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Continue on to the monastery, finding nothing along the way.The three detectives speculated that the murderer did not go towards the monastery after knocking down the girl.Ke Lante pointed to the two buildings outside the monastery from left to right, and said: "The left side is where the medical staff, kitchen, and teaching staff live and work. The right side is the penitentiary."

Liang Xi said: "The police checked the monastery, but they didn't check the annex building on the left."

Modo: "Let's go and have a look, first go to the penance monastery."

The three chatted while walking, Liang Xi said: "We haven't solved the problem of why the murderer met the girl."

Moduo smiled and said: "If you can't solve some problems temporarily, just ignore them. When you solve other problems, you will find that the original problem is not a problem at all. We now have dozens of question marks. The key is to find answers that can answer them. The answer to a question mark. It may not be the answer, but it is the key to other question marks."

Modo is 70 years old and has a slow personality. His white beard and white hair make him look particularly old.But his eyes are very young, very mobile, and have a soul.These eyes add to the master's appearance a resolute and wise evaluation.

Moduo said: "Ask more questions, think more about questions, and ask enough questions to answer them."

Well, it is certain that John was cheated of 20 by George!

……

The room in the ascetic monastery is not much bigger than a pigeon cage, the largest is no more than seven square meters, and the smallest is less than four square meters.This building is built against the mountain, which is a bit like a cave dwelling.A corridor, a row of penance rooms.At the end of the corridor is the torture hall and the whipping room.There are two types of flogging: do-it-yourself and other people's flogging. What's interesting is that the person in charge of flogging cannot be a believer in the Catholic Church.

A 50-centimeter-wide zigzag staircase leads to the second floor in the Hall of Torture Instruments. There are three floors in the Penitentiary, and the patterns are almost exactly the same.Standing in front of the penance room, one can imagine a person kneeling against the wall hundreds of years ago, repenting and praying all night long.Some incongruity was found in the penance, in a room on the second floor, a satanic hexagram was painted on the wall.

Visually observing that this pattern has a history of many years, Moduo said: "Believers of the Catholic Church practice penance prayers, hoping to alleviate the inherent evil of human nature through physical pain, and bring the soul closer to God. Satanic believers also practice penance prayers, with different purposes. , He hopes that the demon master can use his body to come to this world. According to my understanding, there have been many incidents in the world where the claiming demon crossed the six-pointed array and possessed believers. One of the incidents was very strange. The believer has no strength to restrain a chicken, but after being possessed, his strength is as strong as a cow, and several policemen can't hold him down."

Moduo said: "Psychologists think it's schizophrenia and autosuggestion."

Liang Xi asked curiously, "Actually?"

Modo shook his head: "I don't know. In the 70s, he was forced to undergo lobotomy surgery, and his life was 20 years longer than the average. Here comes the point. Before the 70s, the removal of the frontal lobe was regarded as a A form of formal psychiatric treatment, the amputated person lacks self-awareness, like a walking corpse, so that this treatment was abolished later. This believer is an exception. Although he is like everyone else in his daily life, when he is alone, he He would bite his finger, draw a satanic hexagram with blood, and kneel down to pray."

Modo said: "I went to a mental sanatorium to see him. I felt that his eyes were hiding thoughts. How to describe it? I have seen many other patients who have undergone the same operation. Their eyes are dead and have no luster. , no soul. And his eyes hid life. I wasted five years on this subject, even went to the Vatican, but never got the answer I wanted to know, and I didn't stop until he died. At that time I was like you young."

Liang Xi asked: "Have you any specific thoughts and opinions so far?" The three of them chatted as they walked, not as if they were solving a case, but more like holding a seminar.

"From a scientific explanation, there was a deviation in the operation at that time. From a psychological explanation, part of the consciousness of the subconscious personality is not in the front lobe of the brain. From a theological explanation, the devil is sleeping in his body." Modo said: "30 years ago, I thought, Humans are very complex and some outliers are acceptable. 20 years ago I thought someone was giving him an experimental drug. 10 years ago I thought maybe my memory was wrong."

Ke Lante asked: "Now, Your Excellency?"

Modo laughed: "Now? Now I only take this matter as one thing, a story."

Up and then down, first three floors, then two floors, and finally one floor.Going down from the second floor to the entrance torture hall, the three of them chatted and inspected dozens of penance rooms on the first floor.Not far from the torture hall, Ke Lante stopped: "Wait."

The two waited, and waited in place without saying a word, giving Kerant time to think or react.Ke Lante stared at the empty corridor ahead, and said in a positive tone: "The air smells of blood."

The smell of blood and the almond smell of cyanide deaths have one thing in common: not everyone smells it.Blood smells like rust or metal, why is it this way?The mainstream explanation is that it is because of blood ferritin.There is another condition for humans to be able to smell blood from a few meters away: a lot of blood.

Liang Xi didn't smell the smell, but when he saw that Ke Lante was going to search forward, he stopped him immediately, and took out the emergency intercom that Bobby gave him: "Call the bodyguard team."

"The bodyguard team received it."

"People need to explore the way."

"Understood. Please wait where you are."

Chapter 454 Missing

The chief bodyguard and Shuang Pi arrived in an off-road vehicle a few minutes later. After a few words of communication, the two pulled out their pistols and searched forward, successively searching each room.One person stepped aside, and one person leaned forward to look at the room, so as not to be suddenly attacked by possible gangsters.

When they reached the middle, the two stopped. Peake raised his hand, stretched out a finger, and then made several gestures. At the same time, the chief bodyguard who was in charge of protecting the three detectives translated: "A dead person was found."

The bodyguard waved his long finger forward, and Shuangpi continued to search forward.

After confirming safety, the three detectives went to the target room.There was blood all over the ground, and a man's neck was pierced with a bloody hole, and he sat slumped against the wall.From the perspective of blood coagulation, the deceased died for at least 15 hours.The deceased was none other than George, one of the seven missing detectives.

The pursuit was stopped and detectives from the North District Criminal Investigation Department intervened in the case.The police detective's comprehensive report believes that although George was attacked at close range, George is physically weak. He is in his 60s this year and may not have the murderer's DNA left on his body.The murder weapon could not be identified because the murderer stabbed the same wound with an object two or three times in a row.

Ke Lante had served as a visiting professor at the Police University for two years, and the detective in charge happened to be his student, so the police detective must ask Ke Lante for advice.After the communication, the police detective contacted the Special Operations Department, together with the strength of the police station in the nearby town and the manpower of Poppy's side, they launched a dragnet investigation of the monastery.

This investigation made a lot of discoveries. First of all, the tunnel was discovered in the main structure of the monastery, which was presumed to be an air defense area expanded during World War II.Underground anti-aircraft facilities were also found in the attached construction area.The second and biggest discovery was a rat infestation in the medical staff lounge in the outbuilding.A closer look into the place revealed fresh food scraps.Following the clues, I found an ancient well, pulled up the rope and saw a brand new plastic bucket hanging inside.The police dog barked at the nearby garden, which was supposed to be the body of the missing girl, but unexpectedly it was a landfill of human feces.

At this point, it is basically certain that one or more people are hiding in the monastery, and most of the activity areas are in the medical lounge.The medical annex of the monastery is relatively large and disorderly, because the ascetics need to be treated.Hundreds of years ago, there was a shortage of medicines, and more herbs were used to prevent wound inflammation. Therefore, medical facilities were indispensable in the penance.

After it was determined that someone was hiding in it, the Special Operations Department sent additional personnel to conduct a comprehensive search of the monastery area overnight.Helicopters were also dispatched to transport dog teams to the base of the cliffs to search for human signs.While the extensive search was under way, tracers were confined to a small area around several RVs.This is because there are big men like Modo and Kelante among them, and they found the murder scene and the clues they found, so the Criminal Investigation Department will not offend them and drive them away.Besides, maybe this group of people can solve the case.Besides, they didn't want to have anything to do with Clement's lawyers.

……

Although Kensey is quite famous, but his body is too ordinary, he has been resting in the RV.The two scumbags have their own whims, and they are looking for secret ways in the monastery.When the other three people found George who was killed, the scumbags realized that this was a thigh-hugging game.But there's no point in hugging your thighs.After nightfall, there is good wine and conversation, and the two dregs drink it in the RV.

In Modo's RV, three detectives are conducting a comprehensive analysis of the case.

Liang Xi drew a location map on the clipboard: "Let's first assume that there is a gangster in the monastery. There are many questions. Why is he here? How long has he been here? His living area is in the medical lounge. From the police search, he is in the Eating in the lounge, using the toilet nearby, being careful, and burying the feces. But he doesn't seem to be in the lounge all the time."

Ke Lante said: "The forensic doctor's autopsy report on several mice showed that there were green vegetables in the stomachs of the mice. No vegetable fields were found nearby. I speculate that his supply point should be a small town five kilometers away."

Modo said: "Then there are more questions. For example, does he have transportation? There are not many people in the town, and they all know each other. The sudden appearance of strange faces may arouse the suspicion of the police at the police station. The gangsters live in the monastery enough For a long time, he will attract special attention in the small town, how to get supplies?"

Liang Xi asked, "Theft?"

Ke Lante: "I don't rule out this possibility, but if it is stolen and has been stolen many times, it must be recorded in the police station."

Modo said: "The above are all problems, and there are more problems. He killed George and placed the body in the penance room without any means of concealment. What about the girl? Was she killed? If she was killed, why the body It was dealt with? How to deal with it?"

Ke Lante asked: "You mean, the gangsters killed people and didn't dispose of the bodies. It's possible that the girls didn't die."

Modo pondered for a moment: "I can't draw a conclusion."

Liang Xi said: "The girl disappeared, and the gangster still stayed in the monastery, or often came to the monastery. But after killing George, the gangster never returned to the monastery. These two people are different for the gangster. The assumption that the girl did not die is still Established. Why not kill girls, but kill George? Girls and George have similar combat effectiveness, and the threat to gangsters should be similar."

Moduo: "Very well, we have a few more questions. Liang Xi, tell us where we start."

Liang Xi said: "The gangster has something to do with the town, we have to go to the town."

Modo asked, "What about the autopsy report?"

Liang Xi said: "Based on the preliminary judgment of the forensic doctor, the murderer was very vicious, but not professional."

Ke Lante said: "Little pony? Although he has fighting power, he was frightened by the scene. Under the action of adrenaline, he couldn't help but attack."

Liang Xi replied, "This possibility is not ruled out."

Modo: "Drive, let's go to the town for a walk."

Liang Xi dissuaded him: "Let's go tomorrow. After a hard day, you should take a good rest."

Modo laughed: "I have a lot of time to rest in a few months."

Liang Xi had doubts in his heart, but didn't say anything more.Afterwards, I found out that Moduo was terminally ill, refused chemotherapy, and had applied for euthanasia.

……

There are more than 200 permanent residents in the town. It is not a common farm and ranch town, and it is not well-known itself.The reason why the town still exists and there are many residents is that there is a famous Earl Gray black tea roasting factory in the town.Earl Gray black tea is a kind of black tea prepared by adding citrus and other fruit oils on the basis of black tea. The taste is very different from black tea.I like it very much, and I hate it very much if I don't like it.

There are only more than 20 workers in this processing plant, and the daily shipment volume is very low, but the Earl Gray tea produced by this processing plant is the favorite product of many rich people in London.Many wealthy people once offered sky-high prices to acquire processing factories and formulas, but they were all rejected by the boss.He does not go public, does not raise funds, does not expand production scale, and does not advertise.

There are two centers in the town, one is a traditional church and the other is a processing factory.Although the town is small, it has a lot of content. There are coffee shops, cake shops, restaurants, hotels, and even two small supermarkets.The supporting facilities include police stations, primary schools, clinics with ambulances, and fire stations.

It's a very slow paced town.Entering the town at ten o'clock in the evening, I found that most of the shops were closed. From the houses outside the town to the houses in the center of the town, the lights were basically turned off.Like other small towns with a small population, this town also has one of its biggest disadvantages: no nightlife and lack of entertainment.

Detectives and police officers from the North District Criminal Investigation Department borrowed the police station to work, and did not disturb each other after greeting each other.There is only one local uniformed police officer on duty at the police station tonight.He told the three detectives that there were only four people at the station, one police car and four bicycles.Daily work is just chatting, going to work in the morning to go to patrol by bike, and seeing the old lady asking if she needs help.Ride to the cafe for a cup of coffee and breakfast.He has been in the town for four years, and he doesn't know whether it is luck or misfortune.I occasionally go to London to meet my parents, but I can't adapt to the rhythm of London at all.

The police informed the town that there are three surveillance cameras, which are set up on three streets in the center of the town.After being questioned about the theft, the police officer answered with certainty that there was no theft.There are too few daily topics in the town.Let alone a shop being robbed, even if a stranger shows up, someone will spend a few minutes discussing it with the police.

Asked about green vegetables, the police officer told no residents to grow their own vegetables, and the only sources of vegetables were two small supermarkets.The companies of the two small supermarkets will deliver goods from London to the town every morning, replenishing fresh ingredients. The content is very rich, and the price is similar to London.The two small supermarkets are of the same brand and belong to a big brand. This big brand has a business that specializes in retailing services in small towns with a population of no more than 3000 people.

The police led the three of them to knock on the door of the manager of the supermarket.The manager has fallen asleep, but he is not annoyed by the unexpected visitor, on the contrary he looks very top hat.He told the three detectives that although the supermarket is small, it is a big brand with standardized operating procedures.In particular, they enjoy official subsidies. If the operation is not standardized, the subsidies will be cancelled.He is the manager of two stores, and he is sure that neither of the two small supermarkets has been stolen.

The manager brought tea for everyone, and Ke Lante asked the manager and the police: "Have any strange vehicles and strangers appeared frequently or occasionally?"

The two pondered for a long time and shook their heads together.

Liang Xi did not give up and asked, "Where is the oldest person?"

Modo smiled at Liang Xi, so persistent in his own thoughts?This character is different from John. John is a skeptic. He even has a certain skepticism about his own judgment. Perhaps because of this, John did not judge and miss the case.Liang Xi obviously still has certain subjective and preconceived ideas, but fortunately he will verify them.He thinks the moon is square, and he will find a way to verify that his idea is correct, and he will not give up until he cannot be verified.

The manager said: "The oldest one should be someone who hasn't seen you for six years. He returned to his hometown from London three months ago. He came to attend the funeral of my aunt."

Liang Xi was speechless.

"No." The policeman smiled, "The most prolific one should be the policeman who came to the town half a month ago."

Don't make up the knife, Kurant asked: "Has anyone mentioned the monastery?"

The manager replied: "I grew up locally and heard countless legends about the monastery. One of the most classic legends says that the monastery has a door for demons, which cannot be seen by ordinary people. Only those who are desperate enough to trade with demons can see it. Desperadoes in the early morning can summon demons and trade with their bodies and souls. After the transaction is over, the demons will completely occupy his body, entrenched in the monastery and attack all people who are close to the monastery. The demons will not leave the world until before Christmas. Back to hell and wait for the next deal."

Modo raised his hand to interrupt the manager, and looked at the police officer: "The manager thinks that the most born is a person who was born three months ago, and you think that the most born is a police colleague who was half a month ago. According to my understanding of the British judicial system, unless A relatively serious case happened in the small town, otherwise the higher-ups would not send people to the town.” If a resident complains to the police, the superintendent of the higher-level police station or the Internal Affairs Bureau will decide which department to send to the town based on the report.Normally there would be no police in town.I heard that the two answered many questions and introduced many legends and stories, but this incident made Modo feel unconventional.

The police officer replied: "A pair of plainclothes police detectives, male and female, they know about a man who was born in a small town. I heard from the old police officer that the man went to London when he was ten years old, and he seldom comes back every few years."

"What is your name?"

The police officer recalled for a while, then looked at the manager: "What's the name of the bald cousin in the processing plant?"

The manager suddenly said: "You said him, his name is Cook, he is my elementary school classmate. He went to London with his parents very early."

"Cook?" Liang Xi felt that the name was very familiar, took out his mobile phone and asked, "What's the name of the police? Which department is it from?"

The police officer replied: "Central District Criminal Investigation Department, the name is Betty."

Liang Xi made a phone call: "Betty, you once looked for someone from Cook, who is he...fuck, is it him? Contact again, contact again..."

Liang Xi hung up the phone and looked at everyone: "The fugitive in Operation Blood Dawn once got help from a person who was killed by gangsters. The police dispatched police forces from two cities, and the gangsters mobilized a large number of mercenary killers to find the fugitive. By."

Ke Lante is British and knows about this: "You mean that the Montenegro gold master is hiding in the monastery? He attacked the girl and killed George? Didn't he say that he has fled the UK?"

Liang Xi shook his head: "No one can provide evidence to prove that the donor left the UK. I counted the time. The Blood Dawn operation was eighteen days ago, and the donor was helped to hide seventeen days ago. Cook who helped the donor that night Died at the hands of gangsters. The police fully investigated Cook’s information, and conducted a comprehensive investigation of all the people and places that Cook might have come into contact with. Did Betty take someone there?”

The police officer immediately became very nervous. Hearing Liang Xi's question, he replied, "I went to the outside of the town, and there is something! What is it?"

Modo: "Don't worry, don't worry, speak slowly."

The policeman paused to organize his words: "Originally there was a beekeeping farm in the suburbs, which was the provider of honey raw materials for the processing plant. The old couple died one after another five years ago. The old man seems to have something to do with the bald head."

Liang Xi called and learned from Betty that Cook's grandparents kept bees in the suburbs and there was a house there.They inspected the house and concluded it was unoccupied.They also inquired and understood Cook's cousin, who was not good at words and took them directly to his home.The cousin's neighbors have never seen any strangers or outsiders, so the investigation is over.

At that time, the police force was tense, and the investigation of Cook was handed over to the three criminal investigation departments. After three days of investigation, the money owner was not found at the place related to Cook.

Moduo looked at Liang Xi: "Can you connect things together?"

Liang Xi nodded: "The benefactor hid in the monastery with a small amount of supplies. Cook told the benefactor that he could go to his grandparents' house regularly to get daily necessities. Cook may have contacted his bald cousin or others to help him Replenish ingredients to grandparents’ house on a regular basis. The benefactor dared not show up during the day, but after his cousin replenished daily necessities on a regular basis, the benefactor went to Cook’s grandparents’ house at night, packed food and some items and returned to the monastery.”

Liang Xi said: "I didn't expect that he met the girl who wanted to elope that night. I can't speculate what he did to the girl, but he temporarily hid at Cook's grandparents' house. After the police investigation of the girl's disappearance ended, he started the same life again. .until George cheated and went to the monastery first and met him."

Moduo said: "The girl disappeared eight days ago, where did she go?"

Liang Xi said: "Could it be that he was imprisoned at his grandparents' house? Or he was killed and hid somewhere?"

Modo: "There are still many problems. Contact the police first, let's go to Cook's grandparents' house."

Chapter 455 Emergence

The police detectives assembled a few police officers temporarily. The police officers temporarily took a few weapons from the small town police station, put on body armor, and arrived near Cook's grandparents' house first.After waiting for half an hour, Liu Zhen took people to the scene by helicopter. After the two operations teams of the Anti-Terrorism Office landed, they immediately launched an attack on the house.

The front and rear doors broke in, one group went upstairs, and the other group searched downstairs.The bad news is that no one is in the house.But there is also good news, there are a lot of food in the refrigerator, from vegetables to meat.There are some snacks and energy bars in a cardboard box next to the fridge.Under Liang Xi's explanation, Liu Zhen immediately led someone to arrest the bald cousin.

The bald cousin admitted that he was asked by Cook to replenish the refrigerator at Cook's grandparents' house every five days.This is not the first time he has done this kind of thing. One time was when Cook’s enemies sought revenge, and the other time was when the police arrested Cook. Cook used the monastery and his grandparents’ house to successfully evade the pursuit twice.The cousin added that the last time the other party left a note, he helped him find a second-hand electric bicycle.

Liu Zhen and others did not find electric bicycles at their grandparents' house.Liang Xi speculated that the benefactor learned from George that the monastery would be overcrowded. After killing George, he could no longer stay in the local area, so he rode an electric bicycle and began to flee.Liu Zhen would not doubt Liang Xi's reasoning, and immediately contacted Tang Na, and the frontline police department contacted the surrounding police forces to launch another comprehensive search for the benefactor.

At four o'clock in the morning, the patrol car found a white electric bicycle with a dead battery on the road 25 kilometers away from the town.This road is the only way to get on the expressway. There is a three-meter-wide concrete road 23 kilometers away from the town. At the end of the two-kilometer cement road is a goat milk cheese processing factory. In front of the processing factory is a pasture and behind it is a mountain. , the cliffs that connect the hills to the north to the town, and extend south towards Birmingham.The mountains are not high, and the average altitude is only 400 meters, but the area is large and extends in all directions.During the period, there are many big towns such as Grove and Fudditch.The mountains are not connected together. There is a small area here and a small area there. The plain pasture farms account for about 75%.

……

At breakfast time, Kensi had already returned to London to the hospital for physical examination, and the remaining five detectives had breakfast near the caravan in front of the monastery.It seems that the tracking is over, but it is not over, because the girl's whereabouts have not been found yet.

Bobby doesn't want to play reasoning games, he hopes to find out the whereabouts of the girl after he catches the benefactor.Fanny listened to the analysis of the three detectives with great interest.She found that the detective's way of thinking was indeed very different from her own.

Liang Xi asked the first question: "Why hasn't anyone been caught yet? Look at the map. Although this area is sparsely populated, the traffic is well developed. The police relied on communication and mobility to set up roadblocks on all roads. Air helicopters Thermal scanning is being carried out non-stop in the area, why didn't the gold owner be found?"

Krant asked: "Is it possible to escape the siege first?"

"It's unlikely." Moduo said: "I found that the road where the electric bicycle is patrolling every two hours at night, and the time when the gold owner abandoned the car should be between two and four in the morning. This area is a no-man's land, he Difficult to hitchhike. Freeway on-ramp surveillance did not capture vehicles entering the freeway. Even if you hitchhike here, abandon the car and head to the farm at 23 km. It’s not far in terms of time. Traffic in this area has been blocked Over. Unless the patron meets a fool."

Fanny asked, "What do you mean?"

Moduo said: "The gold owner intercepted the vehicle and told the owner with a pistol or a sharp weapon that he is not allowed to betray me. He hid in the trunk. When the car owner passed the inspection intersection, he did not tell the police about the gold owner. After passing the inspection intersection, he released the gold owner. Come out and let him continue to threaten himself."

Fanny was inexplicably amused, and asked: "Is there such a bastard in the world?"

Modo sighed: "As long as a person lives long enough, he can know anyone." Obviously he knows such a person.

Liang Xi smiled, waved his hands and said, "But I think this case can rule out this possibility."

Ke Lante held hot tea in both hands: "We and the police may have encountered trouble. There are three roads for the location of electric bicycles. One road is to walk five kilometers ahead to the highway, and then walk twenty kilometers to the first service area. One way is to go back two kilometers, take a small road, and go to the farm. The other way is to return to the town. 1 and 3 can basically be ruled out. Such a large-scale search and house-to-house investigation did not find anything, and it seems that the second road can also be used The road is ruled out. In other words, the benefactor has disappeared. Faced with this situation..."

Bobby: "We can now consider the possibility of demons."