heart poison

Compared with a few days ago, Li Liwen, who was detained in the interrogation room, seemed to be a different person.

He arched his back like a vigilant beast, his eyes hidden in the shadow of his forehead gleamed with a gloomy cold light, his handcuffed hands were grasping the edge of the table, and his nails were scratching on the table, making an unpleasant sound.

He didn't seem to know how to control his breathing. He stared at the person opposite, his shoulders rose and fell dramatically with his chest, his back molars were clenched, and his throat kept making a threatening "uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Hua Chong stared at him, as if seeing another completely strange person through his appearance that was no different from Li Liwen.

Li Liwen has always lived at the bottom of the society and has not studied much. He supports himself by working in nightclubs, which is considered self-supporting and beyond reproach.But he is greedy for petty gains, very hostile, keen to swear behind people's backs, and uses extremely dirty words.However, although Li Liwen had a dirty mouth, he was also cowardly, timid and fearful of offending others. If it wasn't for the usual knife in his bag, he would hardly have any aggressiveness.

But now this man who looks exactly like Li Liwen, even wearing Li Liwen's clothes, is the complete opposite of Li Liwen.

Li Liwen vented his hostility through complaining and cursing, smiling in front of others and ridiculing in back, but this man's hostility was expressed in silent violence.

Not long ago, a man wounded an ill-prepared officer.

Hua Chong looked at him, and he also looked at Hua Chong, his throat continued to growl, as if he was evaluating whether he had a chance of winning.If so, he might spring up like a wolf.

But how could Hua Chong give him a chance to act fiercely.

"Li Liwen." Hua Chong said coldly.

Hearing this name, the man's trembling shoulders stopped, his eyes immediately became more fierce, his nostrils on both sides puffed, his nose wings opened and closed quickly, his slightly yellowed teeth came out, and his lips moved up and down two times. The direction is separated, there are gully-like folds between the eyebrows and the bridge of the nose, and the facial features are extremely distorted, almost wrinkled together.

Would a normal person show such an expression?

Would Li Liwen have such an expression?

installed?

Not like.

Li Liwen couldn't pretend so much.What's more, people in disguise are most likely to be betrayed by their eyes, and their eyes will more or less show a bit of dodge.

But the man in front of him didn't seem to understand what dodging was at all, his eyes were extremely fierce, and he wanted to tear the person who trapped him into pieces.

Only beasts can have such eyes.

Hua Chong squinted his eyes, the corners of his eyes twitched several times, and he had an almost absurd guess in his heart.

Pulling out the armchair and sitting down, Hua Chong didn't take his eyes off the man's face, but he didn't continue calling the man's name either.

Zhang Mao, who was staring at the monitor, said, "Why doesn't the flower team talk? What's wrong with Li Liwen? He wasn't like this before. Don't eat the wrong food? Or is he acting?"

"It's not like." Xu Kan shook his head, "Whether a person is acting or not is easiest to tell by looking at his eyes. Of course, micro-expressions and body movements can also provide some reference."

"Then what's wrong with him today?" Zhang Mao was puzzled, "I didn't see him having any problems a few days ago, why did he suddenly do this? He got mad for no reason, and dared to attack the police? No normal person dares to be so presumptuous in the Criminal Investigation Detachment Bar!"

Xu Kan looked at the monitor, and after a few seconds, he murmured, "Maybe, he is no longer a normal person."

"Ah? What kind of person is not a normal person? Isn't he really crazy?"

The atmosphere in the interrogation room was extremely tense and eerie.Li Liwen was like a bomb that would explode at any moment, and the other two police officers were ready to control him as if they were facing a formidable enemy.Only Hua Chong took the time to recuperate, and even put his legs up.

During the stalemate, Li Liwen's breathing became heavier and heavier, and the sound of his fingernails scratching the table became more ear-piercing. His blood-red eyes were about to crack, and it seemed that if he stared for a while, the eyeballs would fall out of their sockets.

The policeman reminded vigilantly: "Flower team?"

Hua Chong raised his right hand, indicating not to worry.

This careless action obviously irritated Li Liwen.Li Liwen stood up abruptly, grinning his teeth, clenched his fists extremely tightly, his bluish-white joints seemed to be piercing through the thin flesh.

"Fuck, what does he want to do?" Zhang Mao shouted.

"What can he do in front of the flower team?" Xu Kan said, "Don't worry, the flower team just deliberately provoked him."

Li Liwen stared at Hua Chong condescendingly, Hua Chong raised his head slightly, the two sets of eyes met, and within two or three seconds, Li Liwen let out a furious roar.Two police officers rushed up and held him down.Hua Chong didn't stand up from the beginning to the end, until he fell on the table, and then called out again: "Li Liwen."

"You..." The man's voice was hoarse, and the voice seemed to be squeezed out of his chest instead of his throat.

Only a trapped animal can speak in this way.

In the past, Li Liwen scolded people as fast as a machine gun, and he didn't repeat the same thing within 5 minutes.The current Li Liwen seemed unable to speak at all, and squeezed out the words with difficulty, every syllable was dry and harsh, "You, let it go, him!"

"Him?" Hua Chong asked, "Which him?"

The man gritted his teeth, sweat dripped from his face, and repeated hysterically while pounding on the table: "You let him go!"

"What do you mean?" Zhang Mao was confused, "Who does Li Liwen want us to release?"

Xu Kan said, "I'm afraid it's him."

"His own?" Zhang Mao said in surprise, "This is wrong!"

"Tell me first, which one is it?" Hua Chong said unhurriedly.

"Li, Li, Wen!" Another incoherent shout.

The two police officers looked at each other, as puzzled as Zhang Mao.

Hua Chong pressed down with his right hand, "'He' is Li Liwen, then who are you?"

"Fuck!" Zhang Mao finally understood, "Li Liwen pretending to have a split personality?"

"It's not pretending." Xu Kan shook his head, "This Li Liwen may indeed not be the real Li Liwen."

"No way! How rare is a split personality? Was it hit by us?"

"We have been dealing with criminals for a long time, and the probability of encountering 'wonderful' is not low." Xu Kan seemed to be a little relieved, "Li Liwen always gave me a strange feeling. When I first met him, I still talked to him." The flower team discussed it. But at the time I didn't understand where this strange feeling came from. Now I finally have an answer."

"Li Liwen" bared his teeth, his behavior was not human-like, and his tone was very distinctive, like a beast who had just learned a few words of human language, "I did it, you let him go!"

Hua Chong frowned, "What did you do?"

"Li Liwen" panted in a very heavy voice, and irregularly, sometimes slow and sometimes sick.His lips kept opening and closing, as if he wanted to speak, but it was difficult to form words.

"What did you do?" Hua Chong continued to ask, imitating his tone, "Yin, Zi, Qiao?"

"Li Liwen" shook his head violently, slammed his fist on the table four or five times, and said hoarsely: "Xiao, Xiao!"

Hua Chong breathed out, "Xiao Chaogang?"

"Xiao, Chao Gang. Xiao Chao, Gang!" "Li Liwen" was like a child learning to speak, and made a "squeaky" sound after speaking.

The dark light flickered in Hua Chong's eyes, "That night at the guest house, you replaced Li Liwen and killed Xiao Chaogang?"

"Li Liwen" bared his teeth as if he didn't understand, and said, "You guys, let him go. Xiao, Chao Gang, I killed him!"

Zhang Mao was dumbfounded when he heard that, "Mr. Xu, what did Li Liwen just say? He killed Xiao Chaogang? Didn't he, he said last time, just cut Xiao Chaogang's arm?"

"He is an unhealthy personality split from Li Liwen, not the Li Liwen we interrogated. In the study of split personality, there are sayings that different personalities know each other's existence, and there are also sayings that they don't know each other. He may know the existence of Li Liwen, But Li Liwen doesn't necessarily know him." Xu Kan's tone was calm, but his heart was not calm.Li Liwen has been detained in the city bureau because he is related to the two cases of Yin Ziqiao's murder and Xiao Chaogang's disappearance. Xiao Chaogang.

Hua Chong rubbed his fingers unconsciously, quickly analyzing the expression and words of "Li Liwen", and suddenly felt a ray of light shine into the blind corner of logic filled with black mist.

Although the real Li Liwen has the habit of collecting and controlling knives and carries knives with him, as far as his personality is concerned, he has no courage to kill people.But "Li Liwen" did.

In the known cases of split personality, the second personality and the third personality are often smarter and stronger than the main personality, but the opposite is also the case.Obviously, "Li Liwen" is not a healthy person, he only has a human appearance, but his mind is like an animal.

But he has the ability to kill Xiao Chaogang.

During the last interrogation, Li Liwen said that after he cut Xiao Chaogang, Xiao Chaogang fled from the guest house in a hurry.However, after half a year, the monitoring records of the guest house have long been cleared, making it difficult to verify the authenticity.

What happened after Li Liwen cut Xiao Chaogang, only the person involved knew.

Maybe even the person involved didn't know, because Li Liwen might have been "replaced" at that time.

What is the opportunity for "Li Liwen" to replace Li Liwen?

Is Li Liwen in crisis and hurt?Or was Li Liwen unable to bear the pressure in his heart?

Xiao Chaogang tried to force Li Liwen in the guest house, and had been entangled for many days before that.Li Liwen was worried about losing his job, his mental state was already very negative, and he finally lost control of his mind when he was forced?

"Li Liwen" appeared at that time?And immediately killed Xiao Chaogang?

No, I can't connect.

Li Liwen had already resisted with a knife, which was equivalent to breaking the predicament himself.

Li Liwen may have lied, he did not cut Xiao Chaogang, but the sudden appearance of "Li Liwen" killed Xiao Chaogang.

But if "Li Liwen" did it in the guest house, what would happen to the corpse?How is the voice masked?

"Li Liwen" could only do it somewhere else!

Hua Chong took a deep breath and thought of another key question.

If it was indeed "Li Liwen" who killed Xiao Chaogang, then this case has nothing to do with Man Xiaocheng.

"Li Liwen" killed Xiao Chaogang only because Li Liwen was violated, or hurt. He didn't know Man Xiaocheng at all, and there was no such thing as revenge for Man Xiaocheng.

So the previous speculation is not valid?

Hua Chong looked at "Li Liwen" solemnly. "Li Liwen" kept repeating "let him go", like a trapped beast with low IQ but extremely persistent.

Realizing that communication is very difficult, Hua Chong had to slow down his speech as much as possible, "Where is Xiao Chaogang?"

"Li Liwen" stared angrily, opened his mouth for a long time, and then said: "River, side."

There is an undeveloped river dam to the east of the guest house where Li Liwen and Xiao Chao just moved in. In spring and summer, tall grass grows overgrown, and in autumn and winter, it is desolate and desolate. Because there were several accidents of drowning children a few years ago, few people usually go there.

Hua Chong immediately contacted Cao Han and told him to go to Heba to search immediately.

"Li Liwen" became more and more excited. While making a strange sound of "huhuhu", he waved his handcuffed hands and repeated mechanically: "It's me, let him go!"

Zhang Mao was horrified and had goosebumps all over his body, "Mr. Xu, what is he doing?"

Xu Kan observed for a moment, "He couldn't express himself in words, he could only tell us with body language—this is how he stabbed Xiao Chaogang to death."

"I'll go!" Zhang Mao squeezed his arm, "I now believe that Li Liwen really has a second personality. If he pretends, he can just become an actor!"

"Xu Kan!" Hua Chong came out of the interrogation room, walking quickly, and waved after calling his name.

Xu Kan immediately rushed over, "What?"

"I guess Li Liwen has symptoms of split personality."

"I see it."

Hua Chong paused for half a second, "Contact him immediately for a psychiatric appraisal. I'll go to the river dam. You also make preparations for the survey site."

??

Liu Zhiqin was already waiting by the police car, opened the driver's door, raised his hand to block Hua Chong when he got in, and then returned to his co-driver, "Based on the footprints, the murderer is a man in his fifties, normal Body shape, this is similar to the profile we made based on the tools and wounds we used to commit crimes. I have arranged for my brothers to investigate people with similar characteristics in Man Xiaoren's relationships, and I believe they will find out. What is going on with Li Liwen?"

Hua Chong started the car and gave a brief overview of Li Liwen's situation.Liu Zhiqin had already heard that Li Liwen had a mental problem when he held a meeting with everyone in the trace inspection department, and he was not particularly surprised to learn that it might be a split personality.Hearing this, he thought for a moment and said, "Then if Team Cao and the others really found Xiao Chaogang in Heba, it would prove that Li Liwen's split personality was not lying. Xiao Chaogang didn't die because of Man Xiaocheng."

"Yes, I was thinking about this just now." It happened to be the rush hour for work in the morning, and there was a lot of traffic everywhere. Police cars stopped and stopped. Hua Chong stared at the traffic ahead and said, "Last night, when we were analyzing the case, , I said that I felt like I had fallen into a 'misunderstanding of thinking', but I couldn't figure out where the mistake was. Now I seem to understand."

Liu Zhiqin turned his head, "Because of Li Liwen?"

"Because of Li Liwen and Xiao Chaogang." Hua Chong said: "In the four throat-slitting cases, the murderer of Lu Ke, Luo Xingshan, and Feng Xuemin is obviously the same person, but the murderer of Yin Ziqiao seems to be someone else. We have been relatively sure of this The four cases were committed by two murderers, the same thing is that they all chose to cut their throats. Among the homicides using sharp objects, cutting the throat is the most common, because it is the most efficient, and the people whose throats are cut have little chance of survival Yin Ziqiao's throat was cut, and there was no necessary connection with the other three. It was an independent case. But since we discovered the motive of the murderer in the "Jinlan Homeland" and discovered Man Xiaocheng, Yin Ziqiao It was strung up."

Turning ahead, Hua Chong temporarily stopped and did not continue talking.

Liu Zhiqin said: "You mean, Yin Ziqiao was deliberately strung up by us? He shouldn't be in the murderer's 'criminal network'?"

"Well." Hua Chong said: "From the fact that the murderer killed Lu Ke and Luo Xingshan because of the falling object incident, it can be seen that his thinking is extremely extreme, and he has a set of criminal logic that is difficult for ordinary people to understand. He may kill any general. A person who is pushed to the bottom of the road. We can only enter his logic, use his thoughts to guess who his next target is, and include all people who have influenced Man Xiao's adult life into his "criminal network"—— We fell into the "misunderstanding of thinking" at this link, and we never got out of it. Until I faced Li Liwen in the interrogation room just now, I kept thinking about the issues we discussed last night. From the point of view of the wound, the murderer should not It's the same person, but their purpose is the same, to avenge Man Xiaocheng. The probability of this kind of thing happening is too low, I don't believe in such a coincidence. But if the murderer is the same person, then The completely different wounds cannot be explained. We were dragged away by the murderer's criminal logic, not only connecting Yin Ziqiao's death with Man Xiaocheng, but also Xiao Chaogang's disappearance with Man Xiaocheng. But the fact now is that, It is very likely that Li Liwen's split personality killed Xiao Chaogang."

Liu Zhiqin said slowly while thinking: "Yin Ziqiao is indeed someone who has influenced Man Xiaocheng's life. The murderer has reason to kill him to avenge Man Xiaocheng. Xiao Chaogang is the same. But the people who want to kill them don't want to Man Xiaocheng took revenge, they were killed because of other things..."

"Yes! Li Liwen made a fuss just now, and I suddenly realized this problem." Hua Chong lowered the car window to breathe, and thumped his temple with his right hand, "The logic of not entering the murderer is not acceptable, but neither is entering too deeply. The murderer's revenge targets are concentrated on those related to the falling object incident, and he may not have thought of doing anything to Yin Ziqiao at all. Yin Ziqiao died at the hands of another person for another reason."

"When you put it that way, my mind seems to be clearer." Liu Zhiqin said, "The case of Yin Ziqiao is relatively close to the next three cases in terms of time, and with the technique of cutting the throat, it is indeed easy to be considered together. The murderer this time has a certain anti-social personality and extreme thinking. To understand him, you must enter his logic, but once you enter, you will be easily influenced by him. We... may indeed be led astray by him."

"First determine whether Li Liwen killed Xiao Chaogang." Hua Chong shuttled through the traffic skillfully, "After this case is over, I plan to chat with experts in criminal psychology and listen to their opinions."

Liu Zhiqin nodded, and then said: "But in this way, Yin Ziqiao's case has returned to the original point. Several rounds of investigations into his interpersonal relationship have been carried out, and there are no valuable clues."

The police car was blocked half a kilometer away from the zebra crossing. Hua Chong sighed, "Then solve the case of Lu Ke and the other three first. Man Xiaocheng is indeed innocent, but the murderer killed the three people. Also very innocent."

??

After half a day of searching, a decayed corpse was found in a gravel pit in the river dam.

Due to the serious corruption, the preliminary autopsy cannot determine the cause of death, let alone confirm the identity. An autopsy and DNA comparison must be done.

But all the police officers present knew that this could only be Xiao Chaogang.

After psychological intervention, Li Liwen had "woke up" and sat shyly on the interrogation chair, his face pale, and he bowed his head in silence.

Hua Chong asked, "What are you hiding?"

Li Liwen trembled in fear and kept shaking his head.

"That day at the guest house, you didn't just cut Xiao Chaogang."

"I didn't lie!" Li Liwen exclaimed in shock: "I really just cut him! He ran away, and I stayed in the bathroom alone to clean up the blood. I didn't do anything else!"

"Li Liwen, you know the existence of 'him'." Hua Chong said slowly.

Li Liwen opened his eyes wide in disbelief, "You, what are you talking about? Who? I know whose existence?"

"You're not sure, but you've realized that occasionally something's wrong with your body." Hua Chong looked into his eyes filled with astonishment, "I'll ask again, you cut Xiao Chaogang that night, after Xiao Chaogang left, really Is it just cleaning the blood in the bathroom?"

Li Liwen bit his lower lip, and gradually mist formed in his eyes.

Hua Chong said, "Do you want to do something to hurt yourself?"

Li Liwen didn't speak, just shook his head.

"The surveillance recorded what you did this morning." Hua Chong turned his notebook around, "Stayed in the city bureau for a long time, receiving constant inquiries, you broke down and hit the wall with your forehead."

Hua Chong's narration lagged behind, and the video had already played to the scene of "Li Liwen" madly attacking the police.

"This is not me! This is not me!" Li Liwen yelled, pulling his hair vigorously, "I can't do this kind of thing! You framed me! You gave me hallucinogenic drugs!"

"Well, 'he' is indeed not you." Hua Chong said: "But you have long been vaguely aware of the existence of 'he', haven't you?"

Li Liwen shook his head frantically.

"When you try to hurt yourself, 'he' will appear. It was this morning, and it was also in the guest house." Hua Chong paused, "At that time, you were standing in the bathroom, staring at the blood on the floor, and looking at the blood on the floor. The knife in your own hand. Fear and anger gradually make you lose control of your emotions and become desperate. Once the depression accumulated in your heart from being bullied by customers for many years breaks out, you want to kill like Xiao Chaogang who bullied you, looked down on you, and stepped on you. The people under your feet. But you can't do it!"

Li Liwen's tears were like broken beads.He hugged his thin shoulders, looking weak and helpless.

Hua Chong continued: "You like to collect controlled knives and carry knives with you. This hobby makes you feel that you are not so easy to be bullied. It is not so much your hobby as it is your drug. But even if you have a lot of knives , you are still living a life of being instigated by your guests."

Li Liwen finally cried out, depressed and angry.

"You picked up the knife that day and knew you couldn't kill Xiao Chaogang." Hua Chong said, "You knelt on the ground and wanted to kill yourself."