Chapter XVIII: Meetings

"Xiaoqian, why was your mobile phone obtained by the murderer?" I asked suddenly.

"I don't know...... I used my phone to call you tonight after I got the results, but you never answered. Then I will wait for you at your house. ”

"I didn't expect to find that my phone was missing when I arrived, I simply thought it was gone, and I didn't care about any important documents anyway, and then I fell asleep while waiting......"

Listening to her description, I couldn't stop laughing or crying. It seems that the murderer has targeted her, but he did not attack her, but just took the opportunity to steal her mobile phone.

The murderer, or rather, Wu Xuesheng, just wanted to give me a call. He probably wanted me to hurry up with the investigation of the trafficking case.

It seems that the message he wants to convey to us must have something to do with these abduction cases back then.

Worried about Ouyang Qian's safety, I insisted on letting her sleep in my home. Of course, I sleep on the couch and she sleeps on the bed.

Early the next morning, the bureau called me and asked me to hurry to the police station for a meeting.

I woke up Ouyang Qian, who was still asleep, and the two of them went downstairs to have a simple breakfast, and then drove to the police station.

By the time we arrived, the round table in the conference room was already full. At this time, members of several task forces and those in charge of the case are reporting on the progress of the case.

At this time, it was the criminal investigation consultant of the task force, Luo Ning, who spoke.

…… After a series of investigations around the elderly Zhao Guoqiang and Li Suqing and the victim Gao Wangming, we learned that the family of Zhao Guoqiang lost a child who was only 2 years old 30 years ago.

This child was born in 1986, which is basically the same age as Gao Wangming. They also mentioned that the child's left buttocks squatted with a special birthmark.

And we found in the examination of Gao Wangming that he also had a birthmark on his left buttocks, so we suspect that they were related before--- Gao Wangming was the lost child of the Zhao family back then......

The director suddenly interrupted: "Skip, this is not directly related to this case, just talk about the murderer." ”

Luo Ning panicked and switched the picture on the projection to another page.

“…… Therefore, so far, the basic clues of this case have been collected, and with the help of police officers from all sides, the murderer is also confirmed to be this person named Wu Xuesheng. We have deployed our full police force and are working with the police in the surrounding cities to conduct a carpet search. We have borrowed help from the public in 34 cases, but all of them have been denied after verification. The comrades of the technical department are still looking for the whereabouts of the murderer in the surveillance, but we believe that it will not be long before the murderer will be arrested by us. ”

There was a sparse round of applause below.

"Wait!" I shouted.

For a moment, everyone's eyes were on me.

"The murderer, Wu Xuesheng, he will definitely be arrested, there is no doubt about it. But......" I paused and looked at the reactions of everyone present. The chief sitting in the first row stared at me tightly, his brow furrowed.

But all the strange coincidences that have arisen in the investigation of this case are telling us that we can't easily let go of these clues. Although it is true that this has nothing to do with these murders, the whole case as a whole, judging from the signs created by the murderers, is to tell us that no matter what, the investigation into the large child trafficking cases of the year must be reopened! ”

My words immediately caused a commotion from the crowd below.

"Shao Feng, what do you say?" Looking at me with such a determined face, the director asked puzzled.

"From the information given by Comrade Luo Ning just now, it is not difficult for us to come to such a conclusion, that is: Gao Wangming is indeed the lost child of the old man Zhao Guoqiang! Even if the birthmark may be a coincidence, DNA will tell! ”

"Secondly, I visited Chen Zili and the two elderly people again yesterday, and I got another clue from their mouths, that is, they were also abducted by a girl! Just like the murderer, Cai Mingfen's little finger appeared in the Chen family, Gao Wangming's little finger appeared in the Zhao family, Gao Wangming was the lost child of the Zhao family back then, and Cai Mingfen was also the lost child of the Chen family back then! ”

The scene was in an uproar. Everyone was talking about the possibility of my remarks. Several members of the task force sitting in the front row fell silent, none of them should have thought of this.

The Director sat there, his face becoming more and more serious.

I was secretly glad in my heart that the Director was beginning to take an interest in what I had to say.

"I have a question!" A detective stood up.

"Please."

"Since the murderer wants to tell everyone that Gao Wangming and Cai Mingfen are the children they lost back then, why did he express all this in a murderous way? Wouldn't it be better to report the crime to the police? Wouldn't it be better to be able to reunite loved ones with her help? ”

There was another wave of small ** in the crowd below. It can be seen that this comrade asked everyone's thoughts. I smiled and said that it was a good question.

"This issue is really at the heart of the whole case. That's the motive of the murderer. What exactly is the purpose of what he is doing this? Judging from the clues and evidence of the investigation alone, we do not know this accurately. ”

"So we had to analyze it psychologically. From beginning to end, this case involves murder, and the methods are brutal and heinous, but this is the murderer's intention. The bigger the case, the greater the social repercussions, the easier it is to attract the attention of the police, and the more likely it is that people will notice that something is wrong. ”

I paused and looked at everyone in the room, who were listening intently to me.

"The murderer's purpose was achieved. The case is shocking enough, and the hint he gave is obvious enough: that is, the repeated child abduction and trafficking cases in Chengyang County in those years are actually hidden by another reason, but if this hidden situation is to be made public, if the mastermind behind it is to be truly punished, it must be through the hands of our police. ”

"If it were only for him to speak, his voice would be too small and too authoritative, and he would soon be drowned in a sea of all kinds of information."

The scene fell completely silent. I could see the look of approval on everyone's faces. My heart was also temporarily relaxed--- I hadn't spoken to so many people for a long time, and I was still a little nervous.