heart poison

After leaving the Qintai Street Police Station, Hua Chong and Liu Zhiqin immediately drove to the Municipal Bureau.

"The connection between Lu Ke and Luo Xingshan has been found, and the murderer's motive for committing the crime is now relatively clear—it must be revenge for Man Xiaocheng. But whether the murderer is Man Guojun or not, I have no way of judging for the time being." On the way The traffic jam was a bit serious, Hua Chong patted the steering wheel impatiently, "The murderer is quite extreme, and his thinking is also different from normal people. 'He' must not only want to kill Lu Ke and Luo Xingshan. And 'he' two nights Just killed two people in a row, the frequency of committing crimes is very high, and now they must have set their sights on new targets."

There was a laptop on Liu Zhiqin's lap, and three program boxes lit up on the screen——Hua Yonggui didn't know about Man Guojun's recent situation, and the police station couldn't find out, so he had to do it himself for the sake of efficiency. Without raising his voice, he said, "The murderer is targeting people who should not be responsible for Man Xiaocheng's death."

"That's right!" The police car moved forward quickly, and Hua Chong said, "From the murderer's point of view, if Lu Ke didn't let Man Xiaocheng send him into the community, and if Luo Xingshan didn't delay the ten minutes, nothing would happen to Man Xiaocheng. Man Xiaocheng died in great pain. Developers, property management companies, and even building materials companies all assumed the corresponding compensation and pension responsibilities, but other people who pushed Man Xiaocheng to death are still alive and sound. , the police station even tried every means to protect them. Why? The murderer must think, don’t these people have to be responsible for Man Xiaocheng’s death? There is no responsibility in laws and regulations, and there is no responsibility in moral and human relations? One life pays another life , they must pay with their lives!"

Liu Zhiqin stopped typing on the keyboard, turned to look at Hua Chong, and reminded in a warm voice: "When driving, don't be immersed in the murderer's mind."

It was only then that Hua Chong realized that he was holding the steering wheel too hard, his knuckles were turning white, veins were showing on the back of his hands, and his expression might be a bit hideous.

It's always been like this before, and it's always been like this, as soon as you start a criminal analysis, you can't help but throw yourself into the role of the suspect.

But it seems that he has never been reminded like this, at least not by Liu Zhiqin who cannot be refuted.

Liu Zhiqin had actually expressed a similar meaning in the past, but he definitely didn't have a commanding tone, asking him to "do" or "don't".

It sounded like Liu Zhiqin was telling him - no.

Hua Chong seemed to have a weak electricity in his mind, temporarily put down the case, slid forward along the traffic, and asked himself: Was I ordered just now?Have you been asked?Have you been restrained?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but glance to the right.

Liu Zhiqin met his gaze, "Huh?"

"It's nothing." He shook his head, looked ahead, left his right hand free, and stroked his chin pretending not to care.

Liu Zhiqin didn't turn back, his substantive eyes remained on his face.

He felt that his right cheek felt a little hot, as if it was being scorched by fire.

Just as he was about to raise his hand to help Liu Zhiqin turn his face away, and then said, "Do your thing seriously, look at the computer, don't look at me", when Liu Zhiqin said: "Flower team, is there anyone in your co-driver with you?" You said that you are handsome in this move?"

Hua Chong's unstretched hand stopped, maintaining the posture of touching his chin, but this posture was maintained a little stiffly.

"Yes, that's the action." Liu Zhiqin smiled, "When driving, while thinking, subconsciously touch his chin."

Hua Chong quickly put down his hand, the corners of his lips couldn't stop rising, a smile appeared from the corners of his slightly drooping eyes, like a ray of light, and he said insincerely: "What's so handsome? Touching your chin while driving is against traffic rules, and you're not handsome?"

"Which traffic rule says you can't touch your chin while driving?" Liu Zhiqin leaned forward and moved closer.

Hua Chong was actually questioned.

He has driven chariots in the special police detachment, and he has driven sturdy military vehicles in the Northwest. He has excellent driving skills and is familiar with some common traffic rules, but he really doesn't know whether "can you touch your chin while driving?"

"The driver touching his chin is a distraction and may cause an accident." Liu Zhiqin said softly, "If caught, he will be fined 200 yuan and deducted 4 points."

Hua Chong "tsk tsk" twice, "I believe in your evil. Continue to make up."

"The driver can't distract himself from touching his chin." Liu Zhiqin stretched out his right hand as he said, and quickly wiped Hua Chong's chin while the road ahead was good.

Hua Chong: "..."

"But when the driver particularly wants to touch his chin, the co-pilot can help the driver touch his chin." Liu Zhiqin said.

Hua Chong was distracted for a moment, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, then he raised his right hand, grabbed Liu Zhiqin's nape, and hurriedly regained his momentum, "For harassing the driver, 12 points will be deducted, 600 yuan will be fined, and you will learn again! "

Liu Zhiqin pretended to be shocked, "Which traffic regulation is this?"

"I set the rules of engagement." Hua Chong withdrew his hand, not giving Liu Zhiqin a chance to refute, and said seriously: "Stop making trouble, brother Liu, time is running out, what did you say just now?"

Liu Zhiqin slid the car window halfway down, squinted his eyes in the cold wind, and said after about ten seconds, "Just now I was analyzing the murderer's motive and the next target."

Hua Chong's face darkened slightly, "The murderer has posed a problem for us."

"Yeah." Liu Zhiqin nodded, feeling cold, and closed the car window again, "Lu Ke and Luo Xingshan have already been killed, and we deduced the question backwards from the answer, and only then did we understand the murderer's motive. The murderer's thinking It's extreme and unbelievable. From the perspective of 'him', it's too difficult to guess who 'his' next target is. Although 'his' hatred for Lu Ke and Luo Xingshan is logically valid, but The logic of "him" is actually very absurd, and the radiating surface is also very wide. According to the logic of "him", the number of people who caused Man Xiaocheng's death was not one thousand, but eight hundred! Lu accepted Man Xiaocheng's kindness, which led to Man Xiaocheng's death. Death, Luo Xingshan wasted time, resulting in Man Xiaocheng's death. The destination of the previous guest was near the Municipal Maternal and Child Health Hospital. After Man Xiaocheng delivered the guest, he turned around and picked up Lu Ke. Did this guest also Damn? Of course, if the guests don’t go to the Municipal Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Man Xiaocheng will not drive there, and will not meet Lu Ke. Pushing further, Man Xiaocheng has an umbrella in the car. If there is no such umbrella Man Xiaocheng won’t die if he doesn’t send Lu Ke off. Who gave this umbrella to Man Xiaocheng? Does this person deserve to die? Yes. Also, Lu Ke once told Hua Yonggui that she The reason why I didn’t take the bus but chose to take a taxi was because I met a difficult patient and felt very tired. Should this patient deserve to die? From the murderer’s point of view, of course he deserves to die.”

"This is a logical black hole, and every 'reason' in it is a 'false reason'." Hua Chong said: "But for the people in it, it is a 'correct reason'. The more you think about it, you will fall into it." The deeper you go, the easier it is to be persuaded. The murderer thinks that what he is doing now is reasonable, 'he' is completely convinced by himself, and the pleasure of revenge brought by the murder drives 'he' to continue to commit crimes, others and Man Xiaocheng Any slight connection between them may become the basis for 'him' to act."

Liu Zhiqin curled his index finger and pressed it against his forehead, "Man Guojun must be found as soon as possible—whether he is the murderer or not."

"Man Guojun is a key person. Man Xiaocheng is not married, and his mother Xiang Yunfang has passed away. If you want to talk about the motive of committing the crime, Man Guojun is the most motivated person." Hua Chong turned at the traffic light, "If he is not the murderer, If you find him, you may also get some important clues."

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Back at the Municipal Bureau, Hua Chong immediately called the members of the Serious Crime Team and the Forensic Medicine Division to the conference room, and briefed him on what he had learned at the "Jinlan Garden" and the Qintai Street Police Station.

Zhang Mao was speechless, "This... this... If revenge for Man Xiaocheng is the murderer's motive, then 'he' is too perverted? Is he a lunatic? Now that there is a clear division of responsibility for the accident,' he "Why don't you go to the developer? Don't you go to the property? What's the point of killing Lu Ke and Luo Xingshan? On a rainy night, the glass that was found to be faulty fell from a high altitude and killed pedestrians passing by. This is a typical natural and man-made disaster." Ah! Natural disasters aside, man-made disasters are clearly caused by the inaction of the three parties. What does it have to do with Lu Ke and Luo Xingshan? They did nothing wrong. Although Luo Xingshan is a little bit rude, he still acts in accordance with the rules and regulations.'He' Is there any reason to kill them?"

"For a serial killer, the 'reason' only needs to be persuaded by himself, not for others to understand." Hua Chong glanced across the conference room, his tone suddenly changed, "But we must try our best to 'understand', because if we can't stand Think from the perspective of 'him', before 'him' strikes again, start from 'him' thinking, and draw up 'his' goals, then someone will definitely be killed. Now I ask you to come to this meeting, I just want everyone to brainstorm and analyze the murderer's psychology. Zhang Mao is right, 'he' is a pervert, a lunatic, 'he' chose Lu Ke and Luo Xingshan, what is the reason? It is because 'he' thinks he The two were related to Man Xiaocheng's death, but they were not punished. Why didn't 'he' find the people who were really responsible? First, because those people had already paid the price, and second, 'he' was temporarily unable to do anything to them .”

Xu Kan frowned, "This kind of analysis is not easy. The murderer knows Man Xiaocheng far more than we do. 'He' is familiar with the people and things around him, and he only started to take revenge five years later. Years to lock the target, we may only be able to run after 'him'."

Hua Chong put down his pen with a "snap", "Then start with the taxi company that Man Xiaocheng worked for."

"Taxi company?" Zhang Mao asked, "Flower Team, why do you know that the murderer's next target is the taxi company?"

"I'm not sure." Hua Chong shook his head, "but the trajectory of an ordinary person's life is nothing more than family and work unit. It's not clear who the murderer's next target is, and it's very random. But he has the most contact with Man Xiaocheng Apart from family members, it must be colleagues..."

Speaking of this, Hua Chong paused suddenly, rubbed the center of his brows, and corrected: "No, there is still a hospital. Xiang Yunfang lived in the Fourth Hospital back then, and the Fourth Hospital should investigate in detail. My personal judgment is that the murderer is now staring at the hospital. The people involved were either Man Xiaocheng's former colleagues, or the medical staff that Man Xiaocheng had contacted in the fourth hospital. According to the murderer's logic, any small thing these people do may cause Man Xiaocheng to appear in the "Jinlan Home" ' under the glass hall."

"Butterfly effect?" Xu Kan said.

"No." Hua Chong shook his head, "It's a distorted killer theory."

"What about Man Guojun?" Xu Kan asked again: "Our current search method is not much different from finding a needle in a haystack. If we can find Man Guojun..."

Before the words were finished, the door of the conference room was pushed open.

Liu Zhiqin strode in, bent down and leaned into Hua Chong's ear, and said, "I found Man Guojun. He hasn't left Los Angeles, and he's currently living in a nursing home."

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Man Guojun is only 62 years old this year, but he has already moved into a high-end nursing home in Mingluo District two years ago.

The nursing home is built by the lake, the greenery is comparable to a forest park, the supporting facilities are first-class, and the cost of living in is ridiculously high. The elderly who can live in are from quite well-off families.

Man Guojun hasn't had a decent job for a long time. When he was in Wenming Town, he made some money by showing people the game hall, video hall, and billiard room. All the money is negligible, and it is okay to barely make ends meet. Living in a high-end nursing home is something that I dare not even think about.

But the only son, Man Xiaocheng, died tragically in an accident involving falling objects from a height. The community paid him a huge sum of money, which can be called "astronomical figures", and promised to bear all the treatment and nursing expenses of his wife, Xiang Yunfang.Overnight, he has the capital to enjoy a comfortable life.

"This nursing home pays great attention to protecting the privacy of its customers. For wealthy elderly people, it is like a paradise." After completing a series of negotiations at the reception desk of the nursing home, Liu Zhiqin turned to Hua Chong and said, "I found out that Manchurian Jun lived in the year before last, that is, the year Xiang Yunfang died. No wonder Hua Yonggui didn't know his whereabouts, and thought he had gone back to Wenming Town."

"He is handsome." Leaving the reception, Hua Chong opened the door of the police car, "After Man Xiaocheng passed away, Man Guojun didn't pay a penny for Xiang Yunfang's illness, but now he spends money on Xiang Yunfang's funeral Li and Man Xiaocheng's compensation are here to 'spend their old age in peace'. Get in the car and meet him."

Starting from the reception, the police car drove along the quiet tree-lined path for more than ten minutes before stopping in front of a small white western-style building.

In the garden in front of the small building, a white-haired man was watering the flowers and plants in the garden with a watering can. When he heard the noise, he immediately looked towards the path outside the garden.

It was Man Guojun.

His complexion looked much better than in the photo, and he was dressed in a bit of luxury, as if he was living quite comfortably.

Hua Chong got out of the car and planned to chat with him here, but seeing his idle appearance, he suddenly changed his mind and "invited" him to the inquiry room of the Municipal Bureau.

Man Guojun was at a loss, turning his eyes from side to side with unclear eyes, looking extremely disturbed, "What do you mean? Why arrest me as an old man?"

Liu Zhiqin was getting the surveillance video of the nursing home and its surroundings, so Hua Chong skipped the question of "where were you when the incident happened" and asked, "What about the murder of Lu Ke and Luo Xingshan? Did you say it?"

Hearing this, Man Guojun seemed even more at a loss, moved his lips a few times before asking: "Does this have anything to do with me?"

Hua Chong leaned closer, "Do you remember these two people?"

Man Guojun shook his head, "I don't know them."

Hua Chong put out two photos and pushed them in front of Man Guojun, "Five years ago, when Man Xiaocheng had an accident, one of them lived in 'Jinlan Home' and the other worked as a security guard in 'Jinlan Home'. Do you remember? "

Man Guojun frowned deeply, stared at the photo for a long time, and murmured: "It's them..."

"You've seen them." Hua Chong said in a slow tone, "Where is it? The police station or the 'Jinlan Homeland'?"

Man Guojun raised his head in confusion, and put his finger on Lu Ke's photo, "My son was hit by the glass because he was taking her home."

"Who told you that?"

"I heard it at the police station." Man Guojun's fingers trembled, "She, she said it herself."

"Then do you hate her?" Hua Chong asked, "Since you know that Man Xiaocheng's accident happened because he sent her home, you should also know that they were stopped by security guard Luo Xingshan for more than ten minutes when they entered the community."

Man Guojun nodded slowly, he didn't know whether he ignored the previous question intentionally or unintentionally, and said in a low voice, "I know, I know."

Hua Chong looked into his eyes and repeated: "Then do you hate them?"

The wrinkles on Man Guojun's face twitched, "I hate what they do?"

Hua Chong followed the murderer's theory and said: "Their actions indirectly killed your son Man Xiaocheng."

Man Guojun looked confused, and paused for about half a minute before saying, "But it wasn't their fault that the glass fell. That piece of glass came from a public area, besides, besides..."

"Besides, you have already received a sum of compensation." Hua Chong helped him finish, "In your heart, this matter has been satisfactorily resolved?"

Man Guojun seemed a little embarrassed, his eyelids were drooping, and his eyes kept sweeping down, "He has already gone, what else can I do except to fight for some compensation? I hate Lu Ke and this security guard, can Xiaocheng come back to life?" ? He's gone."

Hua Chong leaned back in the chair, folded his arms, and still stared at Man Guojun, but there was a trace of doubt in his heart.

Man Guojun's reaction was slightly unexpected, but the deviation was not obvious, and for a while, he couldn't judge what was wrong.

"You arrested me today because you suspect that I killed those two people?" Man Guojun pulled the corners of his lips, squeezed out an ugly smile, shook his head and said, "As soon as I am old, even if I really have something in my heart Hate, also has no ability to kill."

In terms of the ability to kill, there is no shortage of Man Guojun, there is no doubt about this.What Hua Chong is more concerned about is that he doesn't seem to have a particularly strong desire for revenge.

But besides him, who else would be so crazy to kill for Man Xiaocheng?

Hua Chong felt that there was a thick fog in front of his eyes. One layer was blown away, and another layer was added, layer upon layer to wrap the truth in it.

As long as you have patience, you can undoubtedly find the truth, but this case cannot be delayed.

Hua Chong quickly changed his mind and asked again: "Your family used to live in Wenming Town, because your wife Xiang Yunfang was found to be seriously ill and had to go to Los Angeles for medical treatment?"

Man Guojun raised his hand and touched his forehead, but he didn't meet Hua Chong's eyes, "That's right."

"Is it? Is there another reason?"

"We..." Man Guojun seemed reluctant to talk about the past, moved on the seat for a while, and realized that this is the Municipal Bureau, so he had no choice but to say, "We have to leave Wenming Town sooner or later."

Hua Chong intuitively felt that this matter was related to Man Xiaocheng, "Why?"

Man Guojun began to scratch his neck and the back of his head frequently, "Xiaocheng wanted to find a job in the main city, saying that there are more job opportunities in the main city than in Wenming Town, and it is more fair."

It's normal for young people who grew up in small towns to yearn for big cities, but what is the reason why Man Guojun can't tell?

Hua Chong sorted out his thoughts calmly, and tentatively said: "Compared with Wenming Town, the main city does have more room for development. But you don't seem to want Man Xiaocheng to come to the main city?"

Man Guojun shook his head quickly, "Why do I not want to, he is such a big man, how can I still control him?"

"But what you showed just now is the emotion of 'unwillingness'." Hua Chong said leisurely.

Man Guojun was dumb, "No, nothing!"

"Before your family came to Los Angeles, something happened." Hua Chong said, "Because of this incident, you had to leave Wenming Town?"

The inquiry room fell silent, Man Guojun lowered his head, his eyes rolled quickly, and Hua Chongqian's fingernails struck the edge of the table, making a sound like a precise second hand.

Man Guojun took a deep breath and said, "Xiaocheng went to college and studied in a teacher's school. When he just graduated, he worked as a teacher in the town, teaching, teaching mathematics."

Hua Chong stared, "Mathematics teacher? Then why did you leave your job to become a taxi driver?"

The general educational level of taxi drivers is not high, which is an objective industry status quo, and of course there are also special circumstances.But special circumstances mean that there are special reasons behind it.It is not news that laid-off workers try hard to re-employ and become "brothers" after obtaining a driver's license, but it is news that corporate executives give up their enviable jobs and become taxi drivers.Teachers' salaries may not be as high as corporate executives, but the social status of people's teachers is not low.What is the reason for a person who has received a higher education and worked as a teacher to suddenly leave his job and rent a car?

"Being a teacher is hard work, especially middle school teachers." Man Guojun's reasons were clearly unconvincing, and he seemed to know this himself, so he kept staring down at the table.

Hua Chong wrote down this suspicious point in his heart, "How many years have you lived in Los Angeles?"

"Seven years." Man Guojun answered simply this time.

"In other words, Man Xiaocheng has been running a taxi in Los Angeles for two years?"

"No, when he first came to Los Angeles, he worked in a company. It was later that he drove a taxi."

Hua Chong asked, "What company?"

"I don't know." Man Guojun said bluntly, "He never talks to me about work."

"According to what you mean, the relationship between your father and son is relatively ordinary?"

Man Guojun first leaned forward, then quickly retracted, his brows furrowed and then loosened, as if he didn't know how to answer this question.

Hua Chong's small movements in seconds fell into Hua Chong's eyes, and he immediately had an explanation - his first reaction was to deny, and his second reaction was that he should not deny it.

Why are there such contradictory reactions?Hua Chong half-closed his eyes and pondered seriously.

"He is closer to his mother." Man Guojun said, "Aren't all sons closer to their mother?"

There was a "rustling" sound from the earphones, Hua Chong stood up, walked to the door, and said in a low voice, "What did you find?"

"When Lu Ke and Luo Xingshan were killed, Man Guojun was not in the nursing home." Liu Zhiqin said: "In the past month, surveillance cameras have captured that Man Guojun left the nursing home six times in the afternoon and did not return all night until the next morning. Just went back to the nursing home."

"Not coming home all night?"

"Hmm! Not coming back all night!" Liu Zhiqin hesitated for a moment, and said, "I'm actually a little surprised. Before seeing these surveillance cameras, I always felt that although Man Guojun had a motive for committing the crime, the criminal profile he did with us There is a gap, he doesn’t look like a person who would avenge his son. But the monitoring overturned some of my ideas, why does he stay away all night as a lonely old man living in a nursing home? There is no way to explain it.”

Hua Chong turned his head and met Shangman Guojun's eyes.

At that moment, he suddenly felt as if he had caught something.

Man Guojun quickly averted his eyes, hunched his shoulders, and looked uneasy but uneasy.

Hua Chong returned to his seat, his voice was a little cold, "Where did you go after you left the nursing home alone?"

"Huh?" Man Guojun seemed not to understand the question at all, "Where did what go?"

Hua Chong took off the earphones and threw them on the table, "Don't do this with me. You have lived in that nursing home for two years, don't you know that the monitoring facilities in the hospital are perfect? No home, what is the reason?"

Only then did Man Guojun change his face.

"The night before yesterday, the night before last, where were you?"

Man Guojun kept silent.

Hua Chongdao: "Are you going to avenge Man Xiaocheng?"

"No." Man Guojun's loose facial skin suddenly began to tremble, and his voice trembled, "I'm just going out for a walk."

"Can you walk all night when you go out? You just said that you are an old man with no ability to kill. But you have the ability to 'walk' all night?"

Man Guojun said: "I did not kill anyone. I have already received the compensation I deserve. I am living a good life now and I will not kill people! Don't wrong good people!"

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Leaving the inquiry room, Hua Chong immediately rushed to the technical investigation team, "Let me monitor it!"

Liu Zhiqin took a step back, "The current situation is that Man Guojun has both the time and the motive for committing the crime. He has not been found in other public surveillance yet."

Hua Chong quickly dragged the time bar, and ordered while watching, "Man Guojun revealed something. Before coming to Los Angeles, Man Xiaocheng was a math teacher in a middle school in Wenming Town. Why did Xiaocheng resign, go and find out, I suspect that something happened to Man Xiaocheng in Wenming Town. Also, Man Xiaocheng worked in a company in Los Angeles, let's see which company it is."

He spoke quickly, and the members of the technical investigation team at the side didn't understand, but Liu Zhiqin nodded and said, "I'll start right away."

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps on the corridor, and Zhang Mao slammed on the door, "Flower team! Brother Nian and the others just got the news from Qiongyu Taxi Company that there was a 'brother' named Feng Xuemin yesterday. There was a car accident, and I was supposed to report to the company today, but I have been unable to contact her, and I suspect she is missing!"