Chapter 2 Chapter 2 The deal is over, and the deduction of the murder begins

At the end of the call, the words echoed in Yi Shuicen's ears for a long time: "The dealing of the cards is over, and the interpretation of the murder begins." Yi Shuicen bought some cooked food from the street and returned to his apartment.Putting down his things, he saw a missed call displayed on the landline phone.He sighed, took out a cigarette and lit it.He hasn't smoked for a long time, but now he really wants to smoke one. He knew what the call was about.Two days ago, someone in the phone message told him that he would receive a gift and asked him to wait for the call from the giver.Maybe this call will come again soon, he thought, who would give him such a playing card?

Sure enough, ten minutes later, the phone rang. "Hello, are you Mr. Yi Shui Cen?" There was an unfamiliar voice on the phone. "I am. May I ask who you are?" "I am an old friend of yours." "Oh, have we met?" "It doesn't matter. Did you get what I gave you?" "what?" "You know." Yi Shuicen paused for a moment: "Is it a poker card?" "That's right, it's playing cards." "I want to ask a question, why did you give the lawyer a card with a note, but not mine?" "Hehe," the voice laughed, "do you feel that you are being treated unfairly because of this? There is no need to give you a note, because I will tell you what I have to say over the phone."

Yi Shui Cen remained silent. "I believe you will also be confused, why should I send you a weird playing card for no reason." "Appreciate further details." "You were a good agent when you were in CID. They dropped you because they didn't know what to do. I'm sure of that." "Thank you for the compliment." "The cases you handle are beautiful. Lessing City is the place with the largest concentration of big cases in this country, and it has become a stage for talented detectives to perform. I admire you, your knowledge and way of thinking. People say , Those detectives in the movie do not exist in reality, but I just saw their shadows in you. I have never really admired a person, and you are the first."

"my pleasure." "I said that I am an old friend of yours because I have something to do with a certain case you handled. Maybe you can't remember which case it is. It's just a little bit of relationship, and it doesn't matter if you don't remember it." "Can you tell me which case it is?" "I don't need to tell you. However, I have been telling myself all this time that this guy Yishuicen is the best among people. In my whole life, I can't just miss him like this. It's a pity that I'm not a woman and I can't marry him, but I have to Think of a way to let our lives collide. The more I think about it, the more anxious I become, because I see you drinking all day, frowning, leaving the stage you love, and your life has lost its luster ..."

Yi Shui Cen listened quietly, he wanted to see how this guy would perform. "Finally I've figured out a way. I've worked hard to prepare a murder rendition. You will be the protagonist on stage." "what do you want?" "I have thirteen cards, those weird poker cards you see. I'm going to deal them all, thirteen cards to thirteen people, and I can tell you now that the thirteen people It represents thirteen different identities." "and then?" "It's still in the licensing stage..." "and then?" "Oh, don't worry, I'll tell you. After the cards are dealt, the murder will begin."

"A rendition of murder? What does that mean?" "I've thought about it too," the voice said guiltily, "but what is it called? Could it be called a murder exercise? No, only this name is the most reliable." "What do you want to do?" "As I said, I want to have a life collision with you. I can't miss you, I swear this is my truth. I designed a murder, you unravel it, you dissect it, you Let it rise." "You didn't escape from a mental hospital, did you? Where did you know my number?" "You actually treat me as a mental patient, which really hit me hard. As I said, I did it because..."

"Enough, don't repeat it," Yi Shuicen interrupted him, "What did you say just now, you designed a murder, that's the point, isn't it?" "Well...you can think so." "You said a murder..." Yi Shui Cen felt something keenly, "Is it one or one, what does one mean? Could it be multiple?" "Well...it depends on how you understand it." The voice seemed very sincere. "I have a few words of advice." "Speaking." "No matter what your purpose is, I'm not a policeman now, and it doesn't make any sense for you to pester me. Also, don't sacrifice other people's lives needlessly."

"Ah, it won't be unnecessary. Mr. Yi, don't worry, there must be a reason for murder. I said that this is the interpretation of murder. If you kill someone casually, how can it be called murder? If it's the kind that doesn't Isn't the matter of artistic level the biggest insult to you, Mr. Yi?" Yi Shui Cen took a deep breath, and then suddenly said, "Who the hell are you?" "Your old friend, your loyal admirer. Mr. Yi, you won't lower my favor for you if you scold me." The headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Bureau is a twenty-two-story building.Yi Shuicen is now standing under this building.

Lessing City is a prosperous metropolis, which is the result of the rapid development of Western-style city-building concepts, but at the same time, some appalling crimes have also been brought here, which once made the city very "lively".Statistics show that the city's crime rate is making its unwavering march towards the new crime capital of the East, and the Criminal Investigation Bureau is born. The Criminal Investigation Bureau is an independent department. It is not responsible for daily police affairs. It only conducts investigations on important criminal cases and conducts research on some criminal topics.There is an extremely advanced experimental center, a complete database, and of course all kinds of outstanding technical personnel.Its internal structure is relatively simple. In addition to the chief and deputy chiefs, there are several police chiefs (generally called detectives), and then there are first-level police detectives, second-level police detectives, and ordinary police officers.Only first-level police detectives are qualified to handle cases independently.

Yi Shui Cen used to be a first-class police detective, but people's evaluation of him has always been mixed.Some people think he is very capable, but some people think he is in vain.His misbehavior and frequent hangovers made it hard for his boss to tolerate him.Finally, he accidentally injured the hostage in an operation, and his boss couldn't bear it anymore and immediately removed him. After losing his job, he fell into a trough, drinking all day long and feeling depressed.There were times when he also helped others conduct some innocuous investigations, but inadvertently got involved in some cases, so in many people's minds, he was a private detective.But as he himself said, such a profession does not exist in China.Those so-called private detectives are simply illegal clowns.

At this moment, looking at the building where he used to work, he couldn't help feeling a little emotional.He hasn't been to this place for a long time. He took out his cell phone and dialed a number. "Hello, Nangong. It's me. Do you have time now? I want to meet you. I'm downstairs. Come down quickly. I'll wait for you at the bar on the corner. " He hung up the phone and walked towards the bar. Twenty minutes later, a man emerged from the building and hurried into the bar.He immediately saw Yi Shui Cen sitting in a corner by the window.He walked over quickly, a little nervously. "I said, why are you looking for me at work?" "Nangong, sit down, don't act like a thief, have a drink first, oh, I forgot this is your working time." This man is called Nangong Shuni, a good friend of Yi Shuicen and an agent of the Criminal Investigation Bureau.Nangong is a Chinese compound surname, but it makes his name a bit weird, and is often mistaken for a Japanese name. He sat down, "Yi Shui Cen, why did you become like this?" "That's the way I am." "You're thin and old." "People always get old." "Don't drink all day, it will shorten your life." "Don't worry, that thing can't destroy me." "But loneliness will destroy you." For a while, Yi Shui Cen did not speak. Nangong Shuni broke the silence: "Why, what do you want from me?" "I need your help, I'm in trouble." "Oh? You'll be in trouble too?" "Yeah, I got stalked by a guy." "Who is he?" "I don't know. He only called me twice, claiming to be an old friend of mine, saying that he was related to a certain case I had previously handled." "And he threatened you?" "On the contrary, he said that he admired me very much, so he asked me to do some deductive method..." Yi Shuicen stopped at this point.After all, Nangong is a member of the police. He thought that if he said the words "murder deductive method", it might complicate things. "What deductive method?" "I'm not sure, what that guy said is very clueless." Yi Shuicen said, "What else did he say that would collide with my life." Nangong pondered for a while: "He said it was related to a certain case you handled?" "Yes, I have handled so many cases, how do I know which one it is?" "He didn't leave any hints or anything?" "Absolutely not." "Do you think... it is possible that a criminal you arrested back then came back to seek revenge on you?" "It's entirely possible." "This is not good, can you handle it? He won't kill you, will he?" "It's hard to say. In fact, I think this guy's purpose is to make me die badly." "Do you want to look up that phone number?" "It's useless. I called the phone company and asked. It's a magnetic card phone in the western suburbs. You have no way of knowing who made the call. There may not even be witnesses in those places." "Then what about this guy's voice? You can record the voice, and I'll go to the technology center to do voiceprint analysis, and then compare it with the voiceprint in the database..." "Nangong, don't be so naive," Yi Shuicen interrupted him, "It's not been a day or two since you've been a policeman. Think about it, is this guy such an idiot? I heard that voice is rather weird, it must be using a voiceprint changing instrument Repaired." Nangong put his hands on his chest, "What should I do then? What do you think that guy meant by what he said to you?" "I don't know. He only talked about deduction. It sounds like he wants to engage in an intellectual contest with me...but he keeps talking about adoring me. Of course, this may be a smokescreen. Deduction...I heard this first The words are from Holmes." "Well. It's actually a method in logic. It seems to be called the method of logical classification, deduction and exclusion. It is said that it was first invented by Descartes. But it's nothing special, and it has been widely used now." Yi Shui Cen drank the wine in his glass thoughtfully. Nangong sighed: "Listen, Yi Shui Cen. I can't help you now in the situation you mentioned. You are not a policeman, you are just an ordinary person. From a legal point of view, the call you received is not legal at all. It's not a threatening phone call, it's harassment at best, maybe not even harassment. What can I do, can't I call the police to protect you?" "You misunderstood, Nangong. I don't want you to publicize the matter. However, since that guy claims to be related to a certain case I have handled before, then I want to see the previous case records." "You mean to ask me to transfer information for you?" "Exactly." "This is against the rules. Besides, there are so many cases related to you." "I want it all. Give me a copy of those materials, including detailed records of every person involved." Nangong was silent for a while, "But you are an ordinary person now, I can't leak files to you, it's against the rules..." "Nangong, don't talk about rules with me!" Yi Shuicen slammed his glass on the table, "Don't forget, I was already a first-class police detective when you were a clerk, so fuck him Mother's rule, give me the information." Nangong sighed helplessly. Yi Shuicen returned to Nanxing Avenue.He didn't go back to the apartment directly, but came to the Savage Bar on the street. It's a pretty bare bar, with no food, no decorative ceilings, and no low-hanging lampshades.The bar was smoky, with crumbling symbolist paintings on the walls and a few dart boards.People from all walks of life in this area often gather here, and the police occasionally catch a few drug addicts here, or crazy people who don't bother to escape after committing a crime.But it can also be a good place for the police to train informants. "Hey, look who's here!" the bartender yelled. "Hello, detective!" "I'm not a detective." Yi Shuicen leaned on the bar, "A glass of Bordeaux." "Are you sure you only want such gentle wine?" "I just drank it." "Okay." The bartender handed over the drink. A man in a woolen coat came over, "Hi, also detective." "Hello, stinky tofu." "Stinky tofu" is the nickname of this person.He is an unemployed vagrant who is active in this area. He got this name because he is keen on serving wine with stinky tofu.He used to work in a factory, and unfortunately his leg was run over by a machine. The factory gave him a sum of money in order not to sue, but the leg recovered miraculously in the end. He used the money to make some small investments. Enough to cover living expenses every month.He wasn't exactly a bad guy, but he didn't feel that way, because he was always in those dark corners. This is exactly what Yi Shui Cen needs. "Stinky tofu, do me a favor." "Just tell me, it's my honor." Stinky Tofu said jokingly. "You know the South Star Avenue area very well, and you often wander around at night, don't you?" "That's right." "Recently, have any strangers appeared in this area?" Stinky tofu looked at Yi Shuicen strangely. "I mean, recently, in these bars, restaurants, and in the streets and alleys, where you people like to gather, have there been any strange faces?" Stinky Tofu suddenly became very excited: "You are handling a case, aren't you?" "I'm not a detective!" "It doesn't matter, I know you're working on a case." "Whatever you say. Anyway, you can help me pay attention during this time, especially around my apartment, to see if there is anyone..." Yi Shui Cen paused, "Spying on me." "Okay. But who's watching you? I can't figure that out." "Maybe someone from the past," he said. Yi Shuicen returned to the apartment and checked the phone. There were no missed calls, and he felt a little relieved.To be honest, he didn't like the voice of that "old man" after the voiceprint had been changed. Not long after, Nangong Shuni called and told him that the information he wanted had been found, and it would be sent to him from the Internet immediately. Five minutes later, the information had been transferred to Yi Shuicen's computer.He sat down and looked carefully, the contents of these materials were complicated and most of them were useless. Yi Shuicen only hoped that the materials of a certain case could stimulate his brain and make him connect what the old man said with a certain case. But no.He read it for three hours in a row, and the information didn't do anything except make his thoughts a mess. He fiddled with some cooked food to fill his stomach, which, from the effect of the previous alcohol, protested violently against the food.He fell on the sofa uncomfortable, tilted his head and looked out the window, it was already dark.He unconsciously said to the darkness: "Old man, who are you?" Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Yi Shui Cen got up and went to open the door.Originally, he was still cautious, but suddenly he thought that he should not be in danger. If the old man wanted to kill him, why did he call him before?The person he wanted to knock on the door might be the lawyer named Yang Zhuo two days ago. However, standing outside the door was a stranger. "Are you Mr. Yi Shui Cen?" "I'm." "I...my name is Feng Jia..." The man's voice was trembling.He was a tall, thin young man with black hair curled up. "Come in." Yi Shuicen turned and walked back into the room. The man named Feng Jia came in and closed the door, walked carefully to the sofa and sat down.His gait was strange, like an awkward little gait, and the expression on his face was even weirder, his muscles twitching as if he had just cried, but obviously he hadn't. "Can I ask you a favor?" he said directly but carefully. "Tell me what it is." "I got this." He pulled out a playing card with the number 8 on it. "What does it have to do with me?" "Along with the card is a note with some weird words written on it," he took a breath, looking terrified, "it said let me come to you." "Wait, the note said you were to come find me?" "Yes, there is an address on it, No. 126 Nanxing Avenue, isn't it here?" "What did you say?" "Say not to call the police, or you will die. Say you are the licensee, and you can come to you. I burned the note, which said I was asked to do this." Yi Shuicen thought, the lawyer didn't say that the note said he should come to me. "It mentioned that I was the receiver?" "Yes." Feng Jia's breathing was rapid. "Why do you seem so panicked?" Yi Shui Cen asked, "It's just a poker card." "I don't know, to be honest, I don't know what I'm afraid of." "Did it mention the murder deduction?" "Ah, yes. I never wanted to bring up those two dreaded words. How did you know that?" "Because I'm the dealer." Yi Shui Cen smiled wryly. Feng Jia moved back a little, not knowing what to say for a moment. "By the way, why do I think you look familiar?" Yi Shuicen looked at his face. "Ah, this is normal, maybe you have seen my performance." "Your performance?" "I am a beast trainer, specializing in taming wild animals, like lions and tigers. I often perform on stage, maybe you have seen it." "I see, but I never go to circuses." "That might have been seen on TV or in the paper." After a while of silence, Feng Jia asked, "What should we do now?" "What do you mean?" "I know you used to be a cop. I asked. You've got to figure something out." "I can't help it. You received a strange playing card and some strange words. Someone asked you to come to me without explaining what it was, and I had no idea what it was. I don't know the send Who is the card player? Speaking of which, even if I know, what can I do?" Feng Jia was silent again.He lowered his head slowly, with a sense of fate. "Listen, there are such strange things in the world, and you can't stop it from happening. If so, then continue to live as usual until you find a solution. Now go home and continue to deal with your lions and tigers." Feng Jia left disappointed.Yi Shuicen looked at the man's back on the street from the window, feeling a sense of pity.Three people who have received the playing cards can now be identified: the lawyer, the animal trainer and himself.The dealing of the cards was still going on, and all he could do was continue to recall the previous cases. At eleven o'clock, Yi Shuicen noticed a noise outside the door.He walked to the window and saw a figure shaking, this person seemed to be hesitating. He opened the door: "Come in, sir." Another stranger. This time, this guy was a well-dressed middle-aged man. He walked in, but did not sit down, but kept looking around the room: "Sir, who are you?" "I'm Yi Shui Cen, the person you're looking for." The man was taken aback: "You know I'm looking for you?" "Otherwise, why are you wandering outside my door? I believe you also mistakenly think that I am a private detective." The man breathed a sigh of relief, as if he finally figured out why Yi Shui Cen knew he came to him: "Well, I heard people say that, don't you?" Yi Shui Cen didn't say much: "Tell me about you." "Oh, this... my name is Gu Jincheng, and I am... the owner of a store. I... I want to say..." The man named Gu Jincheng looked around and thought about how to express it. "My address is written on your note." Yi Shuicen said directly. "Ah, what did you say? How do you know the note?" The man was startled. "I know, but unfortunately there's nothing I can do for you. Would you like to sit down and have a cup of tea?" The man stared closely at Yi Shui Cen, as if he wanted to see through him, and finally said "Farewell" before turning around and going out the door. Obviously, this is another person who received playing cards. Maybe he had too many doubts in his heart, so he chose to visit at such a late night, but he didn't seem to trust Yi Shuicen at all.But then again, it's useless for him to trust Yi Shui Cen. He said that he was the owner of a store. Yi Shuicen thought that the three people before had a bit of a special identity: the expelled police detective, lawyer, and animal trainer.But the identity of this person's store owner is not mysterious at all.This is rather interesting. Hua Mo looked at the clock beside the bed, it was only six o'clock in the morning.He couldn't sleep, but he didn't want to get up either.The investigation of Huang Kun's murder has not made any progress.As those neighbors said, Huang Kun is not a good person. He often contacts criminals and makes some shady deals. It is not difficult for such a person to be killed one day. But for Warmer, the biggest problem was the tape. How did that guy put the tape in his car?This is a puzzling question.Most likely it was done in an underground parking lot.Hua Mo knew that it would not be difficult to open the car door if he had some professional skills. Moreover, there were occasional theft cases where people could not lock the car door with jammers.But there is surveillance video in the parking lot. He suddenly remembered that on the way home that day, he went to a cafe to chat with friends, and the car was parked in a roadside parking space.The guy must have put the bag in the car at that time.At that time, he did press the electric key twice to open the car door.But he didn't care about it at the time. If he was careful enough, he should have found the problem then. The other party must have planned it long ago, even if he didn't stop at that place, the other party would have sent the tape in other ways. Hua Mo has never said anything about the tape, he thought he must be crazy, but he really kept it secret.The reason is simple, if he tells his boss about the tape, he will be scolded and punished because he did not report it in advance, and more importantly, he will be ridiculed by his colleagues - he wants to be a hero but It didn't work, or else, he simply couldn't prevent a murder.God, even the murderer knew how useless he was, so he dared to tell him the target of the murder in advance without any fear. However, the murderer did not keep his promise, saying that he would start at seven o'clock, but in the end it was eight o'clock. The wife next to him turned over.Hua Mo kissed his wife's face and struggled to get up.After washing up, open the door to get milk and newspaper. The milk hasn't arrived yet, but the newspaper has arrived.He complained in his heart that these milkmen were getting lazy, and he took out the newspaper casually. With a bang, something fell to the ground.He looked down and saw another tape. Hua Mo almost wanted to rush into the bedroom to find the VCR, but was worried about waking his wife.He couldn't let his wife know about this mess.Breathing heavily, he tiptoedly and almost tremblingly took out the VCR, then walked into the study and closed the door. He puts the tape in.The voice sounded again: Hi.I believe you also know what I did that day.There's a slight discrepancy in timing, but that doesn't hurt.Tonight, also at seven o'clock, I'm going to kill another person.The location is Baimen Street, Xinnan District, and the target's name is Luo Xiang. here we go again.Hua Mo stood there blankly, it was difficult for him to express what emotion he was in now.Angry, anxious, even a little panicked?He heard the sound of his wife getting up, and quickly hid the tape. On the way to work, he drove the car very fast.But not long after he arrived at the bureau, he asked his boss for leave.His excuse was that someone in the family was accidentally injured.He quickly rushed to Baimen Street in Xinnan District to inquire about the man named Luo Xiang. Baimen Street is a remote and messy street with many grocery stores and artisan shops.Luo Xiang is one of the artisans. He is an elderly man who makes some handicrafts in his shop and then wholesales them to retail stores outside.But what should we do now?Hua Mo thought, he also couldn't say to that craftsman: Someone is going to kill you. seven o'clock in the evening.He thought, he needs to wait until then. Yi Shuicen stayed in the house, drinking beer while recalling the past cases.Is there any case that is enough to offend such a weirdo?Of course, every case offends people, but this old man keeps saying that he admires him, maybe it has something to do with a very beautiful case.But those criminals are all in prison now, who knows whose accomplice or relative this guy is? It has been almost two years since he stopped being a policeman. In other words, even if this old man is related to a certain case he handled, it must have been at least two years ago, maybe five or six years or even ten years ago.Why did he wait so long to make a move?Maybe, he didn't have a chance until recently?Had he just been released from prison? He immediately called Nangong and asked him to find out who among the criminals he had dealt with had been released recently.Putting down the phone, he felt that this was unlikely.Most of the criminals I worked on in the past were major cases like homicide, and those guys had already been shot.If it is an ordinary case, it does not need to be handled by the Criminal Investigation Bureau at all. However, the old man was talking about the deductive method of murder, so the case back then must have been a murder case.He may be an accomplice or close friend of the criminal.Soon, Nangong called back and said that there was no record of recent recidivism. Near noon, stinky tofu knocked on the door.He told Yi Shuicen that he had already asked his partners, but no one had seen any unfamiliar faces nearby. "I will continue to investigate." Stinky Tofu said before leaving. Yi Shuicen went out for lunch, and the local entertainment station was playing on the TV in the small restaurant. An astrologer was telling which kind of people were more likely to encounter murder.Yi Shuicen knew this astrologer, he was quite famous in Lessing City.It is said that he changed his beliefs several times, from a Taoist to a Christian, and at some point he developed a strong interest in astrology and began to study astrology charts. Yi Shuicen doesn't like this kind of person who pretends to be a ghost, but this person said it seriously: There are two innate factors in people: one is genetics, and the other is the state of all things at birth-to put it bluntly, it is astrology.Now, innate criminal factors have been studied as a hot topic, and scientists are cracking criminal genes, but I believe that it will take at least a hundred years.Astrology is different. It can draw a person's tendency to commit crimes and crimes from the subtle analysis of personality.This is science.But in this field, there are often facts that cannot be expressed scientifically, which is the prediction of fate... What a master.Yi Shuicen thought, maybe this guy is a criminal genius. He returned to his apartment, thinking about what the astrologer said just now.For a layman like him, some words were obscure.However, that person's astrological analysis of several crimes just now made people think of the word "deduction". Does it have something to do with him? In the afternoon, his phone rang, it was an old friend. "Hi, Yi Shui Cen, hello. I also called you yesterday, but you were not here." It was still the same opening as an old friend. "What's the matter with you?" "It's not shit, it hasn't started yet. As I said, this is my life..." "Okay, stop doing that and say what you want to say." "Fine. Glad you're willing to listen. Wait, let me guess, you didn't have the police tap your phone?" "I know you use a magnetic card phone in the West End. No one in that suburb pays any attention to who you are." "Okay, let's get to the point. I want to tell you that the dealing of cards is over." Yi Shuicen's heart sank, "The deal is over, what does that mean?" "What does it mean? Ah, Yi Shui Cen, don't pretend to be dull on purpose. The card deal is over, and the murder deduction begins." "I thought it started before." "No, the card deal hasn't been completed before." "So it starts now?" "About to start." Yi Shuicen was silent for a moment, "What will happen? What will happen after the murder deduction begins?" "Oh, it's not deduction to say it. You can imagine it, though." "I have a question." Yi Shui Cen said. "Speaking." "Why do you only call my landline? You can call my cell phone." "No need. Mobile phones, products of communication technology, rely on small mobile chips..." He seemed to be talking to himself, "It's a very convenient tool, but... I don't like it very much." At the end of the call, the words echoed in Yi Shuicen's ears for a long time: "The dealing of the cards is over, and the interpretation of the murder begins." What I want to tell you is that there is a reason for murder. Thirteen playing cards were dealt to thirteen people. As for when you will find out about these people, that is your business. From now on, I am no longer here In this game.As the saying goes: It's none of your business, hang on high.This is your stage...