Madness of the Heart

Perhaps it was an older relationship. Wu Zhen had more doubts than Sha Chun.

Ming Shu sent Xu Chun to Wu Zhen's hometown. As soon as Xu Chun arrived at Wu Zhen's home, she was blasted out by Wu Zhen's two younger sisters and brother-in-law.

Longhe City is just a small city, and Xunchuan Town underneath is even smaller. There is a characteristic of this kind of small place-which household has a big problem, and within a day's work, the whole town will know.

Wu Zhen is a "household name" in Xunchuan Town, and a scar that the Wu family does not want to mention.

More than twenty years ago, Wu Zhen was a rare college student in Xunchuan Town. He has good grades and worked hard. From elementary school to high school, he has been used by families to educate his children.

"Why don't you work so hard? Look at Wu Zhen!"

"Wu Zhen, how many points do you score in the final exam? How many points do you want to go out to play?"

"Wu Zhen went home to do homework again, when can you be so conscious?"

After four years of schooling, Wu Zhen returned to his hometown and worked as an intern at Longhe TV Station before graduating. The leader personally promised that he would sign a labor contract when he got his graduation certificate.

To the people in Xunchuan Town, the news editor in charge of the TV station sounds really foreign. The witch family also has a special face. The witch father and the witch mother boast of their son when they meet people, and Wu Zhen's two younger sisters are also embarrassed by this.

But in his good years, Wu Zhen resigned.

This incident has not caused any gossip in Xunchuan Town at first. Compared with the anger of the Wu family, most of the townspeople feel that Wu Zhen is so smart and knowledgeable that he must have a better plan to resign. A man should go out and work hard when he is young. A golden job is better than a lifetime. The iron rice bowl is good.

But year after year, Wu Zhen gradually lost the news.

Some people say that when Wu Zhen was seen outside, he was mixed up very badly. He didn't have a serious job or even a place to live.

If only one person said this, then a young man who came back to town said that Wu Zhen was working as a screenwriter, but no one bought his script. He is now poor and poor, and he is living a lifeless man.

Some people believe it, but some people still don't want to believe it.

So some people asked the Wu family, the father of Wu was very hot, and he became furious when he mentioned Wu Zhen, while others sighed and remained silent.

If Wu Zhen mixes well, the Wu Family will definitely not react like this.

This settled the rumors-Wu Zhen did nothing and was impoverished.

People always seem to be happy to see a positive image collapse suddenly, especially this positive image has been weighed heavily on oneself for many years.

Those parents who praise Wu Zhen fiercely to their children can hardly say that they are not jealous of the Wu family, it is hard to say that they do not want their children to work hard, surpass Wu Zhen, and make themselves proud. Those children who always listened to "what is Wu Zhen" might have hated Wu Zhen a long time ago.

Now that Wu Zhen has been mixed up so badly and is self-destructive, people have started to talk about Wu Zhen's childhood, and tell it with jealousy.

For a long time, Xunchuan Town was filled with an atmosphere of "happy people's hearts".

The townspeople who are not well-educated even learned some literary words, such as "Jiang Lang's talent is exhausted", such as "Shang Zhongyong".

The Wu family couldn't accept this kind of gap, and was ashamed of Wu Zhen.

Because of the Wu family's non-cooperation, Xu Chun could not get any valuable clues. He was about to go to the middle school where Wu Zhen had studied, but noticed a middle-aged man sneaking behind the tree opposite the Wu family.

The man and Xu Chun looked at each other, and immediately turned around in a panic and ran into the alley.

Who is Xu Chun? The most sturdy field service of the serious crime team was a key member of the special police corps a few years ago, and was dug into the Criminal Investigation Bureau by Ming Shu himself. Lu Yanzhou was still upset about this for a while.

It was no effort for Xu Chun to catch a middle-aged man who had fled.

"Ah!" When his hands were cut behind his back, the man shouted: "You let me go! What are you doing?"

"What are you running?" Xu Chun shouted.

"I..." The man hesitated, "I didn't run."

"You haven't run yet?"

"You let me go first."

Xu Chun was not afraid of the man running again, and let go of the man's arms, "Who are you? Why are you hiding behind the tree?"

The man was sweating profusely with fright, and asked instead, "Are you the policeman who came to investigate Wu Zhen's disappearance?"

Xu Chun immediately became vigilant, "What do you know?"

The man looked in the direction of the Wu's house, his eyes hesitated, and he said with no confidence, "You come with me, I want to tell your police about something."

Xu Chun is so skillful and armed with a gun, he is not afraid of men digging holes for himself. But the man's actions were too suspicious, so when he followed the man through an alley and stood in front of the man's house, Xu Chun hesitated for a moment.

The man smiled awkwardly, "I can't beat you again."

Xunchuan Town is full of small buildings, the same goes for men's houses. Xu Chun followed in and saw the man take out an ID card from the drawer.

Luo Xiu, 40 years old.

Same age as Wu Zhen.

Xu Chun took the ID card. The photo on the ID card was somewhat different from that of the man, but it was still the same person.

After so many years of field work, Xu Chun was the first time someone introduced himself by handing in his ID card.

"I didn't bring my ID card with me, and I said it was useless." Luo Xiu said, "Sit down, I'll pour you a glass of water."

Xu Chun is still vigilant, "What is your relationship with the Wu family?"

"Wu Zhen and I were friends who grew up together." Luo Xiu sighed, "After he left here, he broke contact with his family, but he would still make phone calls with me. He would send letters a few years ago."

Xu Chun recalled that the communication records of Wu Zhen before the technical investigation did not find that Wu Zhen had contacted anyone in his hometown within half a year.

"But in the past few years, our contact has become less and less. You came to our town, you should have heard that he had a terrible life outside." Luo Xiu looked sad, "In June of this year, Wu Zhen suddenly gave me I made a phone call and I was surprised."

"June?"

Wu Zhen disappeared in June!

"Yeah." Luo Xiu nodded, "It's an unfamiliar number. I didn't know it was Wu Zhen before I picked it up. He first asked me how I'm doing, and then asked about schooling for my children. He rarely said it before. In this case, I guessed at the time that he might have something important to tell me. Sure enough, after I answered his question, he waited for a while and said he wanted to ask me something."

Xu Chun asked: "What's the matter?"

"On the New Year's Day, take care of his mother. When his mother dies, send a wreath in his name-our funeral custom here is that when the elders pass away, children must tie wreaths and give wreaths." Luo Xiu picked up the phone and found the call log, "Look, this is it."

Xu Chun saw that it was a fixed telephone in Dongye City. The call lasted 6 minutes and 31 seconds, and the call time was 2:15 pm on June 21st.

"I think it's very strange to take care of my mother during New Years and holidays, or give wreaths when my mother passes away. It sounds like something is going to happen to him." Luo Xiu said, "I asked him what's wrong and if there is any difficulty. He said no, let me not think too much. Before hanging up, he told me several times not to tell others about it, not even my family members, just as doing my brother a favor."

Xu Chun asked: "Do you know that Wu Zhen is missing?"

Luo Xiu sighed and nodded, "I know, the police came to investigate some time ago."

Xu Chun said angrily: "Then why don't you tell the truth?"

Luo Xiu shook his head, "I grew up with Wu Zhen. He believes in me, and I promised him. I don't want to betray him."

Xu Chun said: "Do you think Wu Zhen is not missing, but because of what happened to escape?"

Luo Xiu nodded hard.

Xu Chun felt speechless, "Then you are willing to tell me now?"

"I thought Wu Zhen would contact me if I need help

, I can also help him. Luo Xiu said: "But until now, Wu Zhen still has no news. I no longer understand whether he harmed or was harmed by others. "

Xu Chun hurriedly passed this important information back to the Crime Squad. Upon investigation, the number belonged to a small shop in Yilu Street, Dongcheng District.

In recent years, everyone has a mobile phone, fixed-line telephones have become fewer and fewer, commissaries have been replaced by chain convenience stores, and public telephones have almost been cancelled for those that have not been replaced. On the edge of Dongye City, Yilu Street is an old residential area that has not yet been planned and developed. There are also many small shops that retain the style of the last century, and there are public phones next to the cashier.

"The monitoring in the commissary has broken down a long time ago." Fang Yuanhang reported on the phone, "but the boss has a good memory, and he still remembers Wu Zhen. He said that it was rare for someone to call a public phone once, and he was very impressed. Wu Zhen called. After the phone call, I bought mineral water and cigarettes. This is not surprising. The key is that he also bought a pack of Langweixian. The boss showed me the account book of the day. After Wu Zhen finished the phone call, the store did sell it. A pack of Langweixian came out."

Ming Shu sat on Zhou Yuan's desk, "Lang Wei Xian?"

"It's strange, isn't it?" Fang Yuanhang said, "Master, can you imagine a 40-year-old uncle eating Langweixian while walking on the road?"

Ming Shu immediately contacted Xu Chun who was still in Xunchuan Town, "Luo Xiu and Wu Zhen were young, you can ask him what was Wu Zhen's favorite snack when he was young."

Luo Xiu said after a moment of thinking, "It's Langweixian."

Langweixian, a puffed food that was popular among children in the last century, quickly occupied the market because of its unique taste.

Although Langweixian can still be seen on the shelves of supermarkets, it is no longer the same.

"Uncle Wu never eats these things, I remember it very clearly, because once I went to the supermarket with Lan Lan to buy a few large packages of potato chips and distributed them to everyone on the terrace, so Uncle Wu said." The catkins is also a streamer. He’s a contracted screenwriter, and he has a very lively personality. "He said that the most important thing we do as screenwriters is our brains. If our brains are broken, we won’t be able to write anything. Puffed food affects our brains. —These are the original words of Uncle Wu."

Ou Xianghe was also surprised when asked about Langweixian, "We take care of the meals here. If anyone wants to eat snacks, just post a note, and they don’t need to spend their own money. Of course, you must go out and buy some snacks by yourself. Wu Zhen rarely eats snacks, at most peanuts. How can a person his age like to eat puffed food?"

"Zha Wuzhen is indeed right!" Ming Shu felt countless clues struggling in his mind. The strands scattered in the mist seemed to be slowly entangled together, as if they were about to form a prototype.

"The last time Wu Zhen was witnessed, the last time he was photographed by surveillance, and the last time he called an old friend in his hometown was on June 21." Zhou Yuan said: "On June 22, he seemed to have evaporated from the world. Now. June 22, it happened to be Sunday. It was also Sunday that Sha Chun was killed."

Ming Shu said: "Assuming Wu Zhen was not missing, but murdered, then the day he was killed is likely to be the same as Sha Chun, on Sunday."

Zhou Yuan was very firm, "Yes!"

Xing Mu suddenly made a difference, "When Xiao Zhou had a meeting last time, he seemed to be inclined to Wu Zhen's murder."

"From my professional point of view, if a person is still alive in modern society, he will definitely leave clues to life." Zhou Yuan explained seriously: "But we can't find these clues. Moreover, Wu Zhen's disappearance is a cliff. , The known clues all point to June 21. Compared to the disappearance, I personally believe that he has encountered an accident during the period from June 21 to 22."

"Then he knew he was about to suffer an accident?" Ming Shu said, "Call a friend on a public phone and ask him to take care of his mother; he hardly eats puffed food, thinking that puffed food will hurt his brain, but he bought his favorite as a child Langweixian. When these two things are put together, it looks like Wu Zhen is saying goodbye. This is the most common behavior of a person before committing suicide."

"Change your mind." Yi Fei said, "Is it possible that Wu Zhen knew that someone was going to kill himself?"

Ming Shu nodded, "Of course, Wu Zhen's interpersonal relationship has to be investigated."

Fang Yuanhang said: "On the 21st surveillance, Wu Zhen looked calm and calm. The shop owner also said that Wu Zhen was not in a panic. If it was a homicide, Wu Zhen knew that something was going to happen. Is it too calm? I still feel more like suicide."

"Whether it is suicide or homicide, based on the current clues, the probability that Wu Zhen is still alive is less than the probability that he has died. There is no objection to this, right?" Ming Shu asked.

Zhou Yuan nodded first, "Hmm!"

"The connection between the two cases is even greater." Ming Shu held a pen that came from Xiao Yu'an, "Sha Chun was a homicide, but all the signs indicate that Sha Chun might have planned the death himself. Wu Zhen The behavior before the disappearance may be suicidal."

"Two diligent but unsuccessful people..." Yi Fei looked towards Ming Shu, "If Wu Zhen's death can be determined, the two cases can be investigated together."

“The urban-rural areas east of Yilu Street and Yilu Street have to be visited more frequently.” Ming Shu said: “Wu Zhen appeared there when he was witnessed for the last time, and Yilu Street is completely in the trajectory of his daily life. Outside. He must have a purpose when he goes there."

Yi Fei's face was distressed, "Xu Chun is still in Xunchuan Town, and Sha Chun's case can't be put, we may not be able to separate so many people now."

Ming Shu thought for a while, "I'll go to Xiao Ju in a moment to see if I can transfer some brothers from the Criminal Investigation Team."

While the crime squad was busy working on two cases, the performing arts group gradually fell into a whirlpool of public opinion.

A female body with amputated hands was dug up in the newly built new office. The victim was an employee of the Performing Arts Group. This was enough to become a topic of discussion.

Because of the control of news reports, the Sha Chun case was not disclosed in the mainstream media, only a police report without any details was issued. However, it didn’t take long for rumors to spread from the performing arts group that Sha Chun, a guzheng player from the folk music club, was insulted in the department and suffered verbal attacks for several years. The reason was that Sha Chun was in the department. One of the few "non-relationship households" who exercises strict self-discipline and often takes the initiative to work overtime, offending the huge group of "relationship households". However, the director and deputy director of the folk music club knew Sha Chun’s plight, but he never offered to help. You Sha Chun was bullied by a colleague.

The source of the rumors is untestable. Although similar situations exist in other departments of the Performing Arts Group, Sha Chun is dead, and the deceased is a big one. For a while, not to mention the outside world, even within the group began to condemn the folk music club.

Han Mingming had a terrible life, and his daily work was no longer able to carry out. He was called to talk by the senior management of the group and the human resources department every day. And Ran He became the target of everyone in the group because of his derailment during marriage. There is a gossip that his father-in-law has negotiated with the group, and he will be expelled soon.

At the same time, some spiritual rumors have also gone viral in the group.

No one dared to go to the pond anymore. I don't know who was the first to say that the wind in the place where Sha Chun was buried is cooler than other places. Others said that in the women's bathroom on the floor where the folk music club is located, when there are no other compartments, they can hear women crying, accompanied by crying, and low voices-am I not working hard enough?

The vast majority of young people in the performing arts group are atheists, and all rumors start with "I listen to others."

It stands to reason that such rumors are not enough to intimidate people. However, it is true that Sha Chun was targeted by all the gates, and it is also true that the body was buried in the group. On the day of the heavy rain, many people even saw the limbs in the dirt pit.

The homicide happened by my side, and the colleague I met a few days ago died in front of me today, which can't help but frighten people.

People in the folk music club were panicked. Sun Jing passed by Sha Chun's practice room, and when she glanced in, she screamed and fell to the ground.

When everyone arrived, she was still on the ground, pointing to the practice room and yelling: "She is inside! She is by the window! I saw her!"

There was no one in the practice room, but a long slender flower stand stood by the window with a pot of cactus on top. Perhaps the wind blew up the curtains, and the prickly prickles hooked the curtains. At first glance, it looked like a woman standing by the window.

The incident spread to other departments, and in the process of adding oil and vinegar, it became Sun Jing's ghost that saw Sha Chun.

Online legends are even more diverse, and former employees of the performing arts group came out to speak out, criticizing the personnel system of the performing arts group, saying that Sha Chun's death is sooner or later, and that Sha Chun will not die. In the future, other diligent employees will be forced to death. , And also said that Sha Chun should die in the performing arts group, and make the people who have done evil there forever uneasy!

Among the rumors, Ran He, who betrayed his pregnant wife, lost his job, and was in panic due to the so-called "shachun ghost", jumped from the window of Sha Chun's practice room on the day of his dismissal and died on the spot.