Chapter 5 Chapter 4: The Suspect Who Disappeared

Sitting in front of Luo Fei was a man in his thirties. He was not tall and had an ordinary appearance. If he took off his police uniform, he would definitely be an ordinary person who would be hard to find on the street. His name is Zhu Sijun, and he is a policeman of the Fourth Squadron of the Highway Brigade of the Traffic Police Detachment of the Longzhou City Public Security Bureau.The traffic jam incident half a year ago was handled by him. Zhu Sijun flipped through the photos in his hands, and after reading them, he divided the photos into two hands, three in his left hand and one in his right.

"You said that a serial killer appeared in Longzhou, and these three people have already been killed—" Zhu Sijun first raised his left hand, then put it down, and then raised his right hand, "and this person is the killer's next target." Luo Fei nodded while observing the other party's reaction. Zhu Sijun frowned, his wandering eyes showed that his thoughts seemed to jump out of this conversation. Luo Fei gave him a tug: "What are you thinking about?" "I didn't think about anything." Zhu Sijun forced a dry smile, which is the expression that often appears when subordinates flatter their superiors, and then he grinned and said, "It's just that I think it's a bit too exaggerated and unreal..."

Luo Fei spread his hands: "But these things did happen." "Okay." Zhu Sijun controlled Pianfei's thoughts, ready to answer Luo Fei's previous question.He combined the four photos in his hand, waved them and said, "I have seen all these people in the dispute half a year ago." "Oh?" This answer greatly exceeded Luo Fei's expectations, he immediately leaned forward and asked, "Are you sure?" "I am sure." Luo Fei and the assistant beside him looked at each other with a hint of confusion in joy. If these four people are indeed the parties involved in that dispute, it means that the police have finally found the link between the four victims.This has laid a solid investigation foundation for the police's subsequent work-whether it is to track down the identity of the murderer or prevent the recurrence of the murder.

However, Lin Ruilin insisted that he had never met Zhao Lili and Yao Shuhan. What is wrong with this matter?What did Lin Ruilin deliberately hide?Or is there a deviation in Zhu Sijun's memory? Luo Fei took the photos in Zhu Sijun's hand, he deliberately picked out the two photos of Zhao Lili and Yao Shuhan, and reminded the other party: "According to Lin Ruilin's report, he didn't see these two people at the scene at that time." "He didn't see it." Zhu Sijun explained, "These two came last, and Lin Ruilin had already left." So it is!Luo Fei dispelled the worries in his heart, and he began to understand the relevant details of the incident in detail.

"Are these two people also here to rescue those dogs?" Luo Fei continued to ask while shaking the photos of Yao and Zhao.He felt that it seemed impossible to participate in such public welfare activities with the identities and personalities of these two people. Sure enough, Zhu Sijun's answer confirmed that there was another reason: "They came to find the dog." "Looking for a dog?" "This woman had a dog before, but she ran away and lost it. She saw the news on the Internet that the dog truck was stopped, so she brought her boyfriend over to find out if her dog was here."

Luo Fei nodded, this makes sense.Zhao Lili attaches great importance to her dog, and came to such a chaotic scene regardless of her identity in order to find a dog. Luo Fei asked again: "Then did she find it?" Zhu Sijun thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "It seems not." Luo Fei let out a "hmm" and continued to ask: "You just said that she saw the news on the Internet?" "yes." "Is this going online so soon?" "The people who came to stop the car were originally gathered online." Zhu Sijun said, "They are all dog lovers, mainly young people, and they usually like to communicate online. They even built a QQ group specially for this purpose. That day I made an appointment in the QQ group first, and gathered 20 or 30 people to stop the car. After these people came to the scene, they took pictures and posted them, and publicized them on several pet forums. Later, people came one after another. This time The young couple were the last to arrive."

Luo Fei sniffed some thoughts from it, and immediately told Xiao Liu: "Send a technical police officer to investigate Li Xiaogang's personal computer, find that QQ group and related forums. In the end, what I want is the list of people who participated in blocking the car that day. The more complete the better!" Xiao Liu then made arrangements over the phone, while Luo Fei continued to ask Zhu Sijun. "Who is the organizer among these people?" Zhu Sijun pointed to the photo in Luo Fei's hand: "It should be that Li Xiaogang. Because he and Lin Ruilin had the worst quarrel. Later, when I suggested that everyone raise money to buy a dog, Li Xiaogang was the first to respond. He almost took out all the cash on his body , I remember it was seven hundred yuan, and only some small change was left in the end."

"What happened to the dogs afterwards?" "I heard from them that they will be sent to the stray dog ​​rescue station. I don't know if they will be sent to the stray dog ​​rescue station." Zhu Sijun shrugged. But I don’t care about it.” Luo Fei let out a "hmm", expressing his understanding of Zhu Sijun's attitude.Then he handed over the photo in his hand to Xiao Liu, and he picked up a file on the table and looked through it. That was the police dispatch record filled out by Zhu Sijun, which recorded the cause, reason and handling process of the dispute half a year ago.Luo Fei has watched it once before, and now he is reviewing it again.

Time: December 6. Reporter: Lin Ruilin, male, 42 years old, ID number *******************, contact number ***************. The location of the incident: at the Yangzhuang toll gate of the South Ring Expressway. What happened: At about 9:00 in the morning, Lin Ruilin hired a truck with the trademark ***** to transport 236 live dogs. They set off from Baihui Road in the city and were going to Peixian County, Xuzhou for sale.While the truck was driving in the city, Li Xiaogang (male, 24 years old, ID number *******************, contact number ********** *) See, Li Xiaogang immediately released related news in the QQ group, he called on netizens to organize and stop cars to save dogs.This suggestion was responded by some netizens.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, the dog truck arrived at the Yangzhuang toll station of the city's South Ring Expressway.Li Xiaogang was driving a car with the license plate ***** and stopped the truck.Afterwards dozens of people including Peng Mou and Chen Mou arrived successively.Li Xiaogang asked Lin Ruilin to release all the live dogs transported by the truck, but Lin Ruilin disagreed, and a dispute ensued between the two parties.The dispute caused a certain degree of obstruction to nearby traffic. Lin Ruilin called 110 at 10:32 am to call the police. Handling result: At 10:37 in the morning, Zhu Sijun (police number *****) of the Highway Brigade of the Traffic Police Detachment of the Longzhou Public Security Bureau arrived at the scene of the Yangzhuang Toll Station to mediate the dispute between the two parties.After investigation, the truck with the license plate of ***** has all the licenses, and has gone through the relevant procedures for transporting edible dogs.The appeal of Li Xiaogang and others to detain the dog transport vehicle is an unreasonable claim and cannot be supported.In view of the fact that Li Xiaogang and others blocked the car for the purpose of protecting small animals, which is in line with the mainstream values ​​of society, it is suggested that Lin Ruilin can make appropriate concessions, and the two parties can negotiate to resolve related disputes.

At around 2:00 p.m., the two parties reached a consensus on dispute resolution: Lin Ruilin handed over the transported dogs to Li Xiaogang, and Li Xiaogang jointly contributed RMB 50,000 to Lin Ruilin to make up for the other party's personal losses. At around 3:00 p.m., Li Xiaogang collected 50,000 yuan and handed it over to Lin Ruilin.Lin Ruilin then left the scene.Li Xiaogang and others counted a total of 228 live dogs from the truck, and another 8 dogs were dead.At 3:50 p.m., Li Xiaogang and others transported the 228 live dogs away.The handling of the incident was completed, and the traffic near the Yangzhuang toll station returned to normal. This police report is relatively simple, which is understandable, because such a dispute is really not a big deal in the eyes of the police. After reading the incident, Luo Fei felt that one of the details needed to be investigated. "It says 'the dispute has caused a certain degree of obstruction to nearby traffic'. How serious is the obstruction?" Zhu Sijun replied: "It's not very serious. Although there were a lot of vehicles gathered at that time, everyone consciously parked their cars close to the side of the road. The land at the Yangzhuang toll station is quite spacious, only the entrance at the far end was blocked. Stop it, and the others can pass normally.” "Oh. Then it shouldn't be an accident because of the traffic, right?" Zhu Sijun said with certainty: "No." In this case, the root of everything must be in that dispute.Luo Fei continued to study that record, trying to find clues about the serial killer from the few hundred words, but he looked and looked, but couldn't find any clues.In the end, Luo Fei reluctantly put the information aside, and faced Zhu Sijun again, hoping to dig out something from the other party's memory. But Luo Fei didn't know what else to ask specifically, and in the end he could only make a general assumption: "If the serial killer was also at the scene at that time, then judging by your first feeling, the first thing you thought of Who is the person?" Zhu Sijun was stunned for a while, he seemed to think hard, but the answer he gave was disappointing. "I can't think of anyone," he said earnestly, "I think it's just a small dispute, and I've handled it well. Who would kill someone because of this? Killing several at once, I really can't understand .” It's really incomprehensible from a common sense point of view.But Luo Fei knows that those serial killers are not ordinary people. These people usually have some kind of unique and strange emotion (the generation of this emotion is closely related to their past experience), and the waves that seem insignificant to outsiders may stir up in their hearts. There was a stormy sea. Zhu Sijun is just an ordinary traffic policeman, it might be a bit difficult for him to make a judgment that even he feels confused. Now there is only the last glimmer of hope left. Although it is slim, we have to try it. Luo Fei told Xiao Liu: "Show him the murderer's surveillance screenshot." His assistant took out a printed surveillance photo, and asked Zhu Sijun while showing it, "Do you have any impression of this person?" Zhu Sijun looked at it for a while, then shook his head blankly. The people on the surveillance cannot see the appearance, but can only distinguish the body shape and attire.Even if this person had appeared at the scene of the traffic stop, the clothes he wore that winter half a year ago would be completely different from what he is now. How can Zhu Sijun judge? "Okay." Luo Fei could only end the conversation temporarily, he stood up, "I'm here first today, if you think of anything else, please feel free to keep in touch." Not long after Luo Fei and Zhu Sijun parted ways, the technicians who went to investigate Li Xiaogang's personal computer sent back a message: After searching the target QQ group and several pet forums, the chat records and relevant posts on the forums from half a year ago have been found. Based on this, twenty-four people who participated in the car-stopping to rescue the dog were preliminarily identified.Next, investigations and visits will be carried out on these 24 people. I believe that more lists of relevant personnel will be sorted out soon. "Very good." Luo Fei gave further instructions, "Call all possible police forces and start an investigation immediately. I not only want to see the complete list of personnel, but also the detailed information of each person, including their personal resume and recent information. The trajectory of the day's activities." While the external investigation was in full swing, Luo Fei was also trying to find a breakthrough from the inside. "We have obtained the personal information of the four victims, and the connection between them has also been revealed. The task now is to find out the hidden shadow," Luo Fei half-closed his eyes and analyzed, "Then The guy must be related to the dispute half a year ago, and he should be on the opposite side of the common victim." Xiao Liu agreed with Luo Fei's analysis, but when he followed this line of thinking, contradictions appeared. "There were two opposing sides in that dispute: eating dogs and saving dogs. And Lin Ruilin and Li Xiaogang are the representatives of both sides. They themselves are opposed to each other. What common opposites can there be?" Xiao Liu was puzzled. Scratching his forehead.Not to mention four people, he couldn't figure out just these two people. Luo Fei glanced at his assistant, and suddenly asked: "Don't you think there is something wrong with Li Xiaogang?" "What do you mean?" Xiao Liu asked while blinking his eyes and thinking hard. "How much interest do you think people like Li Xiaogang have in raising dogs?" "Shouldn't be interested in it," Xiao Liu speculated, "He hasn't even taken care of himself, so how can he have the time to raise a dog?" "You're right. Li Xiaogang hasn't even solved the problem of personal survival. What kind of dog should he raise? I think he will be more interested in eating dog meat," Luo Fei changed his tone at this point, "But he joined I started a QQ group discussing raising dogs, and even took the lead in organizing the action to stop the car to save the dog.” Xiao Liu thought for a while and said, "This is also understandable. He is in the pet business. Using this method to please customers is a marketing strategy." Luo Fei said: "If it's just to please customers, the price he paid seems too high." "Should pay 700 yuan to buy a dog?" Xiao Liu pondered, "Given his financial conditions, this amount is indeed not small." Luo Fei said "Hey" and said, "It's not only about seven hundred yuan, he also prepared a car." Xiao Liu also remembered: "That's right, the police record said that he was driving a car. He must not have a car himself, so he rented this car?" "It's possible to rent or borrow, but no matter what, you have to pay something. And I believe: Li Xiaogang and the dog cart must not have met by chance. He has planned and made full preparations." "Well, it's very possible!" Xiao Liu agreed, "So, he really paid a lot, whether it's financial resources or energy." "So if this is just to please customers, it's a bit of a fuss...I'm afraid he has other intentions." "Other intentions?" Xiao Liu fell into hard thinking again, "What could it be?" "It's useless to just sit and think about it." Luo Fei got up and patted the young man on the shoulder, and suggested, "Let's go to the stray dog ​​rescue station and see what this guy does after buying the dog." There is only one stray dog ​​rescue station in Longzhou City, which is built and managed by the Ownerless Dog Protection Committee of Longzhou Kennel Industry Association.The address of the aid station is located at the foot of Nanming Mountain on the outskirts of the city. Luo Fei has worked as the director of the local police station for many years, so he is very familiar with this area.After arriving at the rescue station, station master Sun Yuchuan received Luo Fei and Xiao Liu in person. Stationmaster Sun confirmed that he had indeed received a batch of rescued dogs six months ago, and he took Luo Fei to the rescue station.As soon as you enter the door, you can hear the barking of dogs one after another. Looking around, hundreds of dogs are kept in rows of kennels. These dogs are of different types. Some of them gather around the fence and bark loudly; Lying quietly in the corner, looking sad and pitiful. "There were 203 dogs when they were delivered, and some of them died of illness. A few days ago, someone adopted another batch. Now there are still more than 130 dogs alive." Stationmaster Sun pointed to a dog. Rows of kennels said, "It's all here." Luo Fei immediately understood the problem: "The number they rescued should be 228. How come you lost 25?" "Twenty-five are missing?" Stationmaster Sun said with a "hehe" smile, "Those must be good dogs of a good breed, and they have been adopted in advance. The ones sent to me are all unwanted native dogs, Sick dog." "Oh?" Luo Fei felt that these words were contradictory, "Since the rest are all unwanted, why do you say that someone adopted a group a few days ago?" "That man was not raised as a pet, but as a watchdog in the factory. So I don't choose a breed, as long as he is big and has a fierce personality." Stationmaster Sun explained a few words, and then said in a complaining tone, "If It would be great if they were all adopted by others. Throwing them here with me would add a huge burden all of a sudden.” Luo Fei continued to ask: "Is it expensive to keep these dogs?" "A dog's daily rations cost at least five or six yuan. There are so many, you can calculate it-this doesn't include the money for medical treatment. Don't underestimate these dogs. Go to a veterinarian to see a doctor. Sometimes it is better than a human. It's still expensive." "The expenses are really not small." Luo Fei asked again, "Where will the funds for the rescue station come from?" "We are a non-governmental public welfare organization, and the source of funds mainly depends on donations from the public. In the past, we lived within our means, and the total number of dogs we took in had to be controlled. They sent 200 dogs at once, how can we bear it!" "But you still accepted it." Stationmaster Sun smiled helplessly: "Those people are so enthusiastic, they spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy a dog, and they took pictures and surfed the Internet. responsible for the rations of the dogs." "Then did they keep their promises?" "It was good at the beginning, I came here once a week, and I brought enough dog food. But it gradually became unbearable. The number of times I came was less and less, and the dog food I brought was not enough. In the past two months Just don't come, and now I can't even get through the phone." Now that we have talked about the general situation, it is time to turn the topic to the case itself.Luo Fei then asked: "Is the person you said not to answer the phone called Li Xiaogang?" Stationmaster Sun shook his head: "No, that person's name is Shi Quannan." "Shi Quannan?" Luo Fei heard this name for the first time, "Who is he?" "He is a member of our association. He introduced these dogs. We just recognized his membership, so we believed his words. We didn't expect to end up in a difficult situation." The conversation seemed to have strayed into a side branch, but Luo Fei did not give up this clue easily. He said to Station Master Sun: "Give me this person's phone number, and I will contact him." Stationmaster Sun spread his hands: "The number he left has been shut down. I guess he changed to a new number." Luo Fei smiled slightly.This kind of golden cicada's little trick of getting rid of its shell is fine against ordinary people, but what use is it in front of professional criminal police?He immediately called the investigators ahead. "Among the twenty-four people found in the first batch, is there anyone named Shi Quannan?" "Yes. We have found him and are checking his personal situation." "Bring him to the team." Luo Fei said into the phone microphone, "I want to meet this person personally." It was already dark when we returned to the criminal police team.At the door of the reception room, Luo Fei met Kang Hao, the police officer in charge of the investigation, and he asked by the way, "How is the situation?" "Sixty-three people have been found, and no suspicious objects have been found for the time being." Kang Hao paused, and then said, "Some people just went there when they saw the news on the Internet. They haven't posted a post themselves, and don't know anyone else. It might not be possible to find out.” "If you can't find out, there's nothing you can do. Let's do what you can do first." After saying this, Luo Fei and Xiao Liu entered the reception room together. He saw a guest chair sitting in front of the desk. The young man knew that this person was Shi Quannan. According to the information provided by Kang Hao, Shi Quannan is 27 years old this year. He graduated from a famous university with a master's degree. He is currently working in a foreign trade company and can be regarded as a white-collar worker with an upper-middle income locally.Like many young people in this class, Shi Quannan pursues a life philosophy of freedom, environmental protection, and fashion. Keeping a dog is not only a pastime for him, but also a good way to show love. Luo Fei sat down opposite Shi Quannan, and first took a look at him.The young man wore a pair of glasses and looked refined.Perhaps it was the first time he was brought to the criminal police team. He was confused and a little nervous. Luo Fei introduced himself: "I am the captain of the Longzhou criminal police team, Luo Fei." Shi Quannan licked his lips quickly, and asked, "What did you come here for?" Luo Fei got straight to the point: "Half a year ago, at the Yangzhuang Toll Station of the South Ring Expressway, a truck transporting dogs was stopped by someone. Did you participate in this incident?" Shi Quannan didn't expect this at all.He was slightly taken aback, and then became generous: "I participated, what's the matter? A dog is a good friend of human beings, and it should be by the owner's side instead of appearing on the diner's table! That time we rescued More than two hundred dogs are responsible for nature, for life, and even for us humans. No matter what the outside world thinks, I insist that there is nothing wrong with our approach!" Through the passionate appearance of the other party, Luo Fei saw a passionate but slightly childish soul.He is not disgusted with such a soul, who has never been young? Young people always have a kind of lofty ambition that "heaven will send great responsibility to people", but how many people really understand the meaning of the word "responsibility"?Luo Fei decided to tap the opponent. "Since you are responsible for one bite at a time," Luo Fei looked directly into the young man's eyes, "Then let me ask you, why don't you ask the dogs you sent to the rescue station to be responsible for the rations, why don't you even ask about them now? Have you changed your phone number?" Shi Quannan was discouraged all of a sudden, and he lowered his head guiltyly to avoid the other party's gaze.After a moment of shame, he angrily defended himself: "I can't blame me for this, I was also deceived, there is nothing I can do." "How did you get tricked?" "There is a guy named Li Xiaogang, he planned everything. He made a lot of money himself, but he blocked me in the front and took the blame." I didn't deliberately guide, the topic has automatically turned to the people involved in the case.Luo Fei cheered up and asked, "What does this Li Xiaogang have to do with you?" "It doesn't matter, I just met on the Internet. I created a QQ group called 'Love Dog's House'. I am the owner of the group, and Li Xiaogang also joined the group. He sells pet products and always finds me when he has anything to do. Chatting, in fact, I want to get more business." Shi Quannan first explained the background, and then began to describe the incident in detail, "On the day of the accident, Li Xiaogang first took a photo of the dog cart and sent it to the group, calling on everyone I went to hail the car. I went too. Later, everyone raised funds to buy the dogs, and contacted the rescue station through my relationship. The people at the rescue station refused to accept them at first, because they could not afford the expenses of so many dogs. Li Xiaogang offered to I came out and said that he would take care of the dog food. So I communicated with the rescue station again, saying that we are responsible for the dog food. The rescue station agreed to take in those dogs. After that, they called me every week to ask for dog food .” "What about Li Xiaogang? Did he provide you with dog food?" "It was offered, but he didn't do it out of kindness, it was purely for money." Luo Fei was a little confused: "He provides dog food for free, isn't this a matter of losing money? How do you make money?" Shi Quannan curled his lips and said, "It's free? How is that possible? He organized a 'love charity sale' online, asking netizens to buy dog ​​food in his store, and only after receiving the money, he handed over the sold dog food Give it to me. He also asked me to help him post online to build momentum. I didn’t think much about it at the time, and he just used it.” That's how I understand it.Li Xiaogang made a big circle, and it turned out that he wanted to sell dog food through this matter.The ration of two hundred dogs is definitely a big business, no wonder he is so devoted.While admiring Li Xiaogang's business acumen, Luo Fei couldn't help but want to ask about the effect: "If you sell like this, how is the sales?" "It's very impressive. At that time, the matter of stopping cars to save dogs was very popular on the Internet. Not only in Longzhou, but caring people all over the country were paying attention to this matter. Besides, I am also a little famous in the circle. I came forward to appeal. Every The amount of dog food sold in the week is quite impressive." "If that's the case," Luo Fei brought the subject back, "Why did you still owe the rations to the relief station?" Shi Quannan said bluntly: "Because I don't want to be used by that guy anymore. The dog food he sells online is not only expensive, but also has unclear accounts. Many netizens have seen that there is a problem, and some even suspect that I also borrowed this matter So I posted an announcement on the Internet, declaring that the sale of dog food has nothing to do with me. In this way, more people began to question the so-called "charity sale of love", and less and less dog food was sold. Li Xiaogang said: I was very dissatisfied, we had a big fight and we haven't been in touch since." At this point, the cause and effect of the incident are already clear, and the role played by Li Xiaogang is fully revealed.Luo Fei stared at Shi Quannan for a while, then asked in a different tone: "Do you think Li Xiaogang is as hateful as Lin Ruilin?" "Lin Ruilin?" Shi Quannan blinked, but didn't remember the name. Luo Fei reminded, "It's the dog dealer at that time." "Oh." Shi Quannan thought for a while, and said, "I think Li Xiaogang is even more hateful! The dog dealer is doing business by himself, but Li Xiaogang is making money from our love. If you are like him, who will believe in this kind of public welfare in the future? What about activities?" Luo Fei nodded secretly.From this point of view, in the hearts of dog lovers, Li Xiaogang and Lin Ruilin are on the same opposite side.He continued to ask Shi Quannan: "Are many of the netizens who came to stop the car that day familiar with you?" Shi Quannan said, "It's quite a lot." Luo Fei took out the surveillance photo of the suspect: "Take a look, do you have any impression of this person?" Like Zhu Sijun's reaction, Shi Quannan just shook his head blankly looking at the photo. Luo Fei thought for a while, then asked again: "Do you think among dog lovers, there will be some people who would take extreme actions against people like Li Xiaogang or Lin Ruilin?" "What extreme behavior?" Shi Quannan felt that something was wrong, he frowned and asked, "What are you trying to say? Has something happened?" Luo Fei no longer concealed it, and said bluntly: "Li Xiaogang is dead, and Lin Ruilin has also received death threats. The police are investigating possible murderers." Shi Quannan was taken aback.After he tasted the subtext of the other party, he waved his hands in a hurry: "It can't be us. We don't even have the heart to hurt small animals. How can we kill people?" Luo Fei didn't have time to refute this naive logic, so he took out two more photos to show the other party: "Have you met these two people?" The beautiful figure of Zhao Lili in the photo suddenly stimulated Shi Quannan's memory, his pupils dilated, and he nodded slightly excitedly. Luo Fei continued: "It is said that they also arrived at the scene at that time, but they came very late." Shi Quannan confirmed this statement: "When they came, we had already loaded the dogs into the car and were preparing to evacuate." "What's your impression of these two?" "not too good." Luo Fei asked: "Why?" "They are not the same people as us. The man drove a luxury car and looked arrogant. The two said that their dog was lost and they wanted to look for it, but it took us ten minutes. But that The man didn't apologize at all, as if we were born to center on him and everything revolved around him." Luo Fei noticed that Shi Quannan's complaints were all directed at Yao Shuhan, and Zhao Lili was not mentioned.It seems that this young man, like most men, still has an instinctive affection for beautiful women. Luo Fei continued to ask: "Then have they ever had conflicts with your people?" Shi Quannan shook his head: "There is no conflict. It's just that a friend satirized them." "How ironic?" "Aren't they in a hurry to find the dog, but they couldn't find it after searching around. Then someone deliberately provoked them, saying that there are still a few dead dogs on the truck, why don't you go look there again?" "How did they react?" "They didn't realize that it was disgusting to them, but they actually went to the truck to look for it." Recalling the situation at that time, Shi Quannan's mouth curled into a sneer, as if he had found a sense of superiority in IQ. Luo Fei continued to dig out the relevant details: "Then did they find it in the end?" "I don't know." Shi Quannan spread his hands, "They went to the truck to find the dog, and we drove away." Luo Fei pondered for a while, as if he had nothing to ask, he gestured to Xiao Liu who was sitting not far away.Xiao Liu understood, got up and said to Shi Quannan: "Okay, there's nothing else to do, I'll take you out." Shi Quannan stood up in a hurry, said "goodbye" to Luo Fei politely, and then followed Xiao Liu quickly out without hesitation. After seeing off Shi Quannan, Xiao Liu turned back and saw Luo Fei leaning back on the office chair, with his hands crossed on his abdomen, his eyes closed and he didn't know what to think. "Captain Luo." Xiao Liu called out and asked, "What are you thinking?" Luo Fei opened his eyes and said, "I was thinking, Zhao Lili and Yao Shuhan went to the truck to find the dog, what will happen next?" Xiao Liu scratched his head and muttered, "I don't know if they found it." Luo Fei ordered, "Call Zhu Sijun and ask." Xiao Liu called Zhu Sijun and reported to Luo Fei after some communication: "Zhu Sijun didn't know either. He said that after Li Xiaogang and the others left, he also left. Why don't you go and find the truck driver?" The license plate number is on the police record, so it shouldn’t be difficult to find someone.” Luo Fei waved his hand: "There's no need to check the license plate. Lin Ruilin must have the driver's contact information, just ask." That's right!Lin Ruilin is staying in the criminal police team right now.Xiao Liu turned around to leave: "I'll ask right away." "Wait." Luo Fei called Xiao Liu to stop, and he looked at his watch, "It's getting late. Now, you call Lin Ruilin, and we go to the cafeteria together, and chat while having dinner." "hard to swallow." Lin Ruilin stared at the plate in front of him for a while, and finally gave such a comment. Xiao Liu on the side retorted rather dissatisfied: "You haven't even eaten, how do you know it's hard to swallow?" "Is it worth eating?" Lin Ruilin pointed to the dishes on the plate and began to comment, "Look at the leeks are so thick, they must be too old to chew; the braised chicken nuggets are made of cooked broilers, and they have no aroma at all. I can't smell it; besides, this fish is obviously frozen, and the eyeballs are all shrunken..." "Try this lion's head," Xiao Liu recommended to the other party. "This is our canteen's housekeeping dish. It's fresh and tender." "It looks pretty good," Lin Ruilin seldom praised, but then shook his head, "But it's summer now, so the taste should be lighter. The proportion of this minced meat should be a little less fatty, and add some water chestnuts. How much is that?" OK!" Xiao Liu rolled his eyes at the other party, grabbed a lion's head himself, and ate happily with the rice.He is a strong young man who has worked hard all day and needs such a fatty dish to replenish his strength. Lin Ruilin looked at Xiao Liu with a sad face, and then at Luo Fei. Luo Fei also started eating, as if he didn't hear the other party's complaints at all. Lin Ruilin couldn't bear it anymore, he made a request: "I'll ask the guy in the store to bring some food over." Luo Fei flatly refused: "No." Lin Ruilin's greatest desire was food, and the suspect probably murdered him for this. How dare Luo Fei let him have access to foreign food? Lin Ruilin threw his chopsticks on the table like a child, and muttered angrily, "Why not?" "For your safety." Luo Fei didn't say much, but the few short words were full of weight and completely cut off the other party's thoughts. Lin Ruilin let out a long sigh, full of melancholy.Then he picked up the chopsticks again, put some leeks into his mouth, and chewed with great difficulty. After the episode, Luo Fei started to talk about serious business.He glanced at Lin Ruilin: "Are you familiar with the truck driver who helped you transport the dog half a year ago?" "You mean Old Rabbit?" Lin Ruilin responded immediately, "I'm familiar with it. I used to look for him when I went to Pei County to pull dogs." "Old Rabbit?" Luo Fei and Xiao Liu looked at each other, and they both felt that this was a rather weird title. "That's his nickname. His original name was Tu Liansheng. But people who knew him called him 'Old Rabbit'." Lin Ruilin couldn't help grinning when he mentioned this remark.It was a confident and cheerful smile, like people saw a clown in a circus. Luo Fei saw that there seemed to be something in the other party's smile, so he asked one more question: "Do you have any explanation?" Lin Ruilin raised his hand and drew on the crease of his upper lip, winked and said, "He has a rabbit's mouth." Luo Fei knew what a "rabbit's mouth" was.It was a congenital facial deformity in which the patient's upper lip was split from the lip groove, forming a three-petal mouth like a rabbit.This kind of deformity is also commonly known as "huozuizi" in Longzhou folk. Luo Fei didn't think it was funny, he gave Lin Ruilin a dissatisfied look: "Because of this, you call him 'Old Rabbit'?" Lin Ruilin also felt that his expression was inappropriate. He pinched his nose embarrassingly, restrained his emotions and said, "It's not entirely because of this reason. Calling him 'Old Rabbit' has something to do with his personality." "Oh?" Luo Fei asked, "What kind of character is he?" "Extremely honest, or useless. Just like a rabbit," Lin Ruilin rolled his eyelids and thought for a while, and went further, "even worse than a rabbit. The rabbit bites when it is anxious. Tu Liansheng is a real three sticks I can't even make a dull fart!" After listening to this description, Luo Fei has already outlined an image in his heart.This should be a poor person from the bottom of society, with a humble status and a cowardly personality.The disability on his face made him experience the cruelty of the world, but he had already accepted it, only cowering in his own world, not daring to resist at all. "Call him," Luo Fei said to Lin Ruilin, "I have something to ask him." Lin Ruilin grinned in embarrassment and said, "I'm afraid he won't answer the call." "Why? Don't you know him very well?" 林瑞麟说：“以前是挺熟，但自从上次拦车的事情过后，他就不愿和我联系了。” 罗飞猜测着问道：“怎么了？你那次没给他结账？” “这账没法结啊。”林瑞麟做出无辜的表情，“第一，我自己没赚到钱；第二，我们的约定是要把狗拉到沛县，结果还没出城就被拦住了，他又没把活干完，我怎么结账？” “活没干完是遇到了意外情况，又不是他的责任。再说你已经收了李小刚他们的钱，好歹应该给司机补偿点工费和油钱吧？”罗飞站在公允的角度评判道。 小刘也在一旁出言讥讽：“他就是看对方老实好欺负，所以能赖就赖。要是换个难缠的司机，你看他能走得了？” 林瑞麟苦着脸为自己叫屈：“两位警官，你们要是觉得我做事不地道，我也没话说。可我是生意人啊，很多事情只能自私着点。我要是像你们一样处处发善心，那早就赔死了。” 小刘“嘿”地冷笑一声，说了句：“无奸不商。” 罗飞没兴趣再纠缠这个话题，他对林瑞麟说道：“那你把他的手机号给我，我自己来打。” 林瑞麟便查了涂连生的电话号码报给罗飞，罗飞拨了过去，可是听筒里却传来了系统提示音：“对不起，您拨打的号码是空号。” 罗飞皱起眉头：“怎么是空号？” “空号？”林瑞麟不太相信似的，又拿自己的手机拨了一遍，果然如此。他一撇嘴道：“不至于吧，连手机号都换了？” 小刘笑嘻嘻地看着林瑞麟，有点幸灾乐祸的意思。随后他又主动请缨：“罗队，这人还得我去查一下吧？” 罗飞想了想说：“这个点机关里的人都下班了，明天再查吧。你昨天一夜没睡，也得好好休息一下。” 其实不光小刘一夜没睡，罗飞这一整天来几乎也是连轴转的。现在林瑞麟已得到警方的严密保护，这相当于扼断了凶手连续杀人的犯罪链条。警方也得抓紧机会休息，这才能更好地迎接下一轮的战斗。 所以小刘很痛快地应允了罗飞的建议：“那行。今晚好好睡一觉，明天一早重新开工！” 小刘说到做到，第二天早早便行动起来。在得到一些收获之后，他急匆匆去找罗飞汇报。 罗飞正和林瑞麟一起在食堂里吃早餐。小刘看到罗飞双眼现着血丝，形容有些憔悴。 “怎么了罗队？”小伙子关切地问道，“昨晚又没休息好？” 罗飞摆摆手，有些无所谓的样子，相较于自己的身体，他更关心的是案情的进展：“和涂连生联系上了吗？” 小刘语出惊人：“涂连生已经死了！” “死了？”罗飞一下子愣住了，“什么时候？”一旁的林瑞麟也瞪大了眼睛，难以置信似的。 “两个月前，出车祸死的。” 罗飞松了口气，他还以为是那个凶手又作案了。两个月前的车祸，听起来和这两天的案件应该没什么关系。 “具体怎么出的事？”林瑞麟接着这茬问道。涂连生怎么也是他的老相识，在细节方面他会更关心一点。 “四月五日晚上，他开车在南绕城高速上出了事。卡车失控冲出了护栏，外面是道几十米的深沟，当场就死了。”小刘顿了顿，又补充道，“交警给出的鉴定是醉酒驾车。” 林瑞麟立刻提出异议：“醉酒驾车？这怎么可能！老兔根本是滴酒不沾的。” 罗飞看着林瑞麟问道：“这事你确定？” “确定！以前我雇他的车，每次到了沛县都请他吃狗肉。他从来不肯喝酒，有一次我硬劝他喝了半杯，也就两把的白酒，他的脸红得跟猴屁股一样，再也不肯多喝一滴。像他这样的人怎么可能醉酒驾车呢？” 罗飞沉吟着说道：“这就有点蹊跷了……” 小刘却道：“还有更蹊跷的呢！” “哦？”看着小刘严肃而又跃跃欲试的表情，罗飞预感到此事很不简单，他连忙追问：“更蹊跷的在哪里？” “因为涂连生死了，我就想联系一下他的家人。结果这人是个老光棍，一个亲人也没有。但是他出事前写过一封遗嘱，指定了一个遗产继承人。”说到这里，小刘故意卖了关子问罗飞，“你知道这个继承人是谁？” 罗飞摇摇头，这没头没脑的上哪猜去？ 小刘从随身的公文包里掏出份资料递给了罗飞：“喏，就是他。” 资料左上角贴着一张照片，显出的是一个中老年男子。那男子容貌清瘦，头发已经略略谢顶，但精神倒还矍铄。照片旁列有此人的个人简介：萧席枫，男，五十二岁，龙州市安远心理咨询中心主任。 罗飞看着照片眼生，但这个人的身份却让他产生了敏感的猜测：“难道这个人是……” “你不是让我去调查那些参加过催眠师大会的人吗？”小刘用急促的语调说道，“这个萧席枫就是其中之一。” 罗飞释然而又兴奋地“啊”了一声。一个与涉案人物有着紧密关联的催眠师！这里面供人联想的空间实在是太大了。罗飞再次端详着那份资料，和照片上的男子对视着。他几乎是迫不及待地想要立刻出现在对方面前！