Chapter 25 10. The mark of the devil

Everyone in the bureau was overwhelmed, and everyone was so busy that only Wang Dui sat quietly at the table, writing and drawing on paper.The wastebasket next to him was full, and I wondered what was written on those papers.But he didn't seem to want me to watch it, he told me to walk away every time I passed by. "Everyone has their own personal space." Lao Cheng reminded me, "That's Team Wang's personal space, don't bother him." The phone rang. "What! Another body?!" The person who answered the phone was shocked. Wang Duifei ran to the phone and pulled the man away: "I am Wang Fei from the criminal police team... What did you say, say it again? Okay, I understand."

He quickly wrote a line on the paper, and then named me and Lao Cheng, asking us to go with him. This time it was within the urban area, but the route twisted and turned and almost made us dizzy. Fortunately, the captain wrote down the address on a piece of paper.But even he scolded: "What a place!" This time it was the old site of the Great Wall Hospital, which was located near the farmer's market. It seemed that the corpse had been parked there for a while, but due to the low temperature, it hadn't decomposed yet. Among the ruins, a very old cauldron stood on a pile of ashes, and the water in the pot had frozen.A female corpse is frozen in ice.Her hands and feet were cut off, and her limbs were also in the pot.However, because the pot was relatively small, the body of the deceased was still not completely submerged in the water, and the head was still exposed above the ice, with long hair hanging down and a frosted face like a ghost.

"The composition of the pile of ash has been checked. It is mainly waste paper and plastic bags, which can be seen everywhere. It is estimated that it came from a nearby garbage dump. Since it has been burned, no fingerprints can be found on it." The above are the results of field investigations. Forensic doctor Lao Ding made a preliminary identification of the corpse: "The deceased's throat was cut, he lost too much blood and died, and his limbs were cut off by a sharp weapon after death. From the wound, it should be some kind of knife. The deceased's strength was not small, and his tendons The connection was cut with a single knife."

"How many times does this guy have to kill before he is willing to give up..." The captain checked the pot.The handle of the pot was broken off and there was a small hole in the side. "Is this a steamer?" asked the captain. Another forensic doctor, Lao Mu, said: "It seems to be, I have seen similar pots in front of the steamed bun shop." "Why is everything so awkward this time?" the captain muttered to himself. I asked, "Where is the awkwardness?" "The first is the fire starter. Judging from the pile of ashes, although the murderer also collected a lot of waste paper and plastic bags, they were not enough. Let alone cooking the corpse, it was difficult to even boil the water."

He tapped the pot with his gloved hand, and the thin pot walls made a crisp sound. "Looking at this pot again, anyone who knows how to cook knows that the steamer is a steamer, and the cooking pot is a cooking pot. Cooking things with someone who is not handy can only get twice the result with half the effort. The pots I chose a few times before are very applicable. Pot, why did you choose such an awkward pot this time?" He stood up: "Looking at the surrounding environment, the route here is complicated. Although it is secluded and difficult to find, it is within the urban area after all. The corpses found before are either in the wild or in the suburbs."

"Finally look at the corpses. The bodies of the first few victims were all cut with chainsaws. The murderer seems to have a soft spot for chainsaws. Although the murderer left the first chainsaw because he was in a hurry, it should be There is also a second chainsaw. Because the ninth victim was also cut by the chainsaw. The second chainsaw was not found at the scene, and the murderer should have hidden it with him. Since the chainsaw is still with him, why is it so special this time? What else to choose to cut up the body? It confuses me.” I leaned closer to the corpse to see the face of the deceased, and exclaimed: "Captain, come and see, we have seen this woman before."

The deceased was Wang Zhiqing's boss, the section chief whose office was next to the boss's. "I hooked up with Wang Zhiqing again, is this fate or a coincidence?" The captain fell into deep thought again. "By the way, Wang Zhiqing said that he would deliver the letter to us today." "Well, let's take a look when we go back. Let's clean up the scene first." Wang Zhiqing was waiting for us in the office. When he saw us, he stood up first, as if he was very nervous. "I'm sorry, I want to tell you a sad news, my house was burglarized."

"Is something stolen?" Team Wang was not surprised, as if this was within his expectation. Wang Zhiqing said: "Yes, a lot of clothes were taken away. The change left at home was also gone." Team Wang asked, "Did the letter to your girlfriend disappear?" Wang Zhiqing wondered: "How do you know? The letter was in the pocket of a coat. If the clothes are gone, the letter will be gone." Wang Dui said to me seriously: "There is indeed a problem, there is indeed a problem with Feng Shanshan's pen pal!" Wang Zhiqing asked eagerly: "Really? Is it bad for solving the case if the letter is lost?"

"Naturally, alas, just get the letter back that day." Dui Wang showed a remorseful expression on his face. Wang Zhiqing said: "When I went home that day, the house was turned upside down. I have already called the police at our police station." "I hope we can find the thief soon. Alas, even if we know that there are clues in those letters, it's too late now, they have already been taken away..." Team Wang said disappointedly. "Are there any clues in the letter? I remember the contents of the letter. Is this useful?" Wang Zhiqing asked. "Great!" Dui Wang slapped his thigh, it was the first time seeing him so excited in so many days.

"Well, I'm always jealous because of her pen pal relationship, so I'm very concerned about those letters. So I took a sneak peek." Wang Zhiqing was a little embarrassed. "Talk as much as you can remember, Xiao Liu, hurry up and get a pen and paper!" Su Muzhe is the name of an ancient ci brand, and this should be the pseudonym of that pen pal.A very short letter, it seems that it is just an ordinary greeting, and there is nothing wrong with it. Wang Zhiqing said: "It would be great if I could recall more, but I can only recall this one, because it has the shortest content."

Team Wang said, "Can you guarantee that the contents of this letter are word for word? Is there anything special about the envelope?" "Fortunately, I usually do some tedious work in the company. Our boss is very demanding and requires us to memorize numbers and words clearly. The envelope has a local postmark and a stamp worth 20 cents .” Wang Dui looked at the piece of paper: "This letter gives us a lot of information." I wondered: "Why? How much information can I get? I can only see that this person is a tourist, or a reporter or a writer, maybe a photographer. He was wandering around Jiuzhaigou two days before the incident. It seems There is no time to commit crimes..." Team Wang asked Wang Zhiqing, "Is this the last letter your girlfriend received?" Wang Zhiqing replied: "That's right, she became very excited after receiving it. That was the day we had a fight." "It's so obvious...the murderer is too bold..." Wang Dui looked at the letter and suddenly smiled. "Boss! What's wrong with you, you can't read anything from this letter!" I thought he was mentally disturbed due to too much pressure. "I'm fine, it's this letter, it can really guide us to find the murderer!" "No way!" I looked again carefully. "This is what I just wrote down according to Xiao Wang's dictation. There is nothing special about it." Team Wang said: "Comrade Wang Zhiqing, please go back. We will notify you when we have news. By the way, has your section chief gone to work?" Wang Zhiqing replied: "I don't seem to have seen her, but she doesn't need to follow the order to go to work. After all, she has a good relationship with the leader." "If you go back to the company, make sure. If your section chief hasn't gone to work, please call and tell me." "Oh?" The last sentence made Xiao Wang puzzled, but he still nodded, "I still want to know when I can get Shanshan's body, please let me know when the time comes." Then, he left sadly up. "Xiao Liu, I know you have a lot of questions to ask me now, let's get in the car first, and I will tell you in the car." He pulled me into a police car and we drove out of the police station. "Where are we going?" I asked. Team Wang smiled and said, "Don't you know? The address on the letter!" "The address on the letter?" I was confused, there was no address on the letter, except Jiuzhaigou... I said bitterly, "We're not going to Jiuzhaigou. Captain, I'm afraid we don't have enough fuel in the car." "Are you kidding? There is a local postmark on it, and the stamp is only 20 cents. It can only be mail from this city. How could it be from Jiuzhaigou! You read the first word of each sentence together. .” So, I connected the first words of each sentence and got a sentence. - Victory Road 309! "Is this where we're going?" Team Wang replied: "Yes, the murderer stole all the letters. It should not have been expected that Xiao Wang would peek at his girlfriend's letters, let alone that we recovered the letters and deciphered the contents. Now we must rush to the letter as soon as possible. There. Just in time for a surprise attack!" I asked: "Wang Zhiqing himself is not suspected?" Wang Dui said: "No, he is a cowardly character, not like a murderer who can kill ten people. Even if there is unhappiness between him and his girlfriend, he doesn't care too much. You see, his girlfriend is pregnant Someone else's child, but he still loves her." The car is driving fast, and every second that passes may make us lose the opportunity! The car was parked at an intersection on Desheng Road. The police car was too conspicuous. Dui Wang and I got out of the car far away. We were all in casual clothes today. No. 309 is a one-story house with a single courtyard, with vines covering the fence, and the big iron gate is locked. Wang Dui and I pretended to buy newspapers at a nearby newsstand, keeping an eye out for passers-by.The newsstand was full of outdated magazines, and the boss yawned and hid in the booth to keep warm, too lazy to greet us. A person wrapped in a black windbreaker appeared. This person was of medium build, wearing a motorcycle hat with goggles, and a scarf wrapped around his mouth, so he couldn't see his face clearly.He held a piece of paper, looked at the door plate, and looked into the big iron gate. After a while he took a long key from his pocket and put it in the lock. The door opened, and he was about to walk in. "Action!" Captain Wang shouted, and we both rushed out at the same time. However, he was still one step faster than me, stepped forward and pressed the man's shoulder, and pulled the scarf off his face. The man was startled and screamed. Both Wang Dui and I were taken aback: This person is a girl. "What's going on, who are you?" the girl asked loudly. Dui Wang took out his ID: "From the police force, I have a few questions for you. Now I suspect that you are related to a serial murder case." He pushed the girl into the courtyard and ordered her to open the door of the bungalow. The girl was clearly puzzled, she opened the door and we rushed into the house. Simple furnishings, a few wooden tables and chairs, ceramic tea bowls on the table, and bookshelves on the walls, it looks like a library. "Is this your home?" Team Wang asked the girl. "No, this is the liaison office of the 'Lianxin' pen pal club. I am a member of the pen pal club." "What's your name?" "Li Jing." The girl's face was somewhat familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.Think carefully but can't think of it. Team Wang asked me to check around, and he asked the girl, "What are you doing here?" The girl replied: "A pen pal wrote to ask me to meet here, here, the letter is here." She handed Wang Dui a piece of letter paper, Wang Dui read the content hastily, and exclaimed, it turned out that the letter was signed with "Su Muzhe". "Connecting the first words of each sentence is 'Desheng Road 309'. This is the case every time we meet." The girl explained. "Have you seen this Su Muzhe?" "Of course I've seen it, a very domineering woman. Sometimes I even think she looks like a man." "Can you describe what she looks like?" The girls were about to speak when I interrupted them.Had to interrupt them because I found something amazing. "Captain, I found this under the table." I lifted the cover off the table, and the table top was actually movable, covering something like a lid. That thing was a cauldron, a dark cauldron. Wang Dui pondered for a moment, and said to me: "This girl is not the murderer. The murderer invited her to meet and wanted to kill her! This pot is for disposing of corpses. This room is the next murder scene." "Then we can just wait here for the murderer?" "No, he should have been waiting here long ago..." He seemed to understand something, and suddenly shouted: "Follow me!" Then he rushed out of the yard and ran to the newsstand. The newsstand was empty, and the boss had long since disappeared. "Damn it!" The captain thumped the wall hard. "The boss is the murderer?" "Ninety percent chance! I should have thought of it a long time ago. There is no newsstand that only sells outdated magazines, and there is no seller who doesn't greet customers when they come!" The girl named Li Jing also came out of the yard and looked at us with wide eyes. Wang Dui suddenly asked her: "Are you pregnant?" The girl blushed: "Why do you ask such a question..." "Speak quickly! This is very important to solve the case!" Team Wang's voice was urgent. The girl bowed her head and thought for a while, and finally nodded. "Please come back to the bureau with us, we have more questions to ask you."