A magician who committed manslaughter?
Based on the current clues, Su Ming couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and asked Chen Sheng beside him.
"Director Chen."
"Please give me more details about this person."
"Based on the ghost's previous murder methods and Lan Cai'er's experience, it is indeed possible that the criminal is a magician with a special profession."
Chen Sheng also nodded in agreement.
He then immediately walked to the projection screen, called up the personal resume information that the Criminal Investigation Technology Department had just sent to the internal group, and introduced it while suppressing his excitement.
"Team Leader Su, Captain Xu, you can take a look at the information on the projection screen."
"Through our criminal investigation technology department's comparison and screening, we found that in our Jiahe City prison, the prisoner must meet the previous requirements, especially that he had served time with One-Eye and Brother Long, and was currently released from prison, and that he was convicted of manslaughter, and that he was so-called good at using his brains instead of force."
"There were originally more than a dozen suspects, but now there is only this one left... Liu Su, male, 36 years old, was originally a magician at the Jinling Circus in Jiahe City."
"But four years ago, when I was performing the magic trick of Ten Thousand Swords Passing Through a Box for the audience, a very serious stage accident occurred."
"I don't know if it was due to a problem with the props or physical discomfort, but I crawled into the cardboard box. The assistant who was supposed to hide at the bottom was unable to hide inside as originally planned."
"The sharp sword that Liu Su stabbed at me pierced my heart."
"Although he had just stabbed it in, Liu Su seemed to sense something was wrong, pulled out the sword, and called for emergency assistance from the staff."
"But it happened to hit the heart. When he was rushed to the hospital, he had already lost vital signs. There was no need for surgery or subsequent rescue."
Hear this.
Xu Changsheng, who was standing nearby, spoke with a curious expression on his face.
"Captain Chen, I feel like something is wrong."
"According to common sense, the weapons used in this kind of magic show should be props without lethality. Real swords should not be used at all."
"Didn't you guys carefully check the use of real weapons?"
"I think if we just do a little research, we can confirm that this is a deliberate murder, not the so-called manslaughter, right?"
It's obvious.
After listening to Chen Sheng's description and looking at the specific information on the projection screen, Xu Changsheng was already full of confusion.
In his opinion, there was clearly an element of intentional homicide, so why was it assessed as manslaughter?
Chen Sheng couldn't help but sigh at Xu Changsheng's doubts, and then answered him.
"Captain Xu."
"When this case first happened, I was not the head of the Yangliu Criminal Investigation Team. Also, this case did not happen in this district, but in the next district."
"However, it just so happened that there was an old detective in the Criminal Investigation Technology Division who was transferred from the neighboring Binhai District. He told me the general situation of the investigation and detection at the time."
"This magic show of ten thousand swords passing through boxes is a regular show performed almost every day by Lingling Circus."
"At first, they used fake props, but later, due to too many complaints, the circus manager wanted to use real swords for the performance."
"Because, we have performed this hundreds of times without any problems. There are secret compartments and iron plates at the bottom of the box for assistants to hide in."
"Under normal circumstances, even if a real weapon is used, there is a high probability that there will be no danger."
"However, the circus leader's proposal to use real swords for all performances was immediately refuted by Ghost, no, Liu Su."
"He originally said that he didn't want his wife to take the risk because all magic performances could go wrong, so he didn't accept the proposal."
"The circus manager was embarrassed when his magician refuted his suggestion. He said...if you don't perform like this, don't perform anymore."
"In the end, it was the deceased assistant, Liu Su's wife, who took the initiative to persuade the two of them, and they decided to find a compromise."
"That is, the two long swords inserted at the top at the beginning use real sharp weapons, and the other more dangerous positions still use those magic props."
"After performing this dozens of times, the accident finally happened."
Pause for two seconds.
Chen Sheng clicked on a video recording that had just been sent to him. As it played on the projector, he shook his head and sighed.
"This is the video footage of the incident at the scene. You can take a closer look."
"At the very beginning, there was nothing unusual. Compared with the previous videos, the steps were basically the same."
"First, let your wife get into the wooden box, and then Liu Su, forget it, I'll just call her a ghost."
"Then the ghost will use a padlock to completely lock the wooden box, indicating that the person inside is not allowed to escape. At the same time, he will pick up a real sword and easily chop off a piece of wood to show the sharpness and authenticity of the weapon in his hand."
"After all these hints and performances, the ghost will stab the wooden box with the sword."
now.
The image on the projection screen showed exactly the actions that Chen Sheng had just described, but when the ghost was about to close the lid of the box, he paused and glanced around unnoticeably.
Immediately after demonstrating the sharpness of the sword.
The ghost in the picture raised the sword with both hands parallel to his ears, and stabbed at the wooden box in front of him with all his strength in an exaggerated manner.
Su Ming observed the ghost's movements very carefully and found that when he raised the sword and stabbed it into the wooden box, his arms obviously paused and he felt a collision as if he had stabbed an object.
But he did not let go immediately, instead he slightly tilted his wrist.
Next second.
Without any hesitation, the ghost immediately pulled out the sword again and threw it directly to the ground, while shouting for the staff to come up quickly.
At this time, it can be clearly seen that the tip of the sword is bright red and stained with blood.
Then.
The ghost immediately stepped onto the stool, took out the key from his pocket, and with a nervous look on his face that looked like he was about to cry and his hands trembling, he unlocked the wooden box as quickly as possible.
The moment the lid is opened.
The ghost immediately shouted hoarsely for the staff to come quickly, and at the same time carried out his assistant, who was lying in the wooden box, that is, his wife.
In the current picture, you can clearly see...
There was a bloody wound on the ghost wife’s left chest, and scarlet blood was constantly gushing out, and it was obvious that it could not be stopped.
As this live video playback is completed.
Chen Sheng shook his head and sighed again, and spoke helplessly.
"Look..."
"In such a tense state, it looks like he is horrified and regretful for accidentally hurting his wife. There is no sign of premeditation or intention at all."
"Moreover, the most important thing is that Ghost could have applied for probation or asked his wife's family to sign a letter of apology, but he chose not to do so."
"Instead, he said that he deserved to suffer in prison for killing the person he loved the most. If he could feel even one percent of the despair and pain his wife felt before she died, it would be worth it."
"It's difficult. It's really difficult."
"This looks like manslaughter, not intentional homicide."
Su Ming also watched the live video.
He squinted his eyes, gently rubbed his chin, shook his head and spoke seriously.
"No, Director Chen."
"This is actually a deliberate murder. I even think that in order to complete this murder, the complaints about the magic props being too fake are probably what he did..."
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