"Serial murderers always have certain rules when choosing their targets. The way the children died this time also has the meaning of sacrifice, and it is even more impossible to kill indiscriminately."
In the main hall of Marquis Wuzhao's mansion, both Sun Zhao and Lin Huai were invited back. The case had been handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. It was about to be finalized, but such a big change caught everyone by surprise.
After Bo Ruoyou finished speaking, Sun Zhaoliang glanced at Wu Xiang, "The birthdays of the children are different, but I didn't find it when I visited."
Wu Xiang rubbed her nose, feeling a little guilty, Lin Huai said: "I don't blame him, these children are of different ages, and the dates of birth seem to be chaotic on the surface, unless a Taoist priest is specially invited to see it."
Huo Weilou said: "Li Shen imitated the murder method, but there was a change in the conditions for choosing the target, but he finally confessed to all the crimes, and he seemed to be clear about how the previous children were killed, which shows that He knew the previous murderer and knew what the murderer did."
Sun Zhao also continued: "Is he trying to protect the murderer, or to take the blame?"
Bo Ruoyou's expression was particularly serious, "Two years have passed since the last child was killed, and the cause of death of those children has not been proven to be different, and the government has no plans to re-investigate, Li Shen's case is tantamount to a It came out of nowhere."
If Li Shen hadn't appeared, most of these old cases would have continued to be dusty in the files of the government office.
Huo Weilou pondered for a moment and said: "There is only one possibility. The murderer felt the crisis, so he pushed Li Shen out. This person must still be related to the cult that Li Shen believed in."
"Crisis?" Sun Zhao couldn't figure it out, "Several people died in this case, but the government did not plan to re-investigate earlier, not to mention me, even Wu Xiang, no one in the whole government thought of this. Case."
Bo Ruoyou, who was sitting beside her, suddenly had her eyelids twitch, "My lord, it's not like no one has thought about it..."
Everyone looked at her, and she continued: "When we were investigating the Bainiaoyuan case, we had looked for the file of the Zhaojiaban case in the internal treasury, and when we were looking for the file of that case, I saw that Mr. The kidnapping case file, I mentioned this matter to Lord Hou later, but in the government office, I did not say that I would re-investigate the case."
Huo Weilou also thought of this, at this time Bo Ruoyou continued: "The people who were looking for files in the inner library at that time might have a little impression, but at that time everyone's attention was on the files of Zhao's class, and there should be no one Watch out for this."
Sun Zhao looked at Wu Xiang, "Do you have any impression?"
Wu Xiang nodded, "Your Excellency knows, I can't read those files. For a few days, Xiao Bo and Xiao Hu read the files in Neiku. Later, when Xiao Bo saw the case of Mr. Ming's, I happened to be by the side, but I didn't Thinking deeply, I took people to visit outside later, and I didn't take it seriously until Xiao Bo said that Wen Jin's case was related to the Ming family's case back then."
Sun Zhao frowned, "Wu Xiang has been a police officer for many years, and he is very concerned about criminal cases. At that time, the case of Zhao Jiaban was completely different from the case in the early years, so he never took it seriously. Others People forget it when they hear it, how did the murderer know that Xiao Bo noticed the Ming family's case?"
He looked at Bo Ruoyou and Huo Weilou, "When Xiao Bo was talking to Lord Hou, was there anyone else present?"
Bo Ruoyou and Huo Weilou looked at each other for a moment, she mentioned the Ming family's case with Huo Weilou more than once, but every time there was no one around her, at this moment, she suddenly remembered something and looked at Huo Qinghong , "Not in the first two times, but in the second time, when I came to the Hou's mansion, I happened to meet Mr. Ming and Shizi. I mentioned it in front of Mr. Ming."
Huo Qinghong was about to doze off, but when he heard that it was related to him, when Ji Ling woke up, he thought about it in a daze, "Yeah, what's the matter? Later that day, Gui Lan and I left first, when we left, It was never discussed."
Bo Ruoyou looked at Sun Zhao, "Then no other idlers will know about this matter."
Lin Huai looked at Sun Zhao, "Could someone in the yamen talk fast?"
After the words were settled, everyone's expressions sank. The person behind the scenes was hiding behind Wang Qingfu, and even more quietly believed in cults inside and outside the capital. His status must be either rich or noble. Generally possible.
Sun Zhao was a little nervous for a while, and turned to look at Wu Xiang, but Wu Xiang immediately said: "This is impossible, our yamen has no new recruits for the past two years, brothers have been working in the yamen for several years, and I know their conduct, it is impossible for many years The ex-murderer planted eyeliner in the yamen, right?"
This case has been going on for more than ten years, if the murderer had such a plan, it would be considered exhaustive.
At this time, Lin Huai said again: "If the murderer can find a way to inquire about the news from the yamen, then I'm afraid he will know the progress of the investigation of the case by the yamen and the direct envoy during this period. Will the murderer see it too?"
The night fell quietly, the heavy snow outside the window had stopped, only the cold wind was howling, Lin Huai's words made the hall as warm as spring suddenly cool, Huo Weilou said in a deep voice at this time: "The timing of Li Shen's case is indeed strange, Although it took some effort to solve the case, it went smoothly, and he took all responsibility for the crime, if there were not some clues and mistakes, the case would have been settled, and the real culprit would never be brought to justice."
At this point, his voice sank, "Now we are in the light and the murderer is in the dark. This is a bad thing, but it is also a good thing."
Lin Huai condensedly asked, "What does Lord Hou mean?"
"The person behind the scenes wanted to use Li Shen to take the blame, but he didn't want the government to be deceived. If you were him, what would you do?"
Lin Huai was taken aback, "Naturally, I'm trying to cover it up."
Huo Weilou was thoughtful, Lin Huai said: "The murderer probably told Li Shen what happened back then, but why didn't he tell Li Shen to choose the person who was born in Sanyang?"
"Talking too much and making mistakes, the murderer is probably just taking chances." Bo Ruoyou opened his mouth, "Li Shen's reputation is extremely bad, and his status is humble, and it's hard to get along in Feiyun Temple, but it's even more difficult to get the birthday horoscopes of you young masters." It was not easy, if Li Shen had revealed this at that time, the government would have to investigate the origin of the birthday, and to select so many young masters who met the conditions, they would have to know the birth dates of the young masters in the capital. It is even more impossible for him to explain it, and the government will immediately suspect that he has an accomplice."
Having said this, Bo Ruoyou looked at Huo Weilou, "Except for Wen Jin, the other five are all young masters from wealthy families in the capital, and three of them are from official households, plus Mr. Ming, these families are not random. Anyone who can inquire about their birthdays casually, not to mention that the murderer has to pass the screening, in this huge capital city, there must not be many people who are of a suitable age and whose birthday is Sanyang, and the identity of the murderer must have some contacts with these people."
The horoscope of birth and date is extremely private, usually only close relatives know it, even outsiders can find it by various means, but if it is a family friend who has contacts, it is quite different, as long as you spend time and effort, you will always have a chance to find out.
But even so, the scope is still very large, Huo Weilou looked at the sky outside, and ordered: "Send the official documents of the Ministry of Punishment to the Yamen first, and the case will be re-investigated. Don't stop visiting the pilgrims of Feiyun Temple, especially if you look into Li Shen's life, especially when he started to contact the cult, and when he chose to leave the vulgar, he must not really want to return to the vulgar, most likely he still wanted to get out of Feiyun Temple, It’s good to promote heresy.”
A few people agreed, but Huo Weilou didn't let them stay any longer, and they left the house after a while.
Bo Ruoyou was still in deep thought, "The murderer hasn't committed another crime for two years, how did he get the idea to make someone commit the crime?"
I thought that even though Li Shen had concealed something, he should be one of the real culprits, but now he overturned the previous conclusion. Thinking that the murderer who murdered his brother was still hiding in the dark, Bo Ruoyou's forehead acupoint throbbed suddenly.
"There must be an opportunity, he must have discovered something." At this point, Huo Weilou couldn't help holding Bao Ruoyou's hand, "Could it be because of you?"
Bo Ruoyou frowned, "What do you mean by that?"
"You were the only one who escaped from him back then. When Guilan fled, he never saw his face, but when you escaped, you might have seen more things. You have been back to Beijing for more than half a year. Based on this person's Status, if you have the heart, you will already know it, if I were him, I would definitely be worried about you."
Bo Ruoyou frowned, "But he must know that I can't remember the past."
This person's status is not low. Back then when Bo Ruoyou was sick and asked the doctor for medicine, everyone in the aristocratic family knew about it. Most of this person also knew about it, and perhaps because of this, that person let a five-year-old idiot go.
But twelve years have passed since that year, and now that she has grown up, not to mention she is slim, and even works as a servant in the Yamen, the murderer is indeed very likely to become suspicious.
"However, I've been back to Beijing for so long. It doesn't make sense for him to find out in winter. I still think that the murderer was motivated by other reasons. For example, the Yamen became suspicious of Mr. Ming's case."
It was dark outside the window, Bo Ruoyou saw that it was getting late, and wanted to go home, Huo Weilou comforted her, and personally sent her to the carriage, and ordered the servants of the Marquis to see her off, and watched the carriage slowly go away with his own eyes.
"From today onwards, send two people to follow the county magistrate secretly, and then ask people to watch around the Hou's mansion to see if there are any idle people waiting around to watch."
He ordered so, and the servants of the Hou's mansion responded. After Bo Ruoyou's carriage disappeared at the end of the long street, Huo Weilou turned around and entered the gate of the Hou's mansion. After a while, the cold wind rolled up the snow foam on the ground and whimpered, and a string of footprints could be clearly seen on the snow-covered ground.
Bo Ruoyou, who returned home, was full of doubts in his heart. After washing, he rested almost full of doubts. When he got up the next morning, he saw Zhou Liang and Aunt Liang counting the New Year's goods bought the day before. Two of the silks and satins were for Cut new clothes for Bo Ruoyou.
Aunt Liang gestured and said: "I don't know what looks good, Miss likes plain ones, so I bought plain ones, but Miss is young, so I decided to buy bright ones, Miss likes it?"
Aunt Liang has followed Cheng Yunzhi for many years, and she is considered half an elder. Bo Ruoyou naturally smiled and said she liked it, and Aunt Liang was a little satisfied, "I bought it at Liuji Silk and Satin Shop in Dongshi, and the young lady of that house recognizes it."
Bo Ruoyou was a little surprised, "I recognize it?"
"Miss, do you still remember the last time you did something for your wife and master at Xiangguo Temple, and when you were going back to Beijing, you met a young master when you went down the mountain?"
Bo Ruoyou remembered, "It's Liu Yan!"
Aunt Liang nodded with a smile, "It's that young master, when the slaves left yesterday, that young master still remembered the slaves."
Naturally, Bo Ruoyou did not forget that she left Xiangguo Temple that day, and ran into Liu Yan as soon as she left the temple, and she also knew that the Liu family is not only following the path of officials, but also has a lot of business outside, but she does not It was very unexpected, but she didn't know what to think of, and her expression suddenly became dignified.