"The person who got my and Liu Qiao's hair is probably Zhang Hengyu."
Xiao Lou's conclusion made Tang Ci frown in surprise. Although he didn't know much about the details of the case, from the descriptions of Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao, he already roughly knew that there were two victims in this murder case.
——The first one was named Ning Xue, a student from the Conservatory of Music, who drowned; the other one was named Zhang Hengyu, a student from the Department of Forensic Medicine, and the two were lovers.
But now, Xiao Lou actually suspected the deceased?
Tang Ci asked doubtfully: "You mean, the victim who died in the medical school... Zhang Hengyu?"
Xiao Lou's face didn't look like he was joking. He nodded and said seriously: "First of all, if my and Liu Qiao's hair can appear in the autopsy room, let the police identify me and Liu Qiao as suspects through hair genetic testing, then
, the person who framed me must have been able to get close to me and Liu Qiao at the same time, take our hair samples, and put them at the crime scene."
"Before yesterday, Liu Qiao and I didn't know each other at all in this world."
"The School of Traditional Chinese Medicine where Liu Qiao is located does not have classes in the same building as the Department of Forensic Medicine; the dormitory for girls in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine is also far away from the teachers' offices. The area where Liu Qiao usually lives has almost no intersection with the places where I often hang out.
."
"Until yesterday afternoon, Liu Qiao came to the Department of Forensic Medicine to listen to my class and sat in the classroom where I taught. That was also the first intersection between Liu Qiao and I in this world - if the hunter wanted to frame us both at the same time
, that was the best opportunity at that time.”
Listening to Xiao Lou's careful analysis, Tang Ci gradually felt that Professor Xiao's statement made sense.
Assuming that the hunter came to this world in advance, took over someone's identity, and planned to get Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao arrested through "framing", then he must find a suitable opportunity to get close to Liu Qiao and Xiao
building.
It was impossible for the gatekeeper to directly deliver the heads of Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao to him. If he wanted this kind of "evidence", he could only get it himself. As Xiao Lou said, yesterday afternoon, Liu Qiao suddenly came over
It is a perfect opportunity to listen to Xiao Lou's class.
Zhang Hengyu happened to be sitting next to Liu Qiao yesterday afternoon. How could it be such a coincidence?
Xiao Lou continued: "Liu Qiao has long hair, with a simple ponytail tied behind her head. It would be easy for the person sitting next to her to take away a piece of her hair while she is not paying attention; and during recess time, Zhang Hengyu happened to be
It’s not difficult to ask me questions and take away my hair when I’m on the podium. He is the only person who has approached me and Liu Qiao at the same time.”
Tang Ci said: "Assuming that your reasoning is correct, Zhang Hengyu took the hair. However, Zhang Hengyu was killed in the laboratory building, and his body was even made into a specimen... He can't frame you and put himself in trouble at the same time.
An autopsy was done. Is there another murderer? Could it be that there was internal strife in the hunter-killer team and Zhang Hengyu was killed by his companions?"
It is of course impossible for the victim to be the murderer at the same time.
Xiao Lou thought carefully for a moment, and suddenly said: "What if Zhang Hengyu is just an innocent passerby, being instigated by someone else?"
Tang Ci was startled: "In other words, Zhang Hengyu was used by the hunter?"
Xiao Lou carefully recalled the details since the incident, and said: "Let's sort out the timeline. I always feel that something is wrong."
Tang Ci took out a pen and paper: "Okay, Professor Xiao, tell me."
Xiao Lou organized his thoughts and said one by one: "Yesterday at 2:30 in the afternoon, Liu Qiao came to the classroom to see me. For the next two hours, we have been teaching in the classroom; after class, at about 4:30, Liu Qiao went to the office
Discuss with me to go to the Conservatory of Music to find Ye Qi. We will go to the Conservatory of Music together and find out that Ye Qi will participate in the singer finals that night."
"Liu Qiao and I had some dinner casually, followed the audience to the finals at 7:30, and Ye Qi came on stage to sing at 8:50. At around 9:50, Ye Qi's performance ended, and Liu Qiao and I left the auditorium to go backstage to find Ye Qi.
Chess, and took a photo with Ye Qi at 9:55.”
"However, at 9 o'clock sharp, a mobile phone number starting with 136 called Ning Xue, and the conversation between the two lasted for 5 minutes. At about 9:10, Liu Qiao and I walked out of the gymnasium and heard screams by the lake.
Then I found the body in the lake, and I asked Xu Mingyue to call the police. The police rushed to the scene of the crime around 9:30, recovered the body, and confirmed that Ning Xue’s death time was within one hour.”
When Xiao Lou said this, he suddenly stopped... What's wrong?
I always felt that the time was too tight, as if the murderer had arranged a script in advance, and asked him and Liu Qiao to act out each scene according to the script. However, if there is a flaw in one of the links, wouldn't it be wrong?
How did the murderer know that he and Liu Qiao would definitely come out of the gym at 9 o'clock? If they came out half an hour later, or half an hour earlier, wouldn't someone be able to provide them with an alibi?
Tang Ci also discovered something was wrong with the time.
He looked at the key time points listed in the book, frowned and said, "Could it be that the murderer was monitoring your movements at all times, and the moment he saw you preparing to walk out of the gym, he immediately called Ning Xue and asked her to go to the lake and bring Ning Xue to the lake.
Pushed into the lake? But, if Ning Xue were delayed for a few minutes on the way here, wouldn't the murderer's plan go awry?"
Time is too tight.
Called at 9 o'clock to kill. Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao appeared at the lake at 9:10. The murderer only had 10 minutes of killing time reserved for himself. It was too risky. As long as there was the slightest unexpected situation, for example, Xiao Lou
If he came out early with Liu Qiao, or if Ning Xue met an acquaintance and chatted for a few words on the way to the lake... his sophisticated trap would be prone to flaws.
Xiao Lou and Tang Ci looked at each other and fell into deep thought at the same time.
Suddenly, Tang Ci thought of a key point: "Professor Xiao, do most people have a habit of coming to the scene in advance to prepare when they encounter important things?"
Long-distance travel, interviews, meetings with leaders, etc. When people face important things, they will reserve enough time to rush to the scene in advance. What if there is a traffic jam along the way? What if there is an accident when they arrive at the scene? Isn't that right?
Delayed?
No one would be so stuck in time, let alone something as difficult as murder and framing.
A thought suddenly flashed through Xiao Lou's mind. He raised his head and said, "You are right. The murderer must have arrived at the scene in advance. Ning Xue's death time was not 9 o'clock."
Tang Ci's eyes were calm, and he and Xiao Lou thought of going together: "There was something wrong with the phone call at 9 o'clock last night?"
Xiao Lou nodded: "It was forged by the murderer. The call was connected, but the person who answered the phone was not Ning Xue at all."
A's number called B's number and they chatted for 5 minutes. There are call records on the phone. But can you be sure that the call must be made by A and answered by B?
Without video evidence, no one knows who has the phone.
Tang Ci said: "It seems that at 9 o'clock last night, Ning Xue's cell phone had fallen into the hands of the murderer. While making calls with Professor Xiao's number, he answered the call with Ning Xue's number, forging a Xiao
The 5-minute call record between the professor and Ning Xue."
Xiao Lou said solemnly: "At that time, Ning Xue was actually dead, and her body sank into the lake. The murderer killed Ning Xue far before Liu Qiao and I went backstage to find Ye Qi."
Tang Ci simulated the scene in his mind and said: "The murderer should be lurking in the dark, pushing Ning Xue into the lake around 8:30, and then waiting for you and Liu Qiao to appear. He should know very well that you came to the Conservatory of Music for
Looking for Ye Qi, he also knew the program schedule for the singer finals of the Conservatory of Music. According to the schedule, Ye Qi would go on stage to sing at 8:50. So, he roughly calculated the time and waited for you to go to the backstage to find Ye Qi and prepare to leave the gymnasium.
, took out the mobile phone with your phone card installed and called Ning Xue."
Tang Ci paused and said, "Professor Xiao, please recall carefully. Did you see anyone special backstage?"
Hearing Tang Ci's reminder, a scene suddenly flashed through Xiao Lou's mind - when he and Liu Qiao came out of the backstage, they did meet a man in volunteer clothes and a mask, squatting in the corner to sort out the balloons backstage.
The person only left their back. Xiao Lou thought he/she was a staff member of this event and didn't pay attention.
Thinking about it carefully now, at that time, the balloons on the stage had already been arranged in shape, and the extra balloons in the background were all unused. The event was not over yet. Was it too early for the staff to arrange the balloons at this time?
Xiao Lou took a deep breath and said: "Last night, when Liu Qiao and I walked out of the backstage, we saw a staff member wearing volunteer clothes and a mask, squatting in the corner arranging balloons. I didn't see this person's face.
It is very possible that he has been paying attention to our movements, and after Liu Qiao and I came out, he created the illusion that I was talking to the deceased."
In other words, when Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao walked out of the dressing room backstage and were looking for an exit in the maze-like gymnasium, the passerby "staff member" who was hiding in the corner and had a weak sense of presence secretly took out his mobile phone from his pocket.
, using the number 136 to dial Ning Xue's number, creating the illusion that "Xiao Lou talked to Ning Xue for 5 minutes."
At this time, Ning Xue was actually already dead.
After Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao walked out of the gymnasium, they heard screaming by the lake. They walked over and discovered the body, which immediately led to a police investigation.
Then this person returned to the medical school, used some excuse to find Zhang Hengyu, got the hair samples of Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao collected by Zhang Hengyu, and took Zhang Hengyu to the autopsy room to kill him, and then put the hair of Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao in the
crime scene.
Of course, it is possible that two or more of the hunters collaborated to commit the crime, and there was another person who killed Zhang Hengyu.
But no matter what, the staff member backstage at that time was quite suspicious. He could accurately grasp the action path and time of Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao, and then create time evidence for the police.
Tang Ci said: "I will investigate the person Professor Xiao mentioned as soon as possible. The murderer who killed Ning Xue is probably him. By the way, Xiao Liu is a little suspicious of Xu Mingyue and feels that the timing of Xu Mingyue's appearance is too coincidental. Professor Xiao
What do you think?"
Xu Mingyue appeared by the lake and screamed to attract the attention of Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao. It was indeed a coincidence.
Xiao Lou thought about Xu Mingyue's performance at that time and guessed: "She shouldn't be the murderer. She was so scared that she was shaking all over, which seems to be normal. If she was the murderer, she wouldn't be stupid enough to call Ning Xue.
There is evidence such as call records. In addition, she did ride a bicycle and carry a schoolbag to the library at that time, but she stopped when the bicycle had a flat tire by the lake."
Tang Ci was startled: "Puncture?"
Xiao Loudao: "There are nails by the lake, which should have been left by the murderer. Xu Mingyue was probably the 'tool man' who was deliberately lured here by the murderer as a witness to discover the body, and to lure me and Liu Qiao out."
Tang Ci lowered his head, recorded all the information, and said: "I understand. The key points to investigate next are the staff member who appeared backstage at the Conservatory of Music, and the other who has a good relationship with Zhang Hengyu and leads him there.
The corpse-dismembering murderer in the laboratory building. As long as we find these two people, or the same person, we can clear the suspicion of you and Liu Qiao."
Xiao Lou looked at Tang Ci and said softly: "I can't leave yet. If I escape from prison, the police will be able to arrest me openly and even shoot me. So, I have to work hard for you and Liu Qiao to find out the truth as soon as possible."
Tang Ci nodded towards him: "Don't worry, I'll take the first step, you have to be careful here."
Liu Qiao's transformation card has a time limit and cannot be used for too long.
Xiao Lou stood up and watched him leave. Among Ninth Brother's former teammates, Tang Ci was the one with the most rigorous logic. Xiao Lou believed that with Tang Ci's help, the truth would soon come to light.