The deceased, Zhang Kefan, male, 22 years old, was a third-year student in the Department of Music of Southern Opera. The cause of death was a broken head and neck, and the time of death was the time of the beginning of the second act of "The Ghost of the Theater".

The deceased, Zhang Kefan, played the role of a theater worker in "The Ghost of the Theater". According to the script, Zhang Kefan's character was hanged by the male protagonist Phantom, who hung his body under the canopy to intimidate him in order to vent his anger. Moments before the incident, the Cultural Affairs Agency suddenly suffered a power outage for unknown reasons, forcing the suspension of the performance.

Roughly reconstruct the scene of the incident, when the power went out, Zhang Kefan should have been holding a prop doll ready to be placed on the lasso, and then waiting for the music to stop, and then put it down on the stage to replace his own corpse.

However, in the darkness, Zhang Kefan slipped under his feet, the doll was thrown aside, his neck was entangled in hemp rope, he fell down the canopy corridor, and died of acute shock under the huge pulling force and his own weight.

Since the neck of the deceased was covered three times, if the deceased was accidentally hanged due to slipping feet, the three-ring rope loop would not be formed. Therefore, it is basically certain that someone put a lap around Zhang Kefan's neck in the dark, made three circles (right hand), and then pushed him down the canopy corridor, causing the death of the deceased. In addition, the floor of the canopy corridor is covered with frosted carpet, so it is less likely that the deceased accidentally slipped and hanged.

No fingerprints or shoe prints have been found at the scene, and according to many details, it is very likely that the three recent homicides were committed by one person.

Compared with the previous two cases, the murderer's criminal methods have escalated. He is becoming more and more frenzied, and he is no longer satisfied with the simple matter of killing the victim, and pursues a murderer with social destructive power. Killing the victim in front of 1,000 people and the police is a manifestation of his showmanship and a pathological affirmation of his self-ability.

Investigating the identity of the deceased may help trace the murderer's deeper motives. The deceased, Zhang Kefan, had no major friendship with people during his lifetime, and had no debts and hatreds. The principal of Nanju reported that Zhang Kefan was reported by his classmates for collecting girls' clothes and watching pornography and other bad hobbies, and the school committee gave him a school-level punishment.

Originally, he should have thought about it behind closed doors, but the provincial play "Theater Ghost" was about to be performed, and he really couldn't find a suitable actor to replace him, so he came along. Unexpectedly, tragedy happened on the stage.

Most of the cast of "Theatre Ghosts" were not injured. Xing Song visited the participating students one by one, among which Zhou Yanchen, who played the phantom, provided an important clue: when the power went out just now, he was preparing for the performance at the entrance of the canopy, and he was hit hard by a person, almost knocking the mask off his face.

It is difficult to distinguish whether Zhou Yanchen's testimony is true or false. Calling up the stage surveillance footage, under the dim light of light purple, you can only vaguely see a person wearing a black plastic bag (as it appears from the video) slowly walking onto the stage canopy. When he approached Zhang Kefan, Zhang Kefan turned around and saw him, but he didn't make too many movements or look frightened.

Then the power went out in the hall, and the camera switched to night vision mode after a mosaic, and it can be seen that the person wearing the black plastic bag took advantage of Zhang Kefan's sudden blindness and was in a hurry, taking advantage of Zhang Kefan's sudden blindness, to wrap his neck tightly, and then kick down the canopy corridor. Zhang Kefan had a serious fracture in his neck, and he died without humming.

Judging from the surveillance video, Rao is murderer wrapped his whole body in a large black plastic bag, and it can still be seen that the murderer is a person between 175-185cm tall and well-proportioned. After a brief period of murder, he quickly disappeared into the curtain, taking the black plastic bag he was wearing.

Xu was blocked by the huge two curtains on the stage, and no trace of Zhou Yanchen was found in the whole monitoring process.

The security department of the Provincial Department of Culture quickly overhauled the power supply system in the hall and found that only the underground valve at the entrance of the southeast women's toilet was connected to an extra ground wire. That section of the circuit originally had the function of sharing the current, and after the ground wire was connected, it was equivalent to being taken away as a whole, causing the rest of the circuit to be overwhelmed and the fuse to blow, resulting in a temporary power outage.

Maintenance workers said that the renovation of the Cultural Hall had just been completed, and many parts and organizations had not yet had time to be removed, so the electrical box in this place was not locked.

What is certain is that the murderer is a person who is familiar with the environment of the Provincial Department of Culture, familiar with the performance of the Southern Opera repertoire, and knows some electrician knowledge.

The case is clueless, but the truth seems to be about to come out. There is only a thin sheet of window paper between the two.

How can you pierce this layer of window paper?

He Fan was in charge of the evidence collection and trace inspection work at the scene, Xing Song played the surveillance video over and over again, he didn't believe that a blood-stained villain would escape in broad daylight with a black plastic bag? His professional dignity will never allow it!

After many visits, a staff member at the scene said that before the power outage, a strange thing happened on the stage.

At that time, "Ghost of the Theater" was staging a very hot misunderstanding scene, and there were many actors present, all dancing with their dance partners in unison. But only one girl named Li Youyi ignored the call of her male partner, as if she was sleepwalking, and posed by herself like a ghost, dancing with herself in a circle.

Her male companion in the play was full of complaints: "I'm going, is she going crazy because she wants to be famous?" She was so stunned that she didn't care about the script and danced wildly there. How can I give her a look that doesn't work, I'm embarrassed to stand alone on the stage, okay? I have a shadow now, and I don't want to act anymore. ”

Li Youyi was jumping back and forth on the black and white boundary of the stage lights, and the light was constantly changing on her face. Her expression was strange and complicated, confused, resistant, as if she was obsessed with something breathtaking—the feeling of being manipulated as a marionette in a puppet show.

Xing Song and Li Youyi have dealt with each other several times, and almost every case is related to her, which can't help but make people suspicious.

In the case of Bofey's hanging, she was the informant;

In the case of the BMW, she inexplicably sleepwalked at the scene of the crime;

And in this case, she did such a strange thing. It's really puzzling.

Xing Song suspected that the woman had used hallucinogenic drugs before the performance, or had indirect schizophrenia, and wanted to do a blood poison test for her. However, everyone in the police station knows that she is the adopted daughter of the former SWAT captain Katayu, who has been adopted since she was a child and has never heard of any mental illness. If she rashly moves her daughter, I'm afraid that the hot-tempered film team will directly open him as a junior.

Moreover, teachers and classmates all reported that Li Youyi usually has a gentle temperament and is optimistic, has no record of going in and out of nightclubs, and has not been exposed to any suspicious food before the performance.

At this time, He Fan speculated: "The first two deceased, one of the first two deceased is her best friend, and the other is also someone close to her. Li Youyi, an ordinary boarding student, how can she withstand the blows of these two bloody cases one after another, I am afraid that there are emotional ups and downs for a while. Moreover, there were many people on the stage at that time, and if she had recognized others as dance partners, she might have caused this situation. ”

That's all I can think about at the moment...... Xing Song rubbed his temples in annoyance.

Just when he was confused, He Fan answered the phone, and then said to Xing Song: "Brother Bai is in the lounge on the third floor, ask us to come over." ”

Xing Song trembled, "Who are you talking about?" White citation? How did he end up here? ”

He Fan sighed: "Brother Bai said that the girl is at his place, and he has something to tell you." ”