Chapter 70: Eating Your Flesh
After the winter, the cold in City A continued for nearly four months, and the people here were still wrapped in thick cotton clothes when other cities were gradually putting on single clothes.
Although the weather is cold, the blooming of the tender yellow spring flowers and the pink peach blossoms all tell the world that spring is coming.
It was as if overnight, the originally cold air suddenly receded, and the sun hung high in the sky, increasing its horsepower, showing its presence to the world. Everyone took off their winter clothes, put on short sleeves, and ate cold drinks.
And the homeless man who has been hiding because of the cold is also ready to move because of the warmer weather. He touched his hungry and somewhat shriveled stomach and limped to the household garbage disposal center next to him.
The household waste of households in a radius of several kilometers is collected here, and when you are lucky, you can always find some unexpected surprises. Last time, he turned out a cake that had been squeezed, but was still very large. It seems that it should be a couple who quarreled and threw it away in a fit of anger. He ate that cake for three whole days.
It may be that the weather is getting hotter, and the garbage disposal center is filled with the smell of rotten food, and flies are flying around from time to time. The homeless man brushed his excessively long hair on the side of his face, and carefully 'panned for gold'. After all, no one knows if he will be lucky.
Sure enough, a black bag was bulging not far away, and something poked a small hole in the bag and showed its corners. When he walked in, he saw that it was the kind of sausage he had filled at home, and there was a whole big bag.
The homeless man excitedly picked up a dried sausage, and didn't care if he could eat it or not, so he took a bite directly. Because there is no excess water in the dried sausage, it will be as hard as a stick until it is cooked.
The bite he took almost didn't knock out his teeth. Although it was difficult to chew, his heart was clear, after all, as long as he boiled it in water, the rations for the next few days could be solved again.
Carrying the big bag of sausages, the homeless man walked a lot more briskly. However, before he could take a few steps, he felt that the large mouthful of sausage he had eaten in his mouth did not seem to have any processed bones.
casually spit the foreign object on the ground, and just wanted to leave, but the ghost came forward and took a look. And it was this glance that made his stomach begin to churn, and the sausages he had just eaten vomited out with green bile.
It turned out that what he spat out was not some unprocessed bone, but a tooth, a human tooth with gold trim.
When Cheng Han arrived at the garbage dump, the big bag of 'sausages' had already been taken back by the inspectors to check the DNA. She put on her gloves and walked straight towards Xiao Rongzheng and them.
"Officer Xiao, how is it, what have you found now?"
Xiao Rongzheng saw her coming, and showed her the contents of the evidence bag, "This is the tooth that the homeless man who reported the crime ate by mistake, but no other evidence has been found at the scene now." And this is certainly not the first scene of the crime, but since these things can be recovered by this garbage dump, they should be within its responsibility. Therefore, the initial lock in the nearby community, plus the merchants. ”
Cheng Han looked at this tooth and thought to himself, what kind of hatred is this that can divide people into such small parts. Moreover, Xiao Rongzheng also told her that those 'sausages' were carefully seasoned and had a strong spice flavor.
"Actually, we now have a question to clarify, that is, whether this murderer did this to destroy the corpse, or whether he originally had such a 'food hobby'. If it is a corpse, then it may just be to get rid of its own suspicion. And if it is the latter, then it will largely be re-offended, after all, it is not a good feeling to be hungry! ”
Thinking of the second possibility that Cheng Han said, several people present were more or less uncomfortable, after all, cannibalism of the same kind, such people are even more inhumane than ordinary murderers. Because, even people have already eaten, and what kind of human nature is there to talk about.
"That's right, we have to be on guard against doing something like this again. At present, what we need to do is to first determine the information of the deceased in this big bag, and start from the social relations of the deceased before his death. And then there is the fact that among the surrounding households, who can make their own 'sausages' at home! ”
Xiao Rongzheng waved his hand to help Cheng Han drive away the flies buzzing around him, while observing Cheng Han's face, for fear that she would be uncomfortable. After all, such a scene has never even been seen by old policemen who have so many years of work experience, let alone a little girl like Cheng Han.
However, Cheng Han listened to him calmly, and nodded in agreement from time to time, "By the way, what about the homeless man who reported the crime?" ”
"He has been taken back to the bureau to make a record", Xiao Rongzheng frowned and sighed, "He ate this 'sausage' by mistake, and he almost vomited his stomach." ”
"Oh my God, that's terrible." Cheng Han also silently sweated the homeless man in his heart, such a psychological shadow is too big.
Xiao Rongzheng looked around and put away the photo he had just taken, "Let's go, there is no new information here for the time being, the DNA results have not yet come out, let's find out if there is a butcher shop or something like this nearby, and start investigating from there." ”
The dump is located far from the city center for fear of environmental pollution and problems such as affecting the appearance of the city, surrounded by small gatehouses or residents living in small bungalows. There are a few butcher shops, but they are all small ones, selling pork belly, offal and the like, and there is no place to fill sausages.
"It's strange, there is a small shop in the vegetable market near my house that specializes in filling sausages for people, why isn't there even one here?" Looking at the gray shops on both sides, Xiao Rongzheng was a little puzzled.
"There's nothing incomprehensible about this," Cheng Han explained, looking at both sides of the road, "neither the living environment nor the income level I just asked about here is as good as the city." This kind of freshly filled sausage doesn't look like much, but it's not cheap to buy and borrow money, so maybe in the hearts of the residents here, it is better to buy this kind of sausage with too much salt at the same price than to buy some pork belly at the same price. ”
"So where do we start?"
"First of all, from the methods of those 'sausages', it seems that the person has professional tools, if there are no ones on the market, it must have been purchased through the Internet.
Secondly, we are not sure whether that person lived in this circle or went so far to throw away these things in order to clear his suspicion. It's a bit of a headache, too. ”
The noon sun is a little poisonous, and when it shines straight on the face, it feels hot. Cheng Han put his hand on his forehead to avoid direct sunlight on his eyes, and his brows were tightly locked.
Although there are no clues yet, she has a hunch that according to this method, this murderer should have killed more than one person.
Xiao Rongzheng and Cheng Han returned to the police station, and the homeless man who reported the case had just rested nearby under the arrangement of the police. The police wanted to take him to a nearby shop to eat a bowl of noodles, but as soon as he saw the sausage poster hanging on the wall, he turned around and ran outside the store and retched. After tossing like this for a long time, I filled my stomach with a few vegetarian buns.
As soon as they arrived, colleagues from the laboratory department came over to deliver the information, "Captain Xiao, this is the DNA result!" After careful comparison, we found that there were three people's DNA in total. Then we took some samples and compared them with our national gene bank, and found that all three of the dead were men. ”
Xiao Rongzheng thanked him politely, and then looked at the information.
Wang Ran, male, 50 years old, is the human resources director of a foreign trade company in City A. He disappeared in mid-December 2019 and has not been recovered.
Bai Shaofeng, male, 54 years old, owner of a western restaurant in City A. According to the family's report, on January 25, 2020, he disappeared on the way home from closing.
Qiu Lunan, male, 51 years old, owner of the printing factory in City A, disappeared in early March 2020.
The deceased were all on the missing list, and all of them were men over 50 years old with successful careers. If one deceased person is a coincidence, then three deceased people of the same type are definitely a conspiracy.
Cheng Han also saw this information, and she saw that in addition to the same gender and similar age, these deceased all had a daughter. Seeing this, her heart chuckled.
"I think we're going to find a woman now, between twenty and thirty. This person's profession will often be exposed to some such successful and wealthy people, and her strength will be greater than that of the average adult man. Her childhood must have the psychological shadow left by her father, and she has no concept of the role of her father, and over time she has formed a kind of hatred. Oh, and by the way, she often cooks for herself at home and rarely eats out. ”
This is Cheng Han's test of the murderer based on the available information, and she began to worry about whether there will be another victim, or rather, the murderer has already started the next round of hunting.
"How do you know that the role of the father is missing in the murderer's upbringing?" Xu Ranran was a little puzzled.
"Because, among the current victims, their relationship with their families is not good, and some have even moved out as soon as they turn 18.
It's not so much that this murderer is for herself, but that she is a projection of these daughters. ”
Xiao Rongzheng took Cheng Han's words and said, "By the way, my colleague from the laboratory department just said that what we found is not enough for three people." That is, to a large extent, there are other parts scattered elsewhere, or, 'solved' by the murderer. ”
"By the way, boss, when I conducted a social relationship survey on these three people, I found that all three of them were unfaithful to their marriages, and they bought real estate in a high-end community in the city center. Xie Wencong's words came to this, and he didn't continue, and his face was a little embarrassed.
"Lao Xie, what's wrong, go on!" Xu Ranran was urging on the side.
"That, that, the three of them are the same person, a woman named Qiao Xiaocha!"
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Everyone sitting here was embarrassed for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, why these people can refresh their cognition and the bottom line of the three views every time.
"Do the three of them know each other?" Xu Ranran was really a little curious.
"I don't know about this, it's good to call that Qiao Xiaocha over and ask soon."
When Qiao Xiaocha, the woman, came to the police station, those people were really disappointed. They thought that if they could play with three successful people in the applause, they should at least have the appearance of a fairy. However, this woman with little soup and a mediocre appearance doesn't look like a person who can take the initiative in the game.
She sat calmly on the chair, looking at Xiao Rongzheng and Xie Wencong opposite, without a trace of panic, but with a smile on the corner of her mouth, her eyes were hooked.
Xiao Rongzheng preemptively asked, "Qiao Xiaocha, do you know why you came here?" ”
"I don't know."
"The three men you were related to have been found dead in the garbage disposal plant just outside the city. The only link between them is you, don't you have anything to explain? ”
Qiao Xiaocha replied unhurriedly, "They killed them, I stayed at home by myself, I can't even go out, I don't have time to kill them." ”
"That's not right!" Xie Wencong retorted to her, "These three have added three properties to your name, even if you don't love them, at least you have affection." How can you be so indifferent and uncaring? ”
When Qiao Xiaocha heard this, she grinned, "I said comrade, your thinking has to keep pace with the times." Those properties were voluntarily gifted to me by them, and I also gave my youth and affection, which is obviously an exchange of your affection and my willingness. Could it be that now that they are dead, what role do I have to play in the twenty-four filial piety?
No, it's their wives and children who want to act. I am not greedy, and I am content with these things in my hands. ”
Her appearance, although light and breezy, is not ready to cooperate at all. Xiao Rongzheng just wanted to persuade her again, but heard the sound of the headphones coming.
"You don't have to bother with her, just tell her, even though the three properties are currently in her name. However, this is the joint property of the husband and wife, and I don't think the wives of the deceased knew about it. Hearing these words, Xiao Rongzheng suddenly brightened.
He looked at the calm Qiao Xiaocha, and asked in an accentuated tone, "Ms. Qiao, although you are satisfied with everything you have now, you have forgotten that the husband has no right to give the joint property of the husband and wife to others casually after marriage." ”
Qiao Xiaocha is a smart person, and he immediately heard the meaning of Xiao Rongzheng's words, and there was no trace on his face, but he quietly changed his posture, "Say, what do you want to ask?" ”
"When was the last time you saw the three of them?"
She held her chin and thought about it carefully, "I remember Lao Wang, I really haven't seen him for a long time, and I thought he had someone else again." It seems to have been December last year, probably the 16th, and after he came home from dinner with me, he never contacted me again.
Lao Bai's words, he is not at home, and he doesn't come to me very often, but it was also January 20th, and we had a meal outside. Don't look at him so ridiculous outside, but I'm still afraid that things will stab his wife. When we were eating, he saw an acquaintance who left without even finishing the meal.
It's the most intimate of the three of them, and the two of us meet almost once a week. But he told me some time ago that he was going to emigrate with his family, and I never saw him again. ”
What she said matched the time of the disappearance of the three people. Xiao Rongzheng nodded, looked at the message sent by Cheng Hanxin, and asked, "Ms. Qiao, we found that you have been reported by someone to take their courier at fault, please explain!" ”
Qiao Xiaocha's face changed for a moment, and then she pretended to be calm, "I said that it was the wrong takeaway, I ate it all at the time, and there was no way to do it." Besides, I also ordered takeout, and they didn't miss mine. ”
"Don't quibble, I want you to answer truthfully, what are the things in those takeaways you took!" Xiao Rongzheng's tone became stern, and Qiao Xiaocha didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, so she could only answer as such.
"I, I just took three bags of sausages, and the rest is really gone!"