Murder

Wu, who had been standing beside him, said, "It is indeed a little heavier and a little fatter. The shoes at home are a little tight."

Sima Feng raised his eyebrows, but didn't make a sound.

He lowered his head to examine the wound on the boy's forehead.The wound was caused by stones in the stream after falling from the bridge. The opening was large and fatal.Sima Feng looked at the clothes and pants of the boy's hands and feet: "Are these clothes new?"

"No." The policeman said, "His family really wanted to change his clothes, but our adults said that the body should not be destroyed. At that time, his family had already put on a shoe, which we took off in the end, and they were still wearing the clothes they had when they died."

"Is this the clothes you wore when you died?" Sima Feng raised his eyebrows again.

The police officer nodded, understanding what he meant: "That's right, when he fell off Fuyan Creek, he was wearing this new suit."

Sima Feng signaled Wu Zuo to come forward.What Zuo Zuo said was no different from what he observed: there was fluid in the child's nose and throat, but the real threatening injury was the cut on his forehead, and the bleeding stopped immediately after the impact. The child lost a lot of blood in a coma. And showing signs of drowning, if you want to really judge how he died, you have to do an autopsy.There is no trauma on the child, the whole body is very complete, and it can even be said to be healthy.

"Young ones cannot be dissected." Wu Zuo said, "In the past, Master Wu was the one who inspected the corpse with the villain. But Master Wu went back to his hometown to visit relatives, and the child's body has been kept there."

Sima Feng nodded knowingly.Most of the autopsies are indeed not allowed, because this profession is lowly, and most of them are performed by "untouchables", and the dead are big, so the untouchables are not allowed to search and dissect the corpses at will.

He hooked his fingers at Ah Si, and Ah Si immediately handed him the leather bag.

"Ah Si, you, Wu Zuo, and the patrolling brother stay here, and the rest go out first." Sima Feng took out thin knives and other utensils from the leather bag, "I'll do the autopsy."

Everyone stood outside Yizhuang, having nothing to do for a while, and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Yongbo and others told the police about Gan Lele's great work, but unexpectedly they had heard of Gan Lele's name. Everyone was overjoyed: they finally found a common topic.

So everyone chatted about Gan Le's gossip for half an hour.

After talking, Gan Lexi started to talk about the current case.

A patrolman had a sad face: "I didn't dare to go home last night. People from Lu Yuanwai's family blocked the alley. When they saw me, they kept asking and asking me, and I was not allowed to pass."

"Who is Yuanwai Lu?" Yongbo asked curiously.

"A big family in Rongqing City." The policeman lowered his voice, "The second child who died was his grandson, Du Miao. His son died outside in the early years, and this child was left behind, who is in pain like a pearl. Unexpectedly, he died in Fuyan Creek."

"The other two children are also from wealthy families?"

"No. The third child is from an ordinary family, and the first child is just a girl who can't even find her parents."

"Can't find it?" Everyone in Sima's family was taken aback, "My child is gone, why do you still say that you can't find it?"

The patrolmen talked one after another.It turned out that after they fished out Nvwazi's body, they put up a list and searched for it for several days, but no one came to reveal the list.Later, when they were on patrol, they also carefully questioned the people in Rongqing, and they all said that they hadn't lost their dolls recently.In the end, the master was careful, and found an incident a month ago in the file: A couple passing by Rongqing reported to the street patrol that their daughter had disappeared.The couple went to work in another city, and it happened to be New Year's Eve, and they dragged their families to seek a living elsewhere.Unexpectedly, the two of them rested for a while at the tea stall outside Rongqing City, and when they turned their heads, the child disappeared.

The patrol reported to the master, and the master recorded the incident.But after searching for more than half a month, there was no trace of the little girl.The couple guessed that they were kidnapped by Pai Huazi, and left Rongqing City with another child, crying.

"The little girl has a scald scar on her hand, which matches the corpse we found, so it should be." The policeman sighed, "It's just missing at the foot of Chishen Peak. There are people coming and going in that place, what the hell is going on?" We didn't even think about who took the child away, and we couldn't find any clues."

Yongbo thought for a while and asked, "Who opened that tea stall?"

"I know what you want to say, it wasn't made by the owner of the tea stall." The policeman shook his head, "There is no owner in the tea stall. Every morning, people from Wuyan Pavilion transport the boiled tea to the tea stall, leaving only two A helper watched. The tea is free, and anyone who passes by can drink it. There are many people in the tea stand, and the two helpers also said that they did not see anyone abducting a child. Brick walls, just a simple big shed, no place to hide at all."

When the members of the Sima family heard the name of Wuyan Pavilion, they all showed a look of sudden realization.

Jianghu is divided into regions, and regions have gangs.In the upper reaches of the Yulan River Basin, the most famous gang is the Wuyan Pavilion.

In Yizhuang, Sima Feng was also talking about Wuyan Pavilion with Ah Si.

"Wuyan Pavilion is the largest Jianghu gang around Rongqing City. It is not only large in scale, but also famous." While carefully searching for the food residue in the child's stomach, he spoke, because his mouth and nose were covered with a cloth towel, and his voice was a bit uncomfortable. Let's breathe, "But the Rongqing government will not seek help from Wuyan Pavilion. The reputation and prestige of Wuyan Pavilion is even greater than that of Rongqing government. If you ask for help from such a Jianghu gang, you are afraid of endless troubles, and the loss outweighs the gain."

Ah Si nodded, indicating that he understood.The policeman who stayed in the house just now said that Rongqing City has a large population and there are many people coming and going, so it is difficult to investigate, so he proposed to seek help from Jianghu gangs, just like Shifang City near the Shaoyi League asked the leader of the martial arts alliance Lin Shaoyi for help.But Sima Feng rejected his proposal.

"Wuyan Pavilion was founded 50 years ago. The current pavilion owner is Shao Jinjin, the only son of the former pavilion owner. I met him at the martial arts conference. He is very nice, without airs, and has enough demeanor, but he doesn't know each other very well. Good judgment." Sima Feng sighed, turned around and put the food scraps in his hand on the cloth on the low table behind him, "The food in the stomach is full of meat and vegetables, it doesn't look like it was abused."

The assistant on the side quickly said: "Yes. Master Wu and I also found this situation after the autopsy of the first two children. There is a lot of food in the stomach, and it is not rough food. According to the degree of food utilization, the first two children are both died within three hours of taking the food."

"This is the same." Sima Feng took off his gloves and washed his hands in a bucket beside him, "These three children were indeed taken away, but they were not abused, and they were fed by Haosheng, and they were wearing new clothes when they died. .The prisoner treated them well."

After seeing the first dead little girl, Sima Feng gasped slightly in surprise.

"What?" Ah Si hurried over.

"Look at her head, her belt, shoes and socks."

Ah Si looked at it for a long time, but couldn't detect any clues from this half-decomposed corpse.

"The little flowers on the headband and bun are all blue, her belt and shoes are also blue, and her socks are white with blue patterns." Sima Feng said, "The clothes she wore when she died were well matched. of."

Ah Si suddenly realized, and nodded again and again: Makes sense.

"When the child fell down Fuyan Creek, her face was facing up, and the wound was on the back of her head." Wu Zuo added, "Her cheeks are rosy, and she still has a little fragrance of powder."

"Oh. It seems that there is at least one woman among the prisoners or accomplices." Sima Feng said.

The policeman nodded behind him: "Yes. The makeup on this child's face is very natural and even. Looking at the bun and clothes, it has been well-groomed."

After leaving Yizhuang, the patrol told Sima Feng a lot of other information.

Because the second child was the grandson of a wealthy family in the city, Mr. Lu spent a lot of money to hire many people, and searched for it with great fanfare for several days, but found nothing.Because of this, everyone in the city knew the news of the child's disappearance, so when the child's body was found again in Fuyan River, rumors spread everywhere and could not be controlled.

A small flake of pure gold was also found on the child's foot, tied around the ankle by a red string.On the front of the gold piece is a small dragon with teeth and claws, and on the back is the word "Rui".However, after questioning, it was discovered that the gold piece did not belong to the child.

"Rui is not a character that ordinary people can afford. Ordinary people dare not use such a big and heavy character." The policeman said, "We immediately searched for people who had the word Rui throughout the process, but only three were found, and the three They are all old people who are over seventy years old, so there is no possibility of committing crimes."

"Mr. Lu is a big family... Has the prisoner asked for money or anything?" Sima Feng asked.

"No."

"Then his goal is not money." Sima Feng said calmly, "The search in the city was done with great fanfare, but he was not affected or shaken at all. He was able to kill the child smoothly, and kidnapped and killed him The third child. The gold piece does not belong to the child, so it should be left by the prisoner. He left physical evidence, or he was bold enough to think that you were unable to catch him, or he was out of his mind and didn't even notice that he left The physical evidence was laid down. The children were taken away, and they were taken care of well during the period, but in the end they were killed... This prisoner is either abnormal, or he has a firm mind and careful thinking, and he is definitely not an ordinary criminal."

"We're looking for Tachibana..."

Sima Feng interrupted the policeman: "It's not patting Huazi. Patching Huazi only wants money, even if it kills, it will be done quietly. Why would you deliberately throw the body in the bustling stream?"

He thought of the child who claimed to have seen the woman in red, and thought of stopping by to ask.Thinking of children and patting Huazi, Sima Feng wondered why there were so many cases related to patting Huazi in the past few months, so many that he was surprised.

Turning the corner, he couldn't help reining in the horse's head.Several children were playing and playing on the road, one of them was wearing a white shirt, and in the blink of an eye, he looked a little like a young Chi Yebai.

Sima Feng's mind was spinning rapidly, and as he turned around, he parted out another half strand to miss Chi Yebai who he couldn't see.

Thinking of him holding hands with me when he was young, being affectionate and cute, my heart is sour, sweet and bitter.

When the children heard the sound of horseshoes, they all hid on the side of the road and looked up at the tall horse passing by.

Sima Feng glanced at it, and suddenly remembered the three dead children.

They are both very good-looking children, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, pointed chins and straight noses. Thinking about it carefully, they seem vaguely similar.

I was comparing it in my mind, when I suddenly heard someone behind me on a fast horse rushing up.

"Brothers, hurry, hurry back to your home!" The patrolman stuttered, "A-again, another child is missing!"

"Where did you miss it?" The patrolmen were taken aback.

The policeman seemed to be about to cry: "It's right at the entrance of the government office, and it's gone in a blink of an eye. Now the outside of the government office is full of people, and the stone lions have been crushed."