Madness of the Heart

Lin Zhongguo is not the kind of benevolent look. He has thick eyebrows and deep eyes, and he is quick and resolute. His colleagues' evaluation of him is "Old Lin always seems to be bitter and bitter." But if we come to deconstruct this "suffering and deep hatred" now, I am afraid it can only be summarized by "compassion for the common people".

Qian Min stared at the photo, as if searching in memory.

Looking at her expression, Ming Shu understood that Lin Zhongguo had once impressed her so much that she still reacted to this face after 17 years.

"This is the reporter." Qian Min finally said, "I remember him."

Ming Shu said: "17 years ago, you killed him."

An indifferent smile appeared on Qian Min's face, "Is his surname Lin? Yes, he was killed by me. But to be precise, it was not me who did it, but my subordinates. Reporter Lin is indeed a man, in your eyes. He should be a hero. I admire him. He was the first person to come to trouble me, earlier than the police."

According to Qian Min's recollection, the cooperative relationship between "Cannibal" and "Yunkou" had just been established that year, and the number of female infants killed was limited. The vast majority of "ghost cards" were smuggled abroad, and only a few were sold domestically. Buyers, coupled with the underdevelopment of the Internet back then, let alone outsiders, many people inside "Yunkou" didn't know what they were doing.

Lin Zhongguo didn't know where he got the clue, but he actually touched the town of Silin.

"In fact, if he just came and escaped by himself, I may not know who he is, and it is basically impossible to catch him." Qian Min laughed, "but he took a baby girl away, and the problem is serious. And he Going back and forth, I also intend to take away more baby girls."

"When my people caught him, there was no baby girl by his side." Qian Min continued: "I asked him where he hid the baby girl, and let him live if I said it-of course, this was just to coax him. He said that the baby girl died, so he would come back and take another one as evidence."

Ming Shu's hand gradually clenched under the table.

The baby girl is not dead, the baby girl is Chi Xiaomin.

"He really can withstand the torture." Qian Min said again: "I'm afraid he lied to me and forced him to confess the whereabouts of the baby girl in our way. He was quite capable of beating him, and he was about to be beaten to death. Defining that the baby girl is dead."

"So you finally believe that the baby girl is dead."

"I don't believe it. I didn't seem to have any other options at that time. I really couldn't find a baby girl." Qian Min shrugged, "If you can't pry open his mouth, then forget it. He is a reporter, manuscript. I didn't write anything, I'm afraid of what he did?"

Ming Shu asked: "You will finally..."

"Burned? Or dismembered?" Qian Min waved his hand. "I forgot, I didn't bother to get involved with such **** things. To be conservative, I should be sent to the crematorium for burning. Later I stared at him. The newspaper you work for, "Xiaxi Times"?"

Ming Shu said: "Xiaxi Evening News."

"Yes, Xiaxi Evening News." Qian Min smiled cruelly, "I heard that the reporter would communicate with the leaders of the newspaper before the interview. I observed this newspaper for a period of time, and I wanted to deal with all the people involved. In order to avoid future troubles. But in their entire newspaper, no one seemed to know what he was doing. His leader confessed a lot of clues to the police and kept the police busy, but these clues did not include us. They were all in vain."

Qian Min stopped, pursed his lips, and said, "So I said that Reporter Lin is really a ruthless character. He wanted to expose us, but he didn't ventilate with his leader. I have to doubt that after he got the evidence, maybe he might not. Will publish in the newspaper, but go directly to the capital. Such a person, he does not die, it is me."

Ming Shu asked: "Have you ever thought about moving his family?"

Hearing this, Qian Min laughed, "Yes, why don't you? But I have inquired that almost no one of his family and friends hates him. It is impossible for him to tell his family about the unannounced visit. Moreover, the police were back then. I have been staring at their house, but I want to get rid of his wife and children at the same time, but I have made more mistakes. He is just missing, a missing case, and the police can’t understand it and put it down. But if his wife and children Being killed, the greater the trouble, the less good it will be for me. Are you right, police officer?"

Ming Shu stared into Qian Min's eyes, and suddenly said, "No way, half a minute later."

Qian Min was startled.

"The disappearance case 17 years ago was not traced to the end by the police. It was a mistake of the police." Ming Shu stood up and said, "This is not your capital to show off."

Qian Min opened his mouth in surprise, and soon reacted, "I heard that this case was not led by the Xiaxi police at all, but a clue was discovered by the police in which city in the south, which was beyond our reach. , The **** can find us, tut... Police officer, listen to you, aren't we from here? Are you the policeman from what city?"

Ming Shu twisted his eyebrows and suddenly thought of Xiang Tao.

After three days in the ICU, Xiang Tao is now out of danger of his life. Although he is still in a plaster and wrapped up like a mummy, he is recovering anyway. The young body can stand up to construction. Under the careful care of doctors and nurses, Xiang Tao may be able to catch up with the selection of the Criminal Investigation Bureau next year.

It was Xiang Tao who found the key clue, and it was Xiang Tao who was lonely and courageous.

In the past ten or twenty years, Xiang Tao has not only been desperate.

Ming Shu left the interrogation room and saw Shen Xun coming from the other side of the corridor.

"Going back?" Shen Xun asked.

Ming Shu nodded, "I originally wanted to stay here to investigate and dig out all the rotten roots. But this case involves several cases in Dongye City, and it has not been resolved until now. It is enough to have you here. Now, I have to go back and deal with my own site."

Shen Xun said, "Is there anyone in need of help?"

Ming Shu shook his head, "Not yet."

·

Han Province, Lanshui Township.

This is a place that has not been benefited by economic development, but because of this, it is simple and primitive, and everything still maintains the style of decades ago.

There is no farm work to do in winter. Most villagers either go to their neighbors to play cards or prepare Chinese New Year dishes at home.

There is a strong smell of smoke in the air-this is the season of smoked sausage and bacon.

The girl lives alone in a two-story building and is filling sausages in the yard.

She has always lived alone and did not do business, but she has filled three pots in one afternoon, far more than she needs.

After filling, she brushed the oil on the casing and hung it on the rope to let the wind blow.

Busy till the sun goes down, the girl finally comes to free time.

The signal in the village is not good, and the signal can hardly be searched at home. After a simple dinner, the girl took her mobile phone and walked to the empty dam in Xiangkou—she had discovered it a long time ago, and this is the place with the best signal in the township.

She likes to read and read the news. There are a lot of books from the second-hand market at home, and there are some software in her mobile phone. She is used to watching the news first, then watching.

But today, when he saw the heavy news that was pushed automatically, his eyes suddenly stopped moving.

After dozens of seconds, she covered her mouth, tears bursting from her eyes.

Occasionally someone passed by and looked at her with strange eyes, obviously not understanding what she was crying and why she was crying here. Someone pushed her shoulders and told her it was dark and go home soon.

She didn't respond.

At some point later, she trembled violently, and then tremblingly dialed a number.

It took a long time to connect there, and a male voice came, "What's the matter?"

"Brother, have you seen the news?" The girl choked.

After a while of silence, the man said: "Yeah."

"The police arrested them all!" The girl was very excited, "They can't harm people anymore! We..."

The man did not respond, and the girl heard the sound of the call being hung up.

·

Dongye City, Criminal Investigation Bureau.

"Xiao Ju." Lin Jiao was invited to the crime team as soon as he returned from the capital. There was a hint of surprise in his eyes, as if he had been rehearsing many times, "Is there any case I can help? During the time he was away, I'm causing you trouble."

Xiao Yuan greeted him to sit down, "You go to the capital to study, but also to come back and better assist us in our work."

Lin Jiao smiled politely.

Xiao Yuan said: "That's it. We recently got a clue, which may be related to you."

Lin Jiao raised his eyebrows, and the line of his neck shrank extremely inconspicuously.

He was wearing a turtleneck sweater and his neck was mostly blocked by the collar, but Xiao Yuan still noticed.

"It's about me?" Lin Jiao's nervousness was just right, "Xiao Ju, I don't understand."

"Before this, I want to ask you a question first." Xiao Yuan said: "Why did you choose to work in Dongye City Bureau?"

"Professor Sheng is my mentor, and he hopes that I can join his team." Lin Jiao calmly said: "I have some feelings myself. It's not bad to be a policeman, but to be a police advisor, and to solve unsettled cases together."

Xiao Yuan nodded, and then took out a document from the drawer, "Look at this first."

Lin Jiao took it and opened the translucent cover page.

The office suddenly became very quiet, only the sound of fingers pinching the footer and turning it up.

Xiao Yuan looked at Lin Jiao-this is a very decent man. When browsing the text on the materials, his expression hardly changed. He could see that his mentality was very strong, but for a few moments, he almost instinctively pressed the corners of his lips. , A fleeting crease appeared in the center of the eyebrows.

He was enduring, struggling, and trying his best to control himself.

A quarter of an hour later, when Lin Jiao's sight fell on the last paragraph of the last page, Xiao Yuan asked, "Did you finish?"

Lin Jiao raised his head and calmly put the information on the table, "Yes."

Xiao Yuan looked directly into Lin Jiao's eyes, Lin Jiao didn't mean to avoid it.

A few seconds later, Xiao Yuan said: "It seems that psychologists are good at being happy and angry."

Perhaps he didn't expect Xiao Yuan to say this, and Lin Jiao opened his mouth in surprise.

"I mean the content inside." Xiao Yuan gestured at the information at the table with his sight, "Silin Town, the'ghost brand' industry, what happened to the baby girl, the'cannibal', the'cloud bandit', the'nanjiao' funeral home . Doctor Lin, when they were, there was no anger in your eyes."

Lin Jiao was startled, "You said this."

"What do you think I'm talking about?" Xiao Yuan asked.

Lin Jiao laughed awkwardly, "Sorry, maybe it's because I just came back and I'm tired. I haven't fully entered the state of work. The'ghost card' was produced in backward villages. I didn't expect that there are still people doing this kind of inhumanity. Human blood business. But Xiao Ju, just now you said that this clue is related to me?"

Xiao Yuan said: "You can also put it another way - it's related to your father, Lin Zhongguo, a senior investigative reporter of the Xiaxi Evening News."

The light in Lin Jiao's eyes stood still.

"Speaking of this, I won't be circumspect anymore." Xiao Yu'an said: "The special operations team and the police in the four northern cities have launched a joint operation to eradicate the'ghost card' bad habits. This has been reported in the news. thing."

Lin Jiao nodded, "I read this news when I was still in the capital."

"There are still some details that the police did not disclose to the outside world." Xiao Yuan said: "For example, your father Lin Zhongguo disappeared in Xiaxi 17 years ago because of the investigation of the'ghost brand' industry. The evil gang'cloud bandits' It has been admitted that they killed Lin Zhongguo."

The corners of Lin Jiao's lips twitched slightly, and for the first time he looked away from the eye of Xiao Yuan, "Really? I haven't been back to Xiaxi City for many years. Has it been found out?"

He didn't look like he cared, as if Lin Zhongguo was someone who had nothing to do with him.

But the extremely subtle tremor at the end of his eyes betrayed him.

He just pretended not to care.

He cares more than anyone.

"Isn't going to say something?" Xiao Yuan said: "Lin Zhongguo is your biological father."

Lin Jiao took a sip of tea, "My reaction is too flat, so do you think it is abnormal? But what kind of reaction is normal? I have forgotten the feeling of having my parents by my side—my father is missing. When I was only 13 years old, and before he disappeared, I had very little time with him. He was always busy. There were too many people and things waiting for him to care about, except for me. He was like ancient times Knight, caring about the world, but forgetting his family."

When he said this, Lin Jiao's tone was very complaining. Anyone who listened to him would think he was complaining about his father who neglected his family.

But Xiao Yuan saw that his eyes were hot, as if a fire was burning.

He was obviously proud of his father.

After a pause, Lin Jiao said again: "And my mother, she left me and left soon after my father disappeared. For 17 years, without them in my life, I have long been accustomed to living as a person. Now I suddenly I know, my missing father was killed because of his work. I admire him and think he is great, but that's all."

Xiao Yuan looked at this excellent psychologist and said, "You already knew what happened back then."

Lin Jiao tried his best to control his expression, "Xiao Ju, it is very strange for you to say that. Is there anything I doubt you? As far as this case is concerned, my identity is the victim's only son. I really can't think about it. Come out, what are you doubting about me."

Xiao Yuan put Chi Xiaomin's photo on the table, "The person who killed Lin Zhongguo confessed that Lin Zhongguo saved a baby girl in Silin Town. She was the baby girl your father saved, right?"

The ribs in Lin Jiao's forehead bulged sharply, and the end of his eyes opened.

"Her forged ID card shows that her name is'Chi Xiaomin'. You gave her this name, didn't you?" Xiao Yuan said: "You and Chi Xiaomin will guide those who bought the'ghost card' together. He chose to die. Then he used Xu Yin to say that Chi Xiaomin was dead. You thought you were protecting her and kept her out of the police's sight, but you overlooked one thing— —In any crime, the more the murderer does, the easier it is to leave clues."

Lin Jiao looked at the photo in surprise, sweat oozing from his forehead.

"Qiao Xuehua, Li Sijia, and Lu Chao. Of these three people, two have committed suicide and one is missing. I guess the probability of Lu Chao being alive is very low. Before Qiao Xuehua and Li Sijia committed suicide, there was a contradiction. Common sense behavior, and Yang Lilan, the "ghost brand" buyer who survived by chance, said that she had seen the ghost of a baby girl many times." Xiao Yu settled down, "It is Chi Xiaomin who pretended to be a ghost to scare them, and It is you who directs her behind her."

Lin Jiao shook his head, "Xiao Ju, what are you talking about? Why do you think of a victim’s family like this? Before today, I didn’t know why my father disappeared, nor did I know Chi Xiaomin, Xu Yin was my patient. How could I use her?"

"Speaking of Xu Yin, I have to thank you. You only interfered with Xu Yin at a shallow level, because you still have a conscience, and you don't want this to have too much impact on her." Xiao Yuan said: "If you Let her be more ruthless and make her believe in everything you instilled in her. I won't notice you so soon."

Lin Jiao's eyebrows trembled with the beating of his nerves.

"As early as when you were in the capital, I had already sent Xu Yin to Professor Sheng. After Professor Sheng's guidance, Xu Yin told the truth-she didn't know Chi Xiaomin, and there was no mysterious woman standing by her window in the middle of the night. Before, you have instilled all this to her over and over again." Xiao Yuan said: "It is not difficult for an excellent psychologist to affect a person's memory."

Lin Jiao's face turned pale for a while.

After a few minutes of silence, Xiao Yuan said, "I can understand your thoughts."

Lin Jiao's emotions suddenly became agitated, as if something was breaking down, "Understand me? Why do you say this? You are a policeman, your status and your status mean you can never understand the feelings of us people. !"

Xiao Yuan was not irritated and did not explain, but said: "When Lin Zhongguo disappeared, you were only 13 years old, just a child. But 13 years old is already a sensible age. You know that your father is an excellent reporter. Knowing that he offended many people outside, knowing that his disappearance was man-made. Many people around you abused your father, including your relatives, but in your heart, he is still a hero."

Lin Jiao gritted his teeth, his eyes were hot, and he stared at Xiao Yuan like a torch.

"I said I can understand your thoughts, which means that you don't want to trust the police." Xiao Yuan said: "You think the Xiaxi police had clues in their hands, but they colluded with the wicked and deliberately didn't justify Lin Zhongguo."

Lin Jiao finally couldn't help, "Isn't it? My father didn't disappear at all, but he was killed because of the investigation of the "ghost brand" industry! The police went to investigate those insignificant people and ruled out suspicion one by one. Back then, I was deceived. Here, I don’t know anything, but doesn’t anyone know what my father was doing before he disappeared?"

"Xiaxi police did have an oversight, but no one really told them that Lin Zhongguo was looking for the'ghost card' before he disappeared." Xiao Yuan said: "Lin Zhongguo was very careful, and once asked the insider to protect him after his accident. secret."

Lin Jiao sneered, "Xiao Ju, you are really used to being an elite, and you don't have a backache when standing and talking. I ask you, a reporter who dares to take risks, when he knows that there are tigers in the mountains, he will go to the mountains. Won’t tell important clues to people he trusts? He will definitely! Because if something happens to him, even those clues won’t save him, nor will his efforts be wasted!"

Xiao Yuan said: "But Lin Zhongguo chose to conceal everything."

After a two-second pause, Xiao Yuan said again: "Because of you."

Lin Jiao was dumb, "What did you say?"

Xiao Yuan called up an audio file in the phone, "Listen to it yourself."

The recording from Ming Shu is very clear, and He Maolian’s voice is kind of old-time gentle——

"He wants me to assure him that if he encounters misfortune, he must not tell the police about his investigation of the'ghost card'... He did this to protect Lin Jiao... Those people do everything, and the police Even if it can protect Lin Jiao for a while, it will not protect Lin Jiao I... "I'm not a good father, but at least, Lin Jiao shouldn't be harmed because of me." These are his original words."

When the audio finished playing, there was a cold and mechanical sound.

Lin Jiao regained his senses abruptly at this sound, his eyes were unbelievable.

"This is Lin Zhongguo's boss at the time, Ms. He Maolian He. She is the only person who knows that your father is investigating the'ghost card'." Xiao Yuan said: "It was not until recently that she confessed to the Ming team. "

Lin Jiao leaned back in the chair with a messy expression on his face, as if he could not believe what he had just heard.

"You don't believe in the police. You think the police will go into trouble with that group of people. So after learning the truth, you did not ask the police for help. Instead, together with Chi Xiaomin, you chose to retaliate. You have no ability to mobilize'cloud bandits' and 'Cannibal', but as a psychologist, you can intensify the fear in people's hearts and make those who have bought the'ghost card' die from their own fear. For you, buying and selling is the same sin, and the crime is not only manufacturing and selling' "Ghosts", there are buyers."

After a pause of every second, Xiao Yuan's tone changed slightly: "But now, do you understand? It's not that the Xiaxi city police deliberately didn't check it, but there was really no clue. It was your father who suppressed all the clues in order to protect you. ."

Lin Jiao held the lower half of his face, his eyes suddenly turned red. His fingers rubbed his cheek frequently, as if he wanted to speak, but he only made out-of-tune syllables.

Xiao Yuan saw a lot of "unexpected" in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, Lin Zhongguo took the initiative to suppress the clues just to protect him.

Unexpectedly, the police attacked with thunder and ended this crime that had lasted for twenty years.

Unexpectedly, the flaws in my self-conceited plan would have long been flawed.

Unexpectedly, the crime team has noticed itself.

"Three days ago, someone called you." Xiao Yuan said: "It was in Lanshui Township in Han Province."

Lin Jiao's pupils tightened.

"It's Chi Xiaomin, you arranged her to live there." Xiao Yuan checked the time, "Team Ming is already in Lanshui Township. You will meet soon."