Madness of the Heart

"Wu Zhen went to Shanxiang Street and Suzheng Street many times before and after the Spring Festival. Huang Mouquan disappeared bizarrely during the Spring Festival. There is no footprint of his own at home, but there are those of Wu Zhen." Ming Shu received Xiao Yuan at the corner of Shanxiang Street. , The two of them walked towards Kanzi Nine Alley in the dark together, "Huang Mouquan is most likely to find a substitute for the death of the'professor'. Brother, I said that I have inferred based on clues, and you bring up any contradictions."

Xiao Yuan nodded, "Yeah."

"Wu Zhen committed suicide by taking sodium cyanide. Sha Chun did not personally do it. He may not even have seen the whole process of Wu Zhen's death with his own eyes. He just hid Wu Zhen's body with cement. It is very likely that Wu Zhen did not kill himself. A'domino' before death, but to help deal with and hide the corpse." Ming Shu said: "Huang Mouquan is a substitute chosen by the'Professor'. The'Professor' must convince Wu Zhen that the corpse in front of him is The'Professor' himself. From the subsequent development, it can be seen that Wu Zhen is truly convinced. To do this, the only way for the'Professor' to kill Huang Mouquan in advance and disguise him as himself. Then, Wu Zhen. According to the agreement between the two before, Zhen went to a certain place to dispose of the corpse. This can explain why the Huang family only has Wu Zhen's footprints-after killing Huang Mouquan, the'Professor' has already treated himself and Huang Mouquan. All the traces of it have been removed."

"Two questions." Xiao Yuan said: "Is the'Professor' very similar to Huang Mouquan? Why did the'Professor' choose to work in Huang's house?"

Ming Shu said: "It doesn't have to be very similar. As long as the'professor' is similar to Huang Mouquan's body, face, and hairstyle, and then disguised, it can be completely fake. More importantly, Wu Zhen must be very nervous at the time. When people are extremely nervous, their resolution and concentration will decrease. Another point, would Wu Zhen be willing to look at the face of a dead person seriously?"

Xiao Yuan stopped in the alley, "The face may not be similar, but the body shape and age should be similar. If this is the case, is it possible to use Huang Mouquan as a prototype in the Medical University, Guangye Hospital, Jiulin Psychological Clinic and nearby Troubleshoot?"

Ming Shu lowered his head and did not speak for about half a minute.

"The facial features of Huang Mouquan and the'Professor' may also be completely different." Xiao Yuan added: "Assuming that the'Professor' has an agreement with Wu Zhen, such as telling Wu Zhen in advance that he is a loser and his parents who have no face to face the world— -The reason can be edited by him. Wu Zhen has been bewitched by him to join this death game, and he will naturally believe that he said'seeing his family without a face'."

Ming Shu said: "Then the'Professor' conveyed to Wu Zhen that he was going to commit suicide in Building No. 4-1, Kanzi Nine Lane. The suicide was probably sodium cyanide. Before his death, the'Professor' would His face was covered and Wu Zhen was not allowed to uncover it. Wu Zhen went to the vicinity of Shanxiang Street many times just to familiarize himself with the route and dispose of the corpse."

After Ming Shu was silent for a few seconds, he shook his head, "But has Wu Zhen ever wondered why the'Professor' died in such a place? And I can't think of why the Huang family was the first scene to commit crimes here, and then It is too risky for Wu Zhen to take the corpse away and deal with it."

Xiao Yuan said: "Since the'Professor' has chosen this way, it means that it is easier for him to start at Huang Mouquan's house."

Ming Shu looked at Xiao Yuan's line of sight, thinking about the reasons.

"There are no large areas of invisible blood, and no traces of fighting in the room-the latter may have existed in the first place, but they have been dealt with, but I think they did not fight." Xiao Yuan raised his head and looked at the darkened building. "Here's here. The soundproofing conditions are very bad. If a fight occurs in any household, the neighbors will probably hear it, even during the Spring Festival."

"The door lock hasn't been broken. Did the'Professor' knock on the door and enter the Huang's house?" Ming Shu said, "That's not right..."

Xiao Yuan asked: "What do you think is wrong?"

"Huang Mouquan is the'professor' locked in substitute, is that correct?" Ming Shu said: "He is the most suitable person the'professor' found after searching for a long time in Dongye City. But the'professor' knew him, he I don't know the "Professor". Why would he invite the "Professor" to his home?"

"How are you sure that Huang Mouquan doesn't know the'Professor'?" Xiao Yuan raised his eyebrows halfway. "There are eight bowls and bowls in the refrigerator. Those who save will keep the unfinished meals and wait for the next meal. Eat, but are eight bowls and bowls too much for a single person?"

Ming Shu suddenly reacted, "It's not Huang Mouquan's leftovers, but the dishes prepared in advance to entertain the guests?"

Xiao Yuan said: "The'Professor' is the guest. They not only know each other, but also the relationship that they can eat together during the Spring Festival. So for the'Professor', it is more important to work with Huang Mouquan in the Huang's house than somewhere outside. Convenient, anyway, Wu Zhen will help him deal with the aftermath."

Ming Shu clenched his right fist and slammed it heavily on the palm of his left hand, "Then Huang Mouquan's interpersonal relationship is interesting!"

Huang Mouquan, 53, was born in Hulu Township, Dongye City. He divorced his wife more than ten years ago and came to Dongye City. He lived in a house bought by his late daughter Huang Dongyan at a low price.

Huang Mouquan's ex-wife Kang Guohua still lives in Hulu Town and lives with her husband Zhu Qiang.

Compared with Huang Mouquan's residence in Dongye City, Kang Guohua's home is much more spacious, and his condition is not comparable to that of a fifty-year-old man who is struggling to live in a big city.

Knowing that Huang Mouquan had been missing for half a year, Kang Guohua’s reaction was flat, “If you disappear, it’s none of my business. Huang Mouquan and I have been divorced for many years. I have a new family, and I have long since broken up with him. Contact, you guys came all the way to check me, it's better to check his current friends."

Xu Chun said: "You have misunderstood. I am not here to investigate you. I just want to get to know Huang Mouquan. After all, you are his ex-wife. The information you provide will help us to solve the case."

Kang Guohua shook his head, "All I know about Huang Mouquan more than ten years ago. After so many years, I can't remember what he looks like. You should really go find his friends in the city."

"But as far as I know, Huang Mouquan has no friends." Xu Chun said.

Kang Guohua opened his eyes in surprise.

"Huang Mouquan has been missing for half a year, and no one called the police for him." Xu Chun said: "The clues around him are really limited, so I have to come and disturb you."

Kang Guohua touched his fingers together and whispered: "How could this be?"

"Do you think it is strange that he has no friends in Dongye City?" Xu Chun asked.

Kang Guohua hesitated for a while, "Huang Mouquan is a person with a very good personality. If others treat him well, he will pay others 100%. Before we divorced, he had many friends in the county. I didn't expect... "

Xu Chun said: "Mind if I ask, did you divorce because of something?"

It was about time that the pain was healed, and Kang Guohua didn't have much sadness on her face. A few minutes later, she sighed deeply, "Because of our daughter."

Kang Guohua and Huang Muquan's daughter Huang Dongyan left their hometown at the age of 16 and went to work in Dongye City.

Dongye City is the closest big city to Hulu Town. Huang Dongyan chose Dongye not because of her proximity, but because she romantically believes that her name also has the word "Winter" in her name. This is due to her fate with Dongye City. .

But the romantic girl didn't get romance in Dongye City. She has no academic qualifications and it is not easy to find a job in a big city. She has been working diligently. At that time, housing prices in Dongye City had not soared. At the age of 20, she used her savings and 50,000 yuan supported by her parents. I bought an old house from others at a low price.

That house is No. 4 4-1 in Kanzi Nine Alley.

In the same year, Huang Dongyan was robbed after the night shift, and died in an alley three blocks away from her home after being stabbed nine times.

The murderer was quickly captured. He was an old man who had just been released from prison. He went crazy and killed because he couldn't adapt after returning to society.

The old man was sentenced to death, and he was quickly forgotten by people in that era when the Internet was underdeveloped.

But the Huang family was destroyed.

At that time, both Huang Mouquan and Kang Guohua were 40 years old, and it was difficult to have children again. Kang Guohua washed his face with tears all day, Huang Mouquan went to Dongye City many times and proposed to leave Hulu Town and go to live in Dongye City.

"Are you crazy?" Kang Guohua asked: "We have been planting fields for half a lifetime. How can we live in a big city?"

Huang Mouquan insisted on moving to Dongye, insisting on living in the old house left by his daughter, saying that this was the way he could feel his daughter's existence.

Helpless, Kang Guohua finally parted ways with Huang Mouquan.

"I don't know how he lived these years." Kang Guohua lowered his head, "but he has no friends. This is something I didn't expect."

Xu Chun came to Hulu County with Ming Shu’s order. Although the Huang family’s experience was embarrassing, he had to continue to ask: "You said that before Huang Dongyan’s accident, Huang Mouquan had a good personality and had many friends. Among my friends, did anyone come to Dongye City later?"

After talking about her daughter's experience, Kang Guohua's eyes were red.

She thought for a long time and nodded, "There are two people."

Cao Fu, 60 years old, moved his family to Dongye City 7 years ago and has opened a breakfast shop in Xicheng District.

Wang Zhong, 55 years old, his wife died of illness. Three years ago, he was taken to Dongye City by his son and daughter-in-law to enjoy his old age.

"No." Ming Shu said: "Neither of these two people can be a'professor'."

"You tell Xu Chun, you don’t have to be limited to Huang Mouquan’s old friends. Didn’t Huang Mouquan’s ex-wife say that Huang Mouquan is essentially a person who is willing to make friends, if a fellow villager appears in Huang Mouquan In front of him, Huang Mouquan should treat him with courtesy." Xiao Yuan said: "Anyone who leaves Hulu Town and lives in Dongye City, aged about 40 or 50, may be the person we are looking for."

Xu Chun and other field team members fumbled back and forth in Hulu Town, and finally handed over a list to Ming Shu.

With the addition of Cao Furen and Wangzhong, there are nine Hulu Town residents who meet the age and gender requirements and currently live in Dongye City.

On the other hand, Yi Fei inquired from Guangye Hospital that a security guard named "Hao Lu" in Jiulin Psychological Clinic came to Dongye City a few years ago and is 48 years old.

Among the nine people found by Xu Chun, Hao Lu happened to be there!

Ming Shu immediately ordered, "Find him now!"

There are many ginkgo trees in Guangye Hospital. In early autumn, some ginkgo leaves have turned yellow, and when the wind blows, they will fall down.

This was originally a rare sight, but the atmosphere at the Jiulin Psychological Clinic was quite tense.

In the security rest room, the two uncles in security uniforms looked at each other. One of them said: "Hao, something happened to Hao Lu's house. I have asked for leave long ago. I was assigned to work for him."

Yi Fei immediately asked, "Where does Hao Lu live?"

"It's here, around here..."

Hao Lu rented in the community next to the University of Medical Sciences. The one-bedroom house was cleaned extremely clean, as if he had never lived.

Ming Shu crouched in the corner, pushed open the door of the closet, and picked up a piece of mahjong inside.

"Seven tubes?" Yi Fei said, "Hao Lu has a hobby of playing mahjong?"

Ming Shu said, "Put the mahjong together and then push it down. What is it?"

"Isn't that a simple domino?" Yi Fei gritted his teeth, "Hao Lu escaped in fear of crime?"

The person in charge of logistics at Jiulin flipped through the work log and said: "Hao Lu asked for leave as soon as the medical college started. Look, September 3rd."

Ming Shu took over the work log and twisted his eyebrows.

Sha Chun was killed in the early morning of August 24, three days after the police started investigating the case, and Hao Lu quietly left in early September, and now his whereabouts are unknown.

Xu Chun has determined that Hao Lu has never been married, his parents are dead, and he has no relatives in Hulu Town.

Why did Hao Lu leave suddenly? Is it because you know that the "domino" game has failed? Or do you know that the police will find your head one day, so they ran away early?

It was undoubtedly a big blow that the suspects were finally locked down after a few moments, but the suspects left long ago.

Fang Yuanhang cursed several times, "Fuck me", Ming Shu glared at him, "You have found a breakthrough, why are you still upset?"

"It's still a step late." Fang Yuanhang shook his head, "We can be faster, now we can directly arrest him for interrogation."

"We are not one step late, but many steps late." Ming Shu actually laughed. "He fled on September 3rd. Where did we find out at that time? There is no way to stop him anytime soon."

"but……"

"But what? Is it difficult to dig out the'professor' from the Sha Chun case, or to find a missing security guard?"

Fang Yuanhang said: "Of course it is difficult to dig out the'Professor'. Tsk, he is hiding too deep!"

"It's good to know." Ming Shu patted on the shoulders of the apprentice, "Hao Lu left Jiulin on September 3, and it is hard to say that he is still not in Dongye City. You go to assist in the technical investigation of Hao Lu's whereabouts after No. 3, at that time He hasn't exposed yet, and he knows it himself, so he won't pay much attention to surveillance."

After speaking, Ming Shu saw a familiar figure.

Luo Yi.

Even in the face of a large number of police officers, Luo did not panic, nodded, and walked into his office, seemingly indifferent to what happened here.

Yi Fei walked over, "Does Luo Yi really have nothing to do with this case?"

Ming Shu was silent for a while, "I'm going to find Long Tianhao."

Long Tianhao looked at Hao Lu's photo, "This is not the person talking to me."

Ming Shu said: "Look carefully."

"Really not!" After the Sha Chun case, Long Tianhao figured it out just like Yu Xiaocheng, gave up torturing his own hands, admitted that he had no talent in e-sports, and was already looking for a job earnestly. Mingshu saved his life. He was very grateful to Mingshu. He hoped to find the person who instigated him to "Jiajiabailu", and to contribute to Mingshu, he said eagerly: "You have found the wrong person." , I am not blind, definitely not this person."

"As we judged before, when we went to see Long Tianhao, the'professor' was easy to wear and wore the clothes that scholars often wear." The investigation progress of the case has all been summarized in Xiao Yuan's place. He looked at Ming Shu: " I now have another guess-Hao Lu may have committed suicide."

Mingshu's heart was tense. "Hao Lu's early running behavior shows that he thinks the police may find him in the future. He does not want to pay for what he did. If he commits suicide, it is not for him. Are you responsible for the crime? Since you chose to die, why did you escape soon after the Sha Chun case?"

"Let's take a look at what kind of person Hao Lu is." Xiao Yuan pointed out Hao Lu's photo. The photo was a work photo provided by Jiulin Psychological Clinic, which was taken at the beginning of this year.

"In the early days of farming in Hulu Town, this is the same as Huang Mouquan. I went to Dongye City a few years ago, and the exact year is to be checked, and what I was doing before I went to Jiulin as a security guard, is also to be checked." Xiao Yuan said: "From last year, no, maybe even earlier, he started experimenting on people who are'hardworking and mediocre.' This year, the experiment succeeded once, but the second time failed because of the intervention of others. Such a lunatic, now Missing, the probability of escape and suicide is actually half and half."

Ming Shu thought for a long time, "I don't want him to commit suicide. I want him to be arrested and brought to justice."

"I hope so too, but I have to bring up the worst possible." Xiao Yuan said.

Ming Shu walked behind Xiao Yu'an and looked at the display, "What made a farmer in his early years become a ‘professor’ who experimented with human lives as soon as he arrived in Dongye City?"

Xiao Yuan suddenly asked, "Is Xu Chun still in Hulu Town?"

Ming Shu nodded, "Yes."

"Now that the technical investigation has not tracked Hao Lu's whereabouts, he may still be hiding in a corner of Dongye City, or he may have left." Xiao Yuan said: "From the perspective of the criminal, Hao Lu stayed in Dongye. City, secretly observing the progress of the police investigation, and then waiting for an opportunity is more likely. But it does not rule out another possibility-he is no longer in Dongye City. If he is not in Dongye City, then he is most likely to go. where?"

"Go home? Hao Lu is in Hulu Town?" Ming Shu said, "But it's not that Xu Chun hasn't been to Hao Lu's previous home. People have gone to the building a long time ago."

Xiao Yuan said: "Of course Hao Lu will not let others discover him. A person who has been away from his hometown for many years and encounters a difficult problem outside, would he want to go back to his hometown to take a look?"

Ming Shu substitutes himself, "I may not want to."

"You haven't reached that age." Xiao Yuan made a decision, "You go to Hulu Town yourself."

Ming Shu's eyes raised, "Me?"

"Yes, you." Xiao Yuan had a special charm when he gave the order, "Maybe I made a wrong judgment. Hao Lu is not in Hulu Town, but Hao Lu's past is worth checking. Why is he single so far? Why did he leave after Hulu Town Become so crazy? If you figure out these questions, even if you fail to find Hao Lu in Hulu Town, you will definitely be able to provide directions for follow-up investigations."

Ming Shu stood there for a while, his eyes were serious and bright, "Yes, Xiao Ju!"

After Ming Shu left, Xiao Yuan turned his gaze back to the display screen, and then called up the photo of Qin Guosheng, a suicide lecturer at the School of Pharmacy of the Medical University.

Looking closely at the facial features and facial features of these two people, there are actually many similarities.