monologue

"Old Qian, please tell me the details about the autopsy of the six victims." Chu Xingmu and Qian Fayi sat on both sides of the dining table, while Xia Ci and Han Yang went to help them cook.

Mr. Qian knew the purpose of Chu Xingmu's question, so he told him in detail: "The first victim is an old man who lives alone. The scene of the crime was in his home, and he was hit by a blunt object before he died. The major arteries across the head, ankle, wrist, and neck were all cut open, and the right wrist was varus and fractured. There were small holes around the wound that resembled needle holes, and the blood content in the body was reduced by nearly half. The scars of resistance, the victim should have been knocked out when the murderer opened the door, and there was no time to resist."

Chu Xingmu asked: "Drag and drop is also used to move the victim?"

"Generally, the murderer will use dragging to move the body, unless the weight of the murderer and the deceased is very different. When I arrived at the scene of the crime, the deceased was tied to a bench. The rope on it was only wound twice, and it was not tied at all."

Chu Xingmu asked: "Is there any difference in details between the elderly victim in the second murder case and the first one?"

Mr. Qian said: "It was the same crime as the first case, and there was no obvious difference in the modus operandi. The only difference was that the second deceased's right hand was broken and he was hung on the handle of a drawer. The two old people lived not far away. Those who are weak are all living alone, and they did not know each other when they were alive."

"Where are the pregnant women in the third and fourth murders?"

"The crime scenes were all in an open park near the victim's residence. In the east and west green forests, the victim was still knocked out with blunt objects. There were obvious dragging marks around the crime scene. The murderer moved the victim's position , Compared with the previous two victims, the wounds have changed significantly. In addition to the blood vessels in the hands, ankles and neck, other blood vessels on the victim's body were also cut, the most obvious is the back of the hand."

"The places of residence of the two pregnant women are not far apart, but they did not know each other during their lifetime."

"The victim of the fifth murder was a child under the age of ten. In addition to more and more cuts on the surface of the skin, the murderer also disfigured the child's face."

Chu Xingmu took a breath and asked, "Where is the sixth child victim?"

Qian Lao sighed and said: "This is the most controversial part in my opinion. When the special investigation team arrived at the scene of the crime, they found that the child was already dead. Regardless of the fact that Director Zhou was framed, neither party could save the child. If you look carefully, you can find that Director Zhou is not the murderer, but Director Zhou stabbed Wang Yuemin and ran away. Later, all the evidence pointed to Director Zhou, and his charges were confirmed."

Even Yang Weiyuan didn't know that Zhou Jinlin ran away to save Chu Xingmu. It can be seen how urgent the situation was at that time. Chu Xingmu didn't doubt that Zhao Hailu and Wang Yuemin could do such a frenzied thing and treat the lives of ordinary people as a trifling matter , but Chu Xingmu suspected that the two of them were not the real mastermind behind the scenes.

Xia Ci and Han Yang made a few dishes and brought them to the table. Chu Xingmu ate a little without taste, and excused himself to go back to the office. Xia Ci watched him walk out of the cafeteria. Han Yang turned his head and said to Qian Lao: "Master, what did you say to Team Chu?"

Qian Lao said: "Some autopsy details of the serial murder case."

Mentioning the details of the autopsy, Han Yang recalled that Qin Wan asked him to ask Xu Chi about the details of the autopsy. After that case, Mr. Qian retired. Han Yang also encountered several vicious cases in the following years, even those children buried under the osmanthus tree. He didn't even personally perform an autopsy on his comrades to make him uncomfortable.

"Why don't you go to the forensic department after dinner? I have a few questions for you."

Chu Xingmu came out of the cafeteria to go to the office building, but met Mu Fang in the middle courtyard, Chu Xingmu guessed that he was going out for dinner, so he said: "It's all over, Professor Mu is in the cafeteria of our unit Make do with it?"

Mu Fang smiled and said, "I'm going back to the research room, I have to get some materials myself."

Chu Xingmu just wanted to say that I would take you there, but then he thought that his car was still being repaired: "I'll let someone take you back."

Mu Fang smiled, "No need, I'll ask Xiao Zhong to come over for me this afternoon."

Chu Xingmu nodded and was about to go back to the office. Mu Fang suddenly stopped him, then took a pen from his chest pocket, and said, "Actually, I also lied to the task force about one thing back then."

Chu Xingmu turned back, walked to Mu Fang and saw him taking a pen and said: "I found this pen at the scene of the second murder case. Later, the task force determined that Director Zhou was the murderer. This evidence There is no need to hand over the property.”

Chu Xingmu took the pen from Mu Fang. It was a golden Parker pen. He held it in his hand and looked at it over and over again. He always felt that this pen looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.

After Mu Fang left, Chu Xingmu returned to the office with the pen in hand. The more he looked at the pen, the more he felt that he had seen it before.

There were still photos of the murder scene five years ago on the desk. Chu Xingmu leaned back on the chair and sat in front of the desk. He took out his mobile phone and called Wen Ti. He was the only one in the office, and Captain Chu acted recklessly. Talked to Wen Ti for a while.

After chatting with Wen Ti, his mood improved a lot. Chu Xingmu leaned on the chair and looked at the ceiling thinking about the case. He picked up the photo on the table and caught a glimpse of the capitalized number on the back of the photo.

Chu Xingmu slowly sat up, and then took the live photos on other people's desks to the table together, and lined up those photos in order of number. Chu Xingmu found that the uppercase numbers on the back of the photos had ink marks, which were made with written in pen.

When he put the pen on those photos, he suddenly remembered that he had seen Zhou Jinlin write numbers on the photos with a pen, and also remembered the source of the Parker pen.

The memory of ten years ago flashed by, he seemed to have heard from Chu Mianzhi where he got a few Parker pens, but it is not clear whether he gave them to Chu Xingmu or not.

Chu Xingmu called Chu Mianzhi temporarily and asked him if he gave away the Parker pen. Chu Mianzhi said that he had given it away ten years ago. Chu Xingmu asked him who he gave it to. Chu Mianzhi said He left one for Xi Rui, and the remaining two for Zhou Jinlin and Li Yaomin. Chu Xingmu also asked them in detail what color the pens they received were and when he sent them out.

Immediately, Chu Xingmu called Mrs. Zhou and asked her if there was a Parker pen in Zhou Jinlin's belongings. Mrs. Zhou had counted Zhou Jinlin's belongings countless times and told him clearly that the black Parker pen was at home now.

No one expected that a Parker pen that Mu Fang picked up at the scene of the crime would become the key to all cases.

Chu Mianzhi gave the remaining two pens to Zhou Jinlin and Li Yaomin respectively, but Mu Fang picked up the pen belonging to Li Yaomin at the scene. Chu Xingmu didn't know whether Li Yaomin's pen was lost or not, but after the previous few times His trust in Li Yaomin basically disappeared after the incident.

Li Yaomin publicly admitted that he did not seriously investigate whether Zhou Jinlin was framed. During the serial murder case, Qingshi also entered the city's alert state as it is now. He retreated completely, leaving no useful clues behind.

Thinking of Li Yaomin’s mention that Zhao Hailu and Wang Yuemin knew in advance that the murderer was going to commit another crime and used the sixth victim to lure Zhou Jinlin and the special case team to the crime scene. The murderer contributed to the flames and helped the murderer escape from the scene and committed several crimes one after another.

Even if they fail to frame Zhou Jinlin, Zhou Jinlin will continue to increase the number of victims due to his ineffective detection of the serial murder case, which will have a bad impact on Qingshi and the public security department, and then he will be demoted or punished. At that time, Zhou Jinlin himself will not have the energy to pursue them. The drug business.

However, Zhou Jinlin was finally framed as the murderer of the serial murder case. Compared with the above-mentioned consequences, this crime can prevent their future troubles forever.

Such a huge plan must be hidden from Li Yaomin and the special case team, and all the people involved in the investigation work must be avoided. Zhao Hailu and Wang Yuemin alone can really put those chiefs in the special case team who have solved several cases in the police circle for many years. Are you playing around?

Even if someone noticed suspicion but didn't stop them, what about Li Yaomin, the deputy head of the task force?

After working with Zhou Jinlin for so many years, he knew Zhou Jinlin's character very well, why he hated him so much after learning that Zhou Jinlin was the murderer, and he couldn't even mention this name in front of him.

When Zhou Jinlin was identified as the murderer, Li Yaomin had no doubts at all. He almost firmly believed that Zhou Jinlin was the murderer, so he issued a warrant on the night Zhou Jinlin escaped. drug trafficking case.

Li Yaomin found out the truth about Zhou Jinlin being framed and falsely accused. Wang Yuemin and Lu Liangshan died inexplicably. Li Yaomin also fully described their crimes in front of everyone, and apologized for his negligence that caused Zhou Jinlin to be wronged. , as a subordinate, Chu Xingmu should trust him unconditionally.

But all this was too logical, and Chu Xingmu became more and more convinced that Li Yaomin was trying to cover up his suspicions.

Ever since Chu Xingmu quarreled with Li Yaomin because of the retrial of the Zhao Hailu case, and when he learned that Li Yaomin ordered Wu Huanshan to shoot and kill Zhou Jinlin, and Li Yaomin delegated power to Wu Huanshan, Chu Xingmu had been suspicious of Li Yaomin's involvement in these cases. What role did he play in the case, and what kind of existence is he in Li Yaomin's eyes?

In the eyes of many people, Chu Xingmu is a dog who works for Li Yaomin. What he does is Li Yaomin's acquiescence and instigation. He thinks that Chu Xingmu was able to be arrogant in the police circle for so many years and offended countless people, and he was still safe and sound. Therefore, Chu Xingmu represented Li Yaomin to a certain extent.

Chu Xingmu was aware of these rumors, but he had no way to refute them, saying that Li Yaomin took good care of Chu Xingmu for Chu Mianzhi's sake, rather than saying that Li Yaomin took this opportunity to drive Chu Xingmu to the end of his life.

Chu Xingmu felt that Li Yaomin had already warned him once intentionally or unintentionally. During the period when he refuted and questioned him because of Zhou Jinlin and Xu Chi's case, he was first attacked by Wu Chuan, and then almost killed by a flower pot that fell upstairs. During that period of time, Chu Xingmu was unable to move at every step, and Li Yaomin might have wanted to warn Chu Xingmu that without his protection, Chu Xingmu would be unable to move at all in Qingshi.

Then he used Yang Xiao's wedding banquet and Yang Weiyuan and others to talk about it. On the one hand, he made Yang Weiyuan and Mrs. Zhou think that he realized his mistake of eager for quick success, and asked the Yongxing District Third Branch to thoroughly investigate Wu Chuan's attack on Chu Xingmu and Wu Chuan's death. , once again dispelled Chu Xingmu, Yang Weiyuan and others' doubts about him.

If we continue to speculate, in fact, the network closing operation of the corruption case that Li Yaomin personally participated in last year was full of doubts from the very beginning.

Li Yaomin asked Shang Ningyang to work undercover in Chenghai's brokerage company for two years. The disappearance of two young girls involved Chenghai mutilating children, forcing young children into prostitution, selling organs, Wang Yuemin leading and covering drug trafficking syndicates, and many violations of discipline. Wang Yuemin and the forces behind him were uprooted.

In fact, Wang Yuemin succeeded Zhao Hailu as the new leader of the drug market in Qingshi. Cheng Hai worked for Wang Yuemin and spent more than ten years at large in Qingshi. The scope of major cases extends from the police to the business and entertainment circles.

But the people in the list of officials involved in the case that Jiang Guoan handed over to Chu Xingmu and the government were safe and sound.

If Li Yaomin is the mastermind behind Zhao Hailu and Wang Yuemin, it means that he is well aware of all the drug dealing operations in Qingshi, or Li Yaomin is the biggest drug dealer in Qingshi, and Zhao Hailu and Wang Yuemin are just taking over the business for him.

For so many years, the various anti-drug teams and drug traffickers in Qingshi have sacrificed their lives for their lives. I don’t know how many police officers, including Xu Chi’s death, is also inseparable from Li Yaomin. No wonder Zhao Hailu provided shelter for the drug trafficking syndicates in Qingshi, kidnapped the police, and took hostages , Killing the anti-narcotics policeman, and finally being able to reverse the situation in court and only pursue his kidnapping crime.

Abandoning a Zhao Hailu and getting rid of the most threatening Zhou Jinlin, Li Yaomin was promoted to be the director of the city bureau with great power, but Yang Weiyuan and Chu Mianzhi already had some doubts about him, so Li Yaomin asked Wang Yuemin to apply for a review of Zhao Hailu's case, he knew The retrial of Zhao Hailu will definitely give him a heavy sentence. Let Chu Xingmu and Chen Yuyao go to investigate without threatening himself. This is just to get rid of Zhao Hailu. No one can suspect that Chu Xingmu has attracted the attention of those people. .

In this way, Li Yaomin may be fully aware of Chenghai's forcing young girls into prostitution and molesting young girls. According to Li Yaomin's prudent habits, he must also have a list of officials involved in the case.

If the situation forced Li Yaomin to arrest Cheng Hai, and the business and market that Cheng Hai had held for more than ten years fell apart, why did Li Yaomin deal with Wang Yuemin together?

Whenever Wang Yuemin and Cheng Hai expose one of them, it will be a huge loss and threat to Li Yaomin. Thinking that Li Yaomin also has the handle of those government officials, the people above dare not take action against Li Yaomin easily. Could it be that Cheng Hai is not one of Li Yaomin's subordinates at all? ?

Chu Xingmu remembered the case of Zhongminglou being framed. The case of the research institute involved the government. People went to the Municipal Bureau and asked to participate in the investigation of the case, but Li Yaomin directly drove the investigation team out.

Referring to Li Yaomin's attitude towards Mayor Duan, Chu Xingmu had a bold guess: Li Yaomin uprooted Cheng Hai's power, and the mastermind behind Cheng Hai was probably Mayor Duan.

Wang Yuemin fell from the horse and Cheng Hai was arrested. In fact, it was the mastermind behind them who was secretly warning.

Chu Xingmu was the one who fought for Li Yaomin and Mayor Duan.

Chu Xingmu rushed to the forefront of all the cases, and all the cases that Li Yaomin threw to Chu Xingmu, which one was not difficult to investigate?

Because of this, Chu Xingmu has been in danger many times, and Li Yaomin values ​​Chu Xingmu because he is useful.

Li Yaomin has been playing a big game of chess since a long time ago. He counts everyone, from Zhou Jinlin, Yang Weiyuan, Chu Xingmu and Xia Ci, from the criminal investigation team to the anti-narcotics team. On the surface, they are all working for the public security department. In fact, Li Yaomin has turned the Public Security Bureau into a place to clear obstacles for him.

They are used as pawns to fight against the enemy on the chessboard, but they don't realize that they are pawns in the hands of others.

The afternoon sun was bright and warm, but sitting in the sun, Chu Xingmu felt cold all over his body. He had been used by Li Yaomin for so many years, and he didn't even know why he became a thorn in the side of others. He always thought it was his own reason.

Maybe that car accident was his revenge for doing things for Li Yaomin, so who will be the next person to be dismissed as Li Yaomin's subordinate?

Chu Xingmu suddenly stood up and wanted to find Wu Changshan. When he ran to the door, he suddenly saw Li Yaomin. Yu Qingyan followed Li Yaomin. The two walked towards him. Li Yaomin asked with a smile: "Where are you going in such a hurry?" ?”

Chu Xingmu pretended not to know anything, and said calmly: "Qi Shaocheng had a conflict with the reporter in the hospital, I'll go and have a look."

Li Yaomin said: "Assist Lao Wu well, with so many eyes on the branch and above, this case must be solved."

Chu Xingmu boldly asked: "What if we still can't catch the murderer this time?"

"Why can't you catch it? I believe in your ability."

Chu Xingmu looked at the time, nodded and said, "Then I'll go first."

Li Yaomin and Yu Qingyan watched Chu Xingmu go downstairs, and Chu Xingmu ran downstairs. He finally knew whose eyes were watching him from behind.

Chu Xingmu went to the forensic department to borrow Han Yang's car, and rushed to the studio on Changqing Street non-stop. He was overwhelmed by the criminal investigation team's office, and he needed a place to rest.

In the past five years, he has been thinking about how to clear up Zhou Jinlin's grievances, but he never thought that he has been played in the palm of his hands for so many years. He feels that he is worthy of the police uniform and the responsibility on his shoulders, and he is responsible for every case. Due diligence, he firmly believes in justice and faith, and is willing to practice it all his life like Zhou Jinlin.

So at the moment when he learned all the truth, he felt that persistence for so many years had become meaningless.

Not long after the lounge door was pushed open, Wen Ti walked up to Chu Xingmu and knelt down in front of him, Chu Xingmu hugged him.

Only Wen Ti was something he could hold in his arms and see with his eyes open. It was more real than those beliefs and justice, and it was what he wanted.