If you dig up a corpse at the beginning, the system will be awakened directly.

The description of the case in the third file is quite concise, even concise to the point of only one sentence: At the end of 1983, a shocking murder occurred in Guxi County. The deceased was a woman in her early twenties. However, due to various reasons, The case was concluded to be a suicide, but the police officer responsible for the case felt that the case was not that simple.

"This is a scam." Su Hao immediately wanted to curse after seeing the file. There were no other clues in these few sentences, which meant that this case could be called an unsolved case, and it was still Can't tell that.

"Let's put this case aside for now. To be honest, there is no possibility of solving it." Director Xu also noticed the file number in Su Hao's hand and said to him: "This case is probably going to become a historical mystery. The deceased had been buried long ago, and the crime scene had been destroyed long ago.”

However, just when Su Hao was about to put the file back on the bookshelf, suddenly the system's on-site reconstruction skill was passively triggered, and a strange scene suddenly appeared in his mind.

What he saw before him was a woman, wearing plaid clothes and pure blue pants. This kind of dress was an extremely popular style in the [-]s and was loved by many women at that time.

At first, the woman was just standing on the small bridge over the mountain stream and playing, but the next moment the scene changed. A man in farmer's clothing replaced the woman and stood on the bridge. He held a piece of thatch in his mouth and carried it with him. Straw hat, some faces can't be seen clearly.

But the woman who was originally standing on the bridge fell to the bottom of the bridge for some reason. The white and black cobblestones were covered with dark blood. Even though the water in the mountain stream was still flowing, it could not be cleared away and she kept falling down. Dark red blood continued to flow from the woman's lower body.

Su Hao's eyes suddenly widened. He clearly saw that the man in front of him had two sacks at his feet. You must know that this was more than [-] years ago, and someone actually knew how to hide his footprints.

"What's going on? What's wrong with you, Su Hao, don't scare me."

Just when Su Hao wanted to continue reading, he was suddenly interrupted by a sudden shout from beside him. When he came back to his senses, the scene in his mind had disappeared, leaving only a blank space and the previous memory.

"I'm fine." Su Hao shook his head. Although the vision was forcibly interrupted, it didn't actually cause much damage to his body. In addition, he was in a relatively good condition now, so There was no other harm caused by this interruption.

"I just saw you frozen on the spot. You didn't respond no matter how I called you. I almost called an ambulance." Director Xu sighed and said. Judging from the expression on his face at this time, it was really a bit scary. Fearful.

"I just thought of something and got dragged inside, so I haven't been able to figure it out." Su Hao explained that he was not lying about this. Until now, he still said that he didn't know who the murderer was. First of all, the murderer was not revealed at all. His face, and the use of sacks to wrap his feet as a cover-up, definitely left no corresponding shoe prints at the scene.

It is precisely because of this that the difficulty of solving this case has increased sharply.

And now that more than forty years have passed, most of the clues collected back then are now unusable, which makes them a little at a loss.

The most important thing is that if you couldn't find the deep pit back then, it would be even more impossible to find it now. After all, the pit left at that time has long since disappeared. Even if you go there with professional instruments to search for it, you may not be able to find it. Find it.

"What have you thought of?" Director Xu asked doubtfully.

"If it could be classified as suicide at the beginning, would it be impossible to find traces of the second person? If so, why did the police finally feel that there was suspense of homicide and it became an unsolved case?"

No matter what, Su Hao couldn't figure out why, because as an unsolved case left over from history, there were suspects, but as a rule of suicide, there were no suspects.

So this seems a bit contradictory.

"Because this case is so weird." Director Xu began to search for the details of the original case in his mind: "This case was handled by my master at that time, and I happened to know most of the inside story. That's why I would say that’s why this case is going to be pretty hard to solve.”

"Is your master in charge?"

Su Hao didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. After all, this kind of case appeared too randomly. Everyone has the chance of encountering this kind of case. However, this coincidence was too outrageous, which made Su Hao a little surprised.

"Before I was promoted, I was the acting director in Guxi County, and the person who led me at that time was the old director of Guxi Town. He happened to be the main person in charge of the case, and the report happened to be during his term. within."

"That's it." Su Hao nodded. Indeed, there is still a chance of this, and in this case, the chance of solving the case will be greatly increased. After all, there was so much evidence that would be recorded by the police officers involved. As an insider, Director Xu should know more or less.

"Guess what we found at the scene, did we finally define this as a suicide case?" Director Xu suddenly asked.

"Because there are no relevant traces of the second person, there is no trace of the second person appearing at the scene within a radius of [-] meters. This is why we chose to finalize it as suicide."

"Too deliberate." Su Hao suddenly replied.

"Yes, it's too deliberate." Director Xu nodded: "It's as if it was cleaned up artificially. The investigative capabilities of that era were indeed a bit behind compared to now, but they were not capable of searching for all clues. Not to the point.”

"But because of this, the case was shelved. Although there was no evidence, the body was obviously facing downwards with resistance, and the death posture was extremely weird. This caused the police officers handling the case to feel that there was something weird about the case. .”

"In the final analysis, it is confirmed that there is a second person at the scene, but no evidence can be found?"

"That's it." Director Xu nodded: "And the weirdest thing is that no one passing by saw any strangers. There was an old man who had been farming directly at the place where the crime occurred. According to his confession But we got no testimony that anyone had been in and out of the forest, which is very strange."

"Is it possible that the criminal has been staying around the crime scene, so no one has come in or out at any time? By the way, how many entrances are there around the forest mountain stream?"

"Just one." Director Xu thought for a while and gave the answer: "Because that place is a small mountain. If you want to get out of the mountain from other places, you have to go directly through the cliffs and various bushes where the depth cannot be seen. If someone accidentally falls down the mountain, we will be in trouble."

"If the suspect has been hiding near the mountain stream and was watching you even when you were investigating, Director Xu, do you think this is possible?"

Although Su Hao did not see the final result of the case, judging from the circumstances of the case at that time, it was certain that the case must be a murder case. Coupled with the culprit's clothing, it was still difficult to leave this place. It's quite difficult because people will definitely recognize it.

So he used reverse thinking to think about it. If the criminal can never be seen leaving the crime scene, is it possible that he has always been at the crime scene? Even when the police went to investigate, he was watching him. .

Suddenly, Su Hao and Director Xu felt their scalps go numb. If, as he said, the police were being watched all the time during the investigation, this would be the biggest provocation to the police system.

"Su Hao, I have to say that your conclusion is very bold, but it is also very likely to happen. I really start to admire you now. This kind of conclusion is something that our older generation of investigators would not even think about. As you can imagine, this conclusion is really outrageous.”

"I just think it's possible." Su Hao replied with a smile.

To be honest, in fact, only people like Su Hao who are outside the police system can think of this, because this is completely contemptuous of the entire police system. Even if some policemen will think of such an idea, they may not have the courage to infer this. You can tell.

The main reason is that ordinary police officers dare not say it, and senior police officers cannot think of it. This ultimately leads to the failure to express this conclusion at that time, and then the case is delayed again and again, and it becomes an unsolved case.

Of course it's not just this reason, there are other reasons, but these small reasons add up to create this scene.

"This woke me up. If the criminal was still watching us handling the case at that time, it would prove that this person was extremely calm and would not be easily disturbed."

"Obviously." Su Hao nodded: "And I suspect that he will stay in the nearby bushes or tall trees and watch you handle the case, because it is easy to move around. I even think the reality may be even more outrageous."

"How outrageous?" Director Xu asked doubtfully.

"He might have hollowed out a tree and hid in it. You should understand that with the original technology, there was basically no way to confirm whether the tree was hollowed out, or even the idea of ​​it."

Su Hao said these words in one breath.

"I didn't even think about this possibility. It's so outrageous. If I had thought like you back then, I might even have solved the case on the spot. Unfortunately, it's hard to confirm your idea now. Is that correct? After so long, the crime scene has probably been damaged beyond recognition."

After all, that place has not been protected all this time, and no measures to protect the scene will be applied for a suicide case like this. This means that Mao really can't investigate it now.

"No, I think it is possible to find corresponding evidence. If I rush to Guxi County now, can you find a few people to go with me?"

"Do you really want to solve this case?"

After hearing Su Hao's words, Director Xu's eyes suddenly widened. In fact, if these unsolved cases are to be solved, the manpower and material resources required will definitely increase exponentially than before. After all, the evidence we are looking for now is not like before. Ability to collect evidence on site.

Moreover, mobilizing police forces at this time is very troublesome, and when the Provincial Police Department directly issues orders, it is not that simple. It needs to be issued layer by layer, and finally down to the grassroots level. Only then can the Provincial Police Department start to issue orders. A task force was dispatched to investigate.

But if Su Hao goes to investigate alone, it actually doesn't have to be that troublesome. After all, although Su Hao is currently working in the police station, he is not actually a member of the police system, so he doesn't need to apply for investigation. He can just go there when the time comes. That’s it.

It was precisely because of this that Director Xu showed such an expression. If Su Hao really wanted to solve this case, he would support it with a hundred hands. It was because Su Hao's previous record made him believe that the other party had such a capability. With his strength, if Su Hao is really willing to take action, it is really possible to solve this case in one go.

But this involves a problem. If Su Hao needs the provincial department to send someone to assist, he must repeat his previous application. He will not be able to send someone to assist Su Hao before the results of the task force's application come out.

"Seriously." Su Hao nodded seriously. He felt that if he didn't go in to solve the case, he might fall into deep guilt. When he thought of the innocent look in the girl's eyes when she was playing in the mountain stream, he felt I feel like if I don’t do something, I’ll really feel guilty.

"I can send you there in person and ask people from the county bureau to cooperate with you, but I can't send you more manpower. This is the regulation of the Provincial Police Department. Once I send someone to follow you, the nature of this case will immediately become inappropriate. Same."

Director Xu is not trying to scare Su Hao, but because this situation is really complicated. Although the Provincial Police Department is considered an organization within the police system, in fact, the matters he handles are much different from those of ordinary police departments. The discrepancies are more about coordinating and dispatching police system personnel in various places, assigning cases, and coordinating joint handling of cases, rather than handling cases personally.

Even Director Xu had forgotten how long it had been since he personally handled a case. If today's discussion with Su Hao hadn't reminded him of his previous feelings, he wouldn't be so enthusiastic about asking Su Hao this question.

"Okay." Su Hao actually just wanted to see the crime scene. The situation is actually very vague now because no one is sure whether his inference is true. Because the skill was interrupted, Su Hao also Not sure if my judgment is correct.

"In that case, I'll send you there now."