The Book of Death by Heart Poison

Like playgrounds in many cities, Happy Park is built on the edge of the city, with a police station nearby.However, the police force at the police station was insufficient to control the scene. The terrified tourists crowded each other and rushed to leave the water park. There was even a stampede accident, and many people were trampled and injured.When the branch and city bureau police arrived, the situation had gotten out of control.

Hua Chong turned the page backwards.

Half of the female body was taken to the sub-station for autopsy and DNA testing. It was found that her head had been hit by a blunt instrument, her skull was severely fractured, her upper body had a small number of old wounds caused by beatings, and her waist was hacked dozens of times with a machete. She had no life response. Dismembered after death.

After the corpse is decomposed, the various values ​​will change, and it is not easy to judge the time of death.And half of the female corpse was stuffed in the sculpture of the water park, which further increased the difficulty of inferring the time of death.The forensic doctor roughly believed from the corneal condition and decay that the time of his death was 3 days ago.

DNA and fingerprints were unable to identify the victim.

The local criminal police checked all the surveillance cameras in and around Happy Garden, and found no suspicious persons.Since it is not possible for ordinary people to seal a corpse into a sculpture, the police focused on investigating the staff of the water park, but have found nothing so far.

Due to the large number of witnesses and the delay in solving the case by the police, the case of the half-dead woman became more and more evil in Fenglan City. Gradually, some people spread the evil customs of Fang Longdao's past and analyzed the whole case with reason and evidence, thinking that someone wanted to create A half-god who fulfills his wish for himself.

The theory of ghosts and gods has always had a market.Soon, this statement was recognized by more and more Fenglan citizens.Minqian County and Fanglong Island were very depressed after autumn, but because of the half-dead corpse case, the depression did not go down completely.

The more Hua Chong looked at it, the more he frowned, "It is reasonable to say that this case will not go unsolved for two months."

Shen Xun asked: "What do you think?"

"The murderer's crime is probably indeed related to the half-god. Either he used the popularity of the half-god to create a sensation, or he was superstitious about the half-god as the citizens said. In short, his behavior has a sense of ritual." Hua Chongdao : "And he chose Happy Garden, which shows that he enjoys the high-profile feeling. He is a person who is willing to take risks. This kind of person is more likely to leave a loophole. Besides, the Happy Garden is closely monitored, and he is carrying half a corpse. How could it not be captured by any of the cameras?"

"But the fact is that he was indeed not captured by the camera." Shen Xun said, "There is a surveillance video in the folder, which was sent by Feng Lan. You can click it to have a look."

Hua Chong clicked the mouse.

It was the Sphinx that appeared on the screen, and the picture quality was not very clear. The time was the early morning of August 8th.

Hua Chong asked in surprise, "The monitor is facing the sculpture?"

"Yes, this is the most bizarre part of this case." Shen Xun said: "The Sphinx is not a blind spot of surveillance, it is just under the 'eyelids' of the camera, but the murderer was able to steal the body without knowing it." put in."

Hua Chong immediately said: "Impossible, all cases related to ghosts will be found to be caused by people after investigation. If nothing is captured, it means that the video has been processed."

Shen Xun said: "But the local police did not find out that the video was tampered with."

Hua Chong took a deep breath, leaned back, and said for a moment: "Let's put the video on for a while. Is the identity of the victim still uncertain after two months?"

"The conventional methods should have been used locally." Shen Xun said: "Obviously the victim is not among the missing persons in Fenglan City. There are two possibilities. One is that she lives alone without family and friends, and the other is that she came from another city. He was taken to Fenglan City by the murderer."

Hua Chong thought for a while, "What does Fenglan mean?"

"They still want to investigate on their own." Shen Xun shrugged, "The customs are different in different places, and their feelings towards our special operations team are also different. Some of them would like to report to us as soon as a difficult case arises. Some have to be reported to the point where they can’t be detected. Fenglan City belongs to the latter.”

The special operations team has the right to forcibly interfere, but Shen Xun easily does not use it.Hua Chong, as the captain of criminal investigation in Los Angeles, knows the rules.

Which local criminal police don't want to rely on their own ability to solve a murder case? Finding the murderer by relying on their superiors always feels a little bit less emotionally meaningful. Moreover, for the criminal police in many small places, the support of the special operations team is like a pair of hands. Edge sword is also like a drug. Once you try it, you will become addicted. Next time there is a case that can be solved by yourself, and you have psychological dependence, you have to ask the special operations team to deal with it. Development of local police forces.

Of course, there are also completely different examples-some policemen, especially young policemen, after seeing the level of case handling of the special operations team, will burst out with a strong desire to catch up, thus provoking the leader and becoming better and better.

But whether it is psychological dependence or spur yourself to move forward, it varies from person to person, and no one can say for sure.Therefore, the special operations team will be very careful when selecting cases.

Hua Chong did not take over the case. After leaving Shen Xun's office, he returned to the criminal investigation team. He thought Liu Zhiqin was already there waiting for him to go home, but found that the office was empty.

Liu Zhiqin is still in the information warfare team.

The images of "Galaxy" appeared on the four monitors. This vicious man was under the 24-hour surveillance of the police with no blind spots, and he couldn't make any small moves.Ordinary people are exposed to a narrow monitoring area. Over time, they will have mental problems, start to be anxious and irritable, accompanied by psychological reactions such as frequent urination and tachycardia.But "Galaxy" was locked up for several months, his body and spirit remained unchanged, he ate and fell asleep calmly, as if he used the monitoring area as his own bedroom.

On the contrary, some members of the information warfare team who had looked at the "Galaxy" through the camera a few days ago showed nervousness, anxiety and other emotions.

"You and the flower team are right, 'Galaxy' may indeed be trying to deter us." Cheng Jiucheng said: "Fortunately, we can still deal with this kind of psychological warfare. What I am more worried about is that we did not actually use 'Galaxy' to intimidate us." 'Catch them all."

Liu Zhiqin pressed his eyebrows, "Is there any fish that slipped through the net?"

Cheng Jiucheng sighed, "It's inevitable. The special police have done their best, and our information warfare team is also fully cooperating. From the current situation, it seems that we have all the information on 'Galaxy'. But no one knows, is it It’s not that we missed something from the very beginning. You see, ‘Yinhe’ is eating and sleeping soundly now, has he given up on himself and let nature take its course? Or does he still have something left behind?”

Liu Zhiqin lit a cigarette, turned his head to look at the screen, his eyelids sank slightly.

"Galaxy" was looking at the camera again, just like last time, looking at him with a weird smile on the corner of his lips.

The pupils of "Galaxy" are amber, and they look very shallow when facing the light, like a lake whose bottom can be seen at a glance.Such eyes tend to make people think of cleanliness, purity, and kindness, but what grows in the chest of "Galaxy" is an extremely dirty heart.

At least 10 years ago, "Galaxy" was active in country R. According to the statistics of country R, ​​at least 4500 people have become "Galaxy"'s trading chips. This is just the number of people involved in the organ trade. These people are being harvested for their organs All died afterwards.And there are countless victims of human trafficking. A large number of policemen in country R died in the process of chasing "Galaxy".

Liu Zhiqin stared at "Galaxy" without blinking.

He found that he could understand the calmness and calmness of "Galaxy" at this time.

This is a demon who regards human life as a commodity, killing people like hemp, and the bones and blood of innocent people have forged a seemingly bright throne.Such people are the other side of gods and Buddhas.

Gods and Buddhas have no sorrow or joy, and demons have no sorrow or joy.

Being caught by the police is naturally the biggest failure in "Galaxy's" life, but for a person without sorrow or happiness, there may be no difference between failure and success.

"Yinhe" seemed to know that someone was looking at him, so he narrowed his eyes slightly, that gaze seemed to be examining and seducing.For a moment, he even stuck out his tongue and licked his lips.

"Xiao Liu." Cheng Jiucheng pushed Liu Zhiqin.

Liu Zhiqin came to his senses, "I'm fine."

There was a bit of reproach in Cheng Jiucheng's tone, "No one else wants to look at him, but you still look at him on purpose."

Liu Zhiqin smiled, "I have a relatively strong psychological quality, just take a look at it, it won't be a big deal."

"It's fine if you don't." Cheng Jiucheng is in his 40s, he is a caring person, and he was also the number one person in the network. Over the years, he has handed over the business to his subordinates, and he has become a "father". When ulcers developed, he would go up and nag a few words.

Liu Zhiqin and Cheng Jiucheng said a few words, and when they looked up again, "Yinhe" had stopped looking at the camera.Like a ghost, he swayed lightly to the wall, facing inward and standing still, as if he could pass through the wall and enter another space.

Just now, Liu Zhiqin suddenly understood why he was caught by "Galaxy" at the first sight.

Because the eyes of "Yinhe" are somewhat similar to Hua Chong's, the pupils are bright and clear, and the end of the eyes is slightly drooping, and when looking at people, there is an invisible hook in the line of sight.

But other than that, there are no other similarities between "Galaxy" and Hua Chong.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Cheng Jiucheng: "Please come in."

The door opened from the outside, and it was Hua Chong who came.

The gloom in Liu Zhiqin's eyes dissipated, and he said with a smile, "Have you finished chatting with Shen Xun?"

Cheng Jiucheng smiled and said, "Flower team, come have a cup of tea."

Hua Chong's eyelids twitched slightly.

Why is it that no matter where he goes, someone wants to invite him to drink tea?

Cheng Jiucheng went to take the cup. As soon as Hua Chong entered the office, he saw the person on the screen, and suddenly his eyes deepened, "Is this 'Galaxy'?"

Since "Galaxy" is facing the wall, no camera can capture his face, and the one with the best angle can only capture his profile.

"Yeah." Liu Zhiqin said: "I was still staring at the camera just now, you can see it five minutes earlier."

Looking at the back of "Galaxy", Hua Chong was a little surprised.

The image of "Galaxy" has never been released to the public, and this is the first time he has seen "Galaxy".In his imagination, "Yinhe" was a tall and strong man with many injuries, but the man on the screen was a slender man, so weak that he seemed vulnerable, as if in a past life Very well protected.

Hua Chong shook his head, knowing that this was all a disguise.

Suddenly, "Galaxy" turned around sharply as if he had caught the sight of himself, and looked at the camera.

Maybe it was because of the impact of this face, or maybe it was just that "Yinhe" turned around too fast, Hua Chong's eyelashes trembled slightly, and his jaw tightened slightly.

"Galaxy" laughed again.Different from just now, this time, he laughed out loud, his mouth opened and closed as if he was talking about something.

Liu Zhiqin immediately turned on the audio, and the clear voice of a boy echoed in the office, it was a sentence in R Mandarin.

Cheng Jiucheng came back, and the cup was placed on the table.

"Cheng Dui." Liu Zhiqin said, "Come and listen to what he said."

The members of the information warfare team each have their own talents. Cheng Jiucheng is not only a master of technology, but also proficient in many foreign languages. He is often used as a translator by others.

Cheng Jiucheng listened to the recording again, "He said——who the hell keeps staring at me?"

Hua Chong: "..."

Liu Zhiqin: "..."

After saying this, "Galaxy" turned back again, motionless, as if growing together with the snow-white wall.

In the next period of time, several cases were reported to the special operations team, and the third criminal investigation team returned to the capital.Just as Shen Xun was considering which city to send the criminal investigation team to, he suddenly received a request for help from Fenglan City.

Seeing the words "Fenglan City", Shen Xun frowned.

The case of the half female corpse is really tricky. After Hua Chong left last time, he also consulted the local police in Fenglan again. The criminal investigation team leader Meng Qiyou assured that they could solve this case, and the police force of the special operations team should be used for other more urgent matters. The place.

It wasn't long before Fenglan City asked for help.Did Meng Qiyou realize that he couldn't solve it?

After reading the first half of the report, Shen Xun's eyes sank.

The reason why Fenglan City asked the special operations team for help was not because they couldn't handle the case of the half female corpse in Happy Garden, but because a similar case happened again.

Shen Xun immediately sent the report to the criminal investigation team, and then called Hua Chong.

"Flower team, get ready to go."

After a short rest, Pei Qing and the others had returned to the team, and the criminal investigation team was fully staffed and motivated.But when the pre-departure case analysis meeting was held, the atmosphere was somewhat depressing.

Because of Liu Zhiqin's relationship, Hua Chong had noticed the Fenglan City case earlier, and even came up with the idea of ​​going to Fenglan City to assist in the investigation.But in the end, due to various concerns, the idea was dismissed.

Facing the second case from Fenglan City at this time, he had to think, what if he had just brought someone there?Will there be No.2 victim?

Maybe not, maybe the killer will commit the crime anyway.Everything is unknown.The only thing that is certain is that if he had passed away long ago, he would not blame himself like he is now.

Sometimes self-blame is not justified, because objectively, it is not the responsibility of the special operations team.But some people have long been accustomed to carrying the burden on their own shoulders.

The same self-blame may also be the Fenglan City Police.

Hua Chong understood this feeling too well.In serial homicides, the police are competing with the murderer for time. In many cases, it is not a case of victory if it is solved. It is also necessary to consider saving the most lives and minimizing losses.In order to save time, the police sometimes have to take some extraordinary measures, and these extraordinary measures will put the police involved in an embarrassing situation.

Outsiders don't understand, but colleagues understand.

Hua Chong squeezed the space between his eyebrows, and turned his attention back to the case itself.

On November 11, the street police station in Ganghong District, Fenglan City received a report from a cleaner saying that a dead body was found in Xingyue Lane.

Xingyue Lane is surrounded by old houses with a lot of people coming and going. There is a vegetable market and a lot of restaurants. The overall planning is poor. The people who live in it are basically not rich and work in the low-level industries in the city.

There is a saying in Fenglan City-there are many burglars in Xingyue Lane, and if you go in, you will lose your wallet.

Xingyue Lane is full of people of all religions and ranks, so it's actually not a good place to dump corpses, because although there are few surveillance cameras and a lot of damage, no matter where they are, they are easy to be seen.

When the police arrived, they found that the dead body was placed at the dead end of the two paths, and few people would go to the dead end.

Half of the bloody female corpse stood on the ground without any clothes on. The blood-stained hair hung down from the shoulders, covering the bare chest. The hands of the corpse were opened to the sides, forming a support together with the bricks behind it. , so that the corpse will not fall down.

Just looking at the photos of the scene, Hai Zi shuddered.

This picture is really weird, with the half-naked female corpse, the aesthetically pleasing body design, the blood and internal organs flowing on the ground, the frozen fear in the female corpse's eyes, and the forced smile at the corner of her mouth.

Like some kind of cruel ritual performed by a cult.

The cleaner who found the body was an old man in his 60s. It was late in autumn, and when he cleaned to a corner, the sun had not yet risen, and there were only a few street lamps around.

After seeing the half of the female corpse, he was so frightened that he immediately fell to his knees, unable to yell out, but passed out after a long time. It was after dawn that other cleaners found him, sent him to the hospital and called the police.

Although the police arrived in time, the traces of the scene were destroyed by people living nearby.The police called up the few surveillance cameras in Xingyue Lane, and like Happy Garden, they did not find any suspicious people.

Due to air route control, the flight to Fenglan City was delayed from afternoon to evening, and continued to be delayed at night. It seemed that it might be cancelled.

The passengers were a little uneasy, but Hua Chong calmly compared the two cases.

Liu Zhiqin sat next to him.

"I didn't expect that the first time I went to Fenglan City with you was because of a case." Liu Zhiqin said softly.

He couldn't even remember the year when he returned to Fenglan City for the last time. Everything in his hometown was very blurry, like a fishing village in the morning with heavy fog.He didn't have a particularly strong urge to take Hua Chong to see, Hua Chong said he wanted to eat seafood, so he wanted to go with Hua Chong.

"The first time you and I went to Chuanming City, isn't it also because of the case?" Hua Chong raised his head from the information, his eyes were bright, and then he smiled slightly, "This may be the mission entrusted to us by our profession."