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Three days have passed since Luo Xueqing fell into a coma.

At ten o'clock at night, the Tongzilou was silent, and the murder case made the place even more depressed. The soles of your shoes stepped on the concrete floor, and it seemed that you could hear the echo.

Bending over to bypass the yellow warning line pasted at the door, Jin Zhou put on white gloves and tried the switch on the wall, and the small room instantly lit up.

"This is the scene of the first case." Jin Zhou scanned the furnishings in the living room and said to Yang Shiyu who was standing behind him.

Zhuang Yu confirmed that the stalker had left, and Yang Shiyu went out to act with Jin Zhou.

He was still dressed in black, but what was different from the past was that he had blue shoe covers on his feet and white gloves on his hands. He appeared at the murder scene with Jin Zhou, like a team of criminal police at the scene of the investigation.

If the serial murderer hadn't attacked Luo Xueqing, Jin Zhou would not have dragged Yang Shiyu to meddle in his own business.

Investigating cases is the job of the police, and it is not up to lawyers and judges to intervene anyway. However, this serial murder has occurred for the third time, and the police are still clueless. In addition, this time it was his friend who was killed again. Inevitably anxious.

And Ren Wenli was overwhelmed by this case, seeing that Jin Zhou wanted to help, she didn't stop her too much, but asked him not to destroy the scene.

"Look, it's the same as Luo Xueqing's house." Jin Zhou sat down on a chair in the middle of the living room, looked up at Yang Shiyu slightly, and said, "The murderer first tied the victim to the chair, found something to gag, Then strangle him to death."

"The question is why was it tied?" Yang Shiyu paced around Jin Zhou, looking at the layout of the room, "According to the testimony of several children, the murderer was a tall adult male who had sufficient strength to subdue a Women, why are you tied up first and then killed?"

This is obviously superfluous behavior. If a tall adult man wants to kill a woman, there is no need to restrict her mobility first.

—unless he has other purposes.

"Officer Ren's analysis is that," Jin Zhou touched his chin and said, "Many serial murderers have their own killing process. This murderer's process is to tie people first and then kill them. And the things he tied people, and The murder weapon used to strangle the victim is the existing power line in the house, which should also be one of his 'symbols'."

"It may not be that simple." Yang Shiyu stopped and looked at the chair under Jin Zhou, the chair the deceased was sitting on when he died. "Use the existing things in the house as the murder weapon, so as to avoid leaving clues. Because If it is a murder weapon, no matter what kind of rope, the police can follow this line to investigate."

"Indeed." Jin Zhou nodded, "As long as there is a shopping record, it may be found by the police."

"As for his murder process," Yang Shiyu raised his eyes, paralleled Jin Zhou's gaze, and looked at the bedroom door in front of the chair, "Have you noticed that the direction of the chair is perpendicular to the bedroom door at ninety degrees?"

"Yes, it's completely facing the bedroom door." Jin Zhou raised his palm and pointed his fingertips forward, "In the first two cases, the police guessed that the murderer tied the victim to a chair to force her to look into the bedroom, Luo Xueqing The case confirmed this speculation."

"The victim's child is locked up in the bedroom." Yang Shiyu lowered his gaze, frowning in thought, "The murderer wants the child to face the death of his mother."

"So there are traces of the murderer's 'killing process'." Jin Zhou said with a serious face, "He tied people up and killed them in a superfluous manner because killing people was not his ultimate goal. Feeling the fear is."

"Who would make trouble with children?" Yang Shiyu looked at the items in the room.

"Fortunately, Luo Zihao has a lot of courage." Jin Zhou exhaled, feeling terrified every time he thought of this, "He went out from the window on the 25th floor."

Luo Xueqing lives in an ordinary residential area, and the building has a sense of age. The air conditioner is not hidden in the wall like in the new residential area now, but exposed to the outside, so Luo Zihao can step on the air conditioner and slide to the family downstairs.

The murderer who was attacking should have found that the crying sound he expected was not coming from the bedroom. When he went to check, he found that Luo Zihao had already crawled downstairs, so he hurriedly strangled Luo Xueqing and left. The neighbor downstairs called an ambulance in time. Luo Xueqing's life was saved.

"A grown male, tall, bold and careful, and has feuds with children."

Going to check the single apartment in the second case again, Jin Zhou and Yang Shiyu were walking home, counting keywords related to the murderer.

"Add another one with an 'adventurous spirit'." Yang Shiyu added, "He did not leave fingerprints or footprints after committing the crime, nor did he bring his own murder weapon, which shows that he is careful enough. But the child is obviously an uncertain factor, and he did not Excluding this factor, deliberately killing people in front of the child shows that he likes to take risks."

"Or he's a pervert." Jin Zhou looked at the front of the road, his frown never relaxed, "At first the police thought the murderer's target was the victim, but it turned out to be the victim's child after a long time of investigation. Can't solve the case."

"But how could a child offend this kind of person?" Yang Shiyu thought about it, "Some children are really ignorant, but they don't have such a big hatred."

"Don't use ordinary people's thinking to measure abnormality." Jin Zhou looked at Yang Shiyu next to him, "I don't know the victim of the Tongzilou case, but I have seen the victim's daughter in the single apartment. Falling in front of me, no matter how ignorant you are. Luo Zihao is the same, his mother has worked so hard for him, so he knows how to put on face, let me see if he dares to..."

Speaking of this, Jin Zhou suddenly thought of a possibility. He stood still on the spot and said uncertainly: "The murderer thinks that these children are ignorant, so he wants to punish them?"

"By killing their mother?" Yang Shiyu stopped and turned to look at Jin Zhou.

"Let them regret it." Jin Zhou felt more and more that this motive was reasonable, "If this is the case, then the murderer must have grown up in a single-parent family, and his mother has probably passed away. He regrets not being filial, so Hate those children who don't know the blessings in the blessings."

"This..." Yang Shiyu frowned slightly, "It's a bit ridiculous."

"But it's not entirely impossible."

Jin Zhou took out his mobile phone and called Ren Wenli, asking her to investigate the situation of the victim in the Tongzilou case.

If the child of this single mother is also ignorant, then Jin Zhou thinks that his conjecture is most likely correct, so that the scope of the murderer can be narrowed down.

After hanging up the phone, Jin Zhou planned to smooth out the messy thoughts in his mind, but at this moment, the cell phone he had just put down suddenly vibrated, and looked at the caller ID, it was Liu Qian's call.

"Zhouzi, are you convinced about Brother Liu?"

The past few days have become a mess, and Jin Zhou has no skills at all, so he can't take care of Liu Yongchang's case at all.

After Luo Xueqing's accident, her social media regularly released an open letter the next day, which said that she had an accident and "the murderer is Wang Hetai".

It was only at this time that Jin Zhou realized that Luo Xueqing's so-called "perfect preparation" was actually announcing on social platforms that if she was killed, regular emails would be sent to major news agencies, and there were some shady things in it.

She resets her timed email every day, and if she doesn't do it one day, something bad might happen to her.

Now all the major media are reporting the timed emails after Luo Xueqing's murder. There is only one photo in it, which is a man with gray temples wearing a mask.

Luo Xueqing must have searched for the angle on purpose. It is impossible to tell who the person who took the video is from this photo alone, but according to the information she provided, everyone now knows that this man is the director of the city TV station, and that Wang Hetai's promiscuous reception was indeed confirmed. something to do.

The police have already summoned Wang Hetai, and the public opinion on the Internet is almost one-sided, asking the police to thoroughly investigate Wang Hetai.

Jin Zhou also did not expect that the serial killer would target Luo Xueqing at this moment, causing her to expose the content of the video in advance.

In this matter, Wang Hetai was indeed wronged. Without getting Luo Xueqing's scheduled emails, he would definitely not act hastily. Just as Luo Xueqing said, this was an insurance policy she put on for herself.

However, as soon as the serial killer appeared, he pulled Wang and Tai into the quagmire by mistake.

The development of the matter completely exceeded Jin Zhou's expectations. He didn't even get a good night's sleep these days, so naturally he couldn't pay attention to Liu Yongchang's case.

"Sister Liu, I have already submitted the defense opinion, and now I just wait for the notice."

"Okay, then you should pay attention all the time. If you need to give a red envelope or something, just tell me."

"...There will be no such thing."

Jin Zhou comforted Liu Qian tiredly, and after hanging up the phone, he said to Yang Shiyu, "Headache."

"The debt of favor is the most difficult to repay." Yang Shiyu said lightly.

"Ah."

Jin Zhou didn't think it was a debt, but it was not the right time for everything to pile up.

The two continued to walk forward. At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind them: "Lawyer Jin? Judge Yang?"

Jin Zhou turned his head and found that the person behind him was Xie Yao.He was still wearing the prosecutor's uniform, and he was holding a thick document in his hand. He must have been working overtime until now.

"Why do you..." Xie Yao looked around at the two of them, especially Yang Shiyu who was dressed in black.

"I met you on the road just now." Jin Zhou opened his mouth and said nonsense, "Did you just get off work?"

"Yes." Xie Yao's tone was full of helplessness, "There is a third victim in the serial murder case, so I don't want to rest anymore."

Thinking of Liu Qian's call to ask about Liu Yongchang just now, Jin Zhou took the opportunity to ask Xie Yao about it, but Xie Yao only said that the leader was still in discussion and asked Jin Zhou to continue waiting for news.

Back at Yang Shiyu's house, it was past eleven o'clock at night, but Jin Zhou didn't feel sleepy.

He sat cross-legged on the sofa, writing and drawing in his notebook. When Yang Shiyu came out of the shower, seeing his awkward writing posture, he said to him, "Go to my study."

"Huh?" Jin Zhou raised his head, "Are you sure I can go in?"

Yang Shiyu's study is always locked, and Jin Zhou understands that, after all, the materials in the hands of the judge are very important and need to be kept properly.He never wanted to go in to find out, but he never expected that Yang Shiyu would take the initiative to let him use the study.

Following Yang Shiyu to the study room, he saw that besides the desk, there were bookcases filled with various case materials.

In the center of the study, there is a movable whiteboard with a photo of Wang Hetai on it, and all the case information related to him is written around the photo.

"This case is also related to him?" Jin Zhou looked at the whiteboard and found many cases he had seen in the news, "Tsk tsk, his hands are really covered with blood."

"Use your back." Yang Shiyu said to Jin Zhou with his hands folded in front of his chest and his hips leaning against the desk.

"Okay." Jin Zhou turned the whiteboard over, then picked up the marker pen on the side, and wrote the words "serial murderer" in the middle.

However, as he was writing, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. He turned his eyes to the whiteboard, wiped the faint marks on it with his hands, and asked, "What is this?"

The handwriting of the marker pen is erased, and there will still be very shallow marks. Jin Zhou narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the erased handwriting carefully, and found his name impressively written in the middle.

The name extended outward, and there were many blurred handwritings. Jin Zhou vaguely recognized the names of Liu Yongchang, Huzi, Sun Yi, Xiaowu and others.

The answer is obvious. Before the whiteboard was wiped clean, the protagonist on it was none other than Jin Zhou.

"Are you still investigating me?" Jin Zhou turned the marker pen in his hand, annoyed and funny, "Yang Shiyu, do you love me so much?"

"Of course." Yang Shiyu looked at Jin Zhou with a calm expression, unlike the usual avoidance of topics and the embarrassment of being caught, "I love you more than you can imagine."

Hold.

Jin Zhou covered his heart and took two steps back. This mansao gourd is really killing people when he talks about love.