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"He doesn't have an alibi, so there is a possibility of committing the crime." Hua Chong stared at Qian Chuangjiang's back and whispered to himself.

Those who are still haunting the police station at this time are all those who were classified as "to be investigated" in the first round of investigation.They could not prove that they were not there when the murder occurred.

"His state has always been very strange." Liu Zhiqin looked towards the stairs at the corner, where Qian Chuangjiang had already descended, "Last time and this time, he gave people a dull but ruthless feeling."

"I subjectively think that a person like him can do any cruel things beyond ordinary people's imagination. Moreover, he is a villager who was born and raised in Luoguan Village. He is familiar with everything here and knows It is easy to get a set of staff uniforms for the shooting range of every camera on the mountain and in the village. After committing the crime, he can easily escape from the scene without anyone noticing." Hua Chong said shaking his head, "But Now there is no evidence to prove that he is the murderer. And I can't think of why he would kill Fan Miao and the other three, he has no motive at all."

"I'm wondering, is there some kind of relationship between Qian Chuangjiang and Yuan Feifei that we don't know about?" Liu Zhiqin put his hands in the pockets of his jacket, "I can only find out that Yuan Feifei lived in the 'Shanweitang' , but there is no way to find out whether Yuan Feifei had contact with the Qian family brothers during her stay in the 'Shanweitang'. If there was contact, what would they talk about?"

"Qian Fengjiang is easy to speculate—he likes to flirt with women, and he claims to be suave. Yuan Feifei came here alone. After dressing up, she looks like a mature urban woman, which is completely different from the women Qian Fengjiang usually contacts. Qian Feng Jiang must be interested in her, and then took the initiative to strike up a conversation, chatting about some irrelevant and entertaining gossip."

"While chatting, Yuan Feifei brought up the topic of a small village case ten years ago." Liu Zhiqin said suddenly.

Hua Chong moved his eyes and frowned slightly.

Liu Zhiqin continued: "Yuan Feifei came to Luoguan Village three times, and each time she stayed at the home of the victim of the small case in the village. When Fan Miao and the other three were burned to death, she not only went to Xulu Mountain, but also went to the village school. Before we I always thought that she might have something to do with the small village case, but the fact is that she had never been to Luoguan Village ten years ago. Could there be another possibility—she was a curious person? She died five times to the small village The case of a little boy of great interest?"

Hua Chong immediately understood and nodded, "The proprietress of the fungus shop at the entrance of the village said that some tourists came here because they were curious about the case ten years ago."

"If this is a clue." Liu Zhiqin walked a few steps back and forth, "What is the reason for her curiosity?"

"Some people are simply interested in something. Knowing about something they are interested in will bring them incomparable pleasure." Hua Chong stared, "And some people, when trying to understand something, bring With a strong purpose, they are for imitation!"

Liu Zhiqin's expression also changed slightly, "Analyzing Yuan Feifei's personality, she doesn't look like the kind of person who is simply interested in murders. On the contrary, 'fear of murders' is in line with her personality traits. She went to Luoguan The possibility of coming to the village, living in the victim’s home, and contacting the victim’s family members to ‘imitate’ is higher.”

"Then suppose this is a connecting point between the small village case and the Xulushan case. The reason why Yuan Feifei came to Luoguan Village three times was to learn about the small village case and imitate the Xulushan case. So far, there is no problem in logic Hua Chong lowered his head in thought and spoke slowly, "But even if she doesn't meet the profile we made, her behavior of running to the village school before and after committing the crime is very strange. Time is tight, and there is no need for her to go to the village. Village school. If you have the time to go to the village school, why don’t you dispose of the dirt on the soles of your shoes? What’s the point of going to the village school? Is it to fulfill your wish?”

Liu Zhiqin shook his head, "This is impossible."

"Yes, it's impossible." Hua Chong touched the buttons of the sweater unconsciously, "So going backwards, the conclusion is the same as before - her behavior is logically torn apart from the murderer."

Liu Zhiqin's eyes fell on Hua Chong's fingers playing with buttons, and he was a little distracted for a while.

Hua Chong's fingers are not beautiful, but they are slender than many special police officers who have been with guns all year round. The joints are also very good-looking, with full strength.The nails seem to have been cut not long ago. They may have been cut too hastily or carelessly. They were just cut short but not trimmed. , I don't know if it hurts when I cut it.

Thinking of this, the apex of my heart went numb and itchy.An idea was about to come out, but was forcibly pushed back.

"Brother Xiaoliu?" Probably because he noticed that the people around him were staring at him in a daze, with straight eyes, Hua Chong suddenly called out.

Liu Zhiqin quickly came back to his senses, coughed lightly, to cover up his gaffe just now, and said, "In the beginning, we were actually analyzing Qian Chuangjiang. After talking about it, it involved Yuan Feifei."

Hua Chong raised his eyebrows, moved his finger away from the button, and touched his chin, "It is not ruled out that there may be multiple people committing the crime, although from past experience, there is almost always only one murderer in such ritual cases."

"Well, it's hard to find a person to trust completely because of the insanity. They are mentally twisted and hate everything. They don't trust and look down on anyone except themselves. And killing people must cooperate seamlessly." Liu Zhiqin said: " For the murderer, one more person means more burden."

Hua Chong covered his face and wiped his face, "Don't mention the murderer, sometimes I feel that too many people is a burden, especially the kind of people who are not easy to command and have poor understanding. Just like now, suddenly taking over two cases of a bad nature, the serious crime team is short of manpower, and can take care of one end, but not the other end."

"The efficiency of the accumulative case team is really poor." Liu Zhiqin understood who Hua Chong was referring to.

Hua Chong sighed, "But without them, the Serious Crime Squad and the Criminal Investigation Squad alone wouldn't work. Let's just talk about Team Xiao. Sometimes I feel anxious when I look at him, but he actually did something and made a contribution."

"Well, everyone's abilities are different." Liu Zhiqin said, "It's impossible to make everyone equally good."

Hua Chong blurted out, "It would be great if everyone under me was like you."

Liu Zhiqin's eyes flashed.

"I'll just make a metaphor." Hua Chong realized that he slipped his tongue and explained: "You are smarter and have a very high understanding. You know what I think, even if you don't tell me."

After explaining, I found that this explanation seemed a bit bad.

The atmosphere was a little tense for a while, Hua Chong simply continued to talk about the case, "I'll go to see Qian Fengjiang tomorrow and ask about Qian Chuangjiang's situation. If there is indeed something wrong with Qian Chuangjiang, according to their precarious brotherhood, he should be an older brother." may provide some clues."

"En." Liu Zhiqin raised his hand and scratched his ears twice, "I'll go to Qian Qing and Luo Hao's house to see if they still remember Yuan Feifei."

It was already late at night, but the police station was still busy.Like Qian Chuangjiang, some tourists and villagers who did not have an alibi were kept in the police station and continued to be investigated.

When passing by a police room, Hua Chong heard a familiar male voice - "How many times do you want me to say it? I drank alcohol! Sleeping in the room!"

Hua Chong stopped, "Qiu Han?"

Liu Zhiqin glanced in the direction where the voice came from, "Go and see?"

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Seeing Qiu Han again, Hua Chong almost didn't recognize him.This ordinary-looking man seemed to have aged ten years in a few days. His thick hair was much grayer, his beard was unshaven, his skin was greasy and rough, his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, and he was wearing a dark brown jacket. What kind of stain is it? The whole person looks extremely sloppy.

Seeing Hua Chong and Liu Zhiqin, Chou Han, who had complained so much just now, suddenly calmed down, his lips parted slightly, and fear and anxiety gradually appeared in his eyes, "You, you..."

"I'm also in charge of this case." Hua Chong pulled out a chair and sat down, threw the cigarette case in his hand to Qiu Han, "Light it yourself."

Seeing this posture, the police officer knew that he was no longer needed here, so he told Hua Chong about Qiu Han's situation, and then left quickly.

Liu Zhiqin took the seat left by the policeman.

Hua Chong flipped through the inquiry records, his eyelids twitched, "Do you live in the 'Luo's Inn'?"

There is only one family in Luoguan Village with the surname Luo, and the "Luo's Inn" is a farmhouse run by Luo Hao's parents.

"Sure enough, you can't pick up cheap! The camera is broken and you don't want to change it! Isn't this a trick!" After cursing, Qiu Han's expression froze, and he lowered his eyelids guiltily.

Hua Chong almost sneered.

The record of the inquiry is clearly written——Qiu Han said that since he came to Luoguan Village, he has been living in the relatively cheap "Luojia Inn". comminicate.Before the incident, he felt very sleepy, bought wine and went back to his room to drink, then fell asleep until he was woken up by the noise outside.

If "Luo's Inn" had surveillance cameras, the time when he entered and exited the inn must be captured.But unfortunately, the camera was broken for a week and was not repaired.The staff also couldn't tell when he came back, let alone whether he went out again later.

In this way, he can't prove that he is telling the truth.

When Wang Xiangmei disappeared, he argued in every possible way for not changing the camera in the teahouse.But now, when he couldn't prove his innocence, he angrily accused "Luo's Inn" of not changing the camera as a crime.

Liu Zhiqin snorted, "Wang Xiangmei's case is still pending. What are you trying to escape by rushing to Luoguan Village?"

Upon hearing this question, Qiu Han's eyes became even more flustered, "I, I just want to come out to relax. I'll tell you what I know, and I'm not a policeman. Even if I stay in Los Angeles, I can't catch the murderer Xiangmei's murderer..."

He spoke very without confidence, his eyes kept evasive, even when he stopped, the corners of his lips moved involuntarily, his Adam's apple kept rising and falling, and he was highly nervous.

——All of this is in Hua Chong's eyes.

Without an alibi, anyone would be anxious and even lose control of his emotions if he was temporarily detained at the police station. However, when a completely innocent person faces continuous interrogation by the police, his anger, grievance, and unwillingness will outweigh his fear and panic.However, what Qiu Han showed was more fear than anger.

Hua Chong stroked his chin leisurely, and had a few guesses in his mind.

"It seems that you don't care much about whether the police can solve Wang Xiangmei's case, or how Wang Jiamei is doing now." Liu Zhiqin smiled coldly, "Then you can stay here for the time being and assist us in the investigation yesterday's case."

Liu Zhiqin said the word "assistance" very emphatically, and Qiu Han's facial features were distorted, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead.

He lowered his head, swallowed his saliva, and did not speak.

Leaving the police room, Hua Chong said: "You deliberately used the word 'assistance' to provoke him, because you can see that he is very afraid of dealing with the police?"

"Well. His mood is not right, he is afraid of contacting the police." Liu Zhiqin said as he walked, "When we investigated the case of Wang Xiangmei, he left Los Angeles, and there may be reasons for escaping the police. He must have never thought that Luoguan Such a big case will happen in the village."

"There is only one kind of person who fears the police like him." Hua Chong narrowed his eyes, "He has done things that cannot be known by the police."

At this time, Xiao Chengxin hurriedly ran upstairs, "Flower team, flower team!"

"Huh?" Hua Chong turned around.

"There were two college students who were in a hurry to go back to class, and they got into a fight with my team members." Xiao Chengxin still looked anxious and frizzy, but at least he had a position and his own opinion. "My idea is that as long as the suspicion cannot be cleared, the king of heaven will I can't even leave, I have to stay in Luoguan Village."

Hua Chong laughed, "That's right."

"But students are hard to deal with!" Xiao Cheng said with a bitter face, "What do you mean you can't delay your homework, and the school will hold you accountable if you delay. These stinky kids are all eloquent, as if they missed a class, our country's satellite You won’t be able to go to heaven.”

"Now that I remember that I can't miss class? Talking about their nonsense." Hua Chong said mercilessly, "September is the beginning of school season. Why didn't I expect to miss class before I ran here? I only know that I have to go back to class after something happened. ?”

"That's the reason, but it's not good to tell them that." Xiao Chengxin sighed, "After all, he is a college student."

"What's wrong with a college student?" Hua Chong laughed. "Is the status of a college student an exemption card or some other special pass? Tsk, you need to be protected when you are a minor, but you have to do something special when you are an adult? Let me go and find out."

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In the largest police room upstairs, two boys from Los Angeles Tech were sitting. Seeing that the door was pushed open, they all looked up.

On the way upstairs, Hua Chong had already heard about the situation of the two from Xiao Chengxin.One of them is Zou Ming, 19 years old, and the other is Wu Chen, 20 years old. They are from the same school and have different majors. They are both members of the school's hip-hop club. They came to Luoguan Village for tourism together with four other club members.Last night, the other four were playing in the bar, and there was no shortage of witnesses and surveillance certificates. The two of them claimed to be attending a concert and climbing on Xulu Mountain, but the cameras did not capture them.

Now, the four people whose suspicions have been cleared have returned to the farmhouse, planning to rush back to school early tomorrow morning, but Zou Ming and Wu Chen can only stay.

Hua Chong looked at the two of them——Zou Ming was more delicate, not tall, wearing a shirt and cashmere vest, and a pair of cropped jeans, and said "Hello", he seemed to be quite educated; Wu Chen was an outdoor athlete Dressed in the same way, with a cut-cut head, eyebrows and eyes, thick head and thick head, his hands have been clenched into fists, and he looks very angry.

Xiao Chengxin said that they had a quarrel with the police, but Wu Chen was the only one who made the quarrel. Zou Ming hardly spoke, and sat aside with nothing to do with it, as if he was neither worried about missing classes, nor worried about being regarded as a suspect.

"Do the police handle cases like you do?" Wu Chen's voice was deep and growling, "Can't you investigate the motive first? I don't know the person who was burned to death at all. What motive do I have for committing the crime?"

The corner of Hua Chong's lips twitched. It was the first time he was taught by a college student to "check his motives".

The more Wu Chen spoke, the more excited he became, and his eyebrows beamed with delight, making Zou Ming who was sitting next to him even quieter.

"Student, sit down first." Hua Chong said, "If you keep waving this arm, it will almost hit the head of the person next to you."

Zou Ming's eyes flickered, and he glanced at Wu Chen blankly.

"What do you think I'm doing? I didn't really hit you!" Wu Chen said angrily, "Say a few words, what are you doing sitting around? If you don't fight, we'll really be left as suspects!"

"Let's stay." Zou Ming said indifferently.

"You!" Wu Chen cursed in a low voice, "It doesn't matter if you miss class, I will be demerited if I miss class any more!"

"So afraid of missing class, why do you come here to play?" Hua Chong folded his arms and repeated what he had just said to Xiao Chengxin.

Wu Chen blushed with anger, sat down on a chair, and said with a hum: "If you want to investigate, you can investigate. Anyway, the murderer is not me, nor Zou Ming!"

"You said that you tried to climb to the summit alone in the undeveloped area of ​​Xulu Mountain last night." Liu Zhiqin had finished reading the inquiry record, and now his eyes fell on the stains on Wu Chen's clothes and hiking shoes, "You don't I don’t know where Zou Ming is and what he is doing, how can he be so sure that he is innocent?”

"Tsk! Look at his ass!" Wu Chen said as he lifted Zou Ming's clothes, making gestures to pull him up, but Zou Ming just glanced at him, indifferent.He hated himself, so he had no choice but to let go, and said embarrassingly: "With his body and guts, who would he kill? I don't think he can even kill a chicken!"

Hua Chong looked at Zou Ming and asked, "Where were you last night?"

"Hey, hey, hasn't this question been asked countless times? Why do you keep asking!" Before Zou Ming could speak, Wu Chen was dissatisfied, "Didn't he say it all, listening to music by the fire!"

Zou Ming nodded, with a flat tone, "Well, I'm listening to music at a place far away from the main fire and the main stage. I'm alone. Maybe no one noticed me, and no camera caught me."

Hua Chong looked at the inquiry record, and it was indeed written like this.

Almost all the cameras located on the hillside of Xulu Mountain are installed near the main stage, and some corners cannot be photographed at all.If Zou Ming has not been close to the main stage and the main fire, it is not surprising that the surveillance failed to capture him.

"Could it be that if you can't find the murderer, we won't be able to go back to school?" Wu Chen started to growl again.

"Why are you in such good spirits?" Liu Zhiqin said, "You climbed the mountain all night and received constant inquiries during the day. Now you are still so full of energy."

"You want to lie to me?" Wu Chen slapped his chest angrily, "I'm just physically strong. I have nothing to do with the case. No matter how long you lock me up, don't even try to find clues from me!"

"This is not called 'off'." Liu Zhiqin smiled, "You are staying here to cooperate with the police in investigating the case, understand? Don't talk nonsense."

Zou Ming sighed, and tugged at the corner of Wu Chen's clothes, "Stop shouting, this is a murder case, and we should stay temporarily."

Wu Chen pulled back the corner of his clothes, "You just don't know how to fight!"

"It's useless to fight or not to fight." Hua Chong clapped the inquiry record in his hand, and tapped Wu Chen from the air, "You, don't yell at me. If the case is clear, I will naturally let you go back to school. I will also explain the situation to the school. No matter how hard you dance now, you will not be able to get out of Luoguan Village. If you don’t believe me, try it.”

Wu Chen clenched his fists even tighter, but his eyes were obviously frightened, and it took him a long time before he let out a "hum" without any momentum.

Zou Ming just blinked as if he didn't hear it.

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"A total of 26 people whose whereabouts were unknown last night, including Yuan Feifei, Qian Chuangjiang, Qiu Han, and the two college students just now." Leaving the police station, Hua Chong took a breath of the cold air in the middle of the night, and said: "Everyone has The crime was committed, but according to the information we have now, only Yuan Feifei has the motive for committing the crime."

"And she is the one with the most unstable mental state." Liu Zhiqin lifted up the zipper of the jacket that had fallen to his chest, and pulled it close to his chin. "We still have to continue to investigate."

Hua Chong heard the sound of the zipper, turned his head, and asked suddenly: "Are you cold?"

Liu Zhiqin was taken aback, "No."

"Your jacket doesn't seem to have fleece?" Hua Chong stretched out his hand as he said, and squeezed his arm twice, "Sure enough, it doesn't."

"There's no need for fleece this season." Liu Zhiqin had no choice but to say, "I'm not cold, it's just that there's wind outside, which makes my neck feel a bit chilly."

Hua Chong looked down at the sweater on his body, "I'd better give it back to you, this one is much thicker than your jacket."

"Don't." Liu Zhiqin quickly stopped, "Give me back the sweater, then what are you wearing?"

It's fine if I don't wear it, or wear your jacket—Hua Chong thought about it, but couldn't say it.

"I'm not afraid of the cold." He had to say.

"Wear it even if you're not afraid of the cold." Liu Zhiqin said, "I gave it all to you, return it to me?"

Hua Chong felt that it would be hypocritical to argue any longer, touched his empty stomach, and asked, "Are you hungry?"

After a busy day, I only had a quick meal in the middle, and I was already hungry, so it doesn't matter whether I eat or not.But after coming out to blow the wind for a while, I wanted to fill my stomach with something warm.

"Why don't you go to the fungus shop at the entrance of the village and have rice noodle casserole? It's hot and convenient." Liu Zhiqin suggested.

Hua Chong thought of the proprietress who was hurt by Qian Maojiang, "Okay, let's go there."

There was a major event in the village, and almost all the barbecue restaurants that were supposed to be in full swing were closed. Walking down a street, only the fungus shop at the entrance of the village was still in business.

The proprietress didn't have any worry on her face, she cheerfully entertained the guests who had enough food and clothing.

Hua Chong waved, "Miss Boss, two mushroom rice noodles."

The proprietress raised her eyes, "Hey! It's you again! Wait a minute, my man is not here, I'm the one who cooks and serves, I'm too busy!"

Liu Zhiqin pulled up two stools, sat down, and looked around at the people who were eating mushroom soup pot and rice noodles—they were all tourists who would leave Luoguan Village tomorrow, and some farmhouses didn’t cook today, so they could only come out to find something to eat .

"I remembered." Hua Chong said: "The owner of this house is called Qian Shengqiang, and he is among the 26 people who can't prove their whereabouts."

Liu Zhiqin glanced at the back kitchen, "The lady boss is still so happy?"

Hua Chong tore off the plastic film of the sanitary suit, "I noticed last time that the relationship between them is not good."

Liu Zhiqin raised his eyebrows, "I didn't find out."

Hua Chong laughed, "You don't observe as carefully as I do."

Soon, the proprietress brought out two servings of mushroom rice noodles stewed in a casserole.Hua Chong asked casually, "Isn't Qian Shengqiang in the shop last night?"

The proprietress already knew that they were the police, and waved her hand: "Ghost knows where he died! I run this shop by myself during the day and night, and he only came to help when he remembered it. Tired, there are men and no men. Hey, Police brothers, who killed those people last night, have you found out yet?"

"Are you curious?" Hua Chong picked up a poke of rice noodles and put them in the dipping saucer.

"People were burned to death in our village. Can you not be curious?" The proprietress laughed, "I'll tell you, everyone is actually curious, and those who are not curious are pretending not to be curious."

"You can see through."

"Tell me, have you found any clues?"

Hua Chong was a little helpless, "I can't tell you now that I found out."

The proprietress grinned, "I told you so much last time!"

"Then let's talk about it this time too?" Liu Zhiqin said with a smile: "You are so curious, you must have some ideas in your heart."

The proprietress twisted her body, she had some ideas, "But I'm afraid you won't believe me if I tell you."

"You said it." Hua Chong blew on the hot fungus.

"I..." The proprietress lowered her voice, "I think someone wants to destroy our entire village!"

Hua Chong paused with his chopsticks, "Why?"

"I'm not happy!" said the proprietress, "Don't look at us as if we are living a good life now, but the gap between the rich and the poor is huge! Let's talk about our family. Our family is poor. Fortunately, I have a good attitude and don't compare myself with others. "Shanweitang" is rich, and life is much better than ours. You say, some people are poor, some people are rich, will the poor be jealous of the rich?"

Hua Chong put down his chopsticks, his eyes deepened slightly.

The situation that the proprietress said is quite common in the city, but in the countryside...

"In our village, in the past, the whole village was extremely poor, and there were not many rich people. Now it is said that everyone is rich, but in comparison, the gap is even bigger than before." The proprietress continued: "Jealousy is very It's scary, some people might think - anyway, I can't get rich, so you and I can count on it!"

Liu Zhiqin and Hua Chong looked at each other, and they both understood what the other was thinking.

After the proprietress finished speaking, she hurried away, Hua Chong said: "We only paid attention to the victim before, and ignored the possible consequences of this murder case."

"Well. Luoguan Village will be greatly affected. If it is not handled well, the tourism industry that the villagers depend on may collapse."

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Early the next morning, Qian Fengjiang rushed to the police station, and without waiting for Hua Chong to ask questions, he said nervously, "My third brother may have a problem! He wants to destroy our entire village!"