heart poison

The landlord lived near the Shangmao Village. After receiving the notice, he rushed to the place, thinking that the tenant was committing suicide in his old house, and even called a fake Taoist priest from the opposite Taoist temple to exorcise evil spirits and eliminate disasters.

The door was locked, and when it was opened, a damp smell mixed with excrement came over the face.Hua Chong's heart tightened, and he rushed into the house, looking in the direction of the strongest smell, and saw Erwa lying sideways on a dirty carpet, crying out dying.

Hua Chong walked over, touched its nose, frowned and cursed: "Fuck!"

A healthy dog ​​has a wet nose.Once the nose becomes dry and hard, it means that you are sick and need to be treated in time.At this time, Erwa's nose was not only dry and hard, but it could feel cracked when touched lightly. It was obvious that she was seriously ill.

Erwa couldn't stand up, seeing that she was an acquaintance, her humming turned into an aggrieved humming, her pair of pitch-black eyes stared straight at Hua Chong, her black tail wavered feebly, as if she was begging for help.

Hua Chong touched its abdomen and found that it was deflated, and the feces around it were not fresh. It probably hadn't eaten for a long time, and the chyme in the stomach and intestines had been emptied.

It screamed softly, and scratched Hua Chong's hand twice with its paws, looking extremely pitiful.

Hua Chong sighed deeply, picked it up, and wanted to take it to the pet hospital in person, but after seeing the situation in the room, he knew that he couldn't leave at this time, so he had to ask the police from the police station to take care of him, and then a phone call Call Li Xun and ask him to bring the investigation box to the scene immediately.

Because he was worried that his footprints would be destroyed, Hua Chong did not dare to let other people enter the house. He also put on a pair of shoe covers and was very careful when walking.

This rented apartment has one bedroom and one living room. It has hardly been decorated, and the furniture is very old. When you get close, you can smell the musty smell of wood.The place where Erwa was lying before was located in the living room near the balcony, where there was a lot of Erwa's excrement.The bowl where the dog food is placed is a little far away, and there is still more than half of the dog food left in it. The second baby may not eat at all because of illness.The plastic box that held the water was overturned. The box is big enough for a large dog to drink for a week.But any water will not be fresh after a week, not to mention that Erwa knocked over the box, maybe it has been a long time since I drank water.

If the second baby's feces are ignored, the sanitary conditions in the house are actually not bad.The living room and bedroom are tidy, and even the toilet and kitchen, which are most prone to stains, have been cleaned.

Hua Chong stood outside the bedroom with a bad feeling.

In the two first scenes, the murderer cleaned the floor after the murder, erasing all directional traces.He is very meticulous. Since he can patiently eliminate his footprints, fingerprints, and take away possible hair when committing crimes, he must be more careful when leaving the temporary shelter.

Soon, Li Xun and two other trace inspectors arrived.Hua Chong was so preoccupied that he asked the police station to check the records of the public cameras around the business village, and found that the last time "Mr. Wang" appeared on the surveillance was the day after he met him at the flower, bird, fish and pet market.

In the video, "Mr. Wang" was wearing a black peaked cap with the brim pressed down extremely low, holding a travel bag, and hurried past a pharmacy next to the trade village, and never came back.

"Xiao Wang is renting for three months with me, and I have one month's rent as a deposit." The landlord anxiously took out the rental documents, "It's about to expire soon, and he actually gave me this whole thing. Comrade policeman, isn’t he some fugitive?”

Hua Chong took the file, his eyelids twitching.

This is not a formal document at all. The landlord himself wrote a document, signed by both parties, without even fingerprints. "Mr. Wang" is signed by Wang Chuang, with a string of ID numbers below his name.Hua Chong knew it was a fake when he counted it. The landlord didn't know whether he was eager to make money or just out of his mind. After renting out the house for nearly three months, he didn't find that the ID number left by "Wang Chuang" was missing one.

He asked hopelessly: "Did the tenant wear gloves when he signed?"

The landlord was stunned for a while, "Yes, yes! It was still cold at that time, and he wore a pair of leather gloves."

Hua Chong sighed, and put the written evidence into the evidence bag. Fortunately, handwriting is also evidence, but it is much more complicated to identify than fingerprints and footprints.

To his surprise, the trace inspectors found a short hair with hair follicles in the crack of the sofa.

"Take it back immediately for DNA comparison."

The serious crime team had an emergency meeting. Hua Chong originally wanted to call Liu Zhiqin, but considering Liu Zhiqin was too busy, he didn't notify him.

The two cases were under pressure, and Chen Zheng had a heavy burden, so he rushed to the meeting room to listen.

"I found this person with the pseudonym 'Wang Chuang' from the puppy hair that appeared on He Yitao's head." Hua Chong looked serious, and there was even a rare anger in his eyes, "His real information is still being verified. It is now known that he has a German Shepherd. This German Shepherd suffered from indigestion symptoms a few days ago because it ate internal organs. It was sent back to the flower, bird and fish pet market for treatment. It happened to be met by Brother Xiaoliu and me. 'Wang Chuang' First, he is a customer of the market, maybe a regular customer, and he is very likely to be familiar with the location of the market cameras, so he can avoid it after committing the crime; second, he left Demu after He Yitao was murdered, Currently missing, the phone number and ID card are wrong, and all kinds of behaviors are abnormal. I have asked the brother departments to cooperate, but so far I have not found that he left Los Angeles by train, car, or plane, or he is still in Los Angeles. Or they have already left in a black car."

"Before he left the rental house, he had a very thorough cleaning. No footprints or fingerprints were left. The toilet was flushed with disinfectant, and all daily necessities were discarded. It is very likely that he had been burned." Li Xun said: " We only found one hair with a follicle, which is being tested."

"One hair is enough, as long as you can get DNA information." Chen Zheng paused, and then said: "But don't you think it's a bit strange?"

Hua Chong asked, "What's so strange?"

"We are now investigating him as the murderer, but the murderer is obviously more careful than him." Chen Zheng turned the lighter, looking a little lazy, "The murderer cleaned up the murder scene perfectly within the limited time, and this 'Wang Chuang' failed to take care of his house in a relatively sufficient time. He actually left a hair, which should not have happened to him. Also, why did he leave his own hair in the pet store? The real address? Isn’t this digging a hole for yourself?”

"I have also thought about these two issues. At first glance, they are indeed very contradictory, but when you think about them carefully, there is actually nothing illogical."

"Really? Then analyze it for me."

"Zheng Qi's residence in Xinbei Village and He Yitao's flower shop, as the scene of the murder, these two places will definitely be investigated, sooner or later. Therefore, the murderer must be careful, and no details should be missed, otherwise he will be killed." Will leave us clues." Hua Chong said calmly: "But in the murderer's cognition, the possibility of himself and his rented house being investigated is very small. He thinks that he has done a perfect job when killing people. It's normal to relax."

Chen Zheng stroked his chin, signaling Hua Chong to continue.

"Actually, except for the hair of the German Shepherd puppy, he did it flawlessly. Without that hair, we would not have been able to find the trading village." Hua Chong said: "In other words, as long as the murderer did not leave any openings at the scene , he must be safe. He left a false phone number and ID card out of instinct, and he may have gotten used to it. But in real life, there are not many times when he needs to leave his home address. Maybe he wrote down his real address subconsciously. After writing, he found something was wrong and wanted to change it, but if he changed it, it would be more suspicious. This can also explain why he took the time to clean up his rented house knowing that he would not be checked—he thought of this hidden danger , and felt that this hidden danger was nothing, so I cleaned it up."

After a while, Chen Zheng nodded, "That's right. If it wasn't for the hair of a German Shepherd puppy found during the autopsy, and you happened to be familiar with the flower, bird and fish pet market, we wouldn't be able to find out where he rented. But now There is a difficulty. This hair can only be determined to come from a German Shepherd, not which German Shepherd it came from. The chain of evidence is incomplete. And the murderer did not leave other evidence at the scene. Even if we found him by DNA and other information, It's also hard to convict him."

"That..." Li Xun hesitated: "Didn't the flower team say that Demu got sick from eating internal organs? The deceased lost his heart..."

Hua Chong's eyes turned cold.

The conference room was silent for a while, Chen Zheng said: "If the German Shepherd eats the heart of the deceased, then if the German Shepherd is dissected and the contents of the stomach are extracted..."

Some team members took a breath, Hua Chong frowned even tighter.

When dealing with criminal cases, there is no precedent for euthanizing animals and dissecting them. This has aroused protests from animal defenders, but in some special cases, it is the only way to obtain important evidence.

Zhang Mao said in a low voice: "What is this? That dog is pitiful enough. After getting sick, it was thrown away in an empty room without food or drink. If the flower team went a few days later, it might die. Nope. Now that he's been rescued, we're going to kill him for an autopsy. I, I'm a bit overwhelmed."

Chen Zheng said: "You have only been a criminal police officer for a few days? There will be more things you can't accept in the future."

"But why should the dog pay for the mistakes made by humans? Even if it ate the heart, it didn't want to eat it!" Zhang Mao never dared to talk back to the leader, but this time his temper came up, "I believe we Other evidence can be found!"

Chen Zheng snorted, "Naive. One of the most critical elements in solving a case is time. I will give you time to find other evidence. Will the higher authorities give me time? What if this is the only evidence? In the end, if there is a lack of key evidence, And if the murderer cannot be brought to justice, who will bear the responsibility?"

Zhang Mao became anxious, "But that can't be..."

Hua Chong didn't make a sound.He is not as "open-minded" as Chen Zheng, who ignored a dog's life in order to solve the case, nor is he as "naive" as Zhang Mao.From the perspective of human nature, he was naturally unwilling to euthanize the second baby. Zhang Mao's sentence "why do dogs pay for their mistakes" was indeed what he thought.But what if conclusive evidence can only be obtained by dissecting the second baby?Dogs shouldn't pay for human mistakes, so the person who was killed should die in vain?Should the murderer go free?

He closed his eyes, desperately trying to find a balance.

"I don't agree with euthanasia." Xu Kan arrived belatedly, and after hearing a general idea, he said, "There is no point in dissecting a dog now. I went to see it, and we can see from the poop that someone gave it a large dose. The laxatives used for surgery, the chyme has been emptied a long time ago, and it is in a worse condition now, because of the disease, it is preliminarily estimated that it has not eaten for more than 4 days, the autopsy is useless, and no evidence can be obtained.”

Hua Chong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.Firstly, Erwa escaped unharmed, and secondly, since "Wang Chuang" gave Erwa laxatives for surgery, it proved from the side that he would not be innocent, and this line was not wrong.

Xu Kan is a forensic doctor. Chen Zheng accepted his opinion, nodded and said: "Okay, then we won't do an autopsy. Let's hurry up, broaden our thinking, and try to solve the case as soon as possible. But everyone must be clear about one thing. We discussed so much just now. Few people have subjectively determined that 'Wang Chuang' is the murderer. This kind of thinking is terrible. Because we found that this 'Wang Chuang' was a matter of chance. It is hard to say whether he is the murderer or not if he is objectively considered. I want to Just to remind you, this person must be investigated, but the investigation of the other lines must not be relaxed."

Hua Chong nodded, "I understand."

"Okay." Chen Zheng smiled, "Assuming he is the murderer we are looking for, let's analyze his motives for committing the crime."

The team members have already started discussing, but Hua Chong hesitated.He and Liu Zhiqin's opinion is that Zheng Qi and He Yitao both participated in a cyber violence incident that caused serious consequences, but there is no clear evidence yet.

At this time, a member of the trace inspection department ran over and handed the inspection report to Li Xun.

"Is there a result?" Hua Chong asked.

Li Xun frowned, "The DNA information came out, but the comparison couldn't find the result."

"It means that the DNA information of 'Wang Chuang' has not been stored?" Hua Chong asked in surprise, "This is really..."

In recent years, DNA warehousing has been vigorously promoted. Among other things, as long as you go to the hospital for a physical examination, the DNA information will be included, which greatly reduces the difficulty of solving serious cases.

"It's okay, I got a piece of evidence." Chen Zheng slapped his hands twice, "But I'm more curious, how can a young man living in the city not have a physical examination for many years?"

"He is unemployed." Hua Chong said suddenly: "Maybe he hasn't studied much, because he is in good health and has never been to a hospital. Also because he is in good health, he has no awareness of physical examination. At present, even small companies have regular physical examination systems for employees. Well, he never had a medical exam, probably because he didn't have a job."

Chen Zheng thought for a moment, "It makes sense. The murderer is unemployed, and he took revenge on Zheng Qi and He Yitao for some reason..."

Hua Chong frowned, still feeling conflicted.If the killer is unemployed, where is the money to hire top hackers?

Of course, unemployed people are not necessarily poor. "Wang Chuang" chose to live in a dilapidated commercial village, or it may simply be because it is full of people of all levels of education and the monitoring system is relatively backward.As for top hackers...

Analyzing too much information at once gave Hua Chong a headache, and he always felt that some key information was surfacing.

The meeting went into the evening, and everyone looked exhausted.Hua Chong stayed in the meeting room, calmly sorting out the clues by himself.

After an unknown amount of time, there was a knock on the door of the conference room. He raised his head and saw Liu Zhiqin standing at the door with a laptop in one hand and a takeaway bag in the other.

"Flower team." Liu Zhiqin walked in quickly and put the takeaway bag on the table.

Hua Chong saw that it was the hoof flower soup in the alley opposite.

The soup was still hot, and as soon as the lid was lifted, a burst of white gas gushed out, giving off a strong aroma.

"It's agreed to have supper. You're so busy, so I have to go alone." Liu Zhiqin broke off the chopsticks, "Eat it while it's hot, I just packed it."

Only then did Hua Chong realize that he hadn't eaten dinner, and his stomach was so hungry that he didn't feel it.But he had to refute Liu Zhiqin's words, "No matter how busy you are, you still have to eat, why don't you call me if you want to go?"

"I came to the meeting room to see, you buried your head in writing and drawing, you should be trying to understand the clues." Liu Zhiqin helped him sprinkle the green onion into the soup, "It's not good to interrupt your thinking, in case there is something important Did the idea scare me away?"

"How can it be so serious?" Hua Chong didn't say anything, but his heart warmed up, and he bumped his elbow on Liu Zhiqin's arm, "Then I'll start eating."

Liu Zhiqin pulled out a chair and sat down, put away the notebook, but did not open it.

Hua Chong was really hungry, so he would be fine if he didn't eat, but once he ate, he felt his stomach and intestines were empty.At this time, not to mention an extra serving of hoof flower soup, he can finish eating another serving of dry pot rabbit.

During this period, Liu Zhiqin didn't say anything, he neither chatted nor talked about the case. He waited for half a minute to rest before opening his notebook.

Hua Chong went out to throw away the takeaway box, and as soon as he sat down, he heard Liu Zhiqin say, "Have you finished eating?"

"Thank you, I'll treat you next time."

Liu Zhiqin shook his head with a smile, "Then I'm going to start talking about the case."

Hua Chong raised his eyebrows, "Why didn't you say that just now?"

"You were eating just now."

Hua Chong gave a "tsk", "You look like..."

"Huh? Like what?"

Hua Chong originally wanted to say "You are like a little daughter-in-law", but he hastily stopped and said, "You are really considerate of others."

Liu Zhiqin lowered his eyes and coughed lightly, "Let's talk about the case."

"Row."

"I checked the history of E Zhihaolang since his debut, and found that five years ago, he had a big conflict with a writer named 'Fengfei 78'."

Hua Chong immediately became serious, "Who is Fengfei 78? Is it famous?"

"On the contrary, just an unknown writer."

Hua Chong recalled what he heard at Wanqiao Real Estate, and asked, "Is the conflict between them about plagiarism?"

"Yes. Haolang of E became popular because of a soft sci-fi novel called "The Return of the Dark Star". Where the Night Shines." Liu Zhiqin rolled the mouse, "At that time, someone said that "Eternal Night" copied "Dark Star."

"'Someone said'? What is the truth?"

"do not know."

"do not know?"

"It's hard to tell whether it's plagiarism or not. Fengfei 78 insists that he has not plagiarized. I am not an expert in identifying plagiarism, and I don't have time to read these two novels with millions of words, so I can't judge whether it is plagiarism or not." Liu Zhi Qin paused, "But I found another thing."

"what?"

"This Fengfei 78 passed away four years ago."