Chapter 397: Clouds and Mist



"If the murderer knew it would snow at night, he would have killed the person in the afternoon, burned half of the body, hid it in a garbage dump, covered it with plastic sheeting, tied the four corners with fishing line, and tied it to a heavy object - shut up, what are you laughing at? What's wrong with fishing line? I just like fishing line - wait until it snows, then untie it, and it will be gone when the wind blows.

" "In this way, it seems that the body was not completely burned because of the snow, but in fact the person had already died."

Ji Feng did not respond, and Jian Jing continued: "Lunch is even simpler. It was bought in the evening. Who can prove that it went into Li Xiaonuan's stomach? Given Li Xiaonuan's condition, it is unreasonable for her to eat such an expensive burger. I think the person who specially boiled it to impress the proprietress is not the deceased at all.

"The murderer bought Li Xiaonuan a burger for lunch at noon and killed her in the afternoon. Then he changed into her clothes and went to the store in the evening to buy an identical one, deliberately leaving an impression on the store owner and creating the illusion that the deceased was still alive in the evening."

"So, the murderer is a woman? Or does she have an accomplice?"

Ji Feng was a little unsure.

The victims were all of medium build, weighing about 90 to 100 kilograms, not light. It is not easy for ordinary women to dump corpses in the wilderness, and it is rare for women to wear size 40 shoes.

Jian Jing: "It could also be a man. With a thick coat, scarf and wig, he is generally unrecognizable. A man wearing size 40 shoes is definitely not tall."

Ji Feng hummed and grasped the key point: "Do you think it is a man?"

"I can't say." She hesitated, "The way the murderer treated the body gave me the feeling of a man."

He pondered.

In this case, the murderer's psychological motive is also the focus of the police's discussion.

The old policeman said that the reason for choosing young women may be that they are easy to kill and difficult to be discovered. The young policeman said that the murderer may hate women, and it was his childhood that led to all this. He may have a vicious stepmother, or he was sexually assaulted when he was young.

There is another saying: The murderer is not good, and only by killing can he regain the confidence of a normal man.

At present, it seems that the murderer did not randomly choose the victims. He carefully selected several missing and difficult-to-find targets as his targets.

Therefore, it is too coincidental that they are all young women. Even if he had to choose women because of their small size, their ages should not be so similar.

The first one can be ruled out.

The second one... there is no evidence. Burning corpses is cruel, but it is burning after death, and burning to death is not the cause of death. There is no evidence that the girl was abused before her death.

The third one seems the most likely, and this may also be the key reason why the murderer burned the corpse-he wanted to remove the hair and dandruff that may be left.

However, psychological motivation is ultimately just speculation.

The alibi mentioned by Teacher Jian is more reliable.

Ji Feng said: "As for the alibi for Li Xiaonuan, only the boss has it."

"Check his relationship with the other victims?"

"I'll ask Lao Gao for help."

Lao Gao has been through many battles, and it's easy for him to check social relationships. He quickly found the information.

The boss who hired Li Xiaonuan was Huang Sheng. He was 25 years old in 2007 and had graduated from college a few years ago. He used to be a teacher in a private school, but later decided to open his own tutoring class.

From 2002 to 2003, he studied at the Teachers College in his hometown and had no connection with the other victims.

Jian Jing couldn't help but ask: "Who else is more suspicious in the Li Xiaonuan case, but has an alibi?"

Lao Gao: "No."

She: "..."

The fox hides his tail too well.

Fortunately, by this time, Ji Feng had already arrived in Beijing, found the agent, and obtained a confession. In order to avoid omissions in his retelling, he sent Jian Jing an audio recording of their conversation.

Agent: "Comrade police officer, I heard you were looking for me? I am a good citizen who abides by the law."

Ji Feng: "Don't be nervous. I'm looking for you today to ask you something. Just answer truthfully."

Agent: "Haha, I will definitely cooperate with you."

Ji Feng: "Do you remember the name Liu Meng?"

Agent: "Liu Meng? Who? Sorry, I see a lot of people every day. Do you have any photos?"

The sound of someone reaching into his pocket.

Agent: "This woman... looks familiar. I may have seen her before, but not familiar with her."

Ji Feng: "In 2007, she was a model for you."

Agent: "2007?! What year is this? I have changed three companies. Alas, you have found the wrong person."

Ji Feng: "She was murdered in December 2007. You had a good relationship with her at that time."

Agent (voice becomes nervous): "I didn't kill anyone."

Ji Feng: "When was the last time you saw Liu Meng?"

There was silence for a while.

Agent (uncertain): "Probably a few days before Christmas, on the 23rd?"

Ji Feng: "Tell me more about

it." Agent: "It was more than ten years ago, I really can't remember... Liu Meng, oh, she has a good work attitude, rarely complains about being tired, and I am willing to help her. In 2007, let me think, yes, there was a New Year's Day special cover, which I finally got. Although it is not a big magazine, it is still a cover. She promised me that she would take good pictures, but on the day of the shooting, she didn't show up."

He patted his thigh, crisp and loud: "Yes, she didn't show up, so I had to find someone to replace her. You just want to cause trouble for me."

Ji Feng: "What day was it?"

Agent: "New Year's Day is on January 1st, on the 30th Entered the printing factory, I calculated, the cover photo shoot was at least before the 27th. It was on the 26th and 27th, I don’t remember the exact time. "

Ji Feng: "Didn’t you want to find her?"

The agent (disdainfully): "Why would I find her? She doesn’t want to do it, there are many people willing to do it, why would I indulge them? They are not my ancestors."

Ji Feng: "Later, when you couldn’t contact Liu Meng, didn’t you find her?"

The agent: "Officer, I have the contact information of hundreds of girls now, almost 70 or 80 before. I can’t say that I haven’t found her, but if I can’t contact her a few times, I will definitely not care about her anymore. We are just partners, maybe she doesn’t want to do it because she is tired and tired?"

Ji Feng: "You just said that she is not afraid of hardship."

Agent: "I just said it casually, and it's not contradictory. I've seen many girls quit halfway through a job, not because they don't want to make money, but because they have better options. It's normal for Liu Meng to want to be a mistress if someone likes her."

Ji Feng: "Has anyone expressed such affection to her?"

Agent: "I can't remember, maybe one or two at the dinner party, but bosses are always ready to throw themselves into their arms. I guess you don’t even know what Liu Meng’s name is. Wait, now I remember, Liu Meng seems to have a boyfriend, you go ask him.”

Ji Feng: “I’m asking you, does Liu Meng have any close friends?”

Agent: “No impression.”

Ji Feng: “Where were you on the night of the 27th?”

Agent: “In the photo studio. We were very busy on New Year’s Day and Christmas, at least two weeks in a row, day and night.

The monsoon: "You have been with others?" The

agent: "Yes, I dare to swear. : "Have Liu Meng mentioned with you, he was pursued

or tracked?" The agent: "No." Mu Feng: "Did she feel strange before and after she disappeared? Everything is

OK." The agent : "I have no impression at all, you are looking for the wrong person." Then, the monsoon disrupted the above questions and repeatedly asked several times. Contradictions are over . He called at the right time: "Have you finished listening?" Jian Jing: "Yes." "What do you think?" "No one around has any impression, which is also a characteristic." She said, "It is the kind of person who appears next to the deceased but does not attract attention." Ji Feng added: "Taxi driver, courier, insurance salesman..." In a flash, a hidden clue came to mind, "Real estate agent." Wang Zihui's roommate said that she was moving, and Wang Zihui probably needed a new roommate. Liu Meng quarreled with her roommate and might want to move to a new residence. They may have contact with the agent, but they will never attract attention. Jian Jing: "In the case of Li Xiaonuan, was the person in Wu Honglin's car also an agent?" Ji Feng: "Yes." "I'll go talk to her." Jian Jing flipped through the information. The passenger is a more important witness, and her identity information and signature are on the confession. Her name is Yu Can. She was 28 years old in 2007 and is now a middle-aged woman in her 40s. Through her ID card, I found her social security record and found out where she is currently working. She is now the manager of a home furnishing store. Jian Jing observed her from a distance for a few minutes. Yu Can has a neat short hair dyed burgundy, wears a tight wool skirt, high-heeled boots, has a good figure, and is stylishly dressed. Her age is completely invisible. "Hello, Ms. Yu." She said, "Would it be convenient for us to chat?" "Hello, is this your first time here?" Yu Can greeted her warmly, "Please sit inside and take a look around." He asked the clerk to pour some hot tea, "Did a friend introduce you here? How is your home decorated? What style of furniture do you like?" Jian Jing was about to buy furniture, so she was not in a hurry and asked casually. Yu Can said, "Miss, what you want is of a higher grade. We only make mid-range furniture, which may not meet your requirements." He was very sincere. Jian Jing smiled: "Forget it if no one matches. I came here to ask you another question - did you encounter a big event in 2007?" Yu Can said in surprise: "Yes, how did you know?" "I'm a relative of that girl." She said, "I want to ask you, have you met that girl before?" Yu Can said: "You are wrong. When the police came to find me, I took a black car." She shuddered, as if she was still frightened. "I was scared to death. I will never forget this incident. I heard that the driver killed someone and then took me. My friend said that I might have been the one who got hurt." She was very talkative and she didn't need Jian Jing to ask, she poured out a lot of things at once. Jian Jing asked, "You were working as an agent there at the time. Haven't you seen the deceased?" Yu Can shook his head and said, "The police showed me a photo, but I have no impression of her. She was not our client. The west side of the city had just started to develop in 2007, and there were very few people renting houses. Half of the people who came to ask about it were small business owners or investors." "Excuse me, why did you drive that day? Aren't you afraid so late?" Yu Can said, "I was afraid, but I was busy too late that day." "At that time, our branch had just opened, and there were only three of us. Everyone wanted to sign a big contract, so we were running around every day. I remember it very clearly. On the morning of the 17th, I helped two clients sign contracts, and in the afternoon I made an appointment with tenants to view the house. I finally finished my work and it was almost time for dinner, but I had to go back to work overtime to organize the data. Computers were not so popular at that time. We had to calculate manually whether a house was sold or a tenant was needed. "My colleague and I were busy until late at night. The lights outside were all off and there were no buses. I asked my colleague if he could take me to the subway station, but he said he was going to pick up a friend and didn't want to go to the subway station, so he told me to take a taxi. "To be honest, I don't like taking illegal taxis because I'm afraid it's unsafe, but my colleague said he had taken them a few times before and saw that I was worried, so he accompanied me and asked the driver to take me home. Later, nothing happened. I felt embarrassed for making a fuss, but within a few days, the police came to my door." She looked relieved: "I was scared to death and quickly quit my job as an agent. It's good to make money, but you have to live to spend it." Jian Jing: "What's your colleague's name?" Yu Can thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be Zhao Bin." "What kind of person is he?" Yu Can's impression of him was already vague, so he could only give a rough idea: "He is quite quiet, not tall, seems to have a low self-esteem, is very polite to others, calls everyone Sister Yu, works hard, and is not afraid of doing odd jobs." Jian Jing nodded and wrote down a phone number: "Thank you, if you remember anything, you can call this number."


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