While the manhunt is in progress

Chapter 763 The crime scene
Two hours later, the discussion meeting on the case, which was quite bright in the eyes of the reporters, ended, and Cao Hua, who presided over the discussion meeting and presented Song He's analysis, really surprised the female reporter and her colleagues.

"Captain Cao, can we record some investigation and arrest material?" The female reporter approached Cao Hua with bright eyes and asked eagerly.

"Huh?" Cao Hua, who had just finished the interview and investigation task, was stunned for a moment, only to feel that the female reporter's eyes seemed a little hot: "Isn't your interview over?"

"The first phase is over." The female reporter quickly overturned the initial statement: "Isn't this the beginning of the second phase? After all, the case is not over yet."

"And we want to make this case a series, so that more ordinary people can understand the difficulty of our police work. This will not only improve the image of our Yan County police force, but also make future work easier to carry out."

After hearing this, Cao Hua immediately felt that it would be his own loss if the female reporter was not allowed to continue the interview.

But when he was about to nod his head in agreement, a sentence Song He once said during his training in Yan County suddenly appeared in his mind:
"Language has many functions, and one of its most important functions is to facilitate our actions. Therefore, by grasping the key points in the language, we can clarify the purpose of this person..."

key point?
purpose?

Cao Hua suddenly came to his senses, got rid of the attractiveness of the beautiful pie described by the female reporter, and said rationally: "Your goal is too big, the visit and investigation require covert actions, if you follow and participate, it will bring certain benefits to the investigation work." uncertainty."

"And we have special law enforcement video recording equipment and personnel, and we can share some materials with you later."

The female reporter looked at Cao Hua in surprise. She thought she had figured out Cao Hua's character, but suddenly she felt that it was necessary to get to know this honest, kind and talkative captain of the criminal police again.

On the other side, Song He and Zhou Kai had already left the police station, and called Xiao Liu to take them to the temple where the crime happened and conduct a field investigation.

Xiao Liu was naturally willing to accompany him. After all, he learned a lot intuitively from Song He and Zhou Kai, so he hurriedly brought them to the crime scene.

"Officer Song, this is the place." Xiao Liu took Song He and the two to a small temple, opened the lock on the temple door and said, "It's not long after the survey, and I'm planning to come again." , there is no seal on it."

"It's a pity that such a good place is." Song He looked at the quaint temple, shook his head and sighed, then changed into footwear with Zhou Kai and followed Xiao Liu into the temple.

After entering the temple gate, Song He saw a brass censer as tall as a person and almost black blood stains on the ground beside the temple.

"Sure enough, field surveys are more intuitive than photos." Song He sighed, looking at the two rows of houses on the left and right and asked, "Where are the rooms they live in?"

"They all live in this row of houses on the left," Xiao Liu recalled, and immediately said: "The two rooms on the left after entering the temple gate are the houses where the cleaning staff live, and they also work as security guards. "

"Then there is the room of the incense administrator, then the room of the abbot, and the last two rooms are for two monks."

"Huh?" Song He looked at the row of rooms on the left, then at the bloodstains and footprints on the ground, and quickly deduced the escape route of the incense administrator and the process of being killed: "Although it is a bit of luck. , but it's not good enough."

Zhou Kai also saw the problem in the order of killing, nodded and said: "The incense manager should have woken up just before the murderer entered the temple, and then the murderer didn't see anyone when he entered his room, so he killed all the way."

"Then the incense administrator returned to the room when the murderer killed the abbot, and then he heard the movement when the murderer killed the monk and went out to check. Only then did the bloodstains spread from the door of his room to the incense burner."

Song He walked around the temple and found nothing new, but saw a closed gate behind the temple.

"Xiao Liu, where is this going?" Song He asked: "Looking at the traces of use, it should be used frequently and many people have passed by. Are pilgrims allowed to pass?"

"This." Xiao Liu followed Song He and explained: "This is leading to the small hill behind. There is a prayer platform on the hill, which can be regarded as a part of this temple."

"Praying platform?" Song He asked curiously, "Is there anything special about it?"

Xiao Liu organized the language and said: "There is this monument of the meritorious deeds of the founder of the temple. It is said that it has been around for 200 years. And the abbot of this temple goes to the prayer platform every day to chant scriptures and pray for the founder of the temple and his descendants. .”

"Of course, if the pilgrims want to put the steles of their ancestors on the blessing altar, so that they and their ancestors can be qualified to let the abbot pray, they need to pay some incense money to put it on. The amount varies from high to low, and the cheapest should be in the About [-], you have to pay every year.”

"Uh...it smells like membership fee." Song He tilted his neck: "There are a lot of stone tablets on it, right?"

"There are quite a lot." Xiao Liu thought for a while and said, "It is said that it is almost out of place, and the temple is thinking of applying for expansion."

Song He looked at the gate thoughtfully: "Did the higher-ups investigate?"

Xiao Liu shook his head: "The lock was intact when we came, and we didn't see the murderer's bloody footprints nearby, so we haven't investigated yet."

Song He pointed to the iron lock hanging on the gate: "Do you have a key? Go up and have a look."

Xiao Liu hurriedly searched for the key, found the key and opened the gate after a while, and followed Song He and Zhou Kai through the gate to the back of the temple.

"The scenery is good." Song He glanced at the lush hills behind the temple, and climbed up the steps for three people to walk side by side: "It's a good place for self-cultivation."

Zhou Kai nodded and asked, "Any doubts?"

"The reason for the conflict between the murderer and the incense manager is likely to be above." Song He glanced at Xiao Liu who was listening carefully, and said slowly: "Since the murderer is a pilgrim, it is impossible for him not to know about the blessing platform."

"When the pilgrims enter the temple to offer incense, 100% of them seek gods and Buddhas. They will place their hopes on illusory existence to satisfy their wishes, and those stone tablets placed on the blessing platform will be They receive symbols of the blessings of gods, Buddhas and ancestors."

"This kind of thing is a bit unbelievable in the eyes of atheists, but it is absolutely extremely important in the hearts of all kinds of devout believers."

"At the same time, the murderer's poor financial situation and superstitious mentality are likely to give him the idea of ​​placing a stone tablet on the blessing altar. In this way, he may conflict with the incense administrator because of this kind of thing."

Zhou Kai heard the words and said thoughtfully: "Do you want to find the stone tablet that the murderer put on it?"

"If there are any relevant traces left by the murderer, it can only be on it." Song He shrugged and said, "A pilgrim who is superstitious but has little money should hope that his life will change. He creates a conflict, and there is a motive for killing."

(End of this chapter)