Chasing the Murderer for 31 Years

The story began in August 1981, when Long Xiangjun, a buyer at a textile factory in Jianghai City, was brutally murdered at the Guangming Hotel in Xiashang County. An elaborate electric shock device and fingerprint traces were found at the scene, and "Chen Junyong," a cadre of the Materials Bureau who lived with him, became the main suspect. Faced with the limitations of backward technology, Li Shanling and his comrades relied on the most primitive interviews and simulations to launch a nationwide hunt. However, cases using the same techniques continued to occur in different areas, which strengthened Li Shanling's determination to pursue the murderer... "31 Years of Pursuing a Murderer" is a shocking novella with a criminal investigation theme. It tells the story of ordinary detective Li Shanling who spent half his life hunting down a serial murderer. It is also a human epic about time, faith and redemption. When personal obsession and collective justice are intertwined, a "song of time" belonging to the Chinese criminal police is composed. Comparing the original investigation of "measuring clues with footsteps" in the 1980s and the breakthrough of fingerprint comparison technology in the 21st century, it shows the vicissitudes of China's criminal investigation history, forming a perfect symphony of technology and human nature. The novel pushes the value of justice to a philosophical level. When the law punishes the murderer, is it a consolation for the dead or a redemption for the living? The value of justice lies not only in the realization of the results, but also in the human dignity demonstrated in the pursuit of justice. The value of "31 Years of Murder" is that it proves in a literary way that in the wilderness of time, there is always some persistence that can penetrate the fog, and there is always some light that can illuminate the darkness. The oath written by the young detective with his life: As long as the crime persists, the pursuit of the murderer will never stop.