winter past

Zhao You suggested: "It's better for you to stay here at 304. I'll go up to the sixth floor and climb down again. Don't turn on the lights. I'll see what I can see."

Xiaoman stood up from the ground, walked back and forth between the living room and the balcony, looked outside, and asked Zhao You: "According to your guess, when did Zhang Li climb down from upstairs?"

"About two o'clock in the morning."

"A little past two o'clock in the morning on June 6?"

Zhao You responded, nodded, and also stood up. Seeing that it was not twelve o'clock, he said, "Let's wait a little longer." He pointed to the balcony and said, "At least until one o'clock in the morning here. It will be out at four o’clock, but the factories in the open area have picked up the goods, and the large delivery trucks will pass by, and from time to time they will hear very sharp and long whistles.”

Xiaoman walked towards the kitchen, lowered his head, as if lost in thought.Zhao You said: "I really don't know whether the alcohol was brought by the murderer or already at home."

Xiaoman stopped in the dining area outside the kitchen, shook his head, helplessly: "Let's go to 604 first..." He walked towards the door.

Zhao You asked him, "Should we go outside or inside?"

Xiao Man was lowering her head to put on her shoes, leaning on the wall with one hand, turned her face, and asked Zhao You suspiciously: "Outside?"

Zhao You made a gesture of climbing a water pipe, and Xiao Man waved his hands with a smile: "Forget it, don't be treated as a suspicious person again, and people will call the police if they see it."

After putting on his shoes, he said, "Tell me about your case."

Zhao You quickly put on his shoes, went out of 304 with Xiao Man, and went upstairs.He said: "Zhang Li is the male owner of 604. He works in the Blue Heart Jewelry Processing Factory not far from here. He is in a management position. In May, because of an emotional dispute with a female worker in the factory, he was transferred from his original position. I became the security captain of the factory. He has experience in working on construction sites. He has worked as a large and small worker. In April, he helped the convenience supermarket at the entrance of the community to arrange the circuit. At that time, the monitoring at the entrance of the supermarket happened to be broken. He repaired it and then monitored it. It broke again, and the shop owner didn’t find anyone to fix it. When the surveillance at the entrance of the supermarket is in normal operation, it’s easy to tell, and a red light will be on at the bottom.”

Xiao Man listened and nodded.Zhao You continued: "The back door of the community is locked all the year round, and the surveillance system at the front door was broken when the crime happened. It has been broken for more than a month. During this time, two incidents occurred in the community targeting the 6th floor of the community. , a burglary case of a No. 04 apartment with no security windows and a balcony."

Xiaoman asked: "The property didn't replace the monitoring in time? How did you pass the monthly security inspection?"

Zhao You said: "The property management has already ordered new monitoring equipment after the monitoring was broken. The imported ones have not arrived at the dealer, so they have not been replaced. This matter was known by those who are interested, so they took advantage of this. Kongzi, organized those two burglaries."

Xiaoman thought: "Inspired by a burglary, Zhang Li thought of killing his wife and children and then disguising the scene as a burglary?" He walked to the sixth floor and looked at Zhao You: "You think he is a suspect, then his What is the motive?"

Zhao You scratched his hair, feeling a bit embarrassed: "I don't know the motive, and the person is dead, so I can't ask him."

Xiao asked with satisfaction: "You didn't find out his motive, so why did you treat him as a suspect?" He added, "Just now you said that Zhang Li had emotional disputes with the female workers in the factory. Is he divorced? Ask him to leave the house? Does his wife have insurance? What about his daughter? His daughter is not his own? Did his wife remarry with him with the child? He may have discovered that the surveillance system in the community was broken when he was draining the circuit. Maybe I heard it from somewhere, and you said that he had repaired the surveillance camera at the entrance of the supermarket, maybe it was broken by him..." Xiaoman said a lot to himself, and the two arrived at 604 At the door, Zhao You opened the door with the master key, and said: "It doesn't matter what his motive is. At present, there are all indications that Zhang Li is the most likely to commit the crime, and he planned the murder premeditatedly." .”

He entered the door and turned on the light, Xiao Man said, "Turn off the light."

The moonlight shines in, 604 can be seen everywhere, the house is in a mess, the telephone line in the living room has been unplugged, the drawers under the TV cabinet are all open, there are some clothes scattered around the coffee table, papers and some references for the high school entrance examination questions Book.

Xiao Man was surprised: "Is there no one to clean it up? Who owns the house? The family members of the victim don't know yet?"

Zhao You said: "It is in the name of the second deceased, and the family members know about it."

"Decedent No. [-]?" Xiao Man raised an eyebrow, and looked at Zhao You strangely.

Zhao You said: "It's Zhang Li's daughter." He pointed to the terrace, "Zhang Li should have come from the terrace that day, do you want to see it?" He led Xiaoman the way.Xiaoman didn't move, and Zhao You was quietly behind him, so he looked back, Xiaoman was indeed standing still, and he looked at him ecstatically.Zhao You touched his face and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

A ray of moonlight shone from Xiao Man's body, and his whole body was completely engulfed by a shadow.Zhao You heard him say: "It's nothing, I just suddenly felt that maybe only someone like you is suitable to be a criminal police officer."

Xiao Man came out from the shadow, pouted his chin, and looked behind Zhao You: "How did he come in from the balcony?"

Zhao You said, "I'm about to change my job." He turned and pointed to a hole in the glass door of the terrace and said, "It must have been broken open by a stone."

Xiaoman walked up to him, bent over the hole in the glass door, took a look, straightened up, and said with a smile: "Then you can save money on guns for the Municipal Bureau, and you can eat in the office every day." Popsicles, wash popsicles, make rubber band guns."

Zhao You pointed to a passage in the house: "After he came in, he passed the living room and walked in." He said: "Forget about winter."

Xiao Man looked around the living room and said, "The apartment layout of No. 04 is the same, and it becomes a terrace on the top floor, not a balcony." He pointed to the unplugged telephone line and said, "This telephone line what's going on?"

"Decedent No. [-]..." Zhao You swallowed his saliva, scratched his ears and changed his words quickly, "Zhang Li's wife Tian Keren doesn't like outside disturbances when her daughter is at home. Their daughter is about to take the high school entrance examination."

"Is it Zhang Li's own?"

"biological."

Xiaoman blinked and walked to the aisle.Zhao You introduced to the past: "This is the bathroom, opposite is Tian Keren's bedroom, and the small room at the end is the room of that girl, Tian Zixi."

Xiaoman glanced at the three rooms in the order he introduced, and entered the bathroom. Zhao You stood at the door and looked at him. Xiaoman walked around in the bathroom, looked at the sink, and looked at the shower room. , and opened the cabinet under the sink to take a good look, and asked Zhao You: "Can't Zhang Li stay at home?"

"I have been living in the dormitory since I became the security captain."

"That's not to say that there is no men's daily necessities at home, right? Toothbrushes and towels are for two. They are very feminine styles. Doesn't he come home when he is resting?"

Zhao You looked at Tian Keren's room and said, "He should go to Tian Keren's room first."

Xiaoman entered Tian Keren's room, and he observed carefully again, touching the wall, touching the dressing table, rummaging through the boxes, and even pulling out the storage box stuffed under the bed, muttering: " Men’s clothes are all put in a vacuum bag, all winter clothes, and there is no summer clothes.” He raised his face, raised his index finger, and pointed around, “Not even a wedding photo was hung on the wall. There is not a single nail, and there are no traces of nail marks, what kind of marriage is this?"

"Zhang Li is married." Zhao You said.

Yu Yan. .

Xiaoman clicked his tongue, sat on the bed, and there was still a silhouette of a human being stuck on the bed, he said: "It's not that you don't want to take wedding photos, right? It's not that the relationship is so bad, right?"

He asked Zhao You again: "Face up or face down? Suffocated or strangled?"

"Looking up, stabbed to death."

Xiaoman lay on his back on the bed: "What kind of clothes are you wearing? How many times have you been stabbed?"

"Pajamas, about seventeen dollars, there are stomachs and thighs."

"Is the wound on the thigh applied at the same level and angle as the wound on the abdomen?"

"The degree of force is similar, and the angle of the wound cut is slightly inclined."

"What kind of pajamas?"

"Ordinary short-sleeved shorts, made of cotton."

"What pattern?"

"Pink polka dots."

"Pink? About the same as the walls of this bedroom?"

"almost."

"Is it new?"

"is acceptable."

"How tall is she?"

"1.6 meters five."

"Where's the quilt?"

"The air-conditioning quilt, the thin one, was rolled up on one side, and the quilt was intact, but there was some blood on it." Zhao You said: "When the body was found, the mouth was taped, and the hands were tied in front of the body with tape."

Xiaoman raised his hands together and put them in front of him: "Is this so?"

Zhao You nodded, standing by the bed and looking at him.Xiaoman closed his eyes and continued to ask: "Is the tape something at home? What kind of tape?"

"Cloth tape, half a roll was found in this room, without any fingerprints on it, it may have been brought by Zhang Li."

"What about the murder weapon?"

"The murder weapon is suspected to be a switchblade."

"He brought it too?"

"Don't know, but he should have taken the knife."

"You said that Zhang Li was abandoned under the Red Flag Bridge. What was the fatal injury? What was found on him?"

Zhao You thought for a while before answering: "Let's assume it was found on him. He still has gloves and a wallet, and there is only an ID card in the wallet."

Xiaoman opened the lid of his right eye, pursed his mouth, and looked at him strangely.Zhao You sneered and said, "The ins and outs of his body's discovery are somewhat complicated."

Xiao Man closed his eyelids again, and asked, "What's wrong with Zhang Li's alibi?"

"This... is also a bit complicated."

Xiao Man sneered: "Is there anything uncomplicated in your case?"

Zhao You asked him back: "Then what do you think his motive might be? Just pretend that I never said that Zhang Li is a suspect. Do you think he is a suspect?"

"Why not, have you seen American dramas? Have you seen Hollywood movies? My wife's death is basically caused by my husband." Xiao Man sat up, bent over, touched the bed sheet and said, "The murderer should know this woman."

His voice was suddenly low, almost hoarse.Zhao You had to get closer to him so that he could hear what he said more clearly.He asked Xiaoman: "How to say?"

Xiao Man lay down again, staring straight at the ceiling this time, and said hoarsely: "If you are a murderer, you came after me, you came to kill me, you entered the bedroom and saw that I was covered with a quilt , the very thin air-conditioning quilt, you are sleeping, you are wearing gloves and holding a knife in your hand, what would you do?"

Zhao You didn't move, and didn't answer.Xiaoman glanced at him, covered his mouth, raised his right hand as a gesture to stab himself in the stomach, and said, "Cover your mouth, don't let me cry for help, and then stab, once, or twice, or three times." , four knives, stabbed in one place, you feel the need to lift the quilt..."

His voice was muffled, and Zhao You had to lean closer to him to listen to him.

"Seal my mouth and hands with tape? Do you think it is necessary to stab more than a dozen times, and do you have a few stabs in other places?" Xiao Manping lay flat and said calmly, "If you are a burglar My thief, I woke up when you came into the bedroom to steal something. When I saw you, I wanted to call for help, and I wanted to run away. You grabbed my hair, and in desperation, you pulled out your switchblade and stabbed me. Two stabs... Then, when my daughter heard the cry for help, go and grab my daughter... I will definitely resist at this time and shout for help..."

Zhao You sat on the bed and said, "There is no trace of fighting in the room."

Xiaoman said: "Or you covered my mouth, threatened me not to speak out, then sealed my mouth with tape, tied my hands, you searched for money in the house, and before you left, you decided to kill me "Xiao Man rubbed his belly, "At this time...you wouldn't stab my stomach and thigh more than a dozen times, you would..."

Zhao You touched his neck: "I will cut your neck open, or stab your heart."

Xiao Man opened his eyes and looked at him: "However, in many cases, criminals cannot use common sense to analyze the logic of their actions when committing crimes. You will never know that people are under the control of fear and excitement, and when the adrenaline secretion is too high time will do something.”

Zhao You nodded, "It's like being drunk."

Xiao Man climbed up, leaned against the head of the bed, hugged the knee of her left leg, bit her nails and said, "The murderer wants to control this woman, and wants to tell this woman that he is above her, that he can control her life and death. The wound was more of an announcement that he had this ability...to make this woman miserable."

He analyzed: "The murderer's size and strength are above this woman, but the social status of the two is not determined by this strength."

Zhao You asked him, "Will you go to his daughter's room?"

Xiaoman got off the bed, and went to Tian Zixi's room with Zhao You.Xiaoman went in and said, "The wall color of this room is exactly the same as that of Tian Keren's room, isn't it?"

"Yes."

Many certificates and awards hung on the wall of Tian Zixi's room. Xiaoman opened the closet and looked through it, muttering: "The clothes are similar to her mother's, with similar styles and colors."

He closed the closet and squinted at the single bed in the room.The bed was covered with pink sheets, and there was a human silhouette taped on the bed.

Zhao You and Xiao Man stood side by side by the bed, both staring at the human silhouette.

"He was also stabbed to death?" Xiao Man asked.

"He was stabbed to death, his mouth was sealed with tape, his hands were also tied with tape, his face was on his back, he was wearing a nightgown with a pink cartoon bear pattern, short sleeves, a very long skirt, not new, three knives, just in The abdomen, almost in the same place, was stabbed deeply."

Xiaoman said: "He has vented his emotions and calmed down."

"Do you think he hates her too?"

"I think he is completing the task. She is part of his plan, a certain task. If he is solved, he may be..." Xiaoman paused for a while, then lowered his voice, "Maybe he will be free... "

Zhao You said: "I heard that Zhang Li wanted to buy a small truck for his own use, and planned to do freight. They originally had a car in Tian Keren's name. Some of the stolen goods from Tian's family have been recovered. Zhang Li's driver's license and the only bank card were found there."

Xiaoman said: "Your case sounds a bit complicated. His driver's license and bank card are not on him, but in the stolen goods?"

Zhao You smiled and asked Xiaoman, "Is it interesting?"

Xiao Man lit a cigarette and looked at the silhouette on the bed: "You are a bit cold-blooded."

Zhao You said, "I'll climb down and have a look."

Xiaoman nodded, Zhao You gave him the master key, he found that Xiaoman's hand was a little cold, and he touched the sweat in his hand.But I couldn't tell if it was hot sweat or cold sweat.He looked like he was very hot, pulling his collar and walking outside with his hands fanning the wind.

Zhao You went out from the terrace, climbed down, and reached the third floor. He called Xiaoman, and when he heard the phone ringing in the room, Zhao You waved his hand towards the twinkling lights in the room. .

Xiaoman answered the phone and asked him, "Why do you have my number?"

"Alipay account information."

Xiao Man chuckled, and Zhao You looked inside, but at this moment he couldn't even see the light, and the room was in chaos.He crawled in this position, which just blocked the moonlight from entering the room.He said: "I can't see anything clearly, please turn on the light."

A truck passed by with its horn honking, and Xiao Man asked, "What did you say?"

"I said, turn on the light."

The lights came on, and the room was warm and cozy. Zhao You saw Xiao Man standing beside the coffee table in the living room, with a circle of fluffy yellow fur around his body.Zhao You rubbed his eyes, and Xiao Man asked him, "Can't you see anything if you don't turn on the light?"

"I can't see it, it's completely black." Zhao You talked to Xiaoman through the anti-theft window: "Could it be for the purpose of applying nail polish, turning on the light to see clearly, and it's okay to not turn on the light when killing people." It doesn't matter, as long as you are sure that the person is not angry, the cleaning of the body should be done in the bathroom, so it doesn't matter if the lights are not turned on in the living room."

"Maybe." Xiao Man looked at Zhao You with a sense of distance and cold eyes.Zhao You pointed to the clothes hanger on the balcony and said, "The murderer may have killed him in the afternoon when it was still light."

Xiaoman asked him: "The old couple in 304 have retired, so they haven't looked for work outside, have they?"

Zhao You said: "Yes, there are only the two of them living here. There is a daughter who was on a business trip when the accident happened. I will visit my parents on weekends."

Xiao Man said: "The resident is an old man. They usually wash their clothes and collect them before the sun goes down. They haven't had time to collect their clothes." He looked around and said, "The light was still good at that time, and the murderer didn't need to turn on the lights. After the murder, the corpse was dragged to the bathroom, and the corpse was processed until late at night. He stayed here for at least half a day...

"He could be new and a little confused, or he knows the residents well enough that no one is going to come to them and he enjoys his time with them... Then, there's something that takes a lot of time for him to do, like, Find the right clothes..." Xiao Man said, "The floral dress on Mrs. Jiang is not what she often wears now."

When he looked at Zhao You, his eyes softened a little: "You come down first."

When Zhao You went downstairs, Xiao Man also came down. Zhao You patted the dirt on his clothes and said, "It's getting late, I'll take you back. Do you have to get up early tomorrow?"

Xiao Man shook his head and said: "Okay, let's go, anyway, you really know everything about me, but I don't care about what you say."

Zhao Youqian laughed twice, and asked him: "Then I have helped you?"

Xiaoman stared: "You really don't trade at a loss?"

The two got into the car, Xiao Man sat silently, looking out the window, Zhao You wanted to say something, thought hard, but really didn't know what to say, so he simply remained silent.

Suddenly, Xiaoman asked Zhao You: "What kind of person do you think the murderer of Case 304 is this time?"

Zhao You pondered for a moment, hesitating: "A... cold-blooded person?"

Xiaoman laughed: "You are quite humorous."

Zhao You said apologetically, "I'm not very good at criminal psychology profiling... What do you think?"

Xiao Man restrained her smile, bit her nails and said, "He has very bad taste."

"You mean that floral dress doesn't go with red nail polish?"

"Do you think it fits?"

"It's not bad..."

"He's definitely not gay, so he's definitely not Lin Midong."

Zhao You didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It's hard to say, isn't it?" He then fell silent and looked at Xiao Man secretly.Xiao Man seemed to be waiting for his furtive gaze, so he blocked his gaze decisively, and said in a heavy voice: "Why Xiao Zhao, this is the first time I've heard of a homosexual perverted killer?"

Zhao You shook his head. There were no cars on the road at midnight, and the traffic was very smooth. In a blink of an eye, they had already returned to the downstairs of Yaochi.Zhao You stopped the car, and Xiaoman went down. Zhao You looked at his back and didn't leave immediately.As soon as Xiao Man turned around, Zhao You hurriedly said, "I'm leaving right away, there's no other meaning."

Xiaoman walked back and patted his car door, Zhao You lowered the window.Xiao Man leaned on the window and said to him: "I know what you're thinking, I said he has bad taste, and then said he is definitely not gay, you guessed it."

Zhao You remained silent, with one hand on the steering wheel.Xiaoman raised his thumb behind him: "Mr. Yin lives with me, are you more at ease now?"

Zhao You looked at Xiaoman in a daze, Xiaoman smiled at him and said, "Xiao Zhao, this is not the first time you have met a homosexual, is it?"

Zhao You said: "No, I was thinking about asking you how the scar on your temple came about. I'm curious, but I think that even if I ask you, you will either change the subject or lie, and you will definitely not tell me the truth."

Xiao Man raised his long bangs on the right: "I committed suicide, I didn't die."

Zhao You carefully looked at the scar on Xiaoman's right temple. It was as long as half a finger, one end was close to his eyebrow, and the other end slanted toward his hair.He guessed: "Shoot?"

Xiaoman laughed loudly: "Then my shooting skills are too bad, right? I can't kill myself at such a close range." He slammed the car door, turned and left.

Zhao You drove the car back to the dormitory. As soon as he entered the room, Yan Boyuan, who was in the same room, got up and turned on the light, stared at Zhao You, rubbed his eyes for a while, and looked at him again, surprised: "Am I dreaming? You Back to the dormitory to sleep? Really can't find anything?"

Yan Boyuan sat up and sighed: "The main reason is that Zhang Li died like this for no reason, and the forensic doctor in Yanzigou is a noob, and he was cremated again..."

Zhao You sat next to him and looked at him with a smile.Yan Boyuan shuddered, lay down hastily, turned over, and turned his back to him.

Zhao You whispered to him: "Xiaoyan, how are you doing with Xiaoxu from the archives room? Are you talking speculatively?"

Yan Boyuan pushed the air with his shoulder.Zhao You still whispered softly: "I still have two movie coupons here, give them to you."

"Encrypted files are definitely useless."

"No, no, don't check the encrypted files, transfer the personal files."

Yan Boyuan turned around and squeezed his eyes: "Why don't you adjust it yourself?"

"Then let's keep a record. Later, Team Zhan said that I was not doing my job properly, and wondered if I didn't want to do it anymore. I found that he has been a bit suspicious recently. This is not conducive to the unity of our first team..."

"Okay, okay, you can speak well, tell me, who do you want to check?"

"A policeman who left ten years ago."