Madness of the Heart

Nancheng District, Qingjiangyuan residential area.

It was almost 10 o'clock in the night that the grandpa and maids who danced the square took the tape recorder home. After a burst of excitement, the community finally calmed down.

In this quiet, the quarrels of the 3 buildings 11-4 are particularly abrupt.

"Are you going to work overtime again? Are you working overtime or going out to fool around?" A woman in her forties, wearing a bloated peach-colored cotton-padded coat, with her hair that looks yellow due to long-term dyeing and draped unkemptly on her shoulders, "Working overtime, you just Can't you find a new reason for me? Whose man ran out to work overtime at night? You don't see what this home is like? Have you taken care of this home? Have you taken care of my dad?"

The man has changed his outfit for going out, and it seems that he must not leave. "If you believe it or not, call Mr. Chen now and ask him if I have to work overtime! If I say a word of lies , I'm **** utterly killed when I go out today!"

"What's the use of these poisonous oaths?" The woman's eyes were red, "I'll ask you, if you have overtime, you don't have time to take care of my dad? You know what he is like now! I, I will take care of myself. Do you have to come over!"

The man seemed to be completely irritated. He stared at the woman and shouted: "That's your dad! Why should I wipe his **** and pee? If you can't survive, don't **** live, you are willing to be dragged down by him, my **** No! I **** still have my job to do! I don't go to work and keep him at home every day, relying on your little salary, and your whole family will drink northwest wind together!"

The woman covered her mouth with a look of surprise, as if she didn't believe a man could say such a thing.

After the man roared, he seemed to understand that he had said too much, his wink hesitated for a moment.

Half a minute later, the woman screamed and picked up the fruit knife on the coffee table, and stabbed the man like crazy, "Go to die! Go to die!"

The man's pupils shrank sharply, and he hurriedly hid beside him, trying to avoid the fruit knife from the woman's hand. But the woman is out of control, and the burst of power makes it difficult for an adult male to resist. The man let out a muffled cry, and a long blood hole was drawn in his arm.

"You're **** crazy!" The man pushed the woman away, snatched the knife, and panted against the wound.

Fortunately, wearing a sweater, the knife wound is not deep, but the sweater is light gray, soaked in blood is very conspicuous.

The woman fell to the ground and looked at the slowly fainting blood. Then she recovered her senses and cried with her head in her arms, saying "I'm sorry" for a while, and saying "Why don't you die?" for a while.

The man didn’t want to stay in this depressed home for a second. He was too lazy to deal with the injury on his arm. After he went to the bedroom to pack out a clean sweater and a shirt, he gave the crying woman a vicious look and slammed the door. Out.

Qingjiang Garden is an old community that has been built for more than 20 years. The supporting facilities are seriously aging, especially the elevator. Every time the elevator door is closed, there will be a muffled sound. fall down.

The man walked into the elevator angrily, and when he heard the muffled noise, he slammed a punch on the wall, and whispered, "Dead mother!"

His name is Li Zhaofeng and he works in the "Hailan Futing" shopping mall in Nancheng District. Now that physical business can be done, the end of the year is the most important promotion season. At this time of the year, it is extremely busy. Two years ago, there was an attack on a shopping mall in the nearby big city Los Angeles. All related industries have become shocked. The security pressure has doubled. He told his wife that he would work overtime, and he did not lie. These days, he has been busy. He couldn't wait to sleep in the company. He came back to take a shower at night and changed his clothes. He had a big fight before he knew it, and he got a **** cut. This life really can't go on.

Li Zhaofeng got more and more angry. He got out of the elevator and was battered by the freezing wind at night. Instead of calming down, he became even more annoyed.

This society always talks about men's domestic violence and women, but who can talk to him if he is domestically abused?

Which muscle didn't make it right back then and insisted on marrying Wang Jun? What are the benefits of getting married? He took a Huang Lian Po who was several years older than himself, to support his family, but also to serve Huang Lian Po's paralyzed father, he hadn't even served his parents!

Thinking about it this way, Li Zhaofeng didn't have any thoughts of working overtime. He just wanted to take that "cang-dang" rusty elevator back and divorce Huang Lianpo!

But in the adult world, many are helpless and must learn to compromise.

Standing at the gate of the community and smoking two cigarettes, Li Zhaofeng spit, and walked to the side of the road cursingly.

Although Qingjiangyuan and "Hailan Futing" shopping malls are both in Nancheng District, one is to the north and the other is at the westernmost end. In order to be in a hurry, they can only take a taxi.

There are very few empty taxis at this time. After Li Zhaofeng waited for a long time, he suddenly felt that someone was following him.

He looked back several times, but didn't see anyone who was behaving suspiciously.

It must be the dead woman-he is very sure.

After about a quarter of an hour, the empty car finally arrived. Li Zhaofeng opened the passenger's door. The moment his brother stepped on the accelerator, he suddenly saw a still black figure in the rearview mirror.

The figure was diagonally behind where he stood not long ago, but he turned around several times without seeing it.

The taxi had already merged into the traffic, and he couldn't stop his brother, so he had to look at the smaller and smaller figure in the rearview mirror.

Even if he couldn't see the other person's face, he had a weird sense of certainty—the other person was looking at him.

who is it?

Why are you standing there?

Why stare at yourself?

"Where are you going?" My brother asked.

Li Zhaofeng came back to his senses, only then did he remember that he had not yet reported his destination. And when he finished talking about where he was going, the black figure was gone.

He hoped that was an illusion.

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Dongye City and Los Angeles are closely connected and radiate each other. The attempted attack in Los Angeles not only makes all shopping malls in Dongye City nervous at the end of each year, but the police are also on the verge of an enemy when the time comes.

As early as mid-November this year, the Municipal Bureau held a meeting with various sub-bureaus and police stations to ensure the safety of shopping malls within its jurisdiction, strengthen patrols and investigations. Any doubts should not be let go. The sub-bureau and the police station turned around and talked to the mall. Both sides were under pressure for fear of problems.

A while ago, armored vehicles of special police drove into shopping malls and important roads early, and police with live ammunition were on duty around the clock.

The sub-bureaus are fighting each other. The special police sent out on duty must not only have excellent professional ability, but also be upright and can support the sub-bureaus best. Therefore, almost all the handsome guys who are more than 1.8 meters tall are selected in the end. A stop to the mall attracted many citizens to take a group photo.

The special police corps was not sent out on duty last year, but the head of the corps probably felt that the limelight had been robbed by the sub-bureaus. This year, Lu Yanzhou was tasked with picking a few "energetic" young men and the sub-bureaus to perform duties.

It's been a long time since Lu Yanzhou did such a thing. At first, he was very unhappy, and came to the Criminal Investigation Bureau to complain to Mingshu.

"Oh, why don't you go with me." Lu Yanzhou said, "There is a beautiful landscape wherever we stand."

"I don't want to be a scenic spot with you, thank you." Mingshu said mercilessly: "Do your work hard."

Lu Yanzhou looked left and right, "Then I will tell you Xiao Ju."

Ming Shu pulled the person back, "Something is coming at me."

"I just want to chat with Xiao Ju, can't you?"

"We Xiao Ju has everything we can do every day, what can we talk about with your little white face."

Lu Yanzhou let out a "hey", and as he was about to continue speaking, he heard Xiao Yuan's voice.

"What are you talking about?"

Xiao Yuan was wearing trousers and a black shirt. The jacket should have been placed in the office upstairs.

When he touched Ming Shu's eyes, he bends the corners of his lower lips inconspicuously.

This little detail, straight male Lu Yanzhou, is naturally unable to capture, "Ju Xiao, can the Ming team go on duty with me for a few days?"

Fang Yuanhang listened with his ears erected not far away.

He wanted to control the water in Lu Zhinan's head and tell him-wake up, my master and our deputy bureau are already a pair, what are you still messing up with here?

"That won't work." Xiao Yuan's tone was very easy-going, but his attitude was very firm, "Ming team still has important work on hand and can't go away."

Ming Shu raised his eyebrows at Lu Yanzhou, "Have you heard? The captain is very busy."

"The captain is not free!" Lu Yanzhou didn't catch anyone, and was embarrassed to make a serious case in front of Xiao Yuan, so he had to go back to work in the special police squad.

The special police from the Nancheng branch was on duty in the "Hailan Futing". Lu Yanzhou also took his brothers from the special police corps to the past few days. The festival atmosphere in shopping malls is getting stronger and stronger, and under the perfect security system, almost no one dares to commit a crime.

At noon, the special police of the Nancheng branch received a warning that an employee of the fourth group of the planning department of "Hailan Futing" was missing.

It was Liu Kai, the person in charge of the planning department who called the police. Facing the special police with a rifle, he was very nervous and sweated constantly on his forehead. "I don't know if I should call the police, but you are here. I think I still come to you. Ask. My employee came to work overtime the night before and couldn't find anyone. His name is'Li Zhaofeng'. I just contacted his family. His wife also said that the last time I saw him was the night before."

Special police generally do not care about disappearance cases, and most ordinary disappearance cases are handled by the police station. But now is a special period. The missing is a shopping center employee who disappeared after working overtime. The special police who received the police did not dare to be sloppy and immediately notified the branch. Talked to Lu Yanzhou, who was also on duty in the "Hailan Futing".

Lu Yanzhou, a special policeman who came into contact with most vicious thugs, rarely encountered a disappearance, and quickly sent a message to Ming Shu: "Xiao Ming, a staff member of the'Hailan Futing' has disappeared. Can't you come and see?"

Ming excuses not to take care of the disappearance case, but he also left his mind to report the investigation situation at any time.

The case is being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Nancheng Branch. Li Zhaofeng is 36 years old, from Jinglin County, Dongye City, and his wife Wang Jun, 42 years old, a native of Dongye City. The two have a daughter, 4 years old, and a family of three live in Qingjiangyuan. Community.

Li Zhaofeng University studied marketing. After graduation, he was engaged in shopping mall planning and operation. He joined "Haoyue" Real Estate at the age of 28 and worked in many commercial real estate projects under it. The current "Hailan Futing" is also " Hao Yue" real estate project.

Wang Jun is an elementary school music teacher. His salary is not high, and his family's expenses are almost entirely dependent on Li Zhaofeng.

In addition, Li Zhaofeng's parents live in Jinglin County, and Wang Jun's father is paralyzed and lives alone in the old house allocated by the unit. Wang Jun had to take care of his father every day, and Li Zhaofeng had to visit occasionally.

In the matter of taking care of the elderly, Li Zhaofeng and Wang Jun broke out countless quarrels-their neighbor confirmed to the police that Wang Jun cursed Li Zhaofeng and hoped that he would die.

The police found the taxi driver Wang Yong based on Li Zhaofeng's payment records.

"I remember this person, he did ride in my car." Wang Yong looked at the photo and said, "And he was very strange. He didn't say where he was going after getting in the car for a long time, as if he had lost his soul. I asked He, he just reacted and said he was going to'Hailan Futing'. Isn't there a road near'Hailan Futing' where the subway is being built, it is particularly blocked, I was bored chatting with him, and found that he kept pressing his arm. Guess what ?"

The detective said: "Don't sell yourself to the police."

"Hey, it's just a joke, don't be so serious! I have provided you with information, you still don't give me a good look?" Wang Yong said in a slick tone: "Are you serving the masses like this?"

The police officer was afraid to provoke such a crowd, so the detective had to follow along and said, "Then what did you see?"

"He's injured!" About the brothers all have a talent for talking about cross talk storytelling. Wang Yong's eyes widened, and he squeezed his arm tightly, making painful gestures, "I saw, good guy, all his sweaters were cut. I said why he was so disheartened, dare to fight with others!"

On the other side, the team members who were investigating in the "Hailan Futing" found the sweater and shirt that Li Zhaofeng had replaced.

As Wang Yong said, the clothes were indeed torn and stained with blood.

Facing her husband's clothes, Wang Jun was in a daze, "I had a fight with him that day, I didn't, accidentally stabbed him."

"Then what?" the detective asked.

"Then he left, saying he was going to work overtime." When the word "overtime" was mentioned, Wang Jun suddenly became excited, "He didn't go to work overtime at all! He lied to me!"

"Li Zhaofeng has not been home for two nights. Have you ever thought that something might happen to him?"

"It's not my business for him to die outside!" Wang Jun had no worries on her face. What appeared in her eyes was a kind of bluffing anger," he said, and he said that if he deceived me, he would be caught outside. Others die! If something happens to him, it is because he lied to me!"

The detective said: "He said this before?"

Wang Jun raised his right hand, "He still swears!"

Compared with Wang Jun, Li Zhaofeng’s colleagues’ reaction was more normal. They said that until the Spring Festival, the department was on duty in turn. Li Zhaofeng was busy until 3 a.m. that day. Everyone had an appointment to eat a lamb soup pot nearby before going back, but they always liked it. Li Zhaofeng, who was involved in group activities, actually refused on the grounds of "something at home".

Monitoring showed that Li Zhaofeng's colleagues left the office at 3:10 in the morning. Li Zhaofeng stayed alone for a while and walked out of Hall A where the planning department is located at 3:24.

At this time there are still police and security guards on duty near the mall. Li Zhaofeng walked to Pingshun Street-this is where he usually takes a taxi, but instead of stopping by the roadside, he turned into the branch road of Pingshun Street.

Since then, no other public surveillance has caught him again.

And there are no call records and payment records after this on his mobile phone.

He seemed to be swallowed by the branch suddenly.

The branch road is a back street. There are many such back streets in big cities. The more prosperous the central area, the more back streets. Some "literary and artistic" economic experts call the back street a louse on a gorgeous dress. In fact, they are not so unbearable.

Because it is close to "Hailan Futing", there are many cosmetics shops, restaurants, and massage shops on the side road of Pingshun Street that cannot enter the mall. Although these stores will be open until late, there are not many that open until 3 o'clock in the middle of the night.

Public surveillance could not find anyone, so the criminal police could only go to the shops and ask from door to door.

The owner of an acupuncture and massage parlor said that Li Zhaofeng arrived at the shop at 3:30, but did not have a massage. He only had a massage room, borrowed a bottle of alcohol and cotton, and went to sleep.

Monitoring in the store confirmed what the boss said.

In the camera, Li Zhaofeng looked very tired, but seemed very familiar with the boss.

The boss explained that Li Zhaofeng is a frequent visitor here, and he would come for massage every three to five. He had an annual card, so he didn't pay on that day.

At 6:19 in the morning, Li Zhaofeng came out of the massage parlor and once again lost track.

At this time, the New Year's atmosphere became more and more intense. The Nancheng Branch was worried that the large-scale investigation would cause social panic. On the one hand, it restricted the range of the touch to the vicinity of the "Hailan Futing". On the other hand, it continued to investigate Li Zhaofeng's interpersonal relationships and personal habits.

Li Zhaofeng is undoubtedly the most ordinary white-collar worker. He mortgaged with his wife to buy a second-hand house. There are old and young people on the mortgage. After paying the monthly payment, the salary has to be broken into basic living expenses, daughter education fund, and medical expenses for the old man. , In short, is a breathless family.

But this does not explain Li Zhaofeng's sudden disappearance.

He refused to have dinner with his colleagues and did not go home. Instead, he went to the massage parlour he frequently visited. This is likely to be a self-relief under long-term depression-he needs an undisturbed environment to release his mass. negative emotion.

He looked in a good mood when he left the massage parlor, as if he had completed this self-relief.

Then he has no reason to disappear.

That afternoon, he had to work in the planning department.

Judging from the description of his colleague, he is not a person who casually puts orders.

If he didn't disappear voluntarily, it would be an accident. However, the preliminary interpersonal relationship investigation was done. Only his wife Wang Jun and Wang Jun's cousin Wang Junjun had fierce conflicts with him.

Wang Junjun used to squat in prison for 5 years for intentionally hurting people. He was only released in the first half of this year. After Li Zhaofeng’s introduction, he worked as a security guard in the "Hailan Futing" and had a good relationship with Wang Jun. Wang Jun’s lesson was not ruled out. The possibility of Li Zhaofeng.

Wang Junjun claimed that he had not seen Li Zhaofeng for a week, nor had he visited Wang Jun, and did not know what had happened between the two.

But before and after Li Zhaofeng's disappearance, Wang Junjun could not explain his whereabouts.

Due to greater suspicion, Wang Jun and Wang Junjun were taken to the Nancheng Sub-bureau for questioning.

Wang Jun said that Li Zhaofeng's "no care for his family" over the years, saying that Li Zhaofeng loves to play, has a "small vault", travels alone whenever he has time, and has not fulfilled his responsibilities as a husband at all.

When the detective asked Li Zhaofeng what he was playing, Wang Jun cried and gave examples-computer games, board games, and the secret room games that have been popular in Dongye City in recent years.

Ming Shu didn't have time to investigate the case personally, but he was always paying attention. The inquiry records of the sub-bureaus were regularly sent to the crime team. He quickly browsed and heard Wang Jun's words.

board game? The secret room?

Ming Shu immediately called Yuan Huan, the deputy head of the branch in charge of the case, and suggested to focus on people Li Zhaofeng knew on the game.

On that evening, the Huajin Road Police Station, 4 kilometers away from "Hailan Futing", received a police report from residents stating that a body was found on the construction site of the fourth phase of the "Fumao Bay" community.

A preliminary autopsy by a forensic doctor confirmed that the deceased was a male, and the time of death was more than three days. The fatal injury was a sharp injury to the neck, his aorta and trachea were severed, there were multiple restraints and struggling injuries on his body, and his face was hit and eyebrows The bone and nasal bone were fractured, and there was a sharp wound on the right arm, but from the appearance of the wound, it was not caused by the same tool as the fatal wound on the neck, and the time was slightly different.

The body was found on the edge of the fourth phase of the construction site, where there is a green belt to separate the construction site from the residential area. Few people will look at the green belt. Residents are disgusted with the noise from the construction site and generally do not pass. Workers have another way to enter and exit the construction site, and they do not pass near the green belt.

The person who found the body was a dog who had to go chasing wildly, only to see a pair of feet exposed in the knitted pocket.

Judging from the corpse spots, this is not the first scene, but the scene where the corpse is thrown. Before the police arrived, the scene had been destroyed by migrant workers and residents watching the excitement.

The injury to the right arm of the corpse attracted the most attention. After DNA comparison and identification of the corpse by relatives, it was confirmed that the corpse was Li Zhaofeng, who had disappeared before.

Knowing that her husband was really dead, Wang Jun suddenly collapsed. His reaction was completely different from before, and he cried: "I didn't really want you to die!"

While the DNA comparison is being carried out, autopsy is also being carried out. The branch forensic examiner found a detail that was not found in the previous preliminary autopsy-there was a thin conical hole on the left foot of the corpse.

Unlike other wounds on the corpse, these small holes have no life reaction and are obviously caused after death.

The autopsy report was divided into several copies, one of which was sent to the Criminal Investigation Bureau.

Ming Shu walked briskly on the corridor, and finally ran.

"I can't make a final conclusion before seeing the corpse." Xing Mu's face was solemn, "but judging from the overall appearance of these small holes, they are likely to be the same as those in Huang Yan's chest. They are made of ice crushing hammers. The result is that this time the location is relatively hidden. It is not visible on the soles of the victim's feet like Huang Yan."

"There is one more point." Xing Mu said: "The murderer was holding the ice-breaking hammer and poking it at Huang Yan's chest like a stamp. He stabbed a total of 9 times, causing extensive damage. But Li Zhaofeng's sole was only poked. Two times, the first time was light, the next time was heavy, and the previous time seemed to be tentative."

"The purpose of the murderer was not to hurt Li Zhaofeng with an ice-breaking hammer, but to mark the same mark as the Huang Yan case." Ming Shu's curled fingers pressed against his chin, "He acted again."