Madness of the Heart

Baiying. A very common name.

But this common name instantly caught Mingshu's nerves.

When Qin Ying was rescued at Haijing Temple, she never said that her surname was Qin, and Qin Ying's adoptive mother was named Bai Hong.

After leaving Haijing Temple, Qin Ying changed her name to Baiying?

"This is Baiying's information provided by the Second Prison of Jingli City." Xiao Yuan clicked on the sealed bag that had already been opened on the table.

Ming Shu pulled out the information, and the first thing he saw was Bai Ying's photo.

It was a face that was more beautiful than most men, with piercing eyes, and it didn't look like a prisoner at all.

Ming Shu immediately called up the photo of Qin Ying saved in the phone, compared left and right, and said in a deep voice: "Bai Ying is Qin Ying!"

"Yes." Xiao Yuan stood up. "Baiying was sentenced to 14 years in prison for deliberately causing death 12 years ago. This photo was taken 12 years ago. He was 25 years old at the time, and his appearance was 16 years old. There is not much difference in time. After serving five years in prison, that is, at the age of 30, Baiying escaped from prison and left. He is still missing."

Prison breaks are common in film and television literature, but in reality, jail breaks do not happen frequently. First, the prison has its own management system, and no matter how cruel prisoners are inside, they will be conquered. Second, even if they run out, they can only Live a life of fear and fear, hiding everywhere.

Very few prisoners will choose to escape from prison.

"Strange." Ming Shu frowned. "He was sentenced to 14 years for intentional injury to death, which is already considered a light sentence. Bai Ying has served five years in prison. If he has a correct attitude and actively reforms, he may not need to stay for 14 years. If he can go out, he can't risk escape from prison. How did Bai Ying behave while serving his sentence?"

"I don't know for the time being, Bai Ying's situation in prison and the specific details of his crime need to be verified by you." Xiao Yuan's fingers crossed, "It is certain that when the local police were investigating the tragic death of Gong Guozhen's family, I didn't think of Baiying's escape from prison."

"Why?" Ming Shu was puzzled. "Prisoners escape from prison. No matter where they are, they should be strictly investigated. After Gong Guozhen died after Baiying escaped from prison, the focus of investigation should be prisoner's revenge."

Xiao Yuan said: "But according to the prison guards, Gong Guozhen has always taken care of this prisoner, and Bai Ying has no motive to retaliate against Gong Guozhen."

Ming Shu's eyebrows were twisted deeper, and he had a judgment almost instantly, "There is a problem with this prison."

Xiao Yuan nodded, "What I understand now is only appearance and fur. After all, our people have not passed. Similar scenes took place in three cities, Gong Guozhen's family, Cao Fenghuai's family, and Qin Xiong's family must have a relationship. Just our Dongye family. From the clues of the city, this'relationship' exists in Qin Ying, who is Bai Ying who escaped from prison, but the other two cases may provide other ideas."

"I'm going to Jingli City now." Ming Shu said, his eyes sank, "but this case is not ours, can you communicate with the local police?"

Xiao Yuan glanced at the time, "The special operations team will handle the communication. You should prepare and go directly to Jingli City to meet them."

Cross-provincial investigations have always been not an easy task. The information between provinces and provinces, and between cities and cities is not necessarily exchanged, and each has its own network of relationships. This is also one of the reasons why it is difficult to detect some serial homicides. .

However, if the special operations team comes out, the problem is much easier to solve.

Mingshu and Yifei rushed to Jingli City, and got on the police car of the special operations team when they got off the plane.

"Brother Mingshu, we meet again." The co-pilot sat a young man with big eyes and short hair. He looked like a member of the special operations team, but he didn't wear a police uniform like the driver. Instead, he was wearing a bright yellow jacket.

"Le Ran, you can call him Lele," Ming Shu introduced to Yi Fei, "The best player in the special operations team."

Yi Fei smiled happily, "Hello."

"Hello, Team Yi!" Le Ran and Yi Fei gave a high-five, revealing eight small white teeth.

Ming Shu asked: "Team Shen is here too?"

"Brother Xun is in the city bureau." Le Ran said, "This Baiying used to be a ‘black household’, do you know?"

Ming Shu nodded, "When he was a child, he had always been a ‘black household’ in Dongye."

"What we know now is that Baiying registered a registered permanent residence in Jingli City when he was 18 years old. It was a family named Qiao who helped him get registered permanent residence." Le Ran said: "After he had an identity, Bai Ying still lived in The Qiao family, because they have no academic qualifications, and it doesn’t matter, they can only do some relatively low-income jobs. Before he was suspected of intentionally hurting people at the age of 25, he was doing chores in a seafood shop."

Ming Shu has seen the whole story of Baiying hurting people on the plane--

Twelve years ago, there was a famous seafood shop in Jingli City, named "Hongzhuang".

The name "Hongzhuang" does not match the seafood shop itself, it refers to the outstanding appearance of the seafood shop owner Zhou Han.

There were always rumors in Jingli City that Zhou Han was raised by a wealthy businessman, or which rich second generation and which Quan second generation were jealous for Zhou Han.

The gossip fueled the popularity of "Red Makeup", and Bai Ying went in as a handyman when the second store of "Red Makeup" opened.

Half a year later, a murder case occurred in the box of the second store of "Red Makeup". Zhang Long, a 28-year-old private company owner, was stabbed through the lung with a sharp knife. Although the hospital tried its best to rescue him, no one was rescued.

The fingerprints on the knife and the blood footprints on the scene proved that Bai Ying, who entered the box and had a dispute with Zhang Long, was the murderer.

Bai Ying pleaded guilty with a good attitude, saying that after Zhang Long made all sorts of difficulties, she acted with Zhang Long impulsively and stabbed the kitchen knife into Zhang Long's body by mistake.

The fighting marks on the scene and the injuries on Bai Ying's body confirmed Bai Ying's words.

In the end, Bai Ying was sentenced to 14 years in prison for intentionally wounding people to death and served her sentence in Jingli City No. 2 Prison.

The case seems clear and there is no doubt, but Baiying's escape from prison constitutes the biggest doubt.

Jingli City Bureau, Criminal Investigation Detachment.

When Mingshu and his party arrived, Shen Xun was talking to a gray-haired policeman.

"Team Ming is here." Shen Xun omitted politeness and said directly: "This is Captain Chen Hechen who was in charge of investigating the Bai Ying case at that time."

The Baiying case was a small case, and Jingli was only a small city. The local police had never cooperated with the special operations team in the past. When Shen Xun arrived, the city bureau seemed very nervous.

Chen He is even more so.

He worked in the public security system for decades. He started as a policeman in the street, and was later promoted to the criminal police squadron of the sub-bureau. He handled some painless cases. He was promoted to the criminal investigation detachment of the city bureau the year before, but because of his age. When he gets older, he is no longer on the front line, and he usually does some logistics and administrative work.

As soon as the special operations team came to ask him about the Baiying case twelve years ago, a huge panic enveloped him-could it be that the case went wrong?

"Team Chen, don't be nervous, we just want to figure out what happened to Bai Ying back then." Shen Xun said: "Bai Ying escaped from prison while serving his second sentence, do you know about this?"

Chen He nodded, "I also participated in the investigation."

"As far as you know Bai Ying, what could be the reason for his escape?" Ming Shu asked.

"I..." The wrinkles on Chen He's face trembled, before he said for a long time: "What can I know about him."

Ming Shu's eyes changed suddenly.

A competent criminal policeman should never say such a thing.

If you want to ask who knows a murderer best, Ming Shu's answer is definitely-the police who tracked down and arrested him.

Mingshu knew the suspects who had been investigated very well. Because if you don't understand the extreme, you won't find the flaws of some suspects at all.

Of course, not all criminal police can do this.

Ming Shu sighed lightly, and then said: "Then first talk about the situation when you investigated Baiying's case. What I want to hear is the details and the analysis you made on the clues, not the contents of the file. ."

Chen He and Ming Shu looked at each other for a moment, and looked away, "The evidence in this case is relatively sufficient, and Bai Ying also pleaded guilty, so we did not report it to the city bureau. Now you let me talk about the details, I really can’t remember too much. Because we didn't encounter any difficulties during the investigation, we don't know how many cases of this kind will be handled in a year."

"You just said that you participated in the investigation of Baiying's escape." Ming Shu said: "Then you should be very clear about the situation of Baiying when he was serving his sentence?"

Chen He nodded this time, "I heard from the prison guards that he has been earnestly accepting reforms and has never caused any trouble in prison. The only thing is that others bully him."

Ming Shu asked: "What's the matter?"

Chen He said: "The people who are with Baiying are all big bosses. Baiying is a fair and handsome man. What might be going through? You can think of it without me, right?"

Ming Shu frowned and said, "He has been violated?"

"That's not true." Chen He said: "The prison guards arrived in time and rescued Bai Ying. Bai Ying was honest, hardworking, and obedient in the prison. The prison guards gave him more or less green lights and took more care of him. Nothing like that happened again. When we went to investigate Baiying’s escape, we heard from the prisoners that some of them called Baiying the second prisoner’s son.”

Ming Shu asked: "Gong Guozhen is also one of the prison guards taking care of him?"

Hearing the name "Gong Guozhen", Chen He's expression changed, and he nodded unequivocally.

Gong Guozhen's family died tragically, and the case remains unsolved, and the shadow that hangs over Jingli City is hard to dissipate.

It was the prison guard who was killed, and most of the suspect was a prisoner with hatred in his heart. The criminal police and special police who have been dealing with criminals for a long time will inevitably substitute themselves for it.

"I actually..." Chen He glanced at Ming Shu and Shen Xun, then stopped talking.

Shen Xun said: "Team Chen, let us know if you have any thoughts."

Chen He bowed his head in silence for a long time, and sighed: "I really didn't figure out why Bai Ying wanted to escape from prison. He, he really doesn't look like a person who can escape from prison. He has been in the second prison for five years and has been doing everything. At the beginning, he had such a good confession attitude, and he was also in order to fight for a light sentence. According to his performance, he could not stay for 14 years at all, and he was only in his 30s. He can still be honest. Re-behave. But if he ran away, he would be ruined in this life."

Ming Shu thought that when he saw the police investigating Baiying's case, the clues would be clearer, but Chen He provided too little information. Ming Shu and Shen Xun discussed it and decided to go to Jingli City Second Prison in person, while Yi Fei stayed. Investigate Baiying's "family".

"They can't figure out why Baiying escaped from prison, can I figure it out?" Prison guard Huang Xiaochun flipped through the past files. "According to me, it is strange that there is no such thing as Baiying's escape from prison here. There really is no sign of it. , The person disappeared suddenly. Before Baiying escaped from prison, he also talked to me about his plans after he was released from prison, saying that he wanted to set up a shop and do some small business."

It was precisely because no one had expected that a "model prisoner" like Bai Ying would escape from prison. At that time, the entire second prison was in a hurry and failed to respond immediately. Later, despite the dispatch of special police from the city bureau, the person was not retrieved. .

When Baiying escaped from prison, Gong Guozhen was among the guards on duty.

Investigation records show that all prison guards on duty have been questioned after the incident, and they all indicated that there was no abnormality in Bai Ying that day.

But how can a large living person disappear from a heavily guarded prison for no reason?

Someone must be lying.

Seven years ago, the police could not find out who was lying, but now, the truth is almost in front of Ming Shu.

The man behind the back is probably Gong Guozhen. Otherwise, the death of his family would not be so similar to that of Qin Xiong's family.

But according to Huang Xiaochun and other prison guards, Gong Guozhen has always taken care of Bai Ying. It was Gong Guozhen who rescued Bai Ying when he was almost assaulted by prisoners.

Assuming that Baiying escaped from prison with Gong Guozhen’s help, what reason does Baiying have for killing Gong Guozhen’s family many years after being released from prison?

From Bai Ying's perspective, isn't Gong Guozhen his benefactor?

The process cannot deduce the result, and inversely from the result, a completely different process appears.

That is a misunderstanding of thinking.

Ming Shu calmed down and re-analyzed Bai Ying's so-called prison escape.

After committing the murder, Baiying actively pleaded guilty and received a light sentence. While serving his sentence, Baiying worked actively and tried to reduce his sentence. Before breaking out of prison, he also looked forward to the future with the prison guards.

Is there any reason for such a person to escape from prison?

So Baiying is not actually a jailbreak? Was it forced to leave for some reason?

what is the reason?

What role did Gong Guozhen play in it? So that Bai Ying didn't thank him, and killed him a few years later?

What about Cao Fenghuai?

Are Cao Fenghuai, Gong Guozhen, and Qin Xiong Bai Ying's enemies?

According to regulations, police officers from other provinces are not allowed to walk around the prison at will, but Mingshu is behind the special operations team, so they enjoy certain special powers.

"I want to meet the prisoner in the same cell as Baiying." Ming Shu said.

Huang Xiaochun showed a slightly embarrassed look, saying that he had to keep up with the application.

While waiting for Huang Xiaochun to call, Ming Shu called Shen Xun.

Soon, Huang Xiaochun brought the two prisoners to Ming Shu.

"Just the two of them." Huang Xiaochun said: "The rest are out of prison."

One of the two prisoners was Wen Xiang, who was in his forties and the other was Liu Ligan, who was in his thirties. They were all charged with intentional injury. The people in the cell came and went, and there were only these two people who got along with Bai Ying day and night.

In front of Huang Xiaochun, the two said something related to Bai Ying. It was nothing more than a good-tempered, hardworking, and likable person.

Ming Shu listened for a while and found Wen Xiang's eyes very interesting.

He seemed to convey a message with his eyes—I know what you want to know, but I can't say it for the time being.

Ming Shu dismissed Huang Xiaochun.

The prison is monitored everywhere, but after staying in it for a long time, I naturally know where I can talk.

Wen Xiang led Ming Shu forward until he completely left the eyes of the prison guards before saying: "You all thought Bai Ying was an escape from prison, but it wasn't."

"Both?" Ming Shu shook his head, "If I believed that Bai Ying really escaped from prison, I wouldn't have gone so far with you."

Wen Xiang raised his eyebrows, briefly confronted Ming Shu's gaze, smiled and shook his head, "Don't you feel strange, I'm a prisoner, why do I tell you so much?"

Ming Shu said: "There are too many things worthy of strangeness in this world."

Wen Xiang smiled more happily, and soon the smile gradually stiffened until it disappeared.

For a moment, he turned around and squinted at the high wall in the distance, "Bai Ying once asked me for help, but I didn't help him."

Ming Shu calmly said, "Someone forcibly took Baiying away from the prison, didn't he?"

Wen Xiang nodded.

In his eyes, Ming Shu saw guilt and regret.

"I should help him. He helped me more than once." Wen Xiang clenched his fist. "But you know, in a place like a prison, the prison guards are the least offended."

Ming Shu asked, "Is it Gong Guozhen?"

Wen Xiang asked in surprise: "You already know?"

Ming Shu seemed calm, but waves were already surging in his heart, "Why did Gong Guozhen do this?"

Wen Xiang said: "I can only tell you the facts I have seen and my speculations over the years."

Seven years ago, June 14th.

According to regulations, some prisoners will enter the No. 3 workshop to work and return to the cell after the work is completed. In the meantime, Bai Ying, who was supposed to be working in Workshop No. 3, never appeared. After getting off work, prisoners have one hour of free time. When Wen Xiang passed the warehouse, he heard a small noise coming from it, and when he took a closer look, he found a person lying on a bed made up of several cargo boxes.

This person is Baiying.

Wen Xiang was shocked.

The sound was made by Baiying, who was probably drugged and could not stand up at all.

Seeing Wen Xiang at the door of the warehouse, Bai Ying stretched out her hand strenuously, tears constantly pouring out of her eyes.

Wen Xiang can't forget the scene, the posture and look in his eyes for help.

If it's going back in time, Wen Xiang will rush in without hesitation and take Bai Ying out. But at that time, Wen Xiang chose to escape.

Just when he turned around, he heard Bai Ying let out a desperate "Ah".

Accompanied by this sound was a sound of footsteps.

Wen Xiang quickly hid in a blind spot, holding his breath.

Soon, he saw a man sneaking out of the storeroom.

It is prison guard Gong Guozhen.

That night, the prison was suddenly under martial law, because some prisoners escaped from the prison. In the middle of the night, Wen Xiang learned that the prisoner escaped was Bai Ying.

"I can see clearly. With Baiying's state at the time, it is impossible to escape from prison." Wen Xiang's voice was trembling, "It's Gong Guozhen, maybe someone else got him out."

After listening to Wen Xiang's description, Ming Shu was silent for a while.

Wen Xiang smiled bitterly: "I know it's hard to believe. A prisoner didn't want to escape, but was taken out by a prison guard. This is ridiculous... The people in our cell were all taken to investigate, those special police officers. Interrogating me in turn, I didn’t say. I didn’t dare to say it, it was useless.”

Ming Shu asked: "Then why are you willing to tell me?"

"Next year I will be released from prison." Wen Xiang shrugged, "When I go out, maybe I won't tell this secret until I die. But I think someone should be fair to Baiying. We are all Prisoner, this is not fake, but we seriously accepted reforms and never thought about breaking out of prison. Bai Ying served his sentence well and was murdered. Why should he be charged with breaking out of prison?"

Ming Shu said: "Then guess, what was Gong Guozhen's purpose in getting Bai Ying out?"

Wen Xiang shook his head, "I can't guess, but it's definitely not a good thing. People like Bai Ying are always remembered here, but Gong Guo really has a wife, so it's not like we can only find men to vent fire. Last year, I came to investigate again, saying that Gong Guozhen was killed. I wondered if Bai Ying did it, but I also thought that Bai Ying might have died long ago."

Jingli City, Muming Street.

Yi Fei was walking through the narrow lanes, and the policeman from the police station walked in front.

"That's Baiying's house. There is no one in the house." The policeman pointed to a small shop.

This street is full of old houses, some of the shops facing the street are above the street level, and some are below the street level. If you want to enter the shops below the street level, you have to go down four or five steps.

The police had already made it clear to Yi Fei that when Bai Ying first arrived in Jingli City, he was an unclear "black household". Later, he settled down on this street and became a worker in a tailor's shop. The boss Qiao should be a good old man. A son of the same age as Baiying, but this son died of an illness before Baiying came to Jingli City. Qiao Ying was overwhelmed with grief and he insisted on treating Baiying as his own son. Later he helped Baiying get the residence registration. He was later sentenced, and Baiying's household registration was hung in a tailor's shop.

In recent years, everyone is not in the mood to wear tailor's clothes. Qiao Ying is also old, so he shuts down the shop and lives alone in the shop.

"He has some problems in his mind." The policeman reminded: "Don't take everything you say."

Yi Fei stood in front of Qiao Ying, looking at the 60-something old man.

Being in his sixties is not really old, but there is no vitality in Qiao Ying.

"Are you here to find A Ying?" Qiao Ying said: "I said it a long time ago, he is not here with me."

I want to know that after Baiying committed the murder and escaped from prison, the police must have come to this cramped tailor shop many times.

Yi Fei suddenly felt pitiful for Qiao Ying.

"I'm not looking for Baiying." Yi Fei said, "I just want to hear from you, how did you and Baiying met back then? Why are you willing to help Baiying solve the identity problem."

For a long time, Qiao Ying murmured: "If my child is still there, it will be about the same size as Aying. I have a relationship with Aying, and he is the child that God returned to me. You all said Aying killed someone, I don't believe it. I have lived with him for seven years, and he followed me to learn how to make clothes at the age of 18. I taught him the principles of life, and I don’t believe he will kill."

Yi Fei tried to calm Qiao Ying, Qiao Ying tremblingly wiped his tears, and repeated: "I don't believe he will kill!"

On the way back to the city from the second prison, Mingshu received a call from Shen Xun.

"We found Zhou Han, the owner of'Red Makeup' at the time." Shen Xun said: "At that time, it was the victim of Hongcheng, Cao Fenghuai, who gave her money and asked her to run'Red Makeup."