When I walked to the scene of the crime, the prompt on my mobile phone sounded, and when I opened it, I saw that it was an email from Shi Hao: "Li Jing, Hao sent the victim's information over at that time, do you want to take a look?" ”

I chose a café on the street, found a hidden corner, I used the tablet to call up the information, and Li Jing and I swiped the information around the screen.

"In all cases, the victims of all cases, except for the similarities in appearance, could not find any connection in kinship, schooling experience, or consumption records, and belonged to a separate individual. It's not all tourists, there are also girls who come here to work, but there is a local, and the rest belong to the foreign population. "After a cursory look at the information, I came to a conclusion.

Li Jing took the tablet from my hand and slid it up and down, "It's too early to draw conclusions, have you noticed the occupations of these girls?" ”

I tilted my head and looked at him puzzled: "I took a special look, there is no professional connection?" ”

Li Jing didn't look at me, just shook his head to himself: "No." You see that although these victims have no connection on the surface, but looking at their industry, can't you think of anything? ”

I looked at it several times and still couldn't see anything, so I had to turn my puzzled gaze to Li Jing again.

Li Jing tapped lightly on the screen in his hand: "The first victim is a bank teller, the only local in this case, but also the only person who looks different from several other victims, the first victim has obvious differences in height in addition to long hair; The second victim was a doctor; the third is the manager of the insurance company; The fourth is a small employee of the company; The fifth victim was the teacher; The sixth victim was a college student; The seventh victim was a lawyer; The last victim was a freelancer. In this way, there are several occupations that are related to each other. Li Jing swiped his hand across the screen, "Looking at it comprehensively, you can see the connection between the professions of these people." ”

Li Jing pointed to the first, second, third, and seventh and said, "The occupations of these victims confirm some of our speculations, that important people of the murderer have left his side, and the murderer has lost his spiritual support and has been stimulated. The killer wrongly blamed others for the pain he endured at the time. The appearance of these victims. I speculate that this very important person to the murderer should have died in the hospital, and it is likely that he died because he had no money so that the director was not treated in the end, so the first person to kill should be the bank clerk, whether it was related to the departure of the people around him. The bank clerk represents interests and money, and it is possible that the murderer once approached the teller for a loan, but was told that the audit was not clear, so he could not raise the funds needed for medical treatment. This would reasonably explain why the killer was the first to kill the bank clerk and not the doctor, because the murderer was paranoid that the bank clerk did not lend him money to lead to a series of accidents. And the second doctor. It is likely that the killer's lost loved one or loved one had been seen by the doctor who was killed, and the history of the loved one could easily blame the doctor. The third is the manager of the insurance company, probably because of the setback he received when he asked the insurance company to knock, and the murderer also included him in the target list. The seventh is a lawyer, who is probably hated for not helping the victim afterwards. ”

"What about the other four victims? What do they have to do with the case? I asked Li Jing.

"They're woods."

"The woods?" I don't quite understand the meaning of Li Jing's words.

Li Jing glanced around and said, "I'll go back to the bureau and sue you." ”

We hurriedly left the café and returned to the police station again. Officer Wang is listening to the feedback from the investigation of various departments, and is deploying a patrol plan for the pedestrian street at night. Li Jing walked over and whispered a few words to Officer Wang, Officer Wang's expression became more and more stern, he turned sideways and gave a few orders to the officer next to him, and then returned to the office with us.

"You say there's a new lead?" Officer Wang asked.

Li Jing nodded: "That's right." We found that maybe we weren't just being circled by the suspect, our minds were completely choked by him. "Li Jing told Officer Wang about our analysis of the victims. The wrinkles between Officer Wang's brows slowly deepened as the analysis deepened: "Then what do you think happened to the other victims?" ”

"It's the woods." Li Jing said, "The murderer also imitated the scene in the novel "Broken Sword", or this is what he really wants us to confuse, using the tricks of the serial killer to cover up his true intentions." ”

Officer Wang's eyes flashed, and he confirmed to Li Jing: "Chesterton's "Broken Sword"? ”

"That's right." Li Jing replied in the affirmative: "Father Brown once asked Franbo, 'Where should a wise man hide a leaf if he wants to hide it?' Hiding in the woods. If there is no forest there, he will make a forest. If he wants to hide a dead leaf, then it will create a dead forest. And our suspect seems to be using this tactic to cover up the truth." The person he really wanted to kill was someone he thought was the one he thought was the one he loved or loved one had died. As for the others, he specially imitated the crime mode of the serial killer to confuse the police, making the police mistakenly believe that the murderer was killing people without purpose and weakening the image of the target suspect. In this way, it is not easy for the police to link the victims. So there are no clues at all to solve the case. ”

"But now we've found the leaves he hid." Officer Wang's brow finally relaxed, and he looked at several victims, "Now we just need to find the one who once overlapped among them." However, the first bank teller to kill is a local, if he is applying for a loan here. There is a 10% probability that the murderer will ignore it, and he is also a local. ”

Li Jing dialed Shi Hao's phone: "Shi Hao, can you find out who were the patients of Dr. Yang Jun ten years ago?" ”

Shi Hao's business came out from the other end of the phone: "Ten years ago? You may not have entered the national network yet, do you have any other tips? ”

"If you have insurance, you should be able to find out the policyholder from 10 years ago, right?" Officer Wang said, "There are also court records, and if you hire a lawyer, you should go to the district court to sue the hospital or insurance company." There will be detailed records from the court, and if there is any overlap between the two items, we can find the suspect. Check whether the clients of Wang Yi, the manager of the insurance company, and Zhang Yang, the lawyer, overlapped between 10 and 15 years ago. ”

"I'll check it out later." Shi Hao looked for overlapping information on the other side, "There is." These two people happened to be working in S City 10 years ago, and the customer overlap rate between them reached 5%. It seems that there are quite a lot of lawsuits in which this insurance company does not pay claims, so it was seized by the state five years ago. ”

Li Jing made a helpless expression: "Let's get to the point." ”

"The point is that there are a bit too many people. According to the lawsuits between the two companies that I have found, there are probably more than 2,000 lawsuits in five years. I need other tips. ”

Li Jing thought for a moment: "Check to see if any of these overlapping customers are from L City." ”

A crisp sound from a mouse click came out of the earpiece: "There are 5 of them." "I'm secretly happy that the range has narrowed down a lot.

But Li Jing's expression did not change significantly, and he asked Shi Hao: "Is Yang Jun's hospital in S City?" ”

"It's not. Wait a minute, although the timing is not right, Yang Jun did work as an oncologist in the First Hospital of S City for a period of time. However, he was transferred to another city just in time for New Year's 10 years ago. ”

"Can you find out the hospital files at that time?" Li Jing asked anxiously. "If you are in the oncology department, check Yang Jun's five-year reception records, find out the patients who have been treated repeatedly, and see if there is any overlap with the five people you just transferred."

"It shouldn't be very difficult, I look at the reception records of that year. There are 25 patients who have been revisited for more than two years and have found it, but there are no client resources with lawyer Zhang Yang. There is a female patient named Liu Mei who overlaps in the customer resources of these three victims before their deaths, and she is a native of L City. He was diagnosed with blood cancer 12 years ago and passed away in June 10 years ago. Her attending doctor was Yang Jun, but after Yang Jun was transferred from the First Hospital of S City, Liu Mei had no medical record in the First Hospital of S City, and then went to the People's Hospital of F City. The attending doctor is still Yang Jun. Liu Mei bought commercial medical insurance for herself 17 years ago, which is Zhang Yi's company's insurance, but Liu Mei has not been compensated by the insurance company since she fell ill. Well, why didn't you ask me about the fourth victim? The fourth victim was Liu Mei's half-sister. This sister and Liu Mei's bone marrow were successfully paired, but unfortunately her sister did not donate bone marrow to her sister in the end. ”

Li Jing glanced at us: "Let's see if this Liu Mei is related to any of those five people, no, any relationship is fine." ”

The answer soon came from the other side: "You guys are really lucky, one of these five people is a man named Tao Ming, he is Liu Mei's husband." Like Liu Mei, he bought insurance from that company, and he was fighting a lawsuit with the insurance company for his wife Liu Mei. ”

"Can you find out where Tao Ming's man is now? Also check if any of the other people who are related to Liu Mei's death have recently come to L City. ”

"I'm working on it. There's a message to call you back. "There was a busy sound of 'Di' and 'Di' coming from the microphone.

Officer Wang broke the silence between us and concluded, "We were right. Tao Ming is covering up the fact that he is revenge and killing. I believe that he is now in L City, which is the environment he is most familiar with, which is convenient for him to observe and set up the crime scene. And except for the first victim. The other victims are not locals, so it's easy to disguise themselves as psychopathic killings and hide themselves. He still acted after killing lawyer Zhang Yang, indicating that he had other murder targets. ”

"Then do you want to arrest Tao Ming?" I asked Officer Wang.

Li Jing shook his head: "Don't startle the snake for the time being, Tao Ming shortened his crime time, which shows that his current situation is very unstable." In addition, Officer Wang just said that he should have other goals. We can't be sure if Tao Ming kidnapped other victims, we can only rely on clues to find them. ”

"Don't you think it's strange?" I always felt like we were missing some important clues.

Officer Wang and Li Jing pretended to look at me. "What's weird?" Officer Wang asked me.

"If the victims who were treated as covering up Tao Ming's true intentions to kill were killed when they came here for tourism. So how do you explain why those girls are here? Especially if the first three victims kill people at a fixed time every year, then the escape must have its own way to attract the victims, and I always feel as if we have overlooked some important things. ”

Li Jing looked at me intently, I shook my hand in front of his eyes, and then he came back to his senses and asked me: "Xiaozhi, did you just say the first three victims?" ”

I nodded stunned: "yes." For the first three years, one victim would be killed at a fixed time every year, which seemed strange. ”

"Not surprising at all." Li Jingyan shook his head solemnly, and turned to look at Officer Wang on the side: "Officer Wang, there is also a saying here that you have to keep filial piety for three years when your relatives die, right?" ”

Officer Wang nodded: "Although there is no need to wear linen and filial piety now, we still keep this tradition here." What do you mean? Officer Wang's eyes suddenly widened in the middle of speaking.

"Yes." Li Jing continued, "Xiaozhi, since ancient times, our country has had the custom of keeping filial piety for three years when a loved one dies, and every year on the death day of a loved one, we will go to the madness of our relatives to mourn. Tell our deceased loved ones how much we miss. The reason why he chose a specific day to kill was because it was a way for him to remember his deceased wife. He opened the information that Shi Hao passed on to us, "You see that the date of Liu Mei's death was on June 9, and the date of death of the first deceased, Shen Jia, was on September 27, exactly 00 days after Liu Mei's death. After that, the dates of death of Yang Jun and Wang Yi were also on September 27 of the second and third years after Liu Mei's death. This is him avenging his deceased wife. And the fourth victim, Liu Mei's half-sister, should have been killed by Tao Ming for this reason, but he didn't save his sister when he was able, Tao Ming was very angry. Therefore, the original 3-year mourning was extended to 4 years. ”

Officer Wang continued: "According to this logic, Tao Ming didn't have the intention to kill again at the beginning, so he didn't deliberately do anything at the scene where the body was dumped, but only took away the accessories on the victim's body in order to delay our investigation of the victim's identity. But the real turning point came in the fifth case. What was the reason for him to kill again, and start to go crazy regardless of the price? And Xiaozhi's question just now, we haven't figured it out yet. What is the purpose of these victims to come to L City on such a special day every year? ”

"Could it be that you are here to repent?" After all, the day of being killed is more special!

"No, it won't." Li Jing denied my idea, "It is precisely because there is no repentance that Tao Ming is so angry that he kills people." Don't forget, according to the results of the forensic examination, some of the injuries on the victims' bodies were guided by ornaments, which proved that they had been imprisoned for three days before they were killed. Also, the medical examiner did not say that the victims were not subjected to any form of abuse before their deaths, and that their blood sugar levels were normal. I don't think Tao Ming wanted to kill them at first. There is a clear difference between the motive for committing the crime three years ago and three years later, so there is also a clear difference in the means of committing the crime. ”

Officer Wang glanced at his watch and said, "We have made arrangements in the pedestrian street today, although we have Tao Ming's ID photo, but we are not sure whether Tao Ming still looks the same as in the photo." I'll be patrolling the pedestrian street with plainclothes in a while combined with my ID photo and your first profile, and I will also monitor the intersection to see if there is a man with such a look. Other than that. There are already police officers investigating the situation at the publishing house today, and I'll go over and hear the results of their investigation in a moment. If your technical colleague has news, just go to the conference room and find me. ”

"Okay." Li Jing nodded in agreement, "We will inform you as soon as we have news here." Also, when we go to the pedestrian street, we will also pay attention to the surrounding situation. ”

After the discussion, Officer Wang left the office, and Li Jing and I decided to go back to the inn for dinner first, and by the way, analyze how Tao Ming let the victim come to L City by the way.

"The first Shen Jia is a local, and he is also the source of Tao Ming's paranoia, and he has the advantage of geographical location. Therefore, the escape must be the first to choose Shen Jia as the target of murder. But how did the others get fooled? I pointed to my head and couldn't figure it out.

"Think about it after eating. Today you have done a great job and thought of so many things that we did not expect. So, it's time to take a break. "Li Jing helped me iron the dishes and chopsticks.

"But." I was a little anxious, "If he still has a victim in his hands, that victim must be in danger now, so we must find a way for him to contact these victims and speculate on the next victim in order to stop him." ”

Li Jing handed me a hot towel: "Although it is only speculation for the time being, I think if we are not wrong in speculation, Tao Ming is indeed working in a publishing house, he should have invited these victims in the name of interviews." But more than the reason why these victims are here, I believe that he was stimulated to change his usual modus operandi. I don't think he had any idea of a lawyer at first, and why did he change his mind to kill the lawyer, something should have stimulated him even more. The fact that he was able to hurt others who were not involved in his wife's death meant that he knew another truth that should have made him unable to control his actions. If he still has a victim on his hands, we can only stop him if we know the cause of his anger. (To be continued.) )