Madness of the Heart

The three bodies were not buried, but were placed side by side on the ground in a face-to-ground position. From the perspective of the direction, their heads face west and their feet face east. The original color of their clothes is almost indistinguishable, but they can be identified from the style of the monk's clothes of Haijing Temple.

"This is the three of Chu Jiang?" Fang Yuanhang wore masks, his voice was buzzing, "Fuck, why is it waxed, I am most afraid of such corpses!"

"From the timeline of clothing and decay, it is likely that they are them, but I still have to wait for Teacher Xing to produce the results." Ming Shu looked down at the three corpses, his eyes gradually deepening.

In the leftmost corpse, part of the soft tissue has turned into a muddy gray substance, which is ossifying. The buttocks, abdomen, and limbs of the other two were yellow waxy, which was the beginning of the waxing process of the corpse. The middle one died earlier, so the waxing degree was more severe than that of the right one.

The temperature in the mountains is very low, and the temperature in the cave is lower and humid. The body is thrown in this environment, and the possibility of waxing is high. But why are the two on the right waxed and the one on the left not?

Whether a corpse is waxed or not is affected by many external factors. Whether it is exposed to the air is one of the factors, and whether the surrounding environment is cold and humid is the second. Normally, obese corpses buried in moist soil or thrown directly in water are more likely to wax But not at all.

Ming Shu looked at the boned corpses again, "Brother Xing, were these corpses thrown here immediately after death, or were they moved here after a period of time?"

"I guess it will be thrown immediately after death." It was Xiao Man who answered Mingshu. "Before you came in, I had surveyed this place. No one has been here for at least half a year. The soil is well preserved. Footprints, and only the footprints of this person, it is obvious that this person is the murderer we are looking for."

Xing Mu also said: "From the situation of the corpses, I also think they were put here shortly after their deaths. As for why in the same environment, one corpse turned white and the other two waxed, which is the same as theirs. His own cause is related to the time of death."

Ming Shu squatted down, "The skeletonized one is thinner."

Xing Mu nodded, "I can't tell you the exact time when they were killed, but the approximate time can still be judged. This corpse, which has entered the process of ossification, died from June to July last year."

"Summer. The ‘wandering’ of Chu Jiang down the mountain is summer." Ming Shu said: "But the summer humidity should be higher."

"But there are more mosquitoes in the mountains in summer, and mosquitoes will accelerate the ossification of corpses." Xing Mu said: "Mosquitoes have a greater impact on the development of corpses than temperature and humidity. Although the environment of caves is easy to make corpses They are waxed, but they are not buried in the soil after all, so normal decay is not surprising. Another point is that waxing is not waxy and the degree of obesity of the body is also related."

Ming Shu remembered the photos of Chu Jiang, Chang Qingying, and Wang Lu he had seen before. Chu Jiang was very thin, while Chang Qingying and Wang Lu were relatively obese.

"The two waxed corpses died later." Xing Mu continued: "The second corpse was from November to December last year, and the third corpse was in March this year. At this time, the mountains are the coldest and the mosquitoes are extinct. In addition, they are obese, and various factors influence each other to cause waxing. You all hate waxing corpses, but to us forensic doctors, waxing is much more "cute" than white bones."

Ming Shu stood up, "Because more clues can be stored on the waxed corpse."

Xing Mu said: "Yes, look at the chest, abdomen, arms, thighs, and neck of the two corpses, there are traces of rope binding."

Fang Yuanhang hurriedly endured his nausea and leaned in to take a look.

After figuring out why two corpses in the same environment were waxed and one was ossified, Ming Shu stopped disturbing Xing Mu and went outside the cave to observe the surroundings.

This cave is very hidden, if you just search the mountain roughly, you may not be able to find it.

The murderer probably knew this too, so after bringing the corpse here, he not only did not bury it, nor did he dispose of his footprints.

The corpses are all face down. Does this imply confession? Atonement?

One person died in July and August last year, one person died in November and December last year, and one person died in March this year. The interval is three to four months, but from March this year to the present, more than half a year has passed. , The murderer has no action?

If the murderer is Mou Haiyuan pretending to be Peeping Chen, what is he waiting for?

The three corpses were taken back to the Criminal Investigation Bureau for anatomy. Before the autopsy, Xing Mu found three pieces of plastic paper in the pockets of the corpses’ underwear, with the words "Lexus", "Framed", and "Unfilial Piety" written on them. The corresponding ones happened to be Corpse No. 1 (suspected as Chu Jiang), Corpse No. 2 (suspected as Chang Qingying), Corpse No. 3 (suspected as Wang Lu).

Chu Jiang's wickedness lies in molesting the widow, which indirectly leads to suicide; Chang Qingying's wickedness lies in jealousy of outstanding younger generations, misleading the younger generations on important company projects, indirectly causing them to jump off the building; and Wang Lu's wickedness is the most obvious, which is Unfilial.

These three points have not yet been confirmed for filial piety, and all of them correspond to Mu Haiyuan's own moral failure.

Ming Shu put the plastic paper in the material evidence bag on the table one by one, "My inference is not wrong. Mu Haiyuan is killing the'comrades' to make atonement for himself. The monk in Haijing Temple now, Except for Liu Sui and Tang Yuan, they were all'scapegoats' he gathered in some way. He called them to let them die for him. His next target was either Yin Xiaofeng or Fang Pingxu, and they corresponded. It’s all violent."

"The footprints in the cave come from this pair of rain boots." Xiao Man carried a large physical evidence bag, which contained a pair of black rain boots. The rain boots looked very old, with a lot of dust and mud attached to the surface. "The rain boots are from the sea mirror. The fingerprints found in the warehouse of the temple are consistent with the fingerprints that Mou Haiyuan left in his brokerage company in the past."

Soon, the results of anatomy and DNA comparison were released.

Before Chu Jiang, Chang Qingying, and Wang Lu left their personal information in the public security system, the three corpses belonged to them.

Standing on the side of Wang Lu’s corpse, Xing Mu put his hands on both sides of Wang Lu’s head and made a twisting motion. “All three people died of severe cervical spine damage. Based on the results of the autopsy and the existence of Wang Lu and Chang Qing Judging from the marks on Ying's head, the murderer broke their necks with bare hands in this way."

"Mou Haiyuan has been practicing martial arts for decades, but he has such a skill, and from the perspective of his'punisher' and'atoner', he has a psychology that is bound to make the dead painful." Ming Shu said: "But a frontal attack, this The risk is a bit high. Brother Xing, in the cave, you said that there are binding marks on the waxed corpse. Is it bound before death or bound after death?"

"It's after death." Xing Mu said: "Based on the other wounds on their bodies, I judge that the murderer put ropes on them in order to facilitate the removal of the corpses after they killed them."

Ming Shu asked again: "Are they showing signs of poisoning?"

Xing Mu shook his head.

Ming Shu walked to Xing Mu, raised his hands, and caged Xing Mu's head like Xing Mu had just made gestures on Chu Jiang's head.

Xing Mu immediately stiffened, his heart beating wildly, "Leader leader, what do you want to do, there is monitoring!"

Ming Shu said: "You are awake, I stand in front of you and control your head, will you resist?"

Xing Mu thought to himself, nonsense, everyone will resist, okay!

"Cocoa, but I can't beat you!" Xing Mu said as he grabbed Ming Shu's arm-this was an instinctive action.

"If you can't beat it, you will struggle. This is human survival instinct, just like you are now. And I haven't tried hard yet, if I exert hard......" He said, Ming Shu increased the strength in his hand.

Xing Mu almost jumped up with a kick.

Ming Shu quickly let go of him and said with a smile: "Ms. Xing was attacked by the police."

"You were the first to attack the police!" Xing Mu was so wronged that his face was pale, "You have practiced, with your ability, you can easily screw off my head!"

"Yes, I was the first to attack the police." Ming Shu said: "This face-to-face posture, as long as a person is awake, they will struggle, but they have no traces of resistance or signs of poisoning. Was my neck broken in my sleep?"

Xing Mu was still trapped in the nervousness of being attacked. He was stunned for a while, and then suddenly said, "No, not in his sleep, but he was killed in a kneeling position!"

Ming Shu frowned, "How did you come to this conclusion?"

Xing Mu couldn’t help speeding up his speech, “Didn’t I say that the waxed corpse is easier to save clues. Wang Lu and Chang Qingying have crushed knees. Leaders, they were not **** before death, that is, they volunteered to kneel in front of the murderer. Let the murderer break their necks?"

Ming Shu closed his eyes, and gradually traced the situation in his mind when the crime happened.

The surroundings were so quiet that only breathing was left. Xing Mu waited for a while and whispered: "Leader?"

Ming Shu turned his face, "Brother Xing, I let you kneel down and put your head in my hand, would you like it?"

Xing Mu's eyelids jumped, and he roared in his heart-I would like to be a ghost, I can't kill you!

"You don't want to." Ming Shu said: "No one would want to. But if you change someone, such as a respected monk, he will let you kneel down and wash away your sins by touching your head with your hands. are you willing?"

"Huh?" Xing Mu hadn't turned the corner yet, "I'm not guilty!"

"I'm just making an analogy." Ming Shu said: "It is not necessarily a sin, but as long as everyone, there must be some things hidden in their hearts that are not known to outsiders. These things are good and bad, and the bad things are accompanied by life. Shadows, do you want to get rid of these shadows?"

Xing Mu nodded ignorantly, but after a moment he said, "Then I won't kneel, and it's not a terrible shadow."

Ming Shu said: "For us ordinary people, we have not committed any crimes, and have not done anything particularly unethical. It is true that there is no need to be saved by a monk, but the three of us, Chu Jiang, have been severely unethical."

"So I'm looking at the dust, it's not right. Under Mu Haiyuan's persuasion, they knelt down on their own initiative, thinking that the master was going to save them, but their neck was broken?" Xing Mu hit the palm of his hand with a fist, "Pass, corpse All the clues presented are explained clearly!"

Ming Shu patted Xing Mu's shoulder and encouraged: "Thanks to Xing Brother's autopsy analysis."

Xing Mu wanted to laugh and held back, his face flushed.

Mingshu still had an analysis that he didn't tell Xing Mu.

Chu Jiang and these people came to Haijing Temple five or six years ago, but Mu Haiyuan did not act on them for a long time, and only killed the first person last year.

The time stretches so long, people can't care about it.

But from the point of view of kneeling, Mou Haiyuan wanted them to kneel down and confess, so before that, it must take a long time to "domestic" them.

Those who were "domesticated" early have been killed, while the remaining few people have not yet been "domesticated."

Except for Liu Sui and Tang Yuan, Chu Xin, Yin Xiaofeng, and Fang Pingxu are all young people. It is indeed not that easy for Mou Haiyuan to "put down" like the three of Chu Jiang.

But could this be the reason why Mu Haiyuan pretended to retreat?

Is it possible that one of the remaining people discovered Mu Haiyuan's secret and "anti-kill" first?

At present, Mu Haiyuan's whereabouts are unknown, and the clue cannot be screwed up.

When the Crime Squad searched Qiyue Mountain, a detailed investigation of Mu Haiyuan was also underway.

Before retiring, Mu Haiyuan had purchased real estate in many cities across the country. After retiring, most of these properties were sold, and almost all the money was donated to youth welfare.

There is no media report about what Mu Haiyuan has done. If the police hadn't locked him down this time, they would not be able to find out these old events.

Fang Yuanhang said: "This person is really contradictory, he is really doing good deeds, and bad deeds are not bad."

"It's not that this person is really contradictory. It's that the vast majority of people are contradictory, with different degrees." Mingshu pays more attention to problems than Fang Yuanhang. "Mou Haiyuan is keen on charity, but the charity he does is only for teenagers. From him Looking at the behavior of hiring parents and treating the hired parents well, he should have done something to sorry for his biological parents in the past, and regretted and repented because of this. Under normal circumstances, in addition to caring for teenagers, he should also care about his parents. Old people of the same age. The huge sums of money are all invested in youth charities, which is kind of... weird."

"This is a very important clue." Xiao Yuan joined the discussion. "Behavioral reaction psychology. Although we have recently encountered many opponents who deliberately interfere with the police's judgment, Mou Haiyuan's charity is hiding everyone from everyone. In other words, he is doing charity. In fact, he does not need to pretend, so in his behavior, his true psychology is reflected."

Fang Yuanhang grabbed his hair and lost his thoughts.

It is true psychology, but what are the important clues?

"Putting all money into the youth welfare system shows that this is Mu Haiyuan's urgent psychological appeal, and this appeal even exceeds his guilt for his biological parents." Xiao Yuan said: "This behavior may indicate that Mu Haiyuan's childhood and teenage years It was extremely hard, and the shadow it left behind has always been with him."

Ming Shu said: "Before Mou Haiyuan became famous, he really had a terrible life."

Xiao Yuan looked through the printed materials, "Mou Haiyuan focused on Long Province, followed by Han Province next door. Han Province understands well that this is his nominal hometown. But what about Long Province?"

"Long Province is a border province, and Yin Xiaofeng's hometown Liangxi Town is in Long Province!" Mingshu's eyes were tight, "Xiao Ju, do you suspect that Mu Haiyuan's real hometown is Long Province?"

"Do not rule out this possibility." Xiao Yuan said: "A person will not care about a place that has nothing to do with him for no reason. Yin Xiaofeng was taken back to Haijing Temple by Mu Haiyuan. How did Mu Haiyuan and him meet? Where did they meet? Isn't it in Long Province?"

trial room.

When asked how to get acquainted with Xu Chen, Yin Xiaofeng was silent for a long time. Just when Fang Yuanhang thought he was going to be silent to the end, he suddenly raised his lifeless eyes, "Jie Chen said, take me to a place quieter than the hospital."

"Hospital" refers to the mental hospital where Yin Xiaofeng was rescued by the police for several years. His attending doctor told Xu Chun that Yin Xiaofeng hated the noisy environment and returned after leaving and offered to stay in the mental hospital.

"Where?" Fang Yuanhang asked: "Where did you meet Yu Chen?"

Yin Xiaofeng said: "It's in Liangxi Town."

Chu Xin and Fang Pingxu also received inquiries one by one.

Chu Xin insisted that he had taken the initiative to practice in Haijing Temple, and it had nothing to do with Qiechen, and Fang Pingxu also said that before coming to Qiyue Mountain, he had never seen Qiechen.

"The three of Chu Jiang are dead, but at least Yin Xiaofeng has confirmed our speculation." Fang Yuanhang said, "I also thought it was strange before. Both Fang Pingxu and Yin Xiaofeng corresponded to violent tendencies. Mu Haiyuan wanted to atone for his sins, so he could just kill one of them. There is no need to kill two people in a row."

While listening to Fang Yuanhang's analysis, Ming Shu watched the video sent back by Xu Chun.

Most of Mu Haiyuan’s charity funds are used in welfare homes, primary and secondary schools. According to investigations, there is an orphanage in Liangxi Town that almost entirely relies on Mu Haiyuan’s donations.

There is even a picture of Mou Haiyuan hanging in this orphanage.

"Similar charitable projects are basically anonymous. Why are Mu Haiyuan's pictures hung in the orphanage?" Ming Shu said: "He has been there? Has a connection? Xu Chun, other welfare institutions or welfare institutions you have visited in Longxing The school, did you post a picture of Mu Haiyuan?"

Xu Chun said: "No, and apart from this, the hospital doesn't know who the funder is."

Ming Shu said: "Ask all the staff in this welfare institution, especially the older ones. If someone has retired, visit their home. This is so special. I suspect that Mu Haiyuan walked out of this welfare institution back then. !"

"This is our benefactor." A child pointed to the picture on the wall and said, "We are all his children."

Xu Chun noticed that both adults and children in the orphanage did not conceal their admiration for Mou Haiyuan. In their eyes, this was a great kind person.

But when asked about the relationship between this great benefactor and the orphanage, no one can tell. The current dean Xiu Chunhua is in his 50s and has worked in the orphanage for more than 20 years. He only knows about Mu Haiyuan and the previous hospital. Long seems to be a little affectionate.

"The photos were only posted in recent years." Xiu Chunhua said: "Mr. Mou didn't allow it before."

Xu Chun said: "Why not let it?"

Xiu Chunhua said: "Maybe it is to do good deeds so as not to be known. Mr. Mou is a celebrity anyway."

"Then why are you putting up his picture again now?"

"He hasn't been here for many years. The children want to thank him in their own way."

Xu Chun asked again: "The old dean is now..."

Xiu Chunhua sighed, "He has passed away."

The old dean may be the last person to understand Mu Haiyuan. Once he passes away, many secrets are equivalent to being taken into the grave.

Xu Chun refused to give up, but rushed to the old dean's house.

The old dean’s wife was surnamed Chen, who was in his seventies and was quite sane.

There are several photo frames on the cabinet. This is a happy family, as can be seen from the many family portraits. But in these family portraits, there is actually a photo of Mu Haiyuan and the two elderly people.

"Haiyuan is our friend." The old man took the photo frame with his dry hand and stroked it carefully. "He didn't forget us."

When Xu Chun heard these words, he understood that the old man must know something.

The old man showed no defense against the police, and told what happened to him, his wife and son Li Liulan, Mou Haiyuan, and many children decades ago.

Even now, Liangxi Town is not rich, let alone a few decades ago.

In winter, the poor Mu family gave birth to twins, named Mu Haiyuan and Mu Haifeng. At that time, there was no such thing as a registered permanent residence. The two children grew up with other children of the same age in the town.

The whole town is poor, parents save food rations for their children, but even so, it is still difficult to make ends meet. When the Mu family's two brothers were five or six years old, their younger brother Mu Haifeng was "sent" to outsiders.

Relying on the money and food given by outsiders, the Mu family did not freeze to death in that cold winter.

After the beginning of the spring, Mu Haiyuan told a partner who grew up with him that he wanted to go out and find his brother back, and in the future, he would let his parents escape such a poor life.

The partners talked about being a soldier or a scientist. Only Mu Haiyuan said that he wanted to make money and make a fortune.

"Then you can't forget us." Li Liulan said: "We suffered when we were young, but I hope that the children born here in the future will not suffer. I want to build a house of love. If children can't afford to eat, come to my love. Eat in the house! Haiyuan, if you have money, can you donate some to my love house?"

Mu Haiyuan nodded solemnly, and said in an immature voice: "I want all children to be able to eat!"

Li Liulan was later the dean of the orphanage.

And Mu Haiyuan was later Mu Haiyuan.

"Hai Yuan changed his name. When I came back for the first time, Liu Lan and I didn't recognize him anymore." The old man said: "At that time, the orphanage was just built and money was needed everywhere. Hai Yuan said that he came back to cash in his childhood. Promise of."

How Mu Haiyuan became Mu Haiyuan, the old man did not say clearly, but Xu Chun had already drawn a clear outline, and asked before the old man was too tired to speak: "When did Mu Haiyuan's parents pass away?"

"It's gone." The old man shook his head. "Haiyuan left when he was a teenager. Later, the town suffered a famine. The adults gave food to our children. That year, many people starved to death. Haiyuan's mother was He died at that time, and his father did not wait until he returned home."

The First Intermediate People's Court of Dongye City.

The case of Chu Can's suspected murder, illegal detention, and corpse destruction is under trial. The judge did not pronounce the verdict in court. Luo Yi, who was sitting in the gallery, stood up and his eyes met Chu Can.

Chu Can's eyes were fierce, and Luo Yi's eyes were only undisguised contempt.

After leaving the court, Luo Yi dialed a phone call. He didn't know what the other party said. Luo Yi gritted his teeth and said, "When will they detain Chu Xin?"