criminal profiling

After searching for a day and a night, no trace of Xie Mu was found.The dagger that was sent for testing really detected Xie Mu's fingerprints, so Xie Mu was regarded as a wanted criminal who had murdered and absconded, and the police issued a hunting order.

Shi Ke was very depressed, and couldn't figure out why Xie Mu would kill someone.And after he murdered, how did he disappear without a trace.

When he wanted to investigate Xie Mu's social relationship, and wanted to find out the relationship between the deceased and Xie Mu, Zhuang Sheng stopped him.

"It doesn't matter." Zhuang Sheng's voice was calm, as if he was just saying that it will rain today.

Shi Ke stared at him, "How can you be sure?"

Zhuang Sheng looked at him and explained earnestly: "Xie Mu killed him because in his opinion, that man was the murderer of his wife."

Shi Ke was even more confused, "Why?"

Zhuang Sheng lowered his eyes, "It appeared at the wrong place at the wrong time, coupled with some plausible descriptions, and Xie Mu's mental state at the time, all together caused this tragedy."

Except for seeing Xie Mu at the time of the incident that night, Shi Ke hadn't seen him much since then. In his impression, he was a man who was devastated by the loss of his love - he didn't feel the change of his mental state as deeply as Zhuang Sheng.

"However, according to what you said, with his mental state at the time, how could he leave quietly after the murder. Where could he hide? His home and workplace have been checked, and he didn't drive. It's impossible. It’s too far away. But after asking around and adjusting the surveillance that can be adjusted, I can’t find anyone at all.” After speaking, Shi Ke spread his hands and looked a little tired. He was exhausted by these few murders recently. .

Zhuang Sheng paused, with an indescribably sad expression on his face, "So, maybe he didn't disappear voluntarily."

Shi Ke's eyes slowly widened, "Xiao Zhuang, what do you mean by that?"

Zhuang Sheng looked at him, "Maybe he was taken away by the real murderer."

-

When Zhuang Sheng was looking at the information of those car owners, he heard a quarrel coming from the corridor outside.

"My daughter is indeed missing this time. Something must have happened to her. Look for her, look for her."

Zhuang Sheng opened the door and came out, and saw several people surrounded in the corridor, one of them was a plainly dressed woman with a haggard face, who was pulling on the sleeve of a policeman, begging constantly.The police officer who was pulled over looked like he wanted to push away but was patient.

"What's going on?" Zhuang Sheng walked to Xu Jie's side and asked him in a low voice.

Xu Jie turned around and saw that it was Zhuang Sheng, shrugged his shoulders with a helpless expression, and whispered into Zhuang Sheng's ear: "This aunt has a daughter, she has a personality, and she may be more freedom-loving. She is still in middle school, but basically she is not here. She stayed in school and always hang out with some people outside, which made her mother come to the police station to report the case every ten and a half months."

Zhuang Sheng was a little surprised when he heard this, and glanced at the mother, with red eyes and an anxious look, and almost knelt down with the policeman in front of her——

"When did it start?"

Xu Jie raised his eyebrows, "It's been almost a year. At the beginning, everyone helped her find it, but it turned out that the girl was either playing games with people in an Internet cafe, or having sex with a group of people in some dance hall and bar. I also helped I learned a few words, but after going home for a few days, I reverted to my old ways. This aunt is treated as a babysitter by us, but we are criminal police who catch crimes, and we are not a welfare institution. How can we have the time to help her find her every day? Missing girl."

Xu Jie clicked his tongue twice after explaining, and it was not that he did not feel sympathetic to the mother at the beginning, but this is a modern version of the wolf story.This aunt also asked the police for help. Last time her daughter eloped with a young man, they all came to the police station to say that someone had abducted her daughter.

The mother had already shed tears, and it seemed that she was really anxious.

"Comrade policeman, it's true this time. Xiangxiang has become obsessed with some great god, and sent many letters to others. Later, she received a reply letter. She was so happy that she wanted to meet her idol. I stopped her When she refused to let her go, she lost her temper, and then while I was not at home, she stole [-] yuan from the house and ran away." As the mother spoke, her tears became more and more urgent, and her words became urgent.

"I know that I have caused you a lot of trouble in the past. This time Xiangxiang ran away from home. I searched for her by myself for a while, but I couldn't find her in all the places she usually goes. No one answered the phone, and then directly Shut down - I, I am a mother, I will know if there is anything wrong with my daughter. This time, she must have encountered something really. Isn’t there a murderer who specializes in killing girls recently? ? Xiangxiang, will she—”

When it came to the last point, she couldn't go on talking, she kept crying.

It's not about killing girls, it's about killing prostitutes, and it's not right, it's one of the personalities who only kills prostitutes.

Xu Xie said this in his heart, although he felt that the reasons sounded more sufficient this time, but this mother really had too many "convictions", or the daughter had too many "convictions", and they were at a critical moment to solve the case, so it was too much trouble. There is no need for extra police force to find the daughter for this mother.

Just as he was thinking like this, he suddenly heard Zhuang Sheng next to him ask in a serious tone:

"Ma'am, you said your daughter went to meet her idol, so do you know who her idol is?"

The woman who was wiping her tears paused when she heard the words. After all, no one paid attention to her when she cried and complained for so long, she was ready to leave disappointed.Looking up at Zhuang Sheng, although he was not wearing a police uniform, seeing his serious expression made her feel more at ease than the policeman she was holding.

Letting go of the sleeves that were wrinkled by herself, she turned to Zhuang Sheng with a worried expression, "It seems to be a writer, I, I don't know very well."

Zhuang Sheng pursed his lips, and after a moment of silence, he asked again: "You said your daughter received a reply, do you know what the reply says?"

The woman's eyes lit up little by little, and she was stunned for a while when she heard Zhuang Sheng's question, then she nodded and hurriedly took out a crumpled piece of paper from her pocket.

"Yes, yes, I confiscated her reply letter at the time, thinking that she would be able to get rid of it, but I didn't expect—" She handed the paper to Zhuang Sheng while talking, her face full of expectation.

Seeing this unfolding, Xu Jie and the other police officers looked at each other in dismay.

——This is, one case has not been solved, but another case has started?When she was a murderer, she still wanted to help this mother find her idol's daughter?

Zhuang Sheng didn't look at other people's expressions, he unfolded the crumpled letter paper, his eyes narrowed slightly.The so-called reply letter is just a printed A4 paper, the content on it seems to be excerpted from a certain text, and the following sentence is attached at the end of the letter:

The process of pursuing the truth often requires great courage, as long as one step is taken, the other shore can be reached.

"What do you mean by that? Look at it—you hit two." Xu Jie stretched out his head to look, and then muttered a word to express his feelings.

Zhuang Sheng returned the letter to the woman, "Since your daughter's idol is a famous writer, there should be books by this writer at home, right?"

"Yes, yes." The woman nodded again and again, suddenly paused again, showing an embarrassed expression, "I, I haven't read any books, and I can't read a few words, so I don't understand what is written in those books. .”

Zhuang Sheng nodded after hearing this, without showing any expression, "Well, if it's convenient, I'll go back with you and see if I can find any clues."

The woman was overjoyed and nodded hurriedly.

"Good, good, convenient, convenient."

Seeing Zhuang Sheng's posture of seriously looking for a daughter for others, Xu Xie suddenly felt at a loss.Could it be that the case at hand was too stressful and he felt hopeless to solve the case, so he gave up?

"Dr. Zhuang, don't you want to investigate this case now?"

Zhuang Sheng gave him a puzzled look, "Why didn't you check?"

Xu Jie scratched his head, pointed to the woman with a cautious expression, and looked puzzled, "Then you are going to go with this aunt now? Or are you going to collude with the spy?"

Zhuang Sheng nodded, looked at the woman reassuringly, then turned his head and said seriously to Xu Jie: "Even if it has nothing to do with it, sometimes jumping out to change your mind and relax will help solve the current case." , he added, "Don't worry, I will not slack off in any case."

Looking at the back of Zhuang Sheng who left with the woman after speaking, Xu Jie scratched the back of his head, his eyes full of bewilderment.

Relax?Is it a way to relax by switching to another case for investigation?

-

Zhuang Sheng soon came to the place where the mother and daughter lived. It was a narrow two-bedroom apartment, but it was cleaned and organized in an orderly manner.There is a black and white photo in the living room, it is a middle-aged man, and three sticks of incense are offered in front of the photo.

Noticing Zhuang Sheng's gaze, the woman explained awkwardly: "Xiangxiang's father had a car accident the year before last, and Xiangxiang has changed since then. I didn't teach her well. I'm sorry for her father." Said I couldn't help wiping my tears again.Zhuang Sheng paused, and said in a calm tone:

"Show me your daughter's room."

The big south-facing room is where my daughter lives, and it looks like a typical rebellious girl.Posters with smoky makeup, skull ornaments, and heavy metal rock records.In addition, the room was cleaned up very cleanly, it should be cleaned up by the mother after the daughter left.

Zhuang Sheng glanced around and his eyes fell on the desk.The textbooks of various subjects were randomly piled up on the table, and the cover looked very brand new, almost never turned over.The few books in the middle are carefully wrapped in book covers, but from the inside pages, it can be seen that these books have been read more than once.

Zhuang Sheng's eyes flashed, and he picked up the top book.

"Hey, that, Dr. Zhuang, handle it carefully, Xiangxiang will be angry if you break it." The woman yelled softly when she saw Zhuang Sheng's movements.

Zhuang Sheng paused, looked at her and nodded, "Don't worry, I will be careful."

Looking at the title page, Zhuang Sheng saw the title: "Where's the Skull?"

The author's name is written below, two words:

Fu grass.