Hearing this, Xie Yixiang suddenly "chuckled" in her heart. According to the records in the file handed over to her by Sister Yue, in the first case that occurred in Haozhou, Fengyang Prefecture six years ago, the seven-year-old daughter of Zhu Yuanwai's family was not adopted by the husband and wife? Cheng Shaotian, the head of the criminal arrest room who was in charge of investigating the case at that time, also deduced that this was a vendetta case, and that it was possible that the girl's biological parents had come back to seek revenge.

As for the tragic case of the family of a man surnamed Liu in Zhenjiang two years ago, although I don't know if their daughter was also adopted, the husband and wife were originally old husbands and young wives, and the wife was only in her early twenties, and she already had a five or six-year-old daughter under her knees. Therefore, the daughter of the Zhenjiang family may not be born to the couple.

Now coupled with the murder of the Li butcher's family in Yinshan Village, the six-year-old daughter of the couple is also of unknown origin, according to this, I am afraid that it is not just a coincidence, perhaps it is what these three murdered families have in common. Could it be that the target of this "human kitchen" is a family of three who adopted a girl between the ages of five and seven?

Therefore, the late Cheng Shaotian's investigation of this case six years ago is very likely to be the correct solution. After the murderer killed and cooked Zhu Yuanwai's family of three, the resentment in his heart was not eliminated because of this, resulting in a distorted mind and a sense of revenge, so he vented the hatred in his heart to other families who adopted his daughter, which led to the murder in Zhenjiang two years ago and the murder in Yinshan Village in the eastern suburbs of Shaoxing a few days ago.

Thinking of this, Xie Yixiang didn't have the heart to continue listening to the old woman chewing her tongue, so she hurriedly finished the rice in the bowl, leaving a silver ingot and hurriedly saying goodbye. You must know that her conjecture at this time has clearly connected the three cases committed by this "human chef" successively, which is different from the conjecture of the cook who deduced only from the unique situation of Butcher Li's family.

By the time Xie Yixiang returned to the Yamen of Shaoxing Mansion, the sun was gradually moving westward. The first thing she said after meeting Yang Zhutou was to ask, asking: "Is the daughter of Butcher Li's family born to or adopted by the couple?" Yang Zhutou was stunned by her question, and he didn't know how to answer. Seeing his expression, Xie Yixiang immediately said: "Let the servants in the yamen immediately inspect the body of Li Tu's husband and wife to see if she has any signs of childbirth." At the same time, he sent people to Yinshan Village to inquire from house to house, and he must find out whether Butcher Li's daughter was adopted. ”

That Yang Zhutou was intimidated by Xie Yixiang's grandeur for a while, and couldn't help blurting out: "You...... Aren't you already gone, how...... Why do you have to take on this case? This ...... This ......" Xie Yixiang didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and said in a deep voice: "In Haozhou six years ago, and Zhenjiang two years ago, similar secrets have already happened twice, so this murder case in Yinshan Village in the eastern suburbs is actually a serial murder case, which is called the 'human kitchen case' by the criminal arrest room, otherwise why should I come in person? If you want to solve the case, just listen to my orders, otherwise you will just waste everyone's time and delay your work." ”

When Yang Zhutou heard her say the words "serial murder", he suddenly realized in his heart that all his previous investigations had gone in the wrong direction. Although he couldn't believe that the Miss Xie San in front of him really had the ability to solve the case, he was just a small catcher in Shaoxing City, and he had never seen the relevant files of the Jinling Torture Arrest Room, so if he wanted to solve this serial murder case, he could only rely on the little girl in front of him.

At that moment, Yang Zhutou hurriedly invited Xie Yixiang to sit in the hall and pour tea for his faux pas in the morning. Xie Yixiang didn't eat this, but asked him to quickly send someone to check according to his instructions to verify whether the daughter of Butcher Li's family was biological. It was not until Yang Zhutou ordered him to go down, Xie Yixiang told him all the three murders committed by this "human kitchen" in six years, and Yang Zhutou was shocked when he heard it, and couldn't help but say: "Although only three murders have been reported to the Jinling Torture Arrest Room in six years, I am only afraid of this...... There may not be only three cases committed by this 'human chef' in secret. ”

Xie Yixiang heard Yang Zhutou be able to say this, it can be seen that he is also a veteran in handling cases, so he was patient at the moment and answered the questions raised by Yang Zhutou one by one. In the end, Xie Yixiang concluded: "It is true that this 'human chef' kills people and eats people, but if it is said that he kills people just for the sake of eating human flesh, it is not true. The murderer has only committed three murders in six years, and even if there are more, even if there are three every year, there are only nine corpses a year, which is far from enough to feed a murderer who lives by cannibalism. Therefore, the murderer will also eat ordinary food on weekdays, and the reason why he kills and eats people is either to satisfy his appetite, or for other reasons, to take revenge on these families of three by such means. According to the information we know so far, it is very likely that the three families who were killed adopted a girl between the ages of five and seven, which is why they were poisoned by the 'human kitchen'. ”

Only then did Yang Zhutou understand why Xie Yixiang asked himself to find out whether Butcher Li's daughter was biological, it turned out to be to find the common ground of these three murders. At this time, the servants from the yamen of Shaoxing Mansion came to report that they had inspected the bodies of Li Tu's husband and wife according to the instructions, and there was indeed no sign of childbirth. Xie Yixiang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that her conjecture is really good, maybe this is the breakthrough of the "human kitchen case".

After listening to her speculation, Yang Zhutou couldn't help but be in awe, frowned and said: "Miss Xie San said that the murderer slaughtered the Zhu Yuanwai family in Haozhou six years ago because her daughter was adopted, and cooked her own daughter together, which led to mental disorders, so that she would take revenge on other families who adopted girls between five and seven years old? Hmm, this speculation is reasonable, and the truth of this case is very likely to be true!" Before, it was me Yang Jude who was blind, and I only knew how to judge people by their appearance, and I underestimated Miss Xie San's ability, and I also invited a large number of Wang Han!" As he spoke, he hurriedly went to write another letter of resignation, and sent it to the Jinling Torture Arrest Room with flying pigeons, and wanted to withdraw his application for substitution in the morning.

Xie Yixiang didn't have the heart to keep that little thing in mind in the morning? At that moment, he had a casual dinner in the yamen of Shaoxing Mansion, and went to check the bodies of Li Butcher's family of three and the kitchen knife used by the murderer at that time. In this way, when the night was dark, the people sent to Yinshan Village by Yang Zhutou had also returned, saying that it had been confirmed from the head of Yinshan Village that Butcher Li's daughter had really been adopted from outside. In order to allow the adopted daughter to enter the ancestral hall of the family, Butcher Li also personally carried a pig's leg to negotiate with the village chief, saying that he picked up a lonely girl in Shaoxing City, anyway, he had no queen, so he took her home as his daughter to raise, and asked the village chief to keep it secret for him and not tell others.