At dawn, Lin Anshan was as quiet as a painting.
There were many mountains and rivers in the south, and this was the most ordinary low mountain in the suburbs of Lin City that had not been developed for tourism. If it was not for the murder, even a local like Xu Xu would not have known that there was a luxurious villa halfway up the mountain.
When Ji Bai and Xu Xu arrived, there were already a few police officers at the scene. The rest of the criminal police team were also on their way.
A white cobblestone path connected the villa to the road under the dense trees. The villa occupied a large area and was surrounded by high walls and a large iron gate. A police officer reported, "The villa's security system was destroyed and malfunctioning, the gate is open."
Ji Bai nodded and led Xu Xu in.
Xu Xu was very quiet along the way as she quickly recalled all the clues about Ye Zixi in her mind. However, for some reason, she felt a little stifled in her chest. And when Ye Zixi's beautiful face flashed in his mind, the suffocating feeling became heavy. Therefore, she became even more silent.
Ji Bai did not notice Xu Xu's emotions. He habitually lit a cigarette and smoked in the car with a calm expression.
For so many years, every time he heard about a murder, he felt a chill run through his heart. The chill was silent, broad, and fast, but in the blink of an eye, it disappeared without a trace. However, he was as calm as ever, and he could vigilantly look at every bloody corpse.
…
The dark coffee-colored door was wide open, and the smell of blood filled the air, mixed with a slight stench. As they walked through the long corridor, they saw dried blood that flowed from the snow-white carpet under their feet to the corpse next to the sofa.
Although Xu Xu had seen corpses in the police academy before, she was still stunned when she saw Ye Zixi like this. The world around her seemed to have quietened down, leaving only Ye Zixi's white, naked, and messy body.
There were a total of five paper knives stabbed into her upper arms, thighs, and abdomen. The cuts were clean, and it looked like they were going to nail her into a pool of blood. Only the wound on her abdomen was bloody and had many scratches. There was a long and thin wound on the left side of her chest, and the coagulated blood was like a ferocious flower that bloomed from her chest.
A white coat was thrown beside her right foot, and half of it was soaked in blood, which was bright and eerily beautiful.
"Did anyone touch the body?" Ji Bai's calm voice rang out and Xu Xu instantly returned to her senses.
"Yes, this kid, he found the body," the policeman next to him replied.
Xu Xu and Ji Bai looked in the direction he was pointing and saw a young man sitting under the snow-white wall. From the moment they entered the room, he had remained motionless, clutching his hair with both hands.
Xu Xu was startled. "Ye Zixiao?"
The man abruptly raised his head to look at them. It had only been one night since they last met, but his handsome face was filled with dejection and his eyes were bloodshot. "Xu Xu …"
"He called the police," said the policeman.
Ye Zixiao watched in a daze as Ji Bai and Xu Xu walked over. Only then did he realize that his whole body was so stiff and numb that he could hardly move.
"Mr. Ye, please tell the police everything you know," Ji Bai said.
Ye Zixiao nodded, but his gaze fell on Xu Xu's face. Her clear black eyes seemed to show that she couldn't bear it. Ye Zixiao's heart trembled as he murmured, "Xu Xu, Zixi is dead … She's dead. She's gone. "
Xu Xu squatted down in front of Ye Zixiao and looked him in the eye. "I know you're very sad. Calm down first, then tell us everything you know. "
That calm and cool voice seemed to have a calming power that soothed his heart that was in great pain. In the face of the death of her loved ones, her once cold words and indifferent rejection became insignificant.
Ye Zixiao had never had such a strong desire to hold her in his arms and greedily absorb her cold and soft breath …
He silently clenched his fists and took out his phone from his trouser pocket. "I received a text from her."
Xu Xu took it and looked at it. She was slightly stunned, then she passed it to Ji Bai.
"Lin An Shan Yue Road No. 3, save me." The sender was Ye Zixi, and it was sent at 22: 17 last night.
"What time did you get here?" Ji Bai asked in a deep voice. Xu Xu also looked at him.
The police had already asked this question before, but Ye Zixiao's voice was still trembling when he answered again. "I fell asleep. I only saw the text at about five o 'clock. "It was obvious that he felt guilty. If he had seen the text earlier, Ye Zixi might have been saved.
"No one can predict everything." Ji Bai said calmly, "Don't blame yourself."
Ye Zixiao smiled bitterly.
Xu Xu asked, "Is this Ye Zixi's house?"
Ye Zixiao shook his head. "I'm not sure. She has a lot of properties. "
He told them everything that had happened this morning. He saw the text at about five o 'clock and immediately drove here. When he arrived, everything in the house was the same as it was now. The only difference was the white coat that covered her body. He did not think much at that time, he only wanted to confirm whether Ye Zixi was dead or alive. He lifted the coat and saw the body with a paper knife.
"Didn't you guys catch the razor blade criminal last time?" Ye Zixiao asked with red eyes, "He had an accomplice, didn't he? Do you still want to kill Zixi because she escaped death? "
Ji Bai and Xu Xu did not answer. The police did not announce the results of the razor blade case to the public, but they did inform the victims of the investigation. Ye Zixi must have told Zixiao about it too.
However, the razor blade reappeared today. Moreover, it killed the previous victim.
At this time, Zhao Han arrived. Ji Bai asked him to bring Ye Zixiao back to the police station first to calm him down, then he would give a detailed statement later. Before they left, Xu Xu chased after them and asked, "When you came in, how did the coat cover Zixi's body?"
Zixiao was stunned. "What do you mean?"
Xu Xu answered, "Was it messy or neat?"
Zixiao recalled and answered, "It wasn't messy, it seemed like someone had covered it up, only her arms and calves were exposed. That's why I … took off the coat to see what happened to her. "
Xu Xu nodded. "Got it."
Zixiao looked at her and his heart ached. He wanted to say something but stopped.
Xu Xu nodded. "I understand, we'll do our best."
Zixiao finally could not help but reach out and pull her into his arms. When he noticed her body stiffen, he took a deep breath and immediately let go of her. "Thank you, Xu Xu."
***
There were many doubts. This was Xu Xu's most intuitive feeling. When she returned to the house again, she saw Ji Bai standing in front of the body with his hands behind his back. He turned to look at her and said in a low voice, "Look at the scene."
Xu Xu followed him.
During the process of solving the case, Ji Bai was very serious. He no longer had his usual carefree smile, and his handsome face was as strict as a knife. He waited for Xu Xu to come back to start, so that she could learn the whole process of exploring the scene.
His eyes first stopped on the body. He pondered for a moment and said, "I'll talk, you write."
"Yes."
"There are traces of fighting in the living room, and the fatal wound is only on the chest. This may be the reason why the deceased sent a text message — the wound made it difficult for her to breathe, and she couldn't speak … "His voice was deep. Xu Xu wrote quickly.
There were many rooms in the villa, but there was only one bedroom. The rest were study rooms, lounges, or empty. Ji Bai stood at the door of the master bedroom. The room was elegant and clean, and there was nothing unusual.
His eyes stopped on the rows of wardrobes in the cloakroom. Just as he was about to walk over, a petite figure suddenly came up from the side and walked around him to the wardrobe. She opened the wardrobe door first, turned her back to him, held her chin with one hand, and began to observe carefully.
When Ji Bai saw the little fellow blocking his line of sight as if it was a matter of course, his originally tensed up heart suddenly relaxed a little.
He reached out, lifted her collar, and put her aside.
Xu Xu, who was instantly moved, immediately looked at him unhappily. "What are you doing?"
"Stand behind me." Ji Bai said concisely.
"Why?" Xu Xu frowned.
Ji Bai glanced at her faintly. "How many times have you investigated a murder scene?"
"My first time."
"So?"
Xu Xu was speechless.
Ji Bai ignored her and continued to investigate.
Xu Xu could only speak again with a slightly restrained tone. "The problem is that you're too tall, when you speak, I'm completely blocked, and I can't see anything …"
"Stand beside me." He interrupted her without turning his head.
Xu Xu immediately took a step forward and stood in front of the wardrobe with him.
Ji Bai was originally focused on investigating, but after a while, he suddenly felt a cold and soft touch on the back of his hand. It was a little numb, and he was distracted.
He turned his eyes slightly and saw Xu Xu lifting her fair little face and looking straight ahead. It was her finger that had just touched him.
If it was another woman, Ji Bai would have quietly stepped back a little, but since she was stretching her neck and looking serious, he did not pay much attention to her.
After a while, he suddenly felt her move. He looked sideways and could not help but laugh. She had realized that their hands were touching each other, so she frowned slightly and put her hand in her pocket, resolutely avoiding him.
After a rough inspection, the first wardrobe had more than twenty pieces of clothing, while the other two only had about ten pieces of clothing. There was a shoe rack on both sides of the east and west, with women's shoes of various seasons and materials scattered on it.
After investigating the entire villa, they returned to the living room. Except for this place, the rest of the place was clean and orderly. At this time, Old Wu and a few other criminal police officers had arrived and were surrounding Ye Zixi's body to take pictures. This made Xu Xu feel a little suffocated, so she turned her head to look at the other things in the living room.
The sofa was made of black leather and there were no scars on it; there were a few vigorous calligraphy paintings hanging on the wall; there was a bowl of vegetable salad and a bowl of sashimi on the open counter next to them. The stench that they smelled when they entered the door was emitted by the damaged sashimi. When they opened the fridge, they found a lot of ingredients. It was obvious that the murder happened very suddenly, and Zixi was still preparing supper.
After a while, Ji Bai called everyone to meet up.
The forensic doctor reported the preliminary autopsy results and estimated that the time of death was between 21 pm and 4 am last night. This was the same time that Ye Zixiao received the text message.
Another person said, "Preliminary investigation did not find any fingerprints, nor did we find any obvious footprints — someone has cleaned up the scene. The villa was originally well-equipped with security measures, but all the equipment in the security room was destroyed, so we can't get any clues from the surveillance footage. This place is deserted, and we haven't found any witnesses yet. "
This meant that after the preliminary investigation, no valuable evidence was found at the scene. Everyone fell silent.
This was not a simple case. The murderer had very keen anti-reconnaissance skills, could it really be an extremely cruel and highly intelligent criminal who imitated Yang Yu?
"Captain, what do you think?" Someone asked.
Ji Bai did not answer immediately, but looked at Xu Xu, who was frowning and deep in thought. "Tell me what you think."
When he said this, everyone looked at her.
Compared to when she first entered the police station, Xu Xu was no longer as inexperienced, so she nodded. "I think the murderer knows Ye Zixi, and they have a deep relationship. I suggest that we start investigating from the people around her. "
"Why?" A criminal police officer asked with interest.
Xu Xu said, "There are two behavioral evidence.
First, Ye Zixi's behavior. She sent a text message saying 'save me', not 'call the police'. This doesn't make sense. If Ye Zixiao called the police, the police in the area would definitely arrive faster than Ye Zixiao in the city, and they would be able to give her first aid. Ye Zixi is a very mentally strong and quick-witted person. Even when she was on the verge of death, I believe that she would be able to make a better judgment — unless she didn't want to call the police and the murderer was someone she knew.
Second, the murderer's behavior. Not only did the murderer stab the victim's vital parts, but he also stabbed the paper knife into the body. On the surface, it looked like unnecessary abuse. It seemed like some kind of ritual or mark.
However, when the witness first found the victim, she was covered with clothes. This behavior most likely reflected two emotions: guilt or pity. How could a perverted killer who randomly committed crimes have such feelings for her?
So, I think that the murderer had very complicated feelings for Ye Zixi. As for why he imitated Yang Yu, I still don't know. Maybe it was just to confuse the police. "
Everyone listened quietly. Ji Bai glanced at her with a faint smile in his eyes. Old Wu was the first to speak. "I agree. There are too many suspicious points left in this case, and there are too many signs of human intervention. Captain Ji, what do you think? "
Ji Bai nodded. "I agree with her. Two more points:
First, the murderer could be two people, one is the leader, and the other is the subordinate.
Second, Ye Zixi had an extramarital affair with a man, and this was the place where they met. We have to find that man as soon as possible. "
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