The snow is falling again.

The Serious Crime Team struggles every day but never finds anything. Clues come up, interrupted; It came up again, and it broke again. The pressure of the bureau to solve the case as soon as possible, and the disappointment and accusations of the victim's family have become two dark clouds that are difficult to dispel in the hearts of the old people.

At this time, the bad news struck again.

At 9 p.m. on December 8, the Municipal Public Security Bureau received a report that two workers at Huajiang Railway Station had found a female body in a truck during a routine car inspection.

Chen Nian led the team to the scene of the crime quickly. The body of the deceased was seen lying naked in the middle of the carriage, with his left upper limb drooping, his right upper limb bent upward, his legs apart, his face covered by a red scarf, and his neck with strangulation marks, and a plastic rose petal ring on his left ring finger, and his clothes were scattered aside.

The snow is getting denser and denser.

The snow in the heart of the old man weighed harder. After the investigation was completed, the police evacuated one after another, and after the scene was cordoned off, Chen Nian lit a cigarette alone and sat down against the inner wall of the carriage, followed by a heavy sigh. The pressure of the past few days had left him feeling suffocated in his chest, and he desperately needed to find some inspiration and clues.

As the smoke filled, Chen Nian vaguely saw a woman in a white down jacket and a red scarf waiting for the train by the platform. The snow was heavy and the wind was strong. A man in uniform invites a woman to take shelter from the snow in a freight car. The woman excused herself. The man forcibly dragged the woman into the carriage. The woman shouted. But the whistle of the train rises and falls, drowning out all the sounds in the world.

Chen Nian wanted to further perceive the situation in the carriage later, but he choked on the smoke and burst into tears, and his eyes were blinded more and more, and finally returned to reality between a rapid cough and wheezing. For some reason, the side effects of using synaesthesia have become more and more pronounced recently.

That night, except for the forensic doctor, who had to perform an overnight autopsy, no one else asked to work overtime.

Fang Jinyu went back to her residence directly after leaving the scene. It's been three years since she came to Huajiang, and she still rents an apartment in Yi'an alone. is usually busy with handling cases, and her home seems a little deserted. Fortunately, Sister Yao on the other side of the door is a warm-hearted person, and often asks her to eat and chat together.

When Fang Jinyu came back that night, when Fang Jinyu was looking for the key to open the door, Sister Yao poked her head out and said to her, "Miss Fang, have you had dinner?" I still have some freshly wrapped dumplings. ”

"Thank you, Sister Yao." Fang Jinyu hurriedly said politely, "I've eaten it." ”

"It's cooled down in the past two days, wear more!"

"I see, Sister Yao."

"Tomorrow the power supply company will change the meter, if you are not at home, I will help you change it!"

"Ouch, thank you so much, Sister Yao, always help me get this and that, I'm embarrassed!"

"What's embarrassing! Neighbors, shouldn't they take care of each other? What's more, you are a girl's family, and you don't have a partner......"

Hearing this, Fang Jinyu deliberately pursed her mouth: "Sister Yao, you said me again, aren't you also alone, and you have a child?" ”

"I'm different." Sister Yao smiled widely, "I'm this age, and besides, my family Xinwu is in the first year of high school, and he is half a child, so he can help me do some work." ”

Fang Jinyu heard the voice of a boy in the voice change period from Sister Yao's house: "Mom, where is the laundry detergent?" ”

Sister Yao turned around and shouted into the house, "Under the balcony trellis." After speaking, he raised his voice again, "Xin Wu, come and say hello to your Aunt Fang!" ”

Fang Jinyu hurriedly said: "Sister Yao, how many times have you said it, don't call it that, such a big child!" ”

"It's okay!" Sister Yao said, "You are not much older than Xin Wu, but he is still a child after all!" And you call me sister, he doesn't care what you call your aunt? Called sister? Do you still want to take advantage of me? After Sister Yao finished speaking, she laughed wildly.

The high school student named Yao Xinwu walked over with his head bowed, whispered "Hello Auntie", and then turned around and went back.

Sister Yao patted him on the back and muttered, "This is a!" ”

Fang Jinyu saw Yao Xinwu's footsteps pause, but did not look back. Back home, Fang Jinyu picked up the photo on the table and looked at it for a long time.

She suddenly remembered Dong Jianqing again.

After a night of snowstorms. The streets of Huajiang City are crowded with people. Sweeping the snow in front of each door is both a task and a habit. The sun had not yet fully peeked out of the new day, and order had already returned to the streets. The world is frighteningly regular at times.

Fang Jinyu still gave a lecture on the analysis of the case on this day: "After investigation, the freight train where the case occurred was originally scheduled to be pulled out of Huajiang Railway Station at 21:08 that night, and there was no stop on the way, and the train had not yet departed when the case was reported. ”

Then, a photo of a woman was played on the big screen, and Fang Jinyu continued: "The victim Ma Yiran, female, 23 years old, according to the confession of the victim's family, at about 8 o'clock on the night of the crime, the deceased left home to go to the train station to pick up her husband on a business trip, but he did not return for a long time, and the murder occurred about an hour later. The on-site investigation and autopsy showed that the victim had sex before his death, and it was initially inferred that it was a case of rape and homicide, and the cause of death was suffocation caused by someone choking his neck with both hands. Moreover, the victim was two months pregnant. ”

"Grandma's bear!" Zhou Kejian said.

"This guy!" High Swing Road.

"Scum!" Ding Xiaobai said.

Chen Nian pondered for a few seconds: "Have the deceased's clothes been checked?" ”

"Checked." Fang Jinyu said, "The wallet and mobile phone have not been lost, but they are ......"

"But what?"

"The killer took the deceased's bra."

"Are you sure?" Aged was slightly embarrassed, "I mean ......"

"What Team Chen means, could it be that the deceased was not wearing a bra in the first place?" After Ding Xiaobai finished speaking, he glanced at Chen Nian: "Right, Team Chen?" Chen Nian didn't make a sound.

Fang Jinyu said that this can basically be ruled out, because according to Ma Yiran's sister-in-law's introduction, she happened to accompany Ma Yiran to the hospital for an examination on the afternoon of the incident, and she also teased that her sister-in-law has a good figure, and the baby will not worry about having no milk to eat in the future......

"Is it possible that it was blown away by the wind?" Da Zhou asked in a speculative tone.

"Impossible." Chen Nian was as calm as ever, "The carriage where the crime occurred was closed on all sides, and it was impossible for the wind to come in. ”

"Could it be that the murderer forgot to close the door?"

"Will you run errands with the door open?"

"Uh-huh!" Fang Jinyu coughed twice and returned to her seat.

Chen Nian straightened the collar of his sweater and summed it up in a matter-of-fact manner: "Let's re-sort out the Ma Yiran case and the Lin Yang case to see if there are any similarities and differences between these two cases." First of all, the victims were all young women, who had been sexually assaulted before their deaths, and the mode of death was mechanical asphyxiation; Secondly, the deceased wore a plastic ring in the shape of rose petals on the ring finger of his left hand, and the scene of the crime was somewhat ritualistic. ”

"Wait!" Da Zhou suddenly interjected, "What is the sense of ritual at the scene of Ma Yiran's crime?" How I didn't see it. ”

Chen Nian motioned for everyone to look at the photos, and stated: "The head of the deceased in this case was covered by a red scarf, and the location of the crime was chosen in a compartment closed on all sides, does it mean to enter the cave room at all?" ”

Da Zhou nodded and said to himself: "Grandma is a bear!" ”

Chen continued: "The victims in these two cases had the same cause of death and similar modus operandi. Assuming that the scene of the Lin Yang case is a wedding ceremony, and the scene of the Ma Yiran case is a cave house with candles, then there may be a connection between the two cases at some level, and the murderer is likely to be the same person, and I think it can be investigated together. ”

Fang Jinyu sighed after hearing this, and then said, "Now we don't have any clue except for the plastic ring line, is there something wrong?" ”

Chen Nian stroked his chin and pondered: "Jinyu is right, we shouldn't be limited to the existing way of thinking. Now let's go back to the beginning of the case. Gao Fang, you give you all the photos and materials again, and we try to go through the case again from the perspective of the perpetrator to see if there will be any new discoveries......"

Outside the window, the wind is cold; The sun is still dazzling.