◎Chapter 19 The Death of the Peach

Almost every city has had horrific cases such as mutilation, but it is not well known. The most famous human skin case in history is the human skin diary made by the French countess, who used it to record her thoughts about her husband; There is also the Spanish killer Grenouille, who killed many young girls and made perfumes with the wonderful body fragrance of women's skin.

The office of the special case team is set up in Taoyuan Village Primary School.

Leaders of the county party committee and the public security bureau personally went to Taoyuan Village Primary School, where they apologized to the special case team and admitted that there were deficiencies in their work and that they had made mistakes in being conservative. The special case group suggested that the villagers who had been arrested for petitioning should be released and the relationship between the cadres and the masses should be eased, so as to facilitate the work. The local government accepted the suggestion and dispatched elite soldiers from the Public Security Bureau to fully assist the special case team in solving the case.

Professor Liang immediately made a division of labor, Su Mei led the forensic doctor to conduct an autopsy on the deceased, Bao Bean and technicians investigated the scene of the crime, and Hualong went to the county TV station to retrieve the shooting footage of the day before the crime.

Su Mei projected the picture onto the classroom wall, and she sat in the back, shaking the crank handle of an old film viewer and playing microfilm one by one.

Horrific images flashed across the walls, and Professor Liang shouted to stop, pointing to images of fur figures and saying, "This is a common method of intimidation in war." ”

The communications officer asked, "Common, it's normal to peel the skin?" ”

Professor Liang said: "Of course, this skinner can no longer be called a murderer or a criminal, this is a war for him!" ”

The propaganda officer said, "Oh, he probably served in the army. ”

Professor Liang enlarged the image of the fatal wound in the throat, and he explained: "The murder weapon that formed this wound was preliminarily judged to be a military dagger, and the murder weapon had all the characteristics of a military dagger. The psychological quality of the prisoner is astonishing, he may well have experienced the war! ”

Bao Chu reported the results of the on-site investigation, and the two deceased, Section Chief Yang and the developer, were killed by the same person, and the developer died in the luxury suite of Peach Blossom Villa, which was also the scene of skinning and making human skin scarecrows, leaving a headless corpse in the room, and the upper body was skinned. Because the villa has just been completed, there is no surveillance, security measures are not enough, the windows are not even installed with guardrails, there are not many clues obtained at the scene, and there are some blue and white porcelain fragments scattered in the room, this developer has a hobby of collecting antiques, however, no fingerprints of the perpetrator were found on the porcelain fragments, and the perpetrator may be wearing gloves......

"There is also the possibility that the perpetrators forced the developer to smash their beloved antiques and then kill them," Professor Leung added. ”

Bao Chu continued: "According to the investigation of the township police station, when Section Chief Yang was killed, he had played chess with the criminal, and the photos at the scene showed that the criminal was not proficient in chess skills and had no rules, but he won against Section Chief Yang. This shows that the perpetrator wanted to mentally blow and destroy the deceased. ”

Professor Leung said, "Let the deceased feel the pain of losing something beloved, which is also the pain of the criminal. ”

Bao Chu said: "Yes, the criminal killed Section Chief Yang in Langketing, and then dragged him to Taoyuan Village Primary School, hung it on a tree, peeled it and made it into a human fur man, and put it in a peach orchard on the side of the road, the purpose of this is to deter the demolition personnel, and the criminal should be related to the demolition of Taoyuan Village." ”

The propaganda officer asked, "Later, how could Section Chief Yang's body be hung from a tree at the entrance of the village?" ”

Professor Liang said: "I guess we will know this question soon. ”

Hualong accompanied Professor Liang to visit the village to investigate, and was warmly received by the villagers, who killed chickens and cooked wine, and vied for invitations, in their eyes, Hualong, who prevented the demolition, was like a hero. Professor Liang couldn't help but think of the Wuling man in "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring", who occasionally entered the Peach Blossom Spring, and the villagers were also so enthusiastic, "each returned to his home, and they all served wine and food".

During the visit, the villagers were ignorant of the corpses on the trees at the entrance of the village, and they claimed that they had not seen suspicious people entering or leaving the village.

The white-haired old woman, the family member of the anti-Japanese martyrs, was highly respected in the village. She simmered a pig's head in a pot with rosin, and then took out the Pu'er tea bricks that had been stored for 20 years and entertained the two of them. Pu'er tea is known as a "drinkable antique", with huge collection value and value-added space, and the Pu'er tea cake that has been stored for 50 years is even more expensive than a Honda car.

The old woman babbled that the Hong Kong developer wanted to buy her tea at a high price, but she didn't sell it, and it was originally intended to be used when her grandson married her daughter-in-law, but now there are distinguished guests at home, and she wants to take it out and entertain her.

The painting dragon couldn't drink any taste, Professor Liang tasted a sip of tea, the tea was fragrant and refreshing.

Professor Liang was interested in the process of making rosin, and kept questioning, and the old woman said that the rosin was given to her by the rangers, who often came to the village to sell Chinese herbs and game.

Professor Liang asked, "Are the rangers very tall, outsiders?" ”

The old woman replied, "Yes, he is tall and strong, he has been a soldier, a fireman, he loves to drink, and when he is drunk, he swears. ”

After returning home, Professor Liang watched the footage taken by the TV station the day before the crime, showing the man boiling rosin, wearing a hat and a mask, and he said to the camera, "If anyone demolishes my house, I will skin him." Su Mei went to the county armed forces department to obtain the local ranger's discharge and transfer certificates, and after the identification of the leaders of the Forestry Bureau, it was finally confirmed that the person wearing a mask and hat on the camera screen was a local forest ranger.

This person is suspected of committing a major crime, which is also in line with the description of the criminal by the special case team.

The forest ranger is the patron saint of the mountain forest, the work is mainly fire prevention and theft prevention, routine patrol of the mountain, but also serves as some survey work, many rangers can not bear the loneliness and loneliness on the mountain, the forestry bureau will replace the ranger every few years, the latest replacement is a retired firefighter.

Although it was getting late, the case was serious and there was no need to wait. The guide from the Forestry Bureau led a team of officers and soldiers up the mountain to search for the rangers, who often live in the mountains and forests. On the hillside not far behind Taoyuan Village Primary School, there is an old house made of stone and yellow mud. Soon, the police surrounded the house, and from the window lattice, you could see the walls piled up with potatoes, the windowsill with oil cans, no electricity, an oil lamp on, and an empty wine bottle next to it, and the ranger was lying on the earthen kang and sleeping soundly.

When the dragon kicked in the door and arrested the ranger, the sleepy-eyed man saw the policeman in front of him and scolded: "It's Lao Tzu who did it, Lao Tzu has been waiting for you for a long time, you brutes." ”

This sentence made the public security officers present in high spirits, and the rangers did not admit themselves, and it seemed that the police had arrested the right person. However, the interrogation turned out to be disappointing, and the ranger confessed that he had hung the body from a tree at the entrance of the village, but claimed that he had not killed anyone, but he made no secret of his desire to kill and paid tribute to the killer.

In his words: "Make a scarecrow, be creative, and if I know who did it, I invite him to drink." ”

The special case team and the county public security bureau interrogated them twice, and the ranger's confession was consistent and did not look like a lie.

According to the ranger, he was very disgusted with his work, three days of fishing, two days of drying nets, he lived for a few days at a relative's house in the county seat, returned to the operation point on the mountain in the morning, entered the door and found a headless corpse on the ground, he recognized this as the Yang section chief of the tourism bureau from his clothes, out of a sense of anger, he dragged the body with a rope, and while the dense fog in the morning had not dispersed, he hung the body on the willow tree at the entrance of Taoyuan Village, and then returned to the operation point, drank and slept.

Professor Liang asked, "Why do you tell a TV reporter that whoever wants to demolish your house will skin him?" ”

Hualong also asked: "Yes, you are a foreigner, and the demolition has nothing to do with you, why are you so hateful?" ”

The ranger's hand was handcuffed to the table leg, and he patted his chest with the other hand and said, "I can't get used to it, and I can't get used to it." ”

The ranger asked Hua Long: "If someone demolishes your house and you don't agree, they have to demolish it, what will you do?" ”

Hualong was speechless, after the interrogation, it was 8 o'clock in the evening, the township chief asked Mr. Qin to buy a lot of wine and food, entertain the special case team and public security police, the township chief cheekily persuaded Hualong to drink, and Mr. Qin was also on the side. However, everyone was depressed, and the case was originally clear, but it reached an impasse.

Bao Chu has been suspicious of Teacher Qin, but on the night of Section Chief Yang's murder, Teacher Qin was at the city train station; On the day the developer was killed, Mr. Qin and the special case team were at Taoyuan Village Primary School. In both murders, Mr. Qin had alibi evidence. Bao Shu had no choice but to exclude Mr. Qin from the suspect, but he always felt that something was wrong in his heart, but he had no clue.

Bao Shu asked for a cigarette from Hualong, walked to the yard, and thought about it while smoking.

When the moon was in the sky, the osmanthus flowers were fragrant, and a flute sound came faintly from a distance, and Su Mei pushed Professor Liang in a wheelchair to the courtyard.

Bao Chu listened to the sound of the flute, and suddenly said: "Why is this song so familiar?" ”

Su Mei said: "It's "Liang Zhu". ”

Professor Liang nodded and said, "That's right, last night, Teacher Qin also played this tune, which sounds very sad. ”

The three of them discussed with their eyes, and Su Mei went to the car and took out two pillows - last night, Professor Liang and Su Mei slept in the car, and Teacher Qin took two pillows from his room for them. Su Mei wanted to use the excuse of returning the pillow to quietly check in Teacher Qin's dormitory.

Teacher Qin's door was not locked, it was a patched wooden door, and it had been in the wind and rain for many years.

Su Mei turned on the light and looked around the room quietly, and after a while, her nose was sour and tears welled up.