Daqing Criminal Division

A former city defense battalion soldier, or someone who has military experience in the past.

This key clue, which is so detailed that it can almost pin down a person, seems to narrow down the scope of the perpetrators in the three cases.

It's two quarters.

Pingyang County Government.

Across a long corridor, in the three-in-three-out inner hall where the officials usually work, Mr. Liu Chuang, who was so anxious that he took off his official robe and sat down in his normal clothes, was frowning and sitting in front of the two people. people across.

Of the two of them, one acted quite recklessly, and he was a person who was extremely talented in filing criminal cases.

The other is rigorous and introverted, has a mediocre style, and is very experienced and calm in his ability to judge things personally. He belongs to the person who can notice the subtleties.

The scattered Yinfu information that was composed of small pieces of paper of different lengths scattered on the case table was also deciphered bit by bit from his original one.

The murderer probably felt that there were not many people who knew the special codes of this kind of city defense battalion, and his special marking method would not be easily discovered by others.

But obviously, the two people he met were also very human in their own right.

Duan Xiao is because of his previous experience as an official.

Fucharzi, on the other hand, seemed to know everything about people with military experience.

Not only is he very familiar with the use of Yin Talisman in the army, but he is also very familiar with the deployment of city defense battalion officials. .

"The Yin Talisman he used is very obvious. It is a bit far-fetched to say that he has been in the army, so the identity of the soldier of the city defense battalion is more in line with this person himself."

"Perhaps a few years ago, the city defense battalion in Pingyang County experienced a major change. Many soldiers lived on the streets. Because they had no way to make a living, some of them had no way of making money. They used to hold sabers in their hands. You can order others to pay tribute, but if you become a commoner, you will be as poor as others.”

Seeming to have completely seen through the murderer's habit of using this set of Yin Talisman, Fucharzi, who withdrew his gaze from identifying the code, made his own conclusion.

But just as Fucha Erji and Duan Xiao described to Mr. Liu Chuang one by one.

This time, the murderer who can master the Yin Talisman communication method should be between 30 and 50 years old.

He has been engaged in physical labor in the lower class all year round, and his stature and appearance cannot be determined for the time being, but from the results of Shuanghuan's autopsy, it may be guessed that he may be of extraordinary height and arm strength.

He is literate, and usually has the habit of reading some official newspapers and newspapers in various prefectures and counties.

However, given that this person is living in poverty, he can only survive by hiding in other people's homes as a stalker all the year round. It should be that he had to beg and pickpocket in teahouses in the past to get access to such information.

For some reason, he may travel to and from Songjiang Prefecture and Pingyang County.

He is very familiar with the terrain and the required footsteps in this area, which also constitutes the three points that the government must master if they want to arrest this person: age, behavioral characteristics, and area.

"Wait—but how did the two of you infer that he is literate, reads the Dibao, and travels to and from Songjiang and Pingyang?"

"You have to know that the small portraits published in the newspapers before have only been pictures, without words. Even if they are Yinfu, they don't involve words. If he is an illiterate person, he has only been reprinted by others to commit crimes. where?"

Hearing this, before the gongan said, he leaned down slightly, and the immediate superiors in Pingyang also raised a finger to signal them to stop.

Mr. Liu Chuang, who was sitting upright, looked majestic and his eyes were piercing, but he also saw the expressions of the two rather remarkable partners who had filed criminal cases in front of him.

He believed in the audacity that had always been evident in these two men.

It is not enough to make such hasty conclusions, but from the perspective of a government official who is responsible for the people, he needs a more detailed analysis of the case to explain everything in front of him in detail.

Hearing this, some two people who were sitting with Mr. Liu Chuang and the gang of Pingyang county government servants with arms folded together gave the answer.

It was also at this point that Duan Xiao, who had noticed this problem before, raised his palm first, pulled out the case file that was piled high because of the investigation, and showed them Pan Er's case for the first time. Those newspaper clippings during the analysis were taken out at one time.

Duan Xiao's hands are long and thin, with well-defined joints.

There is a cold feeling when you hold the corner of this thin paper without using any force.

In addition, the whole person's face and a pair of eyes always have a transparent and cold feeling that sees through the essence of things, even analyzing the case is full of pressure.

The first thing he took out was a piece of paper published in a mansion newspaper called Capital Songchuan on the first day of the lunar new year.

According to the results of screening and filtering by the people in the yamen according to the elements of the case, there is no small image about the King of Hell on it, so at that time, it was ignored by everyone in this way.

"My lord and everyone will still remember the mansion newspapers that were cut out one by one."

Duan Xiao, who bowed his head to give a demonstration to everyone, took out one of the sheets and cut it into a small square shape, with the name Capital Song Chuan asked in densely packed small lead characters on the top.

"This, of course I remember! This was cut by me for Mr. Liu at the time! But isn't it because the yamen used to find out whether the hell king would publish it in the mansion newspaper? All the clippings of the official residence and the people's newspaper, there is no small portrait of the king of hell on it!"

A yamen servant from Pingyang County named Deng Mingtong clapped his hands, then frowned and looked around in confusion and said,

"Yes, there is indeed no small portrait released by the king of hell on it."

It can be heard that even if he is sitting in the government office, a person who is not trimmed even if he sits beside him with his hands tilted open his mouth to follow Duan Xiao's words.

He and Duan Xiao have always been evenly matched, and they often overlap in behavior and judgment.

So I held the pen in one hand, and with a posture of turning the pen, neatly drew a red circle in the lower left corner of the famous capital Song Chuan, then covered the corner of the mansion newspaper with the back of my hand and tapped it with the middle finger and index finger. Go to the information channel in the red circle,

"But on it, there is an official newspaper issued by Mr. Jiahui and the prefect's wife that day, the Jiangning General Soldier issued an order to seal the order of the wife. The title on it said "Songjiang Chu's First Order Received the Order", and it mentioned that the Jiangnan General Soldier was staying. In the outer courtyard of the magistrate's wife's house, it was also mentioned that Mr. Jiahui's family is clean and clean, and the house is well decorated."

"The murderer didn't know the wife of the prefect, but he saw the information about the wife of the prefect from the newspaper."

"It's as if I didn't know the prefect's wife before, but I pay attention to this kind of information every day from the residence newspaper."

"Today I know that the prefect is at home, and tomorrow I know that the prefect is not at home. The prisoner will first find out how many people are in the prefect's house, and then determine the time when the prefect is on duty on weekdays."

"..."

"In addition, there are land property, people's livelihood, taxation, and promotion. Because Mr. Jiahui is an official, he will report to the official residence whenever he has official business. Therefore, everything in his family will be recorded over time. Only when he has been observing the murderer for a long time He sneaked into the hall without anyone noticing, and knew everything about the prefect's house like the back of his hand."

"By analogy, you can find out if there is any information about Kang Ju's family and Chen Mingtang's family in these scattered mansion newspapers. It is not directly related to their being targeted, but their house information and personal habits. Unknowingly it was leaked."

"—!"

This word, just like a gavel, woke up all the people who were trapped in the puzzle behind the heavy fog.

The police, headed by Pan Er Deng Mingtong, hurriedly wiped away other newspaper clippings on the table, and quickly searched for the information that actually involved the case.

"Here, yes! My lord! Here! In the newspaper of the old county mansion, there was news that Kang Ju's family had changed ownership of the land on the fourth day!"

As he spoke, he held up one of the piles of shredded papers, and each of the little policemen spoke in surprise.

"And this, this, this is the news that Chen Mingtang and his wife's ancestral house and Xiazhuangzi need to pay taxes to the yamen regularly because of the jicama business with others!"

Another police officer also picked out such a similar mansion newspaper after some searching.

During these fifteen days, the magistrate's wife, Kang Juren and Chen Mingtang and his wife had all appeared in different residence newspapers.

Their information was hidden in all kinds of official residence news, but they were still discovered by the real murderer who was hiding in the dark with his unique observation ability.

In this way, the root cause of how the murderer found these three houses was found.

"You guys, hurry up and search according to the characteristics that Fucha and Duan Xiaokou said. First, go to the former city defense battalion, Sun Guanshi, and ask about personnel one by one! Then follow the Songjiang River to Pingyang and find me bit by bit at the river dam. , we must catch this real culprit!"

"Pan Er! Remember the three days before you came back to me! In the three days, I want you to bring me the hostage and the murderer back to the Yamen properly!"

"Yes! Your lord!"

Mr. Liu Chuang, who was dressed in a black official uniform, slammed his eyes on the table and ordered to search the entire murderer's footprints. His aura is also quite amazing.

In addition, before, the government conducted a large-scale investigation in Pingyang County about the first sedan chair found at the bottom of the river.

So far, the government has not yet determined what the murderer used the sedan chair for.

But if you want to lift the sedan chair, you must find a bearer.

So at that time, I was mainly looking for bearers who had sent a child to the river dam in the county. At that time, no one believed it. Now that there are other clues.

Pan Er and the others decided to change the angle of looking for someone, starting from whether there was anyone who looked exactly like the former city defense battalion officer's physical features to look for the bearer.

It is also based on the past experience of the stalker, the distance between the current location of the person and the three homes when the three crimes were committed, and the face and image of the prisoner is being gradually outlined.

eighteenth.

Pan Er and the others searched for a whole day and night in various counties.

The people along the way didn't know what the yamen servants were doing, so they went door-to-door to check the population. They couldn't wait to dig three feet of the ground, but they didn't let anyone who met the conditions go unnoticed.

Duan Xiao stayed at the Yamen.

But he also knows exactly how difficult the process of arresting people is.

In the city defense camps from south to north, there is a dangerous criminal hiding in it as an ordinary refugee.

This is a battle between the government and the criminals, in the name of justice, but also to catch the real culprit of the case.

At this moment, no one knows what the outcome will be.

The endless night.

nineteenth.

In order to further lead this hell king out.

Fucha Erji thought of a way for Pan Er and the others, saying that through the government, he privately notified Kang Ju's concubine to take the land deed from the farm, and deliberately fabricated the information to choose a man from Pingyang. Quite far away, he made up a piece of information about real estate sales in a corner of the residence newspaper.

He knew that the perpetrator would continue to read the Di Bao for new information.

Based on his previous knowledge of the residences and access methods of the three victims, he inferred them after reading the random news in the newspapers.

Once he finds out that the concubine of the Kang family has published property information in a remote mansion newspaper with an unknown boudoir name, the king of hell who knows that the Kang family may have wealth that he has never known will come again. out of the hole.

At that time, we must find out the detailed whereabouts of this stalker.

It is no longer necessary to follow his footsteps, but can directly lead him out and arrest him in one fell swoop.

Their two-pronged approach this time has quietly set up a net for the hell king in Pingyang County.

Whether it can be grasped depends on the decision made overnight.

This night was a night that the entire Pingyang County was never in the mood to rest.

There are still [-] hours left, which is the last day of the [-]th day. At this point, the case has entered a crucial stage of detection.

[-]th

Early in the morning, the fog outside the city was still there.

It was still dark outside, and Pan Er, who had stayed up for several nights, slapped open the gate of the yamen with a knife on his face, and the yamen servants on duty in the court hurried out, and saw that the face that had been suffering for so many days had faded The policeman snorted.

"Master Liu! Master Liu! We found it! We found it!"

The phrase "found" is extremely exciting, because they have found a person who perfectly matches and has all the motives and conditions for committing a crime.

The second-class Xiaoqi in the former city defense battalion rescued the [-]-year-old Manchurian Guo Mubu.

According to the person who corrected him, this person defended the city defense in Songjiang Mansion three years ago.

The city defense camp was an iron rice bowl. At that time, his official position was not high, but within a year, he was fired because he missed his errand by drinking in the middle of the night in the camp.

He once publicized it outside, saying that Mr. Jiahui's indiscrimination between right and wrong caused him to lose his job.

After he was dismissed, he went back to Pingyang and did watering and farming work for others for a few days, but later he gradually lost track of what to do. Usually, he didn't come to the market in Pingyang County very often.

I heard that in the past two years, he was lewd and gambled badly, his body had already been exhausted, and he lived under the bridge hole for a living.

Such an idle person who has no property and no property, and often wanders in the lower nine popular places, but everything about him is completely consistent with the appearance and characteristics of that hell king.

According to what Pan Er said when he was arrested on the spot.

At that time, this person was carrying a basket of jicama and was going to Songchuan County. Songchuan was the place where Fuchaerji had asked the concubine of the Kang family to fabricate the land and planned to go there soon.

Prior to this, Pan Er and the others had already spotted this person from the North and South Patrol Battalions.

I have been watching him secretly for several days, and when I saw that he finally showed a clue, I immediately arrested him. When I caught him, he was penniless except for the basket of jicama, and he was dressed in rags, like a beggar. .

When you especially found this person, he was not far from Pingyang, and the former city defense battalion manager who had known him for many years identified him at a glance for the government.

But when he was brought to the government for interrogation, this man hunched over in the execution room, with his numb eyes open and silent.

"Guo Mub! Guo Mub! I'll show you these little statues! Who made this! Answer me!"

"..."

No matter how Pan Er put on the majesty of the yamen and asked him, he didn't say a word.

To make matters worse, when the people in the Pingyang County government woke up from the joy of catching people at first, they also realized a problem, a crucial problem, that is——

If this Guo Mubu is the real murderer, where is the missing Kang Juren now?

Only the suspected murderer was caught, but no real evidence that could punish his crime was found. All of this seemed to be beaten back to its original shape.

Especially if he has always maintained this attitude of refusing to plead guilty, then the government that cannot find Kang Juren will not be able to do anything to him.

It was also under such circumstances that upon learning of this, the Pingyang County government, including Duan Xiao, who had assisted in the case for a long time, decided to use a method that had been reserved until now.

"On the stone slab above the chimney in the gray courtyard, when the murderer hugged his knees, his feet would be curled up. In order to save space, he would step on the top of the chimney with the soles of his feet. As long as the stone slab is removed, he can inspect it. The footprints of the murderer who entered Kang Ju's house."

"... Could the footprints on it be yours, Guo Mubu?"

This hidden method to identify the real culprit has never been mentioned by anyone before.

Because if the suspect cannot be caught, the so-called footprint inspection is only based on virtual inference.

But an astonishing result that no one expected appeared.

——The shoe prints on the top of the chimney rubbed by the yamen servants with a piece of paper are not consistent with the footprints rubbed with red mud on Guo Mubu's shoes.

This time, even Duan Xiao made a mistake in personal judgment for the first time.

His eyes, which had been staring at the result, sank slightly, but he quickly recovered without revealing any more emotions. He just turned his head and looked at the suspect behind him who was handcuffed and involved in the stalking case.

However, the man who was detained in the execution room by two yamen guards from the beginning to the end just looked at him like this without saying a word.

Those dark and obscure eyes made it impossible for ordinary people to guess or see through them.

Like a black spider spinning a web, it made a rustling sound again.

At this moment, in Duan Xiao's eyes, between him and all the cases, there was an inextricable web of maliciousness, which suddenly opened with a strange look.

The spider, and the people in the spider's web once again became a mutual confrontation in the game.

Then, the former city defense battalion soldier with a scar on his forehead and a messy strand of hair hanging down his ear, Guo Mubu, the biggest suspect in this case, said that he looked directly at Duan Xiao while his hands were cuffed, and finally opened his mouth—— —

"grown ups."

"The government has no evidence, so it can only show that the prisoner you are looking for is not a grassroots."

"The pair of footprints can prove that the grass people are completely innocent."

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