Just when Yang Lan and Wang Jie were looking at the seven portraits drawn by Lin Yang, a melodious phone ring suddenly rang.
"I'm going out to take a call." Wang Jie picked up the cell phone placed on the bed and walked out.
Four or five minutes later, she returned to the dormitory with a solemn expression.
"Who called?" Yang Lan asked curiously.
"The criminal police team called, saying that a new victim's body was found on the bus stop in front of No. 18 Middle School."
Wang Jie walked to the desk, picked up the seven portraits placed on it, and carefully put them away: "Lin Yang, I'm afraid it is true as you said, the murderer is among these seven people."
Seeing Lin Yang's confused expression, Yang Lan explained: "The bus you took before passes through No. 18 Middle School. Take three stops from Jinxiu Road Station to No. 18 Middle School Station."
Wang Jie found a folder, put seven portraits in it, and said: "Lan'er, we can't rest anymore, let's go and take a look at the crime scene."
Yang Lan nodded: "Let's go. As long as we can find out the clues and bring the murderer to justice as soon as possible, it will be worth it no matter how tired we are." After thinking about it, she said to Lin Yang: "Why don't you come with us too?
That victim is really the passenger you saw on the bus. We still need to find out the situation from you.
"no problem."
Naturally, Lin Yang would not refuse this request and quickly followed Yang Lan and Wang Jie downstairs.
Downstairs in the dormitory, a police car was already parked and waiting.
Lin Yang took a look and realized that he knew the man driving the car. It was Tang Peng who owed him a meal.
"Doctor Lin? Why are you here?" Tang Peng was surprised to see Lin Yang.
Yang Lan did not tell Tang Peng why Lin Yang was here, but only said: "Lin Yang took a passing bus this morning and probably saw the deceased and the murderer. Therefore, we asked him to accompany him to the crime scene to have a look.
If the deceased person really took a passing bus, we can also learn about the situation from him in time."
Tang Peng nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
After everyone got in the car, he stepped on the accelerator. The police car immediately drove out of the SWAT team dormitory area and sped towards the crime scene.
By the time they arrived at the scene of the crime, a hundred meters away from the No. 18 Middle School bus stop had been designated as a cordon. The police in the area were maintaining order around the area and discouraging curious citizens from approaching so as not to damage the case.
Discovery scene.
At the same time, the criminal police officers who arrived after receiving the news had already begun taking photos and surveys of the scene and the victim, and were interviewing and recording pedestrians who were near the No. 18 Middle School platform at the time.
Tang Peng parked the police car, several people got out of the car, showed their IDs to the police who were maintaining order, and then walked quickly towards the No. 18 Middle School platform.
Before he even approached the bus stop, Lin Yang saw a man leaning against the route sign at the bus stop with his eyes closed. Several policemen were surrounding him to take photos and record.
Yang Lan's eyes also fell on this person, and her brows raised sharply: "This person... seems to be the late-night office worker you drew."
"Yes, that's him." Wang Jie opened the folder and pulled out the portrait drawn by Lin Yang. After some comparison, it turned out to be the office worker who stayed up late.
Lin Yang did not answer, but nodded solemnly.
Although he had seen a lot of dead people and ghosts before this, this person was still alive more than half an hour ago. Just half an hour later, he was no longer alive... No
, not only is there no life, but also the soul is gone.
According to normal circumstances, when a person just dies, although the soul will leave the body, it will not drift too far and will usually wander unconsciously near the body.
But the soul of this office worker is not around here at all.
In other words, his soul either drifted away prematurely. Or, it was taken away by the murderer who took his life.
Obviously, the latter is more likely
Who is that murderer?
Why take away the victims' hearts and brains, and also take away their souls?
What exactly does he want to do?
Lin Yang's heart was full of questions.
At this moment, the person leading the investigation at the crime scene was the middle-aged policeman whom Lin Yang had met in the conference room of the Forensic Identification Center last night.
"Xiao Yang, you guys are here. Hey, isn't this Dr. Bai's student? Why is he with you?"
"Team Chen, this is what happened..." Yang Lan hurriedly came forward and told Lin Yang's experience on the bus today to the middle-aged policeman.
The middle-aged policeman is none other than Chen Hong, the captain of the city’s criminal police team.
Several vicious murders that occurred in the past two days gave him, a veteran policeman with rich criminal investigation experience, a headache. On the one hand, it was because the murderer's cruelty and abnormality were very rare, and on the other hand, because the murderer was very cunning and careful, and he was stunned.
Leaving a few clues behind made their investigation work difficult and almost came to a standstill.
Now, when he heard that Lin Yang had taken a passing bus, seen the deceased, and might even have encountered the murderer, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly urged Wang Jie to quickly take out the seven portraits drawn by Lin Yang.
While watching, he asked: "Dr. Xiaolin, when you got off the bus at Jinxiu Road, who were the other passengers in the car?"
"In addition to the deceased, there are also the driver and the girl who is going to a hobby class to learn violin." Lin Yang pointed to the portrait of the driver and the little girl and said: "The mother-in-law and grandson got off at the stop in front of Jinxiu Road.
The couple got off the bus earlier, at Riverside Park Station. Of course, after getting off the bus, several new passengers got on the bus..."
Chen Hong said hurriedly: "Do you still remember the appearance of the new passengers who got on the bus? If possible, could you draw us a copy of what the remaining passengers on the bus looked like when you got off at Jinxiu Road Station?
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In his opinion, the murderer could not be the people who got off the bus before. Because the office worker's death condition was the same as that of the previous victims. There was a wound on the chest and back of the neck, as well as a wound on the heart and brain.
They were all taken away. If the murderer was the same people who got off the bus before, how could the victim get out of the bus alive?
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that people who got off the bus before followed the bus through other means of transportation and waited until the victim got off the bus before killing them. However, in comparison, the few people who stayed on the bus were still
It's more questionable.
"No problem." Lin Yang nodded in agreement.
With Chen Yuanyuan here, how could it be difficult to get him through a few portraits?
Soon, he drew the faces of the passengers who were still in the car when he got off the car and handed them to Chen Hong.
"Thank you, Dr. Xiaolin, I really appreciate it." Chen Hong couldn't help but thank him.
If this series of murders can open up a gap in detection today, Lin Yang will undoubtedly take the greatest credit.
"You're welcome. It's a citizen's duty to assist the police in solving crimes. Well...can I get closer and see the victim?" Lin Yang made a request.
At this time, the police had finished taking photos and surveying the victim and the crime scene. After thinking about it, Chen Hong nodded and said, "Okay, you can go over and have a look."
Walking straight to the office worker who had lost his breath and soul, Lin Yang looked at the scars on his body.
Sure enough, just like the previous victims, there was a five-centimeter incision on the chest and a small hole the size of a chopstick on the back of the neck.
Similarly, whether it was the knife mark on the chest or the hole on the back of the neck, there was no trace of blood on Yu Jingjing.
I don't know what kind of method the murderer used to prevent the wound from bleeding at all.
"Hey, what is this?"
Suddenly, Lin Yang found some mucus around the small hole on the back of the victim's neck.
At first glance, the mucus looked like pus produced when a wound suppurated, but Lin Yang smelled a sour and putrid smell from it.
The sour and rancid smell was very light. If Lin Yang's sense of smell was not much stronger than that of ordinary people, he would not have been able to smell it.
"This is obviously not pus produced by a suppurating wound, because it is impossible for pus to emit such a strange sour and rancid smell." Lin Yang frowned slightly, not afraid of getting dirty, and reached out to dip some mucus near the hole in the back of his neck.
A burning and stinging feeling immediately came from the fingertips.
This mucus is actually corrosive
Lin Yang hurriedly rubbed his hand on the bus route sign twice to wipe off the mucus on his fingers. The burning and stinging feeling was relieved a little.
He lowered his head and looked at his fingers. Not only were they red and swollen, there were even signs of broken skin.
This shows how strong the corrosive power of this mucus is
Glancing around, Lin Yang took out a small glass bottle from Yushan when no one was paying attention. He took some of the mucus from around the hole in the victim's neck and put it into the bottle. Then he sent the glass bottle back to Yushan.
Here, let Mr. Chen help with research.
In Lin Yang's view, this mucus is likely to be the key to finding out the murderer's true identity.
Unfortunately, apart from this strange mucus, Lin Yang did not find any other potentially useful clues on the victim.
Soon, the victim's body was put into a body bag and taken away. Lin Yang also went to the Criminal Police Team to cooperate with the police's consultation.
By the time I was done, it was almost noon.
"I'm really sorry for taking up so much of your time today. Once this case is solved, we'll treat you to dinner to say thank you." Yang Lan, Tang Peng and other members of the SWAT team personally escorted Lin Yang out of the police station.
No matter what, Lin Yang helped them a lot today, and he deserves to express his gratitude.
"We are friends, why are you so polite?" Lin Yang waved his hand and said seriously: "Besides, I also hope that you can find the murderer as soon as possible, bring him to justice, and give justice to the victims."
Yang Lan nodded vigorously: "This is also what we hope for."
Just as he was saying goodbye, Lin Yang suddenly remembered something: "Hey, I almost forgot why I came to see you today."
While talking, he took out the jade pendant that had been refined into a talisman from his pocket and handed it to Yang Lan: "Take this jade pendant and remember to wear it at all times..."
Before he finished speaking, Tang Peng and several other special police officers began to laugh and boo.
Yang Lan's pretty and heroic face also had a rare flash of blush.