Chapter 15 Chapter Eleven Peach Blossom Spring

Bai Jingyu: Well, there is a new case now. Bao Zhan: What? Bai Jingyu: One person died, homicide. Hualong: Boss, our special case team only takes big cases. Bai Jingyu said a word, and everyone shut their mouths: Compared with this murderer, the top ten most brutal murderers in New York history are simply elementary school students. Su Mei picked up the file, read it intently for a while, and threw it on the ground in fright. Professor Liang slid the wheelchair and picked up the file. He put on reading glasses and read a few pages. The expression of this well-informed, kind-hearted old man suddenly became solemn. Made into a scarecrow?

In 2007, a serious murder occurred in Wuling County. On the day of the incident, the mountain village was foggy in the morning, and there was the sound of a tofu vendor knocking on clappers in the distance.The mountain road is rough and difficult, the tofu vendor put down his burden and took a rest, he went to pee in the peach orchard by the side of the road. Standing in the orchard. The peddler thought it was weird, and when he took a closer look, he was out of his wits. The head of the scarecrow was a human head, and the skin was stuffed with straw... Professor Liang said that in the history of crime, there are two most notorious murderers. One is called "the original serial killer who disappeared like a mist - Jack the Ripper" by the media all over the world, and the other is the "star serial killer - Jack the Ripper". —Edward Gein".Jack the Ripper's method of killing is to cut his throat and dismember him. Edward Gein's method of killing is to shoot, dismember and skin him to make handicrafts. He has a frightening nickname: Buffalo Bill.Many well-known movies are based on these two people, such as "Slaughter Out of Hell", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".

Bai Jingyu said that if the media knew about it, China's Buffalo Bill would be enough to cause a sensation in the world. After receiving the report, the Taoyuan Township Police Station was shocked. The case was serious. It can be said that it is a very rare and serious criminal case since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. After preliminary investigation, the deceased was Section Chief Yang of Wuling County Tourism Bureau.While the local police blocked the news to prevent panic among the local people, they reported to their superiors and asked the special case team for assistance.The four members of the special case team set off immediately, first arrived at the provincial capital by plane, and then borrowed a car from the Provincial Public Security Department. Without a moment's rest, they blew their sirens all the way and drove towards the Wuling County Public Security Bureau at lightning speed.

The Wuling County Public Security Bureau building looks very luxurious. Although it is a county-level public security bureau, its luxury is comparable to that of the White House.The downstairs is lined with green trees, gardens are everywhere, the gate is heavily guarded, and the sentry is mighty. When you look up, you can see the five golden characters on the office building - Serve the People. In front of the Public Security Bureau, there is a mess and garbage everywhere, which is in stark contrast to the luxurious office building. Bao Zhan looked at the cigarette butts, mineral water bottles, steamed buns, and blood stains on the ground. He analyzed that there were people petitioning here just now.

Hualong said, petition?You should go to the county government, this is the Public Security Bureau. Professor Liang said that the county government must have gone first, but was forcibly dispersed by the police, and a few people who took the lead in petitioning were arrested. In the Public Security Bureau building, no one received the special case team, and everyone's attitude was cold, and they even looked at the four members of the special case team with strange eyes.After inquiring, I learned that the director was on a business trip, and the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee also went to a meeting in other places.This made the members of the special case team feel strange, and there was a weird atmosphere in the building.

Hualong muttered, "What do you mean, the local police will line up to welcome us, and the chief of public security will regard us as saviors, what about people?" A policeman probed his head and saw the four members of the special case team. He smiled all over his face and invited the special case team into the office. He claimed to be a propaganda officer, and then he took out a document and said, "Excuse me, I'm so sorry... Professor Liang said: What's going on? Propaganda Officer: We don't have any serious murders here. Hualong said: Just kidding, right? Propaganda officer: I'm sorry, but I let you come here for nothing, you guys, please come back.

The publicity officer said that it was a prank. There was no serious murder in the area. The Taoyuan Township Police Station lied about the case, and the director had already been punished. The scarecrow was just a mannequin, a prank by a local villager.The publicity officer showed the results of the forensics on the materials, the transcript of the inquiry, and the results of the processing to the special case team. Su Mei said angrily: "Come as soon as you call, leave as soon as you wave, I'm hungry, I don't even have time to eat, is it a prank?" The publicity officer said: Now our Wuling County Public Security Bureau has canceled the assistance of the special case team, and we can reimburse air tickets and pay travel expenses...

Hualong patted the table and cursed, and then, the four members of the special case team left the room and left the Wuling County Public Security Bureau.Hualong started the car, and the car drove to an intersection, when it encountered a red light, Bao Zhan looked down at the criminal investigation file and said: They lied! The scene photos in the criminal investigation file are very unprofessional.Because the township police station usually handles some public security cases, arrests family planning, mediates fights and so on, and sometimes even helps fellow villagers find lost cattle. It was very foggy at the time of the incident, so it was difficult to tell from the photos whether the scarecrow was a model or a real person.

The photo shows a very blurry face, the whole head is neatly cut off from under the chin, but there is still a piece of skin, which is bulging and stuffed with straw, without clothes, and the hands and feet are also made of straw. It appears the killer only cut off the head and flayed the torso.At the neck, a rope mark can be seen. Bao Zhan questioned: Who would hang the mannequin up? Su Mei said: This must be a person. This person should be hung up first, then peeled, and finally inserted into the peach orchard. Professor Liang said: This matter is strange, Hualong, let's go to the Taoyuan Township Police Station!

The Taoyuan Township Police Station is located at the foot of a mountain. The mountain is covered with green grass and peach trees. A small stream flows by, with weeping willows on both sides. A water trolley turns slowly. In the distance, the mountains are green. The city is very lively.Only peaches are sold in the market, and the local specialty flat peach is on the market during the Mid-Autumn Festival, attracting fruit vendors from all over the world to gather here. The special case team drove through the market and arrived at the Taoyuan Township Police Station. However, what is strange is that the gate is closed, and there is not a single policeman in the police station.

The special case team wandered around the market, planning to eat something first, and then go to the crime scene on the mountain.The crime scene recorded in the criminal investigation file was in an orchard on the roadside in front of Taohua Village, Taoyuan Township, and the first murder scene was in a pavilion in Taohuayuan Scenic Area.A group of people came to the foot of the mountain. There was a simple wooden restaurant at the foot of the mountain. An old man wearing an apron was washing dishes in the hall. The bandage seemed to have just been injured. Four people from the special case team went in and sat down at a table. Bao Zhan asked: Master, is this the Peach Blossom Spring Scenic Area, right? The old man replied: Yes, this is the Peach Blossom Spring of Dog Day! Bao Zhan asked again: "It's broad daylight, why doesn't the township police station have any police officers?" The old man said angrily, "Fucking shit, they're all dead, they're dead." Hualong asked: Has there been a murder case in the local area? The old man asked vigilantly: What are you doing? Bao Zhan replied: We are also policemen... Hearing the word "policeman", the old man was furious, threw the plate in his hand on the ground, pointed to the door and said, "Go, go, get out, the shop is closed, it's closed, I just feed the meat to the dogs." , nor sell it to you police. Hearing the word "roll", Hualong felt a surge of anger in his heart. When the special case team investigated the first two cases, it was so glorious, but now, they first received a cold reception at the county police station, and then they received a bad reception at the township police station. The door was shut, and at this time he was humiliated by the owner of the restaurant again. Hualong stood up and was about to explode when suddenly a group of vicious people rushed in and smashed the door when they entered. Burned the curtains.The knife-sharpening guy in the restaurant was terrified and looked at them blankly. Those people rushed up and beat and kicked the shop assistant. Soon, the bandage wrapped around the shop assistant's head was soaked red with blood again. Bao Zhan and Hualong didn't understand what was going on, the small wooden restaurant was already on fire, and the restaurant was in chaos, the two quickly pushed Professor Liang, pulled Su Mei, and ran to a safe place outside the door. The old man's neck was covered with veins, and he was yelling curses at his throat, and several people hurriedly carried him and the shop assistant out. The fire in the small wooden restaurant was raging. Some villagers and passers-by wanted to put out the fire, but a middle-aged man with a big belly put his hands on his hips and shouted sharply: I am the head of Wu Township. Anyone who dares to put out the fire will be arrested and imprisoned by the township government for 15 days. Scoop water fined 300! The old man straightened up suddenly, and cursed at the top of his voice, "Major Wu, you burned down my house, and I'm fighting with you, I'm going to kill you." Mayor Wu sneered and said, "Fuck, illegal building, I told you to move early, if you don't listen, you don't want to drink a toast, and you will be fined, lock me up." The flames of the small restaurant were soaring into the sky, and it was quickly burnt to ruins. The charred black waste bricks and tiles made the white "demolition" on the wall more eye-catching.The voice of the old man cursing became farther and farther away, gradually turning into a cry, and finally could not be heard.On the side of the road at the foot of the mountain, there is a cursive script engraved on a stone, "In the middle of the Jin Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, Wuling people fished for a living. Walking along the stream, forgetting the distance of the road. Suddenly encountering a peach blossom forest..." Su Mei was a little frightened by this violent demolition method. It was the first time she had seen such barbaric behavior. Hualong sighed and wanted to understand why the restaurant owner hated the police so much.The four members of the special case team didn't care about eating, and drove to the Taohuayuan Scenic Area on the mountain. Although the scenery on the road was beautiful, they were really not in the mood to appreciate it. They had nothing to say along the way, and the car stopped in front of a small pavilion.A man was sitting in the pavilion, reading a chess book. There is an antique wooden plaque on the pavilion, which says "Lanke Pavilion". This should be the scene of the murder recorded in the file. However, there is no blood on the pavilion pillars and the ground, and there are no warning signs.It didn't look like a murder case had happened here, but Bao Zhan could already smell the smell of blood in the pavilion. Su Mei pushed Professor Liang into the pavilion and stopped in front of the chessboard. Professor Liang said to the person sitting in the pavilion, How about a game of chess? The man smiled and said, yes. Professor Liang made two draws and five draws, choosing an offensive start. The man was a little nervous, and originally wanted to use the screen horse to defend, but the horse jumped to the bishop's position, and he was embarrassed to straighten it. Professor Liang turned a blind eye, and asked in a chatty tone: Inquire about the person, Section Chief Yang of the Tourism Bureau who was killed, have you heard of it? The man made another move and said, "I am!"