Chapter 7 7. Secret

Lin Fan found Director Liu and told him that the key sent by the murderer was probably a key to a supermarket or a public locker.Director Liu was not very happy after hearing this, because there are too many supermarkets in this city, plus some lockers in other public places, where can he find a locker that matches this key?Looking at Director Liu's expression, Lin Fan also knew his confusion. Lin Fan said, "Liu Tou, I actually know the approximate location of this locker." When Director Liu heard it, he felt incredible and asked, "How do you know?" Lin Fan said: "At first I didn't know, but according to the information Chen Xiaodong told me just now, I determined the location."

Director Liu said, "You mean Shi Fangting's birthday is the same as the number on the key?" Lin Fan said: "Yes, Zhou Qing and I went shopping in the supermarket today, and I found that this key is very similar to the key of the locker in the supermarket." Director Liu thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was something interesting about it.But the key had already been sent to the technical department, so he hurriedly called someone to bring it back.Indeed, the key was similar to the key to the locker they usually use when visiting the supermarket.

Director Liu hurriedly asked, "Where is that location?" Lin Fan said: "The murderer has hinted that this key is related to Shi Fangting, and the cabinet opened by the key should be in the supermarket near Shi Fangting's home." This strange key, this strange number, when Lin Fan said it, it seemed that the connection between the two became clear at once.Director Liu nodded, "Are you sure about the location?" Lin Fan said: "I am sure, there is a big supermarket near the victim's house, we can go and have a look first." Director Liu said, "Okay, take a few people there and report to me when you come back."

Lin Fan set off without saying a word, time waited for no one, not to mention that although what Lin Fan said was reasonable, it needed to be proved by facts.He took Chen Xiaodong alone and set off. Before leaving, Lin Fan called Ren Fei and told him the situation.Ren Fei almost didn't jump up when he heard that, he said that he rushed to the supermarket that Lin Fan mentioned to meet him immediately.But Lin Fan did not agree, he said that he would go and have a look first, and then inform Ren Fei if there was any situation, and Ren Fei had no choice but to agree.When leaving, Lin Fan asked Chen Xiaodong to change into plain clothes and a private car to go together.

The supermarket near Shi Fangting's home is called "Lianzhong", which is a relatively large supermarket.It's not very far from the police station where Lin Fan and the others are located, it only takes half an hour to drive. Chen Xiaodong was driving on the road, looking very happy, "Brother Fan, do you think my discovery is a big discovery?" Lin Fan looked at him proudly, but couldn't feel happy in his heart.Because there should be no problem with his guess, but what if the judgment is wrong?Lin Fan didn't answer him, but asked, "What else did you find? Tell me."

Hearing Lin Fan ask himself a question, Chen Xiaodong was extremely happy.To be honest, in the police station, Chen Xiaodong admired and feared Ren Fei the most, but he admired Lin Fan more in his heart.Chen Xiaodong said proudly: "Although I am a police officer, solving a case depends on skill and luck, doesn't it, Brother Fan? Just take this case as an example, I am very interested in those numbers .” Lin Fan thought this young man was extremely cute. Chen Xiaodong was the naughtiest young man in the police station, but he was also the smartest young man.Lin Fan smiled and said, "Oh? Why are you interested in the law?"

"You see, the first letter hints at the first victim, and the patterns and numbers at the scene of the first victim hint at the next victim, and so on. Now we only need to find out the four numbers 1112 that imply Besides Shi Fangting's birthday, what else does it represent, and we can find out the pattern of the murderer's crime!" Chen Xiaodong showed a smug smile on his face. After hearing this, Lin Fan found Chen Xiaodong even more cute.What Chen Xiaodong said had some truth, but it wasn't entirely correct.From Lin Fan's point of view, the numbers at the scene of the crime hinted at the next victim, and he felt that the pattern on the victim's back had nothing to do with hinting at the next victim, but hinted at something more. It is likely that this is the murderer. Reasons why the dead are killed.

Lin Fan said: "Many people seem to know about this matter, so it doesn't show how powerful you are?" Chen Xiaodong said confidently: "Look, there are twelve numbers left at the scene of the first crime, four numbers in groups, that is, three groups of numbers, and the name of the second victim happens to be three characters. It feels like the number left by the murderer is a hint of the victim's name, and the same is true of the second crime scene." Lin Fan was also recalling the case.The numbers Chen Xiaodong said appeared one by one in Lin Fan's mind... "That's right! But the first letter has sixteen digits. According to you, it should represent four characters, but the first victim has a three-character name, and the third victim was only found at the crime scene. Four numbers, according to your guess, there is only one letter, whose name will only have one letter?"

Chen Xiaodong smiled, "Brother Fan, isn't that what I think? The reason why I didn't tell Team Ren and Liu Tou is because I haven't figured it out yet, so I'll talk to you first and I want to hear your opinion." .” Lin Fan felt that his thoughts gradually became clearer.He asked Chen Xiaodong: "Tell me, under what circumstances should we use numbers to replace Chinese characters?" Chen Xiaodong thought for a while, "This kind of situation would not happen in normal times, it should be a special time, such as the password used in war or something."

"A special time, a special time..." Lin Fan said silently.But when is the special time?Lin Fan remembered what he said to Ren Fei.The pattern suggested by the murderer must have been known to them all, but they just couldn't recall it at the moment.But what kind of pattern they all know but can't remember for a while? Chen Xiaodong said at this time: "I think Team Ren must be pissed off this time, the murderer is clearly here to provoke!" But at this time, Lin Fan suddenly jumped up on his seat as if he had been electrocuted, "Why am I so stupid? I can't even think of this!"

Chen Xiaodong was taken aback by Lin Fan's actions, and quickly parked the car on the side of the road, "Brother Fan, what's wrong with you?" Lin Fan asked Chen Xiaodong excitedly: "Have you heard of the location code of Chinese characters?" Chen Xiaodong was at a loss and said, "The location code for Chinese characters? What do you mean?" Lin Fan didn't speak, just nodded with a smile. "Four numbers represent a Chinese character..." Chen Xiaodong said, "By the way, what else could it be? Why didn't we think of the obvious thing?" Now Lin Fan knew that he hadn't noticed a very important fact, that is, this letter was addressed to Chief Liu, which was a hint.Another point is very important, that is, what he himself said, the murderer has changed the way of insinuation.The "1112" is proof that the number found at the third crime scene is no longer related to the original number. Lin Fan didn't go back to the police station, but immediately called Director Liu. After all, he came out this time to find out about the key first. The sunshine outside the window was very good, Lin Fan stared blankly at the street outside the window, "Here is the evidence! Is it the location code of Chinese characters, this key may be circumstantial evidence!" Lin Fan thought to himself, his hand tightly Hold on to that key. The car arrived at Lianzhong Supermarket soon, and there were not many people in the supermarket.The lockers are on the first floor of the mall. Lin Fan and the others walked through the lockers to the mall. Lin Fan didn't stop in front of the lockers, but took Chen Xiaodong for a walk in the mall.Lin Fan asked Chen Xiaodong to pay attention to whether anyone was monitoring the situation in front of the locker.They just took turns wandering around not far from the locker. After Lin Fan made sure that no one was following him, he led Chen Xiaodong towards the locker. Originally, Chen Xiaodong was anxious to know if the key belonged to this place, but Lin Fan dragged him around, which made Chen Xiaodong a little annoyed, "We came to investigate, and now we are made like thieves!" Lin Fan smiled and said, "If you want to catch a thief, you have to be a good thief first." They quickly found locker 1112.The cabinet was locked, and Lin Fan took out the key and compared it with the keys of other cabinets, and found that the keys were very similar.The blue hang tag, even the numbers on the hang tag are extremely similar, these seem to prove Lin Fan's speculation. Lin Fan inserted the key into the keyhole and twisted it, and the cabinet door opened with a "snap"... Chen Xiaodong let out a sigh of relief, they were finally going to reveal the secret represented by the key.But Chen Xiaodong started to get a little nervous, what will be in this cabinet?Chen Xiaodong knew that the murderer could do any perverted things.Thinking of this, Chen Xiaodong felt a little scared again. Lin Fan didn't open the cabinet door immediately, he turned his head to look at Chen Xiaodong.Seeing Chen Xiaodong's nervous expression, he smiled and said, "I don't think there should be anything scary inside." Chen Xiaodong swallowed, "How do you know?" He didn't understand why Lin Fan was laughing at this time.What if there are other things inside instead of what Lin Fan said? Lin Fan slowly opened the cabinet door and said, "If I were him, I wouldn't do such a stupid thing." As soon as the cabinet door was opened, there was a strange smell, like a musty smell with some fishy smell.Taking a closer look, there was a black plastic bag inside the cabinet, which was full of a bag full of things. Chen Xiaodong looked at Lin Fan subconsciously, and swallowed unconsciously. Lin Fan quickly took out the bag, and after checking that there was nothing else in the cabinet, he took out the keys and the bag and went out, saying as he walked, "Call Director Liu quickly and inform the management office here, and we won't let you Others will move this cabinet again." Chen Xiaodong immediately called Director Liu, and they drove all the way back to the police station. Chen Xiaodong was driving the car, looking at the black bag on the rear seat from the rearview mirror from time to time. "Why, do you really want to know what's inside?" Lin Fan said. Chen Xiaodong nodded, "Don't you want to know what's inside?" "Want to hear the truth?" "Of course!" "Maybe knowing, it's not much better than not knowing." Knowing what Lin Fan meant, Chen Xiaodong opened the bag and discovered what was inside. Maybe it was another "mystery" that gave them a headache! "Tell me, what is the murderer thinking now?" A smile appeared on Lin Fan's face as he spoke.Seeing Lin Fan's smile, Chen Xiaodong really didn't know how to answer him.Lin Fan suddenly had an inexplicable impulse in his heart. The more difficult a person like him is, the stronger and braver he will be, and the more he wants to overcome it... When they arrived at the police station, Lin Fan and Chen Xiaodong immediately reported the situation to Director Liu.After a while, Ren Fei rushed back in a hurry.Director Liu called the technical staff to take pictures, and then began to open the mysterious black plastic bag. When they opened the plastic bag, everyone was shocked. They saw a few towels in the plastic bag, with a lot of blood on them, and some long hair, which looked like women's.The towels had been stuffed in bags for a long time and had a bad smell.Ren Fei knew that these must be the towels taken away from the crime scene, but the murderer sent them back again. The staff of the technical department opened these towels and found something wrapped in the towels - a stone. Everyone watched carefully around this stone. This stone looked very ordinary, like the kind of stone you can see casually in the wild.If this stone was placed in the wild, no one would notice it, but now, it has become more eye-catching than diamonds. Chen Xiaodong looked at Lin Fan, hoping to find something from Lin Fan's expression, but Lin Fan's eyes were cold. It was already the afternoon of April 11th, and it was getting closer and closer to the time when the presumed murderer committed another crime. Lin Fan bit his lip, and said as if he had just made an important decision: "Forget about the meaning of this stone, have you found out the relationship between those numbers and the location codes of Chinese characters?" Regarding the fact that the numbers that Lin Fan said represented Chinese character location codes, after receiving Lin Fan's call, Director Liu had already sent people to investigate.It is easy to use Chinese characters to type digital codes, but it is not so easy to use numbers to find Chinese characters.It was Lin Fan who thought of a way to type out the victim's name first, then find out the number code, and finally compare with these numbers, and the result came out very quickly. Qin Li: 3956 3286 Li Wenjuan: 3278 4636 3074 Shi Fangting: 4223 2328 7035 At the crime scene of the first victim, Qin Li, the number left by the murderer—3278 4636 3074—indicates the name of the second victim, Li Wenjuan. At the crime scene of the second victim—Li Wenjuan, The number left by the murderer—4223 2328 7035—indicates the name of the third victim, Shi Fangting.Obtaining this result made everyone very happy, but Lin Fan who was standing aside had no happy expression on his face. The numbers in the first letter, after careful searching by everyone, finally found the corresponding Chinese characters. 5146 corresponds to the character "you", 4723 is the character "play", 3110 is the character "open", and 4228 is the character "beginning". Looking at the first group of Chinese characters that were interpreted, everyone's faces darkened.Looking at the words "the game begins", everyone really felt the provocation of a lunatic.This number mystery that has troubled everyone for many days has finally been solved.But "1112" did not find the corresponding Chinese characters. But Lin Fan knew that although the mystery of this number was solved, it would not be of much help to solve the case, because the murderer would not use this method to commit crimes again.