Serial crimes
Three days ago, Changping County received a report that a corpse was found in the boxwood forest in the scenic area. Because the body was completely decayed and unrecognizable, it attracted the attention of the municipal bureau. So the unidentified corpse was transported all the way from Changping County to the city. The forensic doctor matched the DNA of the corpse to a person who had been dead for five years.
"His DNA is exactly the same as the one Jiang Haojing left at the police station."
After the Jiang family fell into poverty, Jiang Haojing returned to Changping County and worked as a truck driver. However, he had an accident on the way to work. Due to drunk driving, his truck had an accident on the highway and hit another car. The injury was not serious, but it was recorded at the police station.
The DNA report was still warm in his hand, presumably having been printed not long ago. Han Ming's eyes were sharp, "So, now we have to find out who that person next to you is!"
There was also a 3D reconstruction of the skull attached to the report. It couldn't be said to be similar to Jiang Li now, but it was exactly the same as Jiang Li in junior high school.
Han Ming could see his inner struggle, but he still wanted to point it out. "Do you think DNA can deceive people? If you want to know who the real Jiang Li is, it's very simple. Just let that Jiang Li take a DNA test."
Chen An's head suddenly started to hurt, with waves of stabbing pain. For two days, just two days, these two days were so full of ups and downs. First, he was investigating a case for someone else and accidentally found out about his own life experience. Later, he learned about his lover's lies because of a skeleton that was suddenly dug out. No one could accept it immediately.
Han Ming gave him some time and left him alone in this office full of clues.
The computer screen was on, and the information on it was very familiar to him, but he looked at that face again and again, but he seemed to not understand it very well. It was a long time later that he realized clearly that these timid eyes never appeared on "Jiang Li".
Han Ming has said everything he needs to say, and now he has to find the truth for the real Jiang Li.
He had been leading Team One, and after arranging the tasks, he took intern Xiao Lou to Changping County to investigate Jiang Li's interpersonal relationships. Since there were now two Jiang Lis, Han Ming chose to conceal the news of the original owner's death and focus on investigating the strange events that had occurred to Jiang Li.
According to Grandma Liu, who used to live in the old city, Jiang Li was very timid before. He was beaten by his father at home and bullied at school. He always covered his face when he went out of the alley to go to school.
"He didn't respond. No matter how we called him, he wouldn't respond." Grandma Liu blinked her dry eyes and recalled, "His symptoms are a bit like... autism. Oh, I don't understand it either. After his mother died, someone asked Jiang Haojing to take him to a big hospital to see a psychiatrist, but I don't know if he went."
"So, his personality before is very different from now?" Han Ming said.
"It's very different. My daughter-in-law ran into him when she went out to buy groceries. He didn't cover his face anymore, and he even said hello to you. You might say Jiang Haojing's death is a blessing. When he was alive, the child was treated like this. Now that he's dead, the child is better off."
Grandma Liu regarded Jiang Li's transformation as a good thing. Not only her, but everyone who knew Jiang Li and lived in the old city said so. If you think about it carefully, she should feel happy after being away from a father like Jiang Haojing.
The timing was too coincidental. Han Ming was eating melon seeds in the senior citizen park after asking the questions, wondering whether he should say that "Jiang Li" was lucky and got the chance to go to high school when the original owner came in and replaced him, or should he say that he was too cruel and specially picked a child who looked like him to replace him?
If he had been targeting Jiang Li from the beginning, he would not have been able to succeed unless Jiang Haojing was eliminated. He would have had to kill two people at once if he had done it himself. But if all this was just a coincidence, then he could have taken advantage of the opportunity to take Jiang Li's life. In fact, based on the situation at the scene, the latter seems more likely.
"Forensic doctor Qin said that the victim was pushed down the mountain and his head hit the hard rocks, causing excessive bleeding to death. He has been dead for about four or five years. The pit where he was buried is large and flat. None of the victim's family members have come to report the case over the years. Why was he dug out again when everything was peaceful?" Xiao Lou was an intern, and Han Ming did not tell him too much, but sometimes people can find it easier to point out the root cause of a problem when they don't have so many thoughts in their minds.
Han Ming glanced at him and thought: Yes, this body was clearly buried well, why was it suddenly dug out and seen by a tour group?
Some people are targeting this current "Jiang Li" and are eager to expose his identity.
He was inexplicably conflicted about whether to tell Chen An. The next second he shook his head and thought, "Jiang Li" is a liar. Who knows his identity? It's better for dangerous people to stay as far away from Chen An as possible.
"Master, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Lou saw that he was slow to speak.
Han Ming turned his attention back to the corpse case and said, "Let's go meet Jiang Li's old classmates."
Grandma Liu mentioned that Jiang Li was often bullied at school. Based on his personality, Han Ming speculated that Jiang Li might have been bullied. Han Ming found his class teacher and former classmates according to the list and learned a few names from them.
Jiang Li had indeed been bullied for a long time. He had some problems expressing himself and found it difficult to get along with others. In addition, he often went to school with injuries and no one played with him much. His seat was in the last row of the classroom, and he often used a hat and clothes to cover up his injuries. Over time, he became invisible. Apart from a few fun-loving students from the next class, only the hooligans who were having fun at the school gate would make things difficult for him.
There were five people who bullied him: Wu Xin, Fu Jun, Xu Leyan, Zhao Fubai, and He Zhengming. The first two were outsiders who dropped out of school early, and the last three were all in school.
It was easy to find them. Wu Xin and Fu Jun had criminal records for money laundering and were released from prison two years ago. The other three, except Xu Leyan who married someone else, Zhao Fubai and He Zhengming were both local.
Han Ming went to the place where the two of them got off work and waited there, a car repair shop. As soon as Zhao Fubai got off work, he took He Zhengming's arm and came out of Changli, discussing where to go to spend money tonight. The two were chatting happily, but when they saw Han Ming suddenly took off running. Han Ming naturally would not let them get away, and he blocked them into a dead end and captured them, "Why are you running?"
"I'm not running! Let me go!" Zhao Fubai's hands were tied behind his back and his head was pressed hard against the concrete wall, unable to move.
"You haven't run away yet, you see me like a cat?"
Zhao Fubai's eyes rolled quickly, "How would I know who you are? I thought you were here to collect a debt."
Han Ming didn't bother to argue with them. After letting them go, he held up the photo and asked, "Do you know him?"
He Zhengming couldn't hide the truth and took a deep breath, obviously knowing him.
"Very good. You bullied him before, so you should remember it, right?" Han Ming put his hands on his hips, looking even more angry than them.
The two looked at each other, as if they were colluding, "How could it be? We are classmates, how could we bully him?"
Zhao Fubai spoke with a guilty conscience. Han Ming didn't want to listen to their useless excuses anymore, so he said, "The police now suspect he died a long time ago. Don't you have any clues at all?"
"Dead? Impossible! We said he was faking death the next day..." He Zhengming was not smart. After realizing his mistake, he immediately changed his words. "No, it has nothing to do with us. They did it!"
"Them?" Han Ming narrowed his eyes and examined them.
He Zhengming slapped himself angrily. He tended to say the wrong thing when he was anxious.
Perhaps Zhao Fubai thought he was not wrong, so he said, "It was Wu Xin and Fu Jun who were causing trouble for him. It has nothing to do with us. We are just lackeys. We do whatever they say."
According to Zhao Fubai, Xu Leyan likes to tease Jiang Li at school. Jiang Li is a loner. Xu Leyan is a poor student in the next class. She has nothing to do at school every day, so she finds some fun for herself. She is not a kind girl and is keen on peeking at other people's scars. People like Jiang Li who are full of scars are the most to her liking.
Xu Leyan would find many ways to bully him, such as putting dead cockroaches and cicadas in his desk, smearing glue on his stool, tearing up his textbooks, and stealing his homework, as long as she could make Jiang Li collapse. But she found that Jiang Li was very boring. No matter how she teased him, Jiang Li was indifferent, like a hollow person. Gradually, she lost interest, but the joining of Wu Xin and Fu Jun brought her new happiness. Fu Jun liked her, and relying on her relationship with people outside the school, she began to enslave Jiang Li.
On Sunday, they agreed to meet in the boxwood forest, and it was on this day that Jiang Li had an accident.
"When we arrived, Xu Leyan was terrified and pointed down the cliff. It was so high up there, we thought Jiang Li would definitely not survive!"
"Didn't you see him fall with your own eyes?" Han Ming asked.
"No, He Zhengming and I were late, so they went in first."
Tickets are required to enter the boxwood forest, but locals can get in for free with their ID cards. Zhao Fubai and He Zhengming were late because they forgot to bring their ID cards, and by the time they arrived, everything was over.
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