Chapter 4 Chapter Three: Six Witnesses

Jun Ze was woken up by the rapid ringing of the phone.Situ told him that the seventh deceased had appeared in Guangzhou.Jun Ze went out quickly, and while driving, he called An Ran, a voice Jun Ze didn't want to hear came from the other end of the phone, "I'm An Ran, I'm not at home now—" Jun Ze immediately called An Ran's cell phone, but is shutdown.Jun Ze frowned suddenly. The police station conference room was lit all night again. "The deceased is Lingyutang, the owner of Times Pioneer Publishing House, and he is the boss of Meng Die." Situ was a little excited, and the appearance of Meng Die made the contact points of the several deceased gradually clear.

"I checked the publishing house, and the staff said that Ling Yutang flew to the mainland two days earlier than Meng Die. Ling Yutang also said that he would participate in the reader exchange meeting with Meng Die, but in fact Ling Yutang did not attend." 7768 report. Situ's excitement suddenly turned into doubt, "That is to say, many people know that Meng Die will appear in Guangzhou at the same time as Ling Yutang?" 7768 nodded and said, "At least the whole publishing house thinks it's not a secret." "But the information provided by the hotel is that Ling Yutang met Meng Die alone at the hotel and had dinner together, after which Ling Yutang was killed." Jun Ze added.

"Where is Meng Die now?" Situ asked. "The police in the mainland are taking a statement for her, and then I will take a plane back to Hong Kong tomorrow morning." Jun Ze rubbed his temples, then cheered up and said, "Before she arrives in Hong Kong, find out about her, Ling Yutang, and the other dead. Between, except for the relationship and contact records between the author and the reader, the boss and the staff." Jun Ze gave the order, and Situ frowned, his eyes became deep. Situ called Jun Ze to his office, and said seriously: "I suddenly don't think Meng Die is a murderer."

Jun Ze was stunned for a moment, "It's not a mistake, you said she wasn't the murderer just when you were about to investigate her?" "I just said, it's not like." Situ corrected him. "What's the difference?" Jun Ze spread his hands in confusion. "Actually, so far, we have not had any substantive evidence to prove that Meng Die is the murderer. The so-called common point is just a basis for reasoning. But now this common point has changed. The relationship between Meng Die and Ling Yutang is too obvious , making this murder too revealing, in contrast to the killer's usual perfect concealment."

"So?" Junze expected Situ to continue talking. Situ pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and finally pressed two hands on Jun Ze's open palms and said, "So I think the relationship between Meng Die and the deceased is just a coincidence." Jun Ze narrowed his eyes and focused his eyes on Situ's brow, "Is this too far-fetched? If the claim that Meng Die is the murderer cannot be supported by evidence, then your claim is even more theoretical." "That's why I said it doesn't look like it, not that it doesn't." Situ paused, "Of course, she is still the most suspected person so far. I just wanted to raise another possibility." Situ seemed to have something to say.

"One more possibility?" Jun Ze felt that he wanted to say something else. "The murderer may want to divert our target, use Meng Die to escape the crime, or delay time." Situ's eyes suddenly became sharp. "Impossible." Jun Ze shook his head, "The murderer must know the itinerary of Meng Die and Ling Yutang at the same time, and at the same time understand the relationship between the six deceased and Meng Die before he can think of using Meng Die to divert attention. Besides you, me, and others Colleagues in the group, no one has these conditions."

"That might be you, me, or—" Situ's voice became blurred. "Impossible!" Jun Ze interrupted him. "Whether it's possible or not, the murderer's goal has been achieved." Situ suddenly smiled. Jun Ze suddenly understood and understood what he meant, "You mean..." "It's impossible for us to do nothing. Meng Die is the only person who has fallen into our sight. Either we continue to investigate her, or, like me, turn around and suspect my brother. Either way, there is something wrong with her." Helps the murderer hide his identity."

"But he doesn't need to do this, because we don't know anything about him. Even if we don't doubt Meng Die, we don't know who he is." Jun Ze raised doubts. "That's why I said that the murderer was delaying time." Situ confirmed his deduction even more. "If the murderer is delaying time, it proves that the murderer's murder plan is coming to an end, and our time is running out." Jun Ze worried, "Also, assuming what you said is true, the murderer has been hiding very well , but suddenly did not hesitate to take risks, and used the clumsy method of setting the blame to divert our attention, which proves that he has already developed a sense of crisis. Looking at it from another perspective, it shows that we are getting closer to the truth, but we have not realized it yet.”

"Yes." Situ also felt this, "As soon as Ling Yutang died, the murderer began to delay time, which also implies that we can find fatal clues in Ling Yutang. Also, if Meng Die is not the murderer , and the murderer knows Meng Die so well, Meng Die is bound to become a thread in our hands." "That's right, Situ, I'm in charge of Ling Yutang, and you are in charge of Meng Die. We must find out the connection between the murderer and them." Jun Ze felt that victory was beckoning, and his eyes were full of hope. Jun Ze returned home, opened the phone mailbox, but did not leave a message.Jun Ze frowned, took out his phone and dialed.Still no one answered, Jun Ze frowned even tighter.He put on the coat he had just taken off and went out.

Anran's house was very quiet, the air and dust seemed to have been asleep for hundreds of years, and the airtight curtains wrapped the space immersed in dark tones, adding a ghostly atmosphere. "Anran, Anran?" Jun Ze called out, but there was no response.Jun Ze had no choice but to give up.He doesn't know her friends, her colleagues, her contacts other than him.Their relationship has always been a dusty secret.Those who know are either unwilling to speak, or unable to speak. Jun Ze lay down on the bed. This serial murder had completely disrupted his life, but he still had to wait, wait for the result.

In the early morning, when the key rang, Jun Ze turned over sensitively, and it was An Ran who had returned. "I knew you were here." An Ran was not surprised by his appearance, threw the bag she was carrying on the sofa, and went to the bar to bake bread for herself. "Where have you been?" Jun Ze looked sideways at the things she put on the sofa, his eyes were full of vigilance. An Ran rushed over, took out the home return certificate from the pocket of the windbreaker and slammed it on the table, and said nonchalantly: "Piano tour." "When and where did you go?" Seeing that she didn't care, Jun Ze was a little nervous. "Monday." An Ran took a bite of the burnt bread on all sides, "What's the matter, Ling Yutang is dead, you can't sit still, can you?" "Can you talk well?" Jun Ze was already very annoyed, his patience hovered at the bottom line. An Ran suddenly turned her head to look at him, her sharp gaze was like the light in the interrogation room, directly approaching people's psychological defense. Jun Ze turned his head away, avoiding An Ran's stare, "Situ's condition is better than I imagined, I don't think I can hide it for long." An Ran sneered, "Why are you telling me? I just need to know more." An Ran walked to his side, her voice suddenly became sad, "The one I always wanted to hide was never me." Jun Ze looked at her, suddenly reached out to support her shoulder, turned her body, facing him, "You swear, it's not you." Desperate splendor rose in An Ran's eyes, she broke Jun Ze's hand on her shoulder, "I never believe in oaths." She brushed past Jun Ze, and the soft words entered Jun Ze's ears, Jun Ze The feeling is, tingling. "Could it be a simple character." Jun Ze suddenly said. "I knew it eight years ago." An Ran seemed to have already prepared the answer.At this time, Jun Ze's cell phone rang. "You should go, Situ is not easy to cheat." An Ran said, walking towards the bedroom. Jun Ze looked at the phone, picked it up and said he would be here soon, then hung up. "I didn't want to lie to him, and I didn't lie to him for myself." Jun Ze said this with difficulty and left. An Ran hid behind the bedroom door, smiling, but with a sad expression. Jun Ze hurried back to the police station, walked through the corridor in front of the task force's office, and saw a familiar figure from a distance following Situ into the interrogation room. "Is that Meng Die? The back is very familiar, where did you see it?" Jun Ze narrowed his eyes and said to himself. "Hey, how is the investigation of your intimidation case going?" Two little police officers discussed the case from his side. Intimidation case?Intimidation case!Jun Ze suddenly thought of the red paint on the white wall of Mo Fei's house, and the woman whom Mo Fei called "friend".Only then did he realize that he had never seen her face to face.Jun Ze immediately ran back to the crime team and asked Agent 7732, "What happened to the paint threat case? Show me the files." "It's cleared up, it's a general intimidation case, and it's been reported." 7732 handed over the file. General intimidation case?No, could it be absolutely insulated from the word "general".Jun Ze flicked through the files frantically.Found it, the second witness at the scene: Lin Huiyin.Not Meng Die?Jun Ze rubbed his nose, not completely relieved.Back in the office, Jun Ze looked through Ling Yu Tang's documents carefully, but there was no mention of the six previous victims, nor did it mention Meng Die. In the interrogation room, Situ and Meng Die sat facing each other. "Is that Miss Meng Die?" Situ was quite polite. "Excuse me, are you taking notes?" Meng Die asked seriously. Situ froze for a moment, not knowing what Meng Die meant, he said blankly, "Yes." Meng Die smiled and said, "'Meng Die' is my pen name, if you are taking notes, my name is Lin Huiyin." Situ clenched the pen tightly, the blankness in his eyes turned into admiration, and he remained calm. To be honest, she has the potential to be a murderer. "Miss Lin, let's start." Situ looked down at the documents, "Miss Lin, I am currently investigating a serial murder case. Seven victims were killed in the same way in the past two months. The place and time of death are different, but we are surprised to find that every time a murder occurs, you are nearby, attending the reader reception held by the pioneers of your era, if 7 of the 60 receptions hit the murder, I will still I can barely accept it, but it’s probably not a coincidence that 7 receptions collided with 7 murders.” "It seems that Sir Situ doesn't know much about the pioneers of our time," Meng Die said calmly, "every July 17th to September 17th is our annual reader communication month, since I joined five years ago Pioneer of the Times, at this time of year, there are frequent reader receptions, we even prepare air tickets and hotels for overseas reader members, and all the locations are decided by the publishing house, so it’s not me who appeared at the crime scene, Instead, the place where the crime happened chose me." "Even so, the time fit will not reach the accuracy of 'hour', right?" Situ took out another document, "We have investigated your specific whereabouts at the reception, and every time the reception ends, you will The hotel stayed overnight, and each time the murder occurred within two hours after the reception, for example, on August 20 this year..." "July 18th, July 30th, August 9th, August 18th, August 30th, September 9th this year, from 11:00 am to 1:00 am the next day, I didn't have what you call no Proof. In other words, I cannot prove that I am not the murderer." Meng Die said frankly. "Miss Lin, you know the time of death of the deceased quite well." Situ smiled. "I specialize in writing detective novels. How could I miss such a wonderful case?" "According to our investigation, the seven deceased had direct or indirect contact with you, Ms. Lin." "For example?" Meng Die probed. "Ling Yutang is your boss, and the other six dead are your readers." Situ kept observing Meng Die's expression, but Meng Die remained calm. "The concept of readers is too big." Meng Die stroked her long hair, "There should be many of my readers in your police station, but I only know you, sir. However, any doubts you have are understandable , maybe I just used the reception to lure them to the scene of the crime." "Is Ms. Lin too sensitive?" Situ was a little embarrassed by Meng Die's teasing, "I never said that I suspected you to be the murderer, I just asked you to come back and assist in the investigation." "Let's just assume I'm sensitive," Meng Die didn't deny it. "I've been ill for a long time and became a doctor. I haven't been in this business for a year or two. I know about Sir Situ's problems, and I don't simply assist in the investigation. Also, I have already said After that, I can’t prove my innocence, but Hong Kong’s laws seem to require you to prove my guilt. If I can’t, I want to go back and rest.” "According to the rules, we can detain you for 48 hours." Situ said calmly, he had a hunch that there was nothing more to ask. Meng Die shook her head lightly, and suddenly there was a strange brilliance in her eyes, "If Sir Situ thinks that he can find the murderer in this way, I have no objection. I know that so far, in your eyes, I am the most suspicious one. There is not enough information.” Situ is a person who can look at his eyes and catch his eyes. He leaned forward slightly and said, "Miss Lin, what do you mean?" "You have been emphasizing my relationship with the seven dead people. Have you noticed the relationship between the seven dead people?" Situ's eyes lit up, this was exactly what he couldn't understand, did she know? "I don't know how your police do things. Ling Yutang is not a small person. It is very simple to check his background. I am very surprised that you are still entangled in what readers and authors are I and the six dead people?" relationship, I thought that you would turn your attention to other objects that are more worthy of investigation." Meng Die is still playing tricks. "If you want to prove my stupidity, please show your evidence." Situ went straight to the point. "Eight years ago, Ling Yutang was involved in a lawsuit as a defendant, and finally won the lawsuit. The key to his victory was the six time witnesses." Meng Die stopped abruptly when she said this, and she clearly saw Situ Surprised to a silly expression, he got his wish to see the doubt in his eyes.She stopped hiding and told Situ all the information she had learned from Lingyutang, and finally said calmly: "I don't think Officer Situ will be interested in detaining me for 48 hours now. Alright." Situ's annoyed mood hadn't fully recovered, and he said dryly, "We need to keep your hair for comparison." "Hair?" Meng Die was puzzled, rolled her eyes, quickly smiled, then stretched her hand behind her head, grabbed two or three strands of hair, wrapped them around her fingertips twice, tugged slightly, and picked it out. Two hair roots were handed to Situ.Seeing how professional she was, Situ felt a little embarrassed. He put on his gloves and brushed his hair before going to the laboratory.After testing, Meng Die's hair and the hair at the scene of the crime cannot be identified in the same way. After getting the results, Situ allowed Meng Die to leave. Meng Die walked out of the police station and saw Mo Fei's car driving in.Meng Die walked over with a tired but beautiful smile. "Didn't you just fly back today? Why don't you go back to rest? The long-distance flight is very tiring. I was invited by the police. Why did you come here? Who invited you?" Mo Fei put his arms around her and said, "You invited me here." "I don't have that face." Meng Die laughed. "Okay, my heart invited me." Mo Fei looked at her with a crooked smile. "It's okay, we can go." Meng Die turned to look at the gate of the police station, showing no fear at all. "I know." Mo Fei said, combing Meng Die's long hair with his fingers. Meng Die looked at him, and suddenly put her mouth on Mo Fei's ear and said, "Don't worry, you will be fine." Could it be that he was taken aback, and hugged Meng Die vigorously in his arms. Situ ran up to Jun Ze, and reluctantly threw the information into his hands, "Meng Die just left, this is her confession." After Jun Ze took the confession, he was startled, "Lin Huiyin?" "Meng Die is her pseudonym," Situ saw the surprise on his face, "She even reminded me to use her real name for notes. This woman is not simple." "It seems that you have already determined that she is not the murderer." Jun Ze heard Situ's affection for her. "I'm not sure, but I think someone is more suspected than her." Situ didn't notice Jun Ze's momentary stunned look and his darkened gaze, and continued to ask, "Is there any mention of a case in Lingyutang's materials?" lawsuit?" "You mean, the case where Ling Yutang was accused of rape eight years ago, but was finally acquitted and released?" Jun Ze opened the file to the page where the lawsuit was recorded. "He was found not guilty, so there are some things in the file that are missing." Situ pulled out the file in Jun Ze's hand. "What did you find?" Jun Ze felt a little uneasy when he heard the confidence and joy in his voice. "You won't believe it, the previous six deceased were the time witnesses of Lingyutang. And our goal is—" Situ put a piece of information in front of Junze. Jun Ze felt a sense of collapse, and the two words circled with a red pen on the white paper made him feel a complete failure.The story he wanted to bury was still unearthed.Quiet, the name made him lose all his strength.Jun Ze said weakly in his heart: Situ, after all, I let you find out.