37 Pieces of the Puzzle
Xiao Hanyu watched the surveillance video for a long time, and finally found something suspicious, and he said in surprise: "I found it." โ
"What did you find? โ
Shen Lingshan immediately walked to Xiao Hanyu's side and watched the video with him.
"Watch out for this car. โ
A white truck appeared in the video, and Shen Lingshan didn't find anything unusual after looking at it carefully.
"Is there anything wrong with this car?"
"I didn't see anything wrong when I first looked at it, but if you look closely, the car first appeared near the neighborhood where the deceased An Lu lived in the first case, at 12 o'clock in the morning. The time of death estimated by the medical examiner to be between 12 a.m. and 2 a.m. โ
Then Xiao Hanyu clicked on the next section of monitoring, and there was also the white truck in the monitoring.
"On the 12th, at five o'clock in the evening on the day Zhao Jie was killed, the car appeared again. The time of death speculated by the medical examiner was between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. โ
Hearing this, Shen Lingshan probably understood that the two white trucks appeared in both cases, and they were within the predicted time of the victim's death. Is this just a coincidence?
"I checked the owner of the car. Shen Lingshan said and dialed a phone call.
"Hey, I'm Shen Lingshan, the prosecutor of the Municipal People's Procuratorate, help me check the car number XAยท The owner of the TG461. (X represents a province, and because it is a fictional novel, the name of the province and the name of the city are not shown here.) ๏ผ
Xiao Mubai and Lin Manshu came back from outside, and there was still snow on their bodies. After Lin Manshu came back, she returned the coat to Xiao Mubai, and Xiao Mubai put it on silently, as if nothing had happened before.
"Where have you been?" asked Han Yu after seeing the two of them return.
"It was too stuffy in the house, so I went out for a walk. Lin Manshu replied briefly.
Xiao Hanyu didn't ask too much, he said, "Oh, by the way, I found something, you can take a look." โ
After Xiao Mubai and Lin Manshu watched the monitoring, they also found suspicious points. Especially Xiao Mubai, he was watching the surveillance on the highway before, and he vaguely had an impression of this car.
"This car...... I think I've seen it. โ
Xiao Mubai said and went back to his computer to find the monitor, he remembered the car. Sure enough, the car also appeared in the surveillance video of the highway.
Xiao Mubai and Xiao Hanyu checked the license plate number of the car, and there was no doubt that it was a car.
"It can't be a coincidence. Lin Manshu said.
Sometimes, things are too coincidental and there will be problems. This car appeared at the scene of the crime twice, which naturally aroused everyone's suspicion.
"The owner of this car is named Wei Ming, and he is in the business of selling live poultry. To put it simply, live poultry is purchased in the countryside and shipped to the city. โ
After Shen Lingshan finished the phone call, she obtained some simple information and joined their case discussion.
"Live Poultry ......"
Xiao Mubai muttered these words, and suddenly remembered the deceased's severed limbs. He said:
If this is the case, then the whereabouts of the severed limbs of the deceased can be explained. The killer placed the limbs of the deceased among live birds and would not be found when passing by the checkpoint. โ
"It's understandable, but ...... I still don't understand why the killer cut off the limbs of the deceased, and the parts that were cut off are different for different victims. โ
Xiao Hanyu raised his question, which was also something he had not understood.
"For the sake of patchwork. โ
Lin Manshu suddenly gave such an explanation, and everyone looked at her with questioning eyes.
"Remember the bouquet of roses each victim received?" asked Lim Man-sook.
The other three nodded their heads in remembrance.
Lin Manshu said: "No bouquet of roses comes with a card that says: The soul of twelve years ago is wandering, and it is time for her to return to her place." โ
"Does this have anything to do with chopping off the limbs of the deceased?" asked Shen Lingshan.
Lin Man-sook did not answer, but turned on the projection and connected it to the computer. When everyone saw her actions, they naturally turned their attention to the big screen.
Lin Manshu skillfully opened the folder in the E disk of the computer, all of which were the case materials she had collected, and they were also out of print. Seeing the various folders inside, I realized that the reason why Lin Manshu was able to win a lawsuit without losing was also reasonable.
"I've sorted out folk beliefs in remote areas of my country, and one of them is very similar to this case. โ
Lin Manshu said and opened a folder called "Soul Return", which contained a lot of documents.
"Is this the custom of cutting off the limbs of the enemy, piecing together a human nature, and then possessing the soul of the dead?"
Lin Manshu had shown these paper versions of the information to Xiao Mubai, so Xiao Mubai had some impressions, and it was because of this that he had always suspected Zhong Nan.
"That's right, this custom comes from Minyuan Village, and there were similar rituals until the Republic of China. Lin Manshu said.
"Minyuan Village...... If I'm not mistaken, it's a very small village nearby, and it's also the village where Zhong Ling was born. Xiao Hanyu interjected.
They complement each other's mental holes, and sometimes with the addition of tiny pieces, the puzzle can be complete.
"Wei Ming is also from Minyuan Village. Shen Lingshan said.