last case

When they saw these four words, the two of them felt a shudder at the same time.The weather was obviously very hot, but Xie Ji Bai couldn't help shivering.

Xie Jibai clenched his phone tightly, without saying a word, he ran directly from the parking lot back to the bureau, the elevator stopped, and he ran up the stairwell in one breath.

Tang Xin chased after him and found that Xie Jibai had given him another surprise.

Xie Ji Bai looked gentle, even a little too thin, but he didn't expect that he was quite good at moving.Especially when Xie Jibai was running, his lean waist and buttocks were full of energy, which seemed to be more attractive.

With a sound of "touch", Xie Ji Bai stretched out his hand and pushed open the door of Group C's office.

Chen Yancai, who was the only one sitting in the office, was startled by the loud voice, her body trembled, her eyes were wide open, her back was straight, and she was stunned for several seconds...

"Deputy team, I'm not playing games! Really!"

Tang Xin felt that there might be slight cracks on Xie Ji Bai's serious face at the moment.

Xie Jibai walked over quickly, took a picture of the phone in front of Chen Yancai, and said, "Check these three text messages for me, hurry up."

Chen Yancai looked guilty, and when she saw Xie Jibai approaching, she even moved her body to the side.But when she saw the bloody picture on Xie Jibai's phone, she was stunned.

"This is..." Chen Yancai opened her mouth in shock, and quickly said, "I'll check right away."

Xie Ji Bai pulled a chair and sat beside her, and glanced at the watch on his wrist.

It seems that the time to go to the dinner place is going to be postponed.

Tang Xin didn't sit down, but leaned against the edge of the table, also staring at Chen Yancai's computer.

Chen Yancai had a serious face, but soon she showed annoyed expression, and said, "The deputy team sent the information from the Internet, but...the source of this information is encrypted, and there is no way to check it."

"I can't find out..." Xie Jibai sighed, but he obviously expected this result a long time ago.

Tang Xin shrugged and said, "What should we do now? The murderer is clearly prepared."

The source couldn't be found, and there was nothing special about the pictures that were sent, and there was no way to trace them down, even the picture of the deceased.

The photo Xie Jibai received was almost a close-up of a dead person lying on the ground, with blood all over the side, and there was no special sign at all.There is no reflection in the photo, and there are no shadows of other objects.

Xie Jibai said: "Sister Chen, copy the photos and see if you can continue to investigate. Forensic doctor Tang and I should go to the place where the deceased and Lin Letian got together first."

"I see." Chen Yancai nodded immediately.

The meeting place of Liu Yingbei and Lin Letian was in the city center, which was a little far away from the bureau, and it would take a lot of time to drive there, let alone a crowded car.

Neither Xie Jibai nor Tang Xin knew how to drive. They originally wanted to take a taxi, but after waiting for more than ten minutes, there was no empty car.

It's the rush hour for work, and every taxi is full.It happened that a bus was coming, Xie Jibai frowned and said, "Let's go."

Tang Xin was a little overwhelmed, seeing that Xie Jibai was about to chase the car, he quickly followed him into the car.

The bus has just left the starting station, and it is relatively empty to save face.There were not many people waiting on the platform. When Tang Xin followed Xie Jibai up, he saw that there were many empty seats behind.

Xie Jibai took out his card and swiped it to buy a ticket, and was about to go forward when Tang Xin behind him suddenly grabbed Xie Jibai's arm.

Xie Jibai turned around and heard Tang Xin say, "I don't have a bus card here."

Xie Jibai: "..."

Xie Jibai almost forgot that Tang Xin had just returned to China for the second day.

Xie Jibai had no choice but to say: "You can put coins."

Tang Xin immediately took out his wallet, which was quite neat, with a pile of cards, certificates, and a pile of big bills.

Tang Xin flipped through it twice, and took out a one hundred yuan bill.

Xie Jibai immediately stopped him and said, "This kind of car doesn't give change for coins."

The two of them stood at the door, and the driver had already closed the door and started the car.Both of them are tall and straight, with outstanding appearance, they are already eye-catching, but they are standing at the door, which is even more eye-catching.

Xie Jibai felt a headache, quickly took out some steel coins from his pocket, looked at the distance, and put in four yuan.

After finally solving the problem of Tang Xin's ticket, Xie Jibai walked to the end of the bus and sat at the seat by the window.

The last row is completely empty, and the rear of the car is relatively bumpy. Almost no one wants to sit here.But this is indeed a good location, for someone like Xie Ji Bai who is used to alertness, this place allows him to see the entire carriage.

Tang Xin also came over, sat down next to him, looked sideways at Xie Jibai, and said, "What do you think of the photo just now? What does the ceremony... refer to?"

ceremony……

When mentioning these two words, Xie Ji Bai frowned, shook his head and said, "I don't know yet, but I think it's very strange."

Xie Jibai was silent for a while, and said: "The murderer's novel has already been written to volume No. 11, so what kind of ceremony is he referring to? Why did he suddenly say that the ceremony started?"

This is not the first time the murderer has committed a crime. He is very smart and extremely daring.The word "ritual" did not appear in the first ten volumes of the novel, and neither did the new volume.

but……

Volume No.11 is obviously unfinished, at least the novel in Xie Jibai's hand is not finished.

"Maybe..." Tang Xin said, "Maybe it's because this is the first case in C City?"

Xie Jibai's expression became even worse. If Tang Xin said so, I'm afraid C City will be even more restless in the future.

Xie Jibai remembered those few words in the tenth volume of the novel.

——In the past few days, I have dreamed about those times in City C, and I know it is time to go back.There are many pasts that I don't want to recall, but I have to go back, because I know that someone is there and needs me to visit...

There should be some unknown connection between the murderer and City C, but who is the "that person" the murderer mentioned?

There are too many mysteries in front of them, but the most important thing right now is, why did Xie Ji Bai receive such a text message, and what is the murderer's intention?

Xie Jibai and Tang Xin were silent, both of them seemed to have their own concerns.

The bus drove forward for two stops. Although it didn't become crowded, it took a gamble and drove very slowly.The driver kicked the accelerator and braked, and the car swayed and swayed, shaking everyone back and forth.

Xie Jibai obviously suffered from severe motion sickness. After being stuck in traffic for a while, his face turned pale, his brows were furrowed, and his Adam's apple slid up and down.

Tang Xin stretched out his hand and opened the window next to him a little wider so that he could take a breath, but for Xie Ji Bai, it didn't really help much.

Xie Ji Bai raised his left hand and covered his lips, his Adam's apple rolled even faster, with a forbearance on his face, it took him a long time to slow down.

Tang Xin stared at his movements, and couldn't help thinking, if Xie Jibai showed this expression on the bed and made such movements, it would be really...

"Do you want to get off at the next stop?" Tang Xin asked.

Xie Jibai shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter."

He's used to it, not to say he's used to motion sickness, but he's used to pushing himself.It doesn't matter to him, as long as he sticks out, he will pass.

When he finally arrived at the station, Tang Xin raised his hand and glanced at the time. It was the first time in his life that he took a bus and sat for an hour and a half.

"It should be right in front." Xie Jibai said.

He has never been to this place before, so after checking the address, it should be right in front.Chen Yancai sent them the address and pictures, and it looked like a high-end place.

Although Liu Yingbei doesn't have a job and has very little savings, Lin Letian is a rich person. She has the inheritance left by her adoptive mother. If she doesn't work in this life, she can't spend it all.

This time it was Liu Yingbei's treat. I don't know if it was due to Lin Letian's dislike of eating in low-end restaurants, or because of his own face. Anyway, he chose this relatively high-end restaurant in the end.

It's almost eleven o'clock, and there are no customers in the restaurant yet, but it's almost time.Tang Xin and Xie Jibai walked in, only to be greeted by well-dressed waiters.

Xie Jibai took out his ID and showed it to the waiter, saying, "Let's investigate the case."

The waiter obviously had never encountered such a thing before, he was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go get the manager."

The waiter led them to the staff rest room first, and then hurried away.

The restaurant manager came over quickly, looking a little nervous, not knowing why the police suddenly came here.

Xie Jibai explained the purpose of his visit, and the manager said, "I really don't have much impression of what happened so many days ago, but there are surveillance cameras in the restaurant, so you can call them out to check."

Their goal is very clear, and they have a relatively definite time. When the monitoring was called, they directly checked the night thirteen days ago.

Sure enough, Liu Yingbei and Lin Letian walked into the restaurant together at around [-]:[-] that night.

Liu Yingbei is wearing a white dress and carrying a white bag.Lin Letian was wearing a wine red dress and was carrying a rather large shoulder bag.

It was already [-]:[-] when they left, and they paused in the restaurant for more than two hours. During this period, the two kept talking and laughing, and each went to the bathroom once.

Before leaving, the two of them fought for a while over who should pay the bill. In the end, Lin Letian settled the bill and gave the waiter some tips.

At [-]:[-], the two left the restaurant together.

"Wait a minute, what is this?"

Xie Ji Bai said suddenly.

The screen froze, and sure enough, there was something white on the chair that Liu Yingbei had been sitting on.

Although the video is not black and white, there is no sound, and it looks very blurry, and it is impossible to tell what it is.

The video continued to play, and the waiter who packed up quickly found that the guest had left something behind, so he quickly chased it out with the things.

But the waiter came back soon and shook his head at the people around him. He was still holding that thing in his hand. It seemed that the waiter did not catch up with the guests.

Xie Jibai immediately said: "Could you please call this waiter over? I want to ask a few questions."

The manager nodded and asked someone to call.The waiter is at work today, so he walked over quickly.

Xie Jibai pointed to the video succinctly and asked, "What did you pick up at that time?"

The waiter looked at it and said, "Oh, it's a cosmetic mirror, which was left by a female guest."

Xie Jibai said, "Makeup mirror? Where is it now?"

"It has been returned to the female guest. Two days ago, the female guest found that she had lost something and came back to look for it, so I returned it to her." The waiter said.

"Two days ago?"

Both Xie Jibai and Tang Xin were surprised, but Tang Xin was the most surprised.Because he examined the corpse, he was sure that the death time of that corpse could not have been a few days ago.

In other words, Liu Yingbei died a long time ago, how could she have appeared two days ago.

Seeing that they didn't believe it, the waiter immediately took out his mobile phone, opened the calendar and looked at it, and said, "It was Tuesday, four days ago. I worked late that day, and that female customer came to the store around ten o'clock."