"He's probably psychopathic. The whole city will be his hunting ground if he wants to."
After Bai Jin Xi finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
She herself was stunned.
A very strange feeling. She was at the Guanhu Police Station before, so of course she couldn't have done a big case like serial murder. But why did I say those words just now, but a familiar feeling emerged in my heart: nervousness, coldness, and a faint sense of excitement.
As if it wasn't the first time.
She didn't have time to think about it, because a criminal policeman brought over the neighbor of the deceased Chen Xixian. She and Xiao Zhuan walked over immediately.
—
The neighbor, a housewife in her thirties, was standing outside the door of the house where the murder occurred, her face pale.
"The guy on the opposite side, we don't usually have contact at all. We met a few times in the corridor. He wears a headset all day by himself and doesn't care about anyone." She said, "But at first glance, he doesn't do his job properly, and he sleeps all day. At home, the garbage is piled up at the door, and every time the cleaning comes, he is scolded. Comrade police, was he killed by those gangsters?"
Jin Xi asks, "Why do you say that?"
She replied: "Many of these young people are drug addicts. I heard from Aunt Zhao upstairs that I once saw him being beaten by two gangsters at the gate of the community, saying that they didn't give money to buy ecstasy. Now all drug addicts are Very arrogant."
"Does he usually have any relatives or friends?"
The housewife thought about it for a while, then sighed and replied, "The relatives didn't see it. But he had a girlfriend before, who came here often, and she was quite friendly. I didn't see anyone throwing rubbish out during that time. It's nice to look at people. But it's good. The life is not long. I heard that the girl died in a car accident later. This young man has been burning paper money in the community for a few days, and was scolded by the security guard. Alas... The woman also died and the man died, and the drug addict is not good. Down!"
After sending the housewife away, Xiao Zhuan said, "Chen Xixian is a social scum. His girlfriend died, and then he was killed. You said, did the killer think that Chen Xixian didn't need to live in this world, so he chose him. Is he?"
Jin Xi paused. Don't say it, Xiao Zhuan's words sound a bit reasonable.
She patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, there's progress! But it's too early to draw conclusions now. Let's talk about another dead man."
When the two entered the room, they saw Han Chen and the three standing beside the window glass with bullet holes. Nagging brother digged and digged in his pocket, and took out a... protractor.
Jin Xi and Xiao Zhuan were both shocked by this extremely primitive tool, but Brother Nao squatted down with a serious face, holding the protractor to measure the bullet holes.
Jin Xi walks to Han Chen's side and asks in a low voice, "Is this okay?"
"You think I'll wave my hand?" He stared at the bullet hole, his left hand tightened the black glove on his right.
If you don't make low-handed moves, does that mean that all the moves are masters? Jin Xi curled her lips, but she heard him say, "Apart from criminal minds, there is no master."
Jin Xi: "…"
this man!
At this time, Brother Nag wiped the sweat from his forehead and stood up: "The bullet did not shoot vertically into the glass surface from the front, but a 50.3 degree offset. That is to say—" His He pointed to the front right of the balcony: "The bullet was shot from that direction. And in that direction, within the effective range of the sniper rifle, there is only that building."
Everyone followed his hand and looked over. It was an 18-storey residential building 100 or 200 meters apart. There were some buildings around, tall and short, all of them old buildings and very crowded. There are also some shanty towns.
The nagging brother continued: "The angle between the bullet and the horizontal line is 13.8 degrees, the distance between the two buildings is 155 meters, and the average height of the two buildings is about 3.5 meters, so the bullet is from …”
"Rooftop." Han Chen turned and walked out.
Brother Leng Nian immediately followed. Brother Nao was stunned for a moment, then followed up, not forgetting to say, "My god's brain is so fucking fast."
Jin Xi bumped Xiao Zhuan's arm: "Exam Emperor, why didn't you figure it out?"
Xiao Zhuan: "I haven't had time to take out the calculator..."
—
Although the houses in this area are not new, they are still in the city center, which is more prosperous and crowded. As they walked all the way, they saw a lot of cars parked at the roadside parking line or in the parking lot. Some cars are parked illegally. But I don't know if the murderer was hiding in one of the cars when the crime happened an hour ago? From his dark world, into the life of ordinary people, ready to carry out his hunt
As soon as they got to the rooftop, they saw the sign.
"T".
A red pattern resembling the capital letter "T" was sprayed on the inner wall of one side of the roof with paint. And that direction, just opposite the building where the deceased lived.
Nagging brother was almost the first to pounce, took out a vernier caliper in his left hand, and a spiral micrometer in his right hand, and began to measure.
Several others followed closely. Brother Lengmian squatted down beside the inner wall, wiped his gloves lightly on the ground, and looked up at Han Chen: "There is dust all around, but this one has been carefully wiped."
Han Chen nodded.
Nagging brother said: "The angle is just right, here is the shooting point. I rely on it, leave a 'T' at the shooting point, Xiaobaimei, quickly analyze, what kind of mentality does he have?"
Bai Jin Xi glanced at him: "You treat me as a fairy, you can see nothing with just a T. Maybe what he wants to express is not a T, but a nail?"
Having said that, she looked at the T carefully. At first glance, I only feel that the color is bloody, which is very dazzling. It's facing the direction of the dead body again, it feels like...
Pin this sign to the corpse.
She raised her head, only to see Han Chen walking slowly along the edge of the rooftop, looking down, not knowing what he was doing. Brother Nao was still playing in the same place, but Brother Lengmian suddenly turned around and took one, two, three steps to the front right... Then he squatted down. There was a pile of debris in front of him, and he started to rummage among them. .
Looking at them, Jin Xi suddenly felt a surge of excitement in her heart.
Han Chen is right, they are all experts.
So she squatted down, holding her chin, and began to concentrate on her thoughts.
"I found it." Brother Lengmian suddenly stood up, with a very rare smile on his face, and raised the thing in his hand: "Bullet casing."
Han Chen came over to take it, looked at it, smiled, and patted his shoulder.
Finding the case means more clues about the gun can be analyzed with professional equipment. Xiao Zhuan immediately took out the evidence bag, took the cartridge case and put it in, then looked at Brother Lengmian with some admiration: "Brother Lengmian, how did you know the cartridge case was hidden here?"
Brother Lengmian has no emotional reaction to this nickname. He looked up at the sky and replied, "There is no wind today. This model of sniper rifle basically ejects the shell to the right after shooting, and the ejection distance can also be inferred."
Xiao Zhuan: "Oh..."
At this time, Han Chen reached out to Xiao Zhuan: "Paper and pen."
Xiao Zhuan immediately took out the notebook and ballpoint pen from the bag and handed it to him. Han Chen tore off one, threw it back to him, and walked to the edge of the rooftop.
Jin Xi keeps watching his movements, gets up when she sees it, and leans over.
"what are you doing?"
His fingers were long and fair, and the way he held the pen was particularly beautiful. He drew several curved lines on the paper before he glanced at her: "Can't you understand?"
"Um… "
"Normal." He threw the pen to her, turned his head, "cold face."
Brother Lengmian, who was omitted, walked over as usual, and Han Chen handed him the paper.
"You go down the stairs to the eighth floor, and then jump from the eighth floor platform to the top of the building. I don't need to tell you the route behind, you should be able to understand it," he said.
Xiao Zhuan and Nao Nao both gathered around, Leng Mian took the map he drew and looked at it for a while, then smiled: "This is the escape route for the murderer."
"Yeah." Han Chen tilted his head and lit a cigarette, spit out a smoke ring, "Let's run. Xiao Zhuan timed it. Arrange another person to time the finish line."
Except for Brother Lengmian, who calmly took off his jacket and threw it to Brother Nagging, and moved his muscles and bones in place, the other three were stunned.
What's the matter... draw the escape route
—
After two minutes.
Standing on the rooftop, looking at Brother Lengmian from a distance, like a cheetah, running and jumping on the roof of a row of low buildings, Jin Xi and the others all stared straight.
Brother Nao couldn't bear the confusion at first, and said, "Boss, how did you draw this route? How do you know that the murderer must have taken this route?"
With the cigarette between the fingers of the black glove, Han Chen took a sip and replied, "The sniper rifle is large, and the murderer will definitely not walk back and forth with his back on his back. That would be too conspicuous. He can drive, and usually hides the gun in the in the car."
The three nodded at the same time.
"He wouldn't park in the parking lot because there were cameras. He would just park in the parking strip on the side of the road," he said.
Xiao Zhuan interjected: "Many people park illegally around here. He can also find a hidden place to park."
"Will not."
"Will not."
Han Chen and Bai Jin Xi's voices sounded at the same time.
The two looked at each other, and Jin Xi said, "Any criminal who is skilled and calm will not stop illegally when committing a crime. Because if he is caught by the traffic police, he will be handed over to the police. Besides, he is still professional. A higher killer will never make such a low-level mistake."
Xiao Zhuan and Nagao said "oh" at the same time.
Han Chen continued: "I looked at the map on the way here. There are five roads nearby, with parking strips drawn. One of them is downstairs, but the murderer will definitely not use it, because that is our primary search area." He Wei closed his eyes, took a breath, and looked ahead: "The one who runs coldly is the one that can lead to one of the parking strips, the nearest road. The other routes are too far and will leave more traces, he will definitely not select."
The nagging brother has already heard his eyes full of admiration, and no longer asks questions. Xiao Zhuan quickly wrote down the main points of Han Chen's words with his pen, while Jin Xi rolled her eyes and asked, "How do you know that the route you drew must be the nearest?"
Han Chen put one hand on the edge of the roof, and brushed off the ash with the other hand: "Nagging, how can you make a Lu Chi understand the way?"
Brother Nao and Xiao Zhuan giggled, Jin Xi made a "cut" and turned to look to one side.
Han Chen looked up at her blushing face and smiled.
"So..." Brother Nag continued with Han Chen's reasoning, "The time of the shooting is very clear, we just need to calculate the time when the murderer escaped, and then screen the surveillance video around the road and around that time. The car must be in it! The range is reduced all of a sudden!"
"Yeah." Han Chen replied with a cigarette in his mouth.
Xiao Zhuan was so excited that he didn't know what to say, and whispered, "Then it's not far from solving the case, it's too fast, too fast."
"Not necessarily." Han Chen said, "I just found the car."
Despite what he said, Xiao Zhuan and Nao Nao were still smiling.
Jin Xi's mood is also a little complicated. Both happy and surprised. And looking at his profile, as well as the black eyebrows, there is so much admiration.
Unexpectedly, Han Chen suddenly turned his head and looked at her: "Get ready."
Jin Xi: "Why?"
"The next one you run, I'll take you," he said. "Time is tight, and it's hard to find another female police officer with your skills. I just saw that the vertical drop required for jumping is not big. You should be able to."
"… Okay."
Both took off their jackets and moved their muscles. Xiao Zhuan and Nao Nao also understood, Xiao Zhuan nodded: "The boss thinks carefully! The murderer may also be a woman, so let Xiao Bai run once. But she doesn't know the way, so the boss will take him personally."
Jin Xi didn't feel anything at first, but now hearing him talk to Han Chen like the boss, she looked at him with a smile instead of a smile: "Xiao Zhuan, the clothes are not as good as the old ones, and the people are not as good as the new ones."
Xiao Zhuan didn't understand, and looked confused.
Jin Xi was patted on the back of her head.
"Xinyaner." He took off the gloves and threw them to Xiao Zhuan.
This "Xinyan'er" was said in a low and sloppy tone, full of Beijing accent, and a little bit of a dashing force. Jin Xi's heart was inexplicably sweet, but it was actually quite useful.
The two stood side by side on the edge of the rooftop with the T painted on. Jin Xi was carrying a Xiao Zhuan bag with a few bricks inside to simulate the weight of a sniper rifle bag. Leng Nian just ran with this bag on his back.
Han Chen turned to look at her: "Be careful all the way, follow me closely. Don't look down."
"Okay."
As soon as Xiao Zhuan waved his hand, Han Chen ran out and disappeared at the entrance of the stairs in the blink of an eye. Jin Xi got full of energy and followed.
—
There is an extra door at the entrance of the stairs on the eighth floor. Once you open the door, you will find an open platform. It was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was shining brightly. As soon as Jin Xi looked up, she saw Han Chen's hand resting on the edge of the balcony and jumping down, the black figure disappeared in an instant.
Fortunately, the balcony is next to the top floor of another building, and the vertical distance is only more than one meter. Jin Xi stopped at the edge of the balcony and jumped down with her eyes closed.
As soon as he landed, with his hands on the ground, he saw that Han Chen had already run to the other side of the roof and was about to go down the stairs. Seeing that she was fine, he turned around and disappeared.
Jin Xi is suddenly stunned.
She didn't know why, but she felt that her mind was a little inexplicable for a moment, so she restrained her mind and continued to catch up.
This building is down to the 5th floor, and there is a corridor that connects to the roof of another building. In the 1990s, many units liked to build such buildings. Jin Xi walks through the corridor, and at a glance, she sees Han Chen a flight of stairs at the edge of the lower roof.
Jin Xi suddenly froze again.
The sun was shining on him, and his face was very clear. He put one hand on the handrail of the stairs and looked down. Short black hair hangs down his forehead, and his side face is angular.
He looked back at her.
Then he turned his face away and jumped down.
The sun is overhead, Jin Xi looks down and sees his shadow disappearing on the platform, while her shadow follows closely, still running. And around, the bustling city stretches for thousands of miles, and there is no sound.
At this moment, she felt her heart suddenly shrink.
furiously. No warning, no defense.
In the heart part, there is an indescribable pain that spreads instantly. It invades the whole body like blood.
Jin Xi's footsteps stopped suddenly.
But the next second, she immediately realized that she was working on a case, and immediately ran again.
But when he looked up again, tears fell from his eyes.
…
what happened
Why did the scene of running and chasing with Han Chen make her feel familiar
Why is my heart so depressed that I can hardly breathe
Why did the tears fall uncontrollably, just as she cried uncontrollably in her dream that day
…
Reason kept her running at a speed, perhaps because the rest of the road was easier to run, Han Chen gradually opened the distance from her, and he didn't notice anything unusual about her.
However, her eyes were completely blurred, and she ran across the roofs one after another, jumping over one barrier after another. She clearly ran here, but the people seemed to be in another scene.
In that scene, there was the same calm and vigorous man running in front of him. And she followed closely. Their shadows, just like this moment, look at each other from afar, but chase and entangle, just for a common goal.
There is no other person in the world who can replace what they mean to each other.
…
Jin Xi can't run away.
She stopped slowly, buried her face in her hands, and squatted down.
The man in the dream.
Has he ever run with her like this before
Did he also look back frequently to see if she was safe
Has he, too, chased the same ideals and goals as her? Justice, fairness, the responsibilities of a criminal police officer, and their unforgettable love
Why, can't remember at all
what is his name? Zhao what? She couldn't even remember his name, and he had married and had children elsewhere. But why is this feeling, in the depths of her forgotten memory, still as strong as fire. Once she is aroused even a little clue, it will burn her whole body and heart
…
She lowered her head and watched the tears fall to the ground in large drops.
Until, a pair of black sneakers appeared in front of him.
As soon as his arms tightened, he was pulled from the ground with great force. As soon as she looked up, she saw Han Chen.
His forehead was still sweaty, his T-shirt was soaking wet against his chest, and his palms were scorching hot. He held her arm firmly, clasped her face with the other hand, and wiped away the tear stains on her face with thin calloused fingers, which were slightly astringent and slightly painful.
Deep black eyes stared at her like that.
"what happened?"
Jin Xi turns her face and avoids his hand: "It's alright. I suddenly feel a little uncomfortable. I'm sorry, you need to replace the policewoman to test."
She wanted to wave his hand away, but he squeezed it tighter.
Jin Xi takes a deep breath, raises her head, and shows an embarrassed smile: "I just glanced downstairs, but I was afraid of heights again. My emotions are a little out of control..." The reason she said sounded reasonable, because many people are afraid of this or that People with symptoms will lose control of their emotions when they are pushed to a critical point.
Han Chen looked at her face and slowly released his hand.
The two were so silent.
"It's me who didn't think about it carefully." He suddenly said, "I wanted you to run because I wanted you to pass the level of fear of heights. I asked them to change people, wipe my tears, and follow me."
The deep voice was a little soft.
Jin Xi's nose is sour again. She quickly wiped her tears: "It's none of your business. I'll keep working hard next time."
—
When she got back into the car, Jin Xi's eyes were still red and swollen. No one in this car was looking like a torch, but they didn't even ask questions.
They were in a 7-seat SUV, with Xiao Zhuan and Jin Xi sitting at the back. He poked her arm and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
"Tell you later."
Facts have proved that when some men look bad, no one else dares to talk to him.
Driving coldly, Han Chen sat in the co-pilot. With his hands on the car window, he has been smoking and looking out the window.
Then it was quiet all the way.
—
Another victim, Zheng Chengzhi.
He was killed at noon yesterday, and the body has been sent for examination. But the crime scene remains the same. When the Black Shield team arrived, his wife was crying, shouting that someone must be jealous of her husband and asking the police to catch the murderer.
Zheng Chengzhi is forty-two years old, unemployed, doing odd jobs everywhere. Because of the demolition of the old house, I lost two houses, so my daily life is pretty decent.
"Apart from you, what other relatives does Zheng Chengzhi have?" Xiao Zhuan asked.
His wife choked and replied, "I have a younger brother who works in Shanghai and can only come back tomorrow."
"Where's your friend?"
She replied bitterly: "He has a lot of friends, smoking, drinking and playing cards. You must investigate the police comrade." After speaking, she cried again: "What should we do if we leave our orphans and widows!"
Xiao Zhuan nodded, but he knew very well that these people definitely did not do it.
Han Chen surveyed the site with his nagging and cold face, and Jin Xi went to the neighbor's house upstairs and downstairs to knock on the door.
Downstairs was an old lady in her 70s, and she was invited in after hearing her intentions.
"Hey, police comrade, why did you say that this good person was shot and killed?" The old lady sighed, "Now that the gun barrel is tight, Chengzhi has provoked the underworld, right?"
Jin Xi replied mildly: "I can't come to a conclusion yet. Grandma, you must have lived here for a long time. How does Zheng Chengzhi usually behave? Are there any enemies or disputes? We ask these questions to solve the case as soon as possible."
The old lady nodded, "I understand." She looked at Jin Xi with a deep gaze, "This Chengzhi, he was a good boy and filial when he was young. But when he grew up, he didn't have a good job, so he married a daughter-in-law, and slowly It's changed. People in their forties have nothing serious to do. Their two brothers, their father died early, and his mother and I watched them grow up together..."
"His mother..."
The old lady shook her head, tears flashing in her eyes: "his mother passed away last month. She worked hard all her life, pulling the brothers up, but she died hard. Just like me, people are old and useless, from home I stumbled and fell down the stairs at the door. Alas…”
Jin Xi was silent for a moment, caressed the old man's back, and then asked, "Then how do the two brothers usually treat their mother? Are you filial? Are you dedicated?"
The old lady was quiet for a few seconds, and replied, "The second child, Chengda, has been working out of town, but I heard that he sends money back during the festivals. Chengzhi's heart is good, but he is such a character, he smokes and drinks all day, where is he? Fuck it. Married such a daughter-in-law again. In fact, the old man has always felt aggrieved... "
—
When Jin Xi walked back to Zheng's house, Zheng Chengzhi's wife had already left. In the days after the incident, she and her son have not lived here.
As soon as they entered the door, they saw a few of them had completed the exploration and were standing in the living room. When they saw her, they all looked up.
Jin Xi's eyes met Han Chen's in the air and immediately moved away.
"Jin Xi," he said, "What's the conclusion?"
Jin Xi's heart warms.
Although he mentioned criminal psychology with disdain, in fact, whether it was the Chen Lijiang case or the current case...
He was listening to her.
Her mood has completely calmed down, remembering that today they all showed their talents, and she is the only one left.
With a slight smile, he walked among them and extended his hand to Han Chen first: "Give me a cigarette first."
Nagging interjected: "Xiao Bai, you are so big."
Han Chen's eyes slid across her face, reached into his pocket, took out a cigarette, and threw it to her. Jin Xi took it, because it was at the crime scene, she didn't smoke, but put it under her nose and sniffed it, then twirled it between her fingers.
"He was a young man, 25-35 years old, with a very ordinary appearance;
He lives a low-key life, living in a mid-range district in the city, renting a house and driving an ordinary car; but the scope of his residence cannot be inferred, because for a professional killer, there is no distance that can limit him.
The killer career isn't his all. He will take a technical part-time job, such as an IT repairer, an instrument repairer, or a decoration inspector. "
She lowered her head and put the cigarette in her mouth: "he's very lonely inside. Single, no women, and no real friends. But in the past three months, he must have suffered a major emotional ups and downs, he has a share of Deep, deep feelings, maybe love, maybe others, have been destroyed. The ones who destroyed it were ordinary people like the two dead.
A master who walks on the edge of darkness and regards human life as a must, but his happiness is destroyed by the most mediocre and weak people in the world. So now, he came to their world and started killing one by one. "