It was already late at night, and the lights were turned off in all but our room, which was lit up. I couldn't hear anything but the wind outside. We went back to our respective rooms, wrapped in a thick quilt, listened to the wind outside, and fell asleep warmly.

Early the next morning, I was woken up by the sound of the wind outside. The heating in the house is still very sufficient, looking through the window, I saw that Captain Zhou was shoveling snow outside with the criminal police officers of the criminal police team, the snow outside was not as big as last night, if you didn't take advantage of the snow to shovel a road, I'm afraid the car couldn't go out.

walked out of the house, thinking about helping Captain Zhou and the others.

Captain Zhou saw me walk out and said, "You got up so early, how did you sleep last night?"

"Good night's sleep. I answered truthfully.

Captain Zhou was talking to me, but the action of shoveling snow did not stop, the weather was cold, but his forehead was full of fine sweat: "That's, our Yumu City Public Security Bureau doesn't say anything else, just say that this heating is enough, and it is comfortable when you sleep at night." ”

I smiled and looked around. The surroundings are covered in silver, and from time to time there is a "click" sound of snow crushing the dead branches. The police car next to the wall was covered with snow and looked to be more than a dozen centimeters thick. This kind of weather will cause a lot of obstacles to our investigation of the case, and I said with some worry: "It is estimated that no one will shovel snow on the road in Tougouzi Village, and today we have to find out if there are any other organs scattered at the scene of the crime." ”

Captain Zhou stopped what he was doing, 'inserted' the shovel into the snow, held the shovel handle with both hands, and looked up at the sky: "Yes, I'm afraid I won't be able to encounter such ghost weather for more than ten years, and I don't know if you're lucky or unlucky." The snow on the road in the village is probably 'quite thick'. ”

"We have encountered homicides that we have not encountered in decades. I also looked up at the sky: "It's not a problem to encounter heavy snow that has not been encountered in more than ten years." Last night, it was estimated that the snow fell another ten centimeters, almost covering the small ~ 'legs' of the person. Combined with the snow from the past few days, the snow next to the village is estimated to be 20 centimeters, right?"

Captain Zhou exhaled a breath of heat: "I see, it's thirty centimeters, and if this snow is going to fall all the time, it is estimated that it will reach your knees and mine!"

"Let's eat. Captain Zhou put the shovel aside and shouted.

Everyone went back to the house to warm up and eat, Captain Zhou turned his head to me and said: "Look at this weather, I'm afraid that there will be no shortage of calls for help from the police today, the police station is not manpowered, and we want to find physical things.

I shook my head and said, "No, I'll ask Team Leader Shao to help us with manpower, he is much more effective than you and me." Let's go to Tougouzi Village today to inquire about the situation and see if anyone has gone missing recently. Now we only have one big ~ 'leg' in our hands, and we can't even tell whether it is a man or a 'woman' big ~ 'leg'. I guess I'd better find out more information. ”

Captain Zhou nodded, patted me on the back, and motioned for me to go to dinner together.

After a simple meal, Captain Zhou drove the car. Several criminal police officers added snow chains to the wheels of the car, but even so, Captain Zhou did not dare to drive the car too fast. Several people did not have much hope for today's search, first, because there were not enough people, and second, the snow was so thick that it was estimated that even the footprints we left yesterday were covered.

However, we were still too optimistic, because the car could only drive halfway along the path, and further ahead, the snow completely covered the road, and Captain Zhou could not tell where the road was and where the ridge was. If you keep going, it is easy to overturn if you drive on the ridges.

A few of us didn't dare to joke with our lives, Captain Zhou walked down from the car, stood beside the car and looked left and right for a long time, and then said: "The road is just such a road, but don't dare to 'mess' away." The path in the village was full of twists and turns, and now the snow covered it, and it was difficult for people who didn't know the road to find it smoothly. ”

Captain Zhou sat in again, took out his mobile phone and said to us: "Come and I'll call the village chief of Tougouzi Village and ask him to send a few people to pick us up." ”

As he spoke, Captain Zhou made a phone call on his own.

It seems that Captain Zhou is more familiar with the village chief of Tougouzi Village.

Ten minutes later, Captain Zhou said to us: "The village chief has already told me, and he will send Lao Xia to show us the way in a while." But as you know about Lao Xia, I don't dare to let him show us the way. I guess it's an hour's walk from the village, so why don't you walk there?"

Captain Zhou seems to have a 'shadow' shadow of Lao Xia's previous behavior, but driving in such bad weather, especially in this kind of snow with extremely poor road conditions, is too dangerous. Walking distance is also a good option, although it is not a short walk. I suddenly thought of a question, in that environment, the murderer had no way to use the 'communication' tool, and he should have been on foot.

And if the murderer was on foot, then he must not be far from Tougouzi Village, but not too close. If it's too far, it's hard to start, and if it's too close, someone will definitely find out.

We waited in the car for about an hour, and Lao Xia was late.

Through the car window, we can see Lao Xia's figure shaking and shaking, he is wearing a heavy hat, covering his ears, but the mouth still has not undergone any warmth measures, it is still abrupt and terrifying. When Lao Xia saw our car, he stopped his steps, stretched out his hand and waved it from a distance, signaling us to go to him.

Captain Zhou locked the car, looked at Lao Xia, looked at us again, and said, "Then the police car will stop here, let's follow Lao Xia." When we arrived at Tougouzi Village, we went to the village chief first, and maybe the village chief could tell us some details about the village. ”

Lao Xia still walked forward silently and quickly, he seemed to have a unique way of walking in the snow, never dragging mud and water. And every time we step on it, we must first explore the reality and reality, for fear that if we don't step on it, we will slide ourselves and eat a dog ~. Lao Xia is like having eyes behind him, when we walk slowly, his speed also slows down, and when we speed up, he also accelerates.

He kept a distance of three or four meters from us at all times, and seemed unwilling to mingle with us.

It's really a weird person, but presumably if any person's face becomes the face of Lao Xia, no matter how cheerful a person is, he will become silent and dull.

It is estimated that it will take more than an hour to walk on the road, and it may be okay for Lao Xia to be silent and not say a word for a day, but we can't do this. On the way, we discussed our thoughts about this case, whether the portrait of the murderer was accurate, and we didn't know how to talk about Lao Xia's body.

Guan Zengbin whispered: "Actually, to be honest, when I saw this old Xia for the first time, it really scared me." I've seen a lot of people with severe burns before, but this is the first time I've seen such severe burns on my face. I'll tell you the truth, it's really not easy to survive like this. ”

Guan Zengbin deliberately kept his voice very low, afraid that Lao Xia in front of him would hear it. However, looking at his indifferent appearance, it is estimated that Lao Xia should not hear it.

Gu Chen glanced at Lao Xia's back and said, "Now there is an online game called Dead by Daylight, which is about the butcher chasing the survivors. When I saw Lao Xia for the first time, I thought that this person looked exactly like the butcher inside. But Wu Meng, there is one thing worth noting about the content of your profile, do you think the murderer is a butcher?"

I nodded and said slowly, "From my intuition, the murderer must be a butcher, and he has been doing this for many years. He was used to this kind of bloody thing, and in his mind, there was no difference between killing people and slaughtering the rest of the animals. ”

I don't know if there is an ambiguity between me and Gu Chen's words, this week the captain has been staring at Lao Xia's back, as if he wants to see through the skin directly through Lao Xia's heart. Looking at Captain Zhou's appearance, I knew that Captain Zhou might be beginning to suspect Lao Xia.

Thinking of this, I hurriedly whispered to Captain Zhou: "I said Captain Zhou, although Gu Chen said that Lao Xia is like a butcher, this doesn't mean anything. With a big head and a thick neck, he is either a big man or a man, which is also a joke. ”

"Lao Xia has more than one meter and eight meters. Captain Zhou began to analyze them one by one: "Wu Meng, among the several conditions you mentioned, this Lao Xia has met a lot. ”

Clearing his throat, Captain Zhou became serious: "As I said just now, everyone can see that Lao Xia is more than one meter eight tall, and you can see that his physique is indeed strong." He wears rain boots and leather gloves. Although he said that he was not wearing any uniform, he did not 'stand up' with a big belly. There was no blood-stained apron on his stomach, and he didn't have a machete in his hand. ”

"But murderers don't show their true colors, right?" Captain Zhou stared at Lao Xia's back and said, "You can't always carry a machete all day long, and look like I'm a murderer, right?"

I was almost amused by Captain Zhou's words, and said, "Naturally, what I depicted was only the appearance and characteristics of this murderer when he was killing. And when the murderer doesn't kill, he may change his appearance. After all, everyone's heart is unfathomable, and everyone is different and multifaceted. And maybe it's only when he kills people that he really becomes himself. ”

Captain Zhou nodded.

Gu Chen handed the two of us a cigarette at this time, and he lit one himself, and said: "But Lao Xia's profession is not a butcher, he can't look like a butcher and have to be a butcher." If that were to say, I should go to the gym and become a fitness instructor?"

Captain Zhou stopped suddenly, then looked at us with a strange look, and quietly pointed to Lao Xia in front of him, and said in a low voice: "But what if, Lao Xia was a butcher before?"

We all looked at Captain Zhou.