As a local policeman, is it appropriate for you to take over the job of a criminal policeman?

"Captain Yu, let's go to the vegetable market?" Ye Lin said with a smile.

"Let's go. I haven't been to the market in a long time. Let's go and see this duck seller."

"Xiao Wang, go back and take a look at the forensic report first. Tell us if there is anything wrong. Ye Lin and I will go alone."

Yu Haifeng asked Wang Longxin to go back, and he and Ye Lin came to the vegetable market near Qinghe Community.

This vegetable market is quite large and is a comprehensive farmers' market that supplies the vegetable baskets of a large number of residents in the surrounding area.

The place where Aunt Liu buys ducks is closer to the inside. They are freshly slaughtered here, and they have both chickens and ducks.

"You are Lao Fei, right?" Ye Lin asked as he walked to a stall selling ducks.

The boss stood up. He was a middle-aged man with slightly fluffy hair and a dirty long leather apron covered with feathers and blood hanging on his chest.

"Oh, I am. What do I want to buy? Today's chickens and ducks are very fresh." Old Fei pointed to a row of cages in front of him. Each cage was filled with chickens and ducks, clucking non-stop.

"Do you raise these chickens and ducks yourself, or do you purchase them from abroad?" Ye Lin asked, his hands folded.

"Boss, don't worry. My chickens and ducks are all good products and many people buy them." Old Fei thought Ye Lin was being picky.

"Police! We have questions to ask you, please cooperate." Ye Lin directly showed his police officer ID.

Lao Fei was stunned for a moment, looked carefully, and said nervously: "Police, looking for me?"

"Yes, let me ask you, did an Aunt Liu come to buy an old duck yesterday?" Ye Lin said as he took out his cell phone and showed a photo of Aunt Liu.

Lao Fei took a look, thought about it carefully, and shook his head, "I know this lady, but I forgot whether she came yesterday. I can't remember her every day."

"I came early yesterday morning, probably around 6 o'clock."

Lao Fei scratched his head, still unable to remember. He turned to his wife who was busy butchering ducks in the back and shouted, "Wife, do you remember this lady came to buy ducks yesterday?"

Lao Fei's wife stood up, her face full of fatigue, holding a handful of duck feathers in her hands. She came over reluctantly and took a look. "I bought it. She always comes early. Yesterday she said she wanted to make soup for her son and daughter-in-law. I killed it."

"What's wrong? What's the problem?"

Ye Lin looked at the pile of things behind her and asked, "Usually when customers buy ducks, you kill them here right away, right?"

"Yeah, nowadays people don't know how to kill live chickens and ducks, so we charge a few dollars to help kill them."

"After the animal is killed, what about the internal organs? Do you also disembowel it? Or do you give it to the owner as a whole?"

"Usually, the duck is gutted and the internal organs are packed separately."

"Comrade police officer, I still have several ducks to kill. Please hurry up if you have anything." The proprietress was very impatient.

"What about this? Did you see this when you killed it yesterday?" Ye Lin took out the photo of his finger.

But the lady boss didn't even look at it, she just started complaining, "Did you say you lost a ring or something? I just killed a duck and it was plucked by a machine. I just washed the water, how could I care so much?"

"Yes, police comrade, when they lose something, they always think it was lost here. They didn't do anything, so how could they have lost it here?" Lao Fei also helped to explain.

"See what it is first!" Ye Lin shouted harshly.

The police became more aggressive and actually scared Mr. and Mrs. Fei.

"Just look, why are you so fierce?" The proprietress muttered and moved her head closer. There were still a lot of duck feathers in her hands, so she couldn't hold the phone.

The picture Ye Lin took with his mobile phone showed a pair of overcooked fingers in Aunt Liu's house. The proprietress looked at it for a long time but couldn't quite understand what it was.

"What is this? It looks like a chicken claw."

"This is a finger, a severed human finger." Ye Lin said calmly.

When the proprietress heard the words "broken finger", she felt nauseous in her throat.

Ugh, ugh.

He just squatted aside and vomited.

Lao Fei was so scared that he quickly went to pat his wife's back, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

The proprietress retched for a long time before she recovered. She looked at Ye Lin and the others with a pale face and eyes full of fear.

"Comrade police, please don't scare people. Why are you using this thing to scare us?" The proprietress said in a crying voice.

Lao Fei also saw clearly what it was at this time, and was so scared that his legs went limp. "Yes, police comrade, we are doing business, don't scare us."

"Scare you?" Ye Lin said calmly, "Aunt Liu found this finger while she was making soup, and she almost ate it. Tell me, was it me who scared you, or were you the ones who scared others?"

“Make soup...eat...” The proprietress instantly had a picture in her mind and lay down again, retching.

Old Fei wasn't in much better condition. His face was pale and his hands and feet began to tremble.

"These two people don't look like people who can kill people." Yu Haifeng whispered to Ye Lin.

Killing someone is easy to say, but very few people can actually do it, and it is very difficult to bear the mental pain.

These two people were so shocked by just a finger. Asking them to kill someone would be overestimating them.

Lao Fei suppressed his discomfort and said, "Comrade police, this has nothing to do with us. We are just selling ducks, not murderers."

"Yes, you see, we sell and kill ducks here, how could there be such disgusting things?" said the proprietress anxiously.

Ye Lin waved his hand, signaling them not to rush, "Look, we are here to investigate, not to say that we must rely on you, just speak up."

"According to our understanding, after Aunt Liu bought the duck from you, you washed it for her, separated the internal organs, and put it in a bag. After she went back home, she simply rinsed it and put the whole duck into the pot. After it was put into the pot, no one touched the pot. So the biggest suspect is that you put this thing in."

"No, how can we put this?"

"That's right. Besides, we don't have this either. Look, our fingers are all intact."

The couple quickly took off their gloves and showed them to Ye Lin.

Ye Lin shook his head. "We are still investigating whose finger it is. Just because your fingers are intact doesn't mean you didn't put them there. You understand. These are two different things."

"No, there's no way we can put this."

"Look, police officer, so many people buy vegetables here every day and walk around. How could I put something like this here?" The proprietress tried her best to defend herself.

"Yes, police comrade, we have been selling here for many years and this kind of thing has never happened. We have a very good reputation. If you don't believe me, ask those who buy vegetables. They have all bought from me." Old Fei pointed to the crowd watching around.