Flower Museum Headless Dismemberment Case (14)

Even in the noisy streets, they were silent until Zhao Leiting said, "Captain Lu, Meng Siqi must be right. I believe her."

Lu He shouted, "Building 12, Room 502, go there immediately."

A group of people rushed to the community and rushed to the house. They had been to this house once before today. There was no one in the house and the lock of the door had been opened before.

Seven or eight people rushed into the room. Cai Shuangxi and Yan Chun were the first to rush to the sofa. Yan Chun picked up the dolphin puppet with both hands. In his hands, the weight was indeed much heavier than he had imagined.

Luo Xiaoguo still didn't believe it. He had encountered a dolphin puppet before, but he really didn't care about it. Until now, he still didn't believe that the murderer would be so perverted as to hide a human head in a puppet.

In addition to the larger dolphin doll on the sofa, there are also several smaller dolls, including penguins and starfish, which seem to be related to the sea. The decoration style of this house is simple, but the layout, clothes and shoes in the house can make people know that it is a place where a girl has lived.

Luo Xiaoguo had opened the closet to check before. It turned out to be a young woman wearing a beautiful skirt, a flowery white shirt, and women's underwear. The whole room was filled with the smell of perfume, which revealed a bit of warmth. She had no connection with the cruel male murderer at all. Moreover, how could a human head be hidden in these dolls that were only given to couples when they were in love?

Luo Xiaoguo opened the refrigerator door and wanted to check it himself. The top layer of the refrigerator was indeed cleaner than the other layers. It was wiped and cleaned specially. It was as if someone had really wiped away the bloodstains.

"Hair!" Cai Shuangxi said in shock. Luo Xiaoguo turned around and found that the puppet in Yan Chun's hand was cut open by Cai Shuangxi with scissors, and a piece of black hair slipped out.

At this moment, Luo Xiaoguo's hand that was holding the refrigerator suddenly began to tremble, and a feeling of panic surged up from the soles of his feet.

He slowly looked at Meng Siqi's profile. This girl whom he had always looked down upon, this unremarkable girl, seemed to have been reborn at this moment. He swallowed hard a few times and shuddered all over.

He remembered having this feeling once many years ago, when Lu He, who had just graduated from Haijiang Provincial Police University, had just come to the police station. He questioned his ability, because some people had read a lot of books but were actually ignorant and had no ability, unlike him who was recruited by the Municipal Bureau from the police station based on his meritorious performance and had worked his way up step by step.

But that time when Lu He was investigating an unsolved case and found the real murderer based on a few fragmentary details, it was that kind of feeling at that time, that kind of shocking feeling.

From then on, he realized that there are people in this world who are talented in solving cases, but they not only have talent, but also work harder than ordinary people.

Yan Chun's hands were shaking as he held the head. His eyes were red and he was so excited that he couldn't speak: "Is this what we found?"

Luo Xiaoguo's mouth twitched, forcing out a pale smile, "Yes, Captain Lu guessed it right..."

Everyone knew that Luo Xiaoguo didn't say the whole story, and Lu He was not the only one who deduced this result.

Cai Shuangxi came back to his senses from his surprise, "Xiao Meng, how did you find out? You reminded me of the great...Maldini on the football field!"

Meng Siqi was still in shock at seeing the human head. Although she had seen it on screen, she couldn't calm down for a long time when she saw it with her own eyes, with the head sewn into the puppet, the snow-white cotton wool inside stained with blood, and the frozen and deformed facial features exposed to the air.

Cai Shuangxi's praise eased her numbness a little. She knew that her ability was not comparable to Lu He's. If she didn't have this "unknown" ability, she wouldn't have been able to find the head. But after finding the head, she felt relieved. She felt relieved for Lu He's inference and for the progress made in the case.

It might be very likely that Lu He would solve the case in one day as he promised. As long as Li Muxiao was arrested, the cause and effect of the incident could be found out, and the truth of this unsolved case that shocked Jinyang City and even caused a stir in Haijiang Province could be revealed.

At this moment, Lu He turned his head slightly and looked at her with a calm gaze. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly. This was the first time he showed a relaxed state in today's tense search work.

Lu He said: "Siqi, you did a good job."

Meng Siqi finally put aside all the anxiety in his heart and gave Lu He the same relaxed smile, "Thank you, Captain Lu."

"Lin Tao," Lu He suddenly became serious and ordered, "Contact the forensic doctor and the trace detection department immediately and go to the scene for investigation. Everyone, protect the scene well."

Lin Tao replied: "Okay."

"Liang Yunfeng, ask the property management company for a list of names and confirm the identities of the deceased."

"Okay, team."

"Meng Siqi, I want to ask you, why did you confirm that the murderer was Li Muxiao?" This time, Lu He's tone was clearly in a working state, and every word was powerful.

Meng Siqi perked up instantly, but she was speechless for a moment, because she only saw Li Muxiao on the screen, and she had no way of guessing whether Li Muxiao was the real murderer.

As she stood there in a daze, the air suddenly became quiet. At this time, Feng Shaomin said, "Xiao Meng, think about it carefully. Are there any details that allow you to infer that the murderer is Li Muxiao?"

Meng Siqi nodded slowly. Her brain was working at high speed, looking for details that she might have missed.

Everyone looked at her, making her a little nervous. Lu He's tone became lighter: "Siqi, think about it slowly, don't worry."

"Xiao Meng," Luo Xiaoguo suddenly stepped forward and said with a smile, "You must be tired, right? Team leader, I want to send Xiao Meng back to rest first. I'll go buy her something to eat. It's past six now. The little girl must be hungry. She's been running all day. How can her body compare to us rough guys? Her spirit is worth learning from for every one of us."

Zhao Lei Ting's expression was dull. He looked at Luo Xiaoguo's smiling face and suddenly felt that he didn't recognize him. Is this still the Luo Xiaoguo who made a fuss about Meng Siqi's late arrival? Is this the Luo Xiaoguo who made a fuss about the girl's weak body? Obviously he is not, so much so that Zhao Lei Ting felt that his social skills were not worth mentioning in front of Luo Xiaoguo.

Yan Chun seemed to understand what Luo Xiaoguo meant, and immediately said, "Yes, Captain Lu, Xiao Meng's fall today was so heartbreaking. He must have had some scrapes and bruises. We have to report Xiao Meng as a work-related injury in the bureau..."

Lu He looked at Meng Siqi's knees and saw that there were indeed marks on his pants. He raised his eyes and asked Meng Siqi, "Are you injured?"

Meng Siqi was a little at a loss for a moment. Shouldn't everyone at this scene be paying attention to the case? She immediately shook her head and said, "Captain Lu, I'm fine. Really fine." She did fall today, but only had some scrapes on her skin, which was not a big deal at all.

Lu He showed a worried look, "Okay, everyone go out first and protect the scene."

"Okay." Everyone responded.

Luo Xiaoguo walked to the corridor at the entrance and ordered, "Hey, Shuangxi, go to the gate of the community and buy Xiao Meng a piece of bread with meat floss to replenish his energy, as well as some water and some beef. I'll pay you later."

"Okay. I'll be right there." Cai Shuangxi hurried downstairs immediately.

"Oh..." Meng Siqi was about to call him. On the one hand, she had no appetite. On the other hand, Cai Shuangxi had just taken out the head with his own hands. Although he was wearing gloves, it was still a bit uncomfortable for her to eat the bread he brought back right away.

The sun is about to set and the sky is getting darker. We have to cordon off the scene and wait for the forensic doctors to come and investigate. The fingerprints and traces at the scene are very important.

To identify Li Muxiao, it would not be possible just by her words. She held onto the railing of the corridor and looked into the distance.

Lin Tao and Liang Yunfeng both came back to report. Lin Tao said that the forensic doctor and the trace detection team were on their way. Liang Yunfeng held a notebook in his hand and said anxiously, "Team Road, the identity of the deceased has been found. A girl named Ruan Mengying lives here. She is 22 years old this year. She is a white-collar worker. I don't know her specific job. She has lived here for half a year. The landlord is out of town, but I'm still in contact with him. I don't know if he knows the girl's specific situation."

"Okay." Lu He said, "You continue to follow up on the follow-up work."

"Good road team."

Meng Siqi heard everything Liang Yunfeng reported clearly. Although the puppet's head looked a little scary and the body pieces in the suitcase made her feel uncomfortable, she couldn't help but feel pain and regret when she thought that the deceased was a 22-year-old girl who must have cherished her face and body, but was insulted and trampled after death.

At this time, Zhao Lei Ting walked up to her and gave her a thumbs up, "Siqi, you are really great today."

Meng Siqi said calmly: "I discovered it by luck."

Zhao Lei Ting whispered in her ear: "Look, Luo Xiaoguo and Yan Chun have also given in. They are the only ones who give in to Lu He in this game. Maybe in the future, you will be the second one."

Meng Siqi did not respond, but just smiled faintly. She did not care who was convinced by her or not, but it was better than someone targeting her.

In the night outside the building, there was the noise of children. Two children were playing, and one of them said, "I'll hide first, don't look at me..."

"Are you hiding well?"

"No, why are you in such a hurry?"

Then an adult's voice came out, "You haven't returned home yet so late at night. The police are here. Are you afraid of being arrested?"

Apparently, the people in the community didn't know about the murder yet. They just thought the police were here to investigate something, so the children were still playing outside.

Hide? Hide? Meng Siqi suddenly felt that this word was particularly eye-catching.

"Hey, Xiao Meng, the bread and water have been bought." Cai Shuangxi shouted.

"Give it to me." Luo Xiaoguo's voice rang out, "Hey, I didn't ask you to buy it with meat floss."

"Without Luo Fu, the only thing left is this one with sweet breasts. The boss said girls like it more. If you don't believe me, ask Xiao Meng."

"Okay, Xiao Meng?" Luo Xiaoguo walked towards her.

Meng Siqi suddenly thought of something. She turned around and said seriously, "Team Road!"

Luo Xiaoguo paused, and his hand holding the bread stopped.

Lu He was looking into the distance, thinking about something, when he suddenly turned around. Meng Siqi's eyes were very bright. When he first met her, he found that the light in this girl's eyes was so pure, like pearls moistened by clear water.

Meng Siqi said: "The last time I interrogated Li Muxiao, he was very irritable. One time he took out the chain from his neck and touched it. I saw that the chain was hanging. It was a dolphin."

Hiding, the children's game of hide-and-seek reminded her of this detail. Li Muxiao hid the dolphin pendant inside his clothes around his neck, and she saw it when he took it out once, and she remembered it.

Luo Xiaoguo swallowed deeply again, and his fingernails left a handprint on the bread in his hand, but fortunately there was a thin plastic bag between them.

Just when everyone thought that Meng Siqi had identified the murderer based on such a small detail, Meng Siqi did not stop explaining. She said very seriously: "Besides this, Captain Lu, I have made some other discoveries."

I don’t know whether it was because of Meng Siqi’s description or because of her haloed appearance imprinted in the last glimmer of sunset, but everyone’s eyes were focused on her face.

Meng Siqi said: "The makeup used on the suspect Xiao Chou's face is a kind of oil paint material. The quality of oil paint varies greatly due to its cost. Low-quality oil paint has coarse particles, which feel irritating when applied to the face, and has small pieces of hardened particles, which may also cause serious "oil paint dermatitis", while high-quality oil paint is smooth, delicate, and shiny. This is why we see that the makeup of Peking Opera actors is bright and beautiful, but the makeup on the suspect Xiao Chou's face is very irritating and has coarse particles. In order to cover up his true face, he used a lot of oil paint, so it looks more serious. He must have used very low-quality oil paint materials."

Everyone present was concentrating and holding their breath, because this knowledge was something no one had ever heard of. The Meng Siqi in front of them did not seem to be shrouded in the dim glow of the setting sun, but rather seemed to be emitting a faint light of his own.

Meng Siqi also learned about oil paint because of this case. She concluded: "Li Muxiao's physical evidence was brought back to the police station, including the oil paint he used for makeup. I went to the evidence room to try this paint. After applying it on the skin, I found that the effect was very similar to that on Xiao Chou's face. In short, they all used low-quality oil paint. Therefore, in the interrogation room, I saw that Li Muxiao's skin condition was very poor, such as acne and blackheads. This is also the result of long-term use of low-quality oil paint. They should have used the same makeup material."

Luo Xiaoguo swallowed again, and the bread in his hand had been pinched into a dent without him noticing. He seemed to realize something, and quickly opened the lid of the drink in his hand and handed it to Meng Siqi, "Drink some water, you look dry."

Meng Siqi took the water, smiled faintly and said "thank you". She spoke a bunch of dry words in a row, and her mouth was indeed dry. She picked up the bottle and moistened her light red lips.

Lu He's eyes were bright, and he kept his eyes on Meng Siqi. He found that the girl's appeal was getting stronger and stronger. She looked weak, but she always brought surprises at critical moments.

In the more than ten years since he entered the police academy and started his police career, he has seen many outstanding criminal detectives, including criminal detective enthusiasts, but he has rarely seen a second person who analyzes a case in a completely different way than usual, with a light in his eyes so pure that it makes people feel distressed.

Just when everyone thought that Meng Siqi's analysis had ended, she tightened the bottle cap, held the two ends of the bottle with both hands, leaned her back against the corridor railing, and spoke more forcefully: "In addition, I have made some other discoveries in the oil paint materials. The makeup of drama actors is different from painting. Usually, they rarely mix colors, and the colors are more monotonous than paintings. In other words, we can see the color of the oil paint itself from the makeup. Several colors were used on the suspect Xiao Chou's face, taking the red tone as an example."

"This red tone has a color code close to RGB200, 25, 29, which is what we commonly call banana red. Maybe you don't know much about colors. RGB is an industrial color standard, more commonly used in computer color and painting. R is red, G is green, and B is blue. Each color has a number from 0 to 255 to distinguish the brightness. Taking a certain combination of numbers from these three colors will get the specified color. The red tone on the ugly face is close to RGB200, 25, 29."

"Among Li Muxiao's evidence, there is only one red oil paint pigment, which coincidentally is RGB200, 25, 29. Not only that, all other colors on the ugly face were found in Li Muxiao's oil paint evidence. And there is also a small amount of special color on the ugly face, RGB is approximately 235, 175, 170, which can be called 'rose yellow', which also appears in Li Muxiao's evidence."

"So, I speculate that the murderer is Li Muxiao! Captain Lu, this is all my speculation. The materials on color analysis are left on my desk. I will give them to you when I get back."

When Meng Siqi finished speaking, the scene was silent. Everyone was still immersed in Meng Siqi's description, until Luo Xiaoguo applauded and almost flattened the bread. His voice even trembled with surprise: "Xiao Meng, you are awesome, you are really awesome!"

At this time, everyone followed Luo Xiaoguo in applauding. Zhao Leiting's eyes sparkled, "I said Meng Siqi is our pride, and you just don't understand him at all."

Feng Shaomin raised his lips for the first time, and his eyes were a little sad. No matter how well Meng Siqi usually performed in the second team, he could restrain his emotions, but this was a joint case between the first and second teams, and she performed too well. She gave face to the second team leader and the entire city director. He was proud of his apprentice.

Cai Shuangxi was very emotional when he applauded, "Xiao Meng, you are the most beautiful elf on the pitch. You are more exciting than Martini!"

Luo Xiaoguo glanced at Cai Shuangxi and said, "Don't talk about Martini anymore. Can Martini solve the case?"

Cai Shuangxi shrank his neck, and Yan Chun smiled and said, "Martini certainly can't solve the case, but Xiao Meng not only knows computers, she also knows RGB, and she also knows football."

Meng Siqi had just stated her thoughts. She did discover these details, but they were not enough to prove that Li Muxiao was the murderer. In addition, she had been under intense investigation, so she had not had time to tell everyone. But now it was different. If Li Muxiao left fingerprints in the house, all her speculations would be correct, and she must tell Lu He.

She didn't expect that everyone would suddenly give her a round of applause and praise. She was embarrassed for a moment, and her cheeks actually turned red. After looking at her master, she looked at Lu He again. Even though her analysis seemed to be well-reasoned, she didn't think all her speculations were accurate. She cared a lot about Lu He's opinion.

This is why Lu He thinks she is special. When she solves a case, she is like an invincible fighter, but in the blink of an eye, she will feel a little shy, and her eyes reveal a pure light like a mountain spring.

Lu He told her confidently: "Siqi, I fully agree with your speculation."

The depths of Meng Siqi's eyes changed, as if they were stained with a layer of rippling halo.

Lu He said decisively: "Divide the troops into two groups. Old Feng, you will be in charge of the scene and wait for the forensic doctor. Siqi and Zhao Leiting will also stay here. The rest of you will follow me to capture Li Muxiao!"

After Lu He gave the order, he immediately led his men down the stairs.

After Team One left, only three people from Team Two were left. Meng Siqi knew that Lu He didn't want Team Two to take risks. There was always a chance of accidents during the arrest operation. Perhaps Lu He had various considerations, so he decided to act alone.

Feng Shaomin said, "Xiao Meng, eat something first."

Just now, Luo Xiaoguo took emergency action and delivered the bread to Feng Shaomin.

"I'm not hungry at all, Master."

"You performed exceptionally well today. Master is very happy for you." Feng Shaomin tore open the plastic bag, with a sour look still in his eyes, and handed the bread to her.

Meng Siqi couldn't refuse the kindness and took it. She was touched by what her master said. She cut the flat bread into three pieces through the bag and passed it to Feng Shaomin. "Master, take one piece first. I really can't finish it."

Feng Shaomin nodded and picked up a piece of bread. Zhao Leiting didn't show any politeness either. He was probably very hungry, so he went forward and took a piece of bread. The piece of bread he got had a huge hole made by his fingers. "Why is this bread deformed?"

He took it and ate it, saying as he ate, "This is cheese, right? Cai Shuangxi also said it's sweet."

"It's a little sweet too," said Feng Shaomin.

"In fact, cheese is sweet, Brother Feng."

Meng Siqi felt more and more relieved as she listened to the conversation between the two. She put the bread into her mouth and ate it. It tasted sweet.

Zhao Leiting said: "I just wondered why Shuangxi didn't buy a few more loaves of bread."

Feng Shaomin tried to analyze: "Maybe Luo Xiaoguo said that he would pay, and Shuangxi was worried that he would only pay for Xiaomeng, so he didn't buy more. Or maybe he just likes to be obedient, and if the leader asked him to buy one, he would never buy a second one."

"Why didn't Luo Xiaoguo buy a few more copies?"

"As you know, Luo Xiaoguo is a very smart man. He knows that he said harsh words to Xiao Meng today, so he just wants to take this opportunity to clear up the misunderstanding. In order to show his special care, he can only buy one copy."

"Hey, Brother Feng, your analysis is really insightful."

Meng Siqi was eating when she almost choked on a mouthful of bread. Her master analyzed this trivial matter with the attitude of analyzing a criminal case, which made her unable to hold back her laughter. She didn't expect to choke on the bread.

"Water!" Zhao Lei Ting hurriedly took the drink from her hand, unscrewed the bottle cap for her, and handed it to her to remind her, "Drink some water."

Seeing that she took a sip of water and was fine, he relaxed a little, "Eat slowly, no one is competing with you for food."

Meng Siqi took another bite of bread, his cheeks puffed up and his eyebrows slightly curved.

Soon, colleagues from the forensic team and the trace examination department arrived one after another. Chen Jierong was not among them. The forensic colleague said that Chen Jierong went to Shanghai for technical exchanges, also for this case.

At 8pm, everyone finished work and Meng Siqi rushed to the office. Just as he arrived at the office and ate a few biscuits, Cai Shuangxi ran over and said, "Little Meng is back?"

"What's wrong, Brother Shuangxi?"

"Waiting for the interrogation of Li Muxiao, Deputy Luo hopes you can join him. He also said that if you feel tired, you can go home and rest first."