Early morning on December 22.

In the north, the sky is always a little late in winter, however, the street market is already crowded at this time.

An old woman in her 50s appeared on the path next to the market. The old man checked the vegetables and meat in the basket as he walked, and today is the winter solstice, and it is customary to make some dumplings at night. A man approached and passed by the old man. The old man, who was thinking about the recipe for the evening, didn't notice that the feet stopped as they walked past her, and then turned silently—

A cold light suddenly flashed in mid-air - bang!

With a muffled sound, the old man fell to the ground, and the cabbage in the vegetable basket rolled out......

25 December, 9 a.m.

Today's sky was a little overcast, and at 9 o'clock in the morning, there was no bright daylight in the sky, but there was a faint reddish tinge. Cheerful Christmas music wafts through the air, and the announcer says in a sweet voice "There is snow today, it will be a white Christmas......"

There was a sound of footsteps in the corridor, and a woman in her 30s hurriedly went upstairs while talking on the phone: "Hey, you help me tell the leader, I left the documents home, I took my things and went over......"

The woman's footsteps were hurried, and the oncoming person hurriedly stepped aside to make way for her.

When she staggered by, the woman just finished talking about the phone, and she was just about to hang up the phone when she heard a gust of wind in the back of her head-

Bang!

The woman fell on the stairs, the mobile phone rolled down the stairs to the bottom of the steps, and the other party's uneasy "hey" sound was heard from the earpiece......

December 28, evening.

A man in his 40s came out of the restaurant and burped hotly. There are also calls for changing cups from time to time in the hotel. The man smiled - these workers had worked hard for a year, and it was rare for them to get together so easily. Today, everyone has received a red envelope for the New Year, and they have left money for a treat, and they will definitely not get drunk again.

The man walked out with his coat on, his face was a little sore from the wind on the winter night, and the pedestrians on the opposite side of the road were wearing hats and shrunk their heads, but the man was sweating from the wine, and he walked along the dark path to his home, where the street lamps were always not very useful. The moon was dark tonight, so the man didn't notice at all, and the feet that followed him were silently approaching......

Bang......

……

Click, click.

The camera's flash flickered, illuminating the dimly lit hallway. Under the flashlight, a middle-aged woman's body twisted and collapsed on the jogging platform of the two-story stairwell, her head curled up in a corner, and through the messy hair, the woman's already pale face could be vaguely seen. The back of her head was black and red, and her blood had frozen in the sub-zero air. Cheng Jinsong stood on the steps below the corpse, watching Jiang Ruiheng gently lift the woman's head and carefully observe the wound on the back of her head, while Shen Yan stood beside Jiang Ruiheng and watched him perform an autopsy.

"The cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage caused by a ruptured skull, and the deceased had multiple scars on the back of his skull, and this bastard is getting more and more ruthless." Cheng Jinsong saw Jiang Ruiheng stand up, took off his gloves and walked to Shen Yan's side, and said, "This is the fifth case, right?" ”

Shen Yan nodded with a serious face.

I can't remember which writer said in which work: The year is sad. This sentence seems to be particularly accurate when placed on the police. Every year from December to December, it enters the stage of the highest incidence rate of the year. During this period, the north was bitterly cold, the days were short and the nights were long, temporary jobs such as construction and decoration entered a period of closure, the number of idle people increased significantly, and the whole society began to appear unstable. Coupled with the fact that many people have the mentality of "getting one more vote for the New Year", the crime rate such as theft has almost skyrocketed. This year's New Year seems to have been particularly sad, as since mid-December, there have been four cases of planing in the city. The murderer followed the lone traveler into the middle of nowhere, and then smashed the back of the victim's head with a hammer, counting today's incident, which has caused 4 deaths and 1 serious injury. Five days ago, the city listed this case as the city's No. 1 public case, and asked all departments to work together to solve the case. And Shen Yan, as the leader of the serious crime team of the criminal investigation team, is naturally the person in charge of this operation. During this time, Shen Yan almost never left the bureau, and the long hours of work and pressure made him a little thinner than before, making his already resolute face even more cold.

Shen Yan stared at the corpse for a while, then turned his head and asked Cheng Jinsong, "How is it?" What was found? ”

Cheng Jinsong shook his head: "I've seen it, and the community is also not monitored." ”

There was a subtle flash of disappointment in Shen Yan's eyes - this time the murderer was very cunning, always choosing an old community or a remote road without security monitoring, and ran away after digging and grabbing things, so far, the police have hardly grasped any substantive clues. That's also the biggest problem they're having right now.

He just wanted to say something, but Cheng Haiyang suddenly ran down from upstairs: "Boss, Wang Guangwei's mother has woken up!" Let's go over and ask! ”

"Okay." Shen Yan said to Cheng Jinsong: "After you deal with this place, go back to the bureau first, and I will go back after asking the victim's family."

"Hmm."

Shen Yan led people to Wang Guangwei's mother's house on the sixth floor, the door of Wang's house was open, and bursts of crying came from inside. The cry drew the upstairs and downstairs neighbors, some of whom had no idea what was going on, and when they heard that the murder had happened in the building where they lived, everyone's expressions were both frightened and afraid.

Shen Yan led people into the bedroom, and saw an old woman who was nearly seventy years old sitting on the bed, the old man's face was pale, but his eyebrows and eyes were quite similar to Wang Guangwei. Cheng Haiyang was sitting on the edge of the bed comforting the old man. Seeing Shen Yan come in, Cheng Haiyang stood up.

"Chief, the old lady has just woken ......up from the blow and fainted," he whispered.

Shen Yan nodded, he walked to the old man's side and introduced softly: "Auntie, I am from the Criminal Investigation Team of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and my surname is Shen ......."

Before Shen Yan finished speaking, the old man grabbed Shen Yan's arm suddenly: "Captain Shen!" Captain Shen, I please! Gotta catch the villain who killed my daughter! I beg you! I'm on your knees!! ”

The old lady said that she was about to get out of bed and kneel down when she turned sideways, but Shen Yan and the others hurriedly went to help, so that they could persuade the old man to stop. After the old man's condition stabilized a little, Shen Yan began to inquire about the case.

"It's all my fault," as soon as the old lady spoke, her voice was filled with sadness again, "I have lived here by myself since Guangwei's father died, and I have not been in good health in the past two years, so Guangwei said that I would move in with her, and I didn't want to drag her down, so I didn't pass." Guangwei didn't worry that I would live alone, so she would come over to see me at every turn. As a result, who knows, she will ......" The old lady said this, and couldn't help but cry again: "I hurt my girl!" Why wouldn't I move out with her? If she doesn't come, she won't die! Oh my God, why don't you want my life!! ……”

Because the old man was emotional, it took a long time for everyone to complete the inquiry, but they got very little useful information, according to Wang Guangwei's mother, Wang Guangwei did not live here, and the time to visit her mother was not fixed. Today, I came here temporarily because I learned that my mother was not feeling well. In other words, the murderer's murder should also be improvised. He probably took a fancy to this old community a long time ago, and then Wang Guangwei, who was alone, unfortunately became the victim.

Towards the end of the inquiry, Wang Guangwei's brother and husband also rushed here, and the two men were so sad that they wept bitterly. Wang Guangwei's younger brother cried and scolded the murderer, while Wang Guangwei's husband did not know how to tell their 14-year-old daughter the bad news.

The death of a loved one brings endless pain to a family, and indeed to all relatives.

Although I have seen similar scenes many times, after every murder, seeing the family is still the saddest hurdle for everyone in the serious crime team. In the face of them, any verbal comfort is too pale.

Coming out of the Wang family, everyone's face was very bad. Several people were holding back a vicious anger in their hearts, eager to catch the murderer immediately and tear him apart. However, what is even more infuriating is that the clues they have so far have been too limited to lock on to their targets.

"Boss, let's go around and ask! I don't believe that no one has seen this bastard from the time he committed the crime to the time he escaped! Cheng Haiyang walked up to Shen Yan and asked.

Shen Yan nodded, and just wanted to speak, but saw Cheng Jinsong running up from downstairs, and when he saw Shen Yan and the others, his eyes lit up: "Great!" Just in time you guys came out! Rui Heng and I found an old man outside, he may have seen the murderer! ”

"Really?!" Everyone immediately came to their senses, and Shen Yan asked, "What about people?" ”

"It's right outside!"

"Okay, hurry up!"

Several people followed Cheng Jinsong to the outside of the building, only to see Jiang Ruiheng standing with a sixty or seventy-year-old man, and when he saw Shen Yan and others coming out, he waved at a few people.

"The old man had just come back from walking his dog and said that he had seen a man come out of the building." Jiang Ruiheng whispered to Shen Yan, "You can ask for details." ”

Shen Yan nodded, walked over, introduced his identity, and asked the old man about what happened.

"I had just finished walking my dog and was walking home when I saw a man in a down jacket coming out of the hole in the building and going out of the courtyard. I don't know if it's the murderer you are talking about......"

"What time did you see that man?"

"It's almost half past nine," the old man began, "I go out with my dog every day after watching the news at half past eight, and then sneak home exactly half past nine, which is exactly half past nine, twenty or twenty-five at that time." ”

Shen Yan raised his eyes to look at Jiang Ruiheng, Jiang Ruiheng nodded-the time that the old man said was indeed very consistent with the speculated time of death.

So Shen Yan turned his head and continued to ask the old man: "Uncle, can you still remember what that man looks like?" ”

"I didn't look at his face, he came out with a hat buttoned, and then turned straight over there, and my eyes were not very good, so I saw a back......"

"It doesn't matter, you can say whatever you can remember, no matter how small."

"Well, that man is probably my head, quite thin, wearing a down jacket and a button-up hat...... I can't really remember anything else. ”

"What color is his down jacket? What does a hat look like? ”

"It's that blue-black down jacket, and the hat is the hat that comes with the dress......"

Shen Yan asked a few more questions, but the old man really had a limited impression, and he couldn't recall any useful information except for the few points he said before. Shen Yan tried several times but found nothing, so he had to thank the old man and let him leave.

Scattered snowflakes drifted in the sky again, and several people looked at the dark and gloomy sky, and they all frowned deeply.

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