When they saw these four words, the two of them couldn't help but feel a chill. The weather was obviously very hot, but Xie Jibai couldn't help but shiver.

Xie Jibai clenched his hand/machine, didn't say a word, ran directly from the parking lot back to the bureau, didn't sit in the elevator, and ran up directly from the stairwell.

Tang Xin chased after him and found that Xie Jibai had given him another surprise.

Xie Jibai looked like he was sven, and he was even a little too thin, but he didn't expect that his skills would be good when he acted. Especially when Xie Jibai ran up, his lean waist/hips were full of energy, and it seemed to be more interesting.

With a "bump", Xie Jibai stretched out his hand and pushed open the door of Group C's office.

Chen Yancai, the only one sitting in the office, was startled by the loud sound, her body trembled, her eyes were wide open, her back was straight, and she was stunned for a few seconds......

"Vice, I'm not playing a game! It's true! ”

Tang Xin felt that Xie Jibai's face might have slight cracks at the moment.

Xie Jibai walked over quickly, slapped his hand/machine in front of Chen Yancai, and said, "Check these three/text messages for me, quickly." ”

Chen Yancai had a weak expression of being a thief, and when she saw Xie Jibai coming over, she moved her body/body to the side. But when she saw the picture full of blood on Xie Jibai's hand/plane, she was stunned for a moment.

"This is ......" Chen Yancai's mouth opened wide in shock, and quickly said: "I'll check it immediately." ”

Xie Jibai pulled a chair and sat next to her and glanced at the watch on his wrist.

It looks like the time to go to the dinner place is going to be postponed.

Tang Xin didn't sit down, he leaned on the edge of the table, and also stared at Chen Yancai's computer.

Chen Yancai's face was stern, but soon, she showed a look of annoyance, and said, "Deputy team, it's a message sent from the Internet, but ...... This source of information is encrypted, and there is no way to check it. ”

"I can't check ......," Xie Jibai sighed, but he had obviously expected this result a long time ago.

Tang Xin shrugged his shoulders and said, "What now?" The killer was clearly prepared. ”

The source could not be found, and there was no special flaw in the pictures sent at all, and there was no way to trace it, even the picture of the deceased.

The photo Xie Jibai received was almost a close-up of the deceased lying on the ground, and there was blood all over it, so there was no special marker at all. There are no reflections in the photo, and there are no shadows of other objects.

Xie Jibai said: "Sister Chen, you copy the photos and see if you can continue to investigate, and Tang Forensics/Doctor Tang and I will go to the place where the deceased and Lin Letian met first." ”

"I see." Chen Yancai nodded immediately.

The meeting place of Liu Yingbei and Lin Letian is in the city center, and the bureau is a little far away, and it takes a lot of time to drive there, let alone squeeze the car over.

Xie Jibai and Tang Xin didn't know how to drive, they originally wanted to simply take a taxi, but after waiting for more than ten minutes, there was no empty car.

It's rush hour, and every taxi is full. It happened that a bus was coming, Xie Jibai frowned and said, "Let's go." ”

Tang Xin couldn't react a little, seeing that Xie Jibai was going to chase the car, he hurriedly followed him and ran into the car.

The bus just left the starting station, and it was very empty. There were not many people waiting for the train on the platform, and when Tang Xin followed Xie Jibai up, he saw that there were many empty seats behind.

Xie Jibai took out his card and swiped it to buy a ticket, and was about to walk forward, when Tang Xin behind him suddenly grabbed Xie Jibai's arm.

Xie Jibai turned around and heard Tang Xin say, "I don't have a bus card here." ”

Xie Jibai: "......"

Xie Jibai almost forgot that Tang Xin had just returned to China the second day.

Xie Jibai had no choice but to say: "You can put coins." ”

Tang Xin immediately took out his wallet, which was quite neat, with a water of cards, as well as certificates/pieces, and then a large banknote.

Tang Xin flipped through it twice, and then took out a 100 yuan bill.

Xie Jibai immediately stopped him and said, "This kind of car doesn't give change." ”

The two of them were standing in the doorway, and the driver had already closed the door and started the car. Both of them are tall and straight, with outstanding appearances, which are already eye-catching, and they are both standing at the door, which is even more eye-catching.

Xie Jibai had a headache, and quickly took out a few steel hammers from his pocket, looked at the distance, and threw in four yuan.

Finally solved Tang Xin's ticket problem, Xie Jibai walked to the end of the bus, and then sat by the window.

The last row was empty, the rear of the car was bumpy, and almost no one wanted to sit here. However, this is indeed a good location, for a person like Xie Jibai who is used to being alert, this place can allow him to take the entire carriage into view.

Tang Xin also walked over, sat down next to him, looked at Xie Jibai sideways, and said, "What do you think of the photo just now?" Rite...... What does it mean? ”

Rite......

At the mention of these two words, Xie Jibai frowned, shook his head and said, "I don't know yet, but I think it's very strange." ”

Xie Jibai was silent for a while, and said, "The murderer's novel has been written to the eleventh volume, so what is the ritual he is referring to?" Why is it suddenly said that the ritual begins? ”

This is not the first time the murderer has committed a crime, he is very smart and unusually bold. The word "ritual" does not appear in the first ten volumes, nor does the new one.

But......

The eleventh volume is obviously unfinished, at least the novel in Xie Jibai's hand is not finished.

"Maybe it'......" Tang Xin said, "Maybe it's because this is the first case in City C?" ”

Xie Jibai's expression was even worse, if Tang Xin said so, I'm afraid that C City would not be even more peaceful in the future.

Xie Jibai remembered those sentences from the tenth volume of the novel.

- I've been dreaming about those times in City C these days, and I know it's time to go back. There was a lot of the past that I didn't want to recall, but I had to go back because I knew that there were people there who needed me to visit......

There should be some unknown implication between the murderer and City C, and who will be the "person" that the murderer is talking about?

There are too many mysteries in front of them, but the most important thing at the moment is why Xie Jibai received such a text message, and where is the murderer's intention?

Xie Jibai and Tang Xin were silent, and they all looked like they had their own thoughts.

The bus made two stops ahead, and although it didn't get crowded, it started and went very slowly. The driver kicked the accelerator and braked, the car scurried, and everyone shook back and forth.

Xie Jibai was obviously more strict with motion sickness, and after being blocked for a while, his face turned pale, his brows were furrowed, and his Adam's apple slid up and down.

Tang Xin stretched out his hand and widened the window next to him a little so that he could change his breath, but for Xie Jibai, it didn't really have much effect.

Xie Jibai's left hand was raised, covering his lips, the Adam's apple rolled faster, and his face showed a forbearant expression, and it took a long time to ease up a little.

Tang Xin stared at his movements, and couldn't help but think, if Xie Jibai showed this expression on the bed and made this kind of action, it would really be ......

"Do you want to get off the train?" Tang Xin asked.

Xie Jibai shook his head and said, "It's okay. ”

He was used to it, not that he was used to motion sickness, but he was used to forcing himself. It's nothing for him, just hold on and get over.

When he finally arrived at the station, Tang Xin raised his hand and glanced at the time, he had been on the bus for the first time in his life, and he had sat for an hour and a half.

"It should be right up front." Xie Jibai said.

He hadn't been to this place, so he checked the address and it should be in front. Chen Yancai sent them the address and pictures, and it was a place that looked quite upscale.

Although Liu Yingbei has no job and has a pitiful small deposit, Lin Letian is a rich person, she has an inheritance left to her by her adoptive/mother, and she can't spend it all without working in this life.

This time it was Liu Yingbei who was treated, I don't know if it was because Lin Letian was not used to eating too low-grade restaurants, or because of his own face, anyway, he finally chose this relatively high-end hotel.

It's almost eleven o'clock, and the restaurant hasn't had any guests in yet, but it's almost time. Tang Xin and Xie Jibai walked in, and they were greeted by neatly dressed waiters.

Xie Jibai took out the evidence/piece and showed it to the waiter, and said, "Let's investigate the case." ”

The waiter had obviously never encountered such a thing before, so he was stunned for a moment and said, "Wait a minute, you two, I'll go and ask the manager." ”

The waiter led them to the staff rest room first, and then hurried away.

The manager of the restaurant came over quickly, looking a little nervous, and didn't know why they had a police detective here all of a sudden.

Xie Jibai explained the intention, and the manager said: "I really don't have any impression of what happened so many days ago, but there are monitors in the restaurant, so you can call it out and check it." ”

Their goal is very clear, and there is a relatively certain time, and the monitoring is called up and directly checked the night thirteen days ago.

Sure enough, Liu Yingbei and Lin Letian walked into the restaurant together at about 7:13 that night.

Liu Yingbei was wearing a white dress and carrying a white bag. Lin Letian was wearing a burgundy skirt and carrying a rather large shoulder bag.

It was 9:00/8 a.m. when they left, and they paused in the restaurant for more than two hours, during which the two of them had been talking and laughing, and each had gone to the bathroom once.

Before leaving, the two of them should have fought for a while for who to settle the bill, and finally Lin Letian settled the bill, and then gave the waiter some tips.

At 9:00/8:00, the two men left the restaurant together.

"Wait a minute, what is this?"

Xie Jibai said suddenly.

The screen froze, and sure enough, I saw that there was a white thing on the chair where Liu Yingbei was sitting.

Although the video is not black and white, there is no sound, and it looks very blurry, and it is impossible to see what it is.

The video continued to play, and the waiter who was packing up soon noticed that the guest had left something behind, so he quickly chased him out with his things.

But the waiter soon returned, and shook his head at the people around him, who still had the thing in his hand, and it seemed that the waiter had not caught up with the guest.

Xie Jibai immediately said, "Could you please call this waiter over?" I would like to ask a few questions. ”

The manager nodded and let people call. The waiter, who was on duty today, came over quickly.

Xie Jibai pointed to the video concisely and asked, "What did you pick up at that time?" ”

The waiter took a look and said, "Oh, it's a make-up mirror, left by a female guest." ”

Xie Jibai said: "Makeup mirror? Where are you now? ”

"It's been returned to the female guest. Two days ago, the female guest found out that she had lost something and came back to look for it, so I returned it to her. The waiter said.

"Two days ago?"

Xie Jibai and Tang Xin were very surprised, but Tang Xin was the most surprised. Because the body was examined by him, he was sure that the time of death of the corpse could not have been a few days ago.

In other words, Liu Yingbei has long been dead, how could it be that she appeared two days ago.

Seeing that they didn't believe it, the waiter immediately took out his hand/machine, opened the calendar, looked at it, and said, "It's Tuesday, four days ago." I was on the evening shift that day, and at about ten o'clock, the female customer came to the store. ”