Strange Case (XII)
In the interrogation room, Jiang Shengyu was the recorder and Gu Fang was the presiding judge. He decided to conduct a surprise interrogation overnight so that Xiang Jing would not be mentally prepared.
There was a circle of teeth marks on the back of Jiang Shengyu's hand and several blood-red scratches on his arm. All of this was caused by Xiang's mother. She couldn't accept that the man who was chatting and laughing in the last second would capture her daughter in the next second, so she fought back and Jiang Shengyu was injured. If he hadn't taken out the wooden gun, he would have been injured in more than just these two places.
Xiang Jing sat on the interrogation chair, with a sneer of disdain on his face, "So this is how you handle cases. The real murderer is at large, and you arrest the witnesses."
"It's come to this point, and you're still holding on. To be honest, I admire you for lying without blinking an eye."
"I'm not lying."
"I asked you if you knew anyone with the word yu in their name, but you didn't even ask which yu it was and just said you didn't know anyone. I knew there was something wrong with you. There are six of them in your factory alone, and one of them is Fu Pingping's boyfriend."
Xiang Jing frowned and weakly defended himself, "I don't know any of these people."
"It's understandable that you don't know other people, but it's impossible for Hou Yu not to know him. Besides, Fu Pingping told you before she died that she was going to get married."
"No, I don't know." Xiang Jing turned his head and didn't look at Gu Fang.
"You provoked the relationship between Fu Pingping and Jiang Ying, and took advantage of their conflict to swoop in and replace Jiang Ying. Fu Pingping was wholeheartedly for your good, but you killed her."
"I said I didn't do it, it was Jiang Ying who killed her!" Xiang Jing turned his head suddenly and stared at Gu Fang, veins popping out on his neck with excitement.
"How do you explain the fingerprints on the scissors?"
Xiang Jing was stunned. "What fingerprint?"
"We found your fingerprints on the scissors used to kill Fu Pingping." The test report was spread out in front of Gu Fang. This was all thanks to Shen Xingyan.
Shen Xingyan had noticed that something was wrong with Xiang Jing a long time ago. When she was giving her the biscuits, she collected the package she had torn open, extracted Xiang Jing's fingerprints from it, and compared them with the fingerprints left on the scissors.
"The scissors were originally mine, so of course they have my fingerprints on them."
Gu Fang smiled, this was the most unreasonable person he had ever met, Gu Fang didn't want to deal with her anymore, "Someone witnessed the whole process of your murder."
"It was Jiang Ying who killed Fu Pingping, but you believed her and accused me of murder!" Xiang Jing was very upset. "I am innocent!"
"Did I say the witness was Jiang Ying?" Gu Fang stared at her with his sharp eyes.
Xiang Jing's pupils trembled violently, "As expected, the police are all cunning people and not trustworthy."
"Xiang Jing, you never considered Fu Pingping a friend. In your eyes, she was just a fool who could give you convenience. She took care of you both at work and in life. You were afraid that after she got married, she would have no place for you in her heart, so you tried to stop her from getting married. When you saw that you couldn't stop her, you killed her."
"I didn't!" Xiang Jing almost yelled, "I always treated her as my best friend, but she insisted on dating. All men are bad. Isn't it better to focus on your career? What can that man give her? Apart from endless housework, what else is left?!
I advised her against it, but she wouldn't listen and insisted on going to meet Hou Yu's parents. Doesn't she know that marriage is a grave for women? ”
"That's Fu Pingping's choice. You have no right to interfere."
Xiang Jing slammed the table heavily, "No! Pingping is mine. No one can treat her well except me. All men are liars, cheating on her feelings and her body! Only I can treat her well with all my heart!"
"What you mean by being good to her is depriving her of her right to survive?" Gu Fang sneered.
Xiang Jing tilted his head and laughed a little nervously, "In fact, I have known about her and Hou Yu for a long time. Every time she wanted to say it, I deliberately evaded her because I didn't want to hear about her love affairs. I told her that if she had a boyfriend, I would be left alone and she couldn't abandon me.
She was also stupid. She really concealed her relationship with Hou Yu just for me. They dated secretly, watched movies secretly, and wrote love letters secretly. They thought they were hiding it very well, but they were really stupid, doing things that were intended to cover up their own mistakes. I knew all this, and I even secretly followed them to the cinema.
Pingping looked so happy. She had never smiled like that in front of me before. That smile was so dazzling that it made me feel uncomfortable. At that time, I wanted to know how to make her stop smiling like that.
I stayed in the cinema that day, watching movie after movie, and I didn't think anything of it until the cinema closed. I was walking alone on the street. It was already very late and many shops were closed. Even if they were open, there were very few customers.
I was hungry, so I went into a random store and ordered a bowl of noodles. I ate it alone and thought, how nice it would be if Pingping was there too. With her company, I would feel less lonely. But at this moment, she must be with Hou Yu. When I think of Hou Yu, I feel so angry.
Maybe my expression was too ferocious, so someone sat down opposite me and asked me if I had any troubles and he could help me. ”
Gu Fang's heart tightened, "Who is that person?"
"I don't know him. I can't even remember what he looks like. He asked me if I didn't want to see her so happy. I said yes. He said he would help me. I said sure, as long as I don't have to see her dazzling smile."
"Then what?"
"Then I don't remember anything. When I remember again, I was at home."
Gu Fang chased his fingers. He didn't expect that Xiang Jing might be hypnotized just like Fang Xinghua and Li Jianmin. He needed more details. "You mean by not seeing Fu Pingping's smile, you mean killing her?"
"Actually, I don't remember much. I don't know how I picked up the scissors and how I stabbed them into her body. It was Jiang Ying's voice that brought me back to my senses. I was scared when I saw Fu Pingping covered in blood, but when I heard the sound of the scissors falling, I suddenly realized that the blood on her body was caused by me.
The smell of blood excited me, and I thought that since she was already like this, she might as well die. If she died she would not be with Hou Yu anymore, so I took a pair of scissors and stabbed her in the neck.
The sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh gave me goose bumps. I started to tremble all over and a thought suddenly popped into my mind - kill Jiang Ying and don't let anyone know that I killed Fu Pingping.
Unfortunately, Jiang Ying ran too fast and I couldn’t catch her. Then I came up with an idea to frame her, haha..." Xiang Jing covered his mouth and laughed, as if it was such a proud thing to kill someone and then frame her.
Gu Fang took a deep breath, suppressed his disgust, and asked the last question, "Which noodle shop did you meet the person who helped you?"
Xiang Jing thought for a while, gave an address, and Gu Fang got up and left. This is the first time so far that the person behind the case has been found, and this clue is very important.
Gu Fang took out the map and found the noodle shop that Xiang Jing mentioned. It was an old noodle shop that had been open for many years, on Xiangyin Road.
He also marked out Fang Xinghua's home and factory address, as well as his commute route, and then marked Li Jianmin's home and the park he often visited, thus circled out an area.
Gu Fang stared at this area, and the most conspicuous building turned out to be the People's Hospital.
Gu Fang called Wen Ke and asked him to check whether there was a psychology department in the People’s Hospital.
Wen Ke quickly found out that the People's Hospital had established a psychology department for several years, but very few people came for treatment, so the department was in name only.
"How many doctors are there?"
"Because of the small number of patients, only two doctors were assigned, and they were often seconded to other places."
"Make arrangements for me. I want to meet them."
One of the two doctors is older and was transferred from the psychiatry department, and the other is a recent graduate. Their knowledge of psychology was limited to materials and school instruction. They had little practical experience and knew only a vague idea of hypnosis. Obviously, these two people are not the hypnotist at all.
Gu Fang also sent people to secretly investigate clinics, small hospitals, and even the school hospital, but no relevant clues were found.
With only two days left before the one-week deadline, Gu Fang was so anxious that bubbles appeared on the corners of his mouth. If he was not caught, there would be more victims in the future.
The people from the second team also became anxious. Qi Jiabao ran to the forensic room and asked Shen Xingyan for help, "Sister Shen, please find a way to help Captain Gu. He can't hold on any longer."
"I think he's fine. He was running happily when he was walking the dog last night."
“That’s him venting.”
Shen Xingyan shrugged. "I want to help him, but I can't. I don't know what this hypnotist looks like, nor do I know where he works. I only know a rough range. How can I find him in such a large area?"
“You’ve used geographic profiling to catch people before, you can definitely think of a way, Sister Shen, you’re my idol.”
Shen Xingyan was amused, and tilted his head to think, "For your sake, let me think about it. Uh... By the way, there is more than one hypnotist. Didn't Gu Fang find one last time? He asked this person to try to hypnotize three victims and try to describe the appearance of this person from the depths of their subconscious."
Qi Jiabao slapped his thigh excitedly, "I knew you had a way, I'll go tell Captain Gu right away!"
"Hey!" He ran away before Shen Xingyan could call him. Shen Xingyan touched her nose. She was just making it up based on the plot of the movie, so it might not be accurate.
After listening to Qi Jiabao's words, Gu Fang fell into deep thought.
Qi Jiabao also encouraged him, “Captain Gu, why are you still hesitating? I think Sister Shen’s method is feasible.”
“The risks are huge.”
"It's better than just waiting like this."
Gu Fang looked at him, smiled and nodded, "When did you become so concerned about the case?"
"I've always cared, but you didn't give me a chance."
"Okay, if this case is solved, I'll give you credit."
Qi Jiabao chuckled, "You said it, don't forget it when the time comes."
"Don't worry, I won't forget it."
Gu Fang drove out and came back with someone soon. The man was about the same age as him, wearing rimless glasses, but had a head full of white hair, and was wearing a suit with a tie tied neatly.
Gu Fang introduced that this person was Professor Shen Tuzhan from the Medical University, who specialized in psychology and had profound attainments in hypnosis.
Jiang Shengyu was very curious, "Professor Shentu, can you really hypnotize people?"
Shen Tuzhan smiled, took off his glasses, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped it and put it on, and said, "Pour me a glass of water, and I will tell you."
Jiang Shengyu turned around to pour water, and then handed it to Shentu Zan with both hands. Shen Tuzhan didn't take it and snapped his fingers. Jiang Shengyu blinked and his hand shook, almost spilling the water. Fortunately, Shen Tuzhan took it.
Jiang Shengyu was confused, "When did I pour the water?" As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of "Oh shit"s.
Wen Ke didn't give up and asked Jiang Shengyu, "You really didn't know that you went to get some water?"
Jiang Shengyu was even more confused, and tried hard to recall, "I don't know, my mind is blank."
Everyone looked at Shentu Zhan with admiration and vigilance; no one wanted to be hypnotized without any preparation.
However, his live demonstration made everyone more convinced that Fang Xinghua, Li Jianmin and Xiang Jing were hypnotized without any consciousness.
Gu Fang said: "Shen Tu, with your understanding of the industry, who else has the ability comparable to yours?"
Shen Tuzhan sighed, "If there really is one, he is my senior brother and my teacher's favorite student. He had a bright future, but he suddenly disappeared."
"What's his name? Is there a photo of him?"
Shentu Zhan seemed to have expected this and took out a photo from his pocket. There were three people in the photo. He pointed at one of them, a man with a bookish look, a square face, thick hair, and a plaid shirt. He was not very tall, estimated to be about 1.7 meters.
Shen Tuzhan said: "He is my senior brother, Shen Kuo."
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