The night was shrouded, and the dark clouds overhead looked down on him coldly. As if a silent reminder that someone had just seen the crime he had committed.

Ding Xiao fled for his life in fear, and the sound of stepping on the stagnant water was too loud. If the murderer was familiar with the terrain of this area, he would have known that there was a barn in the vicinity that could hide people.

But it seems that the murderer didn't know.

At this time, Ding Xiao's heart was already in a ball. She saw the murderer hurrying past through the crack in the door, and just breathed a sigh of relief, only to find that the murderer's footsteps had slowed down, and she turned around and stared at the place closely. He put one hand in his pocket and slowly leaned over step by step.

Ding Xiao's heart thumped suddenly, and he suddenly became out of breath. She covered her mouth tightly and did not dare to move. I only heard droplets of water dripping from the top of the eaves, hitting the ground with a clicking sound.

The murderer stopped outside the door and stared at the door tightly, Ding Xiao felt that he saw himself, and subconsciously moved back, and at the same time his hand slowly touched to the side.

The barn was full of broken copper and iron, and among them there were rusty sickles and blunt axes.

Ding Xiao didn't know what she had touched, she only felt that what she was holding in her hand was a handful of iron, which was very cold and heavy.

It was a very cold night, and the outside temperature was already as low as five degrees. Ding Xiao's trouser legs and shoes below the knees were all transparent, and the biting cold made her almost numb.

Her hands were red from the cold, and her originally ruddy face was almost pale at the moment. She swallowed as she watched as the killer reached for the door to pull it open. Ding Xiao's heart was already beating in his throat.

And at the moment when the murderer reached for the door, the window on the second floor opposite the warehouse was opened, and a middle-aged woman stood at the window and yelled at the murderer: "Who? What are you doing there? ”

The murderer's body stiffened, turned around and strode away.

After the murderer left, Ding Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. She gently put down what she was holding, slowly got up and walked out of the barn, glanced around, and hurried out of the alley.

There happened to be a taxi driving outside the alley, and she hurriedly waved to stop it and left in the car.

But she didn't know that a pair of eyes were staring at the figure she was leaving.

At 6:30 a.m., the winter night had not yet completely dispersed. After the shouts of selling soy milk, the people living in residential houses lit the lights and opened the doors, toiling for the day's life.

The woman's body was found at 6:52 a.m. The person who found the body was a child, and the school that the child attended was relatively far away, so he left on time at 6:50 every morning.

It's the same today.

The cordon was raised, and the child was taken to the car by the police and questioned gently. Since the child was only ten years old, she had only horror in her eyes and could not ask for any valuable clues.

There was no surveillance around the scene, and no murder weapon was found. The police guessed that the murder weapon should have been carried by the murderer, and he left with the murder weapon after the murder.

"I have a question." Zhao Yu, a policeman who had just been on duty for a few days, raised his hand.

Zhang Yi took off his plastic gloves after reading the investigation report, and glanced at the body that had been carried into the police car: "What's the problem?" ”

"Why did the murderer take off the clothes of the deceased after killing someone? And also took the clothes of the deceased. ”

Judging from the circumstances at the scene, it is obvious that the deceased took off his clothes after being attacked. As for why the murderer took off the clothes of the deceased and took them away, this is not clear for the time being.

The body was transported back to the forensic center, and Zhang Yi followed the forensic doctor in the autopsy room while dissecting the deceased's body while speculating on the murderer's motive for the crime.

And at the same time, on the other side -

Ding Xiaojuan shrunk in the quilt and shivered, she hadn't slept since she came back at three o'clock in the morning.

"Sister, what's wrong with you? Is there anything you still want to hide from your sister? Ding Ding's voice came from the living room. Ding Xiao has been haunted since he came back last night, as if he was very frightened.

Ding Zhong was very worried about her, but no matter how she asked Ding Xiao, he refused to speak.

The bell rang at twelve o'clock at noon, and Ding Xiao suddenly sat up. After leaving the door of the room, she walked to the living room and turned on the TV, tuning into the TV station in Fancheng.

At 12 o'clock news, Fancheng TV reported that a female corpse was found in a residential area in Hebei, and the specific cause is still under investigation.

"Sister, what's wrong with you? Isn't it uncomfortable? Ding Zhong looked at Ding Xiao's pale face and couldn't help but be a little worried. When Ding Xiao came back last night, his pants and shoes were soaked.

"It's okay, I'm fine, don't worry, I'm fine, it's okay......" Ding Xiao's brain was a mess, she put down the remote control and got up and was about to walk back, but her eyes went black at the moment she just stood up.

Ding Xiao had a fever, and his body temperature was as high as 39 degrees 5. Ding took a taxi to the hospital, and when she first arrived at the hospital, she received a call from the security guard of the community.

The security guard at the gate of the community said that a police officer was looking for her and asked if she was at home.

Ding Zhong said that Ding Xiao was sick and was now receiving injections in the hospital. So the police went to the small hospital where Ding Xiao had an injection and wanted to ask her about what happened in the early morning.

Ding Xiao asked Ding Zhong to stay away for the time being after the police arrived at the hospital. Ding Zhong was a little worried when he saw the police calling, but it made sense for Ding Xiao to let her avoid it, so she also left the ward obediently.

Two policemen stood in front of Ding Xiao, among whom Zhao Yu held a pen and paper in his hand, looked at her with a serious expression, and asked: "Hello Miss Ding, there was a homicide case in Fancheng today, and the location of the crime was in the residential area of Zhoujiafang. We learned that Miss Ding's family lives in Hebei District, and she passes by Zhoujiafang every morning after work. I wonder if Miss Ding found anything unusual when she came home early this morning? ”

Ding Xiao's face was very pale, she was not like this because she was sick, but she was afraid. Those memories were like leeches lying tightly on her memory layer, and they couldn't be shaken away.

"I didn't find anything abnormal, I took a taxi home after work last night." Ding Xiao coughed a few times and pretended to answer calmly. She saw the two police officers staring at her, and she couldn't help but panic.

His left hand was quietly put into his coat pocket, and Ding Xiao took a deep breath, implying that he must be calm and calm. As if, nothing happened.

Zhang Yi clasped his hands in front of his chest, and his eyes were locked on Ding Xiao. He stepped forward and sat next to Ding Xiao, his left foot on his right thigh. "Last night was a thunderstorm, and it's usually hard to get a taxi in this kind of weather. Miss Ding said that she took a taxi back from work last night, so does Miss Ding remember the license plate number? ”

"It seems to be ......" Ding Xiao frowned and bit her lip and pretended to think, and after a while, she raised her head apologetically and looked at Zhang Yi: "I'm sorry, I can't remember." ”

"Then may I ask Miss Ding to book a taxi or a taxi?"

"Taxi." After a pause, Ding Xiao added. "I didn't get a taxi in time downstairs in the building, but when I walked to the Hexi bridge, a taxi happened to pass by."

Zhang Yi didn't continue to ask, just stared at Ding Xiao quietly for a while, and then got up. In that case, that's all for today's conversation. If Miss Ding thinks of anything, you can contact me at any time. Zhang Yi took the notepad in Zhao Yu's hand, wrote a string of numbers on it with a pen and tore it off: "This is my personal phone." ”

Ding Xiao hesitated for a moment and reached out to take it.

"Then don't bother Miss Ding, I wish you a speedy recovery."

After speaking, Zhang Yi walked out of the ward with Zhao Yu. Zhao Yu closed the notepad after leaving the ward, and put the pen in his hand in the pocket of the front of the police uniform: "Officer Zhang, you haven't started asking yet, why did you say that you just left?" ”

Zhang Yi put his hands behind his back, frowned and pondered: "Actually, I just inferred that she would pass by the Zhoujiafang residential area. But the case happened in a residential area, unless she took the trail and left. ”

"Is that possible?"

Zhang Yi shook his head uncertainly: "The security guard on duty last night did see Ding Xiao taking a taxi back." "And when this kind of thing happens, most people will call the police directly.