365 Difficult Ways To Live

I heard that there was a homicide in a neighboring province, and the whole house was suddenly silent, as if a pot of boiling water had been poured over the head, so hot that people couldn't even scream.Everyone in the room was stunned, including He Lan who had just had a good time.However, Li Shan and the others showed disbelief on their faces, while He Lan's face was relaxed first, and then overwhelmed with uncontrollable panic, breathing wildly up and down.

It seems that the murderer's footprints are close at hand, provoking people's nerves too much.

Chu Yu felt stiff all over. The moment she heard the news, it was as if a bomb had exploded in her abdomen, and the air wave went straight to the sky, trying to blow her mind to pieces.

Although cases have occurred frequently in the past few days, she still has strong "combat power". All the plans were overthrown, and no one was left behind.

The call was like a slap in the face, and it hurt her sorely.

The atmosphere of the scene froze for four or five seconds, and Chu Yu remained silent, standing under the fluorescent lamp, trying to regain his sense of escape.

Li Shan opened his mouth cautiously, "Chu Chu, shall we...continue to guard?"

The meaning of this is obvious. According to Chu Yu's speculation, the target will lurk around, wait for the opportunity to attack the He family, and then flee to Jinling City in Nansu Province or Changyan City in Qin'an Province. Most of the attacks will not be a single move Lethal, if found in time, can be rescued.

This is good. A murder case occurred in Wuhuai City, Southern Anhui Province. The location and modus operandi were quite different from the speculation. From this point of view, the criminals did not act according to the speculation, so there was no need to stay in the hotel.

Chu Yu gritted his teeth, and made a decision amid urgency: "Continue to guard, protect Mr. He and Ms. He, and don't leave the post without my order."

After finishing speaking, she glanced at He Lan with sharp eyes. He Lan was still in panic, but she glanced at him again, took a step back, and grabbed He Zhiping's arm.

"Ms. He, please stay safe and stay here. It doesn't matter if you are closed for a few days, but don't leave the sight of the police, otherwise we cannot guarantee the safety of you and Mr. He."

After being blasted by the explosive news just now, He Lan's soul was out of her body, and her mind was in a mess. Now, listening to Chu Yu's explanation, she just nodded, but she cooperated a lot.

Chu Yu's eyes regained his composure, and he glanced at everyone present at a leisurely pace—her purpose of coming was achieved, to stabilize the order and appease the emotions of the protected objects.

After achieving her goal, she turned and left, returned to the rental house, and started to pack her things as soon as she entered the door.

"Muyu, help me book a ticket to Wuhu, I want the nearest one, someone will pick it up there."

Chu Yu's first reaction was to fly there, but when he thought that there was no direct plane and he had to make a transfer, he might as well take the high-speed train, which would take more than an hour.

The homicide case in southern Anhui Province has spread on the Internet, and the speed of the media's curiosity always makes the investigators tremble.Just when Mu Yu received the news push, she was dumbfounded, and was ringing Chu Yu's phone when she came back.

"Okay, I'll notify Datuo and Xiaobang immediately..."

"Well, let them know," Chu Yu put the earphones and walkie-talkie into his bag, "Let them continue to search and don't stop their actions."

Muyu was taken aback, "However, the target may have left here, and the action deviated from our prediction."

Chu Yu wanted to answer, but suddenly coughed violently. The things she had just packed were scattered all over the floor, and she couldn't help bending down, coughing until her back arched.

Mu Yu hurriedly poured a glass of water and handed it to her.

Chu Yu coughed and trembled all over, and she couldn't even hold the cup steadily. Muyu held her hand, held the cup steady, and took a lot of effort to drink.

After swallowing, Chu Yu put his hands on his neck and swallowed a few mouthfuls, with some difficulty.

Mu Yu followed her hand and touched her arm, "Chu Chu, you have a fever."

Chu Yu actually felt dizzy and chilly yesterday, but because of Xia Yihan's bait, she remained hyperactive, like a cat catching a mouse, eager for the reward of "meeting", and like solving a puzzle, eager for the approaching truth , so ignore the symptoms of physical overdraft.

Just after a phone call, tremendous pressure and unpredictability fell from the sky. Under the dual pressure of physiological body tension and acute sympathetic nerves, the symptoms of the cold were infinitely magnified, and I really complied with the sentence that the illness came like a mountain.

"It's okay, I have a small cold." Chu Yu scratched and picked up the underground things again, "Muyu, you keep in touch with Datuo and Ashan, I may be a little late to reply later, if there is an emergency, you can ask City Council support."

Muyu looked astonished: "You burned like this, and ran to southern Anhui alone?"

Chu Yu laughed heartlessly, "Don't forget that I'm the director of the 'Superman Department', don't be naughty, call me a car to the train station, I'm in a hurry!"

Muyu stuffed the computer into the bag, swung it over his shoulder, and muttered as he hailed the car, "Okay, Sister Superman, the ticket is booked."

Chu Yu packed his things up and down, didn't take care of the toiletries, and whether he could sleep well or not was still a problem.

Three minutes later, the two stood on the side of the road waiting for the bus, relatively speechless, knowing that no one could hold back the other, so they each gave way and rushed to the crime scene together.

On the high-speed rail, the space was sealed and the air conditioner was turned on, making it as warm as a bathhouse. Chu Yu was already on fire, but after being steamed like this, his cheeks were flushed like rouge, and coupled with an expression of deep hatred, he seemed to be burned The bride who is forced to marry is reluctant to rush to the wedding banquet.

Muyu sat next to her and took a look at her, "I dare not touch you now, for fear that you will spontaneously combust."

Chu Yu wanted to go back, but when she opened her mouth, she realized that her almonds were already swollen, and she had difficulty pronouncing them. Since she was a child, her almonds were too large. When she caught a cold and had a fever, they would become swollen. Her throat felt like a piece of iron steamed bun was blocked, and swallowing became a problem.

"Okay, you old and young talk, I'll go to the flight attendant to get antipyretics, drink more hot water."

Dizzy from the burn, Chu Yu still couldn't sleep, her eyes were closed, and Xia Yihan's gleaming knife was dangling all over her. She simply opened her eyes wide, flipped through the news reviews, and bravely sought abuse.

As soon as the Wuhuai homicide post was posted, all major websites in southern Anhui Province released news, and netizens became enthusiastic again, but this time they were obviously much more reserved.

"It's really fatal. It seems that the phantom of Sophora japonica not only wants to carve flowers, but also kills it by the way."

"Who wants to dedicate himself before, go - tattoo? The terrible kind!"

"I used to see Sister Huaihua come and go without a trace. I was quite happy. I cheered for her secretly. Don't get caught. I heard that the victim died a terrible death this time, so I should run to the police uncle's camp." .”

"Quietly, the police uncle is not strong this time. This is the third time. I haven't even touched the murderer's hair. Now I am walking on the street with fear!!!"

"..."

Chu Yu bit the bullet and pulled the comments to the end. Although he has been controlling the popularity of the comments, the general direction of the trend can be seen - he thinks that the Phantom of Sophora japonica has officially started her performance, and the first two times are warm-up exercises.

Regarding the murder case, Chu Yu only knows a general idea now. The online reports seem to be full, but in fact they just grab attention and turn over and over again. There is not much key information. It is estimated that the media did not know about it and was stopped outside the cordon.

Looking at the wind direction on the Internet, Chu Yu felt uncomfortable. She could actually stand still in Luoyu City and notify her after the Wuhuai police autopsy and investigation results came out, but she couldn't help it. She knew Xia Yihan's modus operandi best. She is also the person who can best assist the police in solving the case. Not to mention she has a fever now, even if she has a broken leg, she has to rush there without stopping.

She wanted to prove with her own eyes whether that person was killed by Xia Yihan!

After being taken to Wuhuai City by the police, Chu Yu didn't go to the scene of the crime, but went straight to the funeral home. She found the investigator and learned that the deceased was a junior student of Wuzhou Engineering University, male, 20 years old, named Huang Kaiyang, the cause of death was Wait for the autopsy results.

Chu Yu had an idea in her mind and ruled out one possibility - she had guessed before that whether the family members of the deceased were kidnapped by Xia Yihan to Wuhuai five or six years ago in order to confuse the police.However, it now appears that the victim in this case has no connection with the previous case.

In the autopsy room, the forensic doctor is about to prepare for the autopsy.

Chu Yu put on an anatomy suit, gloves and a mask, and watched with the policeman in charge of taking pictures and videos.

She was already hot, but at this moment she was wrapping her whole body airtightly, like she was in a sauna, with big drops of sweat dripping down, and the breath she exhaled couldn't escape, spraying around her lips, burning hot.The high fever made her so weak that anyone who pushed her could knock her down.

However, all her attention was on the scalpel in the hands of the city bureau's forensic doctor Qian, and she wished she could go on stage in person and find out the cause of death earlier.

The deceased's clothes were taken off by the intern forensic doctor. It can be seen that the wounds on his chest and abdomen are deep, and the fat and muscles on the chest can be seen faintly.There is a flower pattern carved on the left chest.Chu Yu took a step forward, got a little closer, and stared at the pattern.

The moment her eyes came into contact with the pattern, she felt her heart tighten. This pagoda tree flower is really well carved, with smooth lines and lifelike. At first glance, there is no obvious difference from the previous two patterns.

Her feet were weak, and she stepped back to make it easier for the police to take pictures.

Forensic doctor Qian took a ruler, measured the wound, and chatted with Chu Yu, "Is there a Phantom of Sophora japonica that is famous recently?"

Chu Yu stared at the pattern, "Yes, she injured two people in a row, and the victims were engraved with Sophora japonica flowers, hence the name."

"Is the injured person still alive?"

"She knew how to stab a knife. In the first case, she stabbed the victim's right chest with a scalpel, but it was blocked by the ribs and did not hurt the internal organs. In the second case, she stabbed the abdomen, but did not hurt the internal organs and blood vessels. , the two victims were discovered in time and rescued.”

Forensic Qian Qian picked up the scalpel, moved quickly, and cut the knife from the neck to the top of the pubic symphysis. The subcutaneous tissue was exposed immediately, and he began to separate the muscles of the chest against the ribs. The peritoneum was also opened, and the inflated intestines gushed out. come out.

Chu Yu observed the interior carefully, his voice became hoarse, "The knife on the chest pierced the aortic arch."

"It seems that the Sophora japonica Phantom, who was kind and soft in the past, is ruthless this time?"

Chu Yu was noncommittal, holding his breath and concentrating, his eyes fell on the neck of the deceased, "There are signs of damage to the skin of the neck, and there is a possibility of mechanical suffocation."

In the next step, Forensic Doctor Qian began to dissect the neck and head, and soon came to the conclusion that "the hyoid bone was broken, the skin of the neck was injured and bleeding, and the neck of the deceased had been violently suppressed by the outside world before his death."

A flash of light flashed in Chu Yu's eyes, "Moreover, the damage to the head is very scattered, which is in line with the characteristics formed during the fight, and the direction of blood flow is from front to back, indicating that the damage to the chest and abdomen was caused when the deceased had fallen to the ground and the Formed when the resistance is lost."

Forensic doctor Qian put down the electric craniotomy saw and took a deep breath, "But in this way, the cause of death has to be further determined, whether it was the knife piercing the thoracic artery and causing excessive blood loss, or death by suffocation, because the time lag between them is very short. .”

Chu Yu suddenly noticed a pale area in the chest and abdomen of the deceased, which was not very conspicuous if one didn't look carefully.

She took a closer look and reminded Forensic Doctor Qian, "Look here."

"From a cross-section, this piece of skin is pale, and there is no blood in the capillaries under the skin, and even the muscles under the skin show the color of ischemia."

Seeing the two of them chatting happily, the criminal police next to him couldn't help asking, "What does the pale skin mean?"

Chu Yu’s voice came out from the mask, and said, “When a person is alive, blood is filled with capillaries and flows continuously. If a part of the soft tissue of the body is pressed by a heavy object, the blood in the capillaries of the skin and subcutaneous tissue will be squeezed. Pressed to the side, this part of the soft tissue under pressure will be ischemic. If a person dies under the pressure, the blood will no longer flow, then even if the pressure is released, the blood will no longer flow back to the capillary of this part of the tissue in the veins."

"Then what does this mean?"

Doctor Qian's fingertips marked the pale area, "It means that during the process of the deceased's death, there was a heavy object pressing on the chest. The shape looks a bit like a knee."

As he spoke, he raised the pectoralis major of the deceased again, with doubts in his eyes: "This killing process is very fascinating."

"It's really fascinating, because the murderer's main purpose is not to kill people," Chu Yu said with bright eyes, and finally became confident, "It's a performance."

Everyone present was shocked, "Performing to kill people?"

……

The task force meeting was held in the conference room of the Wuhuai Municipal Bureau. Chu Yu brought Muyu, and Muyu brought a computer, entered the door openly, and sat in the "VIP seat".

Looking around at the criminal policeman with dark circles across his eyes, Chu Yu felt emotional. If this continues, either she will become a member of the Public Security Bureau, or the Public Security Bureau will become hers. The Supernormal Person Research and Investigation Division used to handle cases , although there is an overlap with the police, the division of labor is still very clear, basically each of them runs their own business. After all, the former focuses on research, while the latter focuses on investigation.

As a result, as soon as Xia Yihan appeared, well, he perfectly combined psychological research with investigation and pursuit, and painstakingly got the two groups of people together to handle the case together.

She is such a rare talent.

The meeting was presided over by Director Feng Sheng himself. The impact of this case was too bad, and the higher-ups urged to solve the case as soon as possible, so as not to let the whole country panic all day long, Huaihua is almost becoming the spokesperson of death!

The investigator in charge of the scene showed pictures of the scene and began to report, "The crime scene is located behind a pine tree, backed by the teaching building of the law school. There were traces of crushed branches and leaves on the ground, which should have been left during the fight. No fingerprints of the murderer were found at the scene, but a fresh bloodstain was found on a pine tree at the crime scene. After identification, it was not the source. From the deceased, most likely from the murderer."

Bureau Feng nodded and looked at the investigator, "What about you guys, did you find anything?"

A small investigator consolidated the information and reported, "We asked the deceased's teachers and classmates. Today is Tuesday. The deceased had two classes in the morning. After class, he went back to the dormitory and went to the library for self-study in the afternoon. Surveillance showed that he I left the library at [-]:[-] in the afternoon. I was playing with my mobile phone when I went out. Then I went around the back of the cafeteria, walked to the bamboo forest, and entered the non-monitoring area. From the bamboo forest, I could lead to the scene of the crime. After [-]:[-] p.m. , No matter whether it was his classmates, roommates, or surveillance, he was not found."

The head of the Criminal Investigation Detachment interjected: "Since he has been looking at his phone all the time, and he didn't eat at mealtime, and he walked to such a remote place, maybe someone asked him out. Have you checked the chat history on the phone?"

"I checked, but it shows that he has been chatting in a group, which is a friend group for college students, but his roommate sent him a message alone, asking him to help pick up the courier, but his roommate waited and waited and saw no one else, and called him, but no one catch."

Later, a girl from the school reported the case. She was petting the cat at the entrance of the cafeteria, but the cat went into the woods. She followed all the way, but then she saw that the pine forest was too dark, so she didn't dare to follow, so she took a flashlight to take a photo from a distance. , found a person lying on the ground, no matter how much he shouted, he refused to answer, and there was a smell of blood in the air, she was so scared that she ran back, and when she came back, she quickly called the police.

The investigators couldn't help but sigh with emotion, thanks to the cat, otherwise the remoteness of the crime scene might not be discovered until a few days later.

"That is to say, the scope of investigation cannot be narrowed through on-site investigation and investigation." Feng Ju's face was not very good-looking, and he froze into a pig's liver. Any important discoveries?"

Forensic doctor Qian knew that Chu Yu was familiar with the modus operandi of "Phantom of Sophora japonica" and that this case was inseparable from it, so he looked at Chu Yu and asked her to report.

Chu Yu just listened quietly by the side, carefully integrating the findings of trace inspectors, investigators, and investigators in her heart, and coupled with her insight into the murderer's criminal psychology, she roughly outlined a clear criminal process.

Upon receiving the invitation, Chu Yu stood up with the support of the table. She was already top-heavy with fever, and her throat was sore and hoarse. It is now late at night, and it should be a good time for patients with severe colds to "rest and recuperate". Unfortunately, she ruined everything completely. The brain has never rested, and the energy reserve has been extremely exhausted.

"I believe everyone has heard the rumors about the phantom of the Sophora japonica flower. She is also the murderer of the two assaults and injuries in Wangjiang City. A copycat homicide in homage to her."