"So, the sixth is now living alone?"

When Xie Yu was young, his mother's uncle gambled endlessly, and finally ended up reconciling with his aunt, and Xie Yu had no good impression of gamblers at that time.

"Yes."

She touched the whole body of the sixth child, but she never found any suspicious objects, otherwise it was him who could win every gamble? But if he has such a skill, why only once a month? Could it be that it was the opportunity he himself said to Wang Ping'an.

Xie Yu didn't believe these evil theories, she remembered that there were seven dead people in the sixth first, if it wasn't for the sixth, then he would have died in the fire.

So she asked, "Are the bodies of the first seven still there?" ”

Master Liu replied: "Those have already been burned to black charcoal, and they can't check anything, those who have families will be taken away by their families, and those who don't have families will be pushed by the officials to find a place outside the city to be buried." ”

Xie Yu nodded, took the files of several other people from Master Liu's hands and flipped through them carefully.

These people all have one characteristic, they are all people with extremely bad reputations everywhere.

Even so, such a series of murders also made the people of Luoyang panic.

Xie Yu first looked at the time of these people's deaths in turn, from the beginning of this month, Xie Yu read out in turn, "the eighth day of the first month, the fourteenth, the fifteenth, the eighteenth, the twenty-third, the twenty-fourth", until the twenty-eighth day of the sixth child's death, there were eight people, none of them lived.

This time distribution is irregular, in addition to the identities of these people, they also have a common characteristic, that is, except for the sixth child who was drowned in the well after that, the rest of the people died in a fire at home at night.

If someone really planned it, then judging from the methods and the body of the deceased, the murderer should be the same person.

When Xie Yu went to Lao Liu's house, she also carefully checked the surroundings of Lao Liu's house before leaving, and found no traces of arson.

She was determined to follow the address on the file and go to the homes of the other seven to see if there really was such a perfect method of murder, and the murderer would never stop there.

Xie Yu turned around and asked Pei Heng and Cui Yun for instructions, "Two adults, my subordinates have decided to go to the homes of the other seven deceased to investigate. ”

"Then let's go with us." Pei Heng said lightly.

I didn't think that Cui Yun also came forward, "This official will also go with him." ”

There have been five murders in Luoyang City, and he is still at a loss, as the prefect of Luoyang, there is no reason for him to hide in the palace and not come out.

The left and right are to investigate the case, and bringing more people is always a helper, Xie Yu did not object, and walked out with the two adults.

The seven dead people lived all over Luoyang City, and Xie Yu frowned as she looked at the locations marked on the map.

Pei Heng glanced at him and asked, "Is there any problem?" ”

Xie Yu explained carefully: "I checked the file and found that these seven people were all people with a bad reputation in the local area, and they died in the same way, but the time and place of death have nothing to do with each other. Generally speaking, these cases were committed by one person, so it is very likely that the real culprit has a deep hatred with a person of this status. ”

Pei Heng nodded and motioned for Xie Yu to continue.

"I also read the autopsy records of the seven people, and the seven people all had traces of survival before they died, and they were burned alive without escaping the fire, so the possibility of being stunned first and then arson to cover up the crime was ruled out. Other than that, there were no more traces on their bodies. From this, it is very likely that the murderer simply wanted to kill them, so he did not leave any traces, because the longer he stayed at the place of the crime, the more traces he left behind. ”

When Xie Yu was still in Beijing, she heard about a serial murder case in Gyeonggi. At that time, she was only eight or nine years old, and her brothers avoided her when they talked about it, and they couldn't bear her young age and curiosity.

The deceased were all red men in the flower alley, who were abducted at night, and were skinned and hung in front of the gatehouse in the morning. Because of this, Xie Yu had nightmares for several days and nights.

Although the person involved in this case is a fireworks woman, the murderous means are really ruthless, and the Holy Punishment Department has investigated the case for half a month, and I don't know how to investigate it later, but I only know that the murderer who finally solved it turned out to be the son of Guanglu Shaoqing's family.

As soon as this case came out, Manjing was in an uproar.

Guanglu Shaoqing's official rank is not high in Beijing, but it is also a good errand to be in charge of the court sacrifice.

The brothers were also stunned at home and said: "The elder brother of the Li family is usually born weak, and he can be said to be powerless, how can he be so ruthless and can peel off the skin of the living." ”

Only after this inquiry did I know that it was this Li Gongzi who moved his true feelings in Fat Powder Alley, and the red man swore to Li Gongzi that if she had two hearts, she would dare to ask her to peel her skin and cramp.

The son of the Li family really did this, and even took a group of red men with him to hold a grudge, and went to drink with his friends during the day, and when he saw a girl, he went to kidnap and kill her at night, and hid the skin in the cellar of the Li Mansion. The son of the Li family was sentenced to death, and before he died, he sighed that he didn't skin the last girl.

Therefore, Xie Yu always felt that if this murderer persistently used the same means to kill the same kind of person, there would always be a reason for it. At least these people he killed must have the most fundamental thing in common, and it is by no means simply a bad reputation. Otherwise, except for those vicious villains, the sixth man who gambled would never have died of his crimes.

Cui Yun asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Xie Yu would never mention the case in Beijing with him, but only talked to him about the later thoughts.

Unexpectedly, Cui Yun took the initiative to tilt his head and look at Pei Heng, "In this way, I think of the case of the Li family's son in the capital who killed the red man in Huaxiang more than ten years ago. ”

Xie Yu's eyes were stunned for a moment, she really didn't expect that the case back then was actually solved by Pei Heng and the Criminal Department.

Pei Heng was five years older than her, and he was only thirteen or fourteen years old at that time, and his brothers were still sighing in the courtyard for the cruelty of the Li family, but Pei Heng actually helped the criminal department investigate the case.

Xie Yu was young at the time, and this case implicated Fireworks Willow Lane and Guanglu Shaoqing's family, plus this case is always a little cruel, she is still a little curious, and unconsciously asked: "I don't know what kind of case it is?" ”

Pei Heng glanced at her and said lightly: "It's just a trivial matter." ”

Cui Yun exclaimed: "What a trivial matter, this matter itself must be reported to the court by the criminal department and rewarded to you together." Seeing that Pei Heng refused to say, Cui Yun pulled Xie Yu and said: "He refuses to say that the official told you, we were all young at that time, and when we learned about this case, we all wanted to solve the case to show off. ”

Xie Yu didn't think that there would be such a show when she was a teenager looking at Pei Heng, who was so steady and cold, she listened carefully to Cui Yun.

"I remember the fish I ate at that time, the son of the Li family looked at the weak scholar, but he could easily shave off a whole piece of fish skin with a chopstick, and we were all surprised by the ability of the son of the Li family at that time, and only Jing Zhi remembered it in our hearts. Later, when I inquired, I learned that the son of the Li family liked fish and meat and did not like fish skin since he was a child, and the cook at home did not have this skill, so the son of the Li family gradually shaved his own skin, and the skin and flesh could be separated when the fish was live, and it would not stick at all. Only the Li family knows about this matter, and if it weren't for Jing Zhi in mind, no one would have suspected the son of the Li family. ”

Xie Yu was also surprised when she heard this, the Li family is also a wealthy family, and the son of the Li family is weak, of course, no one wants to have anything to do with the son of the Li family.

She couldn't help but ask, "What happened later?" ”

Cui Yun shook his head, "Jing Zhi didn't say the details later, and the people from the Criminal Department couldn't ask why, but I only knew that when the people guarding the Li family's door searched by the Criminal Department, they found several complete beauty skins in the Li family's cellar, as well as the son of the Li family who was about to commit murder." ”

She turned her gaze to Pei Heng, and seeing that Pei Heng didn't seem to want to speak, she had to nod and say with some pity: "Adults have this heroic achievement when they are young, so they might as well talk about it a little bit." ”

Pei Heng glanced at Cui Yun, as if complaining about him mentioning the old things, he pondered a little: "Xie Yu has the same idea as me, and if it weren't for the sixth child who escaped last night, he would have been burned to death at home like everyone else, the murderer left no traces at the scene, and the body was simply burned to death, indicating that the murderer didn't want to vent his anger, but just wanted to kill these people." But the murderer did not let go of the sixth child who escaped by chance, and drowned him in the well today. ”

Saying that, his narrow eyes glanced at Xie Yu, and said, "So the murderer doesn't simply want to kill these people, but she must kill these people." Burn or drown, never die. ”

Xie Yu shuddered when he said this, but she felt that Pei Heng was right.

The murderer's purpose is to kill these people, maybe it doesn't matter what method or time, the important thing is not to leave traces, and the lives of these people.

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Xie Yu went to six houses in a row according to the address on the file and found nothing, she was a little depressed in her heart, in fact, she couldn't afford Cui Yun's promise now, but she didn't want to live up to Pei Heng's kindness in her heart, so that he lost face in front of Lord Cui.

What's more, she also wants to know what the purpose of this real murderer is, if the real murderer is not caught for a day, it will always be a disaster.

The seventh deceased was named Xiao Bin, who had been a river bandit on the Yellow River in his early years, and the people around him knew that he might have a human life on hand, and they were always afraid of him.

As soon as he died, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Bin's case has not yet been resolved, but there is a lot of water around his house.

Cui Yun made a look, and Master Liu took a step forward to investigate, and came back and said: "It seems that he still has some gold and silver that has not been burned clean, and the people who were robbed by him back then want to ask for it." ”

"Empty white teeth, there is such a saying?"

Master Liu also smiled, "A few days ago, when people were alive, they didn't see Bo Gongtang, and now that people are dead, they talk nonsense with a mouth?" ”