Chapter 27 Chapter 26 Chance

"Has he even learned that?" Du Cheng put down the water glass that had just been brought to his mouth, and stared at Zhang Zhenliang in surprise. "ATM machines, computers, mobile phones, and surfing the Internet—all of them have been learned." Zhang Zhenliang closed the notepad and sat back on the chair. "This bastard's learning ability is too fucking strong." Du Cheng thought for a while: "What about interpersonal communication?" "Basically, it can be said that he lives in seclusion." Zhang Zhenliang pointed to the pills on the table, "You take the medicine first - except for shopping, he basically doesn't go out. However, he seems to have found a job in a translation company."

Du Cheng nodded, picked up the pill, drank water, swallowed it, and thought for a while while holding the half-empty water glass. "Zhenliang, judging from the existing technical means, can we collect enough evidence?" "Do you really think Lin Guodong is the murderer?" Zhang Zhenliang took the cup in Du Cheng's hand and refilled it with hot water. "What do you think?" "I also think it's more or less the same." Zhang Zhenliang pondered for a while, "From the situation of your transfer, the motives are all in line. Moreover, you had a big fight with Ma Jian in the bureau that day, judging from his reaction. , if it wasn't for the ghost in his heart, Ma Jian wouldn't be so easily subdued."

"The biggest headache now is the evidence." "It's difficult." Zhang Zhenliang curled his lips, "The physical evidence from that year is still there, but it's a pity that none of it is related to him." "Yes, there are still many things to investigate." Du Cheng stared at the water glass in his hand, "The car he used, the place where he was raped and dismembered, the murder weapon..." "The car and the murder weapon are impossible to find." Zhang Zhenliang's tone was helpless, "I have investigated, and Lin Guodong has never bought a car before he was admitted to the hospital. If the car he used to commit the crime was borrowed, there is no possibility that there will be traces left on it." Above. As for the murder weapon, let alone, the probability of finding it is almost zero."

"Where's his house?" "I've thought about this too. From 1990 to 1992, Lin Guodong's mother had a close relationship with an old man surnamed Tang. They lived together as a half-cohabitation, and only occasionally went home to live. Therefore, during that time, Lin Guodong lived alone." "Then the scene where he raped, murdered, and dismembered his body is probably at his home." Du Cheng's eyes lit up for a moment, then dimmed again, "It's been more than twenty years, even if his home hasn't been redecorated, it's probably the same place. Can't find anything."

"Yes." Zhang Zhenliang replied sullenly. "Damn it!" Du Cheng suddenly thumped the hospital bed hard, "Luo Shaohua must know the truth!" "But he will never tell you." Zhang Zhenliang thought for a while, "Luo Shaohua must have found out that Lin Guodong was the murderer, but if he was arrested, then he and Ma Jian would be held accountable for the wrong case. So he chose to arrest Lin Guodong. Sent to a mental hospital. If this matter is revealed, even if the statute of limitations for prosecuting the crime of bending the law for personal gain has passed, he will not be able to hold his head up for the rest of his life."

"However, he told Ma Jian about this, and Ma Jian went to investigate Lin Guodong's information." Du Cheng lowered his head and looked at his toes, "These two guys may take action against him." "And it will definitely not be done through legitimate means." Zhang Zhenliang continued his words, "They are all retired. And, obviously, they might get themselves involved——In this regard, their situation is worse than ours. Still passive." After finishing speaking, Zhang Zhenliang looked around, approached Du Cheng, and asked in a low voice: "Master, tell me, does that Lin Guodong still kill people?"

Du Cheng didn't answer right away.Judging from Lin Guodong's current performance, he is actively adapting to his new life after being discharged from the hospital, and he can fully support himself, and there is no sign of intending to do evil again.However, once he encounters an incentive to awaken the demon in his heart, such as perfume... Du Cheng's thoughts stopped abruptly, and he suddenly realized Zhang Zhenliang's real intention. "What do you mean?" Du Cheng turned his head to look at Zhang Zhenliang, his brows gradually frowned. "Master, I know that a policeman shouldn't say that, but..." Zhang Zhenliang looked back at Du Cheng with a complicated expression, "Maybe that's our only chance."

Luo Shaohua turned off the shower head, and while brushing up his wet hair with his hands, he scanned the bathtub again——Ma Jian was still nowhere to be seen. He secretly wondered, what the hell is this guy doing? This morning, an unfamiliar number called Jinfeng's mobile phone.After she answered, the other party wanted to talk to Luo Shaohua.Confused Luo Shaohua answered the phone, only to realize that the familiar voice came from Ma Jian.Later, he asked Luo Shaohua to meet him in this bath. Luo Shaohua returned to the men's department, took the bath suit handed over by the waiter, prepared to open the locker, and called Ma Jian.As soon as he took off the keys on his wrist, he found a small note stuck in his locker.Open it, and there is Ma Jian's handwriting on it: rest area, jade bathroom.

There are four jade bathrooms in the rest area.There are several bathers lying in disorder in each bathroom.Luo Shaohua checked them one by one, and when he reached the fourth room, he still didn't see Ma Jian.Just as he was about to leave, a bather lying by the door suddenly lifted his foot and tripped him lightly. Luo Shaohua staggered, and just about to have a seizure, he saw the bather take off the towel covering his head - Ma Jian's face was exposed. "You are..." Ma Jian winked at him, motioning him to keep quiet, then got up from the jade couch and walked straight to a small cubicle in the bathroom.

It was 40 degrees in the bathroom, and much colder in this empty cubicle.As soon as Luo Shaohua, who was covered in sweat, walked in, he couldn't help shivering. "Old horse, what are you doing?" Ma Jian carefully closed the door of the compartment, turned around and asked, "Is anyone following you?" "Follow me?" Luo Shaohua was a little confused, "Who is following me?" "Of course it's one of our own." Ma Jian snorted, "You've been targeted by Du Cheng for a long time, haven't you noticed?" "Du Cheng?" Luo Shaohua frowned, and then his face changed drastically, "He knows?"

"Yes." Ma Jian nodded sullenly, "He has already found out Lin Guodong." "Damn!" Luo Shaohua slammed the towel against the wooden wall, "This kid is so fucking good!" He stood with his hands on his hips, gasped for a while, and asked in a low voice, "Then, what should we do now?" "Du Cheng won't know more about the situation than we do." Ma Jian pondered for a while, "Even if he finds Lin Guodong, he won't take any action for the time being." "Will he inform us?" "No." Ma Jian sneered and shook his head, "Unless he can prove that Lin Guodong is the murderer." Luo Shaohua thought about it and felt that Ma Jian's judgment was accurate.The premise of pursuing the responsibility for the wrongful case back then is that Lin Guodong is found guilty.Without evidence, no one would believe Du Cheng's verbal accusation.However, it also means living in fear every day for the rest of my life.unless…… "Old horse," Luo Shaohua said slowly, "Have you visited Du Cheng?" "No, I just asked Zhang Zhenliang to send some money. I heard that he..." Ma Jian suddenly turned to look at Luo Shaohua, already aware of what he meant. "Shaohua, what the hell are you thinking?" Ma Jian said angrily, "At any rate, Chengzi used to be our brother!" "No, I'm not expecting him to die." Luo Shaohua hastily explained, "I just... well, I've dragged you into the water, I can't..." "Stop talking!" Ma Jian waved his hand distractedly, "Even if Cheng Zi is gone, there is no guarantee that his apprentice Zhang Zhenliang won't pursue him." Luo Shaohua covered his face, sat down on the bench, and didn't speak for a while.After a long time, he sighed and said tremblingly: "Old Ma, why don't I hand over the evidence? Lin Guodong's car loan record and the sun visor are still at my house. I asked, and the DNA should still be tested. Come out and work on his confession, the evidence should be enough..." "Are you fucking crazy?" Ma Jian stared, "Even if you don't have to go to jail, don't you even want your face? We have been criminal police all our lives, what the hell can we do for it besides honor?" "Then what should I do?!" Luo Shaohua's voice was filled with tears, "Could it be that I just watched Lin Guodong continue to kill people? Do I just wait in fear every day for this matter to be exposed?" "That's why I came to you today." Ma Jian suddenly regained his composure, and there was even a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. Luo Shaohua stared at him blankly, stuttered for a long time before stammering and asking: "What do you mean?" "Lin Guodong must be dealt with, otherwise something will happen sooner or later." Ma Jian suppressed his smile, and his eyes became aggressive, "And we must be ahead of Du Cheng." Luo Shaohua still looked like he didn't know what to do. Ma Jian took out his mobile phone, opened the picture library, clicked on one of the pictures, and handed it to Luo Shaohua. In the picture is a girl in her twenties, with a sweet face and a well-proportioned figure, buying milk tea in a beverage store. Ma Jian's fingers slid across the screen, and the pictures of the girls appeared one by one. Wait for the bus at the bus stop. Organize files behind your desk. Buy hair cards at street stalls. Seeing the last picture, Luo Shaohua's eyes widened suddenly - the girl was sitting in a hot pot restaurant, laughing and chatting with the man opposite.And that man was none other than Lin Guodong. "She is?" "This girl is called Chen Xiao, and she is the cashier of the translation company where Lin Guodong works." Ma Jian put away his mobile phone, "I followed her for a few days and found that she has a close relationship with Lin Guodong. Moreover, Lin Guodong took her to the house." "Are these two in a relationship?" "In love?" Ma Jian sneered at this, "Lin Guodong can't establish a normal relationship with women. Have you noticed the look in his eyes?" "how?" Ma Jian looked at Luo Shaohua meaningfully: "That's the way a beast faces food." "You mean, Lin Guodong might kill her?" Luo Shaohua's tone hesitated, "Just like he did to those women?" Ma Jian smiled and lowered his eyelids: "This is our chance to get rid of him." "But……" "It's nothing to worry about." Ma Jian suddenly became firm and decisive, "You have already been exposed to Lin Guodong, so don't show up for now. I've come to keep an eye on him. It's been more than 20 years. He probably doesn't remember what I look like." "Then, what are you going to do?" Luo Shaohua was still worried, "Do you have a plan?" "Don't worry about it, I will notify you when I need you, and you promise to be there when you are called, and everything is under my command." Ma Jian seems to have returned to the days when he was the captain of the criminal police, and the boy in front of him is still the young man. He patted Luo Shaohua's shoulder, and pressed hard again. "Shaohua, after finishing this matter, you, me, and Chengzi can spend their old age with peace of mind." The weather was fine and the sun was shining. The temperature in City C today reached two degrees above zero, the highest temperature in the city during the same period since meteorological records were kept.Spring seems to be coming to the city earlier than usual. Because it is a rest day and the warm weather, there are more tourists in Beihu Park than usual.The park, which has been quiet for a winter, finally ushered in the first lively day of the year.Among the tourists, most of them travel with their families, and there are also young men and women who come to play together. Here and now, it is still too early to say outing.Because the dead tree branches have not yet bloomed with new green, most of the ground is still yellow, and even covered with snow that has not completely melted.However, this did not affect the interest of tourists in the slightest. In the vast park, there were endless sounds of playfulness, and there were many men, women and children posing for pictures in various poses. The center of the park is an artificial lake. The name "North Lake" comes from this.A stone bridge spans the lake, and there are several corridors and pavilions adorning it.Here you can take a rest and enjoy the lake view, so it has always been a relatively concentrated place for tourists. Wei Jiong leaned on the railing of the corridor, quietly staring at the calm lake under the bridge.A young couple who had just been photographed here walked away from him.The girl took a special look at him, then turned around and whispered something to her boyfriend.Wei Jiong vaguely heard words such as "broken love" and "wouldn't want to commit suicide", and couldn't help laughing. It is indeed a bit strange to come to the park alone, and the lake he is looking at is indeed related to death. On October 27, 1992, Liang Qingyun, a salesperson in the No. 1 Department Store in this city, was raped and killed.The next day, dismembered bodies were found all over the city.Among them, her two calves were floating in the lake under Wei Jiong's feet. Someone killed the woman in almost the same way as in the "Xu Mingliang Murder Case" two years ago.What is certain now is that the murderer is not Lin Guodong.What needs to be figured out is, why would he do this? "motivation." When Du Cheng said these two words, he was sitting beside the hospital bed, looking at the ground under his feet in a daze. "We can't figure this out, we're all blind." "Is it so important?" "Of course." Du Cheng looked at Wei Jiong with a puzzled look on his face, and smiled, "Especially in homicide cases. Find out the murderer's motives - vendetta killing, love killing, or killing for money - can narrow down the scope of investigation of suspects, Otherwise, it’s a needle in a haystack.” "Well, I understand." Wei Jiong nodded, looking at the case file in his hand, "In other words, I want to understand why the murderer killed Yue Xiaohui's mother." "I appreciate your drive, but you can't mess around with the case." Du Cheng motioned Wei Jiong to close the door of the ward, and lit a cigarette, "Besides, you are not a policeman, and many investigative methods cannot be used. So, you Think about the murderer's motive first." He pointed to the case file: "All the information I have is here." Is it possible to try to figure out a person's heart after twenty-two years? "You trust me so much?" Wei Jiong had already begun to feel that his ambition to avenge Yue Xiaohui was just a stupid impulse, and his heart was shaky. "yes." "But, I don't understand anything." "Your biggest flaw is your inexperience." Du Cheng's mouth was misty and his expression was mysterious. "This is also your biggest advantage." Wei Jiong's eyes widened in surprise. "My experience will fix my thinking in a frame." Du Cheng's expression became serious, "Facing this kind of unconventional case, I can easily push myself into a dead end. But you are different, You can think of situations that we don't even think about—about the fingerprints, and you were a big part of that." Wei Jiong blushed: "I just made a random guess." "Facts have proved that your speculation is very likely to be accurate, otherwise we would not have found Lin Guodong." Du Cheng patted him on the shoulder, "I'm not afraid of whimsical ideas, but I'm afraid of lack of ideas." After hearing his words, Wei Jiong regained a little confidence. "Then I'll check first?" "Well. Where my help is needed, I will do my best. However, I still have to focus on Lin Guodong now." Du Cheng nodded, "After this bastard is brought to justice, I will help Yue Xiaohui check her mother's case. I always feel that the two cases must be somehow connected." Suddenly, his face darkened for a moment, and then brightened again. Du Cheng squeezed his eyes at Wei Jiong: "I hope I can last until then. Hold on to me first, boy!" The water of the lake was slightly swaying, and in the midday sun there was a big cloud of steam.Wei Jiong looked at the unclear lake water, trying his best to peek into the deep lake bottom through the thick dark green. In the mud, besides the wine bottles, stones, and animal bones accumulated over the years, are there more secrets? So, can you tell me, twenty-two years ago, who threw a black plastic bag into the lake, disturbing the calm lake water? Zhang Zhenliang once pointed out that the motive of committing the "10.28" murder and mutilation case was imitation.It seems that apart from this possibility, there is no better explanation for this high degree of recovery.Indeed, the police conducted an investigation into Liang Qingyun's social relations back then, and found that her interpersonal relationships were relatively simple, she had no grudges with others, and no financial disputes. The possibility of being killed due to the relationship between men and women can also be ruled out.Du Cheng does not deny that this is an imitation, but the question is why did the murderer imitate? From a psychological point of view, one of the functions of imitation is to make the original potential unexpressed behavior manifested.Then, there is such a possibility: a person who originally had the inner impulse to kill, stimulated or inspired by the "Xu Mingliang Murder Case", imitated his method to kill a woman, in order to pay homage to the "murderer" who was shot. "pay tribute. At that moment, he probably thought of himself as "he". However, in Du Cheng's view, this possibility can be ruled out.In the early 1990s, the value concept of Chinese people was relatively single. Although the initial manifestation of idol worship began, it was extremely rare for people to regard anti-social murderers as objects of worship.In addition, if he really intends to release the evil thoughts hidden in his heart for a long time by killing people, it is easy to form the intention to commit crimes continuously.Moreover, the police have never cracked the case, which will greatly stimulate his confidence in committing crimes again.However, within more than 20 years after the incident, no similar case occurred in City C. In other words, after he killed Liang Qingyun, he disappeared and completely hid himself. The police's description of him is basically derived from the existing experience of the "Xu Mingliang Murder Case": male, 30 to 40 years old, neat in appearance, gentle in conversation, qualified to drive, may own a motor vehicle, thoughtful, and have certain He has anti-investigation experience and is a first-time offender in terms of homicide and dismemberment.In addition, in view of his high degree of restoration of the "Xu Mingliang murder case", this person should know many details of this case well. Such a conclusion is actually not very useful for finding suspects.Although the news media at that time were not as developed as they are today, the public can still learn about the details of the case through various channels, such as attending the trial. Finding a needle in a haystack, exactly. Wei Jiong straightened his numb waist, and looked at the muddy lake under the corridor.Twenty-two years ago, two women's calves were wrapped in black plastic bags and floated in this lake. He looked towards the shore of the lake. Stones of various shapes surrounded the lake in the center, and gravel of various sizes were scattered around.A few tourists picked up stones and floated on the slightly rippling lake. The right thigh of Yue Xiaohui's mother was found in the central green belt 200 meters east of the intersection of Dongjiang Street and Yanbian Road. The torso is in the grass near the 150 meters east of the main gate of the urban construction garden. The head and left and right upper limbs were disposed of in a trash can at the intersection of Nanjing North Street and Sitong Bridge. The left thigh was found in the channel of the South Canal. The legs are floating in the artificial lake of Beihu Park. The above locations are all within the urban area, and none of them are off the beaten track.After the murderer abandoned the body parts, he would be discovered soon.Take the artificial lake in Beihu Park as an example. If the murderer intends to destroy the corpse, he can add stones to the plastic bag.This would allow the body parts to sink to the bottom of the lake without risking the crime being revealed in the short term. This seems to mean that the murderer did not intend to cover up the crime, and even hoped that the police would discover Liang Qingyun's murder as soon as possible. What does he want to do?Challenge, show off, or something else? He sees himself as "he". This thought suddenly appeared in his mind, and Wei Jiong was taken aback by himself.However, the train of thought couldn't stop. He tried his best to imitate all the details of "him" committing the crime. He substitutes himself into "he" when he commits the crime. He hoped the police would find the exact same homicide as it did two years ago. What he wants to prove, maybe—— The devil is still alive. An increasingly intense chill gradually hit Wei Jiong's heart.He leaned back against the railing, trembling all over.After finally calming down a little, he took out his phone and dialed a number. "Wei Jiong?" "Officer Du, you participated in the investigation of the 'Xu Mingliang Murder Case' at that time, right?" "That's right." Du Cheng's voice seemed puzzled, "Don't you know?" "Hmm." Wei Jiong tried his best to suppress his fear, "I want to ask you, how did you determine the suspect's possible residence area?" "Oh, this is very complicated, I'm afraid I can't explain it clearly on the phone." Du Cheng hesitated, "Why don't you come to me sometime and I'll explain it to you." "it is good." "Why, did you find out?" "Not yet." Wei Jiong smacked his dry mouth, "There is nothing." After hanging up the phone, Wei Jiong suddenly forgot where he was.He stared blankly at the people passing by, at the balloons in the children's hands, at those smiling faces who knew nothing about the dangers of this world.In the midday sun, all he could see was darkness. Overwhelming darkness.