The Book of Death by Heart Poison

In the early morning, the morning reading of the Nineteenth Middle School was loud and loud, but the Jianshan Vocational High School not far away was full of chaotic shouts.

People have a lot of prejudice against vocational high schools, thinking that the students who attend vocational high schools are all poor students, who can't get into ordinary high schools, so they go to vocational high schools to learn to work.In fact, there are indeed many vocational high schools that neglect the management of students, but Jianshan Vocational High School is an alternative. It implements semi-military management of students, and its daily discipline requirements are stricter than those of key high schools.

When Hua Chong and Liu Zhiqin went to the Nineteenth Middle School yesterday, the guards just glanced at them and didn't ask them what they were doing. Today, they were stopped by some tall security guards at Jianshan Vocational High School. You are only allowed to enter if you want to.

After entering the campus, Hua Chong glanced at the surveillance at the door and said, "The perpetrator needs to observe Zhang Xu, but if he is not a teacher or student here, he may not have the opportunity to follow him closely on campus."

"He just needs to know the approximate time when Zhang Xu entered and exited the campus." Liu Zhiqin said, "Zhang Xu disappeared after a dinner party on the evening of December 12 last year. Zhang Xu's activity track on this day was slightly deviated from usual."

The students had just finished their morning jog. Some of them were lying on the ground like dead dogs, and some were walking towards the cafeteria with their waists supported.

"I can't take it anymore, I can't take it anymore!" A big male teacher passed by Hua Chong and complained to the other teacher, "I'm most afraid of training with the students. It's my turn again this month, and the weather is going to be hot soon." , how can you hold on in the future!"

"If you can't persist, you have to persevere. No matter how difficult it is, it will only take a month." Another teacher hurriedly wiped off his sweat, "Oh, it would be great if nothing happened to Zhang Xu. He always volunteers to lead students."

"He's different, he's dedicated, and he's single, with no family ties..."

"It's a pity, it's been so long since the accident, and the person hasn't been found yet, and I don't know if he's still alive."

"I don't even believe in the saying that good people are rewarded with good things."

Liu Zhiqin said softly, "Good man."

Like Wang Yuxia, Zhang Xu was a first-class good man during the preliminary investigation of the special case team in Chuanming City. During the winter vacation this year, the case made no progress, and the students he led spontaneously organized to help the police find him.

Hua Chong said, "You don't seem to believe it?"

Liu Zhiqin shook his head, "I was just thinking that every seemingly perfect person may not be perfect. The so-called perfection is just that they have not been in touch with each other at a deep level."

Hua Chong said: "People are not perfect, and on the moral level, no one may be able to withstand deep digging."

But this trip was not like yesterday's trip to the Nineteenth Middle School.

Some students pointed out Wang Yuxia's misbehavior, but Zhang Xu has nothing to blame in the mouths of all students and teachers.When they mentioned Zhang Xu, their faces were full of regret and worry, and some students even shed tears.

In Hua Chong's eyes, these reactions are not acting.It can be seen that they are sincerely sorry for Zhang Xu's experience.

As for Zhang Xu's unusual behavior before his disappearance, several teachers who had the closest relationship with him said that everything was as usual.

Last year, the special case team had already learned about the situation from the students who went to the food stall that day. Hua Chong read the transcripts and decided to meet these students in person. After all, they were the last ones to contact Zhang Xu. At present, they can only look for breakthroughs in them.

"December 12rd is my birthday, and I planned to treat everyone to dinner." Kang Shucheng clenched her fists guiltily, her brows drooping, "Teacher Zhang is like our big brother, there is no distance between us. After discussing with the classmates, they decided to invite him as well. It would be fine if, if he wasn't invited..."

Hua Chong asked, "Who chose the place?"

"I chose it." Kang Shucheng said: "But even if I don't choose, I will go there in the end. Because it is the 'base' of our class, and we go there for dinner."

"Did Teacher Zhang often go to you when you had dinner together?"

"Yes, as long as we call him and he happens to be free, he will go. Mr. Zhang is single and has nothing else to do except give us lessons."

Hua Chong stopped and looked at the map.There is a roughly isosceles triangle between the food stall, Zhang Xu's home, and Jianshan Vocational High School.From the food stall to Zhang Xu's home, one needs to pass through a demolition area and an unmonitored alley.And from Jianshan Vocational High School to Zhang Xu's home, it is a bright road.

Perhaps the perpetrator was waiting for Zhang Xu to go to the food stall. He knew Zhang Xu's life trajectory and knew that when Zhang Xu went to the food stall, it was the best time to strike.

"Teacher Zhang can't drink much, but he can usually drink a little at dinner parties." Kang Shucheng lowered his head lower and lower, "I insisted on clinking glasses with him, I'm sorry for him."

Hua Chong asked, "How much did Teacher Zhang drink that night?"

"There may be two bottles of beer in total." Kang Shucheng shook his head, "I really can't remember. I'm the birthday star, and I was drunk the most, and I was carried back by them in the end."

Hua Chong suddenly thought that Jia Bing had taken sleeping pills before he disappeared.

Is it possible that Zhang Xu was also drugged?If Zhang Xu had also taken medicine, it would not be as simple as being drunk.

But that's where the disappearance case gets tricky.

As long as no one can be found, all the inferences of the police will not be realized, and the next step of investigation cannot be carried out.

Hua Chong could only ask: "Do you still remember what Teacher Zhang told you before going back?"

"Remember." Kang Shucheng rubbed his eyes, "He left before all of us. I checked the time and it was 12:09. He told us not to drink too much alcohol and be safe. It was a very ordinary tone .”

"Then when are you going back?"

"It was after 2 o'clock for me, and the girls left earlier, and they all left at about 1 o'clock."

What Kang Shucheng said was in line with the monitoring of the food stall, and there was no contradiction in the several inquiries before and after.

When Hua Chong asked him questions, Liu Zhiqin met several other students, and their testimony was also unquestionable.

"Zhang Xu's disappearance may not have much to do with the students." Liu Zhiqin walked along the alley near the food stall to Zhang Xu's house. After half a year, the demolition area has changed drastically.

Hua Chong squatted on the ground, picked up a stone and threw it out, "After receiving the call, the police locked the area. Zhang Xu could only have encountered an accident on the way home, but the trace inspection at the time showed that there was no blood, and there was no trace of blood. No signs of a fight."

"There are a lot of people passing by here every day, and they are mixed. Even if there are traces, they are covered." Liu Zhiqin sighed rarely, "This case is indeed difficult."

Hua Chong raised his eyes and looked at Liu Zhiqin from below.

As the temperature rose, Liu Zhiqin wore less clothes, a pair of slacks, a gray shirt, and the watch as a birthday gift reflected in the sun, dazzled Hua Chong's eyes.

After a while, Hua Chong stretched out his hand, "Brother Xiaoliu, pull me up."

Liu Zhiqin opened his frowning brows, smiled, and pulled him up.

Zhang Xu's home had been searched by the police a long time ago, and Zhang Xu's parents came several times after that, tidying up the house and waiting for Zhang Xu's return.

This old house with two bedrooms and one living room is very similar to Zhang Xu's temperament, both are very simple.It is just the most common corner of the city, containing the dream of an ordinary person about home.

"Zhang Xu likes football." Liu Zhiqin pushed open the bedroom door, only to see eight star posters on the wall, team emblems and flags, and a replica of the Hercules Cup hanging in the cabinet. Most of them are students, it is not common for him to put up posters at this age."

Hua Chong also came to the bedroom, "It shows that his life is relatively monotonous and lack of social interaction. Such a person is actually hard to be resented. Could it be that he was really randomly selected?"

Because there are so few clues, the task force of Chuanming City tends to believe that the perpetrator has a huge hatred for the teacher and randomly selects the teacher who is alone.

Liu Zhiqin pinched his brows, "When I checked Wang Yuxia yesterday, I still had the feeling of seeing the dawn, but when I came to Zhang Xu, my eyes were dark again."

In the afternoon, the two came to No. [-] Middle School, where the third missing teacher, Xu Yufan, came from.Unlike the previous two missing persons, her family conditions are relatively good, and her teaching experience is not rich.

Because Xu Yufan disappeared during the winter vacation this year, the school kept emphasizing that this matter had nothing to do with the school.

"Ms. Xu is a good teacher. We were also very worried when something happened to her." The vice principal in charge of the junior high school said, "But it really has nothing to do with us. You came to investigate at the beginning of the year, and we cooperated with everything that should be done. We can’t find anyone, and there’s nothing we can do about it.”

But Xu Yufan's students cared more about the teacher.Because of her cheerful personality and outstanding appearance, she can chat with students on star chasing and animation, and she is very popular among students.

"Haven't you found Teacher Xu?" Tao Wenjun asked softly, "Is Teacher Xu dead?"

Liu Zhiqin said: "We are trying our best to find her."

Tao Wenjun looked around, his expression became a little strange, "I want to tell you a secret."

Liu Zhiqin became vigilant, "Secret?"

"The last time the police came to ask, I didn't say anything, because I was very scared." Tao Wenjun said timidly: "But I dreamed of Teacher Xu, and she was killed."

The girl's tone was too weird, Liu Zhiqin asked patiently: "Do you know who killed her?"

"It's Wang Xinxin." Tao Wenjun said, "I heard her say last year that she hates Teacher Xu and wants someone to kill her!"

Most of the students in the second grade of junior high school are under the age of 14, and they actually talk about "killing them".After Liu Zhiqin got to know her, she realized that Wang Xinxin was the domineering god-sister of the high school. She was quite "powerful" in the class. She liked a celebrity, so she "sold Amway" in the class. Xu Yufan stopped her several times, It is okay to chase stars, and the teacher will not interfere, but it cannot affect the students.Wang Xinxin felt that her self-esteem was hurt, and she confronted Xu Yufan many times, and found that Xu Yufan also had a favorite star, so she sued Xu Yufan to follow the stars in class.

The grade director also conducted a special investigation on this matter, but found no evidence of Xu Yufan chasing stars in class, so he did not deal with Xu Yufan in any way.Wang Xinxin believed that the school was covering up Xu Yufan, saying that someone outside would kill Xu Yufan.

"School violence has escalated to the teachers." Hua Chong said after listening, "Go, go meet the god-sister of the school bully."

The No. [-] Middle School ranks low in Chuanming City, and the quality of the students varies. Wang Xinxin permed her hair and put on makeup, so she didn't look like a junior high school student.

"Do you have anything to do?" She tilted her head with a disdainful expression, "First of all, Teacher Xu's business has nothing to do with me. Don't just ask me if you hear something."

Hua Chong said: "It seems that you know what we heard?"

Wang Xinxin choked, "Isn't it just that someone is gossiping, saying that I want to fuck her? I really want to, but I don't have a chance."

Hua Chong asked: "Huh? What do you mean no chance? So you don't just talk about it, you really plan to practice it?"

Wang Xinxin has been in the police station more than once because of fights, and she is at the peak of her rebellion. Even when facing a criminal policeman like Hua Chong, she is not very afraid. While playing with her nails, she said: "She insulted my brother, of course I have to give her nice."

In the words of fans, "brother" is equal to the star himself, not the elder brother in reality.Hua Chong was not familiar with the entertainment industry, so he only understood after being reminded by Liu Zhiqin.

"Then what did you do?" Hua Chong asked, "Why didn't you have a chance?"

Seeing that Hua Chong didn't know what her elder brother was, Wang Xinxin snorted contemptuously, thinking that the policeman was not very good, "I wanted to tease her last semester, but there was no holiday at that time, so it was difficult to deal with it. I hired someone during the winter vacation." , planning to visit her house. I heard that her family is quite rich, but the place she lives in is just so-so, maybe she’s showing off on purpose.”

Hua Chong heard the clue, "Did you go to block her?"

"That's right." Wang Xinxin waved her hand, "But I didn't see anyone after squatting for a few days, and then I heard that she disappeared."

Hua Chong asked: "How many days have you squatted with Xu Yufan?"

"Which days..." Wang Xinxin took out her mobile phone and stared at the calendar for a while, "Only February 2th, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 10th. I don't have that much time. I don't go every day. .”

"Where is the location?" Hua Chong found a few photos of the apartment building taken by the task force before, "Where are you usually?"

Wang Xinxin pointed to two places.

Liu Zhiqin said: "They are all blind spots of monitoring."

Wang Xinxin immediately showed a proud expression, "Of course I have to hide in the blind spot, otherwise what should I do if I am discovered? That is, I didn't do anything to her at all, and now I am talking to you so frankly. If I did something, I will definitely so--"

As she spoke, Wang Xinxin pulled her right hand around her lips, as if zipping her mouth.

The police failed to find any suspicious persons in the surveillance of No. [-] Middle School and the vicinity of the apartment building, and there is no doubt that the perpetrator must have followed and spied on Xu Yufan.

Where is he hiding?

Did you pass by Wang Xinxin?

Not letting go of any possibility, Hua Chong asked: "During the few days when you squatted with Xu Yufan, did you notice any special people?"

Wang Xinxin curled her hair with her fingers, "What is a special person?"

Hua Chong said: "He appeared around you more than once, wearing dark clothes, a hat, and maybe a mask, as if waiting for someone, but he didn't wait for anyone once. When you looked at him, you found that he also looking at you."

"Ah!" Wang Xinxin screamed with a sharp voice.

Hua Chong's eyes changed slightly, "Why, do you have an impression?"

"You are too powerful!" Wang Xinxin said, "Did you install a camera on my head? Why do you know who I saw?"

Hua Chong narrowed his eyes, "So you have indeed seen such a person?"

Probably finally found that the policeman in front of him was unusual, Wang Xinxin's attitude changed immediately, and she said seriously: "I saw him twice, the first time was No. 5, I remember it very clearly, because that day was the first time I went to squat Xu Yufan. I was smoking there, and he was not far away from me, as if waiting for someone, I didn’t move, he looked back at me several times, and I even scolded him.”

Hua Chong asked, "Why did you scold him?"

"Tell him not to just look at beauties, beauties have older brothers." Wang Xinxin scratched her hair, "He left after I finished yelling."

Hua Chong asked, "What about the second time?"

"Hmm..." Wang Xinxin thought for a long time, and finally remembered from the calendar, "It should be the 10th. I have something to do that day, and I didn't stay for too long. When I was about to leave, I saw that person coming."

Hua Chong asked, "Do you remember what he looked like?"

Wang Xinxin was happy, "Didn't you install a camera on my head? Didn't you see it clearly? Well, let me describe it to you...Actually, I didn't see it clearly either."

Hua Chong: "..."

"He is so tightly covered, with masks and hats, and so many winter clothes, how can I see clearly?" Wang Xinxin muttered.

"What about height and body shape?" Hua Chong asked again, "Can you tell by age?"

"About 1 meters, neither fat nor thin, a little lame? Anyway, I think he walks very strangely." Wang Xinxin said.

Without asking any more questions, Hua Chong put Wang Xinxin back.

This new clue is important if it is important, or it is not important.The police had long deduced that there was such a person hiding in the blind spot of surveillance, and Wang Xinxin confirmed this—provided she did not lie.

So far, the special operations team has finished understanding the situation of the four missing persons. In the past cases, the clues became clearer as they learned more about them. But this time the case was reversed.

"The most extreme case is that there is no connection between the four missing cases." Hua Chong said: "The perpetrators were four people, but it just so happened that the missing people were all teachers."

Liu Zhiqin said: "If this is the case, then from the very beginning, we made a mistake."

"But I still feel that there is some kind of connection between them." Hua Chong touched his chin, his expression more serious than usual, "If it is a case against a certain person, after a long time of digging, more or less important The clues are like the rape flower field case not long ago. However, no motive can be found in the four disappearance cases, which shows that the perpetrator is not in the missing person's network. In a small city, the theory of coincidence cannot convince me."

Liu Zhiqin was silent for a while, "Maybe we can change our thinking."

Hua Chong turned his face, "Huh?"

"Whether it's us or the Chuanming task force, we are intentionally or unintentionally looking for the same stain on the four victims. With the same stain, there will be a clear basis for joining the case, which is equivalent to finding the murderer's motive." Liu Zhi Qin said, "Actually, thinking about it the other way around, it's not that they have nothing in common, that is, they are both perfect teachers. Now we have found that Wang Yuxia has certain taints, but in the eyes of most people, she is especially popular with students. good teacher."

Hua Chong was lost in thought, and slowly said: "For a perfect teacher..."

After a while, Hua Chong rubbed his temples and changed the subject, "By the way, I wanted to ask just now, why are you so familiar with the names of celebrities?"

Liu Zhiqin raised his eyebrows, "Brother?"

Although he knew that the "brother" was not calling him, Hua Chong was in a daze for a moment, and the tips of his ears suddenly became hot.

The blush couldn't escape Liu Zhiqin's gaze, he stretched out his hand, touched the tip of Hua Chong's ear, and said with a smile, "Brother."