Just as they were talking, Sun Zhaoan beside them suddenly let out a hiss.
The yamen runners standing beside him were startled by him and quickly turned around to ask, "What's wrong?"
"I suddenly thought of something."
Sun Zhaoan's face darkened. "Ms. Zhong met the murderer when she disappeared more than half a month ago. Madam Mei also came to Jingzhao Prefecture to ask how to sue her husband more than half a month ago!"
In other words, the murderer targeted two targets at the same time during that period!
No one knows if there will be a third or fourth one!
Everyone's faces turned pale, and one of the guards couldn't help but say, "Is he crazy? Has he been possessed by a ghost all of a sudden? How could a normal person suddenly have so much murderous intent?"
It was like a wild beast that was suddenly released from a cage. Having been suppressed for too long, once it was free, it began to kill crazily.
Thinking about it this way, his strange behavior every time he killed someone, such as preparing wedding clothes for the victim and looking for opportunities to be alone with her, was actually a shackle for him, binding him and preventing him from killing people casually.
Su Liuyue's expression remained unchanged as she said, "Although I didn't follow up on Madam Mei's case in person, from what I have learned, the murderer was very skilled in killing Madam Mei and didn't leave many loopholes.
I tend to think that this was not the first time the murderer had committed a crime."
Sun Zhaoan was startled. "But, if a similar case had happened in Xinjing before, how could we..."
After a pause, he thought of something and said excitedly: "It is possible that he did not commit the crime in Xinjing before!"
"Yes."
Su Liuyue looked at him with appreciation and said, "I previously guessed that the murderer usually did work related to sewing clothes, but I didn't let you investigate along this line because I felt at the time that he was not a native of Xinjing and might have just arrived in Xinjing recently.
Moreover, the fact that he had so much time to look for and observe victims showed that he was very idle during this period. No matter what he had been doing before, he had not been doing it during this period.
It can also be deduced from this that something happened in his family during this period, which is probably why he no longer hides his desires and starts killing people without restraint. "
Su Liuyue's eyes dimmed slightly when she said this. "The most likely possibility is that the person in his family who could have restrained him passed away during this period..."
Before she finished her words, the yamen runner who had just been sent out by Lu to inquire about the situation suddenly ran in and said with a look of joy: "Miss Su San, Lu Dutou! It was so easy to get it! We left Jingzhao Prefecture and just asked the third store, which was the noodle shop that Lu Dutou liked to go to most, and we found out the situation!
The guy there named Yu Guang said that more than half a month ago, when he ran out to deliver noodles to customers, he saw a girl who looked very similar to the one described by Miss Zhong that day in the alley diagonally opposite our Jingzhao Prefecture. At that time, she was standing in the alley, looking in the direction of Jingzhao Prefecture. Although she was wearing a veil and Yu Guang could not see her expression clearly, he inexplicably felt that the woman must have encountered something very painful, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances.
He also said that there was a man standing next to Miss Zhong at that time! He had an impression of that man because he had eaten noodles at their noodle shop before! "
The amount of information contained in this passage is really too much.
Everyone was excited and excited. Lu Lu forced himself to calm down and asked, "Does Yu Guang know the identity of that man?"
The bailiff shook his head and said, "Yu Guang said that the man had only been to their store once, and he was very taciturn. If he hadn't been better at remembering things than others since he was a child, he might not have remembered that such a customer had come to the store.
Sun Wukong has already asked someone to invite a painter, and is preparing to let Yu Guang help draw a portrait of the man.
Although the man's identity is still unclear, the progress in the case is enough to excite everyone.
Soon, Su Liuyue and others received the portrait drawn by the painter. They saw that it was a man with a square face who looked very honest. His eyes were as pure and harmless as a puppy's. He was tall and looked to be in his early thirties. When he walked on the street, no one would think that he was an extreme and cruel murderer!
And there is a very obvious feature on his face - there is a black mole the size of a little finger nail on the upper left corner of his mouth. If you have ever seen such a person, even if he is very low-key, he will definitely leave a certain impression on people!
Feng Dali looked at the man in the portrait and said in surprise, "I thought he should at least have a decent appearance. How did Miss Zhong and the others like him?"
This man is not ugly, he is just too ordinary, so ordinary that no one would even take a second look at him if he were to mingle in a crowd.
Su Liuyue said calmly: "Miss Zhong and the others may not be attracted to him. Don't forget that this man, like Miss Zhong and the others, has a miserable past and is still trapped in it.
People who are in the same misery will have a feeling similar to sympathy. This feeling similar to companionship will make them release goodwill towards this man, but it has absolutely nothing to do with love between men and women. "
If they really had feelings for that man, perhaps they would not have died so miserably.
Lu Lu stared at the portrait for a while, then ordered the painter to make a few more portraits and go to the vicinity of Jingzhao Prefecture to inquire. Even if they had to dig deep into the ground, they would find out the details of that man!
Because it was almost time for lunch, they had to wait until more portraits were drawn before they could take further action, so the other yamen runners simply started eating lunch first.
Their lunch was very simple. They either brought some dry food with them or went out to eat out. There were many cheap and delicious restaurants near Jingzhao Prefecture.
There were a few families who already had wives, and under everyone's envious gazes, they took out the lunch prepared by their wives for them. It was naturally completely different from the lunch prepared by those rough men who just made do with a few pieces of dry food. There was even a yamen runner's wife who came to deliver the meal in person, and the food was still hot when it arrived.
Feng Dali was the kind of rough guy who could just get by with a few pieces of dry food. He even said to Su Liuyue enthusiastically, "Miss Su San, if you don't mind, you can have a piece of my cake. It's the one my mother baked for me. It's so delicious..."
Before he finished speaking, the yamen runner next to him hit him hard on the head and said angrily: "Who is Miss Su San? How could she possibly eat these dry cakes of yours! If His Highness knew about this, he would definitely be heartbroken!"
Feng Dali rubbed the place where he was hit aggrievedly and said, "But Miss Su San can't just not eat anything. Miss Su San can also bring lunch next time. If His Highness happens to be here, maybe we can have lunch together sweetly."
Before, Su Liuyue had never experienced being in Jingzhao Prefecture at lunch time.
She usually came over every day to check on the situation. If there was a case, she would follow it up, and if there was no case, she would leave. So, she would either leave before lunch time or be investigating a case outside.
"That's right! Our Highness is also a married man!"
After hearing what Feng Dali said, several yamen runners immediately said mischievously, "So, will there be one more person in Jingzhao Prefecture who can eat the food cooked by my daughter-in-law in the future?"
"But His Highness never seems to eat outside food..."
"How can you say that the food that Miss Su San made herself is from outside?"
No matter how thick-skinned Su Liuyue was, he couldn't stand the teasing of such a large group of people. He quickly found an excuse to run out and found a random restaurant to solve the problem of lunch.
While eating lunch, she recalled the teasing words of the yamen runners and couldn't help but smile helplessly.
She brought food to Zhou Yunke? It was simply unbelievable!
If she really did that, that guy would definitely not be happy, and who knows what kind of disgust he would have in his heart.
After all, she had sent him cakes twice before, and he only took two bites reluctantly the second time.
Forget it, don't make yourself look bad! It's not normal for her to care so much about what those bastards say! (End of this chapter)