When I shook my head and noticed that it wasn't as painful as I had just now, I decided to go outside with Li Jing in the afternoon to get some fresh air. We walked back to the scene of the crime, and there were several benches for tourists to rest not far away. Li Jing and I sat there to rest, Li Jing looked at the scene of the crime thoughtfully, and I sat on the other side and began to read the information in my hand.

"Xiaozhi." Li Jing called me, "Are you only thinking of Sweenman Todd because of your hair?" ”

I thought about it for a moment, and said uncertainly: "No, I remember that Todd's usual murder weapon is also a knife." It's a razor, but the story about Todd seems to be made up, right? ”

Li Jing waved his hand slightly: "It's not." There is indeed such a figure in history who, like Jack the Ripper, is a bloodthirsty serial killer. The British writer Peter Hanning once proved the true existence of Todd through guò guò A large amount of evidence, born in 1756, grew up in a working-class family where both parents were alcoholics, was accused of stealing a watch and was imprisoned at the age of 14, learned to cut hair and shave in prison, and when he was released from prison in 1775, Todd opened a small barbershop on Fleet Street, fell in love with a woman who ran a pie shop called Martwila, and killed the customer by cutting the throat with a razor in his barbershop. It is then given as a food ingredient to the lover who opened a pie shop. Like Jack, he even killed more people than Jack, but after every killing, he secretly buried his bones in the basement of St. Dunstan's Church, while Jack was more publicized in dumping the body near Whitechapel, and even wrote to the Central News Agency to make the details public. Although many people are now questioning the authenticity of the letter, it can still be seen that the murderer is a very conceited person. Todd used a sharp razor as a murder weapon, and the methods of murder were very similar to those of our suspects, basically killing with one hit. Although many analysts believe that Todd made money because of the unscrupulous means of chasing money and profit, it is undeniable that both Todd and Jack have strict mental disorders and cognitive deficiencies. ”

"And they're all cold-blooded and ruthless psychopathic killers." I added, "Still." "I suddenly thought of a key and called out.

"But what?" Li Jing looked at me.

"Where did you say the real Todd's barbershop came from?" I grabbed Li Jing's hand and asked in surprise.

"Fleet Street." Li Jing said. He was stunned as if he wanted to realize something, and kept repeating Fleet Street, and then pulled me up and walked to the police station. As he walked, he explained to me: "Sure enough, I have grown a lot after going out to cultivate, if it weren't for your reminder." I really didn't notice that there was so much overlap between them. ”

When I entered the police station, I happened to bump into Officer Wang, and he was a little surprised at first when he saw me and Li Jing's hot looks, but quickly realized that we might have found something and took us directly to the office. "What did you find?" Officer Wang asked us.

Li Jing didn't explain too much and asked directly, "Officer Wang." Is there a newspaper or media near the scene of the crime? ”

"Yes." Officer Wang nodded hurriedly, "There is an old office building less than a stop away from the ancient city, and there was a newspaper office in it before. In the past two years, the performance has been poor, and it was acquired by an online media, but the office location has not changed. Is there a problem with that newspaper? ”

Li Jing shook his hand: "It's just the initial stage of profiling, I'm sorry, our profiling proves that it was not many people who committed these cases, and there was only one suspect." ”

"Is there a person?" Officer Wang asked with some surprise, "But judging from the whole case, the murderer must be proficient in at least two skills, uncutting and haircutting, and he must have a fairly strong anti-investigation ability to commit so many cases and still get away with it." ”

Li Jing nodded: "That's right." Skills aside, our suspect has a certain schizotypal disorder, and although I don't know what is willing to lead it, it's not that this mental disorder is dangerous, but it is true that there are many patients with non-inferior mental disorders who are accompanied by violent and frightening bizarre behavior. ”

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "But I still don't understand why you chose the old newspaper. ”

"It's not about choosing an old newspaper." Li Jing explained, "It is the suspect who has dual characteristics. ”

"Dual features? I remember that Mr. Lu seemed to mention it in his class. Officer Wang recalled with a frown.

Li Jing nodded: "That's right, double characteristics." Although it is not a high-IQ crime, the suspect still put a lot of thought into imitating and confusing the police. We've found the Ripper Jack and Sweeney Todd in each of these cases. So at first we thought it was at least two people who committed the crime. Obviously, the killer wanted to lead me into a misunderstanding of multiple people committing crimes, but there was one thing in common behind what he called two unrelated serial killers. ”

I turned on the computer on the side, looked up the information about the two killers, and used the mouse to make a strange point: "This is it." Barber Todd opened his own barbershop on Fleet Street. And look here. "I opened the Ripper's information again," and several of the Ripper's letters were sent directly to the Central News Agency. ”

Officer Wang's eyes lit up: "Fleet Street, publishing activities began in 1500, and in May 1702, the first daily newspaper in England, the Daily News, was published in the office above the White New Hotel on Fleet Street. At its peak, there were more than 100 national and regional newspapers. If I'm not mistaken, The Times, The Guardian and The Observer all had offices there. That's why it's also known as London's press. Although the glory of Fleet Street as a news street is no longer due to the departure of the last Reuters newspaper in 2005, Fleet Street is still familiar to everyone as a news industry. ”

"And Jack the Ripper." Li Jing continued, "On September 25, 1888, I sent a letter written in red ink to the Central News Agency, admitting that he was a murderer and threatening to continue to kill people. Subsequent letters of provocation were also sent to the Central News Agency. If you link the two locations, it's not hard to see that two centuries of horrific serial murders have focused on the press, one being the location of the murder and the other being the location of the provocation. The same thing happened at different points in time, and if the murderer was a copycat, the industry he was engaged in was probably related to the media. ”

Li Jing looked at Officer Wang: "If you can, I hope you can gather people to announce the results of the profile." ”

"I'll arrange it now." Officer Wang left the office with that.

Twenty minutes later, Officer Wang arranged for the conference room to convene the meeting room and asked us to publicly profile the content: "Now we have a preliminary suspect profile here. We are now about 180 cm tall and should be between 35 and 45 years old, with a very strong physique. Younger than his actual age, highly attractive, highly educated, and well-mannered. It is easy to arouse the affection of young women. We have inferred that he was a copycat of serial murders according to the way he committed the murder, and after studying the modus operandi and murder style of the two notorious serial killers, we can also create the appearance of multiple murderers committing crimes together, indicating that the murderer was very planned and did not kill people on the spur of the moment. The two killers he imitated were inextricably linked to journalism. So we speculate that our suspect's industry may be related to the news page. Or something that involves news in your life. The suspect has a special preference for the victim and can predict that our suspect is in extreme paranoid schizophrenia, which triggers his hallucinations when confronted with the victim, leading to violence in the future. This type of woman may be closely related to his previous life, and you can count whether there was a record of this image of women ten years ago according to the image of the victim. His first act of violence may have been the development of paranoid schizophrenia when stimulated, which led to subsequent violent attacks, so we need to identify the source of his stimulus ten years ago. There are also two imitations at the scene, and I can't confirm whether the suspect also has schizotypal identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder, and hallucinations. But there must be a personality with a paranoid schizophrenia with a strict zhòng, personality transformation is generally stimulated under pressure or environmental stimulation, the suspect shortened the time to commit the crime, indicating that the current environment makes him extremely nervous and uneasy, so the possibility of violence is gradually increasing, I hope you must not startle the snake when investigating. During the investigation, we will see if there are any similarities in the image, and if there are other partners with whom we often do business, if possible, please also look for suspects who have attached the profile. ”

"Is there a clue over there?" After the meeting, I asked Li Jing.

Li Jing shook his head: "I haven't replied yet, so I can call now." ”

didn't wait for Li Jing to dial the phone. Shi Hao's call came in. "Any clues?" Li Jing picked up the phone and asked.

"You've really done me a big job, first of all, 10 years ago, about 179 women died between July and September, and 152 women, excluding the children who died tragically. Among them, 89 were elderly, 63 were young and middle-aged women, 21 died in other villages, and 42 died locally. ”

"Did any of the 152 women who died have immediate family members working at the publishing house?" Li Jing asked into the microphone.

"I'll check it out later." There was a 'click' sound of tapping on the keyboard at the earpiece, "No." A disappointing answer came from the other side.

"None of these dead women worked at the newspaper?" Li Jing changed the question again. The answer back to us is still disappointed.

"What about these women's non-immediate family members? And any of the family members you checked just now have a record of serving a prison sentence? Li Jing still didn't give up, and continued to ask Shi Hao.

"Then you'll have to wait for me a little bit. Data processing is a bit time-consuming. Hang up first, I'll call you after I find out the news. ”

After closing the line, Li Jing looked at the time and realized that it was close to three o'clock in the afternoon, and he looked at me apologetically: "It's this time, let's go to dinner first, right?" What do you want to eat? ”

I tilted my head and thought, "I'm going to eat the home-cooked tofu and rice noodles here." ”

"That's all you eat?" Li Jing looked at me in disbelief, "Didn't you eat it before?" He muttered quietly.

"Hmm." I nodded, glancing at him again, "I heard that." It's too much! ”

"I'm telling the truth. But is it okay to just eat this little bit? The worry in Li Jing's eyes instantly made me lose the interest in continuing to fight with him.

"It's okay, I just don't have an appetite." After breakfast in the morning, I really don't feel hungry at all, and when I think about this month's upside-down life, I may no longer have a biological clock. In the end, we decided to go back to the pedestrian street to find a local restaurant to eat, so that we could conduct personnel investigations around the crime scene after dinner; On the other hand, I found a particularly delicious old shop on the Internet in the pedestrian street, and Li Jing accepted the mention yì.

"Change jobs, huh?" On the way there, Li Jing advised me, "If you continue like this, your body will collapse." ”

"How can that be!" I immediately retorted, "My career is just getting started, because it's too bad to give up on these things." ”

"But." Li Jing wanted to persuade me again. But in the end, he gave up, "Forget it." In the end, he didn't say anything, "It's good that you're happy, it's really much more energetic than before." ”

"Right. Right! "It is rare to be praised by Li Jing many times in one day, which makes me a little complacent.

Li Jing bought some plum meat from a tricycle vendor on the pedestrian street for me to eat, saying it was appetizing. When we went to that little shop, there wasn't anyone there, coincidentally. Diagonally across from the shop is the scene of the murder we visited in the morning. When we came to the store and asked for local tofu and rice noodles, we talked to the owner.

"Boss, did you just open the door today?" There are no other customers in the store except us, which is not often in my impression, and it is indeed very strange that there are no customers in the old store.

The boss said weakly: "Business has been like this for the past few days, and it will be fine after a while." ”

"Why? Isn't it the peak tourist season? ”

The boss waved his hand and didn't speak.

When I was curious, Li Jing poured himself and me a cup of tea and asked, "Is it because of the murder case on the other side?" ”

The boss sitting behind the counter suddenly raised his head and looked at us in surprise: "You know too? ”

Li Jing took a sip of tea and said slowly, "I heard about it when I came here. The deceased is said to be a woman. I don't know if it's a tourist? ”

The boss couldn't believe that the man in front of him who was drinking tea with a calm face was really aware of the problem, and he asked Li Jing tentatively: "We are very close to the place where the crime occurred, you know?" ”

Li Jing nodded, pointed to the location of the crime not far away, and said, "You know, the place around the cordon is." ”

"Are you here to hunt for curiosities?" The boss walked over with home-cooked tofu and rice noodles, "It's rare to see tourists like you who can eat at the scene of a murder with peace of mind." You're not a police officer, are you? ”

I'm glad I drank tea with my head down, otherwise the look of surprise on my face would have revealed my identity. Li Jing scalded the tableware with water and handed it to me, while dealing with the boss who came over with the food: "No, I just heard about it." Then the little girl next to me said that she saw your store on the Internet with a high rating, clamoring to come and eat home-cooked tofu here, and when she came over, she found that you were very close to the scene of the crime. I wonder if it's because of the sensitivity that happened here the other day that interrupted your business. ”

The expression on the boss's face was a little disappointed: "Alas, I thought someone was coming to solve the case." There are a few days a year when business is bad because of this. This year is especially the case. I heard that it was a serial killer. I have long heard that the feng shui here is not good, and I thought it was all nonsense, but now I look at it, this is not nonsense. ”

"Didn't anyone check it before?" Li Jing asked the boss.

The boss moved a chair and sat next to our table: "Check, check it many times." There is just no clue. I also installed surveillance for this, but I haven't found out yet. How about home-cooked tofu? "The boss asked me.

The home-cooked tofu method in L City is very unique, and the bacon and green onion segments and old tofu are cooked together, which has a unique taste and is quite delicious. "It's delicious." I'm still savoring the wonderful taste I just had.

"We locals love our food too. Try the rice noodles again, it's also delicious. The boss was proud when he heard the praise, but soon his eyebrows were shrouded in sorrow, "If this kind of thing always happens, we are also very embarrassed, the old people say that the murder is very consuming here, and if such a thing always happens, the business will not be able to continue." ”

"No, it won't." I comforted my boss, "But didn't the boss find any suspicious people before the murder?" ”

The boss smiled and patted me: "Little sister, you don't know, where did you see it at that time." Before the case, it was the peak season, and people came and went, who had the heart to look outside the store. But I did install surveillance. Two days ago, a police officer came to my place to adjust the surveillance, and I don't know if I found anything. ”

"And the locals coming?" Li Jing looked around the shop.

The boss's eyes widened: "Of course." I have a good taste here, but because of the murder, the old customers don't like to come, for fear of bad luck. ”

Li Jing didn't say anything more, bowed his head and ate rice noodles quietly. Li Jing really didn't guess wrong on one point, such a little food is really not enough to eat. Seeing that I had been hesitating, Li Jing asked the boss for the menu again. Under the boss's astonished gaze, Li Jing and I killed another plate of special stir-fried dishes, a steamed chicken and a plate of vinegared pork ribs. I left the restaurant without getting enough of it.

"You're so good at eating." The owner watched us leave in amazement as he said goodbye to us. (To be continued.) )