Chapter 12: Tiptoeing
In the area that Lu Ke and Mo Yufei are responsible for, there are a total of 12 shops that sell crayfish at night.
They have already walked through seven houses, and seven names have been crossed out from the notebook in Mo Yufei's hand.
Finally, when they visited the eighth house to investigate, they found clues.
"Are you sure you've seen him?"
Mo Yufei was a little incredulous, and immediately confirmed to the shopkeeper.
The owner of the shop is a fat middle-aged man who looks honest and honest.
It's just that after such a question, he hesitated for a while, first nodded, then shook his head, and the muscles on his face were trembling with the swing of his head.
Lu Ke looked up at the ceiling of the hotel and found surveillance equipment in a corner.
"Surveillance is easy to use, isn't it?" Lu Ke asked lightly.
"Good to make, good to make." He replied.
"Let's turn up the surveillance at 11 o'clock at night." Lu Ke said in a deep voice.
"No problem." The owner of the store was very cooperative, and began to operate the computer after speaking, minimizing the web page of the study of the two-color ball, and clicking on the monitoring equipment software.
The boss's operation is very fast and skilled, and it seems that he usually does not adjust the monitoring.
After about two minutes, the boss set up the monitoring at 11 o'clock that night. He directly moved the monitor of the desktop computer to the cash register and aimed it directly at Lu Ke.
As soon as Lu Ke glanced at it, he immediately narrowed his eyes.
Because of the picture quality of the monitoring screen, don't say anything "ultra-clear", "high-definition", not even "standard definition", at most it is a "smooth".
But something is better than nothing, and Lu Ke still tried to adapt his eyes to this image quality, carefully watching the surveillance video.
Surveillance footage shows that at 11:20 p.m. that night, two customers walked into the store one after the other.
They were a man and a woman, and they sat in the corner directly after entering the door.
The video is a little blurry, the faces of the two are not clear, but they can be seen more clearly from a distance, and once you look closely, it is simply a mosaic.
Judging from the woman's dress, she is the second deceased in this case, Yuan Dongni.
In this way, the man sitting across from her is most likely a murderer.
With this major discovery, Lu Ke and Mo Yufei both had long-lost smiles on their faces.
"Take a copy of the video back and let the technical investigation department do the image clearing." After Lu Ke finished explaining to Mo Yufei, he looked at the shopkeeper and asked seriously, "Can you still remember this man's appearance?" ”
"Looks...... I don't remember exactly...... "The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed.
Lu Ke paused, and then asked him: "Then why does this woman say that she is familiar when you look at the photo?" ”
This sentence made the shopkeeper not know how to answer for a while, he first smiled awkwardly, and then said with some embarrassment: "Who is okay to pay attention to what a big man looks like......
Mo Yufei couldn't hold back for a moment and laughed.
Lu Ke glanced at her, and Mo Yufei held back again.
"That'...... Are there any typical traits of him? What impressed you? Lu Ke thought about it and asked another way.
After hearing this, the shopkeeper seemed to understand a little, and instantly had an idea, he raised his head slightly, his eyes fell on the ceiling, and recalled carefully: "He seems to have some problems with his legs and feet, but the problem is not big, and he is a little tiptoeing." ”
"Tiptoe? Wrong with your legs? Lu Ke was stunned.
"It looks like it, but he doesn't show any pain when he walks, so he must be sick." The shopkeeper immediately chimed in.
Mo Yufei on the side was copying the surveillance video with a USB flash drive, and suddenly raised his head and took over: "Didn't you just say that you didn't pay attention to the old man?" How can I remember it so clearly this time? ”
The shopkeeper's expression visibly became embarrassed, he touched his head, and said, "That...... The woman was pretty and I paid more or less attention to her male partner. Her male partner is quite handsome, but I can't really tell you what she looks like if I had to describe it specifically. And at that time, I was still thinking about how such a beautiful woman could find a husband with a leg problem. ”
Although his words have some profound meanings, they are generally normal, after all, everyone has a love for beauty.
"If you think about it carefully, is there anything else about this man that impresses you?" Lu Ke nodded and continued to speak to the shopkeeper.
Now that there are clues, the two of them are not in a hurry, he gives the shopkeeper enough time to recall, and the more he can think of, the better.
The shopkeeper habitually took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, lit it and began to swallow the clouds: "The two of them ordered some barbecue and a few catties of crayfish, but they didn't drink, and they asked for a drink, saying they were going to drive." By the way, the man's accent wasn't local, but I couldn't tell where it was. ”
Then the shopkeeper tried to imitate the man's accent and said a few words, like a clown, and made himself laugh.
Mo Yufei laughed even more, but Lu Ke didn't laugh, and said lightly: "Jiangnan accent." ”
"I feel that man's leg is either congenital or acquired." The shopkeeper spit out a circle of eyes and said.
"What is the difference between what you say and what you don't say?" Mo Yufei pulled out the USB flash drive and said with a smile.
The shopkeeper immediately changed his tune and explained, "No, I mean, his illness is not a congenital disease, something must have happened later." ”
"Car accident?" Lu Ke frowned suddenly, as if he had thought of something.
After Lu Ke's reminder, Mo Yufei immediately tensed her nerves.
The serial killings were carried out against female drivers, and it is likely that the killers were hostile to the female driver industry. Combined with his leg disease, could it be that he was hit by a female driver?
"It's a psychopath, what's wrong with the female driver? This is obvious discrimination. Mo Yufei muttered.
Lu Ke looked at Mo Yufei's appearance and said lightly: "Put away the USB flash drive, notify the other investigation teams, and meet at the town police station in half an hour." ”
"Okay." Mo Yufei put the USB flash drive in her pocket and left stupidly.
"If you see this man again recently, be sure to contact the police in time." Lu Ke explained a few more words to the shopkeeper and left.
Lu Ke walked out of the store, Mo Yufei had already contacted the other investigation teams, and was standing on the side of the road, not knowing what he was thinking.
Lu Ke patted her on the shoulder: "The murderer is regardless of nationality, the deceased is male or female, as a criminal policeman, it is good to have a sense of justice, but it is too kind and emotional, I advise you to quit the front line and go to civilian and internal service." ”
Mo Yufei took a deep breath and said slowly: "I just think that there are always some criminals who are a little ...... psychologically."
"People with a normal mind will not commit crimes, and you will encounter all kinds of strange reasons for committing crimes in the future. Let's go, go to the police station. Lu Ke said lightly and turned to leave.