Daqing Criminal Division

The so-called "impossible crime" usually refers to those special crimes that cannot happen from the appearance and logic of ordinary people.

This point of view was first put forward by a literati in the capital in a book written by King Sejong.

According to "Ming and Qing Murder Cases Ten Strategies" records.

Since the Tang and Song dynasties, when the matter of criminal name filing began to be specially managed by the government, the so-called "impossible crime" was usually defined by officials as roughly five forms in secular cases.

One, the impossibility of happening in time and place, such as an illusory mid-air, an overly narrow secret room.

Second, the footprints disappeared, creating the illusion that no one could commit the crime.

Three, it is impossible for the suspect to commit the crime, and there may be other circumstantial evidence to prove it; four, a perfect alibi.

Fifth, the perpetrator cannot simply disappear.

These five points are common in most criminal investigations in this dynasty.

This is the case in many homicides that begin with other circumstantial evidence that obscures the crime, but most end up with precise holes that will be discovered.

But in the case of the corpse of a woman in red sleeping shoes that happened in Chuzhou, this so-called 'impossible crime' was perfectly accomplished by this murderer.

"The murderer killed four people in a row in Chuzhou. Didn't there have been any obvious traces of the crime around this person's identity when he killed them?"

Hearing this, Duan Xiao also took the initiative to ask Ma Zixiu.

"No, there is no trace at all. We searched for a long time on the bodies of the four women and the scene of the crime, but we found that the murderer never left footprints, handprints, or personal information about himself. Items, all relevant evidence will be destroyed afterwards."

"The detailed relationship between the deceased and the murderer can be checked?"

Fucharzi also interjected to ask a question.

But when Ma Zixiu heard the words, he already knew that they were going to ask such a question, so he shook his head helplessly and gave an answer.

"I have checked, but there is no relationship between the four deceased. They are four strangers. The time of death is different from each other. Every time the murder subsides, the murderer will come out to commit the crime again, so it is ruled out that it is caused by the conflict of interests. Murder for money, or revenge for intelligence."

"..."

"It's also strange that he committed the crime for a long time, because he hid in Chuzhou and committed the crime, so he should be a local. There was an old gangster in the capital of Chuzhou who helped to do the first autopsy. The first crime detected at that time The time was roughly the night of the Hungry Ghost Festival last month, around the time when chickens were desolate."

"But on the day of the Ghost Festival last month, Chuzhou has always had a special custom."

"That is, the city gate will be closed when it is dark, and a city gate guard will stand on the top to watch over it. No one is allowed to enter during the curfew, so as not to enter and exit in the middle when only two night guards are on duty. This time is about It takes half a moment, but it takes a moment at the fastest to walk out from the city gate and escape from the sight of the guards on the top."

"That night, according to the guards, no one went out through the city gate even during half a quarter of a rest. The murderer was probably a ghost who had no trace at all to leave the city at this time. The guards found and killed the No.1 victim, which is one of the reasons why our state capital has never been able to solve the case."

"Besides, Mr. Detective and Mr. Wu Zuo may not know something."

"Master Zhang Ji originally concealed something from the two of you this time, because the first female corpse discovered was none other than my master's only daughter, who was only fourteen this year... Zhang Meichu."

This sudden and frank confession is something that people never expected in advance.

Generally in such cases, if the victim dies tragically, the important information about her life can be concealed and it is inconvenient to tell others.

For a moment, Fuchaerzi and Duan Xiao, who had heard a lot from Ma Zixiu, paused for a moment, their expressions seemed a little strange.

But at the moment, they also saw that what the state police said was true, their eye circles were red when they spoke, and they curled up their hands and spoke carefully.

It turned out that the murder of the female corpse in red shoes happened for the first time that day.

Zhang Ji, as an old policeman in Chuzhou, also went to the scene immediately at that time.

Unexpectedly, when he personally lifted the white cloth from the face of the deceased, and saw the little beauty spot on her unrecognizable cheek.

At that moment, the old policeman who fell to the ground with a pale face realized that the corpse of the red-shoe woman fished from the bottom of the river was actually his own daughter Zhang Meichu.

The girl Zhang Meichu was only fourteen years old, and Ma Zixiu was originally a brother and sister.

Who would have thought that at the age when she was born as delicate and beautiful as a flower, she would wither so miserably.

She usually lives with her mother in a county under the state capital.

Because the old policeman Zhang Ji handled the case alone in the government office, the mother and daughter wove some cloth for sale at home. The girl was shy and shy, so she loved to do some needlework. A woman from a good family who has not yet settled down.

On the fifteenth day of last month, the Hungry Ghost Festival.

Meichu's aunt and mother originally planned to send her to Guzi Temple to burn incense, and the three of them returned home from the temple together in the evening.

Unexpectedly, on the way, Miss Meichu, who was going to go back with her family with the restored fruit from the temple, only said one thing, and went back to find the handkerchief left under the incense table, and whoever thought about it would never return.

The female residents of Guzi Temple all said that Miss Meichu went back in a hurry, took the small handkerchief she had left behind and left.

For two whole days and two nights, all the people in Chuzhou Prefecture were helping the family find their daughter.

Her mother and aunt also wandered around the county in a hurry, and even sent someone to tell the old police officer Zhang Ji that her daughter had disappeared.

But two days later, Mei Chu was raped by the murderer, and the body after being brutally dismembered was fished up from the ditch outside Chuzhou Mansion.

The body that had already died away for two days was frighteningly cold to the touch.

Mr. Zhang Ji had spent his whole life investigating crimes, but when he got old, he had to face the corpse of his own daughter who had been brutally raped and abused, and he was devastated.

But who knows, the murder that dragged the Zhang family into the abyss did not end there.

In the next month, three other female corpses with different status from Miss Meichu appeared in the other two counties of Chuzhou Prefecture, which attracted the attention of the government.

The three are Ruan Xiaoyi, the sixteen-year-old second daughter of the owner of Chuzhou Bufang's family.

The second concubine of the master's family in a county under Chuzhou Prefecture, the 25-year-old Aunt Sun Cao Sun who already has a son.

There is also a prostitute Ma Fenghuang who usually plays the pipa for people in alleys and taverns, and occasionally does some flesh and blood business with people.

They were all close to their homes, or when they went out with other female relatives and happened to be alone. They were unfortunately killed, and they disappeared and were killed.

Within a month, four women died in various counties in Chuzhou, all of whom were wearing red night shoes and red nails dyed with balsams flowers when they died.

As soon as this incident happened, the entire Chuzhou government was shocked.

Because this is a typical serial murder case, and the Chuzhou government had no experience in handling such cases in the past, the case of Miss Mei Chu's bizarre murder was backlogged from the very beginning due to insufficient evidence for the murderer.

For a while, nonsense stories such as vicious ghosts claiming their lives, haunting in the middle of the night, and picking on women with red sleeping shoes, etc., began to spread around Chuzhou, and it was at this moment when the murder case was mentioned that Ma Zixiu slowly came to say ,

"Others say that the corpse of the red-shoe girl is caused by ghosts. No one knows how those girls died tragically except for a ray of ghosts that linger. It is impossible to solve the case of this ghost killing people. That's why my master took the whole place with him." The state capital is ashamed and called for injustice—"

All these causes and effects, but anyone who has a trace of blood in his heart and human nature will be touched in his heart.

Because of this case of dismemberment, it usually happens when there is a deep hatred between each other.

Killing four people in a row within a month for no reason like this, or four young women who have nothing to do with each other, basically ruled out the crimes originally caused by acquaintances or conflicts of interest.

In particular, murders often have their own fixed rules.

First of all, it is not easy to divide a corpse from a living person. Even a clerk like Duan Xiao would take at least three or four hours to completely dismantle a corpse with a knife.

The joints of this human body are no harder than ordinary livestock such as cattle and sheep when cut with brute force alone.

It is not easy to cut the body perfectly into pieces with ordinary knives. This person needs a lot of strength, and he also needs to be familiar with the positions of the organs and bones of this person. The murderer is really cruel and cold-blooded. people.

It took a lot of time for this preliminary statement of the case, and by the time the three of them finished their meal and left, it was almost dusk outside.

Ma Zixiu found the carriage himself, and said that he would send them to the mansion on the other side of the government to rest overnight. Before leaving, he also said that he would send Duan Xiao to Yizhuang early in the morning, and that he and Fucha Erji could go to see four cases together. found the scene.

Hearing this, Duan Xiao, who had already boarded the carriage, turned his head and bowed his hands politely to thank him.

Under the car, Ma Zixiu, who was dressed in a gray-blue official uniform with a whip tied behind his head, also replied politely, Mr. Juwuzuo, you are welcome.

It was also during this period that the owl put down the curtain with one hand and sat back in the carriage, and then listened to the coachman outside with a whip driving the carriage to the street ahead, Fucharzi, who was already sitting with his arms folded, sat on the other side and opened the curtain to look at it. Out of the eyes.

At this moment, the two of them occupied one side of the carriage and did not speak, as if they were thinking about the matter just now.

As far as I could see, it was getting late.

Sitting in front of this rickety carriage with some bumps, you can see that it is only a day, and few civilian women dare to go out properly, because the recent murders may have a wide impact.

Fucha Erji basically didn't speak much along the way just now, and at this moment, he noticed that Duan Xiao had been inexplicably silent since he got into the carriage, so he turned his head and asked a question.

"what happened to you?"

Detective Fucha asked this question very directly.

He was originally a detective, and he was very good at detecting changes in other people's emotions, so even if Duan Xiao beside him didn't say a word, he still had a vague feeling that something was wrong with this person today.

Usually, Duan Xiao is the kind of person who has a very methodical approach to everything he does, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has a deep mind.

Ordinary people are not like him.

But if he reacted because he heard about the tragic series of murders, it would be impossible for him, who is used to this job and has already seen a lot of knowledge.

So, as expected, Duan Xiao, who never reveals his true emotions to others, just opened his eyes very flatly, and chose to avoid talking about it.

"Huh? It's okay."

He replied casually, and after that, the fox surnamed Duan couldn't see any problem.

He didn't want to say, Fuchaerzi naturally wouldn't continue to ask questions.

This is Duan Xiao's own business, and there is no need for others to worry about it.

So after the two went back, they saw that the two rooms that Ma Zixiu had arranged for them in the mansion happened to be one on the left and one on the right. The two guys finally didn't have to be crowded together, and they didn't have any private space. They were still grateful from the bottom of their hearts.

It was also in a hurry to explain to each other.

Tomorrow morning, Duan Xiao remembers going to Chuzhou Yizhuang and Fucha Erji to see the murder scene. If there is time at noon, the two of them will meet again at the Chuzhou Government Yamen, and then they can go to see that Zhang Ji. After the incident, they will separate up.

But when Duan Xiao pushed the door alone and slowly entered his room, he closed the door with his backhand in a self-disciplined manner.

Finally able to sit down properly, he sat down in the dark and unfamiliar environment of the state mansion, but his expression was a bit thoughtful.

His hands were a little cold, and the expression on his face was more flat and indifferent, as if he had already seen through all kinds of things in the world, and he no longer had any joy or anger.

Even a person looking at the dark place silently and strangely is silent.

When he just came back, he didn't speak all the way, not because of anything else, but because when he heard that it was impossible to commit a crime, he had already been reminded of some past events.

Although after that, Duan Xiao didn't show anything.

But no matter who it is, even people like Fucharzi can already feel that he is in a bad mood.

But he was really in a bad mood.

Or to put it badly, it was also under such circumstances that he remembered the old past that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time.

In my memory, it was a very dark room with no light around.

He was locked inside when he was still a teenager, and he couldn't see the light outside. He knew that this was a secret room with many locks on the outside, and it was in a place he was most familiar with in his life.

But it was also in this place that he would see a person's true colors.

That person is a real evil spirit.

It was he who told Duan Xiao the original definition of evil in this world.

Every time this man brought him here as a teenager, he would blindfold him, say something to him, or beat him hard, and break and reconnect his limbs over and over again.

Because of that place, it was really dark and scary.

Every time he ended such 'torture', he always spent a long time alone in the corner without moving.

He really wanted to go out and see what the people outside looked like, but he couldn't move his hands and feet, and because of the sound that would be made with the slightest touch, he lived like a frightened bird.

"Jingle Bell--"

That sound that set off a chain of reactions kept him alive like a dog on a leash.

His mother never knew that his son would be locked up here from time to time, and she only thought that her son was still the only son of the Duan family who was as smart as ever.

Duan Xiao never told her.

He didn't get rid of this kind of life until that person died completely, but since then, he has become a person exactly like that person.

"Duan Yuheng, do you still remember what I said to you back then?"

"Human life in this world is not in your eyes. You are smarter and colder than ordinary people. Regarding the matter of life, the longer time passes, the more indifferent you will feel."

"In the beginning, you will feel that killing others is not a particularly cruel thing. People are like cattle and sheep, and you have no fluctuations. Gradually, you will also like the feeling of killing a person."

"Just like your father, on the surface he looks like a great Confucian, but he is also a cannibal in the true sense. You have inherited all the flesh and blood in his body, so you are naturally an out-and-out natural monster."

"Now you are just deceiving yourself again and again, continuing to be an ordinary person, an ordinary person whose true thoughts are not discovered by others, but you are a born criminal in your bones."

"One day, you will become the next murderer who commits impossible crimes against ordinary people. Sooner or later, people like you will...become a heinous criminal like me, who kills without blinking an eye."

"This is your long-lost...destination in this life."

These words were engraved in his mind along with every word that person said in his ear that night.

In the night, Duan Xiao, who was sitting alone, had his fingers loose and pale. He only looked at his fingers with his eyes open expressionlessly, but he closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time.

In this world, he was already alone.

This has never changed.

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