Seeing the crime scene flashbacks made me the darling of the police station.

Chapter 297 The Ballads Ring Out Again
Su Miaoyi and the other two discussed various possibilities of the case in the village committee office, hoping to find some breakthroughs.

Then, a portrait of the murderer was drawn.

In Tian Degao Hui's images, Su Miaoyi saw the murderer wearing a black robe and a ghost mask, and had a general impression of the person.

Male, approximately 175 cm tall, weighing between 60 and 65 kg.

The murderer's footprints found by the Changshi police at Tian De's home showed a similar height and weight.

No more footprints were found after that.

“Male, around 175 cm tall, weighing between 60 and 65 kg,” Chu Xingrou said.

“He’s very strong,” Lu Zhishen said.

"She has a certain understanding of the human body and is very skilled at dismembering bodies, cutting them apart at the joints," Su Miaoyi said.

"It has a certain counter-surveillance capability," Chu Xingrou said.

“I have at least three kinds of poison,” Su Miaoyi said.

"The more you talk, the more you sound like a professional assassin." Lu Zhishen tied all his hair up.

After staying up all night for several nights in a row, I looked a bit out of it, but my mind was still working.

“I know this village very well, from the terrain to the people and their beliefs and customs,” Su Miaoyi said. “Wan Shuang probably knows him, so I wasn’t wary of him.”

“A professional assassin who knows this village well.” Lu Zhishen then changed his words, “Someone in the village became an assassin?”

"Huh?" Chu Xingrou blinked her reddened eyes. "Is that possible?"

"Yes, there are some who have left the village." Su Miaoyi said, "There are also people who have left the village."

"So, Brother Lu asked last time how many people left the village?" Chu Xingrou asked.

"Yes." Lu Zhishen nodded.

Su Miaoyi glanced at the two of them, then at the time; it was almost midnight. "Let's go back to town and get some sleep."

"Okay." Chu Xingrou and Lu Zhishen both stood up and walked out.

When Duan Wenrui and his men went on patrol, they left the car keys with them.

The wind picked up again during the night.

A gust of wind made everyone more awake.

"I'll drive."

Lu Zhishen tossed her the car keys.

Su Miaoyi unlocks the door.

Lu Zhishen and Chu Xingrou each opened a door: one opened the passenger door and the other opened the rear door.

Just as I opened the car door to get in, a voice suddenly rang out in the wind.

Knock knock knock, knock knock knock.

Punishment is coming.

Those who are guilty are not spared.

The ram's horn has been delivered home.

Knock knock knock, knock knock knock.

Punishment is coming.
The three people paused for a moment as they got into the car.

Chu Xingrou's heart skipped a beat. It was so late, and the wind was howling in her ears when suddenly a clear, mechanical voice with a hint of laughter rang in her ears.

She felt as if a muffled thunderclap had exploded in her heart.

"It came from the southeast corner," Lu Zhishen said.

The three people quickly got into the car.

Su Miaoyi immediately swerved the car and drove it out of the compound.

As she drove out of the village committee compound, Su Miaoyi glanced at the time on the car; it was exactly midnight.

With the car windows open, they drove quickly toward the southeast corner.

"Turn right at the next intersection," the voice in my head said.

Following the directions, Su Miaoyi quickly drove the car to the southeast corner.

By the time they arrived, the singing had stopped.

Duan Wenrui and several others had already arrived.

The speakers playing the songs have been turned off.

Duan Wenrui was knocking on the door: "Is anyone there?! Is anyone there?! We are the police."

Su Miaoyi and the other two quickly got out of the car and approached: "Have all the patrol officers on this street come here?"

Apart from Duan Wenrui and a few other police officers, the rest were all officers who were supposed to be patrolling this street.

"Yes."

"Leave three of you; the rest of you go patrol the streets. Be careful, pay attention to any noise, and make sure everyone is safe," Lu Zhishen said. Three people remained, and the rest left.

Duan Wenrui was still knocking on the door.

But no one came to open the door.

Su Miaoyi looked around and saw that the song was being played by a speaker placed right in front of the house.

"This seems to be Tian Min's house," the voice in my head said.

Zhao Yongliang had told her the location of Tian Min's house; it seemed to be around here.

“Jump in,” Lu Zhishen said.

Duan Wenrui knocked on the door twice more, then jumped over the wall next to it.

They opened the door from the inside, and everyone went into the yard together.

As he walked into the house, he shone his flashlight into every corner of the yard.

The lights were off inside, and the door was locked.

"Police!" Duan Wenrui knocked on the door again.

No one opened the door, but Su Miaoyi heard a faint sob.

She pulled Duan Wenrui aside and then kicked the door open.

The door was kicked open, and the person inside screamed.

"Police," Su Miaoyi said as she headed toward the source of the scream.

Chu Xingrou found the light switch at the door and turned on the light.

Only then did everyone see the people in the room.

The two of them huddled together in the closet.

One of the cabinet doors was either broken or something else, but it just wouldn't close, and you could see two people inside the cabinet from the doorway.

Su Miaoyi and Chu Xingrou approached.

The woman inside was shouting, "Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"

"Don't worry, we are police officers," Chu Xingrou said.

But the people inside didn't believe them and kept shouting, "Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer! Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I didn't do anything! I didn't do anything!"

Su Miaoyi opened another cabinet door, gently patted the woman's back, and softened her voice: "We are police officers."

Before she could finish speaking, the woman suddenly screamed and shoved the woman next to her forward: "Kill her, don't kill me, don't kill me, I didn't do anything."

Because the two of them were crouching and huddled together in the closet, they were suddenly pushed out, and the woman fell to the ground.

Su Miaoyi and Chu Xingrou both tried to help her up, but the woman still sat down on the ground.

It's Tian Min.

After she fell to the ground, she tried to climb back into the cabinet.

Su Miaoyi and Chu Xingrou grabbed her arms: "Don't be afraid, we are police officers."

Tian Min turned her head and glanced at them in a panic.

“We’ve met before, do you remember?” Chu Xingrou said.

Tian Min looked at the two of them, and after recognizing them, she suddenly burst into tears.

The two quickly helped her up.

Tian Min gestured with her hands.

However, neither of them could understand it.

The woman inside the closet was still shouting.

Su Miaoyi said after she stopped shouting, "We are police officers, don't be afraid."

After a while, the woman glanced back.

"Police." Chu Xingrou showed her her police ID.

"How do I know if you're real or fake?" the woman said.

“If we were fake, do you think you would still be alive after all this time?” Su Miaoyi said.

The woman remained silent for a while, then came out of the closet herself.

Duan Wenrui and Lu Zhishen led their men to inspect the courtyard and the other rooms.

“There’s no one else around,” Lu Zhishen said upon returning. “Nothing happened either.”

“Except for the door we opened, all the other doors and windows are intact,” Duan Wenrui said.

"There are only the two of them at home. Where is Tian Ming?" Su Miaoyi asked.

(End of this chapter)