Chapter 566 Abyssal Love Story

"It's not fair! It's not fair! We didn't break the law, why should we be detained?"

As the eldest sister of all the wandering warblers in this block, Katie is definitely not an idiot. She knows very well in her heart how many evil things she has done. Once she is liquidated, she will definitely be sentenced to death.

So, Katie desperately clamored and struggled to see if she could get out by luck, while those in charge of the police station hadn't returned yet.

But she underestimated the determination of Scotland Yard. Officer Wensley had already ordered him to fully cooperate with the special investigators in investigating the case. If anything went wrong, he would be dismissed immediately.

Therefore, two strong men, one on the left and the other on the right, threw the obscene woman who took the lead in making trouble into a special detention room.

boom!

There was a loud noise when the iron door collided with the wall, and the warblers in the other detention room all shuddered, became obedient, and huddled in the corner and whispered.

Having been on the streets for so long, Helen claimed to be shrewd. At this moment, she already thought that it was the dead Newberry who attracted the attention of the police.

Liuying, who is at the bottom of the society, is only a little higher than the homeless. Usually, when walking on the road, the police officers in this jurisdiction don’t look straight at them. Even if they die due to various reasons, the police officers don’t care. They show little enthusiasm unless something is needed.

So, why is this situation so special?

It is worth mentioning that Helen once had a concubine who worked as an informant for Scotland Yard for a period of time. Under the influence of the other party, she had a certain understanding of the ranks of police epaulettes.

Senior Superintendent!

The head of the Whitechapel District Police Department is barely on the same level as Wensley, the key is that the other party looks very young.

"This bitch, Ai Songen, actually told what happened that night..."

"People like us, no matter how many people die, don't attract attention."

"What's the reason for that?"

The conversation grew louder.

At this time, the police officer standing outside in charge of custody immediately yelled at him. Although the officer did not explain, years of experience told him that if he did not stop them, the group of suspects might collude.

As a result, two more wandering warblers were handcuffed and locked up alone.

In this way, there will be no more noise from the detention room, and the wandering warblers will stay in the corner obediently, and occasionally there will be a few sobs.

Next room.

The eldest sister, Katie, regained consciousness. Besides her, there were two other people in this detention room.

One was a drunken shabby homeless man with patches all over his coat. He was lying on the wet concrete floor and snoring.

The other is a middle-aged woman with disheveled hair. Her lipstick is incomplete and only a few bright spots are left. She leans against the wall and smokes a cigarette. At the same time, she examines her new roommate openly.

"Hello."

Katie squeezed out a harmless smile. Out of instinct, she felt that she should strike up a conversation with the other party.

The woman didn't know about Katie's savage record, so she pursed her mouth and blew out a smoke ring, asking in the tone of a senior, "What did you do?"

"It's nothing... oh, I think I found a dead body and didn't go to the police in time, but it's not my fault. Night is a good time to make money. If you don't go to work, you won't even have the cheapest eel soup the next day." I can't even afford it."

"Ha, I'm also a Liu Ying."

The woman laughed softly, showing her rows of teeth covered with soot, while Katie was puzzled. She knew all the warblers in this area, and even newcomers could quickly call out their names.

But the woman in front of me really has no impression at all.

Therefore, Katie secretly looked at each other out of the corner of her eye. The clothes were old but very gaudy, with faded decorations on the satin robe, badly worn shoes, and pink silk stockings. Cap...broken makeup...kind...unmistakable.

In addition, there are some bruises on the face.

The warbler that confronted last night?

The thought flashed by, Katie stepped back pretending to shrink back, and said calmly, "Why haven't I seen you?"

"I work in another neighborhood, and we may have met late at night today, but it was too dark and it was raining heavily, so I don't remember much."

As he said that, the strange warbler threw away his cigarette and trampled it hard with his heels, as if venting his dissatisfaction, complaining to his peers: "What's wrong with the world now, I just happened to pass by an alley, and I was arrested... ..."

"Me too. I stayed in the tavern and waited for the guests to call, but I was arrested for no reason."

Katie concealed the fact that she killed other wandering warblers, so as not to cause trouble, and asked sideways, "Where is this man?"

The man on the ground had a strong build, his hands were covered with calluses, he looked like a dock porter. Of course, this kind of people like to patronize Liuying's business the most.

"Customer, but before we had time to trade, we were arrested by the passing police. It is said that he is suspected of being involved in serial murders..."

The two chatted one after another.

They are both fallen in the world, and they tacitly did not talk about the bloody conflict that happened at night.

At the same time, Lu Li sat in the sheriff's office. In fact, he arrived here a long time ago, but because he had to deal with other matters, he couldn't attend the interrogation for the time being.

Yesterday afternoon, Scotland Yard conducted a post-mortem investigation, visiting and investigating the identities of the previous forty-two victims.

Twenty minutes ago, the first-hand information was sent over by Mr. Vincent who lives on Whitehall Street.

"The identities of the nine deceased persons have now been confirmed, and there is no possibility of further mistakes."

"Most of the identities of the remaining people have some clues, but it's hard to draw a conclusion for the time being."

Officer Wensley paced slowly in the office with the backup file in his hand.

On the side, Lu Li sat on the leather chair, looking at the pile of documents in front of him and meditating.

After reading them, he felt that Scotland Yard was doing a disservice by expanding the target of the suspect, or in other words, destroying the connection between the victims.

"Are they all wandering warblers?" Lu Li pinched his brows, wondering.

Officer Wensley was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice, "That's right."

"You just came to this city, and you don't know that the morality and social atmosphere of Fog City have been corrupted to an extreme over the years."

After some explanations, Lu Li also clarified a concept: Victorian morality made it difficult for people to simply distinguish between "good" and "bad" women.

Especially the word liuying.

In addition to women who actively solicit customers on the street, women who have long-term illegal cohabitation with men may have to be counted, women who indirectly or regularly receive large amounts of money from their partners but have their own jobs, lose their jobs and receive money from one or more men. Financial help woman.

Judging from the data, only nearly twenty of the victims were street warblers, and the others were all the latter. Some worked as waiters in restaurants, and some worked in factories...

The most outrageous thing is that the two victims whose identities have been confirmed, one is a ballet dancer, and the other is Her Majesty the Countess, whose family is in trouble.

"Sir, don't be surprised. They don't do this for money. Most likely they want to satisfy themselves."

"In high society, besides their husbands, ladies have a few lover knights, which can be regarded as a kind of elegance and fashion."

Having said that, Officer Wensley couldn't help but shrugged his shoulders, acting rather helpless.

As the spies described in their documents, they discovered that these two respectable victims had no less than twenty lovers in total.

If we dig deeper, at least hundreds of suspects can be found.

"Well, there is an old saying in the East that everything must be reversed."

Lu Li closed the file casually, expressing emotion.

Some women enjoy the nightlife that moral defenders vehemently disapprove of, seeking pleasure rather than money.

This kind of behavior, in the eyes of most people nowadays, is no different from wandering warblers, and can be classified into one category.

"According to the available evidence, these victims are... Unclean in some sense?"

Lu Li weighed his words carefully. After all, from the perspective of future generations, although this kind of thing is immoral, because it is relatively common, he himself does not think it is too exaggerated.

"That's right."

Officer Wensley was not so polite when he spoke, and said bluntly: "This kind of people can be divided into two groups, one is their nature, they are dissolute, bad-tempered, lazy, vain and greedy."

"What about the other type?" Lu Li was curious, what is the opinion of this authentic British elite.

"They are pitiful, they deserve the sympathy of the public, and they deserve the help of all gentlemen who still have a sense of morality in their hearts." Wen Sili learned about Ai Songen's experience from Lu Li, and gave an example: "These girls are poor and lack skills. , no brothers to rely on, both parents died."

"As far as I know, the average age of people in this industry is sixteen years old. Before that, many girls were with boys of the same class, and they were abandoned after a few years and had to live on the streets."

"Why do you know this business so well?"

Lu Li was curious, but he added, "It has nothing to do with the case. If it's inconvenient, you don't have to answer."

It would be understandable if Wensley was just a junior police officer, or a slightly higher-ranking sheriff who knew something about street phenomena.

But he is now a senior superintendent, a senior superintendent who is less than 30 years old, and his status is second only to those old men at the director level, so it is almost impossible to deal with Liuying.

However, Lu Li guessed wrong.

Wensley frowned and pondered for a moment, then explained: "Ten years ago, I just graduated from school and worked as a sheriff in the Financial City. The teacher in charge of guiding me was Mr. Vincent..."

"Okay, it's a bit off topic."

The successful police officer shook his head and said in a deep voice: "At that time, I met a very tasteful girl. She dressed in exquisite and low-key clothes and ran a coffee shop on the west side of Waterloo Bridge."

"Are you in love?"

"Yes."

There was no warmth in Wensley's eyes. He seemed relieved and was just stating the facts, "But everything changed one afternoon. After the old man knew about this relationship, he kindly sent someone to inquire about it."

Although Lu Li had already guessed Gou Xue's answer in advance, out of politeness, he didn't interrupt.

"She's a wandering warbler."

"Beginning as a maid, she volunteered to be a warbler for three years because she wanted to see the world and live an independent life. It was completely voluntary and no one forced her... She read books, took writing classes and learned other skills, To make myself a good companion to gentlemen."

"Then, with the income she earned from her disreputable business, she invested in a café, cut off the men, and lived a warm, functional, virtuous life."

"Mr. Lu, do you know? It can be seen from her behavior that she really puts her heart into running that cafe, if not..."

Wensley was finally touched by the past, he let out a sigh, as if asking Lu Li if he could empathize with him.

Lu Li didn't say much about this, but just patted the police officer on the shoulder.

Sin City.

There is no need to add any modifiers in front of it, because this is the essence of the fog city, and most people are struggling in this quagmire.

"You must be thinking, is there some misunderstanding between me and her? In fact, these testimonies come from the neighborhood where she grew up, and those old neighbors have seen her, from servants, to wandering warblers, to The owner of a respectable cafe, she changes clothes, changes looks, and she's a good actress."

Wensley babbled on.

"It's all over, isn't it?"

Lu Li regretted asking such a question, so he patted his shoulder to comfort him a few times, then changed the subject:

"Go and try those people who have been imprisoned. Of course, you can find a place to rest and call a few police officers to help me."

Touch the scene hurt.

Having just recalled the sad experience of first love and having to face a group of stray warblers again, Lu Li was worried that Wen Sili would have emotional problems.

To be honest, if we think about it differently, if Lu Li encountered this kind of thing, he would definitely leave.

Not only the hurdle in his heart, even if he can get over it, well, if he can't get over it, there are at least hundreds of green hats... Besides, he won't get in touch with this kind of woman.

"It's okay, my mental capacity is not that bad." Wensli shrugged habitually, and said in a surprising way: "Actually, after knowing everything at that time, I still wanted to be with her, forget about the past, and live in another place .”

The power of love?

Lu Li paused, looked at this young and promising gentleman, and waited for the next article.

"Unfortunately, I can't be so selfish. This is a love that is destined not to be blessed. My parents, teachers, and friends are devout believers and will never allow me to do this."

"Yes, people can't live for themselves after all."

Love is defeated by reality.

"What about the girl who runs the café? Finally, what did you tell her?"

"I did not say anything."

With complicated emotions in Wensley's eyes, he sighed and said, "I left a lot of money in the house where I lived with her. At that time, she wanted to bring her coffee business to the Financial City, but she was short of money, so she had to postpone the plan. .”

"And you yourself?"

"Please ask the teacher to transfer me to Berkshire. I stayed there for five years. I have been the director of the bureau. It didn't take long before I returned to the fog."

"Choose wisely, time will dilute all things."

After speaking, Lu Li walked out of the office and hurried to the interrogation room.

And Police Officer Wensley, who had finished the chat, also calmed down and followed.

"Let's interrogate the woman named Helen first. Ai Songen said that she has a weak character and can't keep secrets."

"Okay, save Katie, the criminal organizer, for last."