Chapter 3: The Book of War

"That's enough." Yang Wenbin grabbed the coat on the back of the sofa and put it on, and showed an apologetic smile to Uncle Zhu, "Uncle Zhu, I'm sorry, it's obviously a big Chinese New Year's Eve, but I still have to ......."

"Oh, what are you talking about at this time?" Zhu Bo hurriedly waved his hand, his face full of anxiety, "If this happens, the people of the whole city are waiting for the two of you to save them!" Go ahead, young people should go to war! ”

Yang Wenbin and Yan Junli ran downstairs all the way, pulled the car door and sat in, Yan Junli just started the car, Yang Wenbin didn't wait for him to open his mouth and said directly, "Shengxing apartment on the west side of Qinghua Road." ”

"Where is the body? How do you know? Yan Junli asked as he drove in the direction Yang Wenbin said.

"Quite simply, you're all distracted by the bloody scenes in the pictures and don't notice the real details." Yang Wenbin analyzed lightly, "The shower in the picture is a very simple old-fashioned iron water pipe, and now it is rare to have such a simple shower at home." Coupled with the clown's last words, 'Find the corpse before it causes a riot,' and there aren't many apartments in the city that still use these old public baths, most of them old houses. There are many elderly people living in the old apartment, and all the children have gone back after the Chinese New Year. It is unlikely that the murderer will pick on so many apartments to commit the crime. There is only one new apartment with a rudimentary public bathroom due to lack of funds to build it, and if I were the murderer, I would definitely choose the new apartment with a lot of young people, which is Shengxing Apartment. ”

Yan Junli didn't have time to praise Yang Wenbin's reasoning, he quickly informed the police of the news. It didn't take long for the apartment to be surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside.

Although Yang Wenbin's reasoning allowed the police to find the body as quickly as possible, in any case, the commotion had already exploded across the city and could not be stopped at all. The strange clown face on the video caused a deep panic among the citizens, and the next day all the newspaper headlines were the big pale face, and the news was full of videos of the night, and people were making all kinds of speculations in fear and curiosity. The jubilant atmosphere of the Spring Festival disappeared without a trace in an instant, and the whole city was plunged into a haze of fear.

Yan Junli replayed the clown video on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve for the thirtieth time, frowned and said, "Wen Bin, how do I think I still think that the clown's battle letter this time is definitely for you." ”

Yang Wenbin casually said "um", "So what?" He's threatening the whole City C, and there's nothing I can do about it. ”

"Strict team!"

Yan Junli turned his head and said, "Say." ”

"The source of the video was found, but when I rushed over, the building was empty, and only this videotape remained, but it had been ......" The police officer took out an old-fashioned videotape and handed it to Yan Junli.

Yan Junli frowned, took the tape and looked at it repeatedly, and asked, "Can you know where it was produced?" ”

The little police officer shook his head, "The criminals have torn off the labels on them, and this kind of old-fashioned videotape is everywhere, it's really impossible to find ......"

Yan Junli still didn't give up, and asked the police officer again, "What about facial analysis?" Is there a result for the technical section? ”

The officer's expression was a little embarrassed, as if he wanted to nod and shake his head, "That'...... The result came out, and the result was, there was no result at all......"

Yang Wenbin walked over, took the tape from Yan Junli's hand, glanced at it and put it on the table, and shook his head, "Clowns are a group of very shrewd people, it is impossible for you to find flaws so easily." Don't try it, let's study the corpse properly. ”

Yan Junli nodded, and took Yang Wenbin all the way to the coroner's room of the police station, where Li Hong was lying on the side of the corpse and studying.

"Strict team! Dr. Yang! You're coming! Li Hong saw the two of them enter the door and immediately gave up his position, "The deceased's name is Chen Hongfu, a resident on the second floor of Shengxing Apartment, and a lawyer. The murderer's method was crisp and neat, and the carotid artery was severed, and the knife was fatal. The murder weapon could be something like a fruit knife. Listening to his neighbor, he saw him come out to take a bath at about six o'clock in the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and greeted the neighbor and said that he wanted to clean up and go home for the New Year, but he did not come back for two or three hours. But because it was the Chinese New Year, there were very few people in the apartment, so no one found the body, let alone saw the murderer. ”

Yang Wenbin nodded and looked down at the body in the body bag. The deceased was emaciated and had the hallmarks of a white-collar worker, such as slightly sunken eye sockets and a somewhat deformed cervical spine. Aside from the horrific wound on his neck, there were no other injuries on the corpse. It can be seen that the deceased was killed in an unsuspecting situation. Yang Wenbin put on plastic gloves, carefully stroked the fatal wound, and asked, "You just said that the murder weapon was a fruit knife?" ”

"Or something like that......"

"That's not right." Yang Wenbin interrupted Li Hong's words and motioned for the two of them to come over and see, "You see, although the wound is very long and deep, it is very narrow. If you use a fruit knife and cut it down, the wound should be much wider than that. I guess the murder weapon this time should be a small thing like a blade. ”

"Blades?" Li Hong said in surprise, "But can the blade cut such a deep wound?" ”

"It's hard to say." Yan Junli touched his chin and thought, "It depends on who the murderer is." If you have a lot of strength and special training, you can do it. I think if it's that clown, it's fine. ”

"I don't think the murderer would be a clown." Yang Wenbin said this coldly.

"What?" Yan Junli and Li Hong were both a little baffled.

"But this is a video sent by the clown, and the words in the video are all aimed at you, no matter how you look at them."

"Then you've watched that footage too. If you watch the footage, you should be able to see that whoever this clown is, he treats this murder as a game. Yang Wenbin looked at the corpse and said calmly, "But he didn't regard himself as a participant in the game, but as the developer of the game." He wants to be God, to sit on the sidelines and watch us get played by his game, so he won't be a part of it. He said that the game begins, so finding the body is just the beginning of the game, and every next step is in his 'game'. ”

"So what's next?" Yan Junli asked.

"Of course I caught the murderer." Yang Wenbin smiled.

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Regarding the clown's high-profile battle letter, Yang Wenbin seemed to accept it without hesitation and confidence. Not only that, Yang Wenbin, who had been depressed for a long time, suddenly became energetic, with light in his eyes. Although this is a good thing from any point of view, Yan Junli is a little worried for some reason.

"How's your health?"

Just as they were about to climb to the second floor of the apartment, Yan Junli asked.

"Don't worry, it's good." And Yang Wenbin's attention was obviously all on the case, and he replied absentmindedly.

"How did you sleep at night?" Yan Junli still asked without giving up.

"It's too good, Mom." Yang Wenbin couldn't help but roll his eyes and complained, "I said you, when is this time, you still have time to care about me, others want to say that you don't distinguish between public and private." ”

Yan Junli closed his mouth and ate inexplicably, so he had to stare at his eyes and complain silently: I care about you, but there is something wrong? However, the accused person had already climbed upstairs one step earlier, leaving only Yan Junli with a ruthless back.

After the body was removed, the cordon in the shared bathroom had also been removed, and the blood stains inside had already been cleaned up by the cleaning staff. But the residents of the apartment are still very taboo to avoid the area and move, as if they will be resentful even if they look at it. Yan Junli and Yang Wenbin walked all the way through the corridor, and not far from the public bath was their destination, the occupant of the deceased Chen Hongfu.

"Chen Hongfu is single and lives alone. It is said that the case he represented some time ago provoked the people of the underworld and lost a large amount of property, so he had to move to such a poor and sour apartment. However, he is not a good bird, and after a check, I found out that this person is really black and white, embezzlement, money laundering, drug trading...... He's got a kick in all of these things. Yan Junli took out the key to the door and inserted it into the lock hole, "Although you shouldn't say bad things about dead people, but this benevolent brother, I have to say, is really a beautiful death." ”

Yan Junli said as he twisted open the door, it didn't matter if the door opened, both of them were stunned. I thought that the room should be empty, but I saw an old man squatting in the room and packing things into a cardboard box, and I was stunned when I saw Yan Junli and Yang Wenbin.

"Who are you?" There was alarm in the old man's eyes.

"Oh, uncle, I'm sorry." Yan Junli hurriedly took out his documents and showed them, "I am from the Criminal Investigation Brigade of City C, this is my partner, and we are here to investigate Chen Hongfu's case." ”

As soon as the old man heard this, he immediately showed a sad expression and sighed, "Alas...... I'm really sorry that my son is not angry and has caused you trouble. ”

"What are you talking about, we will definitely try our best to catch the murderer. Are you Chen Hongfu's father? Yan Junli asked.

The old man nodded, and said with emotion, "Yes, I'm old, I'm useless, and I can't even discipline my own son." Unlike you, the younger generation, who are still so high-spirited, in the end, Li Wenyao taught him well. ”

As soon as the old man said this name, Yan Junli's expression changed. Yang Wenbin was a little strange, and just wanted to ask who Li Wenyao was, he heard Yan Junli ask,

"Do you know our director?"