Doling man

After a sleepless night, I got up early again.Cheng Huan entered the big office with a dark face, and everyone naturally whispered when they saw it.He glanced at Lin Le, and Lin Le immediately handed over the evidence folder very winkingly.

Cheng Huan opened it and looked at it and asked, "Where is Lin Qingfang's whereabouts file?"

Zhao Lianxin said: "The last time the surrounding surveillance captured her was at 10:27 am on October 7, when she went out to buy breakfast. In addition, a surveillance camera just east of the entrance of her unit was broken. Preliminary speculation, the suspect That's where a person gets to the crime scene, commits the crime and leaves her house."

Li Chengtian said: "There is something strange..."

Cheng Huan continued to look down at the file folder, but did not speak.

"Whether it is Wu Lan or Lin Qingfang, there is no fingerprint of the murderer on the doorknob inside the house. I originally thought that the murderer had deliberately dealt with the scene because he wanted to move the corpse the first time. But this time, in Lin Qingfang's At home, we still haven't found any fingerprints of the victim, and there is no trace of struggle in the house."

Cheng Huan raised his head, glanced at Li Chengtian and asked, "Are you sure this is the scene of the first crime?"

Li Chengtian said: "Based on the blood volume at the scene, it is the first crime scene. From this, I think the murderer and the victim probably knew each other. Lin Qingfang voluntarily let the murderer into the house. Crime. Otherwise, for a woman living alone, there is basically no way to make them so low vigilance against an unfamiliar adult man."

Cheng Huan said: "In the first case, Wu Lan called the newspaper office to ask for leave. I think even if they were not acquaintances, at least they met before on certain occasions."

Li Chengtian thought for a while and said, "Also, there is that studio..."

Cheng Huan asked, "How's the studio going?"

Zhao Lianxin came over, put down a stack of materials and said: "The boss is Xue Ming, a local, and opened a studio on Mouse Street two years ago. The partner is Xiao Xu, whose full name is Xu You. The two share [-]-[-]% of the shares. Since the partnership, the business It has been very good, one is external and the other is internal. Compared with the depression in other places, this one is doing well.”

Cheng Huan asked coldly, "So?"

Zhao Lianxin: "..."

A sharp voice came from outside the door. Song Qing stepped on a pair of black high heels and walked in with straight steps. She handed the folder to Cheng Huan and said, "He wants to say that the studio looks calm on the surface, but There are so many studios in Mouse Street, and the ones that are depressed in the off-season are everywhere, why can so many people gather here alone, and what is it that attracts everyone?"

Zhao Lianxin looked at Song Qing a little dumbfounded, Song Qing shrugged indifferently, and said, "Don't be surprised, your face is covered with investigation results, Cheng Dui, Li Fu, and of course me have already read it, and I can't explain it with effort." It's for..." She turned her head very naturally, and glanced at Jiang Haibo.

Cheng Huan said: "As far as the current situation is concerned, there must be something we missed in this studio, and we will check again, especially for those who have been studying painting in the studio for a long time."

Li Chengtian stood up from his seat, thought about it and said: "Actually... do you think that the people we met are a bit strange, Xue Ming took the initiative to let us see Lin Hong's paintings, and even concealed our identities from Xiao Xu , deliberately pretending to cooperate with the investigation. I always feel that Xiao Xu is not telling the truth, and the girl in the white dress. At first I thought she was afraid of strangers, so she was nervous for no reason, but I met again on the second floor When it arrived, I didn't think it was nervous, it looked more like fear."

Cheng Huan said: "After we came back from the studio, the second murder happened, and it was not far from there. I always felt that the murderer must have been stimulated by something, so he couldn't wait to kill."

"Ring Ling..."

The phone in the office rang suddenly. Lin Le walked over to answer the phone, and after listening to a sentence, he said solemnly: "Cheng Dui, Lin Qingfang's body may have been found, and the location is in the riverside of the Kangjing Bridge section."

Jingcheng is an ancient square city with South New Town, North Old Town, Hedong New Town and Hexi Old Town. A riverside runs through the north and south, with thirteen bridges. place.

Cheng Huan led people down the stairs from the bridge, and the colleague who received the police said as he walked, "The body was found by an old man picking up rubbish on a boat this morning. It was floating under the bridge, separated from the waist, without head and right hand. The upper body has been salvaged and the brothers are salvaging the lower body."

Cheng Huan pulled off the sealing tape, and saw something covered with a blue cloth by the river from a distance, and the surrounding area was wet.

He walked over, pulled the cloth to look at it, put it down and said, "Where's the old man who picked up the corpse?"

Li Chengtian pointed to the rest chair at the end of the bridge and said, "Over there."

Lao Zhangtou walked through the Jiangdong Canal in his early years. He had sailed for decades, retired when he was old, and his wife died early. Because he didn't want to be idle, he did this job of salvaging the river bottom.

From plastic bags to bottles, there is nothing he can't distinguish. Every day when he gets up early, he will take a boat from the north to the south of the city.

When crossing the Kangjing Bridge today, he saw a large white flower from a distance, but he couldn't tell what it was. When he rowed across the boat, he saw it clearly and was so frightened that he sat on the boat.

At this time, he was resting on a chair by the river with a cup of hot water. It was already half-morning, and his heart was beating "thumping" in his throat, and he couldn't breathe for a long time.

Cheng Huan walked to the river and looked at it. The sun had fully risen. Except for the shadows under the bridge, the water on the river was shining brightly.

He suddenly understood why Lin Qingfang transformed into a human form last night and followed him.Generally, evil spirits are incomplete due to incomplete souls after death in vain, and most of them are in a state of chaos, which is difficult to transform into shape.Although Lin Qingfang's body was broken, it fell under the bridge. The water is cloudy and backlit. Only then can it nourish strength and provide a complete body.

Li Chengtian walked over and said: "The corpse should have been thrown into the river twice after nightfall. The movements were clean and neat, so there was nothing special about it. In addition, this is not the real scene of the corpse throwing. The forensic staff made calculations based on wind direction and water currents."

Cheng Huan asked, "Why did you throw the body in the river?"

Li Chengtian said: "Come with me, I want to reorganize the case and profile the murderer again."

Li Chengtian brought Cheng Huan to the corpse, lifted the covering cloth and said, "You carefully recall the scene of the first murder, at that moment you stood beside the murderer, looking at the blood of your first prey." Drain bit by bit, and enjoy her body slowly getting colder. The blood flowed down the ground and flowed to your feet."

When Cheng Huan heard this, he took a step back unconsciously.

Li Chengtian continued: "You are careful in everything you do, and try not to make any mistakes. But the more depressed you are in your daily life, the more aggrieved you will be when night comes. Because you are a bloodthirsty demon, how could you Are you willing to be influenced by others? You lie on the bed, tossing and turning, recalling every detail of killing Wu Lan over and over again."

Cheng Huan looked at the corpse in front of him, as if he had gotten into the murderer's body.

"But every time you recall it, you can't help but regret it once. If you were calmer at that time, wouldn't it have been more perfect? ​​More seamless? You are eager for the next opportunity to create a real work of art."

After the words fell, Cheng Huan involuntarily glanced at Li Chengtian.

Li Chengtian paused for a while, and continued: "These people's blood is too dirty, it's all over the floor, sticking to their clothes and shoes. This time, no matter what, it can't be like this." Facing Cheng Huan's gaze, "Do you like to write news? The right hand is not worthy of being thrown on the street, but only in the trash can of the vegetable market. You also have to throw the body into the river to let the water in the riverside wash away all sin from him."

A determined expression flashed across Li Chengtian's face. It seemed that there was a huge dark power hidden in his heart, and it fell into Cheng Huan's eyes. He couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and said, "This... this is what you said about the gap in your heart. ?”

Li Chengtian didn't answer, just looked at the corpse and continued: "You don't like to talk, you are even taciturn, you like to be alone, you are careful, try not to trouble others as much as possible, and you don't want to have contact with anyone, but...you Is it just natural, or are you afraid of something?"

"Cheng Dui." Zhao Lianxin suddenly ran over and said, "The victim's lower body was found, but it seemed to be stuck by something, and several brothers couldn't get it out."

Li Chengtian glanced at Zhao Lianxin suspiciously, Zhao Lianxin immediately lowered his voice cautiously, and said to Cheng Huan closer: "I think there may be something under the water, the smell of the few colleagues who went down the river to salvage the corpse before is not quite right. .”

Cheng Huan frowned and said, "Get ready, let's go down to the river."

Zhao Lianxin nodded, and shouted at the people in the river: "You all come up first."

Cheng Huan took off his coat, turned around and walked towards the river, Li Chengtian hurried after him and said, "I'm going too."

Cheng Huan stopped, glanced at him, and said, "If you don't want me to ask you any more strange questions, don't join in the fun."

After finishing speaking, he shouted impatiently, "Zhao Lianxin, speed up!"

Li Chengtian twitched his lips, he's so damn vengeful!

He silently watched Cheng Huan change his clothes and get on the boat. He had already talked about this bullshit leader countless times in his heart. He silently clenched his fists and shouted: "Jiang Haibo, prepare for me, I want to go down the river too!"

Jiang Haibo: "..."

When the boat reached the center of the river, Zhao Lianxin said, "This is it."

Cheng Huan nodded at him, put on the oxygen mask, turned over and got into the water.

Once submerged, Zhao Lianxin caught up and opened the barrier, took off the oxygen mask and said, "It's just ahead."

They followed the water and moved towards the dark place, surrounded by dark green.

Bindong is an old river, and the bottom of the river has not been seen for thousands of years.The more they went down, the more aquatic plants there were, and when they got closer, they vaguely saw something wrapped in the grass, making a mess.

Cheng Huan took out the Soul Slaying Knife from his waist and started cutting along the aquatic plants.As soon as the water plants touched the barrier, a burst of internal force suddenly burst out, wrapping the corpse even tighter.

Cheng Huan said: "Take off the enchantment. These aquatic plants grow at the bottom of the river all the year round. They contain too much yin energy and the hostility of dead bodies. They already have spirituality. As long as they are stimulated, they will become tighter and tighter. Let go of the corpse so easily."

Zhao Lianxin said: "Without the enchantment, we are no different from ordinary people. This is too dangerous."

Cheng Huan said, "It's okay, it's important to take the body."

With a wave of Zhao Lianxin's hand, the white light around him disappeared instantly. Cheng Huan took a knife and carefully handled it along the edge of the corpse.

"Be careful!" Cheng Huan suddenly heard Zhao Lianxin yelling in a muffled voice, and when he looked up for the sound, he saw a waterweed whipping towards him like a huge whip.He stretched out his hand to hold it tightly, and followed the direction of the water flow, being shaken by the aquatic plants.The swinging speed was too fast, and the oxygen mask on Cheng Huan's face flew to nowhere.His eyes, ears, mouth and nose were immediately occupied by the cold river water, he could only hold his breath, and continued to shake with the water plants.

Cheng Huan opened his eyes when the aquatic plants slowly stopped.He looked at the darker and darker bottom of the water, and tightened his grip on the aquatic plants a little.He knew that the water plants were shrinking rapidly, and they were taking him to sink to the bottom of the river.

It wasn't until his eyes gradually turned from darkness to light that he let go and opened the barrier. He followed the light and swam forward for a while. When he vaguely saw the gate of an ancient house, he stopped to distinguish it carefully. After a closer look, it looked more like an ancient temple. .

He wanted to get closer, but suddenly several black shadows flashed past, forcing him to avoid it hastily.The black shadow was swimming at the bottom of the river like a water snake and a dragon, and it seemed to be getting closer and closer to him.He grasped the soul-severing knife in his hand, turned around and stabbed at the black shadow.

"Eh..." The black shadow roared, and instantly turned into a ball of ink and melted into the water.The next moment, a few more pounced on Cheng Huan.

A low growl sounded in his ears, and when Cheng Huan turned his head, he saw a knife slashing by his side, and the two black figures disappeared in an instant.Zhao Lianxin shouted at him: "Be careful!"

Cheng Huan instinctively hid, turned his head again, and saw a black figure rushing towards him again, but this time, he only swam a few times before turning around and rushing towards the underwater ancient temple, and then slowly disappeared together with the ancient temple.

Zhao Lianxin reopened the barrier and said: "The bottom of the water always gathers yin energy to nourish the soul. These water ghosts don't know what they are guarding. It's not safe here. Let's go up quickly."

Cheng Huan nodded and went upstream with Zhao Lianxin.

As soon as he got on the boat, he saw Li Chengtian wrapped in a big towel, wiped the water from his head and said, "Why did you go, it took so long? The corpses floated up, and you two disappeared? I was about to come back again." What about calling on the brothers to go down the river to find people?"

Zhao Lianxin said: "There are too many aquatic plants at the bottom of the river, which entangled the corpse. After we cut it down, we were hung up, so it was delayed for a while."

Li Chengtian threw a towel to Zhao Lianxin and said, "Be careful next time."

Zhao Lianxin looked up at Li Chengtian, Li Chengtian quickly looked away, walked up to Cheng Huan, covered his head with a towel, squatted down to help him stroke his hair.

Cheng Huan tore off the towel in embarrassment, muttered, "I'll do it myself." Then he wiped it carelessly.

Seeing his shy little eyes, Li Chengtian couldn't help setting off fireworks in his heart, trying not to show it on his face while being proud.He pulled off the cloth covering the corpse, took a look and said, "It's been soaked for so long, I guess there is no evidence left."

Cheng Huan asked Zhao Lianxin: "I heard from the person in charge of the gallery that they will hold tastings and other activities every once in a while. Have you investigated anything?"

Zhao Lianxin asked: "Activities?"

Cheng Huan turned his head and looked at Li Chengtian, then looked at Zhao Lianxin suspiciously and said, "When you checked the studio, you didn't find any information about their activities?"

Zhao Lianxin shook his head and said, "His family's business is indeed relatively good, but apart from the daily painting teaching, there are no promotional activities. I have also investigated several old customers, and no one said that they have participated in any activities in the studio?"

Li Chengtian said: "It seems that last time, we accidentally bumped into the unfinished venue, so I slipped my mouth. If these activities are not during the day, then they can only be at night."

Cheng Huan said: "Put the small-scale private tasting in the evening?"

Li Chengtian smiled and said: "As for how private you are, you have to avoid crowds, that's impossible to know. I guess this Boss Xue is also good at making money."

Cheng Huan said: "Go back and find Song Qing first."