The time was 7:40 the next morning, Xie Yunmeng and Mo Haiyou walked out of the waiting hall with their luggage, they did not pause, and directly stopped a taxi to the N City Police Headquarters.

On the plane, Xie Yunmeng had already contacted the police officers there by phone, because the suburban police station was relatively far away, so they agreed with the person in charge of the case through the police officers, met at the main office at 9 o'clock in the morning, and then went to the murder scene together.

Mo Haiyou has been pondering since he was on the plane, and Xie Yunmeng didn't bother him. The detective knew that this forensic doctor was much smarter than himself, and he was the one who could best understand and guess the direction of Yun Yeyao's actions. So this time, Xie Yunmeng put most of his hope on the forensic Mo Haiyou.

The car quickly arrived at the headquarters of N City, and it was not yet 9 o'clock in the morning, so they sat down and waited after greeting the morning shift of the police station. As for breakfast, there are dry snacks in the bag for two people, so there is no need to waste time stopping on the way to the breakfast shop to eat.

While waiting, Mo Haiyou said: "Officer Xie, it is impossible for Xiao Yao to arrive at the scene of the murder now, we still have time to learn all the clues of the case in detail, wait a minute, you follow the police to the scene first, I will stay and take a look at those corpses, and strive to get more information." In the afternoon, we meet at the scene of the murder, and I'll call you then. ”

"Okay, before tonight, I'll try to get a thorough understanding of the area, and then we'll combine the clues we get." Xie Yunmeng replied.

Mo Haiyou nodded, if it weren't for the fact that the criminal police always occupied Xiao Yao's heart, he would still be very willing to cooperate with the criminal police in his work, Xie Yunmeng's ability to act made their cooperation much more complementary than other police officers.

While the two of them were having a brief discussion there, a police officer came over and said, "The person in charge of the task force over there has already come, and now he is waiting for the two of you in the reception room, please come with me." ”

After speaking, Xie Yunmeng and Mo Haiyou quickly stood up and followed the police into the corridor.

They used to sit on the side of the police station hall, in a boxy hall with three sofas on each side for resting, and a drinking fountain not far from the door. At the bottom of the hall is where the reception staff work, separated by a long table top.

In front of the reception staff's work area, there is a horizontal corridor, which leads to one side of the corridor, and there are many offices with door numbers on both sides. One of them is a reception room, which is used by the police to receive the parties and discuss the case.

Xie Yunmeng and Mo Haiyou entered the main entrance of the police station, and not far to the left of this door, there was another entrance, which could directly enter the corridor where the various offices were distributed and the stairs leading to the second floor. It is estimated that the person in charge of the task force entered from there, so the two of them did not see anyone coming in from the outside.

The police took them directly to a reception room, which was about the size of two or three rooms, and then bowed and left, the head of the task force was a bearded old criminal policeman in his forties, who looked full of energy but unkempt.

After he stood up, Xie Yunmeng took the lead in greeting: "Hello, I am Xie Yunmeng, the criminal police captain of the Pinglong Public Security Bureau of S City, and behind me is Mo Haiyou, a forensic doctor and criminal policeman of the S City General Bureau." ”

"Oh, hello, my surname is Zhao, just call me Lao Zhao. I'm the head of the Oakwood District Serial Homicide Task Force. Have a seat. ”

After a few people sat down, Xie Yunmeng asked, "Comrade Zhao, is that place called Oak District?" We can't find its name or location on the map, so what kind of place is it? ”

"Explain it this way, it was originally a small village, on the outskirts of the city, and it was not under our jurisdiction. It also does not fall within the boundaries of the adjacent urban area. Later, when the area was redivided, it was incorporated into our city map. Because it is very small, you can't see it on a large map, only on a detailed map of our city. Lao Zhang said.

"After being included in N City, we found that there were people in that place who were illegally operating an underground food workshop, and in the process of investigation and evidence collection and seizure, a large number of daily necessities with excessive chemicals and heavy metals were also found. The ground in that area has also become unrepopulated due to the long-term dumping of waste garbage. The villagers who used to live there have also been merged into other villages. ”

"But, according to what we've learned, the place where you found the first murder was in a meadow at the edge of a grove, isn't it in the oak area?" Xie Yunmeng asked.

"No," replied Zhang, "we followed the reporter's guidance through the entire oak area, and did not find the scene of the crime as he said, and when we were about to reach the neighboring village, we saw blood on the turf and found the body parts there." And that grove is actually only a few trees, probably because the reporter likes to chew on words, so it was said to be a grove in the report. ”

"In this case, the first scene should not be in the oak area." Mo Hai interjected on the right.

At this time, Lao Zhao showed a more embarrassed look and said: "At present, we are not sure at the first scene, the reporter who reported the case is an eyewitness at the scene, but what he said is very different from what the police found." He said he saw an abandoned factory with a little girl covered in blood and a body in a muddy well, but we searched the whole oak area and found no such place. ”

"We suspected that the reporter was a sleepwalker, and that he initially described what he saw in his dreams, because he had witnessed the murder after 12 o'clock in the morning. And according to his description, we didn't find a similar little girl in the city's database. Later, after our careful investigation, some doubts gradually revealed. ”

"First of all, the reporter had no record of suffering from sleepwalking before. Secondly, we found a woman's fingerprints on the body parts at the murder scene, showing the identity information of Ms. Dai Weiwei, who used to live in S City, was deceased, and was 19 years old at the time of death, and the photos before her death matched the appearance described by eyewitnesses. ”

"Also, in the process of repairing the corpse parts, we found signs of arsenic poisoning in this person's body, but we can't be completely sure, arsenic is also one of the compounds we found in the oak area, this kind of thing, often remains in the liver, kidneys, lungs and stomach of the human body, but no internal organs were found at the scene, which is more troublesome."

"The discovery of arsenic proves that the deceased in the case may have been one of the people who previously lived in the area, and we immediately investigated all the people associated with the area, but we did not find any missing persons. In view of the above points, we did not arbitrarily determine the first scene of the crime, but only roughly stated it in the report. ”

"Can I examine all the bodies in detail? Also, Officer Xie also hopes to see the murder scene as soon as possible. Mo Haiyou said.

Lao Zhao nodded and stood up. "That's what I mean, then act as soon as possible, and I'll take Officer Xie to the murder scene now. The police officers here will arrange for Forensic Doctor Mo to go to the morgue, and there will be a forensic doctor from our side to work together. ”

Ten minutes later, the reception room of the police station was empty, everyone took their own actions, Xie Yunmeng sat in the police car driven by Lao Zhao and galloped towards the scene