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The next morning Chu Xingmu received a call from Xia Ci, saying that he had received a report at twelve o'clock in the morning last night. He rushed to the hospital where the victim and the informant were located.

Xia Ci went home from get off work last night, because this case rushed directly from home to the scene of the crime. Since the report was received late at night, many comrades in the team went home. Arriving at Xiaochong Road in no time, Xia Ci asked the Xiaochong Police Station to seal off the scene overnight, and sent someone to guard the alley all night, because it was too late and notified Chu Xingmu the next morning.

"When we arrived last night, there were only two people at the scene. The reporter was an eyewitness. The identity of the victim has been investigated. Sun Xiaoqi, a student from Xiaochong Road No. [-] Middle School, just entered the second year of junior high school this year, and rescued him all night. I just left the operating room in the morning, and I heard from the doctor that I am out of danger for the time being." Xia Ci stood at the door of the ward and said to Chu Xingmu.

Chu Xingmu took a few glances into the ward. Sun Xiaoqi's parents were both in the ward, and the doctors and nurses hadn't come out yet.

From the first time he saw Xia Ci in the morning, Chu Xingmu noticed that his complexion was very bad. He thought it was because he didn’t have a good rest last night, and was about to let him go back to have a rest, but Xia Ci leaned against the wall and said: "The serial murderer Zhou Jinlin died five years ago."

Chu Xingmu frowned and looked at him, then turned his head to look at the ward.

"Sun Xiaoqi's fatal injuries were on her head and neck, and her wrists and ankles were cut to varying degrees, which is very similar to the case five years ago."

After patiently listening to Xia Ci, Chu Xingmu looked at the door of the ward and suddenly hesitated. The doctors and nurses opened the door after finishing the examination.

Sun Xiaoqi's parents rushed to the hospital after receiving the notification last night and waited outside the operating room until morning. Sun Xiaoqi's father went downstairs to go through the hospitalization procedures. Only Sun Xiaoqi's mother was taking care of Sun Xiaoqi in the ward.

Before Chu Xingmu came to Sun Xiaoqi's hospital bed, Sun Xiaoqi's mother saw them coming in, and suddenly knelt down heavily in front of Chu Xingmu, and said in tears: "Comrade police, I beg you... I beg you to catch and hurt me." Daughter's beast! My daughter is only 13 years old, she is only 13 years old..."

Chu Xingmu and Xia Ci hurriedly helped her up. Due to the high nervousness and excessive grief, she passed out before she could stand still. Chu Xingmu hurriedly carried her to the next bed, and her mouth was still broken. Saying "I beg you", the doctor who had just left the ward was stopped by Xia Ci and turned back.

Chu Xingmu walked to Sun Xiaoqi's hospital bed and leaned over to look at her for a while. Sun Xiaoqi's face had scratches and bruises to varying degrees, and her head was hit with a blunt object. The murderer probably knocked her out first and then dragged her into the car shed Yes, Chu Xingmu lifted his trouser legs and squatted down in front of the hospital bed, carefully observing Sun Xiaoqi's two hands. Sun Xiaoqi's right wrist was fixed due to a fracture, but it could be seen that the fracture was turned inward.

A few minutes later, Sun Xiaoqi's father came back after completing the formalities. Chu Xingmu stood up again and planned to ask him a few questions. When he came back, he found that his wife had also fainted, and she slumped on the stool and stared blankly at the same time. The wife and daughter on the hospital bed had a brief moment of despair on their faces, then turned their backs and wiped their tears with the back of their hands. Standing between the two beds, they didn't know which side to take care of.

They never expected that the peaceful and happy life of a family of three would collapse overnight.

Faced with such a situation, Chu Xingmu couldn't bear to ask Sun Xiaoqi's family any questions, so he and Xia Ci left the ward first, and neither of them spoke first.

The six victims in the serial murder case five years ago all died. Behind the six lives are six families who have deviated from the trajectory and direction of their lives. Faced with what happened to their loved ones, they may have to spend their entire lives to heal the wounds. There are even people who have been running for them all their lives, and Sun Xiaoqi's family is the epitome of it, one of the families broken and desperate due to vicious crimes.

Afterwards, Chu Xingmu and Xia resigned from Sun Xiaoqi's chief surgeon and inquired carefully about Sun Xiaoqi's injuries, and asked the doctor to write a detailed injury examination report. The doctor was afraid that the police would delay the investigation, and felt sympathy for Sun Xiaoqi's experience. The injury report will be written.

When handing over the injury report to Chu Xingmu, the doctor shook his head and said, "I've been doing surgery for so many years, and I've never seen such a cruel wound. It's like bloodletting from the blood vessels, and there are still some tiny needle holes on the little girl's wound."

Chu Xingmu took the injury report in his hand, thanked the doctor, and then said: "I hope the doctor will not disclose the details of the patient's injury, so as not to cause panic."

Coming out of the doctor's office, Chu Xingmu said to Xia Ci: "Notify Lang Lang to come over, and find out about Sun Xiaoqi's parents when they are emotionally stable. Where is the reporter now?"

"The reporter, Cong Gang, had his arm cut by the murderer and is still in the hospital."

Chu Xingmu suddenly stopped and asked Xia Ci: "How likely do you think the imitation crime is?"

Xia Ci shook his head and said uncertainly: "Although the details of the crimes committed in the six cases five years ago have not been released to the public, the possibility of imitation crimes cannot be ruled out."

"If the murderer is a perverted imitator, then his target is definitely not only Sun Xiaoqi. If it is not an imitation crime, then Cong Gang is the only person who has seen or even fought the real murderer."

"What should we do now?"

"Let Cong Gang recount what happened last night. I'll go back to the team and ask Director Li and Director Wu for instructions. Have you checked the scene yet?"

"I let Zhao Chen and Lao Qi pass."

"Is there surveillance near the crime scene?"

"Xiaochong Road belongs to the old city, and most of the monitoring is at the intersection. There is no one in the alley where no one enters or exits. However, I have asked Xiao Tang to adjust the monitoring around Xiaochong Road. As long as the murderer's escape route passes the intersection, the monitoring It will definitely be photographed."

Seeing that Xia Ci had already made arrangements, Chu Xingmu hurriedly took a taxi back to the team, and it was only at this time that he realized the convenience of having a car, thinking that he didn't know when his car would be repaired.

Chu Xingmu weighed whether to go to Li Yaomin or Wu Huanshan first, and finally decided to go to Wu Huanshan first. The serial murderer Zhou Jinlin died six years ago, so the case six years later In any case, it was impossible for Zhou Jinlin to do it.

Chu Xingmu has two suspicions, whether someone imitated the crime or the real murderer of the serial murder case showed up.

To prove his conjecture, he had to get the file of the serial murder case five years ago. Although the file was already in the city bureau, Chu Xingmu had no permission to borrow it.

"The victim, Sun Xiaoqi, was stunned by a blunt object, and then dragged into the carport by the murderer. The doctor found a large area of ​​cuts on her body, without any traces of sexual assault. The murderer's modus operandi and the details of the six murders five years ago The similarity is very high, this is the temporary injury report written by Sun Xiaoqi's chief surgeon, you can use it as a reference first, the specific results will have to wait for the on-site investigation to be completed." Chu Xingmu handed the injury report to Wu Huanshan.

Wu Huanshan sat at the table and looked up at Chu Xingmu. Chu Xingmu made a deal with him with the list and asked him to reverse Zhou Jinlin's case. He didn't expect this day to come so soon, "Did you tell Li Yaomin about this case? ?”

"Not yet. I suspect it has something to do with the serial murder case five years ago. Sun Xiaoqi was saved."

Wu Huanshan said: "Go and ask Director Li for instructions and see how he arranges it."

Chu Xingmu was slightly suspicious, and Wu Huanshan said: "Back then Zhou Jinlin was the team leader of the special case team, Li Ju was the deputy team leader, and the members of the special case team were the directors and deputy directors of the six branches of Qingshi. After the truth came out, the task force was disbanded, and after five years of the verdict, everyone was convinced that Zhou Jinlin was the murderer. To overturn the case, we had to dig out the root cause. If we now publicly suspect that Zhou Jinlin was the victim of an unjust, false and wrong case The perpetrator has been at large for five years, and all members of the task force will be investigated.”

Wu Huanshan stared into Chu Xingmu's eyes, "Li Yaomin is the biggest beneficiary of the 6 case. I don't need to tell you about his attitude towards Zhou Jinlin. If Zhou Jinlin was really wronged, then Li Yaomin couldn't sit idly by. Ignore it, he still needs to bring this head."

"I understand." Chu Xingmu walked out of the office full of doubts, and went to find Li Yaomin again.

That morning Chu Xingmu talked with Li Yaomin for nearly an hour. Li Yaomin's reaction exceeded Chu Xingmu's expectations. He originally thought that if Zhou Jinlin's case was brought up after such a long time, he would still be as angry as before. Who knew that Chu Xingmu After informing Li Yaomin of the connection between the two cases, he immediately called an emergency meeting.

At noon, Chu Xingmu got Li Yaomin's permission to go to the file room to bring up the file of the serial murder case five years ago. Li Yaomin then notified the leaders of the sub-bureau to go to the city bureau for a meeting. After learning about Sun Xiaoqi's victimization, they let them If you are facing a big enemy, no one dares to delay.

After discussing with Wu Huanshan, Li Yaomin and Wu Huanshan decided to increase the patrol force at each intersection in Changqing District, and dispatched the police force from the subordinate police station to focus on the Xiaochong Road alleyway, focusing on investigating the people who entered and exited the alleyway on the night that Sun Xiaoqi was killed.

Considering the particularity of the case, Wu Huanshan proposed not to make a public announcement so as not to cause panic among the public. The current media likes to speculate, and there is no need for them to conduct such a large-scale investigation.

But Li Yaomin thinks that we should step up the investigation of the surrounding area, even if the suspect cannot be caught, he can warn the other party to prevent another case from happening again. In addition, Li Yaomin also wants to hire several criminal psychology experts to help them solve the case. As for whether to target Sun Xiaoqi He hasn't said yet that a task force has been set up for the murder case.

Chu Xingmu got the dossier, and spent half a day reading the six materials in the dossier over and over again. The autopsy report, injury identification, witness testimony, modus operandi and details of the year were presented to him one by one. After reading the dossier, Chu Xingmu Xing Mu even had the illusion that Zhou Jinlin was indeed the murderer. There was enough evidence for each of the crimes he committed, and each evidence had witnesses and physical evidence.

This was the most perfect dossier he had seen in the ten years since he was a police officer. There was not a single mistake or omission, and he could not find any flaws to suspect that Zhou Jinlin was wronged.

In the afternoon, Chu Xingmu rushed to the scene of the crime on Xiaochong Road. The incident happened in the early morning, and the residents of Xiaochong Road were basically unaware. There are more traffic police than usual.

Zhao Chen and Qi Shaocheng came out of the alley, and they were more puzzled than the other. Qi Shaocheng asked, "It's the criminal police's job to solve the case, why even the traffic police came out?"

"At that time, Xiaobai called me and said that all the branch leaders had rushed to the city bureau for an emergency meeting, and she was the only one on duty in the team who couldn't pour water, and I was wondering what was going on. "

"The emergency meeting was held to discuss the serial murder case and apply for a retrial to the procuratorate." Chu Xingmu turned out from the intersection.

"Boss, the inside has been surveyed, and we are preparing to go back."

Chu Xingmu set off the cordon and walked in. Zhao Chen asked, "Is it the case five years ago?"

"Well, the victim Sun Xiaoqi's wounds are almost exactly the same as those of the victims five years ago. The superficial blood vessels are almost cut open. The murderer in that case, Zhou Jinlin, has been dead for five years. How can he still climb out of the coffin and continue to commit crimes? ?”

Qi Shaocheng asked: "Could it be an imitation crime? That case was such a sensation at the time."

"The purpose of the imitation crime is either purely to kill people, or to deliberately provoke the police. If it is an imitation crime, we also need to know where the limit of his imitation is. There were six cases that year, including two unborn babies, a total of eight lives. "

Qi Shaocheng and Zhao Chen stopped suddenly. As soon as Chu Xingmu said this, they suddenly realized the seriousness of this case.

Chu Xingmu turned to look at them and said: "If it's not a copycat crime, then the real murderer showed up. Maybe he was complacent about the police's stupid decision five years ago, and felt that even after five years, the police still couldn't catch him. Five years later, he thought of killing again."

Qi Shaocheng asked: "Five years ago, so many branch leaders participated in solving the case, and it was finally found out that the murderer was Zhou Jinlin. In this way, wouldn't it be an unjust, false and wrongful case?"

Zhao Chen kicked Qi Shaocheng, and Qi Shaocheng came to his senses, and the three looked at each other tacitly.

"Whether it is an imitation crime needs to be further confirmed. Director Li wants to hire relevant experts to help solve the case. We will wait for the notice from above. Now we will focus on the case of Sun Xiaoqi's murder." Chu Xingmu continued to walk into the alley.

When they ran into Han Yang directing people to carry things, Chu Xingmu and Qi Shaocheng moved out of the aisle. Zhao Chen looked at the snakeskin bag and asked Han Yang, "Han Fayi, what's in this bag?"

"The soil in the carport contains the victim's blood. The scene has been surveyed and I have someone pack up all the dust on the ground and take it back."

Chu Xingmu patted Han Yang's shoulder: "Thank you."

Han Yang took a step back in surprise, looked at Chu Xingmu in horror and asked him, "You won't be fooled, are you? Being so polite is not like your previous style!"

Chu Xingmu glared at Han Yang, and kicked him when he passed by, "You deserve to be thrown so many times by the anti-drug team and you don't have a long memory."

Although the scene has been surveyed, Chu Xingmu is still going to go to see it again. Anyway, he has to report to Chu Xingmu, so Zhao Chen told him: "No murder weapon was found at the scene, only some messy footprints and dragging marks , the victim was dragged into the carport."

"Drag it in? Did you find any signs of fighting or resistance?"

"The footprints on the platform outside the carport are very messy. They should have been left by witnesses fighting with the murderer. We searched the entire alley and found no blood, indicating that the victim was knocked unconscious outside the alley."

"The victim Sun Xiaoqi's injury report stated that she had large areas of abrasions on her back and the back of her thighs, which should have been caused when she was dragged into the carport."

"Does this mean that the murderer is an old man? He can't hold a little girl who weighs [-] to [-] pounds, and even dragging it is so difficult, but how did the murderer in the serial murder case drag two pregnant women?"

"The question of age is not convincing. It is true that a five- to sixty-year-old man cannot drag a pregnant woman who is seven months pregnant, but a middle-aged man can. He can also pretend to be the age of the crime. For example, he can hug the victim, but choose If you drag them to a place, adults will be fine, including Sun Xiaoqi, who has three children in total, and the average weight is less than fifty catties, isn't that obvious enough?"

"So the killer hides his age by dragging the victim? Where did the dragging begin?"

Chu Xingmu looked at the two alleys before and after, and said: "Ask a few people to see other than this alley, there are other rough roads nearby that few people pass by. By the way, what day is it today?"

"Sunday."

Knocking out and dragging the victim to a place is also the details of the crime mentioned in the file. All six cases were transferred in this way. Zhou Jinlin was 57 years old at the time, and his age was also used as the basis for inference .

In the hospital, Lang Lang was in charge of asking Sun Xiaoqi's travel route and time the day before, and Xia Ci went to Cong Gang who found Sun Xiaoqi to ask about what happened that night.

Xia Ci glanced in through the glass outside the ward, there was a middle-aged woman besides Cong Gang in the ward, Xia Ci knocked on the door and heard the voice from inside before pushing the door in.

Xia Ci had already visited Cong Gang once in the morning, but at that time Cong Gang was not only injured but also hospitalized due to acute gastroenteritis, Xia Ci did not disturb him to rest, he thought that Cong Gang’s health should be much better in the afternoon, so he came here at this time .

"Officer Xia, are you here?" Cong Gang asked while sitting on the hospital bed with his arms hanging.

"How's the injury?"

"I'll recover from this injury for a while, how is that little girl?"

Xia Ci sat on the stool and said: "There is no danger of life for the time being, but the superficial blood vessels of the whole body have been cut open, the most serious is the neck, wrists and ankles, one third of the blood in the body is gone, and it is still there. Blood transfusion."

Cong Gang lowered his head angrily and said, "At least I've been saved."

Xia Ci said: "If it wasn't for you, Sun Xiaoqi didn't know what would have happened in the end. Is it convenient for you to talk about what happened last night?"

Cong Gang glanced at his wife who was sitting on the side with a worried expression. His wife stood up and said, "Talk first, I'll go downstairs to buy some lunch."

Cong Gang's wife went out and he said: "I finished the party late last night. My home is on Xiaochong Road. Last night I had a stomachache and went to the pharmacy to buy painkillers. When I came out, I saw running into the alley. I killed a person, he ran very fast, I thought it was a robber and didn’t dare to pass, Xiaochong Road is the old city, and it’s quite chaotic at night.”

"Is the person who ran into the alley the same person as the one in the carport?"

Cong Gang shook his head and said: "I don't remember clearly, that man was very strong, and I didn't see what he was holding, so I was scratched by him. I couldn't find anything nearby. I smashed it with my mobile phone. He just ran away."

Xia Ci followed up and asked: "You also injured him? How is the other party's injury?"

"I had a severe stomachache and didn't use much effort. He shouldn't be injured."

Xia Ci hurriedly asked: "Think carefully about where the phone hit the other party. Is there any bleeding?"

Cong Gang seemed to suddenly remember something, and said: "There is blood on my phone, it should be his, I will wipe it off when I wake up."

"What did you use to wipe it?"

"Paper."

"Where's the paper?"

Cong Gang hesitantly pointed to the trash can at the door, Xia Ci hurriedly got up and went to look in the trash can, Cong Gang stared at Xia Ci dumbfounded, he never thought that the police would rummage through the trash can.

The author says:

There are still about ten chapters to finish, and the word count of each chapter is more than 5k, so it should be finished before 312.