Chapter 66: The Mantis

At this moment, Gu Changzheng's pager suddenly vibrated with a "buzzing" sound. Gu Changzheng picked it up and saw a message on the screen: Confirmed, Tao and Jiang were colleagues. Let's talk in person! Hu.

Gu Changzheng glanced at Tao Tao Xiaoyong and showed the message to Lu Lu Haoxuan. Lu Lu Haoxuan nodded; the threads were all connected!

Tao Tao Xiaoyong, having opened the floodgates, was like a child showing off in front of an adult. He chuckled, "That night, Little Jiang said he was going to the Gongan Bureau. I knew he was also thinking about A-Lan, but he was just like those stinking men! He was only thinking about how to take advantage of A-Lan. I knew! I knew it all! To protect A-Lan, I had to kill him! The next morning, I got up very early. I kept watching him, and after I saw him ride his bike out, I followed him. I knew that from Jiangjiatai to the Gongan Bureau (he was referring to the Jiangdong Branch), one could take the river embankment along the river. He was riding a bicycle, and I couldn't catch up, so I took a shortcut to get to the embankment first. As soon as I arrived at the embankment, I saw that damn guy riding over with a happy look on his face!"

"Hmph! Damn it! He must have been lusting after Alan! I knew it! The nature of these men!"

Tao Tao Xiaoyong cursed with a ferocious expression: "Seeing his lecherous smile, I was even more furious! I pretended to run into him by chance and stopped his bike. I deliberately asked him where he was going. He might have forgotten what happened after drinking too much the day before and actually lied to me, saying he was going out to play! This guy is also stupid. I deliberately pointed behind him and asked why those two people from yesterday came too? Did you make an appointment with them? He actually believed it and turned his head to look! I took the opportunity to take out the red brick hidden in my cotton-padded jacket and smashed it into the back of his head!"

"Damn it! This guy was quite tough. One hit only knocked him down, and he was still moving, so I climbed on top of him and smashed and smashed! Finally, I smashed him until he stopped moving. Then I dragged him to the riverbank and tied him to the bicycle. Seeing there were many large stones by the river, I picked one up, put it in his clothes, and pushed him into the river together! Hehehe! Consider him lucky. If it hadn't been inconvenient outside, I was prepared to chop him up too, hahahaha!" Tao Tao Xiaoyong laughed wildly!

Gu Changzheng, standing to the side, was so angry his hands were shaking! This guy was completely crazy! Killing someone was like killing a cat or a dog, spoken of so lightly!

Lu Lu Haoxuan asked, "Where did you hide the red brick that killed Jiang Weimin?"

Tao Tao Xiaoyong slowly stopped laughing: "That brick? I threw it into the river. Do you think I'd carry it with me?"

Lu Lu Haoxuan turned his head to look at Gu Changzheng. The latter understood and immediately left the interrogation room to notify Hu Jinquan to survey the murder scene described by Tao Tao Xiaoyong and salvage the murder weapon.

Lu Lu Haoxuan continued to ask, "We know about Jiang Weimin. Shao Shao Tianyang was killed at He's Meat Shop, right? Who killed him?"

Tao Tao Xiaoyong grinned, revealing a look of contempt: "Officer, don't try to lead me on. This is all being recorded!" He tilted his head toward the camera in the interrogation room and said, "I already told you about that rat. The Butcher and I killed him. Originally, the Butcher had dismantled him into several pieces and was preparing to find a place to bury him, but I hated him too much, so I took the initiative to ask to bury him. Later, you know the rest."

Lu Lu Haoxuan still had a doubt in his heart. Shao Shao Tianyang's corpse was not complete; several pieces were still missing. Lu Lu Haoxuan had always had a suspicion, one that was too hard to accept, but he still had to verify it. He looked at Tao Tao Xiaoyong and said, "Besides throwing the corpse into the cellar well, what else did you do to Shao Shao Tianyang?"

Tao Tao Xiaoyong laughed "Jie jie jie": "Guess? I think you've guessed it. I thought only that dog could smell it out. You're really amazing! Hahahaha!"

Lu Lu Haoxuan's stomach convulsed. The person before him had transformed directly into a devil with a bloody mouth, giving him the feeling of falling into an ice cellar!

On the other side, after receiving Gu Changzheng's call, Hu Jinquan led the technical department to survey the scene. At the river embankment mentioned by Tao Tao Xiaoyong, they found a patch of bloodstains covered by yellow soil. Upon testing, the blood type was the same as Little Jiang's. At the spot where Little Jiang's body was submerged, they salvaged a red brick consistent with Tao Tao Xiaoyong's description. Although the bloodstains on it were almost invisible, the meticulous forensic doctor Xiao Zheng discovered bloodstains in the cracks of the brick through spectral analysis...

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The interrogation of He He Jian also made breakthrough progress. Several human bloodstains found in the meat shop were tested and belonged to Little Fang and Shao Shao Tianyang, respectively.

When the police placed this evidence before him, it was clearly visible that his spirit withered rapidly. When the police intentionally revealed that Tao Tao Xiaoyong had been arrested, He He Jian appeared even more lifeless!

The desire to survive is a person's most basic instinct. Although he also loved Alan extremely deeply, in the current situation, he was not just facing a kidnapping case, but two murder cases! His chance of surviving was basically zero!

This was perhaps the fundamental difference between him and Tao Tao Xiaoyong. Regarding Alan, one was a desire between a man and a woman—be it love or lust, one always had to consider oneself in the end; the other was a spiritual attachment, an abnormal obsession!

Tao Tao Xiaoyong would truly die for Alan, and without asking for any reward. Everything He He Jian did, however, required an exchange. This was also why, when He He Jian determined he was certain to die, he would not hesitate to grab any straw that might save him in order to live!

Once a breach appears in the psychological dam, the collapse is only a matter of time.

The psychological defense line of the "Butcher" He He Jian collapsed instantly into a huge gap when the photo of the ponytail girl (Alan) was placed before him!

Alan, this mastermind behind the scenes, could finally be considered to have truly surfaced.

He He Jian's confession:

Q: Tell us about Alan's situation. What is her full name?

A: Alan, I only know her name is Alan. I met her about two years ago, in the spring of '93. My meat shop is in the industrial zone, where there are many factories and many migrant workers. One morning, a beautiful girl who looked only about 20 years old came to my meat shop. I thought she was there to buy pork, but unexpectedly, she asked me if I needed to hire a helper. Seeing how beautiful she was, she didn't look like someone looking for work at a pork shop. I wanted to refuse her directly, but I don't know what happened—when I saw her big, curved eyes looking at me, the words on the tip of my tongue changed to: "You're looking for work? I happen to be short of help here." That girl was Alan; Alan is the name she told me. From that day on, she helped out at my meat shop.

Q: Didn't you ask for her ID card? Didn't you think about finding out where she was from?

A: I thought about it and asked her. She told me her fate was very bitter, and if I could let her stay, I shouldn't ask anymore. She looked very painful when she said these things. I couldn't bear it in my heart, so I didn't bring it up again.

Q: Why did you kill Shao Shao Tianyang?

A: I didn't kill him! ===== CHAPTER 67 =====