Chapter 43 Chapter 43 Tongue Cutter in the Mist
Chapter 43
This time, in addition to having his tongue cut off, the victim also had a letter of confession left beside him.
The person who wrote the letter was the first victim to have his tongue cut off, the leader of the sewing team. According to the second victim, Zhang Hongying, the murderer also asked her to write a confession letter.
The general meaning is that she knew she was wrong and she shouldn't have deliberately ruined Liang Xiaoju's reputation while she was still alive. It was she who forced Liang Xiaoju to death with rumors, and she would never dare to do it again.
Compared with the sewing team leader, the second victim Zhang Hongying's mental state was slightly better.
Qin Ye met Zhang Hongying in the hospital. She was sitting on the hospital bed, curled up in a ball, shaking her head silently and shedding tears.
Seeing her coming, Zhang Hongying unfolded the small ball of paper in her hand, handed it to her, and nodded her chin to signal her to open it.
Qin Ye took the small piece of paper and saw a sentence written on it: [Why did the murderer do this to me? Liang Xiaoju is the one who is asking for trouble. Why shouldn't I speak out? 】
The paper was wrinkled and the edges were rough from being unfolded repeatedly.
Apparently, before she and Li Quan came to the hospital, Zhang Hongying had shown her writing to more than one person.
Qin Ye looked at the note and fell silent for a moment.
Is Zhang Hongying wrong? have.
A large part of the rumors about Liang Xiaoju came from her mouth. Even at the crime scene that day, Zhang Hongying was still full of sarcastic remarks when facing Liang Xiaoju's death.
Even now, she is still writing notes to insult Liang Xiaoju.
However, all this cannot be a reason for Zhang Hongying to have her tongue cut off.
Zhang Hongying did do something wrong, but lynching "trial" is never justice, but another form of violence.
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The only sounds in the entire ward were Zhang Hongying's sniffling and crying.
Qin Ye and Li Quan looked at each other and decided to get clues about the murderer from Zhang Hongying as soon as possible. The murderer asked Zhang Hongying to write a confession letter. It is obvious that the murderer will strike again and the third victim may appear soon.
She asked the nurse for a pen and paper and handed them to Zhang Hongying, who had lost the ability to speak.
"Zhang Hongying, we need your help to arrest the suspect as soon as possible. When we ask you a question, if you don't know the answer, just shake your head. If you know the answer, write it down. Is that okay?"
Zhang Hongying wiped away her tears, gritted her teeth, and nodded.
She was packing up after get off work when someone suddenly knocked her unconscious from behind and cut off her tongue on the spot. When she woke up, there was a confession letter from the sewing group leader next to her. The murderer asked her to write an identical letter to confess to the dead Liang Xiaoju.
[The murderer was wearing a raincoat and a mask, so his face could not be seen clearly. But he is very tall and has a scary look in his eyes. 】
Zhang Hongying was in so much pain at the time that she couldn't even hold the pen. However, the murderer told her that if she didn't write well, he would strangle her to death on the spot.
[He must like Liang Xiaoju!] 】
Zhang Hongying was writing on the paper with a swish sound, and the tip of her pen was almost piercing through the paper. [When he mentioned the dead Liang Xiaoju, he became completely crazy and wanted to kill me immediately. But I don’t know what he was thinking, and in the end he didn’t do it. 】
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In Xu Libai's office, Qin Ye saw Zhang Hongying's cut tongue.
Xu Libai handed Zhang Hongying and the sewing team leader's medical records to her: "Just like the last injured person, there is no possibility of the severed tongue recovering."
Qin Ye took the case report but did not check it immediately. Instead, he put on disposable gloves and carefully fiddled with Zhang Hongying's tongue.
Li Quan got goosebumps all over his body, but he still suppressed his nausea and watched with her: "Qin Ye, is there any problem?"
"There is a problem."
Qin Ye pointed to the cut surface of the tongue and showed it to Li Quan, "This time the murderer's tongue cutting technique doesn't look as professional as last time."
The murderer cut off the tongue of the sewing team leader with a cruel and professional technique. The tongue was cut off at the root without leaving a single bit of flesh and blood.
This time, the murderer cut her tongue diagonally, leaving part of the root of her tongue still in Zhang Hongying's mouth.
Li Quan had a vague guess and spoke up boldly: "Does that mean the murderer in both cases is not the same person?"
Qin Ye couldn't make a promise, so he could only say: "There is such a possibility, but I can't be completely sure."
The locations of the two crimes were different. The tongue of the sewing team leader was cut at night, and the murderer also took the sewing team leader away directly, giving him plenty of time to commit the crime.
This time, the murderer attacked Zhang Hongying in the textile factory in the afternoon. There is a possibility of being discovered by others at any time, and the time to commit the crime is relatively tight.
In this case, it is also very likely that the murderer had certain differences in the method of cutting the tongue.
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Xu Libai listened silently to Qin Ye's analysis, with his brows lowered, hiding the emotions in his eyes.
No one knows the details of the tongue-cutting case better than him.
It was indeed he who did it, the leader of the sewing group. He hated the other party for making up dirty rumors about Liang Xiaoju, especially after Liang Xiaoju's death, the other party still chose to slander Liang Xiaoju and said she was not innocent.
Since he has such a dirty mouth, why not just make him unable to speak anymore.
As for Zhang Hongying...
It was not him who took action, but Liang Xiaoju's extreme pursuer, Shi Zhou.
Shizhou is not mentally normal. He has harassed Liang Xiaoju many times. Every time they meet, he kneels down and slaps himself wildly. If they see someone of the opposite sex talking to Liang Xiaoju, they will warn or even beat the other person.
Xu Libai had also been warned by Shizhou before.
Liang Xiaoju's death was a heavy blow to Shizhou. Shi Zhou believed that everyone in the textile factory was responsible for Liang Xiaoju's death. He secretly bought materials for making explosives, intending to blow up everyone in the textile factory to "avenge" Liang Xiaoju.
After Xu Libai discovered Shi Zhou's behavior, he decided to induce the other party to punish the rumormonger.
Given Shi Zhou's personality, he would definitely take all the credit for the tongue-cutting punishment and show his love for Liang Xiaoju to everyone.
He would not be suspected by Qin Ye.
If Shizhou is arrested and imprisoned, he will not have the opportunity to harm innocent people in the textile factory.
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After leaving the hospital, Qin Ye quickly obtained the list of victims in the other party's world through the client Liang Bing in the live broadcast room. In addition to the sewing group leader, Zhang Hongying, there are five other people.
Except for the last one, named Shizhou.
The other victims all matched the candidates provided by Zhang Hongying who were most likely to be the murderer's next target.
She took the list and asked Sun Jinfeng: "Mom, do you know these people?"
Sun Jinfeng had not worked in the textile factory for long, but she was very impressed by the first four names on the list: "These people were very close to Zhang Hongying and liked to gossip about her behind her back."
When Sun Jinfeng first entered the factory, this group of people whispered bad things about many people in front of her.
"Ye Ye, you know that mother has no interest in gossip. When they saw that I was unwilling to get involved, they stopped talking to me about it after a while."
Sun Jinfeng pointed at the last name, frowned slightly, and said with some confusion: "But this Shizhou you mentioned, I have never heard of this person in the factory."
Qin Yet put away the list, picked up a bun from the table, and said to Sun Jinfeng as he walked out, "Mom, I have to go back to the bureau. I probably won't be back tonight. Don't go out at night."
No one can guarantee absolute safety until the tongue-cutting murderer is caught.
Qin Ze, who had just returned from the tailor shop, heard Qin Ye's voice and ran out quickly, but all he saw was Qin Ye's hurriedly leaving back.
He scratched his messy hair and muttered in distress: "My sister is so busy that she can't even take time to eat. This is so bad for her health. Besides, why do we have to catch the tongue-slicing murderer?"
In his opinion, those who gossip and spread rumors everywhere deserve to be taught a lesson.
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Several people on the list are designated as key protected persons and are protected by the police lurking in the dark to prevent the emergence of tongue-cutting murderers at any time.
Qin Ye and Li Quan were responsible for secretly protecting Shizhou.
She had learned about Shizhou before coming here, and the other party was an avid pursuer of Liang Xiaoju. Unlike other people who slandered Liang Xiaoju, Shi Zhou never said a bad word about Liang Xiaoju. Instead, he hated everyone who got close to Liang Xiaoju.
Qin Ye didn't quite understand why Shi Zhou was killed by the murderer in the same way in another world.
"Qin Ye, I was on my way here this afternoon and passed by the textile factory. I heard them all talking about the tongue-cutting murderer."
Li Quan was bored, so he shared his experiences with her, "Although the incident of the tongue-cutting murderer caused a big stir, some people in the textile factory didn't seem to be afraid at all, and they secretly applauded the tongue-cutting murderer."
Those people never said a bad word about others, but like Liang Xiaoju, they had been gossiped about by Zhang Hongying and others to some extent.
In their view, the tongue-cutters' actions were a way for them to vent their anger.
However, those who had spread the gossip to some extent were all terrified, fearing that they would become the next target of the tongue-cutter.
Qin Ye naturally knew what Li Quan was talking about.
She also knew that some people said that the police should not arrest the person who cut his tongue and should let him go. Only in this way will everyone be afraid and dare not spread rumors and slander the innocence of others.
Qin Ye smiled helplessly at Li Quan: "Their ideas are really too simple."
The sewing group leader and Zhang Hongying and others were indeed not good people, and they even indirectly caused Liang Xiaoju's death. But who can guarantee that the person who cuts the tongue will harm someone who "deserves it"?
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The two were chatting casually when they saw Shizhou's door suddenly opened.
Shizhou poked his head out from the crack in the door, didn't find anything unusual, and walked out of the door carrying a large black bag.
He was sneaking around and looked particularly suspicious.
Qin Ye gently poked Li Quan: "Let's go, follow him and see where he is going."
Li Quan nodded, and the two of them followed him stealthily, all the way to the door of a certain house before Shizhou finally stopped.
"Isn't this the person on the list provided by Zhang Hongying? His name seems to be Tang Dan."
Li Quan looked around and saw He Gongan who was protecting Tang Dan in the dark.
Qin Ye didn't bother to respond and stared at Shi Zhou's every move. I saw the other person take out a black raincoat from the bag in his hand, put it on neatly, took out a pair of disposable gloves and put them on, then climbed up the wall.
Her expression changed, and she realized that Shi Zhou was most likely the one who cut her tongue, and she immediately said, "You! What are you doing? ! ! Get down here!"
Shizhou didn't expect that someone was secretly following him.
He turned a deaf ear to Qin Ye's words, quickly jumped over the courtyard wall, smashed the glass of Tang Dan's room, and planned to rush in and cut off Tang Dan's tongue immediately.
Qin Ye didn't care about anything else. He jumped onto the courtyard wall in two steps and pressed Shi Zhou to the ground before he ran into Tang Dan's room.
The other party cursed under his breath, pulled out a scalpel from his sleeve and stabbed it towards her wrist.
Qin Ye quickly withdrew his hand, and before Shi Zhou could get up and run away, he spun and kicked him to the ground again: "Be quiet!"
Li Quan took out handcuffs and quickly handcuffed Shizhou.
He Gongan also came in carrying the bag that Shi Zhou had just left outside the door. He opened the bag and showed it to Qin Ye and Li Quan.
Inside the bag were drugs, ropes, and a confession letter written by Zhang Hongying.
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Shizhou was caught red-handed.
The evidence was conclusive and he did not deny it. He just kept shouting that he wanted to cut off Tang Dan's tongue.
Qin Ye looked at Shi Zhou who was sitting in the interrogation chair opposite her, and always felt an indescribable strangeness.
Shi Zhou is a reckless and impulsive person. Would he really think of the "tongue-cutting trial" method of committing the crime? Or is there someone behind him directing him?
Shizhou has always refused to admit this.
He said that everything was planned by himself, and he wanted everyone to know that his love for Liang Xiaoju would last until his death.
Qin Ye and Li Quan went to Shizhou's house several times and searched it. They found the homemade explosives that Shizhou wanted to use to blow up the textile factory, but they did not find any other clues.
She had a strange premonition.
In the world where the client Liang Bing lives, the murderer who kills people under the guise of "ghosts seeking revenge" may be lurking beside her, secretly watching everything.
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