The fog behind him had not yet lifted, but the thick clouds in front of him were enveloping one after another. Bi Guofeng and Kong De sat silently in their respective cars, waiting for what they would face when they arrived at their destination.

As of today, five of the people involved in this enigmatic case-within-a-case have died. However, even a single strand of the murderer's hair, they did not catch it. Bi Guofeng looked anxious, and the feeling of powerlessness that he was always left behind when dealing with people appeared on him again. Bi Guofeng recalled his mother's unsolved case and the old police officers he had been angry with in handling the case. He wept bitterly and scolded bitterly. But when he encountered such a difficult case, Bi Guofeng found that sometimes, solving the case was really not as easy as he imagined.

After the police convoy arrived at the scene, Bi Guofeng was in the bathtub of the bathroom and saw Xia Qiuhong, who had become cold. She lay naked in the bathtub, her left hand on her chest and her right hand hanging on the ground, the wound open like a bright red shuttle. The blood on the ground turned into dark brown ice in the low temperature, covering the entire bathroom.

Bi Guofeng looked at Xia Qiuhong's miserable corpse, remembering when he saw her at Zhou Xi's funeral a few days ago, his throat suddenly tightened. Maybe I should have said a few words to Zhou Xi at her funeral. Even if it was to coax her, at least it wouldn't make her have such short-sighted thoughts as today. But who knows......

The work on the scene was carried out quickly in a very short time, and the photographs should be taken, and the evidence should be collected. It didn't take long for Bi Guofeng's team to successfully complete the on-site investigation. But on the other hand, when forensic doctor Liu Lu was preparing to move Xia Qiuhong's body out of the bathtub, he encountered obstacles.

Xia Qiuhong's body was unable to bend normally due to the stiffness of the corpse at this time. Liu Lujin had no way to easily move Xia Qiuhong's body out of the bathtub like he did with ordinary corpses. He had no choice but to go outside and call for a few powerful police officers to come in and assist him.

But as soon as several police officers entered the bathroom, they retreated again. They looked at Xia Qiuhong's dark eyes, and they inevitably felt fear in their hearts. That lifeless face is like the evil spirit in the strange tale of the mountain village that everyone often hears when they are children. Not to mention touching her, even a second glance is difficult for them to accept.

Liu Lujin looked at the people who were looking at each other, and the nameless fire in his heart instantly burst into anger: "Are you still afraid of this? Don't forget that we are police officers. ”

When several police officers heard this, they slowly stepped up to help. But in my heart, I said: Who stipulates that police officers can't be afraid of this, and we don't face dead bodies every day like you. But when a few people exerted their strength, they found that the corpse in front of them was not moving at all. They glanced at each other, wondering if the other was not trying to make a difference. After a few rounds, Liu Lujin on the side shouted dissatisfiedly: "You guys are working hard, what are you doing?" ”

Several people secretly complained to themselves, and they had to increase their strength in their hands, but Xia Qiuhong's corpse seemed to be embedded in a bathtub, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't move her even a bit. Even in the end, Xia Qiuhong's limbs made an infiltrating "gurgling" sound, and Liu Lu had to stop because he was protecting the corpse.

Bi Guofeng saw a few people huddled in the bathroom for a long time and didn't come out, thinking that he had discovered something. So he approached and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Alas......" Liu Lujin sighed. All four limbs are on top of the bathtub, which is reluctant to leave this world. ”

Bi Guofeng was confused when he heard it, and was about to ask carefully, but suddenly there was a commotion in the living room.

"I ...... I'm going to take my daughter to Guanyin Mountain, I don't have time...... I really don't have time to talk to you. ”

"No, uncle, listen to me, your wife has passed away, and you can't leave now. And your daughter has also passed away, who are you going to take to Guanyin Mountain? ”

Bi Guofeng came out and took a look, it turned out that Chang Zhi was pulling Xia Qiuhong's husband Zhou Jianshan to ask for the transcript, but after asking a few words, I don't know why, Zhou Jianshan suddenly pulled his legs and wanted to leave, and he said some inexplicable words in his mouth.

Bi Guofeng remembered that Zhou Jianshan was in a coma and hospitalized because of the death of his daughter a few days ago, and immediately understood that the middle-aged man in front of him who was flickering in his eyes and had a rickety body might be a little unconscious. When even stepped forward and grabbed Chang Zhi: "Don't force him, let him go quietly alone." ”

But the transcript ...... "Chang Zhi was very puzzled, how could a person be so good that he would become like this."

"Let me do it." Before Bi Guofeng could answer, a person suddenly walked in from outside the door. The two looked up and saw that it was Conde.

Bi Guofeng wiped his nose: "Okay, I'll leave it to you." As he spoke, he patted Chang Zhi on the shoulder and walked to the bathroom again.

At this time, Liu Lujin and everyone had finally moved Xia Qiuhong's body out of the bathtub and was carefully putting it into the body bag. As for what method was used, Bi Guofeng also did not know. He didn't want to go into the bathroom again, but cleared the aisle for them to carry the body out.

Chang Zhi on the side had nothing to do, so he came to ask Bi Guofeng: "Team leader, do you want to ask the discoverer of the corpse carefully." ”

Bi Guofeng glanced at Chang Zhi, and then nodded: "You go and ask, but don't be too long, that person doesn't need us to waste so much time on him." ”

Chang Zhi nodded, and then came to the stairwell outside the capital gate and found a chubby middle-aged man with a flat head. As soon as the man saw Chang Zhi, he hurriedly came up and greeted him warmly: "Officer, can I go back?" This weather is freezing to death. ”

"You can go back after asking." Chang Zhi said, "Tell me, how did you find the body?" ”

"I lived across the street from their house, and I got up this morning to get something to eat, and I happened to see their bathroom window open, and then I happened to see a man lying in the bathtub. I wondered if she was taking a shower, but there was no water in the bathtub. When I looked closely, I found a large red patch on the ground, like a bloodstain. So I called the police, and it was as simple as that. ”

Chang Zhi put a ballpoint pen against his chin and thought for a moment before asking, "Did you really get up early to eat, and accidentally saw it?" ”

"yes, is that still fake?"

Chang Zhi looked at the sworn appearance of the man in front of him and was suspicious: "How far is your home, can you take me there?" ”

"No......" The man was stunned for a moment, "Why do you still want to go to my house......"

"What? What's so unsightly? Chang Zhi pointed at each other with a ballpoint pen.

"That's not what I said...... the man pulled Chang Zhi down a few stairs to a place where others couldn't hear, "That's the case, don't you see that there is a little star living in their house?" The one is called Zhou Xi. I used to peek through a binocular, and I thought about it, didn't that little star just die in the past two days? I thought I was going to find some big news, so I ...... in the morning."

"So you're a repeat voyeur, aren't you?" Chang Zhi scolded sharply.

"Don't ...... Don't shout. The man hurriedly took out a pack of cigarettes from his arms and stuffed them into Chang Zhi's arms.

"You take it back, do you hear it?" Chang Zhi glared and said, "If you do this again, I will arrest you on the charge of bribing police officers, do you hear clearly?" ”

"What bribe...... Isn't it just smoke? The man looked at Chang Zhi with some embarrassment, and the movements in his hands stopped in mid-air.

Chang Zhi's face was serious, and his hand subconsciously touched the handcuffs on his lower waist. The man saw that Chang Zhi's expression was a little wrong, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'll just put it away." ”

Chang Zhi snorted coldly: "You will show me more respect for the deceased in the future, there is nothing for you here, you can go back." When the man heard this, he nodded hurriedly.

Chang Zhi put away his notebook, ran up the stairs and returned to the house. I thought: This entertainment industry is really a rotten egg, there are flies everywhere that want to bite. At this time, Liu Lujin had already dealt with everything, so he commanded everyone to transport the body out, and in the bulging body bag, Xia Qiuhong still maintained the posture when he died. One hand twisted and hung aside, the body bag was not elastic enough, and the curled hand could only be allowed to hang outside. Everyone present couldn't help frowning when they saw this scene.

Chang Zhi whispered to Bi Guofeng: "Shall we go back to the bureau now?" ”

Bi Guofeng thought for a while and replied, "You go back first, I'm going to go to Qinli." ”

"Basket? Team leader, are you going to check on Liu Chang? ”

"Hmm...... This woman has always been a thorn in my heart, and I can't pull it out. What's more, now that we have reached a dead end, we really can't do it......" Bi Guofeng said as he suddenly leaned against the wall on the side. His head suddenly fainted, and the ground shook before him, just like what he had seen during an earthquake.

Chang Zhi hurriedly went up to hold Bi Guofeng's hand: "Team leader, you better take a break, if I don't want to go to the basket." ...... you are now?"

When Bi Guofeng heard this, his eyes flashed, and his eyes widened suddenly. Chang Zhi thought that he was going to be angry with himself, but he was stunned for a moment, and thought: What he said was also a good intention. The team leader has been overwhelmed by these cases in the past two days, and his temperament seems to be much more anxious.

But he thought about it, the team leader has always been this kind of character, and the more difficult the case, the more desperate he is to drill into it. When others persuade him, it is common for him to turn a deaf ear. So, the words in his heart were not spoken, and after a pause, he secretly stuffed a pack of cigarettes into Bi Guofeng's pocket.

Bi Guofeng's expression was stunned, and his mind was confused, where did he notice Chang Zhi's small movements. The clues of the case on one side were broken, and the people on the other side died one after another. Now at this juncture, he was told to rest, which was absolutely unintentional. He stretched his waist and told Chang Zhi: "Don't be idle over there, Wang Jikang should send two people to keep an eye on him, whether he has a problem or not, this serial case is complicated enough, and no one can get involved." There is also Wang Jikang's communication record, if we get it as soon as possible, we will come in handy sooner or later. ”

Chang Zhi nodded, jotted down these arrangements in his mind, and then beckoned his colleagues to prepare to leave the scene. When the group retreated to the courtyard, Chang Zhi suddenly thought that Zhou Jianshan's whereabouts had not yet been found. I thought to myself: This poor man lost his daughter and wife in just a few days, and I don't know how big the blow was to him.

Just as he was thinking about contacting Zhou Jianshan's other family members, he met Kong De on the side of the road. He hadn't noticed where Kong De had taken Zhou Jianshan just now, so he wondered if he would go up and contact him about Zhou Jianshan's whereabouts.

But after only taking two steps, Chang Zhi found that the person standing opposite Kong De was not Zhou Jianshan, but the flat-headed fat man who had asked the transcript in the stairwell just now. At this time, the two of them were holding a cigarette in their mouths, chatting and smoking in a harmonious atmosphere.

Chang Zhi frowned and walked closer: "Kong De, what about Zhou Jianshan?" ”

"Oh, he'......"

Before Comte could reply, the flat-headed man hurriedly said, "If you have a chat beforehand, I won't bother, let's go first...... " and walked across the street without looking back.

Kong De was stunned for a moment, then took out a pack of cigarettes from his arms, took out one and handed it over. Chang Zhi raised his eyes and looked at Kong De, and politely declined. Kong De took back the cigarette boringly: "Zhou Jianshan, I sent someone to the hospital first, he is in this situation, he can't understand what he is talking about, and I can't ask where he is going." ”

After Kong De finished speaking, he saw that Chang Zhi opened his mouth and seemed to be a little dissatisfied with his treatment, so he continued: "I also sent someone to inform his family to go to the hospital together, don't worry, someone will take care of him." ”

Having said this, Chang Zhicai nodded with satisfaction. Then he glanced at Conte curiously: "Who will do this case?" ”

"I guess it's these cases." Comte reminded.

"Why, don't you think it was done by one person?"

Kong De took a sharp puff of cigarette and shook the ash in the portable ashtray: "I think there is more than one murderer. ”

Chang Zhi sighed and thought: If it is really as Comte said, then these serial cases will be much more troublesome than they imagined. Chang Zhi wiped his face with his hand, his eyes full of anxiety.

On the other side, Bi Guofeng said goodbye to everyone and only wore his Santana. He was going to go to a place in person, and that was He Gui's hometown. Coincidentally, the information that Chang Zhi gave him yesterday showed that the place where she lives now is also in Qinli.

A strange feeling stirred up from Bi Guofeng's heart. Twenty-four years ago, his mother was killed in this city, after which his father took him to settle in Changlu and never returned.

How long has it been since I've been to the city? After entering the realm of Qinli, Bi Guofeng looked at the familiar streets, greenery, and sometimes even the small shops in his previous memory, and his heart was infinitely emotional. After graduating from the police academy, he once came back to investigate his mother's case. But back then, the people involved walked and died, and there is no way to find out, and now even many place names have changed.

When Bi Guofeng followed the address of He Gui's house to find the local police station, it was just in time for lunch. After questioning, the police on duty told him that they had already gone to He Gui's house, and from the mouths of neighbors, no one had returned there for a long time. As for the progress of hospital screening, because I don't know what disease He Gui's family members have, the progress has been slow for a while. After all, they have to contact one hospital after another, and there is no guarantee that He Gui's family will definitely be treated in the hospital in Qinli. It could also be in other cities, or even in some sanatorium.

After listening to the report, Bi Guofeng sighed and thought: It seems that this He Gui's family is not going well, no wonder he will lose weight like that, most likely because of too much pressure.

After leaving the police station, Bi Guofeng rushed straight to Liu Chang's house. As for Sun Qili's case, in fact, it should be better for Kong De to investigate. But Kong De himself didn't know what Bi Guofeng saw and heard in Banshan Village that day, and if he knew, then the investigation of Liu Chang should have already been launched.

On the one hand, Bi Guofeng was too lazy to talk nonsense with Kong De, he had already tied Liang Zi after a fight with him before, and now he wants to cooperate with him, which is really not in line with his own character. On the other hand, he also wanted to meet Liu Chang in person again to see if he could get any valuable clues from her mouth that were valuable to Zhou Xi's case. Up to now, Bi Guofeng still believes that the deaths of Zhou Xi and Sun Qili were committed by one person, and as long as there is a breakthrough in Sun Qili's case, it will undoubtedly help Zhou Xi's case.

Bi Guofeng drove on the national highway for less than ten minutes and stopped at a place called Yilan Village. He glanced at the electronic map on his phone and found that it had been renamed Jiujiang Street on the map. Liu Chang's residence is in the easternmost part of this area.

Bi Guofeng got out of the car and walked, through the center of the village, to the easternmost point. But the more he walked, the more strange he felt, the appearance of this neighborhood was very familiar to him, as if he had been here before. Bi Guofeng recalled his childhood home in Qinli, but it was an apartment in the city of Qinli, and this is a remote town, and the two don't seem to have anything to do with each other.

But the familiar feeling had lingered in Bi Guofeng's heart, and he lowered his head and thought hard, but he still couldn't find the source of this feeling. Did you see it in the newspaper or on TV? No, even then it wouldn't be so familiar. Bi Guofeng recalled all the missions he had been sent out on business in the past few years, and it seemed that he rarely came to Qinli. If you want to say that the most impressive trip to Qinli, it can only be traced back to the trip when he just graduated from the police academy and came back to investigate his mother's case.

As soon as this idea passed through Bi Guofeng's mind, his whole person suddenly cheered up. Yes, this is the village, this is the village where the Christmas murders took place! Bi Guofeng felt his whole body tremble, why was it so coincidental?

Bi Guofeng stopped a villager and asked, "May I ask if this place used to be called Jiushan Village?" ”

"Yes, it was later renamed Yilan Village, and now it is in Jiujiang Street, Housheng, you just returned to your hometown, right?" The villagers looked at Bi Guofeng curiously, trying to identify from his face whose child he was.

Bi Guofeng did not thank him, and hurriedly ran towards the east of the village. If I'm not mistaken, if he's not mistaken. Then the scene of his mother's murder was also at No. 18 Donghua Road, the easternmost part of the village.

After crossing a path between the new building and the old building that had not yet been dug up, Bi Guofeng soon came to the easternmost part of Yilan Village. Two single-family, two-storey houses appeared in front of him. Bi Guofeng looked at the two houses in front of him, and his mind was a little dazed. Although time has passed, the rental house where his mother was killed is still in the same place. Bi Guofeng can still vaguely identify the appearance of the year from the nearby layout and road, and there is no doubt that this is the place where his mother was killed back then.

But what about Liu Chang's home? This is already the easternmost part of the village, could it be that the landlord of the rental house back then was Liu Chang's family? When I first investigated, I couldn't find any clues about the landlord, can I say......

Bi Guofeng's mind was full of wild speculations, and he couldn't wait to take out the address given to him by Chang Zhi in his arms, and then walked to the gate of No. 18 Donghua Street, which he hated so much. Bi Guofeng thought to himself: If the original landlord was Liu Chang's family, does it mean that there is a possibility for the case to continue to investigate? Bi Guofeng was in ecstasy, and the hand holding the information shook wildly.

But providence is so fond of playing tricks on people, the original No. 18 Donghua Road in front of him has now become No. 1 Donghua New Street. And Bi Guofeng's address of Liu Chang is indeed No. 2 Donghua New Street, which is the one next door. He stared at the brand new door number over and over again, and finally got discouraged. The preconceived misconceptions shattered Bi Guofeng's beautiful illusions in an instant. Bi Guofeng shook his head self-deprecatingly, only then did he realize that he was really taking it for granted, how could there be such a coincidence in the world......

After stopping at the door for a while to settle down, Bi Guofeng finally frowned. He secretly wondered, since Liu Chang lived in this house, maybe he could ask something?

After Bi Guofeng made up his mind, he walked to No. 2 Donghua New Street next door and rang the doorbell. The doorbell of Liu Chang's house is an extremely old style, and after Bi Guofeng pressed it, it took a second in the house to make a "zizi" sound. The subtle voice made him wonder if even the people inside could hear it. So, for the sake of insurance, Bi Guofeng slapped the door hard again and shouted, "Is anyone home?" ”

After shouting a few times, Bi Guofeng saw that no one in the house responded, so he took a few steps back and looked upstairs. I saw that the windows upstairs were closed, and the curtains were tightly drawn, so I couldn't see the situation inside. Bi Guofeng looked around and saw a stone table and four stone benches in the courtyard, which were covered with a thick layer of dust. There were piles of grocery bags scattered on the floor, as well as a large wrench with a lost tooth. It looks as if no one has lived here for a long time.

Bi Guofeng walked around to the backyard and saw a piano in it through the gap in the floor-to-ceiling window, behind which there seemed to be a set of sofas, but from his perspective he could not see the further back. Bi Guofeng was anxious, he suddenly remembered that there was Liu Chang's mobile phone number on the information, so he quickly took out the piece of paper with the address written on it from his arms. But before Bi Guofeng finished entering the number in his mobile phone, he heard the front door open with a "squeak".

Bi Guofeng hurriedly ran back to the front of the house, only to see Liu Chang, who was wearing a bright red down jacket and thin black leggings, standing at the door. Although there was a few steps, Bi Guofeng could still see at a glance that Liu Chang's face was wearing makeup, and his bright face seemed to be welcoming some important guests. She knew I was coming? A big question mark rose in Bi Guofeng's heart.

"Why are you again?" Liu Chang was the first to speak, "Your colleague has already looked for me, I don't think I have anything to cooperate with you anymore." ”

Liu Chang's arrogant attitude angered Bi Guofeng, he didn't have a good impression of this woman the first time he saw her, and now his disgust is much stronger. Bi Guofeng put the paper in his hand into his arms, and then took out his police officer card: "Whether there is cooperation or not, it is not up to you to decide." ”

Liu Chang saw Bi Guofeng's tone of tat-tat, and his beautiful face wrinkled slightly, as if he had eaten something extremely bitter. She snorted, let the door open, and turned into the house on her own. Bi Guofeng took back his police ID card, quickly stepped on the steps and grabbed the doorknob. But at that moment, the static electricity on the iron doorknob flicked his hand away.

Bi Guofeng was in a trance, slightly dazed. His hand gripped the doorknob again, and this time no static bounced his hand away. The feeling of exhaustion finally hit his heart uncontrollably, and Bi Guofeng found that his brain was still eager to work, but his body was gradually unable to keep up. It's just a trivial matter like static electricity, but it's enough to break his compact concentration.

Bi Guofeng looked at the two pairs of high heels on the ground inside the door, one black and one red, but the size was different. While secretly surprised, I also raised my vigilance in my heart. "Ma Dao" suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and a huge question mark popped up: Who said that this "Ma Dao" must be a man?

Am I confused? Or am I starting to be whimsical again? Bi Guofeng took off his shoes, and the moment he lowered his head, he felt some blood pour into his brain, and sleepiness almost brought him to sleep. With all his strength he could, he put on his slippers and walked to the back room.

Although it was just past noon, the lights were lit in the house. The two lamps in the corridor emit a pale yellow light, which induces people to drowsy. Bi Guofeng forced himself not to look at it, but the more he did, the more he felt that those light bulbs were a pair of hypnotic eyes, staring at him and forcing him to sleep. Bi Guofeng finally walked through the corridor to the living room in a trance, but was shocked by the person he saw in front of him and suddenly sobered up for three points.

I know this person in front of me!

Bi Guofeng looked at the woman sitting on the sofa in front of him, and crooked his neck nervously. He almost blurted out: "Xia Qiuhong, it's you!" ”

"No, it's not me!" The woman sitting there waved her hand repeatedly.

Bi Guofeng mistakenly thought that he was hallucinating, but he was just very sleepy, where could he not even recognize people? He ran up and took the woman's hand, and looked at her carefully once more.

The woman in front of her is as tall and short as Xia Qiuhong, and her face is so similar in terms of contours and makeup. Only the dark green suit on her body, which doesn't seem to match her age, there is nothing that doesn't belong to Xia Qiuhong.

Bi Guofeng grabbed the woman's hand, already sure that she was not his hallucination. But he thought about it suddenly, not long ago, Xia Qiuhong was clearly dead. He watched as Liu Lujin put her body in a body bag and transported it from her home. Could it be that is my own hallucination?

Looking at Bi Guofeng's stunned expression, Liu Chang on the side suddenly smiled: "I said this police officer, don't you feel rude when you hold someone's hand like this?" She is not Xia Qiuhong, she is Xia Qiuhong's sister. Her name is ......"

"My name is Xia Donglan, Officer Bi, we've met." Xia Donglan added anxiously.

"Right...... That's right. ...... we've seen" Bi Guofeng squinted, his mind was in chaos, how could he forget her?

Bi Guofeng hurriedly sent Xia Donglan's hand away and apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry." ”

"I didn't ...... Never mind. Xia Donglan rubbed his wrist, and then said, "That...... I'll take my leave, so I won't bother you talking. After speaking, Xia Donglan picked up the handbag on the sofa and walked outside the house in a panic.

Seeing this, Liu Chang hurriedly followed her out and stopped her at the entrance. Bi Guofeng sat slumped on the sofa, pinching his forehead with his fingers, and he vaguely heard Liu Chang whispering to Xia Donglan for something. But he was too far away from the door, and the other party lowered his voice, so he couldn't hear the specific content. In the end, Bi Guofeng only heard a "squeak" of the door closing in the outhouse, and his nerves seemed to be short-circuited, and he suddenly lost control of his body. Bi Guofeng leaned back on the sofa and fell asleep like this.

Suspect, suspect, suspect!

A suspect who lost his suspicion, a suspect who died, and how many more suspects? One after the other, one after the other! I'm so tired, please let me rest.

Bi Guofeng's eyelids were tightly closed, and a soft, dark red light covered his eyeballs through his eyelids. The light came from the right, the right eye felt bright, and the left eye got a glimmer of light, but most of it was still in the dark.

Are you in a dream now? If it's in a dream, why can you see the light? Bi Guofeng's closed eyes merged into a huge shuttle, and the right side of his vision lit up, and the light became weaker the further he went. But he couldn't see anything, just a soft light, through his eyelids, with the red of blood in his veins, covering his body.

Wake up, what am I doing now? Bi Guofeng's consciousness was calling for his body, and the voice sounded from the depths of his heart, constantly echoing, but when he encountered the dark red shuttle, he was blocked back.

Suspect, suspect, suspect!

Zhou Xi was naked, with a long tongue hanging on her lips. Sun Qili was draped in her hair and couldn't see her face clearly. Liu Ruhong's neck was twisted behind her back, and there was a pool of stagnant water in her eyes. They shouted at a shrill voice, "Catch her! ”

Bi Guofeng straightened up suddenly, and suddenly woke up from his dream. There was no shadow of a dead man in front of him, just the dark red light still lingering in the corner of his eye. He rubbed his stiff neck, the tiredness did not disappear from the sleep just now, and his body still fell like a heavy iron anchor.

"Are you awake?" A female voice rang out from beside her.

Bi Guofeng squinted and saw Liu Chang sitting on the sofa next to him, looking at himself. How long did I sleep? Bi Guofeng tried to see the sky through the window, but the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows were still tightened as when he came. He couldn't see outside, only a spotless piano lying across it, setting off the house full of corruption even more gloomy.

"What time is it?"

"It's already 5 o'clock." Liu Chang replied coldly, "Do you police handle cases like you?" I went to someone else's house and fell asleep casually. ”

Bi Guofeng smiled self-deprecatingly: "If you don't like it, you should wake me up early, instead of waiting for me to wake up." ”

"You ......" Liu Chang's eyes widened angrily, and he was choked speechless by Bi Guofeng's words.

The corners of Bi Guofeng's mouth were slightly hooked, and after waking up, the sleepiness dissipated, and the addiction to smoking slowly jumped into his heart. He fumbled in his pocket and was surprised to find that there was an unopened pack of cigarettes in his pocket. Bi Guofeng didn't remember when he bought it, but he didn't care about it so much at the moment, so he immediately took out two sticks, put one in his mouth, and handed the other to Liu Chang.

"I don't smoke."

Bi Guofeng looked at Liu Chang and didn't insist, he took back his cigarette, and then took out a lighter from his pocket.

Seeing this, Liu Chang stepped forward and took away the cigarette from Bi Guofeng's mouth: "Don't you have something to ask, hurry up and ask, hurry up and leave after asking." After speaking, he casually threw the cigarette he snatched from Bi Guofeng's mouth into the trash.

Bi Guofeng sneered, and he shrugged his shoulders: "Ms. Liu, you seem to be very busy." ”

"What if you're busy, what's not busy, what does it have to do with you."

"That one just now, Xia Donglan is ......" Bi Guofeng secretly looked at Liu Chang when he mentioned Xia Donglan.

"That's none of your business." Liu Chang's expression did not change.

Yes. I've been asleep for three hours, and it's time for her to figure out what to do with me. Bi Guofeng's heart was pounding, if he had met his opponent the first few times, then this time it could be said that it was a mistake made by himself.

"Is this house yours?" Bi Guofeng was ready to start with innocuous questions and then go deeper.

"It's in my husband's name, and now he rarely comes back to live. He now lives in Canada, and I'm back this time to take care of his daughter's affairs. ”

"His daughter?" Bi Guofeng was stunned for a moment, and then reacted back, "Are you a reorganized family?" ”

"Yes, I'm Sun Qili's stepmother." Liu Chang replied without hesitation.

"No wonder, no wonder ......" What Liu Chang did in Sun Qili's house before finally had an answer, it turned out that she was just a stepmother. Sure enough, the stepmother is far less good than the biological mother, otherwise what mother would treat the relics of her own flesh and blood like that?

Liu Chang looked at Bi Guofeng's thoughtful expression and felt very uncomfortable: "You can't be thinking, I'm the murderer of Sun Qili, right?" Even if I'm her stepmother, it doesn't mean ......"

Is it exposed? Why did she take the initiative to bring it up before I asked? Bi Guofeng was overjoyed, but then he thought of the motive for killing. If Liu Chang is the murderer of Sun Qili, what will her motive be? And there is also the purpose of Sun Qili's disfigurement and removal of the body......

Bi Guofeng smiled slightly, pretending not to understand what Liu Chang was saying: "I just think that you don't look like Sun Qili at all, so you mentioned that you are her stepmother, so it suddenly dawned on you." ”

Liu Chang listened to this answer, and looked at Bi Guofeng suspiciously, but his heart was full of disbelief: "Since you didn't doubt me, what is the purpose of your coming today?" ”

Bi Guofeng just smiled and didn't say anything, he could see clearly in the information given to him by Chang Zhi that Liu Chang had only recently returned to the country. But the time when she returned to China was not after Sun Qili's death, but before Sun Qili's death. In other words, she didn't return to China to deal with Sun Qili's funeral, but for some other reason.

"Ms. Liu, how many years have it been since you immigrated to Canada?"

"About twenty years, what are you asking for?"

"More than 20 years, how many years exactly?" Bi Guofeng chased closely.

"I don't remember '94." Liu Chang spread his hands.

Bi Guofeng secretly calculated in his heart that if Liu Chang did not lie, then 24 years had passed since she and her husband emigrated. So he then asked, "Have you ever been back to China over the years?" ”

"Yes, yes, but not much. Most of them came back for funerals or weddings. ”

Bi Guofeng nodded, he took out his notebook from his arms and wrote a few numbers on it: "Then why did Sun Qili stay in China and not immigrate with you?" ”

"She's ......" Liu Chang smacked his lips in annoyance, "At that time, she said that she had made a lot of good friends here and refused to go abroad with us, so we really couldn't help her, so we had to leave her to be taken care of by her grandparents and come back with a fixed living allowance every month." ”

"Really? You can rest assured that she is alone......" Bi Guofeng asked with interest. But before the words were finished, Liu Chang interjected anxiously: "She chose it herself, what can we do, she has such a bad temper, she has the same virtue as her mother, who is to blame." And now that she has landed in this field, it is not her own fault. also entered the entertainment industry, look at her appearance, is it that piece of material? ”

Liu Chang spoke like a cannonball, and Bi Guofeng shook his head secretly, thinking: It seems that Sun Qili is unwilling to immigrate with them, it is very likely that there is another thing to say. Over the years, this family seems to be indispensable for tossing.

Bi Guofeng finally looked at Liu Chang's exaggerated face and stopped writhing, and the fine lines on it returned to smoothness, and then he slowly spoke: "Then can I ask, what are you going to do when you come back this time?" ”

Bi Guofeng waited for Liu Chang to lie, as long as she lied, it meant that she had an ulterior secret in it. And no matter what this secret is, the conjecture that she is the only suspect now has been quietly established.

Liu Chang's eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something. But it was her thought that convinced Bi Guofeng of his conjecture. Liu Chang is really not simple.

"I came back this time for some personal matters, and I don't think it has anything to do with Sun Qili's death."

Liu Chang's ambiguous answer surprised Bi Guofeng, and he thought to himself: Liu Chang should have been prepared for me to ask her this question, but why did he give such a suspicious answer? Is she deliberately disturbing me, or is she just a woman without a city?

Bi Guofeng stared at Liu Chang's lips for a moment, and then wrote hard in his notebook, and after a few moments, he wrote down a full page. Liu Chang, who was sitting opposite, couldn't see what Bi Guofeng was writing, and just listened to the "rustle" sound of writing, and was confused.

After a while, Bi Guofeng finished writing, he closed the notebook with a "snap", and then stared at Liu Chang like a naughty child after a prank succeeded: "Thank you for your cooperation, Ms. Liu, I have gained a lot today." ”

Liu Chang didn't understand what Bi Guofeng meant, she slowly stood up and held Bi Guofeng's outstretched hand, she found that Bi Guofeng's palms were not sweaty at all, and they were as dry as a desert.

Did you say something wrong? But I didn't say anything. Am I suspected of being a murderer? No, it won't, how can it be...... Liu Chang's heart was cold.

When Bi Guofeng was leaving, he looked at the piano next to the sofa again, paused for a while, and said, "Your Steinway piano has been around for some years, right?" It's a pity, it's a pity......"

Liu Chang was stunned, she was still stuck in her own thoughts, and just replied casually: "Yes." ”

This piano was used by Sun Qili to practice when she was a child, and she has always been in this old house, and she can't hear what Bi Guofeng said about the word "pity", so she just nodded yes.

Liu Chang sent Bi Guofeng all the way to the outside of the house, and when he was about to go back to the house, Bi Guofeng suddenly stuck one foot between the door and the door frame to stop her from closing the door. Liu Chang asked strangely, "What else is going on?" ”

Bi Guofeng scratched his head and said, "I asked you something personal, I don't know ......."

"Since it's a private matter, can I not answer?"

Seeing that Liu Chang was about to close the door, Bi Guofeng secretly regretted that he had asked her without being in the house just now, so he hurriedly went up and grabbed the door and said, "Just a few simple questions, please, this is very important to me." ”

Liu Chang had no choice but to let go of the doorknob: "Okay, okay, you ask." But whether you can answer it or not, not necessarily. ”

Bi Guofeng nodded, then pointed to the house next door and said, "Twenty-four years ago on Christmas, there was a murder in that house, do you remember?" ”

Liu Chang nodded: "I know, I just got married at that time." ”

Bi Guofeng's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and then he asked, "Then how much do you know about what happened that night?" ”

"A policewoman died, and ...... There are ......" Liu Chang lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally spit out a sentence, "I don't know anything else." ”

Although Bi Guofeng was a little disappointed with this answer, he still did not give up and asked: "Then what is your impression of that family?" It's the man who killed people. ”

"Men? You'll be ...... later. I'm a little confused, what man? ”

"It's the murderer, since you know about my mother's murder, how can you not know about the murderer." Bi Guofeng thought that Liu Chang was deliberately playing tricks on himself, and his tone suddenly became agitated.

"That policewoman is your mother?" Liu Chang stared at Bi Guofeng with a shocked expression.

"That's right, she's my mother."

"However, I don't know if you remember it wrong or I remember it wrong, but I have the impression that there are two women living next door." Liu Chang pondered for a moment and replied.

"Woman? How could it be a woman? Could it be that you are mistaken. ”

Is a woman capable of killing a trained police officer? If the murderer was a woman, how could she possibly live in a rental house with another woman with a child? What Liu Chang said was completely illogical.

Twenty-four years ago, the person who first discovered the domestic violence at 18 Donghua Road was a postman. At that time, the postman was responsible for the delivery of letters in Jiushan Village, which is now Yilan Village. According to the postman, he had to go to No. 18 Donghua Road every once in a while to deliver letters. It is precisely because of this that it was discovered that the family on the 18th heard the cries of children and the sound of things falling over and smashing from time to time.

The postman didn't take it to heart at first, thinking that it was just an ordinary family educating children. But over time, he found that this matter was not as simple as he imagined. When the postman delivered the letter several times, it was always a little girl covered in wounds when the family came out to stamp it. The little girl was bruised and purple, and there were hardly many places that were good. To say that this is the result of family discipline is to be too ruthless.

The postman also raised a daughter at home, and he held it in the palm of his hand for fear of breaking, and held it in his mouth for fear of melting. I couldn't even scold myself, let alone fight. Finally, after getting the letter back to the little girl, he couldn't help but look behind her to her house, wanting to see what was going on with the family, even if it was to educate children, they couldn't fight so fiercely.

Through the windowpane, the postman saw a woman in the room with her hair draped, wiping the little girl's wounds with a potion. While wiping, he muttered: "Don't blame him, blame your mother if you want to blame." Only then did the postman understand: It seems that most of the fathers in this family have a ruthless temperament, and the mother is obedient to the temper, so he should educate his children to obey the fierce father. The scars on the child's body must have been inflicted by her father.

A few days later, the postman went to deliver the letter again. It was the same little girl who came out to get the letter, and this time she was lame and limped as if she were about to fall to the ground at any moment. The postman finally couldn't take it anymore, and he quietly approached the house to look around, and saw that there was no one inside, except that he heard someone digging the ground with a hoe in the backyard. "Click, click" one after another. It was a godsend, and the postman relented, turned around and ran away with the little girl in his arms. He couldn't remember how far he had run at that time, but he only knew that he had carried the little girl and ran until he could no longer run.

The postman did not dare to take a moment's rest, so he took the child to a telephone booth and told the little girl, "Wait for your uncle, uncle will call the police, and let the police come and arrest the bad guys for you." ”

The little girl still craned her neck and innocently asked, "Who is the bad guy?" ”

The postman smiled bitterly, put the little girl at his feet, and dialed the police first. But when he explained the whole story to the police operator, he turned around and found that the little girl was missing. The postman secretly shouted that it would be bad if the little girl returned to that cave. So I hurriedly followed the road and went back to find it. When he arrived at No. 18 Donghua Road, he happened to see the little girl enter the house. The postman did not dare to come forward at this time, and by this time it was already dark, and the man must have returned. If the matter of taking his daughter out to the police without permission just now is known, he will definitely entangle with himself. The postman thought to himself: since he had already called the police, there would be nothing to do with him in the future, so he went home.

But what he never expected was that the next day, two policemen found him. Tell him that a police officer died in the line of duty last night while dealing with the domestic violence incident at No. 18 Donghua Road, and the murderer has disappeared. And this disappearance is a full twenty-four years.

Bi Guofeng was already familiar with all the postman's records, and he remembered every detail clearly. The woman who wiped the potion for the little girl in the domestic violence case was later confirmed to be the little girl's mother. But the postman's record never appeared, and at No. 18 Donghua Road, there was a second woman. Is the postman lying, or is Liu Chang lying?

"Do you think about it carefully, are there really two women living next door to you?" Bi Guofeng solemnly emphasized.

Liu Chang said: "Why am I lying to you, it is indeed two women and a little girl." Otherwise, if I call my husband, I might be mistaken. But my husband has a good memory, and he should be impressed. As he spoke, Liu Chang took out his mobile phone and dialed a number.

Bi Guofeng looked at Liu Chang with a serious look, and it didn't seem like he was lying to himself, so he simply waited patiently and waited for her and her husband to finish the phone call before asking.

Liu Chang was afraid that Bi Guofeng would not believe him, so he turned on the speaker of the mobile phone so that he could also hear what was said on the phone.

"Hey." The phone went through quickly.

"Hey, husband." Liu Chang said in a sweet and greasy voice, if it weren't for Bi Guofeng watching her talking to her husband on the phone, he would have thought she was going to be coquettish in front of her.

"What's wrong, dear."

"I want to ask you something, are you busy right now?"

"Busy but not busy...... Say, which bag do you like again? ”

Liu Chang smiled: "No, I just want to ask you, do you remember our home in Qinli?" ”

"Remember, what? Did you have any trouble going back in the past two days? ”

"No, I wanted to ask you, do you remember the two women who lived next door to the house on this side of our house, and they brought a little girl?"

"Remember, two women with a child covered in wounds. Didn't there be a homicide in that family later, and it was a female policeman who died. ”

Hearing this, Bi Guofeng "chuckled" in his heart. It is impossible for Liu Chang's husband to communicate with her in advance and tell this lie to deceive himself. In other words, there were really two women living at No. 18 Donghua Road back then.

However, if this is the case, then why is there no mention in the file that the murderer was a woman? Bi Guofeng's heart suddenly became a mess. Is it said that someone is deliberately tampering with the information? If so, who would that person be?

"Thank you, husband, I'll go back soon after I'm busy with the things at hand, bye." Liu Chang hung up the phone and looked up at Bi Guofeng, with a look of "Look, I didn't lie to you" in his eyes.

Bi Guofeng found that he tasted a sweet taste in his mouth. He licked the rotten tooth, thinking it was about to fall out. But it only swayed a few times, and still didn't mean to give in, but the sweet smell was stronger. Bi Guofeng dangled into his Santana car. He looked at the rearview mirror in the center of the car, and Zhou Xi, Sun Qili, and Liu Ruhong in the back seat all disappeared without a trace. Bi Guofeng let out a sigh of relief, glared at himself in the mirror and said, "Finally let me catch you!" Bi Guofeng slammed on the accelerator on the soles of his feet, and the car flew out with an arrow from the string.