Chapter 13: The Demon of the Heart
Bai Longfei seemed to be nervous all the time, and only now did he breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "That's natural, don't you believe your son and my vision?" ”
I was sitting on the side, confused, and I didn't know what kind of dumb riddle these two people were playing, while Officer Yang sighed and said, "Sir Bai, it's up to me to talk about this matter." ”
Bai nodded in acquiescence, and then Officer Yang turned his head to look at me and said, "You still don't understand why I didn't tell you the details of this case, you know, if this case is exposed, it will definitely be a major blow to the prestige of our police in the eyes of the people." ”
As he spoke, Officer Yang suddenly asked, "You're from outsider, right?" How long have you been in Zhongwei City, I don't know if you have heard of the extraordinarily large murder case that happened in Zhongwei City ten years ago? ”
I haven't heard of what kind of extraordinarily large murder case Officer Yang said, shook his head slightly, and Officer Yang continued: "Ten years ago, Zhongwei had just been transferred from a county to a city, and the superior leaders ordered that no accidents should be allowed to damage the image of Zhongwei City. ”
Hearing this, I seemed to understand something, and hurriedly asked, "Wait, that is, a similar case happened ten years ago?" But this is not right, if it is the same modus operandi, then the murderer must be the same person, could it be that the case became an unsolved case back then? ”
Officer Yang sighed and said: "Theoretically, that's the case, don't interrupt first, listen to me finish the matter, the heart-digging demon was extremely cruel back then, in just one month, seven victims died tragically in his hands, and the deaths were all killed by sharp weapons, and it was never possible to find where the victim's heart was hidden." ”
"At the beginning, I was not the director, but I also understood how important this case was, all the police officers were on call at the police station 24 hours a day, asking for clues from door to door, and setting up a reward for reporting, but this is it, but I still let the demon continue to commit crimes under the net."
Officer Yang seemed to recall the situation at that time, and looked at me with confused eyes, "I don't remember how long I hadn't slept at the beginning, I just remember that I was already sleepy at that time, all the police officers of the police station, including the director, are the same, but we don't dare to sleep, we don't dare to slack off for a second, the pressure from the mayor and the masses on us makes us breathless all the time, we can only keep looking for clues and give an explanation to the citizens." ”
"But what's the use, no matter how hard we work, how many police patrols we sent, we have never been able to catch the perpetrator, but let seven victims be killed in just one month, every day listening to the masses talk about it, and some people even say that it is a ghost, in order to prevent Zhongwei City from establishing a city, such a voice is getting louder and louder, the mayor also called us over several times to scold, at that time we were completely desperate, the director even wrote a resignation report, but at this time, the demon stopped continuing to commit crimes, Since then, he has disappeared and has never been found. ”
Officer Yang said this, and I guessed the later ending, so he said: "Later, did you still not be able to catch the heart-digging demon, so you pretended to be selected as the heart-digging demon to the outside world, and comforted the emotions of the citizens at that time?" ”
Officer Yang nodded and said: "Yes, in the next month, the heart-digging demon never appeared again, and our police were helpless, and finally someone came up with an idea, saying that the heart-digging demon has been subdued, which can not only appease the people's hearts, but also give the heart-digging demon an illusion, so that he can show his feet, and then the director adopted this suggestion, and the people's hearts were appeased, but the heart-digging demon has completely disappeared since then." ”
Looking at Officer Yang, who seemed to be a little ashamed in front of me, I thoroughly understood the importance of this case, the heart demon who had been announced by the police department to be a demon of the law, if it reappeared in the public eye at this time, then the Zhongwei City Police Department would definitely be discredited on the spot, and he would never be able to raise his head from now on, everyone will understand that the heart demon of the year was not caught, and he was still at large outside for ten years.
Bai Qi said at this time: "A few years ago, after the establishment of our special case team, we also came to investigate, but we still couldn't find any clues, and now this heart-digging demon has reappeared, you now understand why we rushed over so quickly." ”
I turned to me and asked, "Is it indiscriminate killing?" ”
"That's right, this is the most difficult point, indiscriminate killing, completely unknown to the motive of the criminal, and it is impossible to speculate the identity of the criminal, this case, whether it is from the murder method or indiscriminate killing, is extremely similar to the case ten years ago, the only difference is that this time the criminal used a special courier to lure us to find the victim, which I don't understand, but it is basically certain that the murderer this time, nine times out of ten, is the demon of the year."
What Bai Qi said was similar to what I thought, but I still didn't understand a lot of things, so I asked, "If that's the case, then why did this murderer kill again after ten years?" Ten years ago, he perfectly hid his identity, and it stands to reason that he should have brought this secret to the coffin, what was it that made him kill again? According to my thoughts, ten years have passed, even if this murderer was only twenty years old, he should now enter middle age, start a family, unless there are major changes in his life, he will definitely live a stable life, is it possible to follow this logic, first visit Zhongwei City secretly, maybe the target range can be temporarily narrowed down? ”
Bai Qi said with a serious face: "Your analysis is very likely to be correct, this is indeed a method, but if you look for it according to this method, I am afraid that it will delay a lot of time, and it may expose the case in advance." ”
I've always been very interested in some bizarre cases, and this time is no exception, I feel that my mind seems to be much better than when I used to send couriers, and I vaguely feel that I seem to have grasped an important thread, but this thread has not yet been remembered by me.
"I still have a clue that I have forgotten to tell Officer Yang before, maybe according to this clue, the real murderer can be found."
"Say it quickly." After hearing this, Officer Yang immediately asked impatiently.
"When I delivered the empty bag for the second time, I was going to secretly open it to see what was inside, but I was interrupted by a colleague, just tore some tape, and hurriedly pasted it back, but when I saw the empty bag for the third time, I found that the traces of the tape being torn on the empty bag were completely consistent with the second delivery of the bag. But then I saw that there was no trace of alteration or tearing on the express bill on the empty package, and the time of contact with the empty package was relatively short, so I could not make a correct judgment. ”
Officer Yang's eyes widened when he heard this, and he wanted to eat me and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier!" ”
"Don't interrupt, let him continue." Bai Qi stopped Officer Yang and looked at me with interest, as if encouraging me.
Encouraged by Bai Qiyi, I became more confident in my judgment and continued: "Later, I checked the tracking record of the express in the internal system, and found that this thing did not pass through any station, but appeared directly on the train from Yinchuan to Zhongwei, that is to say, if no one did anything in the middle of the truck, then the sudden appearance of this empty package can only be one situation, that is, someone quietly put it into the truck when we distributed the goods in the morning, and this person can only be someone from our express company!" ”
Hearing this, Bai Qi and Officer Yang's eyes lit up at the same time, and after looking at each other, Bai Qicai sighed and said: "I really didn't expect that the clue was in front of us, but we never found it, and always focused on the relationship between the murderer and the deceased, but no one paid attention to the source of this empty bag. ”
"In that case, send someone to keep an eye on that car in the past few days, and once you find someone putting an empty bag in it, you will immediately arrest it!" When Officer Yang saw the prospect of solving the case, he immediately felt like he had been beaten with chicken blood, and he couldn't sit still with excitement, and he couldn't wait for the dawn now, and he ambushed himself near the head office to secretly investigate.
Seeing that Officer Yang was happy, I was also relieved in my heart, and said to Bai Qi: "But I think that things don't seem to be so simple, and I don't know yet, what is the purpose of that Zhang Qishan, and how did the murderer leave the scene after killing someone?" ”
Bai Qi hadn't spoken yet, and Lin Yingxue on the side said with some disdain: "What's so difficult about this?" Catch that suspect tomorrow and ask if you know it, you can use your brains to guess here. ”
I just smiled and didn't speak, and Bai Qi and Officer Yang also had their own judgments, got up and said, "Very good, Ji Wen, the clues and analysis you provided today are of decisive help to this case, and I thank you on behalf of the special case team!" ”
Saying that, Bai Qi stretched out his right hand to me, and I immediately reached out to shake hands with him and smiled: "Uncle Bai is welcome, I am just doing my duty as a citizen, and besides, I didn't help much, I just guessed by myself." ”
"Hehe, what you guess is more useful than what we people have worked hard to come up with, it's really embarrassing for us, Long Fei mentioned you to me some time ago, saying that you have something extraordinary, you can join the special case team, now it seems that I need to think about Long Fei's proposal, as long as it is a talent, we will definitely reuse it! Xiaolin, you have to learn more from Ji Wen in the future. ”
Lin Yingxue on the side was inexplicably lying down, suddenly a little unhappy, glared at me fiercely, and then said: "I don't want to learn from him, I graduated from a regular police academy, how can I learn criminal investigation knowledge from a layman?" Don't worry, team leader, I will definitely solve the case before him! ”
Lin Yingxue suddenly sang such a play, and she was immediately speechless, and I, who was sandwiched between the two, fell into great embarrassment.