《Thirteen Years of Dust》E1
Episode 1: Pencil
In 2010, the peace of Nandu City was broken by a vicious murder.In the early morning, citizens found a young girl dead on the street in a tragic manner and in a weird posture.This discovery immediately attracted the attention of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, and the captain Lu Xingzhi personally led the team to investigate.
While investigating the scene, Lu Xingzhi discovered a disturbing detail - an HB pencil was left at the scene.This ordinary pencil reminded him of another unsolved case thirteen years ago.
In 1997, Lu Xingzhi just joined the police force. His master Wei Zhengrong was an old detective with a bold personality.Although the master and apprentice were very different in personality, Wei Zhengrong still spared no effort to teach Lu Xingzhi the investigative skills.However, the first murder case they encountered was extremely difficult.The victim's death condition was strikingly similar to that of the girl in 2010, with the same weird posture, and an HB pencil was also left at the scene.
Due to the limited technical means and investigative experience at the time, this case eventually became an unsolved case.But that HB pencil was deeply imprinted in Lu Xingzhi's mind.
Thirteen years have passed, and Lu Xingzhi has grown into the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, but the unsolved case from that year has always been a knot in his heart.When he faced a similar case and the same physical evidence again, he knew that this might be the key to solving the mystery of the year.
Through comparative analysis of the two cases, Lu Xingzhi discovered some commonalities.The victims were all young women. Their death conditions were abnormal, and there was an HB pencil at the scene.He began to wonder whether the two cases were committed by the same person?
As the investigation deepened, Lu Xingzhi and his team gradually identified several suspects.During the interrogation, they discovered an important clue-the suspect had purchased HB pencils before the crime.This discovery made Lu Xingzhi even more convinced that there was some connection between the two cases.
In the end, with the unremitting efforts of Lu Xingzhi and his team, the suspect was successfully captured.After interrogation, the suspect admitted his criminal facts in both cases.It turns out that he chose to use the HB pencil as a killing tool because he believed it was a silent protest that could express his dissatisfaction and anger towards society.
