Zhao Hongshan was worried about Huo Yan's personal safety, and he didn't want to take her to the scene with him, for fear that there would be some accidents at that time, and it would be difficult to explain. But as soon as he heard that Li Baofang might use Concubine Ye to threaten the police, and a negotiator was needed at the scene to stabilize Li Baofang's emotions and ensure the safety of the hostages' lives, Zhao Hongshan still agreed to let Huo Yan join their team.

Ten minutes later, several police cars drove into the cordon separation zone and stopped in front of the unfinished building at No. 38 Qinglong Street. The neighborhood has been tightly cordoned off by the police who were the first to arrive, and a carpet search is currently underway.

According to anonymous reports, Li Baofang should be hiding near the unfinished building, and if the information is accurate, they should be able to successfully capture him this time.

Although it is extremely unlikely that the other party has dangerous weapons such as firearms, considering that Director Xie's granddaughter Concubine Ye is likely to be in Li Baofang's hands, they are also extremely cautious when carrying out their tasks. After all, Li Baofang is a wanted criminal who has been on the run for seven and a half years, and his insidious and cunning can be imagined, and it is always right to be cautious in the face of such an outlaw.

The search and arrest work went very smoothly, and not long after Zhao Hongshan and his party arrived at the scene, a team came from the eighth floor of the unfinished building with exciting news, they found Li Baofang!

Zhao Hongshan was so excited that he clenched his fists and was about to applaud, when he heard the news from the team members afterwards, the corners of his mouth that had just been raised suddenly froze.

Yes, they did find Li Baofang, but what they found was not Li Baofang who was still alive, but a cold corpse. Not only that, but this villain, who took at least four lives, did not commit suicide because of a discovery of conscience or desperation, but was killed by someone with extraordinary cruelty.

Zhao Hongshan couldn't tell what he felt in his heart. Li Baofang's death means that the old case is over, but the burden on their shoulders seems to have become heavier.

Another homicide, what's wrong with this world?

The unfinished building has 18 floors, and the original plan was to build a serviced apartment, and the main structure was basically completed, but due to some problems with funds, the developer ran away irresponsibly, and this rotten building has been placed for several years and no one has come to deal with it.

The scene of the crime is located on the eighth floor. The victim curled up in pain next to a reinforced concrete pillar, covered in large amounts of dried blood.

Gu Song and Xia Shi couldn't wait for the forensic doctor from the county bureau to arrive, so they walked to Li Baofang's body one after the other and began to conduct the most preliminary examination of the body. The two of them did not explain in front of Zhao Hongshan, but they already knew each other.

Being able to find and kill a wanted criminal before a large number of police officers is not simple, and the murderer who committed this case is even more difficult, which clearly makes people feel the meaning of provocation.

Gu Song said while examining the body: "The victim was probably killed between 1 and 2 o'clock in the morning today, and the cause of death should be hemorrhagic shock." I remember that at that time, it seemed as if we had just confirmed the identity of the suspect, and I didn't know why the murderer would find Li Baofang before us.

"The victim's hands showed signs of being restrained by disposable handcuffs, and there were multiple injuries on his body from struggle and resistance. The killer had brutally tortured the victim, such as kicking and beating him, nailing his fingers with a bamboo stick, and apparently tortured him to extract a confession. If I'm not mistaken, the information that the murderer is asking should be the whereabouts of Concubine Ye or Zhang Guo'er, who disappeared seven years ago, maybe both.

Judging from the number of bamboo sticks in the victim's hand, the victim had already recruited the murderer when he nailed the third one, but the murderer did not let him go, but cut off his genitals while he was still alive, which was the simplest and most brutal punishment for his rape and murder of children.

"I think the most likely scenario is that the murderer used some means to grasp the progress of the case, found Li Baofang before us, violently subdued him, and brought him to this unfinished building to kill. There is no elevator in the building, and the victim was apparently forced by the killer to go up to the eighth floor on his own. Judging from the current situation, the possibility that the murderer committed the crime with a gun cannot be ruled out.

"To be sure, the murderer was quite good and a confident, complacent, conceited man. After committing the crime, he called the police and deliberately guided us to find the body, which shows that he really wants to compete with the police, and even has a sense of contempt and ridicule for the police. Maybe when we arrived at the scene, he was hiding somewhere nearby and secretly watching our every move, admiring our shocked and dazed performance. ”

Huo Yan said: "The murderer is so powerful that he dares to commit a crime under the nose of the police. He has disposable handcuffs, may hold a gun, and can get the latest progress of the case, could he be a ......" Huo Yan paused, turned his head to look at Zhao Hongshan, and asked tentatively, "Could it be someone from within the police?" ”

"You suspect my men?" Hearing such doubts, Zhao Hongshan was really a little unhappy, although he himself had such thoughts, but before there was no conclusive evidence, he must have believed his brother. "One-time handcuffs or something, you can buy them online, and the idea of holding a gun is just speculation, and as for obtaining information, people outside are not completely unable to do it, they just need to use some crooked brains. I think it's better to think about the victim's family first, rather than doubting your own person first. ”

"Maybe it's neither......" Xia Shi, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly broke the victim's mouth and reached out to pull out a lump of slimy things from the victim's throat.

Zhao Hongshan looked at Xia Shi's actions in surprise, and his eyes were about to fall out of his sockets.

"So, what is that?" He asked, horrified.

At this time, Huo Yan, who was standing beside him, also widened his eyes all of a sudden, and his face was completely ghostly. "Oh my God, clownfish!" She exclaimed, and hurriedly stepped closer to check. Yes, it was indeed a clownfish, but the species was different from the previous one.

The clownfish in the summer is a tomato clown, also known as the red clown, which is widely distributed in the western Pacific Ocean and also needs to live in symbiosis with sea anemones. Tomato clowns can grow up to 12.5 cm in length in the wild and up to 9 cm in aquariums. The clownfish in Xia Shi's hand is about 6 or 7 cm in size, and the size is not much different from the one last time.

"Why clownfish again?" Huo Yan asked puzzledly, "Could it be that the murderer who killed Li Baofang and the murderer who killed Ma Zhichen were the same murderer?" ”