The Devil is Lurking By Your Side

On the banks of the Qinghe River, the police officers are busy doing some peripheral reconnaissance work in the field.

At this moment, apart from the police officers and other related staff on the river bank, there was no stranger shadow.

The body was found by an old man who happened to come here to fish.

According to one of the police officers’ dictation, the old man is getting older and his sense of smell is not very sensitive, so he can’t smell the stench of the corpse. It was his own eyes that really made him yell with the police officers in the police station when he reported the crime. The corpse that I saw was floating and sinking.

"Apart from him, are there any other witnesses?" Lin Xin asked about the male police officer who was reporting the incident to them.

The male police officer lowered his eyes and shook his head: "No, he said that when he found the body, he was the only one on the bank of the river, and he was frightened to death."

"Is that him?" Lin Xin pointed to the old man who was still standing outside the warning zone and was looking at the corpse.

"Yes, it's him."

"Okay, let me ask him a few words." After Lin Xin finished speaking, she strode towards the old man's direction.

When the old man saw a woman in beautiful casual clothes walking towards him, he blushed and wanted to turn around and leave.

"Old man, wait." Lin Xin's gentle call made the old man stop.

When he saw Lin Xin's beautiful and refined features, his entire face turned red, he didn't even dare to lift his head, and he couldn't look at Lin Xin's eyes.

"Old man, I just want to ask you some questions related to this case." Lin Xin explained to the old man directly.

Unexpectedly, when the old man heard her, he half-raised his hands and swayed randomly in the air. The teeth in his mouth had already fallen out of his mouth, so even his words were a bit vague. He said: "No, no, I didn't kill him, he... I didn't kill him!"

Lin Xin smiled when she saw him. She knew that she had frightened him by explaining her intention just now, and a smile appeared on her face.

She said: "No, I didn't say you killed people. I just wanted to ask you, do you often come here to fish?"

Lin Xin's words immediately let the old man let go of his hanging heart.

It turned out that she didn't accuse herself of killing someone when she came to talk to herself.

So he plucked up the courage and couldn’t help talking more. He said: “Yes, I often come here to fish. Sometimes I come here three times a week, sometimes twice, sometimes the sky is not beautiful, I just It's not coming at all."

Lin Xin gave an "um" and asked again: "Then when was the last time you came here to fish?"

I saw the old man squinted his eyes, curled his hands to count, and said, "Last Saturday."

"Today is Friday, so it means that it has been 6 days since you came to fish last time?" Lin Xin stared at him with piercing eyes, trying to see if he had lied to herself.

Without turning his eyes, the old man nodded and responded: "Yes."

"So did you meet any suspicious person here last Saturday?" Lin Xin asked again.

The old man shook his head firmly and said, "I haven't seen it. Last Saturday, I was the only one sitting in the same place and fishing with Lao Huang."

"Who is Lao Huang?" Lin Xin raised her eyebrows and asked.

"He is an old friend of mine, and sometimes we meet here to fish. However, neither of us noticed the dead body at the time."

"The deceased is expected to die for 5 days, and you came to fish last Saturday, so the deceased was probably still alive. But now, the corpse has been so badly corrupted that it is beyond recognition and cannot be recognized at all." Lin Xin frowned.

Although Yang City is a busy city, it is remote, so not many people come here. Young people have already gone to the city to work to earn money, and only the elderly and children are left here, so apart from this old man, Lin Xin thinks that probably no one has ever seen the dead once haunted here, let alone anyone. Recognize him.

Lin Xin wanted to ask some clues through the old man's mouth, hoping to find the source of the corpse. However, even the old men who often come here to fish have said that they have never seen other suspicious characters, which means that the murderer chose a very appropriate time when abandoning the corpse.

All she could think of was that the murderer chose to come to Qinghe at night, and then threw the body into the river. The murderer was able to leave no traces on the scene of the corpse tossing, which shows that he was extremely careful in handling the corpse.

And when Lin Xin asked the old man about the time point, it was just a chance.

At this moment, thunder and lightning flashed in the sky. When Lin Xin raised her head to look at the sky not far away, she saw that it was already dark clouds, and she felt that there should be a rainstorm in a while.

After hearing the thunder, the forensic doctor who was examining the corpse at the scene quickly said: "Take the corpse to the autopsy room, or the rain should wash away the evidence."

That being said, the body has been soaked in the river water for several days, so the important evidence should have been washed away by the river water long ago.

After the forensic doctor packed his things, he got into the scout car without looking back.

Leng Yu and Huang Lin came to Lin Xin's side, and the three of them unanimously decided to return to the Federal Bureau, and by the way reported to Director Wang about the preliminary reconnaissance situation at the scene.

Leng Yu turned the steering wheel of the car, and suddenly asked, "Lin Xin, do you know that the old witness who was talking to you just now is an old bachelor?"

"What?" Lin Xin was taken aback by Leng Yu's sudden question.

At this time, Huang Lin, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, smiled softly: "He had a big red face from when you walked over to talk to him until you left. If he had ever married a wife and had a son, I shouldn't feel so shy when I meet a more beautiful woman."

Lin Xin turned her head and gave Huang Lin a stern look, and then secretly stared at Leng Yu who was driving, and when she saw that the other party was also looking at her, she hurriedly said, "Don't think about it, don't talk nonsense. , He is old enough to be my grandfather."

Leng Yu glanced at Huang Lin in the rearview mirror and motioned her to stop talking. The three people remained silent until Leng Yu drove the car to the door of the Federal Bureau.

They opened the door quickly, jumped out of the car, and hurriedly ran into the game.

***

The project meeting was urgently convened. Mr. Wang was standing at the front end of the conference hall, bowing his head and thinking. There were already more than a dozen police officers seated under him, while Leng Yu and Lin Xin sat side by side in the last row.

Boss Wang swept his eyes over the faces of everyone, and said in a low voice: "I received an emergency call from Police Officer Wu of the Yang City Public Security Bureau this morning. He said that a corrupt body was found on the bank of the Qinghe River. However, he is currently busy with another case, so he called me and asked us for help, hoping that the Federal Bureau can take over this case."

Having said that, Mr. Wang cast his gaze in the direction of Leng Yu, and he said, "Officer Leng, you can report to everyone the preliminary reconnaissance situation at the scene."

Leng Yu nodded, cleared his throat slightly, and a cold voice followed through the entire conference hall.

I only heard her say: "According to the preliminary examination by the forensic doctor, the deceased was a man, aged between 70 and 80. Five days after his death, the corpse was found by an old man who was fishing. The head of the corpse was found. The percussion of a hard object is initially suspected to be the fatal injury of the deceased. After the murderer killed the deceased, he threw the corpse into the river. Interestingly, the Qinghe and the sea are connected with each other, so the corpse will eventually flow into the sea along with the river. In the Qinghe area, few people set foot. In conjunction with the continuous rainstorm a few days ago, the reason why the murderer threw the body into Qinghe was because he felt that the body might flow into the sea without knowing it. At that time, the corpse is likely to be eaten clean by fish in the sea. Simply put, he wants to destroy the corpse, because if the corpse is never found, no one will suspect him at that time. "

Leng Yu paused, scanned the faces of everyone, and said: "However, I suspect that the murderer is actually not familiar with Qinghe, and he should rarely come to such a remote area. If he is familiar with Qinghe area, he should have discovered that there is an old man who often comes to go fishing, and this old man is the reporter who found the body. According to the old man, he will come at least twice to three times a week. Qinghe is fishing, so if the murderer is familiar, he should know that when he abandons the body, he will most likely be discovered."

Boss Wang reached out and touched his sparse beard's chin, and asked, "So, Officer Leng meant that the murderer might not come from Yang City? However, Yang City is so big, and we live here all the year round. I rarely come to the Qinghe area, but doesn't this mean that we are not from Yangshi?"

The expression on Leng Yu’s face remained unchanged, and she slowly said, “Is the murderer from Yang City? We haven’t found out yet, but the tire marks of the car were found on the scene where the body was thrown. Therefore, we can prove that the murderer may be. I drove here. Besides, what we know is that in Yang City, only Qinghe and the sea connect with each other, and the murderer chooses not to choose, but chooses Qinghe to throw the corpse, so it can be explained that he is likely to have a certain geographical knowledge. .Since he came here by car, we can preliminarily infer that he first committed the crime in a different place, and then put the body in the car and came to Qinghe to throw the body. I think the murderer may not be from the city, but he should come. I have stayed in this city for several years, so I can more or less master the terrain here."

"Well, Officer Leng has done a good analysis. However, these clues you mentioned must be further investigated. Besides these, are there other clues?" Boss Wang looked in the direction of Leng Yu and asked.

Leng Yu let out a "um" and continued: "We found holes of inconsistent sizes in the clothes of the deceased. The strange thing is that the edges of these holes are all neat, as if they were deliberately cut off, but they just came out in the end. For what purpose, we are still investigating. As for the trousers of the deceased, no holes have been found."

"The case still sounds tricky... In that case... Then Officer Leng, you can take over this case. As for Officer Lin, I received another call for help from Officer Wu from the Public Security Bureau this morning, asking us to step in and help with the investigation. The murder in the mountains, so I need you to help him."

After hearing Boss Wang's instructions, the two nodded in agreement, and each took over a different case.

Just as the two stepped out of the conference hall and were about to separate, Leng Yu called out, "Lin Xin, wait."

Lin Xin turned her head and looked at Leng Yu, and saw that she took a step towards herself and quickly dropped a kiss on her lips before she raised the corners of her mouth and said, "We might have a moment. There is no time to see each other, so you must be careful about everything when you are in the mountains, and if necessary, let Yang Cong go with you."

"Officer Leng, you don't have to worry about me, on the contrary, you are the one who makes people feel uneasy. Think about it, this case does not seem simple at all, and..." When Lin Xin said this, she stopped, no I wish to continue.

Leng Yu guessed what she was thinking. She said: "Do you think the murderer should be a serial killer, and it is very likely that he will continue to commit crimes. Even, you are afraid that the murderer will kill me?" Leng Yu asked softly.

"Shhh, don't talk nonsense. I think the hole in the deceased's clothes was probably not cut out on a whim by the murderer. He must have another purpose. I just can't guess what the purpose is. But, I think if the murderer fails to achieve the goal, then more victims will surely appear in the future, and will stop until the goal is achieved." Lin Xin said.

Although the two have solved countless major cases and experienced many difficulties and dangers, the identities they have given to each other have long been different, so they both raised some thoughts and worries for each other, and more worrying.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Leng Yu's firm tone made Lin Xin relieved a little.

"Then I will go first." Lin Xin winked at Leng Yu.

"Yeah." Leng Yu nodded lightly and watched her leave.

Just after the two said goodbye to each other, Huang Lin's voice came from behind Leng Yu: "She has gone far, what else are you looking at?"

Leng Yu didn't look back, but heard her coldly say: "Huang Lin, I think there should be some results from the forensic doctor. What I want to know is what style of clothes the deceased was wearing? It's fancy. Is it just an ordinary shirt that follows the fashion trend? And, the most important thing is that the trademark on the clothes is still there?"

When the corpse was salvaged, after a long period of soaking in the river, the clothes worn by the deceased were already covered by a pile of mud, and the original appearance was not visible.

After Huang Lin listened to Leng Yu's question, she took out the mobile phone from her trouser pocket and handed it to Leng Yu, motioning her to read the news just passed by the forensic doctor.

Leng Yu took the mobile phone that Huang Lin handed over, looked down at the information from the forensic doctor, with a clear look on her face. He only heard her say: "Hey, I'm so old and I still want to go to Fengyue place to play. Woman. However, the physical condition of the deceased still seems to be very healthy, but this time I don’t know what happened to the murderer."

Huang Lin's eyes widened at hearing: "What did you say?"

With only a few words from the forensic department, Leng Yu was able to infer that this old deceased, who was over half a hundred years old, had actually been in and out of Fengyue Place.

Has her ability to predict things like a **** has reached the point of being superb?