The Book of Death by Heart Poison

"Actually, the Happy Garden case is even more pending than the current one." Meng Qiyou continued, "One is the monitoring problem, and the other is the identity of the victim. When we first received the case, we searched for the missing persons, but we couldn't find it. , Later, we did a network investigation, but there was still no result.”

Hua Chong is still thinking about surveillance.In a murder case, the identity of the victim must be determined, otherwise the follow-up investigation will not be easy to carry out, but in this case, the most critical thing is the problem of monitoring.

"If it is a person without a household registration, it will be the most troublesome." Meng Qiyou sighed, "Our Fenglan City has been implementing household registration for these years, and there are fewer black households than before, but the surrounding towns and small cities are not necessarily the same. The technical side believes that the age of the victim is between 29 and 31 years old, and the range has been narrowed to the minimum, but it is still difficult to find one age alone."

Hua Chong asked: "The Xingyue Lane case..."

"The results of the DNA comparison haven't come out yet." Meng Qiyou glanced at the time, "It's probably coming soon. If the identity of the victim cannot be determined immediately in this case, it will be even more difficult."

Criminal policemen in medium-sized cities are not as strong against stress as Hua Chong. Hua Chong smiled gently and said, "It's okay, we will overcome difficulties together."

Meng Qiyou looked at the policeman who was 10 years younger than him, his eyes paused, and he nodded for a moment, "Okay."

After returning to the City Bureau from Xingyue Lane, Liu Zhiqin went to the forensic identification center.The forensic doctor in Fenglan City has performed autopsies on the two victims, and Pei Qing is doing the autopsies herself.

The two corpses were only in the upper half, and they were placed on two dissecting tables, which looked very strange and gave people a strong visual impact.

Pei Qing was standing beside the No. 1 corpse, bending over to examine the severely damaged skull in detail.

Liu Zhiqin walked around to face him, silently looking at the two corpses.

"Judging from the fatal injuries and the tools used to commit the crime, it's hard for me to say that the murderer is the same person." Pei Qing didn't raise her head, her brows were tightly wrinkled, and her voice sounded a bit muffled because of her posture and mask, "Both victims have heads. All of them suffered heavy blows and died, but when they are subdivided, the reasons are different."

Even if Pei Qing didn't say anything, Liu Zhiqin had already noticed, "The No.2 deceased's head injury was more serious."

"That's right." Pei Qing nodded, "From the perspective of the No. 2 deceased, the crime tool is actually very clear. It was a hammer with a contact surface diameter of 3 cm. The murderer repeatedly hit the victim's head, causing the skull to collapse."

Liu Zhiqin turned to the No.1 victim, "What about her?"

"It's hard to tell what the crime tool is, but it's definitely not a hammer." Pei Qing held the victim's head and turned it slightly to the right. "The contact area is wider, and there is no sign of repeated beatings, but there are other frictions on the scalp. hurt."

Liu Zhiqin said: "Friction injury?"

"It needs a craniotomy to be sure." Pei Qing said: "This kind of injury is actually quite common. When an object falls from a high altitude and you happen to pass below it, and you are hit, similar injuries will occur."

Liu Zhiqin said: "In other words, the fatal injuries of the two are completely different."

Pei Qing said: "But falling objects are not necessarily accidents, they may also be murder. There is no residue on the head of the corpse. Before she was transferred to the water park, her head was cleaned. In this way, even if it is a falling object, I I still feel that the nature is similar to the other side.”

Liu Zhiqin was silent for a while, "One blow resulted in death, and the other was repeated blows."

Pei Qing said: "This reflects two completely different mentalities. In the latter, the murderer has a deep hatred for the victim, and the process of beating is a process of venting anger, or the murderer is not confident in himself and thinks that once or twice He couldn't kill the victim, so he hit him continuously. In the former, the murderer only needed the simple result of the death of the victim, and he didn't have the mentality of venting his anger. He was very calm throughout the whole process of committing the crime, and he knew that the victim was dead with just one blow. "

Liu Zhiqin walked a few steps, but didn't speak immediately.

Pei Qing looked at him and called, "Brother Liu?"

Liu Zhiqin stopped beside the head of corpse No. 1, "I'm thinking, this murderer seems to be too calm."

Pei Qing said, "Too calm down?"

Liu Zhiqin said: "According to your judgment just now, the murderer who killed No. 2 victim may have committed a crime of passion."

"Well, that's right." Pei Qing said: "The possibility of committing a crime of passion is not low, but judging from his behavior of throwing the body in Xingyue Lane, it may also be a planned and premeditated crime. It's just that I think this The murderer is not able to control his emotions, and his psychology at the time of committing the crime has been shown on the corpse."

Liu Zhiqin said: "The murderer who killed No. 1 victim must have been a deliberate murder, because you have already labeled him calm and thoughtful."

Pei Qing was stunned for a moment, "His goal is very clear."

"But the tools and methods he chose to commit crimes are puzzling." Liu Zhiqin said: "Simply speaking, it is a sense of mismatch in behavioral logic."

Analytical logic has always been Pei Qing's weakness. He raised his head and looked at Liu Zhiqin with some doubts.

Liu Zhiqin put his hands on both sides of the dissecting table, "hitting the head with a blunt object or deliberately hitting the head with a falling object are more common in murderers who are not so strong in psychology."

Pei Qing opened her mouth slightly.

"This kind of murderer, no matter how well-planned they are, will still feel fear when they officially commit the crime, and they will no longer be as calm as they thought." Liu Zhiqin said again: "This will cause a phenomenon—the same as beating the head. In the relevant cases, the murderer often did more than hit once."

In terms of fatal injuries, Pei Qing is obviously more professional than Liu Zhiqin, she nodded upon hearing this, "That's right."

Liu Zhiqin found a seat and sat down, "Is there any other situation that can cause this kind of injury?"

Pei Qing said: "Of course it was a purely accidental falling object. But the victim was obviously killed deliberately. The murderer not only killed her, but also chopped her in half."

"Wait a minute." Liu Zhiqin raised his right hand, "You added an unnecessary frame to yourself, now remove this frame. Since judging from the scars, it may be a simple falling object, then don't ignore this possible."

Pei Qing said, "Why do you and the flower team have such similar tone?"

Liu Zhiqin said: "I will learn from him."

Pei Qing: "..."

"What did you just say?" Liu Zhiqin said, "The murderer in the two cases may not be the same person. Apart from the head injury, what else can support this point of view?"

Pei Qing lowered her voice, "The injuries on Corpse No. 1 are relatively simple. There are some frictional injuries caused by dragging. There is no life reaction, and they were caused after death. Corpse No. 2 has obvious injuries on the arms, back, neck, chest and abdomen. Before killing the victim, the murderer had bound her with a thick hemp rope for a long time. Also, there were signs of being strangled on both sides of her lips, and there was tape residue on her face."

Liu Zhiqin said: "In order not to let her make a sound, the murderer sealed her mouth?"

Pei Qing nodded, "These injuries are not found on the No. 1 body. Another is the waist injury. The two victims were separated after death. The murderers used different tools. No. 1 used a kitchen knife and a chopping knife." Bone knives are available in ordinary households, but No. 2 uses a saw, which is less common compared to knives."

Liu Zhiqin said: "The tools are too different."

"So I don't think the case can be combined. The murderer is probably not the same person." Pei Qing said again: "By the way, there is another clue. There are sawdust left on the waist of the No. 2 corpse, which should have been left on the saw."

Liu Zhiqin said: "This is very important, let Hai Zi check it out in detail later."

Later, the results of the DNA comparison came out. Unlike two months ago, the identity of the victim was confirmed this time. His name was Yi Ming, 27 years old, from Minqian County, Fenglan City.

"Minqian County?" Hua Chong flipped through the report and noticed the victim's hometown, "Is this Minqian County the place where half-gods used to be?"

Liu Zhiqin said: "To be precise, it is Fanglong Island in Minqian County."

Hua Chong grew up in Chuanming City and lived in Los Angeles. There are many villages and towns under the two cities. The towns and the main city belong to the same family, and there is almost no difference in customs.

But in Fenglan City, the situation is quite different.Fenglan City is also considered the main city, but its ability to radiate to the towns within its jurisdiction is very poor. The counties below each have their own living habits and customs, and the customs of the islands under the jurisdiction of the county are even more different.To use an inappropriate analogy, compared with Los Angeles, Fenglan City is a mess.That's why, before the accident in the Happy Garden, not many people in Fenglan City knew the Half God.

Hua Chong said: "I was born in Minqian County, I don't know if this is a coincidence."

"The specific situation of Yi Ming is not very clear now." Liu Zhiqin said: "It is clear that no one called the police for her. The DNA records in the library are from 5 years ago-she was involved in an illegal fund-raising case when she was in college. , when the police collected her personal information."

Hua Chong asked, "Have you notified the family?"

Liu Zhiqin said: "Team Meng has already arranged people."

Currently, the police have very little information. Where Yi Ming lives, what job he does, and his relationship with others are all subject to detailed investigation.Hua Chong suddenly said: "By the way, when I learned about the case in August with Team Meng, I noticed something. I suspect that the surveillance of the water park was tampered with, but the technical investigation team here did not find out."

Liu Zhiqin raised his eyebrows, "The murderer was edited?"

"Well." Hua Chong said: "In the early morning of August 8th, the monitoring of the water park was shut down for no reason. The attendant claimed that it was shut down while he was sleepwalking. Team Meng and the others believed that the murderer could only put the corpse into the Sphinx on this day. Like. But I always feel that it is impossible for the corpse to be put in so early. The fact that the monitoring was turned off on the 24th was either an accident or someone manipulated it, and the real point was in the early morning of the 24th."

Liu Zhiqin had also seen that video, but hadn't studied it in detail.

"If my judgment is correct and the murderer did transfer the body in the early morning of the 25th, then there must be something wrong with the monitoring." Hua Chong said, turning his head, "You can call out the entire monitoring section and check it, as well as those in the water park. Equipment. These are all within your area of ​​expertise."

Liu Zhiqin smiled, "Okay, it's time to use my professional skills."

Hua Chong glanced at him, and for a moment, he sighed.

Liu Zhiqin asked: "What's the matter?"

"Fortunately, I have you." Hua Chong raised his hands and wrapped them around Liu Zhiqin's neck, "Smart boyfriend."

It will take time to investigate the monitoring problem, but before that, the Fenglan police have found out the basic information of the victim, Yi Ming.

Yi Ming was born in Fanglong Island, and moved to Minqian County with his parents when he was 7 years old.Fanglong Island's seafood stew is very famous in Minqian County, and it uses special spices from the island.Yi Ming's parents bought a shop in the central area of ​​Minqian County and opened Yijia Seafood Pot.

Due to its outstanding craftsmanship and authentic taste, Yijia Seafood Pot is very popular in Minqian County, and its business is getting bigger and bigger.But unfortunately, Yi Ming's father disappeared when she was in junior high school, and Yi Ming's mother and her natal family supported Yi Ming's mother and family, and began to decline.

At the age of 18, Yi Ming took the college entrance examination, but his grades were not satisfactory, so he failed to pass the exam in the provincial capital, and only studied a second year in Fenglan City.Yi Ming studied accounting at Fenglan University, and his grades were mediocre. After graduation, he first joined a private printing company. There were only 6 people including the boss. After 2 years, he resigned and went to another private company for e-commerce. The scale of the first private company is slightly larger than the second one, but generally speaking, they are small companies with no guarantee.

At the beginning of this year, Yi Ming resigned and has not worked since then.

She lives in the Jincui Community in the north of Fenglan City. According to the communication records, she has not contacted her family for at least 3 years.Before she was killed, she submitted a few resumes from time to time. In terms of frequency, her willingness to apply for a job was not strong.

She didn't seem to have offended anyone, and her short life seemed unremarkable. Except for her murder, the most notable thing about her was that she was once involved in pyramid schemes.

"In fact, a case in Silk City involved our Fenglan City." Meng Qiyou found the investigation records of the year, "Although Silk City is not the provincial capital, it is the most economically developed city in our province. It was 10 years earlier, and there was a lot of pyramid schemes there. , get a group of people to train, and turn around and pull one by one, selling either smuggled things or three-no products. At first, no one took care of it, but later, for some reason, it was linked to human trafficking and drug trade. Shouldn't it be rectified?"

Hua Chong has not personally been in charge of MLM-related cases.But he also assisted in the investigation in Los Angeles.On the surface, such cases are not as horrifying as serial murders, but their social impact is not small. Even for every individual in the city, the influence of pyramid schemes is greater than that of serial murders.

Meng Qiyou continued: "We are close to Silk City, and those organizations came to us to lure college students. Alas, you don't think college students are smart, but you can't stand those people's coaxing. Just Fengda University, the best university here, half More than 70 people were coaxed out during the semester. The criminals know that the students are in the school and can’t be controlled at home, and no one may find out if they disappeared for more than 10 days. Yi Ming is one of the 70 people.”

Hua Chong said: "More than 70 college students, this is a major case."

Meng Qiyou's eyelids twitched, "But it's a good thing to be rescued. I heard that there are still people missing in Silk City, but none of our Fenglan students are missing anyway."

The interrogation record from that year is still there, Hua Chong and Meng Qiyou want to take a look.

Yi Ming was 22 years old at the time, a senior in college.Except for those who are going to graduate school, the senior students basically go out for internships.Because of his good family background, Yi Ming rented a house off-campus and lived alone since the first semester of his freshman year.She said that she didn't know what MLM was before, and someone asked her if she wanted to go to Silk City to do some business. Because she hadn't found a suitable internship unit, she was anxious, so she believed the blueprint drawn by the other party and followed him to Silk City.During the intensive training period, she didn't notice anything wrong, but felt very novel.When the police rescued her from the MLM den, she had already been brainwashed to call the captured leaders teachers.

"What's wrong with making money on your own?" she asked the policewoman who was in charge of interrogating her at the time. "I can't find a job here and can't support myself. If they give me a job, what's wrong with them?"

After more than two months, with the help of the police, Yi Ming realized what a dangerous trap he had fallen into.She cried to the police, saying that she really had nowhere to go. Seeing that her graduation was imminent, other students would either go abroad or go to graduate school or find a job, but she repeatedly hit the wall because of her ability. She looked down on the lesser ones. Before being targeted by the MLM organization, she was already very panicked, and felt that no matter whether the next job was good or bad, she had to do it first.

"Your family conditions are good." The policeman said, "Even if you don't find a job for the time being, don't worry so much."

Yi Ming shook his head, "I don't want to rely on my family."

Seeing this, Hua Chong realized something was wrong.Yi Ming had rented a house off-campus with the money given by his mother early on, relying on his family, why did he suddenly want to get rid of his family when he was in his senior year? 22 years old is indeed the age when she should be independent. Many college students face employment pressure before and after graduation, and they all hope to find a job sooner. It is normal for Yi Ming to want to be independent, but she will not completely distance herself from her family.

Moreover, her mother didn't know about Yi Ming's involvement in the MLM organization, nor did she call the police. It was only after the case was solved that Yi's mother rushed to Fenglan City.

It seems that there was a crack in the relationship between Yi Ming and her family when she was in her senior year, and the crack continued to widen in the following years, so that up to now, Yi Ming has not contacted her family for three years.

Hua Chong asked: "After the MLM organization was eliminated, have there been any signs of resurgence in the past few years?"

Meng Qiyou shook his head, "We don't have any here, but I can't say if there are any nearby."

Hua Chong feels that the MLM case five years ago is worth investigating, but now it is more important to ascertain Yi Ming's experience before he was killed, so he rushes to the Jincui community where Yi Ming rents.

Recently, the cold wave has come one after another, the temperature has dropped sharply, and the city is dusty.

Hua Chong sat in the police car, looking out the car window while thinking about something.

Winter is approaching, and pedestrians walking on the road are wrapped in thick clothes, hats and masks, and their faces are almost completely covered.He wasn't used to this kind of climate, so he was distracted thinking about Liu Zhiqin's childhood.

At that time, there were no high-rise buildings in the city, and the houses were low-rise. Winter came, and Xiao Anmin was dressed like a dumpling, his face and nose were red from the cold, and he was running on the road alone, with full-score test papers in his schoolbag.Show the paper to my brother, and I can get pocket money.

Hua Chong took a long breath, heard the phone ringing, picked it up and looked at it, thinking of An Min, An Min is here.