heart poison

The name of Danzhuan Street has a smell of books, but it is the most "stinky" place in the whole Los Angeles.Many people who have lived in Los Angeles for decades will cover their mouths and noses reflexively when they hear the words "Danzhuan Street".

Because there is the largest garbage disposal site in Los Angeles.

However, people's discoloration after hearing "Danzhuan Street" is not only because of the stinking garbage disposal site.

More than ten years ago, there were several gangs involved in Los Angeles, and they were constantly fighting each other.Once a life is lost, the victim's body will probably be thrown in the garbage disposal site.In those years, cleaners often found dead bodies in garbage trucks, even dismembered bodies.

For a time, Danzhuan Street became synonymous with "cemetery" and "ghost street".

Adults do not allow children to go to Danzhuan Street, but most children are very curious, and the more they are prevented, the more they want to go.As soon as the courageous ones heard that a body had been dug up in Danzhuan Street, they secretly went to "explore" and showed off to their partners triumphantly when they came back.After going back and forth, it became a paradise for the "brave". Some of the "braves" became gangsters after they entered junior high school, gathering and fighting in Danzhuan Street all day long.A junior high school student was beaten to death by his peers with a steel pipe in a garbage dump, and the body was thrown beside the garbage can where the sewage was flowing...

All in all, in the eyes of Luo City residents, Danzhuan Street is a place where filth is hidden.

In the past ten years, especially after the mob gangs were cleared, although middle school students continued to fight repeatedly, the cleaners did not find any dead bodies on Danzhuan Street.

So when the old employee Yuan Shu saw a pale arm sticking out in the abandoned sewage treatment ditch, he even thought that time had flowed back to when he was just a cleaner.

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Dazzling searchlights illuminated the night sky, police sirens roared, trace inspectors and forensic doctors passed through the cordon and quickly ran to the corpse site.

The victim was dressed thinly, wearing only a black hooded jacket and a pair of dark gray cotton sweatpants in the winter.The sleeves of the sweater were rolled up to the elbows, and the whole person was crawling in the sewage treatment ditch full of solid waste.

Fortunately, there is no sewage in the sewage treatment ditch, otherwise the important traces left on the deceased may be eroded and destroyed.

Liu Zhiqin got out of the police car, put on a mask and gloves, squatted by the side of the ditch, and watched the trace inspector do the on-site inspection.

He frowned deeply, and his eyes seemed to be filled with a heavy night.

After receiving the police, he rushed over directly from the provincial office, made a phone call with Hua Chong on the way, and learned a lot about what Hua Chong had investigated in Chuncheng.

Hua Chong was very noisy, Zhao Fan and Le Ran didn't know what they were arguing about.Shen Xun only said that Leran went to Chuncheng to meet Hua Chong, but he didn't expect that even Zhaofan would go.

With Zhaofan around, he felt at ease, but at the same time worried.

What is rest assured is that Zhaofan has outstanding abilities, and protecting Hua Chong will not be a problem.What worries me is that Zhao Fan talks too much nonsense, and his ability to cause trouble is first-rate.

Hua Chong's voice was light, but he could tell that it was deliberately put on by Hua Chong, probably to reassure him.

Running all the way, working hard for days, it is impossible not to get tired.

And Hua Chong got used to changing his voice when he was tired, as if his tone was lighter, and he would not be tired anymore.

Liu Zhiqin sighed and came back to his senses.

Soon, the deceased was removed from the ditch by the trace inspectors and placed on the ground in a face-up posture. There seemed to be no obvious wounds on his body, but his head was strangely turned to one side.

Looking at his distorted face under the strong light, Liu Zhiqin suddenly had a feeling of déjà vu.

Have you seen it somewhere?

Is it an acquaintance?

Xu Kan carefully supported the dead man's head, stood up after the preliminary examination, and raised his hand to Liu Zhiqin, "Brother Xiao Liu, come here."

Liu Zhiqin and Xu Kan walked together to an empty place and asked, "Who is the fatal injury?"

"His cervical spine was violently twisted." Xu Kan said softly, "It was completely broken, and the carotid artery was also severely damaged."

Liu Zhiqin's pupils tightened, "Broken?"

"Yes, twisted off." Xu Kan's eyes showed worry, "From the perspective of force, he should be controlled from behind, and then twisted counterclockwise."

Liu Zhiqin's back shivered, and he looked at the corpse that was whitened by the light again.

In fact, when he saw the dead man's head just now, he knew that the fatal injury must be in the neck.It is likely that the deceased was fractured by a blunt force blow to the cervical spine, and the carotid artery was also injured, resulting in death.

But the cervical spine was twisted directly - the common plot in this movie is very rare in reality.Without professional training, it is impossible for ordinary people to twist the cervical spine of an adult man casually.Strength and skill are indispensable, and the people who can do it are very few people.

"Judging from the scars on the face and neck of the deceased, the murderer's tactics were straightforward." Xu Kan said: "The deceased couldn't even struggle, and his neck was twisted almost instantly."

Liu Zhiqin's chest was overwhelmed, and he said calmly: "Okay, I understand."

Xu Kan was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "Even if it is a member of the special police detachment, not everyone can break a person's neck so neatly."

Liu Zhiqin nodded, his expression became more serious.

Xu Kan came to this conclusion from a medical point of view, but his starting point was his previous training.

Now among the members of the special police detachment of the Los Angeles City Bureau, there are indeed very few people who can twist the cervical spine of an adult man with their bare hands.This is too difficult.

"Fuck!" Suddenly, a broken roar came.Liu Zhiqin looked at Xunsheng and found that it was Zhang Mao who made the sound.

"Fuck! Isn't this person, Chen Chen?" Zhang Mao's eyes widened, "Why did he die!"

Liu Zhiqin's scalp tightened, and he hurried over.

Death changes a person's face slightly.What you looked like when you were alive is not necessarily what you looked like when you were alive when you lie in the funeral home after death.Some people have changed little, which can be seen at a glance; some people have changed so much that even the family members who live together day and night are quite strange.

Liu Zhiqin understood what happened to the familiarity just now.

This young man with a broken cervical vertebra seems to be Chen Chen!

Zhang Mao broke out in cold sweat, his voice trembling, "But who will kill him? Why did he die suddenly?"

"I'll go back and do a detailed autopsy and DNA comparison." Xu Kan said, "I've searched for the deceased just now, but there is no identity document."

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The serious crime team entered the state of working overtime again all night. The forensic department has not yet confirmed the identity of the victim, but Liu Zhiqin stared at the display screen, and already had the answer in his heart.

What is being played on the screen is the clip of Xiao Chengxin's car being followed by a motorcycle.After refined processing, the motorcycle rider's clothes are relatively clear.

He was wearing a black hooded jacket and dark gray sweatpants - exactly like the deceased.

In another video, a young man is wearing a dark blue coat sitting in a steamed vegetable restaurant, and the lower body is still wearing the same pair of dark gray sweatpants.

Guo Shu was sure that the person who appeared in the steamed vegetable restaurant was Chen Chen; the person who followed Xiao Chengxin the night before yesterday was most likely Chen Chen; the person who is being dissected now is almost definitely Chen Chen.

Liu Zhiqin let out a heavy breath, covered his head with his hands, and closed his eyes tightly.

Not long ago, he and Hua Chong had analyzed that Chen Chen might have been recruited by a terrorist organization, and he was one of the murderers in the major case in Wutong Community.But now, Chen Chen died suddenly.

It really was an extremely sudden and unexpected death.

So what about Xiao Chengxin?

Chen Chen followed Xiao Chengxin late at night, Xiao Chengxin disappeared, and Chen Chen's cervical vertebra was twisted.Who killed Chen Chen?Where is Xiao Chengxin?

"Brother Xiaoliu!" Zhang Mao rushed in with the autopsy report, "It's really Chen Chen, DNA comparison confirmed it!"

Liu Zhiqin took the autopsy report and turned to the page where the time of death was written, "From 4:5 to [-]:[-] in the morning yesterday."

Zhang Mao said anxiously: "Team Xiao was followed by him the night before yesterday, but he was killed in the early hours of yesterday. What's going on? I really can't figure it out!"

Liu Zhiqin shook his head and continued to read the report.

Not to mention that Zhang Mao couldn't figure it out, even he was deeply puzzled.

In addition to the twisted cervical spine, Chen Chen also had many sharp scratches on his body. These injuries were new and old, and the latest ones had already healed, and they were not caused in the past few days.

Liu Zhiqin stared at a detailed picture of a sharp injury for a while, and found that it was a "Juan".

"Juan" is actually engraved on Chen Chen's body!

Xu Kan also came after changing his clothes. He pointed to the photos on the report and said, "These sharp wounds are all self-inflicted, and Chen Chen scratched them himself. I counted them just now, and he had a total of wounds on his chest, abdomen, left arm, and two legs." There are 49 'juan' written on it, one of which is on the inside of the left leg, next to the groin."

Zhang Mao was dumbfounded when he heard that, "He, he, he, he is too perverted! Does this 'Juan' refer to Chen Juan? Chen Juan is his sister! He actually has that kind of thought about her sister?"

Liu Zhiqin has already learned from Hua Chong that Chen Chen and Chen Juan have no blood relationship, and Chen Chen's affection for Chen Juan is extraordinary.So he was not as shocked as Zhang Mao was by the fact that Chen Chen had Chen Juan's name engraved all over his body, but it was a little clearer - Chen Chen's psychology was extremely abnormal.

Chen Chen yelled in his dream that he wanted to kill his adoptive father, and found a classmate who looked like Chen Juan to fall in love. When he was young, he was paranoid, had serious violent tendencies, tortured and killed animals, and after Chen Juan died, he His personality seems to have changed drastically, and he is much more cheerful and gentle, but he is described by his girlfriend as not "popular".

The change in his personality is not a real change, in fact, he is just imitating Chen Juan to anesthetize himself-Chen Juan is not dead, Chen Juan is still alive, and is still by my side!

To what extent Chen Chen's psychology has been distorted, it is now impossible to know.But Chen Juan is obviously a balance point in Chen Chen's life.When Chen Juan was alive, although Chen Chen kept making small mistakes, at least he didn't make big mistakes.His grades when he was studying in university in Country L were even in the upper reaches.

But Chen Juan died, and committed suicide because of a medical accident.Chen Chen collapsed because of this and fell into the abyss.

This is a turning point. Chen Chen has changed from a simple psychological twister to a murderer with anti-social personality.

Maybe for Chen Chen, everyone in this world is dirty and deserves to die, only Chen Juan doesn't deserve to die.

The most undeserving person is dead, so he crazyly thinks that he should kill all the people who really deserve it.

People like him are easy to manipulate and take advantage of.Interested people don't need to "brainwash" them at all, they will follow orders.

Liu Zhiqin took out a pack of cigarettes from Hua Chong's drawer, and was about to light one, when Xu Kan said, "There is a hair with follicles in the hood of Chen Chen's coat, the length of which is different from his own hair. It has been sent for inspection. The murderer attacked Chen Chen from behind, and the hair may indeed fall into the hood."

"The owner of that hair is the murderer?" Zhang Mao said.

Liu Zhiqin was holding a cigarette, "So it happened to fall in the hood?"

"It's also possible that someone put the hair in there on purpose." Xu Kan said, "Let's wait for the results. Regardless of whether the owner of the hair is the murderer or not, this person must have something to do with Chen Chen. This hair is the key clue to solve the case." indefinite."

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When he learned that Chen Chen had been killed and his cervical spine was twisted, Hua Chong hadn't reacted for a while, "What did you say? Who died?"

Liu Zhiqin had no choice but to repeat what he had already said.

Hua Chong's fingertips felt numb, and he couldn't tell which of the two events, "Chen Chen was killed" or "someone broke Chen Chen's cervical spine", was more inconceivable.

It was already very late at night, Liu Zhiqin was sitting on Hua Chong's seat, holding the mobile phone in one hand, and covering the cup filled with hot coffee with the other, telling Hua Chong the details of Chen Chen's autopsy, and then took a sip of coffee.

He didn't continue, because Hua Chong needed to digest and think.

One minute later, Hua Chong's deep words came, "I really didn't expect Chen Chen to have an accident suddenly."

"I didn't expect that either." Liu Zhiqin said: "He has no reason to be killed at this time. Now it seems that Chen Chen was indeed recruited by a terrorist organization because of his anti-social personality. 11 people killed in Wutong Community People were killed by him and people like him, and Yin Ziqiao was killed by one of them for the purpose of practicing. But why was Chen Chen's neck broken at this juncture?"

"The key is who killed him." Hua Chong said: "There are too few people who can twist the cervical spine of an adult man casually. This person is either a killer in a terrorist organization, or..."

Liu Zhiqin waited for a few seconds, but didn't wait for the next sentence, so he had no choice but to pick it up, "Is it our colleague?"

"Hmm." Hua Chong said, "But neither of these two possibilities makes much sense. Think about it, if he is a killer in a terrorist organization, why would he suddenly kill Chen Chen? Chen Chen has lost his use value. Obviously not. Before Chen Chen's accident, he was still following Xiao Chengxin, but Xiao Chengxin disappeared overnight. Xiao Chengxin was completely different from Guo Shu. In Chen Chen's eyes, Guo Shu was just an ordinary person, or a prey. Chen Chen has a strong desire to 'hunt', and killing makes him feel excited. It is not impossible to go out and kill someone he thinks he can handle when he has not received a task. This behavior may be prohibited by his organization. Acquiesce. But Xiao Chengxin is a criminal policeman. No matter how abnormal Chen Chen's mind is, he wouldn't follow a criminal policeman privately, right? Does he think he can easily handle a criminal policeman?"

"So he was instigated by his organization." Liu Zhiqin said: "But on the contrary, he was twisted and broken by the killer in the organization in the early morning of the next day."

"Is this reasonable?" Hua Chong asked.

Liu Zhiqin was silent, and then shook his head, "If that's the case, it can only be said that their actions have no logic at all."

"The behavior of a person like Chen Chen may not be judged by normal logic. But the people who manipulate him behind his back must have the ability to think carefully." Hua Chong said: "When I was in Shacheng, and this They are lunatics, but they are a group of logical lunatics. On the one hand, they ordered Chen Chen to follow Xiao Chengxin, and on the other hand, they sent killers to kill Chen Chen. I can't think of why they would do this."

Liu Zhiqin said: "Then this person is our colleague?"

Hua Chong asked bluntly, "Who do you think it might be?"

If you narrow the scope down to "colleagues", it's actually easy to guess.

Part of the elite of the special police detachment, as well as Hua Chong himself.

"I can't guess." Liu Zhiqin finished his coffee, "Chen Chen was killed after following Xiao Chengxin. I actually thought that the murderer was Xiao Chengxin. But can Xiao Chengxin break Chen Chen's cervical spine?"

Hua Chong said: "And none of our colleagues seems to have any reason to kill Chen Chen."

After a while of silence, the two said at the same time:

"Even if he's the one with the problem."

"What if he's the one with the problem?"

Liu Zhiqin picked up the pillow on his back, hugged it in his arms like Hua Chong usually did, and said after a while: "Indeed, even if he has problems, it seems that he shouldn't kill Chen Chen at this time."

Hua Chong sighed, "This incident is too weird, I feel that every detail is floating."

"You are too tired." Liu Zhiqin's voice softened, "Have a good sleep, maybe you can sort out the clues when you wake up."

"I can't sleep yet." Hua Chong said.

"What? Is there anything else to do?"

"No."

"So how do you say 'can't sleep'?"

"My..." Hua Chong paused, "I'm a little hungry, and I'm waiting for the food to be served."

"What time is it?" Liu Zhiqin frowned, "Haven't you had dinner yet?"

"Eat, eat. This is supper."

Liu Zhiqin didn't believe it.

"It's really a midnight snack." Hua Chong said: "The hamburger for dinner is not nutritious, but it fills you up."

"Then what is supper?" Liu Zhiqin was helpless, "Where to eat? How long have you been waiting?"

"The guest house of Chuncheng City Bureau."

"Order takeaway?"

"No, Zhaofan did it himself."

Liu Zhiqin suspected that he heard it wrong, "Who did it? Zhaofan?"

"Yeah. Both Zhaofan and Leran are in the kitchen. Zhaofan bought the food. He has a good personality, but he talks too much. If you say you are Team Shen's brother, it's his brother. Now I'm his brother too." Brother." Hua Chong said, "Why haven't you mentioned him before? He is not only good at shooting, but also good at cooking?"

Liu Zhiqin's eyelids twitched, "Let's do it, you'll know if you try it. What did he do?"

"Boiled fish." Hua Chong said, looking in the direction of the kitchen, "It should be ready soon, I can already smell the aroma."

There was a bluff from the kitchen, like a pot lid and a stainless steel bowl fell to the ground.The voice was so loud that even Liu Zhiqin could hear it.

"I'll go and have a look." Hua Chong said.

"If you can't eat it, don't force yourself." Liu Zhiqin said, "I'll order takeaway for you. How about crystal shrimp dumplings and beef rice rolls? It's too late, eat less heavy food."

Hua Chong thought that the "heavy taste" mentioned by Liu Zhiqin was referring to boiled fish, and said with a smile, "No, only heavy taste is appetizing."

The boyfriend was too far away from him, Liu Zhiqin had no choice but to say, "Just remember that you don't need to give Zhaofan face."

When the boiled fish was on the table, Hua Chong realized that the so-called "heavy taste" refers to "the dishes made by Zhaofan".

"You're welcome, eat!" Zhao Fan stood beside the table with a bowl full of rice, laughing silly.

Le Ran is not picky about food, and puts it into his own bowl very much, boasting like a "teacher": "Ah, brother Zhaofan, this time is better than the last time! It's a pity that brother Xun is not here, otherwise let him eat it." Try it too!"

After boasting, he greeted Hua Chong again, "Hua Dui, don't stay here, come and eat quickly! If you don't eat while it's hot, I'll finish it!"

Hua Chong looked at the appearance and felt that it was not good. A piece of fish floating on it seemed to have scales that had not been cleaned.

"This is my specialty." Zhaofan picked up the piece of fish with scales and put it in the Huachong bowl.

Hua Chong's lips twitched twice.

Zhaofan is a sniper, his eyesight and observation skills are unmatched by others, the fish did not remove the scales, it can't be because he didn't see it, but...

Although I saw it, I was too lazy to go again.

Hua Chong took a sip, and wanted to spit it out as Liu Zhiqin said, "don't give Zhaofan any face", but after thinking about it, he swallowed it anyway.

Zhaofan smiled even more happily, "Is it delicious? You can praise me whatever you want. I am a person whose chassis is stable, solid, and can withstand praise. No matter how much you praise me, I won't float."

Le Ran rushed to answer: "It's delicious, I'll add another bowl of rice."

Hua Chong put down the bowl and smiled dryly, "Not bad."

Zhaofan was satisfied, "Then continue to eat, I will cook some vegetables in it, I bought lotus root, potatoes, sea cabbage, small pumpkin... When you were looking for someone, I saw a vegetable next to it. In the market, the price of vegetables is quite cheap, so I bought some back, as if I bought too much, it would be a waste if I didn’t eat it.”

Hua Chong really couldn't eat the fish, so he put a green onion in the bowl.

Le Ran came back after finishing the meal, caught a piece of fish with scales, and immediately showed it to Zhao Fan, "Brother Zhao Fan, you didn't remove the scales!"

Hua Chongzheng wanted to second the proposal, but saw Zhaofan drooping his eyelids, and said disdainfully, "Can't you spit out the scales? You can spit out thorns, but you can't spit out lins?"

Le Ran spat out Lin and continued to eat fish, "It makes sense!"

Hua Chong: "..."

After eating, Hua Chong ate all the green onions in the pot, and Zhaofan and Leran took care of the fish.After returning to the dormitory, Hua Chong wanted to send a message to Liu Zhiqin, to explain what happened to him just now, thinking that Liu Zhiqin was either busy or already asleep, so he gave up.

Lying on the hard bed in the guest house, although I was tired, I didn't feel sleepy at all.

Why was Chen Chen killed?

Who killed Chen Chen?

Where is Xiao Chengxin now? Has something happened to him?

The clues that had been so hard to sort out before became a mess again, they were entangled with each other, and intertwined into layers of black clouds.

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After hanging up the phone, Liu Zhiqin was not idle.Shen Xun and other members of the special operations team have come to the city bureau, and Chen Zheng is also there.Liu Zhiqin noticed that Chen Zheng's complexion was not very good-looking, and he was absent-minded during the case meeting.Shen Xun called "Team Chen" several times in the middle, and Chen Zhengcai raised his head in a daze.

In the middle of the night, when the hair DNA comparison results came out, Zhang Mao was stunned after reading it: "Is it Team Xiao?"