At this time, Song Wen was already standing at the door of 603 upstairs. This is an old-fashioned residential house. The door is double-layered. There is an iron security door outside and an ordinary wooden door inside. 603 is facing south. There is a balcony on that side, and they had confirmed before they came up that the window of the balcony was tightly closed.

This place is an old community, there is no thermal insulation layer, and it is relatively easy to break through. If the murderer is really inside, there is basically nowhere to hide.

Song Wen held the gun in his hand, lowered his voice and said, "According to the previous clues, the suspect should know that the police are chasing him today. He may not be inside, but everyone should be careful and prepare for everything."

"Understood!" The team members nodded.

The six team members who came up were divided into three groups. Song Wen and Fu Linjiang stood on the left and right of the door, the other two team members stood two meters outside the door, and the last two were ready to support at the turn of the stairs.

Immediately someone took out the tool and started opening the security door outside. The old-fashioned security door was quickly opened, and the wooden door inside was also opened with tinfoil.

Fu Linjiang came to the door first, clasped the gun with both hands, and kicked the door in front of him with his legs. Hearing a thud, the door opened, Fu Linjiang then raised his gun and entered and called, "Police, don't move!"

The four team members glanced inside for a week with guns in hand. There was no light on and no one was inside. Although it was on the top floor, there was only one balcony where light could shine in. At this time, the room was a bit dark with the curtains drawn.

Fu Linjiang, Song Wen and the two team members who came in behind searched the bathroom, kitchen, cabinets, and under the bed and other dead spots, and determined that no one was inside, then turned on the light, and then said to the people outside, "Safe!"

Song Wen looked at the house in front of him. It was only about fifty square meters. There was a narrow living room with a small balcony. There was no dining room. The kitchen and bathroom were very small and outdated. Then there were two bedrooms. The other room is Xie Jianing's room.

There is not much furniture in the house, only a bed and some tables, chairs and stools. There is an old sofa with a collapsed sponge in the living room, as well as a small coffee table. There are two cabinets on the side of the living room.

Xie Jianing's room was the smallest, only about six square meters. Except for the desk, chair, and wardrobe, it was a single bed against the wall.

"Team Song, here are some women's stockings..." Fu Linjiang opened the drawer under the coffee table and faced a box full of neatly arranged women's stockings, feeling the chills behind him. Several of the stockings were also marked with the time, and those times were the date of the victim's victimization.

"Sure enough, it's this pervert!" Another team member said angrily, "Where has he escaped to now?"

Song Wen frowned slightly. Those silk stockings were displayed carelessly on the most conspicuous coffee table in the house by the murderer. Presumably he was not afraid that the rest of the family would know about it...

At this moment, Song Wen smelled a strange smell, it was a faint fishy smell that made people sick. He walked to the balcony with the smell, and as soon as he entered the balcony, he saw a huge white freezer.

This freezer is also outdated, it has been used to yellow, and it is probably placed here to replace the function of the refrigerator.

At this time, the freezer was electrified, making a humming sound unique to electrical appliances, and the smell that made Song Wen feel unpleasant was emanating from the freezer.

Song Wen looked down at the freezer, with a faint ominous feeling in his heart. He pinned the gun behind him, put on gloves, and then pulled the door of the freezer upwards with force.

The freezer had apparently not been opened for a while, and the walls inside were covered with white frost, and the cold air emanated, meeting the air on the balcony and condensing into white smoke.

The freezer does not freeze all kinds of food like ordinary households, but a charcoal bag full of activated charcoal. In the gaps between the charcoal bags, a bunch of brown-red curly hair appeared... Song Wen used his fingers to remove several bags of activated charcoal placed nearby, and more revealed from below. It was the body of a woman...

As the freezer was opened, the disgusting smell intensified, the stench of frozen corpses.

Song Wen frowned and said, "Linjiang, inform the forensic doctor that there is a corpse here."

Then he picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Si Yu, it's safe here. We found some of the victim's stockings and a body. Bring Xie Dongqin here, and we'll ask him some questions."

Lu Siyu was standing downstairs in a daze, the walkie-talkie in his hand suddenly rang, and after hearing Song Wen's words, he and Wang Chen took Xie Dongqin upstairs.

The door was ajar, and the police officers were searching the house. Lu Siyu stood at the door and took a sniff. There was a smell in the air, a strange and familiar smell...

Lu Siyu took Xie Dongqin into the room, let him sit on the sofa first, and then he walked to the balcony, the smell was even stronger.

Song Wen was facing an open freezer, watched him approach, and said softly, "The deceased lived with his stepmother before."

Lu Siyu saw the woman's face, he took the gloves that Song Wen handed over, stretched out his hand, and fiddled with the charcoal bags. From below, a pale foot was quickly exposed, and the toes were smeared with dark red. nail……

Under the freezer, there was a corpse that had already been frozen into dried meat.

The woman was only curled up in this freezer. The corpse had been frozen into gray-white, with dry and cracked skin, and her limbs were stiff, making it impossible to straighten it. As the charcoal bag was taken out, more parts of the woman's body were exposed.

Song Wen leaned over to see that it was a complete female corpse.

Lu Siyu lowered his head and said softly: "Around forty years old, female, strangled to death, frozen for more than half a year, it should be his stepmother..."

If it is calculated according to half a year, the death of the woman in front of them is earlier than the first serial case they discovered, that is to say, Lu Siyu's inference is not wrong.

This is the first hidden case.

Lu Siyu's brows furrowed deeper, he turned to ask Song Wen, "How much do you know about the murderer now?"

Song Wen described in a low voice what Xie Dongqin said before, and after Lu Siyu heard it, he lowered his head and pondered.

Xie Jianing's father may have a violent gene. His mother was killed by domestic violence, but the stepmother kept abusing him. After his father was imprisoned, Xie Jianing's hatred was transferred to his stepmother. Quietly, he did such a thing...

At this time, Fu Linjiang came over to report again: "Song team, we have almost done the search, and found some traces of loaded shrapnel on the table... The suspect may have a gun. And I just asked the team to ask. The neighbor on the opposite side said that he saw Xie Jianing half an hour ago. He was walking out with a box in his hand. He was still holding something in his arms, wrapped in clothes, so he couldn't see clearly."

Song Wen turned to ask Xie Dongqin who was sitting on the sofa in the living room, "Does Xie Jianing have a gun?"

"...My nephew went up the mountain with his father to fight rabbits when he was a child... It seems to be a fog-scattering gun... Could it be that he secretly brought it over?" Xie Dongqin asked hesitantly.

Song Wen continued to ask him, "Do you know where your nephew might go?"

Xie Dongqin shook his head: "I...my nephew has no friends, nor does he have any other relatives in Nancheng, and I don't know where he will flee to..."

Fu Linjiang thought for a moment: "The previous telephone line report also said that he was eating at a nearby restaurant at noon. It seems that when he found out that he was wanted, he hurried back here to pack up... ready to escape, he will escape. where?"

"Notify all the railway stations, bus passenger stations, especially the port field team to strengthen their defenses." Song Wen quickly ordered, he thought for a moment and then said, "He has a gun and is wanted again. In a crowded place, Not very far..."

Lu Siyu, who was on the side, suddenly moved his eyes and said softly, "Captain Song, I have a way to know where Xie Jianing is." His eyes fell on Xie Dongqin, and then he said, "But... you have to Let these players withdraw, I have something to say, and I want to ask Xie Dongqin alone."

Song Wen listened to his words and said to Fu Linjiang, "Linjiang, take the other team members down first. Let's ask Xie Dongqin a few words and come down later."

Fu Linjiang hummed, and immediately took the other team members away.

For a while, only Song Wen, Lu Siyu, and Xie Dongqin were left upstairs.

Lu Siyu walked to the door, put the lock on the door, then walked over to Xie Dongqin and asked, "Old man, let me ask you a few words. Did you think of it by yourself, come to the police station to report your nephew?"

"Yeah, I came here after I saw the program on TV." Xie Dongqin said, "Comrade police, I know, I have already told you all, if you don't believe me... If you don't believe me, ask your captain." He didn't know why, when he saw Lu Siyu was a little scared, and turned his eyes to Song Wen as if asking for help.

Song Wen also understood at this time, Lu Siyu suspected that Xie Dongqin was hiding something. Regarding this old man, he always felt that he had reservations and did not dare to believe it completely, because the previous process was so smooth that it made him suspect that the old man was just trying to lead them here and delay time.

Song Wen folded his arms beside him, not ready to say anything, waiting for Lu Siyu to ask.

Lu Siyu's eyes stared at Xie Dongqin and said, "Your hometown is in Gancheng, where the tradition is to give preference to sons and daughters, and there is even a custom of letting sons and nephews inherit the inheritance, you have no sons, Xie Jianing works at your wharf, you You have been taking good care of him, you came to the city bureau to report him today, is it really your own idea?"

The corners of Xie Dongqin's mouth twitched: "Comrade police, who else can think of what you said?"

Lu Siyu looked at him and said sharply, "Xie Jianing asked you to come, right?"

Xie Dongqin shouted: "How is this possible?! How could my nephew let me report himself?" He retorted, but his voice trembled.

"I'm afraid there are three reasons for this purpose. First, it is to make you separate from him. Second, you can get a report bonus. Third, it is to use you to buy time for him. Your nephew feels that since he can't hide, Then this bounty might as well be given to the uncle who treats him very well." Lu Siyu said and took a step forward, "And you brought us here to buy him time and let him escape, right? You Tell us, where is Xie Jianing now?"

Xie Dongqin moved his body back and almost shrunk his body into the old sofa. He shook his head and swallowed, "I don't know." But at this time, his voice and actions had betrayed him. . Song Wen and Lu Siyu both saw the clue.

"Your eyes keep looking at the ground, it means you are lying, you wiped the sweat on your forehead, it means you are nervous, you have looked at your watch several times, it means the time is approaching..." Lu Siyu said, and suddenly sipped He pursed his lips, walked to the sofa and pulled the old man up, dragging him all the way to the balcony.

His next move was to push away the remaining charcoal packets in the freezer with his hands. The female corpse in the freezer revealed more.

Xie Dongqin didn't take precautions, looked down, and felt that the cold air was coming, and a female corpse appeared in front of him. He screamed in panic: "You... what are you doing?!"

"This is what we found at your nephew's house." Lu Siyu said and looked at the woman lying in the freezer. "As a relative of the deceased, I hope you can help us identify the body. Do you know her?"

At this time, it was already past six o'clock in the evening. The sunset on the horizon was like blood. On the small balcony, Lu Siyu turned on the light, and the cold white light came down and projected on the female corpse. Under the light, the ice on the corpse It gave off an eerie light.

The female corpse was about forty years old, her eyes were slightly open, and her mouth was also open. Her head was on the side, and she seemed to be leaning softly on her shoulders, but she was actually frozen stiff. There were obvious red bruises on her pale neck. The woman's skin had been dry and cracked due to the cold for a long time. Showing a grayish-white color, that is the color of the dead.

Xie Dongqin's eyes were full of fear, and he trembled as he replied, "I recognize... know...is my brother, the sister-in-law that I married later."

Lu Siyu continued to ask: "Then do you know when she was killed?"

Xie Dongqin: "I probably...probably...haven't seen her for three months...I don't know much about her death..." His eyes were dodging, not daring to look at the female corpse in front of him.

Lu Siyu: "According to the degree of freezing of the corpse, it should be at least half a year. At that time, your sister-in-law should have died. There are red marks on her neck, she was strangled..."

Xie Dongqin said in a trembling voice: "I also just found out about my nephew's murder. I don't know where he went. It's a waste of time for you to ask me here."

"You're still lying." Lu Siyu shook his head in disappointment. He continued coldly, "Xie Dongqin, your nephew killed at least four people. He is a perverted murderer. If you protect the murderer, you are also an accomplice. If you help let him go today, there will be more people. Die at his hands again."

Xie Dongqin sweated on his forehead: "I don't know! My nephew's affairs have nothing to do with me!"

Lu Siyu's handsome face showed no expression at all, he stroked the corpse in the freezer with his fingers: "You look good on this face, this person is your sister-in-law, you should have seen her more than once, she used to be A living person can cry, laugh, and feel pain. Is it possible that she poured you wine, handed you food, and talked to you during the festivals..."

"I...I don't know, I really don't know...You let me go..." Xie Dongqin said in a trembling voice, he recalled the woman in front of him involuntarily, recalled their past meeting, Recalling the tone of the woman's words, he was in a hurry to leave here, and the corpse made him very uncomfortable.

It's one thing to have a corpse on display in front of you, but it's another thing to say that the corpse is someone you know. The corpse is not only your own, but it was also killed in vain. The corpse is extremely miserable.

At this moment, Xie Dongqin's forehead showed cold sweat.

When he was young, Xie Dongqin could also be called a figure. He had so many workers under his command, and he taught him to be obedient. His younger brother was a bastard, but when he saw him, he shut up. His nephew... Although He just found out, but it was a serial killer who had killed several people.

In his life, he had never been afraid of anyone, but at this time, facing this young and handsome policeman, he was afraid...

The other people Xie Dongqin had met were all hot, at most bursting, but the person in front of him was cold. He has a composure that does not match his age, and is extremely sharp, as if in his eyes, all secrets do not exist, and all lies will be exposed.

What's even more terrifying is that, facing the corpse, he has absolutely no fear that ordinary people should have...

Looking at Lu Siyu, Xie Dongqin felt that he was being hanged on the rack, and it seemed that a sharp knife would pierce his body in the next moment... He couldn't predict what the person in front of him would say. What will happen to...

At this moment, Lu Siyu licked his lower lip and pulled him, and the old man's body was attached to the freezer at once, and the distance between him and the corpse suddenly narrowed.

Xie Dongqin was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he almost fell into the freezer. He held on to the side of the freezer to stabilize his body. He could even smell the stench of the corpse.

"Ahhhhh!! Help!" Xie Dongqin shouted frantically. Anyone who faces an icy corpse like this is about to go crazy with fright.

Song Wen finally understood at this time why Lu Siyu asked him to send the others away.

Xie Jianing's escape was planned with Xie Dongqin, but Xie Dongqin didn't know that his nephew had already killed his sister-in-law and froze it in this freezer. Lu Siyu is now taking advantage of this, hoping to force him to tell the truth.

Lu Siyu looked at Xie Dongqin struggling, his face was indifferent. He made Song Wen a little unfamiliar, but Song Wen fully understood his actions.

They are out of time.

Now, in any case, Xie Jianing cannot be allowed to escape, and more people cannot be killed.

And Xie Dongqin is their only breakthrough. This old man is helping Zhou out of family affection, but he doesn't seem to know what he is doing and what serious consequences it will cause...

On the surface, this is an informal interrogation.

But in fact, this is a contest between good and evil, good and evil.

Can't lose, can't quit.

They must break through Xie Dongqin's psychological defense in a short time.

Xie Dongqin finally stood up straight, took a step back, and clenched his hands nervously.

"Death, you don't seem to understand, what does this matter mean to life...I don't know what Xie Jianing has done, right?" Lu Siyu's voice became colder and colder. The drooping hair of the female corpse and the hair that was half covering her face were pulled away, revealing the female corpse's face, her half-open eyes looking directly at Xie Dongqin.

Xie Dongqin stood so close, he could clearly see the pores on the female corpse's face, and felt the slightest coolness, the female corpse stared at him with half-open eyes, unable to rest his eyes...

Lu Siyu continued: "This woman was killed by your own nephew, and he has killed four lives. According to the law, he will be sentenced to death, he will become a wanted criminal, and there will be no more of him. Where you can settle down, you can only save him for a while by helping him escape, but not for the rest of his life."

Song Wen also looked at Xie Dongqin, he could feel that the old man was stumped by family affection, he said next to him: "If Xie Jianing just goes away like this. A crime of covering up with serious circumstances like yours will be punished. You will be sentenced to three to ten years in prison, and you will even have to pay compensation to the victim's family. Think about it, is it worth it for you to help your nephew? How old will you be when you get out of prison?"

Xie Dongqin shook his head: "I...I don't know..."

Lu Siyu stood in front of the freezer, his delicate face was stained with ice, and he didn't seem to have the slightest emotion, like a white poisonous snake spitting letters: "Look at her eyes, and remember what she looks like now. , you can also reach out and touch her skin to feel what a dead person looks like!"

As Lu Siyu spoke, he pulled Xie Dongqin with his hand that had touched the corpse, "I have read your information, you have a daughter, she is about the age of several of the deceased, if the deceased is your daughter Woolen cloth?!"

"No...I...I..." Xie Dongqin was trembling all over, but his brain was not under his control. He thought about the policeman's words. In an instant, the image of his daughter overlapped with the deceased in front of him...

Lu Siyu walked over and grabbed Xie Dongqin's wrist. Xie Dongqin's eyes widened in fear in an instant. The coldness rushed to his heart. It was the temperature of death.

Now on the balcony, because the freezer is open, the temperature is much lower than the normal temperature, but now, the sweat on Xie Dongqin's face has condensed into beads on his forehead and is about to roll down.

Lu Siyu stared at his eyes tightly and asked, "You work at the dock all the year round. If you want to send your nephew out, your first reaction is to ask a boat to take him away, right?"

Xie Dongqin was already in chaos, nodded subconsciously and shook his head in a panic.

"To be honest, there are already police in ambush at the dock. What do you think your nephew would think when he saw them?"

Xie Dongqin's eyes widened, and he suddenly thought of a possibility.

"He will think that you are actually betraying him by pretending to delay the time for him?"

"I...I..." Xie Dongqin stammered, he hadn't thought of this possibility before. But if the police were really at the dock... he felt cold all over and was about to suffocate.

Lu Siyu continued coldly: "Do you think that if your nephew escaped today, would he be grateful to you?" Then he shook his head and asked himself, "No, he will hate you, and it is very likely that he will come back. It will kill your whole family."

Xie Dongqin looked at him, the police in front of him holding his hands were cold, and his eyes were also cold, reminding him of the dead man lying in the freezer... jail, compensation, his family...

Xie Jianing might be able to kill the whole family.

When Xie Dongqin first helped Xie Jianing, he didn't think so much, but at this time, his line of defense was finally defeated...

"Tell me, what time is that ship?" Lu Siyu asked the last question.

"Yes...it's six forty-five..." Xie Dongqin was frightened by the fraud and finally burst into tears. The old man completely collapsed, "He was at the dock...I arranged a boat for him to take him out to sea..."

Lu Siyu then let go of his hand, Xie Dongqin covered his face with his hands in shock, trembling all over, he cried and huddled in the corner: "What can I do... That's my nephew."

Song Wen squatted down and asked Xie Dongqin, "What does the boat look like?"

Xie Dongqin's body trembled and continued to cry: "I...I don't know, I'm a smuggler who asked a friend to contact me, I only have one phone call...they only answer acquaintances...I spent 200,000 yuan I bought him a place, boarded the ship at 6:45 tonight, and sent him out of Nancheng..."

It's 6:45, it's almost half past six now, and there are still fifteen minutes before the ship departs...