Horrible cases of mutilation and dismemberment have occurred in almost every city, but they are not well known. The famous human skin case in history is undoubtedly the human skin diary made by a French countess, who used it to record her longing for her husband.
; There is also the Spanish killer Grenouille who killed many young girls and used the exquisite deodorant of women's skin to create perfume.
The office of the special case team is located at Taoyuan Village Primary School.
Leaders of the county party committee and the Public Security Bureau went to Taoyuan Village Primary School in person. They apologized to the special case team and confessed that there were shortcomings in work and conservative thinking. The special case team recommended releasing villagers who were arrested for petitioning and calming down the cadres and masses.
This will facilitate the work. The local government accepted the suggestion and deployed elite soldiers from the Public Security Bureau to fully assist the special case team in detecting the case.
Professor Liang immediately divided the work. Su Mei led the forensic doctor to conduct an autopsy on the deceased. Bao Zhan and technicians investigated the crime scene. Hualong went to the county TV station to retrieve the footage taken the day before the crime. After gathering information from all parties, Special
The case team held a briefing on the case at Taoyuan Village Primary School.
Su Mei projected the photos on the classroom wall. She sat in the back, cranking the crank handle of an old film viewer, and played the microfilm one by one.
Horrible pictures flashed on the wall. Professor Liang shouted to stop. He pointed at the image of a man in human skin and said: "This is a common intimidation tactic in war."
The publicity officer asked: "It's common. Is skin peeling normal?"
Professor Liang said: "Of course, this skinner can no longer be called a murderer or a criminal. This is a war for him!"
The propaganda officer said: "Oh, he may have been a soldier."
Professor Liang enlarged the image of the fatal wound on the throat and explained: "The weapon that caused this wound was initially judged to be a military dagger. The weapon has all the characteristics of a military dagger. It cuts the trachea with one knife and is fierce in its execution. It is calm and calm when peeling off the skin."
, cut a knife from the back of the deceased's neck, cut a slit along the spine down to the tail vertebra, then peeled off the skin on both sides like a butterfly spreading its wings, and finally put straw in it. The prisoner's psychological quality is surprising, he may have experienced
Live the war!”
Bao Zhan reported the results of the on-site investigation. The two victims, Section Chief Yang and the developer, were killed by the same person. The developer died in the luxurious suite of Peach Blossom Villa, which was also the scene of skinning and making the scarecrow. In the room
A headless body was left behind, with the upper body skinned. Because the villa had just been completed, there was no monitoring, and the security measures were not enough. The windows did not even have guardrails installed. There were not many clues obtained at the scene. There were some blue and white porcelain fragments scattered in the room. This developer had
Hobby of collecting antiques. However, no fingerprints of the criminal were found on the porcelain fragments. The criminal may have been wearing gloves...
Professor Liang added: "There is also a possibility that the criminal forced the developer to smash his beloved antiques and then killed him."
Bao Zhan continued: "According to the investigation by the township police station, when Section Chief Yang was killed, he played chess with the criminal. Photos from the scene showed that the criminal was not proficient in chess and had no rules, but he defeated Section Chief Yang. This shows that the criminal was not proficient in chess and had no rules.
, the criminal wanted to mentally attack and destroy the deceased.”
Professor Liang said: "Let the deceased experience the pain of losing his beloved things. This is also the pain of the criminal."
Bao Zhan said: "Yes, the criminal killed Section Chief Yang in Lanketing, then dragged him to Taoyuan Village Primary School, hung him on a tree, peeled the skin and made a human fur man, and placed it in a Taoyuan on the roadside. The purpose of this is
It is to deter the demolition personnel, and the criminal should be related to the demolition of Taoyuan Village."
The propaganda officer asked: "Later, how did Section Chief Yang's body end up hanging on the tree at the entrance of the village?"
Professor Liang said: "This question will probably be known soon."
Hua Long accompanied Professor Liang to the village for investigation and was warmly received by the villagers. The villagers killed chickens and cooked wine, vying for invitations. In their eyes, Hua Long who prevented the demolition was like a hero. Professor Liang couldn't help but think of "Peach Blossom Spring"
The Wuling man in the story accidentally visited the Peach Blossom Spring, and the villagers were also so enthusiastic. "Everyone went to his home and drank and ate."
During the visit, the villagers knew nothing about the body on the tree at the entrance of the village. They claimed that they had not seen suspicious characters entering or leaving the village.
The white-haired old woman, a family member of the anti-Japanese martyrs, was highly respected in the village. She sewed the hair of a pig's head with rosin, put it into a pot and stewed it over a slow fire, then took out a brick of Pu'er tea that had been stored for twenty years and entertained Hua Long and
Professor Liang and his colleagues. Pu'er tea is known as a "drinkable antique" and has huge collection value and value-added potential. A Pu'er tea cake that has been stored for fifty years is even more valuable than a Honda car.
The old woman babbled and said that the Hong Kong developer offered her tea at a high price, but she wouldn't sell it. She was originally going to keep it for her grandson to use when he married his wife, but now that distinguished guests have come to the house, she has to take it out to entertain her.
Hualong couldn't taste the tea, so Professor Liang took a sip of the tea. The tea was rich and refreshing.
Professor Liang was more interested in the process of brewing rosin and kept questioning her. The old woman said that the rosin was given to her by a forest ranger who often came to the village to sell Chinese herbal medicine and game.
Professor Liang asked: "Is the ranger very tall, a foreigner?"
The old woman replied: "Yes, he is tall and strong. He has been a soldier and a fireman. He loves to drink and even curses people when he is drunk."
After returning home, Professor Liang watched the footage taken by the TV station the day before the incident. In the footage, the person making rosin was wearing a hat and a mask. He said to the camera, "If anyone demolishes my house, I will destroy it."
The skin is peeled off." Su Mei went to the County Armed Forces Department to obtain the local ranger's retirement and job transfer certificate information. After identification by the leader of the Forestry Bureau, it was finally confirmed that the person wearing a mask and hat on the camera screen was the local ranger.
This person is suspected of committing a major crime and fits the description of the criminal given by the special case team.
Forest rangers are the patron saints of mountains and forests. Their main tasks are fire prevention and theft prevention, routine mountain patrols, and some surveying tasks. Many rangers cannot bear the loneliness and isolation on the mountain. The Forestry Bureau will replace rangers every few years.
, the latest one was replaced by a retired firefighter.
Although it was getting late, the case was serious and it should not be delayed. Hualong and the guide from the Forestry Bureau led a team of officers and soldiers up the mountain to search for the rangers. There are many rangers' operating sites in the mountain forest, and the rangers usually live here. Taoyuan Village Primary School
On the hillside not far behind, there was an old house made of stone and mud. Soon, the police surrounded the house. From the window lattice, you could see potatoes piled in the nooks and crannies of the wall, and oil cans on the windowsill.
There was no electricity, an oil lamp was on, and there was an empty wine bottle next to it. The ranger was lying on the earthen bed, fast asleep.
When Hualong kicked in the door and arrested the ranger, the sleepy-eyed man saw the police in front of him and cursed: "I did it. I have been waiting for you for a long time, you beasts."
This sentence cheered up the spirits of the police officers present. The ranger did not blame himself. It seemed that the police had arrested the right person. However, the result of the interrogation was disappointing. The ranger confessed to hanging the body on the tree at the entrance of the village.
But he claimed that he did not kill anyone. However, he made no secret of his desire to kill people and expressed respect for the murderer.
In his words: "Be creative and make a scarecrow. If I know who did it, I will buy him a drink."
The special case team and the County Public Security Bureau interrogated him twice. The ranger's confession was consistent and did not look like he was lying.
According to the ranger, he was very disgusted with his job. He spent three days fishing and two days drying nets. He stayed at a relative's house in the county for a few days. When he returned to his work site on the mountain in the morning, he walked in and found an empty body on the ground.
He recognized the body from the clothes as Section Chief Yang of the Tourism Bureau. Out of a sense of venting his anger, he dragged the body with a rope and hung it at the entrance of Taoyuan Village while the thick fog in the morning was still there.
on the willow tree, then returned to the work site, drank and slept.
Professor Liang asked: "Why would you tell a TV reporter that you would skin anyone who demolishes your house?"
Hua Long also asked: "Yes, you are a foreigner and the demolition has nothing to do with you. Why are you so hostile?"
One of the ranger's hands was handcuffed to the table leg. He patted his chest with the other hand and said, "I can't stand it. It's unfair."
The ranger asked Hualong: "If someone demolishes your house and you don't agree, but they insist on demolishing it, what will you do?"
Hua Long was speechless. After the interrogation, it was already 8 o'clock in the evening. The township head asked Teacher Qin to buy a lot of wine and food to entertain the special case team and public security officers. The township head shamelessly persuaded Hua Long to drink, and Teacher Qin also accompanied him.
.However, everyone is depressed, and the case has reached a deadlock.
Bao Zhan has always suspected Teacher Qin, but on the night that Section Chief Yang was killed, Teacher Qin was at the city train station; on the day the developer was killed, Teacher Qin and the special case team were at Taoyuan Village Primary School. Teacher Qin was not involved in both murders.
After finding the evidence at the scene, Bao Zhan had no choice but to exclude Teacher Qin as a suspect. However, he always felt that something was wrong, but he had no clue.
Bao Zhan asked Hua Long for a cigarette and walked to the yard, smoking and thinking.
The bright moon was in the sky, the sweet-scented osmanthus was fragrant, and a faint sound of flute came from far away. Su Mei pushed Professor Liang in the wheelchair to the courtyard.
Bao Zhan listened to the sound of the flute and suddenly said: "Why does this music sound so familiar to me?"
Su Mei said: "The song I'm playing is "Butterfly Lovers"."
Professor Liang nodded and said, "Yes, Teacher Qin also played this piece last night. It sounded very sad."
The three people discussed it with their eyes, and Su Mei went to the car and took out two pillows. Last night, Professor Liang and Su Mei slept in the car, and Teacher Qin took two pillows for them from her room. Su Mei wanted to
As an excuse to return the pillow, I went to Teacher Qin's dormitory to check quietly.
Teacher Qin's door is not locked. It is a patched wooden door that has been exposed to wind and rain for many years.
Su Mei turned on the light and looked around the room quietly. After a while, her nose felt sour and tears welled up.