There was no one else coming. Liang Yuanque walked into the office as if he were walking into his own bedroom. Zhuang Youjie followed behind him and waved slightly to Detective Chang. , to say hello.
Detective Chang bent down to pick up the cigarette that fell on the ground, and patted the non-existent dust on it. He persuaded himself in his heart that it was okay and there was no need to be angry with them.
When Liang Yuanque was at work, once he was in the zone, he found it difficult to be interrupted, so he immediately devoted his attention to the pile of files almost non-stop.
Zhuang Youjie exchanged a few polite words with Detective Chang, then saw Liang Yuanque frowning while flipping through the files, and quickly made a silencing gesture towards Detective Chang.
The office became quiet for a while, and the only sound in the room was the sound of Liang Yuanque turning the pages of a book. Zhuang Youjie and Detective Chang each found their own seats and sat down, bored in the quiet office.
After Liang Yuanque got the file, he first dug out Ms. Lan's confession in the case, but after reading it over and over again, the facts were still there.
Most people said that Shen Yuelan was killed at the second quarter of Xu, but Du Yuanwang insisted that he was still with her at the second quarter of Xu.
If no one is lying, it can't be that someone has seen a ghost?
Liang Yuanque had a feeling that the time of the incident must be the key to solving this case.
After contemplating this aspect to no avail, he began to turn his thoughts in other directions.
In Miss Lan's case, as long as anyone involved in the analysis, the first thing they would notice was the mysterious black figure. It seemed that the murderer was definitely this guy.
But who is this guy?
Although there was no definite evidence to prove it, Liang Yuanque felt that Shen Yuelan's death seemed to have nothing to do with the serial killer that everyone generally believed.
Because the modus operandi is so different.
Although the murder method was to use an unknown sharp weapon to cut the throat, it was obvious that the preparations for this case were more than those for the previous cases, but the finishing work after the murder was much rougher than the previous cases.
People from the police station analyzed this and said that because Shen Yuexin broke into the murder scene, all the murderers fled in a hurry without cleaning up the scene as before, and they did not rape Miss Lan.
Of course, compared to different modus operandi, the identity of the deceased can also prove the difference between this case and previous cases.
Liang Yuanque pulled out the previous case files and took out his notebook from his bag to start analyzing and recording.
Among the first ten cases, eight of the deceased were prostitutes, and the remaining two were the private mistresses of some officials.
Although Liucheng is not a big place, it is in a key position for trade between the north and the south. Therefore, there are many rich merchants in this place, and there are many rich people coming and going. Along with it, the restaurants, inns and leather and meat businesses in the city seem to have been watered by the precious spring rain. Like bamboo shoots sprouting up one after another.
There are several brothels that you can name in Liucheng, and if you want to find them, there are also secret prostitutes everywhere.
In fact, this phenomenon is not uncommon in Liang Yuanque's many years of travel. In this kind of world, having many rich people in a place does mean that the place is rich, but it does not mean that everyone here lives and works in peace and contentment. Generally, it is like this In this region, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Among the poor, men who cannot survive are very likely to be abducted to gambling houses or opium dens to dream of becoming rich tomorrow. Regardless of age, women may be forced by life or family members to sell their bodies in order to survive.
Among the eight prostitutes who were killed, there were some who were officially registered in the brothel, and some who were more active secret agents around them. Each of them died when they were giving out the note. The records of the customers in the brothel were all in chaos. Not to mention prostitutes who have no "organization". After these people die, it is impossible to find out who they served last before their death.
As for the two mistresses, the first one died in their own residence. They were probably killed by someone in the middle of the night. They were only discovered the next day. At first, the police station thought it was robbery and murder. Later, they found out that no property was missing, so they followed up. The previous murders of prostitutes were investigated together. The second one died in a chaotic slum alley. No belongings were missing. The deceased was raped first and then killed. There were no traces related to the murderer around her.
As a model of Liucheng's daughter's family, Miss Xiulan, no matter from which perspective, she seems to have no common ground with the above-mentioned characters.
If she was killed by the murderer of the previous case, was it because she secretly met Master Du behind her family's back? Does this make the murderer think she is the same as the prostitutes and mistresses?
But even the Shen family didn't know about this. Even the little maid who was closest to her only knew that she had a sweetheart, and no one knew about the other person. It can be seen that Shen Yuelan and Du Yuanwang have done a good job in keeping secrets. .
Liang Yuanque still insisted on his original idea in his heart. He still believed that this case was not committed by one person like before, and that mysterious figure was probably not the serial killer who had caused headaches for the police station for so long.
It can be felt from previous cases that this serial killer is mentally sharp and ruthless. Even if Shen Yuexin breaks the scene, he will not panic enough to expose himself in front of so many people. Liang Yuanque even feels that if he really wants to It was the terrifying murderer, and the Shen family was afraid that they would be mourned. After all, it would not be difficult for the killer to kill the helpless Shen Yuexin, and there would be no chance for her to scream and call.
After thinking about it for a while, it seemed that his thoughts had returned to the original point, but the idea just now was not completely useless to Liang Yuanque. As his mind opened up, he had another bold idea in his mind.
Just now, he thought about Shen Yuelan's private affair. Even the Shen family didn't know about it. How could the murderer know about it? But if he thought about it carefully, did the Shen family really not know?
As for Miss Lan's reputation, walking around Liucheng, you can hear a lot about it without asking around, but Liang Yuanque always felt uncomfortable listening to people's praises for her.
In Liang Yuanque's life, he has seen many ladies of the world, especially those with such a good reputation. They all have one thing in common, that is, they are not willing!
The world has always had stricter and stricter standards for women.
You have to be gentle, you have to be virtuous, and you have to be able to read poetry and books, preferably you can also play the piano and compose poems. At the same time, you have to be proficient in all kinds of female workers, and you have to be able to cook good dishes in the kitchen.
Liang Yuanque estimated that to become a woman praised by everyone, she would have to cultivate herself since the full moon.
Is this still a person? This can only be a moving and breathing archway.
And what will the daughter who has grown into a "good reputation" gain from this bondage in the end? People will say that she has a good upbringing, and people will say that whoever marries her is lucky, and no one will care about the bloodstains along the way.
Mr. Shen has always been proud of his daughter with a good reputation. Miss Lan's reputation has brought a lot of praise to the Shen family, making the Shen family's position in Liucheng even more stable.
Therefore, Liang Yuanque boldly guessed that Shen Yuelan, who had been suppressed all her life, suddenly bravely pursued love and did such a deviant thing. No matter how well she concealed it, there were still clues exposed in the Shen family.
Mr. Shen looked at his daughter who went out on a date at night, as if he saw the reputation and reputation of the Shen family crumbling bit by bit, especially as Shen Yuelan's fiancé also came from a well-known family in Liucheng. If someone knew about it, the banker might If the engagement of the first lady in this small town is annulled, the Shen family will probably have it dug out and chewed after dinner for decades to come.
Master Shen carefully cultivated his two daughters to be praised by others, which shows that he is a very face-conscious person. He must not be able to bear the fact that he has been ridiculed and ridiculed all his life.
So he would rather give up his daughter's life than give up the Shen family's reputation!
