Chasing the Mist

The gate of Li Meng's house was quickly cordoned off.

The furnishings of the room remained as they were during the day, still smoky, the room was filled with the pungent smell of incense candles, and the incense in the incense burner had been burned out.

Gu Xun drew the curtains, opened the window, and the cool night breeze came in, blowing the fragrance of the room.

There were no traces of fighting in the master bedroom, and the quilt in the middle of the bed bulged into a human shape, which looked exactly the same as during the day.

Xin Chang sat on the ground beside the bed, his eyes were red.

Gu Xun didn't speak, and lifted the quilt directly. Li Meng lay flat on the bed, his eye sockets were empty, his nose was cut off from the center of the person to the eye sockets, his ears were gone, and a short section of white cartilage was exposed, and his hair was covered with blood. , the abdomen was cut open, the intestines were torn out, scattered around randomly, and the light pink bed sheet under the body was dyed red.

Gu Xun put on his gloves and turned the corpse over. There was no cut uterus under him. He frowned slightly and laid the corpse flat again.

A hand wearing medical gloves reached into the abdomen of the corpse in vain, pulled out the uterus, and opened it along the knife edge. Inside was Li Meng's missing facial features, "here."

Hearing that Gu Xun raised his head, Lin Yiran came to him at some point and was looking at the corpse intently.

"Why didn't you cut it this time?"

Lin Yiran touched each other with his thumb and index finger, "The body is still warm. Li Menggang died not long ago. Time is running out, and the murderer didn't have time to cut it."

Gu Xun looked around the bed, and quickly fixed on the drawer under the bed. There was a white drawer with red writing - Jack.

He knelt down to take a photo of the bloody words, and compared it with the photo of the last case. The four letters were crooked and slightly stiff, like the handwriting of a child who just learned how to write.

The trace inspection colleague came over with the equipment, and Gu Xun stepped aside.

Zheng Tiancheng dragged Xin Chang up and helped him to the sofa in the living room, where he sat blankly, and refused to answer any questions Ren Mengjia asked.

Meng Jia greeted Lai Yiran, spreading her hands, "I can't ask a single word, you go and try."

Xin Chang was wearing a green surgical gown under his coat, and stared at the small medicine bottle on the coffee table without blinking. After looking at it for a while, two lines of tears silently flowed down the corners of his eyes.

Lin Yiran reached into Gu Xun's pocket to take out a cigarette, sat next to Xin Chang again, and handed him one, "Don't feel guilty, it's not your fault that you have a temporary operation."

The words pierced Xin Chang's heart, he covered his eyes with one hand and wiped away his tears, "I wanted to cook dinner at home, but we haven't eaten at home for a few days, who knows... the unit suddenly called, Said that one of my patients suddenly became ill and urgently needed surgery...I was afraid that she would not be able to sleep and think about it, so I gave her sleeping|sleeping|medicine before leaving and told her that I would come back after waking up. If she didn’t take sleeping|sleeping| Medicine, maybe nothing will happen, I killed her."

"When you came back, were the doors or windows opened?" Gu Xun asked.

"No. When I left, the door was locked twice. When I came back, I had to turn the key twice to open it. Recently, Mengmeng was afraid and locked all the windows of my house indoors, so no one could come in from outside."

The policeman on duty outside the door ran in, "Captain Gu, Xiao Zhang and I were downstairs and hadn't left all day. During the time when Xin Chang left home to go to the hospital, there were no suspicious people in unit 2, only three or two old men and women in the building." Come out for a walk."

Gu Xun sneered: "That's weird, could it be that the murderer has the ability to pass through walls invisibly?"

Xin Chang was stunned for a moment, his face showed horror, and his eyes quietly shifted to the incense burner, "No...is there really a ghost?"

Meng Jia cleared her throat, "Your hospital often dies, and the medical staff are not all well... Don't be superstitious, Xin Chang."

While talking, the trace inspection colleague came over, "Captain Gu found something."

The eyes of several people in the living room fell on the speaker.

The trace inspection colleague was a little embarrassed to be stared at, and pushed his glasses, "It was written with fingers in blood under the bed, and there are fingerprints on it."

Gu Xun: "Hurry up and take it back for comparison."

The trace inspection colleagues went back to the police station first, and the living room returned to calm.

"How much medicine did Li Meng take tonight?" Gu Xun asked.

"Just wanted her to sleep until I got back, so gave half a tablet."

Half a tablet of sleeping pills is not enough for Li Meng's mental state to go into a deep sleep. In this case, if the murderer attacks her, he will wake up consciously, struggle, and even shout, but there is no trace of struggle at the scene.

Gu Xun pushed the door open while thinking, walked to the opposite door, and knocked on the door of room 2102. Lin Yiran remembered the shy neighbor and followed.

The neighbor, in pajamas, greeted politely, "Come in."

We met before, and the introduction went smoothly. Gu Xun walked in with clean shoe covers on his feet.

The movie "The Seven Deadly Sins" was playing on TV. There were several cans of unopened beer and a plate of peanuts on the coffee table. There were a few more roses in the right corner of the coffee table. The bottle for the flower arrangement was an empty wine bottle of Romanee-Conti (red wine).

Gu Xun had only seen this kind of wine once in Gu Renli's wine cellar, and pointed at the bottle, "Isn't it expensive?"

The male neighbor smiled bitterly: "I don't know, I picked it up from the trash can downstairs."

Gu Xun didn't answer the question again, and asked, "Did you hear the woman at the opposite door shouting between 6 and 9 o'clock in the evening?"

"did not hear it."

"No sound from the door tonight?" Gu Xun asked.

The male neighbor nodded, "No, maybe I didn't hear it while watching TV."

"Since this is the case, let's go to rest, I'm sorry to disturb you so late."

"Excuse me, officer."

Gu Xun got up to leave, but Lin Yiran suddenly asked, "Where have we met?"

The male neighbor smiled, "I'm a popular face, and people often misidentify me."

"How old are you this year?" Lin Yiran asked without thinking.

"20."

"Didn't go to college?"

"My family was poor, and I dropped out of school after graduating from elementary school."

Lin Yiran smiled slightly, "I'm 23, we're about the same age."

"Being a police officer at 23 is amazing!"

Gu Xun saw the two of them chatting about homework, and turned to go out.

Lin Yiran and boy 2102 had a good chat, and after a few words, they followed Gu Xun away.

At the end of the on-site investigation, on the way back, Gu Xun squeezed into the forensic vehicle, raised his chin and pointed at the corpse, "How is it?"

Forensic doctor: "It is preliminarily judged that the time of death was within 5 hours. Like the previous case, he was killed directly by inserting a knife into the heart. The width of the wound is also consistent with the previous case. The two cases should be committed by the same person. I will wait for my autopsy report for the rest."

"OK." Gu Xun yawned.

Forensic doctor: "It's a sleepless night again, let's go to sleep first."

Gu Xun leaned back, closed his eyes and immediately fell asleep, which was more effective than taking medicine.

After waking up from a sleepless night, he arrived at the city bureau. He stretched himself, got out of the car, and the night wind blew, his brain instantly cleared up.

The fingerprint found on the bloody words was quickly compared, and it was a man named Liu Yifeng.

According to household registration information, Liu Yifeng is 51 years old and is a native of Baicheng City. He lives at No. 51 Ningkun Road, Unit 2, Building 1, Xinran Community, No. 201.

Gu Xun and the others rushed to Liu Yifeng's house immediately. There was only an elderly lady in Liu Yifeng's house, with a crutches and a hunched body. "Who are you looking for?"

Zheng Tiancheng: "Is this Liu Yifeng's house?"

Old lady: "Huh?"

"Did I say this is Liu Yifeng's house?" Zheng Tiancheng raised his voice and said again.

"Ah? What did you say?"

Zheng Tiancheng: "..."

He repeated it again, his voice was already resounding, this yell alarmed the neighbors next door, the opposite door opened, and saw four or five people standing in front of Liu's house, he was stunned, "You... who are you?"

Meng Jia quickly took out her ID, "Are we looking for Liu Yifeng?"

Only then did the neighbor feel relieved, "He's in the hospital, if you need anything, go to the hospital."

After tossing around, when they rushed to the hospital according to the address given by Liu Yifeng's neighbor, it was already dawn, the sun rose from the clouds, and the morning light shone on the earth, covering everyone, and a new day began.

The surgical ward found Liu Yifeng through the guidance of the nurses. He had eaten breakfast and was sitting on the bed watching TV with a calm demeanor, with white gauze wrapped around his right hand.

To avoid disturbing other patients, Gu Xun called him to speak in the corridor.

Liu Yifeng saw the police officer's certificate, stepped forward and grabbed Zheng Tiancheng's hand, "Comrade police, you have to make decisions for me, my hand can't be broken in such a way." He untied the gauze on his right hand, and his index finger was tied Cut off, exposing unhealed bone and flesh.

Gu Xun: "What's going on?"

"The night before yesterday, I drank alcohol and fell asleep on the side of the road in Fumin Village. When I woke up, my finger was cut off. If I want to know which grandson did it, I will skin him alive." After a pause, Liu Yifeng came to his senses, "Comrade police, how do you know I didn't report the case?"

"We're here for another thing."

"Eh? Apart from drinking, I have never done anything illegal." Liu Yifeng was puzzled.

Zheng Tiancheng: "We found your fingerprints at the scene of the murder. You are now a major suspect and you need to go to the police station with us."

"Kill? I... I... didn't kill... I didn't mess with it." Liu Yifeng backed away with a look of astonishment.

Lin Yiran stretched out his arms to stop him. Liu Yifeng's face was black and red, with deep wrinkles, and he was much older than his peers. He smelled of alcohol all over his body, and his eyes were distracted. He looked like he had just drank bad wine this morning. "If you don't want to go to the police station, just answer us truthfully. The question is, where did you drink the night before? With whom?"

"The roadside barbecue restaurant in Fumin Village, my colleague Liu Cheng, we drank until 12 o'clock at night and we didn't leave. The boy rented a house in Fumin Village. The road is near the beheading party. I'm so fucking unlucky..."

"Have you had any feud with anyone recently?"

"I'm a school cleaner, and no one even looks at me. Who's going to make enemies with me?"

"You don't have... a wife and children?"

"Oh! Are you willing to marry your daughter to a drunkard?" Liu Yifeng's eyes flashed with sadness, and he smiled as if remembering something, "When I was young, I really had a girl who loved me to death and gave birth to me. Let her get pregnant just once."

Liu Yifeng's life was mediocre, and the woman who was once crazy about love became the only light in his life.

Meng Jia and Zheng Tiancheng walked away quietly, and went to the ward to inquire about Liu Yifeng's whereabouts last night.

Lin Yiran didn't move, but was still listening, "What happened next?"

Hearing this, the smile on Liu Yifeng's lips disappeared, "We were planning to get married, but his parents didn't agree, so they took him back forcibly while I was not at home. I went to her house to look for them, and the villagers said that the whole family had moved away... I never saw him again after that. Pass her, as for that child, it is estimated that he was aborted."

On the other side of the corridor, Meng Jia came out of the ward and nodded to Gu Xun.

Gu Xun: "Heal your injuries first, and we will come to you if you have any problems."

Liu Yifeng grabbed Gu Xun's arm, "Leader, please let my finger be broken for nothing, even if it's a dog, you have to find it out."

……

Gu Xun arranged for someone to stay at the hospital to watch Liu Yifeng, and then got into the police car and went back to the city bureau.

Meng Jia: "Boss, the people in Liu Yifeng's ward and the nurses confirmed that he did not leave the hospital last night. The fingerprints may be another cover, just like shoe prints."

Lin Yiran: "Liu Yifeng has been drinking all the time, and his brain cognition has degenerated. He may kill impulsively, but he can't do a well-planned serial murder case."

Gu Xun looked out of the car window, tapping the glass with his index knuckles rhythmically. On April 4th, a total of six people went to explore Baishi Mountain. Now two of them were killed, and the murderer didn't even have a single hair surfaced. Is there a way to solve the problem? question?Maybe the murderer wasn't among them at all.