throw the corpse into the drainage channel of Dongzhuang?"
"The inside of the drainage channel is humid and the temperature is high, which can destroy the clues on the body parts and interfere with the police's judgment." Hua Chong frowned, "but these may not be the real purpose of the murderer. Moreover, the drainage channel is not conducive to hiding. The corpse, once the smell is out, will be found immediately."
Mingshu said: "Yes, if you just want to interfere with the police, the murderer has a better choice. If you want to hide the case, then you shouldn't throw the body in the drain. The murderer is taking risks and throwing the body in front of everyone's eyes. The drain can give the murderer some kind of psychological pleasure."
Hua Chong looked at the tree with petals floating by the roadside.
That's pear blossom.
The plum blossoms next to it are in full bloom.
Pear blossoms and plum blossoms, one blooms in spring and the other blooms in winter, and it is rare to see them blooming at the same time.
"I am afraid that the murderer is not only after throwing the body in front of everyone." Hua Chong said: "The drainage channel may have another meaning."
Mingshu arrived for the first time and didn't know much about the case, "Another meaning?"
"Do you know what the most crowded hot spring pool is?" Hua Chong asked.
Mingshu doesn't like to go to hot springs. The only few times he and Xiao Yuan go to hot spring villas in other places for vacation are real hot spring water. There is one pool for a family.
"You may not imagine." Hua Chong said: "It's urine."
Mingshu's eyes widened immediately.
"According to the staff, many middle-aged and elderly guests are unwilling to move after entering the pool. In a pool with more than 30 people, no one gets up for two or three hours." Hua Chong said: "Some of them directly urinate in the water."
Mingshu showed an incomprehensible look.
Hua Chong continued: "The drainage channel will be cleaned after a period of time. The cleaner said that there is always a smell of urine in it. I was thinking, if the murderer chose to throw the body in the drainage channel, would he want to humiliate Yin Zhen? No one found the body, and she was soaked in urine—though only a fraction of the amount of water she was pouring in."
Mingshu said: "If you want to humiliate the dead with excrement, the sewers in the city are a better choice."
"But the sewers in the city do not have the feature of 'high temperature'." Hua Chong said and shook his head, "but this is just my idea, and there is no evidence to support it. The murderer may not have thought so much at all. Team Ming ."
Mingshu raised his eyes, "Huh?"
Hua Chong unknowingly walked to the plum blossom tree, a few pear blossoms fell on his head, and his right hand touched a plum blossom branch.
Mingshu inexplicably finds this picture very interesting—
As soon as they left the tragic and fetid corpse dumping scene, they were filled with spring breeze. The man who led the case was talking about the bloody case and cold and cruel inference a moment ago. Holding a plum blossom.
"I heard that there are cases in Dongye City that have not been resolved, and there was a vicious case on New Year's Eve. You haven't rested throughout the holiday. Bureau Xiao has rushed to the special operations team a few days ago." Hua Chong said, "You are here in Luoyang at this time. The city is looking for me, doesn't it just want to help me solve the case?"
Mingshu stepped forward and said with a smile, "Nothing can deceive you."
"I heard it when you called me." Hua Chong asked, "Is the case in Dongye City related to the case of Yin Zhen?"
"I'm not sure if there is any connection." Mingshu said, "Team Hua, do you remember when I told you and Teacher Liu before the Spring Festival that we might cooperate?"
"of course I remember."
"Before and after the Spring Festival, several cases I encountered were all related to 'rich and poor'."
Mingshu did not explicitly mention the cases of He Yang and Hu Ying, but he explained the cases of Zhou Lan and Lai Xiuliang in great detail.
Hua Chong was silent for a while after listening, "Zhou Lan was born into a wealthy family and looked down on his poor classmates, and killed Xiang Haoming in an extremely cruel way. On the other hand, the relatively wealthy Lai Xiuliang was also killed in an extremely cruel way. At first, the motive was pointed to 'hatred of the rich'. Yin Zhen is even richer, and is the kind of rich person that Lai Xiuliang can't match."
Mingshu said: "The most important thing is that as soon as we came into contact with the case, we made a comprehensive review of Lai Xiuliang's interpersonal relationship, but the result of the investigation was to exclude all those with motives for committing the crime. This is similar to Yin Zhen."
Hua Chong said: "It seems that you have deduced the core issues of Yin Zhen's case based on media reports."
"I don't know the specific autopsy results yet," Mingshu said.
The police car drove to the city bureau, and there was a glorious spring along the way.
But the criminal police have no intention to appreciate the beauty of early spring.
Hua Chong handed the autopsy report to Mingshu, took off his jacket, shook it, and found a pear flower hidden in his collar.
Mingshu turned three pages, and his eyebrows suddenly twitched, "Is there any life reaction to the cut?"
"Not all of them. There are 17 injuries in total." Hua Chong poured two cups of hot water. "They are located on the thighs and arms, but there are no fatal places such as the chest, abdomen, neck, and head."
Mingshu took the water and was scalded with hatred.
Hua Chong: "… "
Mingshu: "…"
you prank me
"I'll warm it up for you." Hua Chong said, "I didn't expect you to drink it in one sip."
Mingshu said, "I suspect you did it on purpose."
Because those who are near Zhu are red, those who are near willows are black.
Hua Chong had to pick up a glass of warm water, "I'm not thoughtful enough, I apologize to you."
Mingshu just said it, but he didn't really care, he drank the warm water, and picked up the autopsy report, "The cause of death was the cervical vertebra fracture caused by blunt blows, but the injuries to both arms and legs were before the cervical vertebra fracture. It exists. The murderer did not cut the deadly part, did he intentionally cause Yin Zhen to suffer?"
"It may also be a practice before the corpse is divided." Hua Chong said: "I tend to think that the murderer is abusing Yin Zhen, and it is extremely cruel."
Mingshu's pupils contracted slightly, Xiang Haoming's death and Lai Xiuliang's death flashed in his mind, "Who would hate Yin Zhen so much? Can pure hatred be able to do this? This murder against Yin Zhen , since last November."
Hua Chong said: "And Yin Zhen took the initiative to escape from the world that was safe for her and entered the net that the murderer had woven for her."
"Yin Zhen's behavior made me suddenly think of a possibility!" Mingshu raised his finger, "When she left Xucheng and went to Sifeng City, she never thought that she would become a victim."
Hua Chong looked at Mingshu, "She thought that she and the murderer were allies, and what they were going to do had to be kept secret from the outside world. She was full of expectations and took care of everything for this, but in the end, she became the murderer who killed her. accomplice."
"The murderer is someone who has never appeared in her social circle." Mingshu said, "Only she knows the existence of the murderer."
The phone rang in the uniform, and a message from a stranger was sent in.
After more than ten minutes, Mingshu saw—
"Pay attention to Zhou Ping of the SWAT team."
·
South of Han Province, Yingcheng.
This is a small city in decline after the enterprise reform, there are many abandoned factories and roads, many local people have left, and the rest live a life of just living.
Time moves very slowly here.
A black car parked in front of an inconspicuous residential building, the door opened, and Liang Zhao got out of the back seat.
He was wearing a vintage leather jacket—a look that matched the small town, and his eyes were full of alertness.
Zhou Shan got off the co-pilot and pointed upstairs, "This is it."
The residential building is the former housing for workers. It has been built for more than 30 years. It is very old and the corridors are very dark.
The two stopped in front of a door on the third floor. Zhou Shan took the key and opened the door. The door creaked open, and the smell of old furniture poured out.
Apparently, no one was in the room.
Zhou Shan turned on the light, "Mr. Liang, you are staying here for the time being, what's the matter..."
"Where's your boss?" Liang Zhao said, "I want to see him."
Zhou Shan smiled, "Mr. He is not coming forward now."
"Inconvenient?" Liang Zhao sneered coldly, "It's convenient to see other people, why is it inconvenient for me?"
Zhou Shan said: "Mr. Liang, I will convey all your requirements to Mr. He. As long as you complete the 'task' as agreed, Mr. He will fulfill all your wishes."
Liang Zhao didn't mind the dust on the sofa, so he sat down low, raised his legs and said, "I want to meet someone first."
Zhou Shan maintained his usual smile, "I'm afraid..."
"It was you who found me." Liang Zhao's eyes became stern, looking at Zhou Shan from below, "Mr. He, Mr. He, you said Mr. He eight hundred times, but this Mr. He did not appear in front of me. "
After a pause of ten seconds, Liang Zhao continued: "How do I know, is this Mr. He a character you made up?"
Zhou Shan shook her head, "Mr. Liang, you are joking."
"Just kidding?"
"If you don't know my background, why did you come here with me?"
Liang Zhao leaned into the cushion and did not speak.
"Mr. He's pets in the past were not good, and he bit Mr. He back, making Mr. He a little passive." Zhou Shan said: "Mr. He is really inconvenient to show up now, so I will take care of everything."
"Stop talking nonsense." Liang Zhao said, "If you want to cooperate with me, let me see your Mr. He."