Madness of the Heart

In the folk, Sophora japonica is also called Guimu, Juyin. There are 24 pieces of "ghost cards" of Huang Yan's sophora wood, which are placed in 24 corners of the house. There are as many as 12 in the bedroom. The external protective film only has Huang Yan's fingerprints, and it is from the dust. Look, they have been released for at least half a year.

There is a high probability that Huang Yan will put it up by herself, and the position she puts is very particular.

Although there is currently no direct connection between the "ghost card" and Huang Yan's death, the ritual holes in Huang Yan's chest give people a feeling of evil, and the "ghost card" is even more evil. Tao told Mingshu about the "ghost card". Mingshu thought for a while and said: "I am in Fengsheng Town now. You bring the "ghost card" to the Criminal Investigation Bureau. Please contact us at the Bureau of Xiao, if it is inconvenient. Detailed pictures are also fine."

When Xiang Tao heard this, he was a little surprised, "Deputy Director Xiao Yuan?"

"Yeah." Ming Shu said, "I don't know much about folk customs. Xiao Ju is half an expert."

Xiang Tao quickly said: "Then I will go over immediately."

Serious crime team, trace inspection office area.

"Team Ming said I am a half-expert?" Xiao Yuan wore gloves, picked up one of the "ghost cards", and observed it closely under the cold light.

The "ghost card" is 14.8 cm long and 5.9 cm wide. The adult's little finger is thick, the surface is uneven, and it is heavy in the hand. Although it is not just taken out of the water, it feels cold and wet. It is not accurate to say that it is black. It is a color between dark brown and black. Some places are darker, like something dyed, and some places are slightly lighter. In the deeper areas, strange patterns are engraved in the shadows. The pattern on each "ghost card" is different.

Ordinary people may think it is just a piece of rotten wood when they see it.

"Yes." Xiang Tao stood beside Xiao Yuan, a little nervous.

Xiao Yuan turned the "ghost card" over and rubbed his fingers on the lines on the back of the "ghost card", "'Ghost card' has different meanings in different places, and the production method is different. Some just use locust wood to carve casually. People play, and this kind of "ghost card" is the most evil. It first appeared in a village in the north called "Qiuxu Village". Each "ghost card" represents a life."

Xiang Tao was shocked immediately, "A life? There are 24 photos in Huang Yan's family, which equals 24 lives? She... Did she kill 24 people?"

"If it's the past, your idea is correct." Xiao Yuan put the "ghost cards" on the table one by one, "Qiu Xu Village's "ghost cards" are made by placing Sophora wood in the old man's body oil. Infiltrate, and then pour the blood of the baby's heart. They believe that the corpse oil of the old man and the blood of the baby's heart can bind each other and lock each other's souls in the sophora wood. Both will be owned by the owner of the "ghost card". Driven."

Xiang Tao was dumbfounded, "Is there still such a thing now?"

"It's hard to say that there are always places where the police cannot." Xiao Yuan said: "However, Qiuxu Village is strictly managed and will definitely not make this kind of "ghost card". Making a "ghost card" requires two lives, and it must It is more difficult for healthy old people and healthy children, so later, they usually use the blood of dying children and the corpse oil of monkeys. People who get the "ghost card" put them in their homes and work places. The role of transport, protection, curse, etc. People who support the "ghost card" need to pray for the souls in the card regularly, and some need to donate their own blood. If it is not done well, it is easy to cause the backlash of the "ghost card". For example, once used the'ghost card' to curse others, the same curse may be fulfilled on the supporter."

Xiang Tao said: "It's similar to raising a'little ghost' abroad?"

"Yes, it's an evil and backward superstition." Xiao Yuan said: "That's all I know. Where did Huang Yan get these 24'ghost cards'? Is it related to her death? You need to investigate."

"Huang Yan graduated from the top ten colleges and universities in the country and studied finance. When she graduated, the employment situation in finance was very good." Xiang Tao forgot that she came to the Criminal Investigation Bureau only to ask Xiao Yuan about the "ghost card". Jue started talking about the case, "Huang Yan worked on the stock exchange when she first came out of society, but only worked for two years, and she quit her job without making any mistakes and was in a rising period. After that, what she did was always do well. Studying irrelevant work, such as opening an online shop, engaging in purchasing, and writing, the last one opened is the present express station. We have checked her mobile phone and computer, and we found that she is usually all Zhiguai, her There are a lot of folk haunting rumors on the computer, and I feel that she seems to have created a terrifying and gloomy living environment for herself, and she is happy to live in it."

Xiao Yuan said: “You can follow this line to investigate, but don’t relax in interpersonal investigations. Haven’t all the people related to Huang Yan verified yet? In some cases, details related to folk customs and ghosts are always easier. Attract people's attention, but sometimes they are just a distraction."

Xiang Tao was stunned and nodded quickly.

This was the first time he had talked about a case with Xiao Yuan alone, and a few words from the other party benefited him a lot.

It is true that strange things are more likely to attract people's attention, but Huang Yan's death cannot be equated with those weird "ghost cards" at present. No matter how mysterious the ghosts and monsters are, they can't change a reality-the case is made by humans. .

North City Branch.

Huang Yan's mother, Huang Yue, was invited again with a sad expression, "I told her a few years ago that I can't live like this. She doesn't listen to me!"

Huang Yue is a single mother. She was in the women's shoe business in her early years. Now she is married to another city, and her mother-daughter relationship with Huang Yan is half-cut.

Xiang Tao asked: "In your cognition, what kind of person is Huang Yan?"

"Willful, selfish, crazy." Huang Yue sighed, "She had no father since she was a child. I grew up in the dark and pulled her up for her to study, hoping that she would have something to do. She did have something to do before she was 18, and she was admitted to the best university. She studied in the most promising major. But after reading the book, she changed her whole person. She started to indulge in those messy things. She didn’t do a good job, so she just quit her job. I said she, she didn’t. I'm glad that I gave me one hundred thousand yuan, saying that it was the money I invested in her for many years. The conscience of heaven and earth, did I raise her for the one hundred thousand yuan?"

Xiang Tao said: "What do you mean by'message'?"

"Ghost." Huang Yue wiped away her tears, "She joined a club in college, which is to explore the secrets of various backward villages. In fact, it is a group of ghost story lovers who played home! I am also responsible for this matter. She was too strict and forced her to study every day, and she was not allowed to have any hobbies. She went to college in the north, and I couldn't control her, so she became completely presumptuous. But at the time I didn't take it as a matter of course, I thought she was anyway. I'm all admitted to college, just relax and relax. I didn't expect it to hurt her forever!"

Xiang Tao said: "Huang Yan never stepped out again, getting deeper and deeper in the so-called ‘mysterious folklore’?"

Huang Yue trembled and covered her face, "She believes that there are really ghosts in this world. She likes those things with weird power and has come into contact with a lot of evil things. Those things, how can a living person touch them!"

Xiang Tao showed Huang Yue the picture of the "ghost card", and Huang Yue shook her head: "More than that, this is already considered the lightest. When she resigned that year, she went to the southwest to find a wizard and raise Gu."

The police have searched Huang Yan's home and found no other things related to feudal superstition. Xiang Tao thought that the "ghost card" was exclusive, and Huang Yan discarded the other things after enshrining the "ghost card".

"As far as you know, has Huang Yan offended anyone?" Xiang Tao asked.

"I have had very little contact with her over the years. I really don't know who she knows." Huang Yue finally talked about her emotions, crying out of breath, "If she wasn't addicted to these things, she wouldn't Become like this. She had a lot of friends when she was studying, and she has a very good personality. No one dislikes her..."

After sending Huang Yan away, Xiang Tao sat in the interrogation room and thought alone.

Huang Yan's change was when she was in college, that is, after she was 18 years old, and Huang Yan is now 33 years old. After a long depressive life, Huang Yan put her spirit on the spirits and ghosts, which lasted more than ten years.

Huang Yue said that Huang Yan's life is only left with those ghosts and weirdness, which is actually wrong.

Huang Yan has her own daily social circle, and the courier station she runs is the best in the whole Jiangbei Second Village.

Of the family. Neighbors nearby said that Huang Yan was cheerful and playful. Others talked about her parents’ shortcomings. When Huang Yan played mahjong, she was able to tell everyone about interesting things.

It is not so easy to do a good delivery station, it will inevitably consume energy, and it is not easy to deal with interpersonal relationships.

So a conclusion can be drawn-Huang Yan believes in ghosts and gods, but she is no longer indulged in them like she was in her twenties.

But the small holes in Huang Yan's chest seemed to herald a mysterious ritual.

In Huang Yan's recent contacts, there was a netizen named "Celina". The last time they contacted, they discussed the horror secret room that is about to open in Dongye City.

Xiang Tao decided to meet this netizen.

Fengsheng Town.

The identification of the victim is easier than last time, because two years ago, she was involved in a fight and left DNA information in the public security system.

"The victim, Tang Qian, 25 years old, is a native of Zhishu County in the next door. He has a junior high school education. He has been working in Dongye City for seven years." Yi Fei leaned on the table with one hand and clicked the mouse with the other. The projection screen behind him appeared. A picture of Tang Qian.

This is a beautiful woman who knows how to dress herself. She is a typical beauty with a melon seed face, big eyes, slightly drooping tails, arousing pity, a straight nose, petite and exquisite nose wings, mild M-shaped lips, and the corners of the lips are just right. In almost all the photos, she wears heavy makeup. What is amazing is that the heavy makeup does not appear exaggerated on her face, on the contrary, it perfectly matches her facial features. It can be seen that she knows how to make up and also knows what kind of makeup and clothing she suits.

"Before she disappeared in October this year, Tang Qian worked in the'Peach Blossom Jiao' makeup studio on Shunyi Street, Nancheng District, where she was a senior makeup artist. Here I want to explain that all the makeup artists who have become regular in the studio are The senior makeup artist is the chief.” Yi Fei continued: “There are many bars, clubs, and livehouses on Shunyi Street. Tang Qian’s main job every day is to make makeup for the singers, dancers, and models who rushed to the show. , Sometimes there are ordinary customers who join in the fun to ask her for makeup. Tang Qian’s income is unstable. When it is high, it is tens of thousands a day, and when it is low, she makes less than 10,000 a month. Tang Qian herself is also a frequent visitor to night shows, and her social relations are more complicated. It has not been thoroughly sorted out yet."

Ming Shu looked at the photo on the screen, rubbing his index finger on his chin unconsciously.

From the perspective of life experience and personality, Tang Qian and Meng Shan are two completely different people. Meng Shan is inferior, introverted, never dressing up, has almost no communication, and has no close relationship with the opposite sex. Tang Qian is hot, outgoing, and maintains close relationships with multiple men at the same time. She is a "night scene woman" in a sense.

The only thing they have in common is that they both look beautiful.

But this is beautiful but not the same. Tang Qian and Meng Shan have different face shapes, eyes, nose, hairstyle, and eyebrow shapes, but their lips are similar. The only difference is that Tang Qian's lips are fuller than Meng Shan.

The women targeted by the murderer are beautiful on the whole, and have M-shaped lips?

However, Tang Qian’s living and working area is in Nancheng District, while Meng Shan is in Beicheng District. Judging from the corpse throwing situation, the murderer is obviously very familiar with Textile Road and Guangdan Road, and there is a high probability that he will live there. Staring? Could it be said that apart from Weaving Road and Guangdan Road, the murderer is also familiar with Shunyi Street?

Ming Shu put his right hand on the edge of the table and tapped his fingers a few times. He remembered that the serious crime team was engaged in "team building" not long ago, and the "Storm" secret room club he went to was on Shunyi Street.

Shunyi Street is now the "entertainment paradise" of Nancheng District, but six or seven years ago, there was still an area to be demolished. Because of the lack of supervision, a large number of "husbands" and horses gathered there.

If the murderer met Tang Qian on Shunyi Street, he could be sure that the murderer's activities ranged from Textile Road, Guangdan Road, and Shunyi Street. If it is not for the crime, then one of these two places may be The murderer’s living area, the other is the entertainment area.

But why did Tang Qian die in Fengsheng Town?

"Tang Qian's mobile phone was lost. It should have been dealt with by the murderer." Yi Fei continued: "The last time her number was used was October 26, and it was located in Fengsheng Town. One more thing, Zhou Changyou's farmhouse is She used her account to book on the morning of October 24th, and the check-in time was on the 26th."

"I was killed as soon as I checked in?" Ming Shu said, "It sounds like I've been in a black shop."

"Tang Qian booked a couple's room." Yi Fei said: "Zhou Changyou's house has only three couple rooms in total, and there are plenty of double-bed rooms. If Tang Qian is traveling alone, you should not book a couple room. This one is staying with her. People are likely to be murderers."

A gloomy light gleamed in Ming Shu's eyes. After a while, he stood up, "Continue to investigate Tang Qian's interpersonal relationship, and I will see Zhou Changyou again."

Zhoujia Farmhouse.

Ever since he learned that the deceased was a guest who had settled down at his own farmhouse, Zhou Changyou was even more disturbed. At first he was so scared that he couldn't say anything, but now he finally calmed down.

"I really don't know anything." Zhou Changyou shrugged his shoulders, and his neck stretched forward like a twisted tree branch. "I swear, everyone in our family has nothing to do with her. Someone must be thinking. Framed on me."

If the police did not find Meng Shan before Tang Qian, Ming Shu would still think about whether the body appeared at Zhou Changyou's house, whether someone deliberately framed it, but now, this possibility can be ruled out.

Ming Shu put three photos of Tang Qian in front of Zhou Changyou, "You should have an impression of what happened more than a month ago. When she checked in on October 26, was she alone or with someone else?"

Zhou Changyou shook his head, "I don't know, it was not me who checked in that day."

Ming Shu said: "Call out the surveillance at the time. You should still keep the video less than two months ago, right?"

Zhou Changyou hurriedly called his eldest daughter, and it took a long time to find the video at that time, "Look, that's all."

Ming Shu doubled the speed to pull the video. On October 26th, at 11:04 am, Tang Qian appeared at the reception desk carrying a backpack. She was wearing a short black leather coat and shorts set off her slender legs. The whole person looked very neat.

There were other guests at the front desk, and Tang Qian waited while observing the furnishings of the hall. After waiting for ten minutes, Tang Qian took out her mobile phone and started to take selfies before the guests in front of her had finished processing.

After another few minutes, it was finally her turn, and she smiled sweetly at the registration camera.

The couple's room is on the third floor, and the stairs on each floor are monitored.

At 11:36, Tang Qian entered room 314.

At 12:27, Tang Qian came out of Room 314.

During this time period, only cleaners appeared on the entire third floor under surveillance.

After going down to the lobby, Tang Qian asked the front desk staff something, but she couldn't hear her in the surveillance.

Zhou Changyou's eldest daughter said that the staff member had only been there for two months and had already returned to his hometown a while ago.

At 12:39, Tang Qian left the farmhouse.

"It must be lunch when I go out at this time." Zhou Changyou said.

At 2:08 pm, Tang Qian appeared in the hall again, this time with a plastic pocket in her hand.

"A convenience store pocket?" Ming Shu asked.

Zhou Changyou looked closely for a long time, pointed to the small supermarket across the street and said, "It's their pocket."

Ming Shu immediately asked someone to adjust the monitoring of the day.

This time when she returned to the farmhouse, Tang Qian stayed in the room for a long time, and did not leave until 9:31 in the evening with the backpack she came to.

During this time, there were more guests in the farmhouse, and there were people everywhere in the lobby, the upper and lower floors, the restaurant, and the chess and card room. But room 314 where Tang Qian lived was never approached.

At least in the video, Tang Qian did not speak to anyone other than the staff.

The team members who went to the supermarket came back soon. The video they got showed that Tang Qian went to buy a box of pumping paper, three packs of wet tissues, two sets of portable toiletries, and a box of by sets.

Obviously, Tang Qian was waiting for someone to spend a romantic evening with herself.

However, after leaving at 9:30, Tang Qian never appeared in any camera of the farmhouse.

She did not come back until the next morning. The farm’s records show that room 314 was vacant for one night, and a new guest moved in on the 28th.

Ming Shu asked, "The guest living with you has disappeared. Have you not reacted at all?"

Zhou Changyou was anxious, "Where can I manage this? She paid for two days when she checked in, and she didn't owe us. How can I react? Many guests are like this, and they leave if they feel uncomfortable. Deposit It’s only one hundred yuan, people are so generous, don’t you like to retreat? Am I still chasing to retreat?"

"Did she leave anything in the room?" Ming Shu asked.

Zhou Changyou said: "Even if there are, we throw them away. We clean them every day."

Mingshu said: "I need a list of guests who checked in at your store before and after Tang Qian checked in."

Zhou Changyou panicked: "Could it be that the guest who lives with me made the little girl's idea?"

Ming Shu didn't want to explain too much, "You just do it."

Tang Qian was not killed in the farmhouse. She left on her own initiative, and inquiring about the communication records revealed that the murderer did not call her or send a message before she left. The surveillance outside the guest room also showed that no suspicious person approached 314.

Tang Qian will leave, it is likely that he has made an appointment with the murderer early in the morning.

But this does not mean that the murderer is not in the farmhouse.

The murderer may have been observing Tang Qian in a corner of the farmhouse, but neither Tang Qian at the time nor the police found him.

Zhou Changyou honestly handed over the list of occupants, and Ming Shu suddenly noticed a strange look.

The detective has a natural keen eye, Ming Shu turned around abruptly, and met a thin young man's gaze.

The man turned and ran.

Ming Shu ran after him, and Zhou Changyou hurriedly shouted from behind: "Don't chase! That's my stupid son!"

Wherever the man could run Mingshu, he was restrained by Mingshu within a few steps and cried vaguely.

"What did you stand behind me just now?" Ming Shu said coldly: "What are you running now?"

The man struggled hard, opened his mouth and bit on Mingshu's arm.

Ming Shu quickly avoided, jamming the back of the man's neck.

"He has a brain problem and doesn't understand anything, let him go!" Zhou Changyou explained hurriedly, saying that this man is Zhou Yu, his youngest son, with abnormal intelligence, and he has not read books, so he usually raises him at home. Can't even speak clearly.

Ming Shu let go of Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu suddenly cried, "I know! I know everything!"

Ming Shu's eyes stunned, "What do you know?"

"He is a fool!" Zhou Changyou said.

Zhou Yu compared a photo frame with his hands, "That sister, take a selfie, I know!"

Ming Shu immediately took out Tang Qian's photo, "Do you remember her?"

Zhou Yu nodded vigorously.

"You remember what a shit!" Zhou Changyou slapped Zhou Yu's face for fear that his stupid son would cause trouble, "Don't talk nonsense!"

Seeing that Zhou Changyou was still fighting, Ming Shu raised his hand to stop it and asked, "What do you remember?"

The old duck soup pot in Fengsheng Town is very famous. Sitting next to the steaming soup pot, Zhou Yu flushed with food, finally stopped crying, and said with his cheeks: "She is with one person, together."

Ming Shu asked: "Did you see that person's appearance clearly?"

Zhou Yu nodded and shook his head again, "It's dark, I didn't see his face."

Mingshu asked again: "Where are they? What are they doing?"

Zhou Yu was full of excitement, pointing to his backyard, clasping his hands, and slamming on his head fiercely, "At my house! Killing! Hahahahaha! Killing! Boom! Boom! Killing!"