operant homicide

From September last year to August this year, Xu Chao recorded the last period of time in words, which is crucial for confirming her psychological journey.Due to space limitations, only selected parts are recorded.

Sunny weather on Friday, October 2006, 9

I was amazed by the strange and sudden turn of fate. The life I had been convinced of before was completely changed overnight.Maybe I should act like nothing happened, but this heart doesn't listen to advice, if I swallow this whole thing, it won't give me peace.

Monday, December 2006, 9 was cloudy

Tidying up the room today, I smashed my mother's belongings.

This matter alone is nothing, if it is broken, it will be broken. In the final analysis, it has never brought back any beautiful impressions from the long-term memory, or in other words, the person related to it has not left me anything worth reminiscing about at all. , except for an inferior childhood without a mother, which carved an extremely embarrassing mark on my life.The reason why I solemnly recorded this matter was because I accidentally found a photo inside, with the names of two people written on the back of the photo.

Sunny weather on Sunday, January 2006, 10

——What kind of man is this man who abandoned his mother and caused tragedy in her life?

I'm not asking him to be responsible, I just want to know an answer.

However, looking forward to meeting each other is unavoidable and cowardly, and the mood is very contradictory.

After careful consideration, I decided to seek advice from W. Although I have many friends, there is no one else I can tell my heart to.

Sunny weather on Monday, August 2006, 10

Log in to the mailbox early in the morning, there is an unread email.Looking at the time of receiving the letter, it seems that there was a reply not long after it was sent.Fortunately, even W, who has always insisted on standard work and rest, also understands the mystery of "why not swim with candles".

(Because I can't empathize with you, I can't give advice. Just ask, does this blood father have any special meaning to you?)

I replied:

(First of all, it must be a lie to say that I don’t care at all. When I saw your reply, I had a sudden realization-if people deliberately obscure the past, the future will also be like chasing after the wind. Maybe wait for a while. When you're ready, meet him openly and honestly.

PS: I learned a new dessert recently, and I look forward to meeting you next time. Please try it. )

Tuesday, November 2006, 12 was cloudy

The investigation has been going on in secret, maybe because of the blood relationship. Although it is only my one-sided communication, I feel closer to him emotionally.If W is told, he may ridicule "the authenticity of the perfect example mere exposure effect ①".

Considering the time difference, text messages are our most common means of communication.Recently, I learned that he has become obsessed with computer language again, and this kind of technical terminology is sometimes sandwiched in his words.While on the subject, W made no secret of trying to hack into private networks.Alas, a little worried that this person will never return to the path of crime.But when I said this to him, W's response to this was-I hope you can have a more positive perception of me as a friend.

On Tuesday, March 2007, 3, the weather turned from cloudy to rainy

After entering March, the sun has not been seen for a long time. Even if it does not rain, the sky is always gloomy.

W told me today that when he accidentally hacked into a network system a few days ago, he found a story about that man, sorted it out at noon tomorrow, and will send the encrypted file to me.

It rained heavily at night, so I couldn't sleep.I hope these uneasiness is just my mediocrity.

Sunday, October 2007, 6 was cloudy

Since learning about that incident, the diary has been suspended for several months, and as soon as I pick up the pen, my mind goes blank.

It's ridiculous that I sound just and fair, and such a pretentious heart is only advocating the justice and fairness of self-satisfaction.I may not be qualified to continue writing justice!

Sunny weather on Sunday, January 2007, 6

The days are getting longer and longer day by day, but I still feel that the night is coming too eagerly. Sometimes I feel scared when I look at the endless darkness outside the window.It is hard to bear to imagine how vilely my Dorian Gray in this portrait would have sunk in the end, had he committed the first crime.

——"The tragedy that may be caused by concealing this matter will be greater than the tragedy that may be caused by exposing it."

I understand the truth, but after all, I don't have the awareness to kill relatives with righteousness, and in the end I have to repeatedly scold myself for being indecisive!But it was not so much embarrassment for me as it was painful to realize that this heart was no longer trustworthy.

I am a fugitive chased by my own heart.

The weather was fine on Thursday, December 2007, 7

I have been taking the medicine for a month, but my mind is a bit confused, and I almost worry that it is a bad omen of going crazy.

Sunny weather on Sunday, January 2007, 8

Life is a lonely pilgrimage, and it is absurd to depend on anyone for an answer to one's destiny.Although Siddhartha of Samana left Buddha and became Siddhartha of businessman in the world, but the moment before he drowned himself in the great river, he would seek the wonderful meaning of "Om" in the eternal sound of the river .

It's just a few days to finish this matter, and so is the diary, and I won't write any more in the future.

(Note: ①Psychological exposure effect refers to the favorability brought about by repeated appearance of things to increase familiarity without other reasons)

"Even if I don't know what secret Ah Chao found out about him, I can guess that that man must have committed a heinous crime! When I found the diary that day, I thought about dying together!"

Veins protruded from his wrinkled forehead.

"A sanctimonious coward, weeping bitterly, saying that he can't help himself! It's not an honor to say it, but I really wish I could kill him with a single knife! But I know that it won't help to tear him apart... Ah Chao That child was kind and stubborn since she was a child, on the one hand, she couldn't send her biological father to prison, on the other hand, she couldn't forgive herself for protecting the criminal, so she chose the third way and was pushed to hell by that man."

"So, did he choose to end his life with self-blame after learning about this?"

Ren Chu's question made Xu's father laugh hoarsely. He held the steering wheel firmly with both hands, and with tears in his eyes, he said contemptuously and bitterly: "That man's death is not a pity. What's ridiculous is that he knelt on my knees. When I said in front of him that he would make amends, I really thought he would confess to the police. Unexpectedly, I gave him a high look! Hahaha, tell me, there is no such shameful man in the world!"

Ren Chu worked hard and finally found the "truth", but this plausible truth not only made her doubtful, but also brought a feeling of anger and disappointment.

She hastily bid farewell to Father Xu and returned to the villa.

When entering the door, only Lin Lan was waiting in the living room.

At that time, he was leaning on the sofa, flipping through a book seemingly without distraction, but even if he deliberately stepped lightly, the gentleman immediately raised his head when he heard the sound, which was enough to prove that he was pretending to be engrossed.

"Hey, big detective, you're finally back."

That smile is so bright that it is daunting.

"only you?"

Ren Chu looked around and said that he wanted to change the subject.

"That's right, Le Mei was called to discuss things ten minutes ago, and Chang Wei was worried about her being alone. As for Zhen Yang, she was just taking a shower. But these are not important, hurry up and tell me what you found, I've been waiting for a long time gone."

Lin Lan's eyes were much more serious than his frivolous attitude. Ren Chu felt that if he refused to answer, he would definitely turn his back on him immediately.

After thinking about it for a while, she had no choice but to say: "You can say it, but you must keep your mouth shut."

"So this is ah."

After listening to Ren Chu's narration, Lin Lan sighed. His fingers tapped on the hard-covered writing, and he seemed to be satisfied with the answer in regret.

"But this ending is unexpected and reasonable."

Ren Chu crossed her hands, and the things floating in the back of her mind still made her uneasy.She said softly, "Do you think this is the truth?"

"Why do you say such things again?"

"The suicide scene was so perfect it felt a little unreal."

"But isn't 'perfection' a matter of course?" Lin Lan asked back, and he said nonchalantly, "After all, the only thing that can be perfect in this world is the truth."

Ren Chu nodded absently and perfunctorily.Because of the limitation and ego of human psychology, as long as she starts to think, it is difficult for her to look aside.

Of course, such a trivial matter is not enough to make people angry, but Lin Lan felt that if she was led by the nose and had no power to fight back, it would indeed be a bit embarrassing.

"Really . . . If you're being stubborn, I've got three questions to ask."

Lin Lan wanted to win the game. He crossed his arms, sat upright and said, "First, the test of the suicide note has proved to be the handwriting of the deceased. How do you explain this? Second, suppose the murderer can imitate the handwriting or the deceased is forced to write Write this letter. Why not move the corpse to the ancestral hall, why take the risk of doing something thankless? Third, even if there is an unavoidable reason, how can he hide his traces and move the corpse there?"

The living room echoed with high-spirited rebuttals, and finally he concluded with a wave of his hand: "So you see, all puzzles need to rely on facts and logic to speak, and 'feeling' is a bad way to say it is to catch wind and shadow."

After he finished, Ren Chucai raised his head indifferently.

"You criticize me for being too idealistic?"

"Is not it?"

Lin Lan continued to challenge without knowing how to back down.

Ren Chu snorted.

"You devalue 'feeling'? But when it comes to cognition, feeling precedes consciousness. Think about it with your brain, if there is a detail that is particularly important when investigating, but it is so small that it is difficult to exceed the threshold of subjective perception, You are obviously affected by it, but you are not aware of it. Is it because your perception is beyond your reach, and you categorically reject the objective existence of clues?

"Don't take it so seriously. For example, there is a case about blindness. The patient's brain damage caused a large area of ​​visual blindness in the left visual field, so he claimed 'I can't see objects.', but this person made a forced choice, There is no fallacy in every "guess". Can you accuse him of idealism? - because he doesn't really feel it, but he doesn't realize his own feelings. There are countless such cases, after all , Which is true and which is false, we can only make judgments based on objective facts prudently, but you only rely on subjective knowledge to assert that feelings are catching wind and shadows, so in this way, who is more idealistic, you or me?"

Regarding her unconventional nonsense, Lin Lan raised her eyebrows resentfully. He leaned back and leaned back on the sofa.

"Tsk, although your statement is tricky, if the three issues are not resolved, whether you like it or not, the case can only end here."

This sentence represented the end of the debate, and the two occupied both ends of the sofa, each remaining silent.

Ren Chu rested his chin and lowered his eyes in thought.

In fact, she also admitted that the long speech just now was indeed full of sophistical logic. Although it was comfortable to speak quickly, the vines entangled in her heart were still slowly climbing.Lin Lan was right, she felt that she couldn't count at all, of course she understood this, but if she closed the case as a suicide, there would be too many contradictions, even if she searched her guts, she couldn't explain the documents and threatening letters, the deceased's The suicide note is also full of doubts...

--etc!A suicide note... a suicide note... maybe a suicide note...

Ren Chu felt a flash of inspiration.

——That's right, that's right, it's a suicide note!

"what!"

A shudder sprang from the back of her head, causing her to yell unexpectedly. Lin Lan almost jumped up from the sofa in fright, and even Zhen Yang, who had just finished taking a shower, ran downstairs to see what was going on.

"What happened?"

Ren Chufei and Xiao Ke said anxiously: "Quickly find out the suicide note you took! By the way, look here!"

"'I have no children and no daughters in my life', so what..." Lin Lan broke the thread in the middle of speaking, and stared round her eyes as if suddenly enlightened.

"That's right! I'm really blind. Even if Xu Chao died, the deceased—at least after knowing the facts, would never write like that!"

Ren Chu said in a tone of uncontrollable excitement.

"Wait a minute..." Zhen Yang's eyes dimmed, "What are you talking about!"

Ren Chu didn't give any explanation, she just pointed to the photo on the phone, and said solemnly: "Zhen Yang, you are an expert in calligraphy, carefully check if there is anything wrong with the sentence 'until the year before'."

Hearing the word "expert", Zhen Yang felt very embarrassed.

"Hmm... Now that you put it that way, the word 'year' is really too long."

Although she blushed a bit, she looked at it carefully and said.

"What's going on, what's going on?" Lin Lan rushed over and asked.

Zhen Yang carefully explained: "You see, when writing, many people will link '丿' and '一' to avoid procrastination in writing. Although it is said that 'the impossible method is the ultimate method', there are traces to follow after all... ...Hey, I'm not confident, but compared to other notes, I really feel that this word is incompatible with the overall style."

Lin Lan nodded her head: "The more you read it, the more strange it becomes."

The fog in front of his eyes was swept away, Ren Chu was so excited, his cheeks turned rosy again, and announced loudly: "So, this is not the word 'year' at all, but the 'month' with a new look. 'Character."

Hearing the exclamation from the two, she parted her mouth and continued with a happy smile: "Now we can reject the hypothesis of suicide. It is true that the suicide note was written by the deceased, but it is by no means recent. A year ago, after he wrote the suicide note, , and put it on the shelf for some reason, but now it is cheaper for the murderer. The answer to the second question is this-it is not that the murderer wanted to move the corpse to the ancestral hall, but had to do it in order to complete the big lie of 'suicide'! This murderer indeed has a mind as superb as a devil!"

That night, after parting with Lin Lan Zhenyang, Ren Chu returned to his room, sat at the desk, took out a pen and began to write down the results of the two days' investigation on paper.

She firmly believed that the two incidents must be related, not only because of the blood relationship between Xu Chao and Le Chengmin, but also because the threatening letter clearly mentioned Xu Chao's death.As for the document received by Le Mei, it is probably information about Xu Chao’s life experience, but if it is, Xu’s father had already looked for the deceased a month ago, so the deceased had known the truth for at least a month, why would he let him know the truth? Could it be that he had hired a private detective before?Or is it just a suspicious person who has a heart?

But if it's not about Xu Chao's identity, what is the content?

In addition, neither the threatening letter nor the documents were sent by post. This mysterious person who arranged everything must have appeared in the village these few days. So, are they the same person?Why would he or they do this?Is this person the murderer?

Although Ren Chu doesn't know anything about the above issues, according to this analysis, the target person is not only related to Xu Chao, but also recently appeared in the village. There are eight known people including her: Ren Chu, Zhen Yang, Le Mei, and Chang Wei. , Lin Lan, Yan Kaifeng, Yan Lao, Xu Zelin.

After writing this, she started a new line, using a line diagram to summarize the events.

SeptemberNO.11

8:10 The deceased went to the villa to meet everyone for the first time.

10:11 The deceased disappeared after leaving

11:30 The deceased met with others in the village meeting room

After the meeting at 12:43, the deceased went to the house of the painting friend and behaved as usual (during a phone call)

14:01 The three of Le Mei went to the ancestral hall

14:25 Return to the villa after secretly seeing Father Xu (there is nothing in the mailbox at this time)

14:55 Lemei Zhenyang returned to the villa and found the documents

16:20 The deceased left the friend's house

At 16:30, the deceased met Chang Wei and presented the picture of "Nanpi Yuanwang"

After that, no one saw the dead until the body was found the next day.

根据死者的通话记录，15：44的最后一通电话打给了乐美，这同乐美的供述也相符。17:52开始下雨，19:55雨停，而死者死亡时间在20:00-20:30之间。

SeptemberNO.12

At 6:00, the administrator arrived at the scene and found no traces on the ground, and the door lock was not damaged.

At 6:41, Chang Wei took a ride with Le Mei

At 6:55, the two arrived at the ancestral hall, and the contents of the truck were moved into the side hall through the side door for storage. Both movers said that the weight of the cage was normal, and no signs of hiding were found in the truck compartment and chassis (but the starch on the corpse is questionable ),

7:15 pick up drum band to arrive

At 8:10, the phone of the deceased was not answered, and Le Mei drove to the deceased's house.

8:41 Le Mei returned, claiming that the deceased was not found,

At 9:00, the door was pushed into the main hall and the body was found.

Except for Yan Kaifeng who gambled with poker players, none of them had reliable alibi at the time of the crime.The only one who has a clear motive is Xu's father, but since he can frankly express hatred, it makes people feel clear.And some people have no interests on the surface, but they can't be taken lightly...

Logically speaking, Le Mei is most likely to obtain a fake suicide note.But she also had the least criminal motive. Regarding the death of the deceased, Ren Chu could see that her grief was absolutely out-of-the-box. It was impossible for love or hatred. If it was for inheritance, it seemed impossible...

Ren Chu frowned impatiently, tapping the pen tip on the table continuously, the frequency getting faster and faster.

She stared at the front without moving for a while, then grabbed the blueprint in her hand and tore it to pieces.