Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 100 The Serial Killer
Someone reported the case late at night in the yamen, and the children in the family went out to watch the lights, and they haven't returned yet. They sent people out to look for them, but they didn't find anyone in several lively markets.

The yamen immediately sent people out to look for the person.

In less than half an hour, a drunk rushed into the yamen in a panic, his face turned blue with fright, his legs were still trembling, and when he saw the officials, he rushed up and grabbed their legs, Shouting tremblingly, "Killed, killed."

A few officials followed the drunk who couldn't even walk steadily to the place where he came. At night, they entered the alley with torches, and the torches illuminated the dark alley. leave it there.

The officer felt that the soles of their feet were sticky. Looking down with the torch, the blood dripped from the corpse and spread to their feet, like a puddle.

In the early morning, Shao Ziyu was woken up by someone sent by the Ministry of Punishment and left in a hurry.

First, when we arrived at the yamen, there were cries all over the place. There were four stretchers in the courtroom, all of which were covered with white cloths. Shao Ziyu frowned, and someone else had an accident.

The adults in the yamen here still know something about the Lijiazhuang murder case a few days ago. He saw the wounds of these four people and knew that they were inseparable from those two cases, but the dead were only four servants, who were crying here , and those who have fainted from crying, and the missing two young ladies who have not been found.

Shao Ziyu didn't stop, and sent people to take the four corpses to the Ministry of Punishment, along with the family members of the two families.

Ask Ah Jiu, who rushed over, to take someone to the alley to check and find out what's going on nearby.

The wound was caused by a sharp weapon like the previous one. The cut of the throat should have been a dagger, and there was no need to spend an extra knife in other places, simply wiped the neck with a knife.

"There are traces of covering the mouth and dragging." Wu Zuo pointed to the bruises on the mouth of the deceased and the traces of worn shoes on the heels of the deceased. Two of the trousers had sand and worn holes.

"According to the family members, the two young ladies came out together by acquaintance. They couldn't go to the alley to look at the lights on Hefang Street. That is to say, these servants were quickly dragged into Killed in the alley." The servant silenced her, and the maid and young lady were naturally kidnapped, but there were so many carriages entering and leaving the city at that time, and they would not know where they went if they really went out of the city.

"Look here, my lord." Wu Zuo checked the hands and feet of several people, and one of them had something stuck in his fingernails, the color was reddish and not red, and Wu Zuo carefully removed it, "There is no other wound on the deceased, it should be that the murderer was scratched. "

The flakes of flesh on the nails were grabbed by the right hand. If the murderer used his right hand to hold the knife, he would cover his mouth with his left hand. Eleven demonstrated the posture, "My lord, the murderer should have injured his left hand." And the wound was not shallow.

Shao Ziyu has reason to believe that this case is related to the previous two cases. The Lijiazhuang case has not been solved, and the news has not been released, so it is ruled out that someone deliberately imitated this murder method.

One person can't do these things, the murderer is still a gang, Shao Ziyu looked at Wu Zuo and continued to check, the sky outside the house was getting bright, and Master Zhang, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, came.

Mr. Zhang couldn't afford to take the matter to this point if he didn't report it to the imperial court. The murderer had gone from outside the city to killing and kidnapping people during the Lantern Festival. If he wasn't arrested in time, more people would be victimized.

After daybreak, Lord Zhang took Shao Ziyu to the court together, and reported to the court, and the courtiers and the emperor here learned about it. The New Year and the Lantern Festival are originally lively days for family reunions. Who would have expected this to happen? Wait for big things.

The emperor was furious after hearing the results of Shao Ziyu's investigation now, and the several possibilities of the murder that he said at the end.

Killing innocent people for no reason, kidnapping women, disregarding the king's law and life, such people should be arrested immediately and beheaded to show the public, as an example to others.

In view of the fact that Shao Ziyu successfully solved the Pengcheng robbery case, and because he is now following up the case, the emperor directly sent more people to the Ministry of Punishment, and asked Mr. Mu, who is in charge of military power here, to cooperate with Shao Ziyu, so that he can mobilize people in Luodu City at any time. Soldiers, easy to investigate.

Shao Ziyu didn't know who the murderer was, what his identity was, and where he was. The most urgent thing now was to find the two abducted women.

The Ministry of Criminal Affairs continued to block the news. When the alcoholic who found the body frantically went to the Yamen to report the case, some rumors had already spread. Moreover, the families of Chen and Wang, who had their daughter kidnapped, kept coming and going to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. One of the two families said that their daughter was sick and recuperating at home, and the other said that they were sent to the countryside to see relatives. In order to preserve the reputation of the child, they could not spread the news that the daughter was taken away, but people still guessed some of the reasons.

After the imperial court, Shao Ziyu went directly to the alley, guarded by officers and soldiers, and there were many people watching and watching not far away. When Shao Ziyu walked into the alley, the blood on the ground had turned black and red. Ah Jiu had been waiting here for a long time, seeing him Come, take out a piece of cloth, three fingers wide and half a foot long, the edge is caused by vigorous pulling, and it is a little frizzy.

Shao Ziyu took it in his hand and touched it. It was a high-quality garment brocade cloth, which is what Shao Ziyu usually wears. Looking down at the source of the brocade cloth, it was hooked on a bamboo basket.

"I didn't look carefully last night when it was dark. Eleven and I searched here again in the morning, and found this hooked brocade cloth on the bamboo basket. It was very clean. It didn't look like someone threw it here, but it seemed to be from clothes. It was hooked up." Eleven picked up the bamboo basket, and there were still some thread ends hooked on the raised part.

When the corpses were discovered at that time, they were thrown together in this corner. The corner was originally full of old bamboo baskets, and the blood stains did not extend from the entrance of the alley, which means that they killed people and threw the corpses directly in this corner.

"The alley is narrow, and it seems crowded with four corpses thrown down." Shao Ziyu demonstrated that passing by here, if there are four people huddled together, and if several people escape together, or bring people with them, it is inevitable that they will bump into the pile here. The bamboo baskets are full of broken bamboo baskets, and it is not impossible to catch the hem of the clothes.

Immediately, he gave the brocade cloth to Ah Jiu, "Go to each cloth shop and ask, who has brocade cloth of this color."

Then Shao Ziyu returned to the Ministry of Punishment, and Fu Junhao waited for him for a while.

The two of them didn't exchange many pleasantries, and directly entered the topic. After seeing the brocade cloth, Shao Ziyu felt more confident, "Master Fu, the murderer did not leave Luodu City. He is still hiding in Luodu City, but it is not clear whether he is alive or dead." The three cases were connected together, and the killing was so simple that Shao Ziyu concluded that the kidnapped person should be still alive, and only the woman was taken away. I can think of one or two reasons for killing the servants, "Since they entered the Hefang market, they should have been targeted. I initially suspected that it was done by people who were acquainted with the Chen Wang family, but it was the same as the previous two. Judging together, during this time, it should only be targeted at the market." Then he killed and kidnapped.

After a while, Eleven came back with the ecstasy incense that he asked him to check, "My lord, I found several companies to check this incense, and only two of the five or six companies could vaguely see a clue, but I'm not sure. It should only be said that it is not cheap, and the prices in their shops are not low."

"Then did you tell them where this thing came from?" Shao Ziyu looked indifferent, Eleven grinned, "Yes, but I asked them after they smelled it, so I told them that it was scraped from the face of a dead man. He came down." It was conceivable that the shopkeepers who had heard of it all turned pale with fright, wishing to invite him out of the shop immediately and walk as far as they could.

The corner of Shao Ziyu's mouth raised, "The brocade cloth that I got hooked is not cheap, and the ecstasy incense is not cheap. No wonder they didn't take away anything valuable when they clearly wanted the crime scene that had been robbed long ago."

Eleven guards dared to ask, "Why?"

"Because the murderer felt that there was nothing valuable in this farmer's house, so he didn't bring anything with him." In other words, the murderer who could afford good brocade clothes and spend money on ecstasy incense, This identity should not be bad.

"I didn't lack money, and I didn't rob things, so I killed people. What is the murderer's plan?" Fu Junhao seemed to be asking himself, and after looking at Shao Ziyu, Fu Junhao blurted out, "Happy."

Then he finished the sentence, "It's a joy to kill."

Those who have fought in war, when they fight on the battlefield, often they will be red-eyed and killed with a single blow, or they will be covered in blood before their eyes, which will become a kind of joy of killing the enemy.

Some felt happy to be tortured in every possible way, some wanted to be killed with a knife, and felt happy to see him die in front of his eyes in a very short time, and what Fu Junhao said was really what Shao Ziyu judged in his heart.

He guessed a lot of motives for the murder in his mind, and he felt that this one was the most likely. Although it sounded the most incomprehensible, judging from the incomplete evidence in hand, it seemed to be this direction.

"But if we search like this, even if we have enough people and the murderer doesn't show up, we still can't find him." Even if the brocade cloth was hooked off by the murderer, how few people use this kind of cloth in Luodu City? It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Since there are clues, we must be able to find them, at least the scope has been narrowed down to a certain extent." Shao Ziyu smiled, "Master Fu, this matter may trouble you for a long time. The gates of the cities are now strictly guarded, and they cannot If you leave the city to commit crimes, then you can only continue to commit crimes in the city." Committing crimes is only a matter of time.

"My lord, are you saying that they will continue to commit crimes." Eleven thought that more people should be deployed. Not only should the city gate be strictly guarded, but also whoever goes out and who comes in must be checked thoroughly.

"They must feel that the government is incompetent, and they can't find it no matter how much they search. It's really hard to find out any valuable clues, but Shao Ziyu can at least judge that the murderer is not some bandit bandit on the basis of certainty in the general direction. The people who live in Luodu City have a good family background and some kung fu , Good skills, there is a place where people can meet the few pitiful evidence requirements nowadays, students from the martial arts academy, or masters who teach and teach in the martial arts academy.

Shao Ziyu paused after finishing speaking, "If what I said is true."

Two days later, Shao Ziyu, who was so busy, received a letter from Xiao Hongxuan. In the letter, Xiao Hongxuan emphasized that he must see him, and waited for him in the teahouse. If he didn't show up, he would wait until he showed up. Said, Shao Ziyu had no choice but to find time to go.

Just now entering the private room, Xiao Hongxuan took a look at Ah Jiu who came in with Shao Ziyu, and asked him inquiringly, "Ziyu, have you found the murderer in this serial murder case?"

(End of this chapter)