dark crossing

But what kind of person would hate Chen Feng so much that he wanted to kill and dismember him, and put this terrible idea into practice?

For this question, Chen Cong thought hard all night.

According to the data, the victim, Chen Feng, was an abandoned baby who grew up in an orphanage and never married, so his relationship is very simple.

However, the particularity of his occupation made his social relationship relatively complicated.As a criminal policeman who has been active on the front line for a long time, the probability of Chen Feng becoming enemies with desperadoes is far higher than that of ordinary people.

If we start the investigation from Chen Feng's social relationship, there are so many cases that need to be investigated, and it will be difficult to sort out the clues in a short period of time.

Therefore, Chen Cong and his colleagues decided to start from Li Guangqiang's line, trying to find a breakthrough in the investigation of the case.

Chen Cong said lightly: "At present, it seems that the only intersection between the victim Chen Feng and Li Guangqiang is the policeman Li Guangqiang randomly killed 15 years ago, who is Chen Feng's friend and colleague. There should be no overlap in human networks.”

"Then, does Li Guangqiang have any relatives or friends?"

This is the part that the Criminal Investigation Detachment is currently focusing on investigating.

Seeing Taomu, Chen Cong grasped the key point instantly, so he didn't keep it anymore, and said with a sigh: "The phone call just now was talking about this. Early this morning, colleagues in our team reviewed Li Guangqiang's case files back then. His parents Before his death, Li Guangqiang had been living with his cousin who was ten years older than him. That cousin was also his legal guardian when he was a minor.

Li Guangqiang married once in his early years, but because of gambling and drug addiction, he divorced within a few years.After his wife remarried, she never contacted him again.Not long after his divorce, Li Guangqiang's cousin felt that his intentions were dishonest and insulting to the family, so he also cut off contact with him.Li Guangqiang couldn't get along in his hometown, so at the end of 2000, he came to Jianghu stock market to seek a living.

He has a son named Li Songyuan, who came to Jianghu Stock Market with him in 00. He was still studying when the crime happened, and he was a student of a sports college in Jinghe District.When Li Guangqiang's accident happened, Li Songyuan was only in his early 20s. Counting it, he would be in his thirties this year.After our team members learned that Li Guangqiang had a son, they immediately contacted the police station where Li Songyuan's registered permanent residence was located.

However, according to the data, Li Songyuan's household registration is canceled.The declaration date for the cancellation was at the end of April 09, that is to say, Li Songyuan was declared dead 4 years ago.In this way, the possibility of Li Guangqiang's immediate family members committing the crime was also ruled out.

Li Guangqiang, on the other hand, has a relatively withdrawn personality. He usually doesn't like to socialize with others, and he doesn't have many friends.In addition, he is fond of gambling and taking drugs, and owes a lot of debts, but he has borrowed all who have a little friendship with him.After the case happened that year, many people complained to the investigating police when they visited his personal relationship, saying that the money lent to him would never come back.Therefore, it is not realistic to expect his friends to kill for him. "

Chen Cong continued regretfully: "We have also investigated Chen Feng carefully. He has not been in good health for the past few years, and he went through the formalities of retiring a few years ago. As a criminal policeman, it is impossible to say that no one holds grudges. Yes. But he has handled a large number of cases, and offended criminals can line up from the east to the west of Jianghu City..."

Chen Cong subconsciously started to scratch his hair again.

After staying up all night to redefine the direction of investigation, it seems to be a dead end.

This time, the investigation of the case has really reached a deadlock...

Before Chen Cong scratched his hair bald, Taomu suddenly asked again: "You just said that Li Songyuan's household registration was canceled in 09. What was the reason for his death?"

Chen Cong was taken aback.Usually, the household registration information of the police station only shows the status of death, but does not record the detailed cause of death.

"We haven't investigated this in detail. I'll call someone to contact his domicile and ask about it!"

When it comes to investigating cases, Chen Cong always counts against the clock.He immediately dialed the phone and asked Pan Xiaozhu to contact the police station where Li Songyuan's household registration is located, and then learn more about how Li Songyuan died.

As soon as the phone call was over, Taomu immediately asked again: "Have you checked the source of the person who posted the message and the media information?"

Chen Cong originally wanted to give the young captain a bad start, but suddenly felt that he was being led away from the rhythm.He didn't want to be led by the nose, so he said bluntly: "Captain, I don't think the first and second directions you just mentioned have much to do with the case. There are so many rumor posts on the Internet, and it's not a day or two." .And the media’s pursuit of rumors is only out of professional needs. Although the big mouth that leaked the details of the case is not enough. But at this juncture, I don’t think it is necessary to disperse the police force to pursue these things.”

Knowing that Chen Cong didn't understand what he meant, Taomu asked guidingly: "After reading those analysis posts, don't you feel that something is wrong?"

"It's not right, it's not right anywhere! It's just some bullshit and grandstanding..."

"No, I mean the direction of the analysis post is wrong."

"?" Chen Cong looked puzzled.

Tao Mu's expression was cold: "The note left by the murderer focused on 'black police in the world'. I followed some posts related to the case. At the beginning, everyone's discussions were also focused on "black police", and most of the analysis posts were It was fabricating the hidden story of the murder of the victim, or some insider information related to the case. In addition to most of the fun, some netizens rushed to follow the post, sharing the "black police incident" they encountered in real life '. At that time, the fermenting direction of public opinion was quite natural."

"A large number of netizens echoed on the Internet, saying that they have encountered 'black police' in real life. Is this kind of public opinion fermenting natural?"

"Yes, because it can be exploited, some groups who are dissatisfied with the police and public rights will be particularly involved. They criticize current events and even smear the image of the police. This is very natural."

The Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Lu'an Branch has always been the unassailable champion team in the police department's internal debate competition due to its large number of talents.And Chen Cong is the leader among the elites.On the path of pursuing the truth, he never bowed to any force, including his immediate boss.

"I don't think the direction of this discussion is natural at all. I don't know about other places, but the policemen in Jianghu City, not to mention all of them are role models, are by no means as bad as they are said on the Internet! So many netizens hate the police, especially the police. There is malice towards the criminal police, and they all said that they have encountered black police, which is totally unreasonable!"

"The emphasis on the murderer's note is the second half of the sentence, 'the black police is in the world'. Netizens started discussions around the keyword 'black police', which is very reasonable. As for why so many people are malicious to the criminal police, they also publicly stated on the Internet I have encountered black police. That is because in reality, at least half of the chances of those who can actually contact the criminal police directly are in situations that are not good for themselves. Then these people, of course, will feel that helping the victim The criminal police who uphold justice are black police who have harmed their own interests. After being dealt with by the criminal police according to law, I thank the police for handling it well. I really think that I am not a thing. To be honest, this kind of saint is not good at breaking the law. , and was caught right away.”

Taomu changed the topic: "However, after the fingerprint information was reported by the media. In less than half an hour, the direction of online discussions changed substantially."

He picked up the tablet on the side, opened the relevant folders, and turned the screen to Chen Cong: "This is part of the screenshots I sorted out before the relevant posts were deleted. Obviously, after the media released the news, there are hot posts. The posts are almost all about discussing how Chu Zhentang, the former chairman of the Far South Group, hired a murderer to kill his wife 15 years ago, and then cooperated with the police to silence the murderer." He folded his hands on his knees, and frowned slightly: "This Very unusual."

"What's unusual?"

Chen Cong believes that this is just a "big family grievances" drama made up by a group of netizens who are full and worried about the chaos of the world.

"I just said that the note at the corpse dumping site focused on the words 'black police'. Later, the news released by the media was that 'there was a fingerprint at the corpse dumping scene, which belonged to the murderer Li Guangqiang who had been dead for 15 years'. But After the media released the fingerprint information, the so-called speculative posts that suddenly became popular were neither "the black policeman who is still in the world" nor "fingerprints that shouldn't be in the world". up.

Although these posts are quite different in terms of language style and writing style, they all focus on the emotional disputes of the rich and powerful families who hired murderers to kill their wives and lovers 15 years ago.But according to normal reasoning logic, at this time, Ji Jiangning, who died in an accident, the victim who was accidentally selected by Li Guangqiang, and the victim's family member Chu Zhentang should not be the focus of public opinion. "

Taomu glanced at Chen Cong, who was in deep thought, and then analyzed: "Besides, normally, the public should care more about the current case than looking over the old accounts of 15 years ago. After all, in the Jianghu stock market In a big city with good law and order, the murderer dared to kill, dismember the body, throw the body away in a hurry, and openly challenge the police. Such a case has never been seen since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

And the words 'kill' and 'dismember' are bloody and cruel to ordinary people who have no contact with desperadoes. "Flash delivery" and "bustling city" are closely related to the lives of the masses.The murderer's frenzied and reckless behavior is enough to make ordinary people feel insecure.However, the enthusiasm of these discussion posts related to the vital interests of the public and related to this case is not at all comparable to those rumor posts that revisit old accounts from 15 years ago.What's more, there are still some low-level rumor posts that have no basis and pour dirty water on the victim indiscriminately.I think this is very unusual. "

Chen Cong was persuaded and couldn't help but nodded.

Taomu immediately opened another folder, and several screenshots took up the entire screen side by side.

"Look carefully, these rumor posts with tens of millions of views, the posters are under the same id, but they only posted one post. All this is enough to show that someone is deliberately hyping up the popularity of these posts and trying to manipulate them. The direction of public opinion."

After listening to this analysis, Chen Cong also felt that these posts were indeed a bit strange, and there was indeed the possibility of man-made manipulation of popularity.

But he still can't figure it out, even if someone is desperately hyping up the popularity of the rumor post, so what?There are too many sensationalists on the Internet.I heard that on the live broadcast platform under Far South, there are also strange anchors who eat shit through live broadcasts, come to gain attention and earn money.

In this era, anyone can become famous within 15 minutes, and everyone can only be famous for 15 minutes.

But when did observing the trend of online public opinion become the work of their criminal police?

Taomu saw Chen Cong's confusion.Feeling that he was playing the piano to the cow, he sighed slightly.

"Well, let's talk about the second point first."

Chen Cong suspected that he had been secretly despised, but he had no evidence, so he had to shut up obediently and listen to Taomu's further analysis.

He had to admit that he really couldn't keep up with the brain circuit of the captain in front of him who looked very young but seemed much more reliable than expected.

"You said earlier that you don't think it is necessary to trace the source of the media's news that 'fingerprints belong to Li Guangqiang'. It seems that it has been determined that this news must have been disclosed to the media by colleagues within the police."

"Not long after the fingerprint results came out, the media received the news. Except for those inside the police who knew the news, who else might..." Chen Cong originally wanted to say, who else might notify the media.

But looking at Taomu's cold and serious face, a terrible thought suddenly appeared in his mind: "What do you mean!"

There was a strange brilliance in Taomu's eyes, and his speech was calm, but his voice was cold: "There is a murderer who can notify the media of the fingerprint information without anyone inside the police leaking the secret. "

In addition to the police, there is another person who also knows the fingerprint information left on the note.

That person is the murderer.