Chapter 310: Exodus
This is only information on the first case, and there are actually two other cases that have not been made public.
At the murder scene he saw before, the "angel puppet" was the fourth incident, and in addition to the first murder "human skin puzzle", there were two other homicides.
Again, the victims were all women.
In the second case, the scene of the crime was a deserted demolition house, and the body was placed on a chair, a woman in her thirties, with a hearty meal on the table in front of the body.
However, what is of concern is that the mandible and masseter muscles of the corpse have been severed, the wound reaches the earlobe, the chin is almost cut off, and the exposed half of the tongue can be clearly seen.
Her abdominal cavity was cut open by a blade, some organs were removed, and even her ** was removed, and her body was stuffed into a large distillation flask containing mercury, and half of her tongue was kept in the distillation flask.
Because the ground of the scene appeared in the same "magic circle" pattern as the previous case, the investigators speculated that the same murderer did it, and the possibility of the imitator is not high, because the first case was covered up, and not many people except the police knew about it.
…… As for the "ritualized" scene done by the murderer, the investigators were completely confused and did not know what the purpose was.
The third case was also peculiar, especially when he saw the photos taken by the criminal investigators, his eyes widened.
"The Tree of Thorns?"
A few photos taken from different angles, located near the Swan Lake Star Residential Area, at first glance will mistake them for street crafts, but if you look closely, you will find that it is a "tree".
But by comparing a few photographs, you can see through that this thing is not a tree, but the corpse of a person, a person who has been burned to ashes.
The body was entwined with thorns and was designed to resemble a tree, and the killer brutally amputated the victim's arms and soles, and inserted a wooden stake into the victim's body, immobilizing it to the ground.
The stake passed through her anus and finally through her mouth, and the deceased suffered immensely during his lifetime, being pierced to death, and his body was scorched by flames and disguised as a tree......
Vlad Dracula of Romania, known for his stake stabbing of prisoners, showed no mercy to his people, fearing not only the people of his realm, but also the Turks, who were enemies of him.
"I will go over and see this great vision, why is this bush not burned out? When the LORD God saw that he was going to see, he cried out from the bush, saying, "Moses! Moses! He said, "Here I am." And God said, "Do not come near." Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy place."
He opened his mouth as if muttering to himself, Shang Xiuheng next to him didn't know why, only Shu Caiping on the side understood what he meant.
"Exodus?"
Shu Da Beauty raised her eyebrows and said suspiciously: "You mean...... The murderer was imitating the burning thorn tree that Moses saw! ”
"There is a possibility that the murderer was very obsessed with 'ritualization' and this alone proves that he did not act without planning or logic, and although his actions are absurd to us, they are a sacred intention to him!"
"Is that really the case? But the tree of thorns that Moses encountered was not burned in the fire, but this 'tree' was burned with charcoal, which is not in accordance with the original intention......"
"The victim did not die from the flames, but from the piercing, which did not go against the original intent and ...... This is just a metaphor for the 'sacred', and it does not directly represent the 'burning thorn'. Feng Han obviously has his own set of opinions.
"What are you talking about, what burning tree, and what Egypt?"
Shang Xiuheng was very depressed, because these two people were talking about something he didn't understand.
"The book of Exodus is a very famous passage in the Old Testament of the Bible, which is the first appearance of God before the prophet Moses of the Israelites, and it manifests a transcendent phenomenon on Mount Sinai, in the image of a tree of thorns that burns in flames, but is not burned by the fire, and conveys his oracle to Moses!"
Feng Han explained.
"In folklore and mythology, both trees and flames are carriers of the message of the gods, and the burning of sacrifices can reach the heavens, and the combination of spiritual trees is often regarded as a material for burning, and the combination of the two can indeed be related to the gods......
"Strictly speaking, what is the purpose of the 'Tree of Thorns' here, God summoned Moses to warn and announce the oracle, why would the murderer choose people to be trees here?"
Shu Caiping thought about it, she had some analytical skills for the case.
"It's unreasonable, I don't understand a lot of places."
"No, it's not difficult to understand, if the murderer's motives can be explained logically and self-consistently, then a single qiē can get a kind of conclusion that can be said to be reasonable......"
Feng Han said with a smile: "In folklore, the way of thinking that the exchange of 'main position' and 'guest position' is often used, I think it can be used here, in fact, the meaning of the thorn tree should be 'apocalypse' and 'awakening', which is a condition that acts on itself, and the murderer chooses to elaborate through the external appearance of guò in order to satisfy the inner nature of his own nature, and pursues the ......perfection of its nature."
"To paraphrase the psychological explanation, you are psychological empathy!"
Shu Caiping explained in a more professional way, probably because of her professional problems, she was obviously more familiar with criminal psychology than Feng Han.
"But it's true, if you think from the perspective of the murderer, using killing to achieve self-perfection to make up for your own psychological defects is indeed a feasible method."
The discussion between the two became deeper and deeper, and Shang Xiuheng saw that he was about to be unable to interject, and hurriedly interrupted the two of them.
"Don't talk about this yet, what is the meaning of the other three cases, and your guess, what Lao Zi's 'human skin puzzle', and the next two cases, there must be some explanation!"
"Well, maybe the second case is described as a 'feast of silence', there is a table of food in front of the deceased, and her abdomen is dissected, which also has a specific meaning, but I can't think of too much for a while......"
Feng Han used the term "Silent Banquet" to refer to the second case, which made Shu Caiping, who was standing next to him, feel a little resonant.
Half of the deceased's mouth was cut off and his chin was almost removed, so that he could not eat, but it was a very contradictory intention to deliberately serve a sumptuous meal in front of the deceased who could not eat.
…… What is the meaning of the severed tongue and the distillation flask?