The murder case near the Changmen twenty-five years ago is still a unsolved case. Neighbors heard the movement in the house and knocked on the door to call the police. Several people heard the baby crying outside the door. However, when the police arrived and opened the door, there were only two bodies in the house. The murderer didn't know where he went, and the children of the victims disappeared.

The cause of the death of the victim is not difficult to judge. One person's skull was broken, the other person's chest and ribs were almost broken, and the internal organs were also shattered. However, the forensic doctor could not understand what kind of attack was caused by the attack. There were horse hoof prints without iron palms on the ground and on the sofa. It seemed that Ning Bai's fatal injury was kicked by the horse's hoof, but where did the horses come from in the residential community? He also went to the fourth floor!

Even if there is a horse, how could it disappear out of thin air? Where did Ningbai and his wife's children go? This case once caused panic, but time erased the traces of it that happened. The community later moved again, and people gradually forgot about it.

Many years later, Li Qingshui, who had just become a criminal policeman, discovered the case when he turned over the file, which aroused his great interest. He spent a long time doing various investigations and analysis. He had a bold and amazing speculation that the deceased Ning Bai and his wife were probably the "male and female thieves" who had been hunted by the police for a long time.

Hearing this, Cheng Tianle interrupted and asked, "Male and female thief? What is this allusion?"

Li Qingshui replied: "It's just a nickname given by the police. It was about 25 years ago to more than 30 years ago, a series of burglaries and robberies occurred in Suzhou and the surrounding areas. Some of them did not leave any clues, which became unrecoverable cases, but they had a common feature. The criminals did not move anything else and only took cash. Later, through investigation, it was found that the perpetrators were a man and a woman, and they could fly over the eaves and walls!"

That was nearly thirty years ago. Similar cases often occur, and the police did not associate them together at the beginning. At that time, new residential communities and unit buildings had just emerged, replacing the traditional family compound, and interpersonal relationships were also quietly changing. Neighbors gradually became unfamiliar, and even lived in a building for a long time but couldn't figure out what each other's name was.

People's awareness of anti-theft is gradually increasing, but compared to this, it is still relatively weak. The anti-theft doors in the unit building have become popular. Most of the families on the first floor have also added anti-theft windows, but the families on the third floor have not installed anti-theft windows. They can enter the house from the balcony, and people often do not close the windows when sleeping.

The perpetrators were very accurate in scouting, and the targets they were either rich or noble. Many people stolen a lot of cash but did not call the police. In addition to residents, there were also some enterprises and institutions that had large amounts of cash placed in iron cabinets. The involved were often small internal treasurys or various gray incomes.

It was first confirmed that the suspect was a man and a woman, which was entirely accidental. An official was dismissed and confessed to the crime of corruption. The police had already obtained the evidence of the briber in advance and knew that someone had sent him a large amount of cash on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, so he was interrogating and investigating the matter. However, the official confessed to a burglary case.

One day, the official went to the house to get things in the middle of the night, but after entering the house, he broke a pair of thieves who were putting cash in his backpack. The criminals were not panicked when they saw him coming back. Instead, they sneered and threatened him. They were a man and a woman, all covered in faces. The official did not see clearly what they looked like, and of course he did not call the police afterwards.

Although surveillance equipment was not as popular as it is now, it had appeared in many important places. In another theft case, the police also discovered the occasional image of the suspect, which was a man and a woman covered in a face. This confirmed that there was a pair of "male and female thieves".

No one knows how many cases these two people have done. Because many victims have not called the police. For example, the leader of the new district management committee who was dismissed. If it were not for being trapped in the hands of the discipline inspection department, the police would not have known that there was such a thing. In the end, the police did not catch the criminal, and the male and female thieves disappeared later and never appeared again. There are various other cases that often occur, and the traces they left were submerged in various messy information.

When Li Qingshui re-studied the archives, he noticed that many unsolved cases may have been done by this man and a woman. In some cases, the police may have arrested the suspect in the wrong way. They all have a common feature, that is, the floor where the case was relatively high and often on the top floor. The stolen households or units all have large amounts of cash, leaving no traces of entry, and criminals seem to be able to fly over the eaves and walls.

Li Qingshui also noticed two things. First, after the bloody incident in the Changmen community, similar cases disappeared in the surrounding area. Although other theft cases occurred from time to time, the methods of committing the crime were obviously different from the traces on the scene. It was not like the man and woman, and there was no news about the male and female thieves.

On the other hand, the police found several bank passbooks and bank cards at the Ningbai couple's home. After investigation, they all had large deposits and were registered with different names. The real-name system for deposits in China was implemented from April 1, 2000. That year was 1993. You do not need to register your identity information when you deposit money in a bank, and you can use a pseudonym at will. The bank card has just appeared shortly.

There was still a lot of cash at the crime scene, with a total of about 300,000 yuan, and they were placed in two hidden places. Afterwards, when they visited and investigated their neighbors, no one could tell what business the couple was doing and where they made so much money? So Li Qingshui made a bold inference that the couple was the male and female thief, and they had the ability to fly over the eaves and walls.

This murder case must have been because they offended some enemies, and the murderer also has the ability to fly over the eaves and walls! This makes sense and the most reasonable explanation. But what about the horse hoof prints at the scene of the crime? Li Qingshui guessed that it might be the shape left by some kind of murder weapon. But Li Qingshui couldn't understand why the murderer didn't take the huge amount of cash and took the child away? Could it be that the couple stole the other person's child and that made the enemy?

What a tortuous story if the truth of all this could be revealed! Of course, the young Li Qingshui also had various ideas, and he even daydreamed. If he could find clues and solve such a case, he would definitely become a detective! Unfortunately, time has passed too long and the relevant clues have long been unable to be verified, so he can only be a fantasy.

Now that Li Qingshui recalls this past incident to Cheng Tianle, he doesn't need anyone to persuade him. He unknowingly pours and drinks himself. After he finished speaking, more than four taels of white wine had already been eaten. Cheng Tianle also understood what was going on. Li Qingshui's inference was completely correct - the Ning couple was the pair of male and female thieves pursued by the police.

Xiao Shao has traced the origin of the couple in the world of the picture scroll, and mentioned these simply, but it did not take them as important clues. Because the focus of the search is not these, Xiao Shao wants to figure out only his identity and origin. In the world of the picture scroll, he uses his natural magic to track down the past, sometimes he only needs to see the light. If all the scenes are displayed in detail, the consumption of magical power is unimaginable, and there is no need.

The case has been so long, and the Ning couple has already died. It is probably impossible for the police to solve the case. Cheng Tianle also knew why Li Qingshui was confused. Wu Yanqing did not search all the Ning couple's houses, but only half of them were searched and they came back, so he still didn't find two cash. It seems that even if the Ning couple put money at home, they still had the habit of not hiding them in the same place.

After Li Qingshui finished speaking, he picked up the bottle and poured a glass of wine for Cheng Tianle: "Mr. Cheng, no, Master Cheng! I want to toast you. I want to ask you something, so I will do it first!"

Li Qingshui had already dried up the wine as he spoke. Cheng Tianle held the glass and said, "Drink slowly, what's the point of asking me for?"

Li Qingshui sighed: "Mr. Cheng suddenly asked me about this case today. There must be a reason? I have been so clear after so many years. In fact, I want to know the answer too much. I am a policeman after all! I know that this case is strange, and I also know that Mr. Cheng has unique skills. Did he find out some mysterious incident? You must tell me that I promise not to tell others."

Cheng Tianle smiled: "Of course I know that you won't say such things casually, otherwise others will think that Director Li is mentally abnormal. But as a policeman, do you really believe that there are strange things in the world?"

Li Qingshui drank a glass of wine and said, "Didn't you tell you a long time ago? I believe it! In the case of the police being killed a few years ago, didn't you tell me that the murderer was a python that became a demon? I believed it too. Speaking of which, you saved my life!... In that case twenty-five years ago, was the murderer a python that became a demon?"

Cheng Tianle nodded and said, "You guessed it, the murderer is indeed a horse, and that couple is indeed the male and female thieves you call. They are also people with unique skills and want to attack the horse, but they were killed by them. As for the child who was taken away, they are living a good life now and are very happy. She doesn't know her own background."

Li Qingshui stood up again and raised her glass and said, "Mr. Cheng, thank you! It turns out that my judgment was correct before that year, and finally explained the confusion in my heart for many years."

Cheng Tianle: "I told you that you have to do me a favor... I am useful to the archives of this case back then, so please get me a photocopy."
Chapter completed!