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

Chapter 301 confirms that there are two murderers.

Tian Ming's body was loaded and moved away.

There were fallen ears of corn beneath his body.

Duan Wenrui moved all the corn aside to check it: "Look!"

He shone his flashlight on the blood-soaked ground.

Lu Zhishen walked closer and took a look. Chu Xingrou was standing next to Su Miaoyi without moving.

There was a mahjong tile half-buried in the soil under the corn stalk.

Duan Wenrui took it out and looked at it; it was five coins: "Including Wu An's, this is the fifth case."

I checked the mahjong tiles, and there were no fingerprints on them.

And it's so new, it looks like it was just bought.

"We need to check if any of the mahjong parlors or mahjong shops have lost any tiles," Lu Zhishen said.

Duan Wenrui made the arrangements immediately.

After looking around again, Duan Wenrui asked, "Shall we go back?"

Lu Zhishen said, "You all go back first, we'll take another look around."

He and Chu Xingrou just discovered that Su Miaoyi was unresponsive. She must have seen something and hasn't woken up yet, so it's not advisable to move her.

"Shall we expand the scope further?" Duan Wenrui asked.

The surrounding area has been thoroughly checked.

"Hmm, I still feel there are some doubts, so I want to take another look." Before Lu Zhishen could finish speaking, Su Miaoyi suddenly knelt down.

Chu Xingrou hugged Su Miaoyi tightly.

However, Su Miaoyi couldn't muster any strength at that moment, and all her weight was falling downwards.

Chu Xingrou hugged her only to stop her from kneeling down. She wanted to help her stand up, but her current posture made it difficult for her to exert any strength.

Fortunately, Lu Zhishen reacted quickly and swiftly supported Su Miaoyi's arm.

The two of them helped her up and straightened her body.

However, Su Miaoyi still felt a bit weak. She felt pain all over her body, including her arms, stomach, and thighs.

Excruciating pain.

She leaned towards Lu Zhishen, and then leaned towards Chu Xingrou.

She pressed her head directly onto Chu Xingrou's shoulder.

Chu Xingrou gently stroked her arm to ease her discomfort.

"What's wrong? What happened? Are you feeling unwell?" Duan Wenrui asked, both surprised and worried.

"It's nothing," Lu Zhishen said.

He only said those two words.

But Duan Wenrui looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

Lu Zhishen felt his eyelids twitch a few times, and in those two silent seconds, his tied-up hair came undone.

He felt that his brain was working too fast, causing his hair to stand on end.

“Oh, she has a recurring problem,” Lu Zhishen began to make things up. “It flares up occasionally, don’t worry, she’ll be fine in a bit.” “Is that so?” Duan Wenrui looked at Su Miaoyi. “Are you really alright? If you feel unwell, be sure to tell us immediately. It’s several hours’ walk from here to the city hospital, so don’t try to bear the discomfort.”

Su Miaoyi had recovered somewhat. She straightened up and looked at Duan Wenrui, patting Chu Xingrou's shoulder with her arm: "It's okay, I'm fine now. It's an old problem. Captain Duan, don't worry."

“Okay,” Duan Wenrui replied. “Then I’ll take some men and expand the area to take another look.”

"Captain Duan, let's take some men and investigate the murderer first," Su Miaoyi said.

"Huh?" Duan Wenrui didn't quite understand what she was saying.

“Let’s reopen the investigation based on the characteristics of the murderer in Gao Hui’s case,” Su Miaoyi said. “Tian Ming’s time of death was around six hours ago, and he played a folk song more than an hour ago. He is likely still in the village or town. Let’s focus our investigation on people from other villages.”

"Okay." Duan Wenrui didn't ask too many questions. After listening to her, he made a call to arrange for someone to re-screen her.

"Is he the murderer in Gao Hui's case?" Lu Zhishen asked in a low voice.

“Hmm,” Su Miaoyi said, “She was still wearing a mask and a black robe, her height matched, and her weight didn’t seem to have changed. The way she strangled and dragged her confirmed that it was the person who killed Gao Hui.”

She couldn't describe the feeling.

But she empathized with the deceased.

The feeling of Gao Hui being dragged into the house was exactly the same as the feeling of Tian Ming being dragged into the cornfield; it was the same person.

Su Miaoyi thought about Tian Ming's corpse.

Tian Ming's face was scratched, with the lower half being the most severely damaged, so she couldn't see the fingerprints on his face.

The murderer covered his mouth very forcefully; that force should have left marks on Tian Ming's face.

After looking around the cornfield, they walked into the village.

Zhao Yongliang is checking on the people in the village.

The police station and local police station also sent people to other villages in the town, with the village committees cooperating.

“So that song wasn’t a murder omen, but rather it was played after someone was killed,” Chu Xingrou said. “The song was played that night after Wan Shuang died. The song was also played tonight after Tian Ming died. The difference is that the song played for Wan Shuang last night was at the convenience store, which wasn’t close to Wan Shuang’s house. The song played tonight was played right in front of Tian Ming’s house.”

“Do you think the speaker in front of Tian Ming’s house might have been placed there the night the convenience store played folk songs?” Lu Zhishen said. “At that time, patrols hadn’t started yet, so it would have been easy to put it in the haystack.”

“Possibly,” Su Miaoyi said. “The murderer had that time. The player in the convenience store plays sound immediately without delay. The murderer turned on the player, cleaned up footprints at the store, and left. At that moment, the song started playing. The villagers woke up from their sleep, became frightened, determined the source of the sound, and then called Tian Liu, who then called the police, and we came over. Then people were sent to search the entire village. During this time, the murderer could have easily played the music and left.”

“Yes, the murderer is very familiar with the village. If he runs fast, he has plenty of time,” Chu Xingrou said.

Su Miaoyi and the others walked into the village: "We previously deduced that there were likely two murderers. I think today we can confirm that there were two."

"How so?" Lu Zhishen asked.

“The man who killed Wu An was very skilled with his knife and had a good understanding of the human body. The man who killed Tian Ming today, although he was quick and decisive, did not understand the human body. He just slashed and stabbed wildly,” Su Miaoyi said. “When the knife was in Tian Ming’s chest, he clearly intended to stab him. But it got stuck in the bone twice, leaving only a shallow wound.”

She paused for two seconds and said, "They used to operate alone. Could they be working together this time?"

"The murder and the playing of the song were done by two different people?" Lu Zhishen said, paused for a moment, and then said, "Is it possible that the person playing the song was someone from Tian Ming's neighborhood? That way, after turning on the stereo, he wouldn't have to go far at all; he could have just gone straight home."

“But Captain Duan checked the people in the vicinity immediately and found nothing unusual,” Chu Xingrou said. “Was it hidden too well?”

"We need to keep a close watch on the people around Tian Ming's house," Su Miaoyi said.

"The ballad is playing again, and it's still about punishment," Chu Xingrou said. "What is Tian Ming's crime? Gambling? Debt? Or neglecting his family?"

"And why leave a mask at the scene this time? Is it to make people more convinced that it's the punishment from the Goat Horn God? What's the purpose?"

(End of this chapter)