Chapter 119: The reasoning behind the combination (Part 1)
The information that Feng Xin inadvertently revealed gave Sun Shaozong more confidence.
However, if you want this detailed list to really play a role, you have to choose the right opportunity.
Fortunately, there is no rush for this matter. There will always be a chance if you wait patiently.
"grown ups."
Sun Shaozong was just pondering when he saw Feng Xin leaning forward and asking with a gossipy look on his face, "I heard that you went to investigate the 'Blood Letter Serial Murder Case' yesterday?"
Sun Shaozong asked curiously, "Why, are you interested in this case as well?"
"I'm not interested in the case, but I heard that Jin Yichuan likes to collect human skins!" Feng Xin said, "It is said that he even sleeps with human skins in his arms, and almost treats them as his wives. Sir, is this true?"
Jin Yichuan does have the skill of skinning and removing tendons, but that was for the purpose of torture. He shouldn't have such a perverted hobby... right?
Sun Shaozong frowned and said, "What nonsense is this? Where did you hear this from?"
"On the streets! It's all over the city now, and there's more to say than this!"
Feng Xin counted on his fingers and said, "It is said that in order to gain merit, he once caused a pregnant woman to have a miscarriage . Another time, he lost a duel and falsely accused the man of hiding forbidden items, killing the man's entire family. Another time..."
As Feng Xin listed every detail one by one, Sun Shaozong's brows furrowed more and more.
Jin Yichuan has only been dead for three days, and he was working in the Northern Pacification Office. The news should have been kept relatively secret. How could so many rumors have been spread?
Besides, is there anyone who would really believe such an absurd and bizarre rumor?
"Why don't you believe it?"
Feng Xin was puzzled, "Aren't the previous few who died worse than the last? That constable was able to seize someone's ancestral home, wife and daughter. The evil deeds done by Jin Yichuan can't be less than his, right?"
One worse than the other?
These words were like enlightenment to Sun Shaozong, and immediately gave him a new guess!
He had always been confused as to why the murderer used the same method as in "The ABC Murders" but did not bother to cover up the suspicion of being an acquaintance when killing Jin Yichuan.
So is it possible that the murderer killed the first three people not to conceal his identity, but to use inertial thinking to make Jin Yichuan lose his reputation and die? !
The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. Sun Shaozong simply stood up and said, "Old Feng, I have an urgent matter to attend to at the Northern Pacification Office. I won't keep you here today !"
Feng Xin was stunned, thinking that he had said something wrong. Then, seeing that Sun Shaozong looked anxious but not annoyed, he quickly said goodbye and left.
After hurriedly seeing Feng Xin off, Sun Shaozong asked his men to prepare their mounts and rushed to the Northern Pacification Office.
No conversation along the way.
When they arrived at the courtyard of the Detective Department, they saw Qin Kejian, Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian sitting together with worried looks on their faces.
"grown ups!"
Seeing that it was Sun Shaozong coming in, Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian hurriedly stood up and saluted, and Qin Kejian also bowed reluctantly.
Sun Shaozong didn't have time to argue with him at this moment, and hurriedly told him his speculation.
Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian were both furious when they heard that the murderer not only killed Jin Yichuan but also spread so many rumors to ruin his reputation.
Qin Kejian frowned and pondered for a while, then said: "Even if it is true, what's the point? Isn't it still the same, it is difficult to infer the identity of the murderer?"
"otherwise!"
Sun Shaozong stepped forward, took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and placed them on the table, then said: "Since we have already figured out the reason why he acted inconsistently, then these fragmented clues can be combined into a story!"
"First of all, the murderer's purpose in killing the other three people was not to conceal his identity, but to ruin Yichuan's reputation!"
"But he's killing people one by one, causing a stir in the city. Aren't you afraid that Jin Yichuan will become more alert and become more difficult to kill?"
"However, he didn't seem to worry about this, and indeed, in the midst of panic , he killed Yichuan with a surprise attack at close range!"
Having said that, Sun Shaozong picked up the pen and wrote on the white paper: The murderer is someone Jin Yichuan would not suspect.
Then he continued, "Secondly, in order to link these four cases together, the murderer must leave some marks."
"But he left no other marks, but the words 'Shen Duan', provoking me, so..."
He picked up the pen and wrote on the paper: The murderer is an extremely proud and conceited person.
"Besides, we've gone to so much trouble just to make Yichuan bear the blame after his death. If there's no deep hatred, it wouldn't be like this."
"But the murderer knew that Jin Yichuan would never doubt him, and he was a proud and conceited person, so there was no reason for him to endure for so long without taking action."
As he spoke, Sun Shaozong picked up the pen and wrote on the paper again: The murderer and Jin Yichuan had recently developed a deep hatred, and Jin Yichuan was not aware of it.
"Also, the murderer could have used the previous three cases to avoid being suspected of being an acquaintance, but he chose not to do so."
"Does that mean he doesn't care about us investigating Yichuan's relatives and friends?"
Sun Shaozong also wrote on the paper: The murderer is not an acquaintance of Jin Yichuan.
Finally, he picked up the paper, blew the ink off it, and sorted it out again: "So it can be inferred that the murderer is someone who is not familiar with Jin Yichuan, but for some reason, will not arouse Jin Yichuan's vigilance."
"This person has developed a deep hatred with Jin Yichuan because of something recently."
"But this hatred is not overt, but hidden, and even indirectly generated, so Jin Yichuan himself is not aware of it."
"So the murderer launched a series of actions, intending to bring disgrace and death to Jin Yichuan, and he even provoked me in a very arrogant way."
As he spoke, he picked up the pen and wrote down the words "some reason" and "some things", and then drew a circle around the word "some reason".
Then he continued, "It is still unclear what caused the feud, but I can now guess why Yichuan lost his vigilance towards someone he was not familiar with."
As he spoke, he wrote down the two words "亲" and "权".
"I think the reason is probably no more than these two words - first of all, the word 'dear'..."
"grown ups."
Lu Jianxing reminded: "Yichuan is an orphan."
"I know he's an orphan."
Sun Shaozong shrugged and said, "Besides, if they are really his relatives, even if they are not very familiar with each other, they will still be suspected. The word "relative" I mentioned refers to the relatives of close people, such as your parents, wife and children. They may not be familiar with Yichuan, but they can still..."
"grown ups."
Lu Jianxing added: "My parents died young, and I have no wife or children at home."
Shen Lian also bowed and said: "I am also an orphan and have never been married."
Okay~
These three people are destined to be together, and they are a perfect match!
Sun Shaozong crossed out the word "亲" and said, "Then let's talk about the word "权"..."
