winter past

Zhao You held a file bag under his arm and held a rice ball with meat floss in both hands, followed Zhan Xuanang and Dai Rou into the detention center.Zhong Ming was waiting at the entrance to register visitors. The prison guard in charge of registration looked at the rice ball in Zhao You's hand and smiled, saying, "You can't bring food in."

Zhao You nodded vigorously, settled the rice ball in twos and threes, and smiled back at the prison guard holding the plastic bag.Zhan Xuanang pushed him down, and urged: "Okay, okay, the cafeteria is not enough for you to eat, you have to buy this, hurry up, the barrister is waiting."

Zhao You wiped his mouth, showed his ID, signed and registered, Dai Rou and Zhan Xuanang also registered, Zhong Ming shook hands with the three of them, and began to greet each other.

That Zhong Ming said: "Has it been raining for several days?" He reached out and patted the water drops on Zhan Xuanang's shoulder.

Zhao You said: "The characteristic of Sparrow Bridge is that people used to be shot to death. Everyone went to Lao Zhu's house to buy rice balls to eat. The candied haws next door is also very famous."

Zhan Xuanang took a deep breath, squeezed out a smile, looked at Zhong Ming and said, "Isn't that right, but don't tell me, when it rains, it feels like the moon is shining through the clouds."

Dai Rou also smiled and talked to Zhong Ming: "Why don't you go inside and wait?"

Zhong Ming raised the corner of his mouth and glanced at Zhao You. Zhao You was still chewing rice balls, his cheeks were bulging, so he gestured and nodded to him as a greeting.Zhong Ming said: "Elizabeth is also here, as an expert, she will listen in."

It was still raining outside, and there were only four of them in this corridor of the detention center. They heard the footsteps of the four, and heard the sound of pouring rain outside. Passing a small window, they saw the gloomy, dusty outside. It looks like the sky.The detention center is very bright, with energy-saving lamps on the ceiling emitting a steady, bright white light.

Zhao You walked a few steps, turned his head, and lowered his eyes to look at the ground.The four of them left a string of wet footprints on the ground.

Zhan Xuanang called Zhao You: "What are you doing?"

Zhao You shook his head, Dai Rou also looked back and said, "What's so interesting on the ground? Footprints?"

Zhong Ming still smiled: "Officer Zhao really likes to observe the surroundings." He said to Zhao You: "I heard that you suggested to find her."

Zhao You swallowed the food in his mouth at this time, took out a small box of milk from the file bag, inserted a straw, and said: "Yes, isn't she a psychologist? Didn't the last appraisal have nothing to do with it? Mark is dead again, she can also help Cao Lv do an appraisal to see how serious his schizophrenia is."

Zhong Ming looked at Dai Rou and Zhan Xuan'ang: "She and Cao Lu knew each other before, what should I say? It's not appropriate for her to attend..."

Zhao Youdao: "Ah? At the hospital before, Lawyer Zhong, didn't you say that she is professional and won't affect judgment?"

Dai Rou spread her hands: "She wasn't involved in the case, right? The special investigation team found no evidence." She arched Zhan Xuanang.Zhan Xuanang continued: "That's right, our team didn't find any evidence to prove that she was at the scene when the crime happened. She has nothing to do with the case, so let's trust her professionalism."

Dai Rou added: "And she also agreed."

Zhong Ming still smiled, pursed his lips, took out his mobile phone and raised it high to type, he was speechless.The four of them turned a corner and walked to another bright aisle. Zhao You weighed the file bag in his arms, looked forward and said, "There are so many people here?"

Not far from the aisle under his feet, Wang Shifang, Lei Wanjun, Songlin from the Provincial Public Security Bureau, and Qu Ran stood around.Zhao You looked again, and saw Chen Wan'er and Mark's wife—a woman nicknamed Little Apple at that time. They stood a little further away, at the end of the aisle.The four men were talking about something, the two women were also talking about something, the rain was so loud that Zhao You couldn't hear clearly.

Zhong Ming first waved his hand to greet the group of people, trotted over, and said: "Ju Chen, Team Zhan, Deputy Dai and the others are here."

Dai Rou told Zhao You: "Put on the earphones."

Zhao You then took out the Bluetooth headset and put it on, Zhan Xuanang stopped suddenly at this moment, Zhao You followed and stopped, Zhan Xuanang stood in front of Zhao You, facing him straightened his clothes, and spoke softly to him: "You Are you sure you really want to use that room?"

Zhao You said: "I can be regarded as a trained policeman, so I can't be like Mark?" He frowned, tentatively sticking out his tongue and pretending to die.Zhan Xuanang rolled his eyelids and was about to pick up his words. Dai Rou next to him patted him. Zhan Xuanang turned around knowingly and shook hands with Wang Shifang, Song Lin and Qu Ran who were walking towards them.It was another flurry of greetings.

"Have you eaten?" Songlin asked.

Zhao You said: "I ate, I ate some in the canteen of the Municipal Bureau, and I ate some on the way."

Lei Wanjun said: "There are so many snacks in the cafeteria, you still can't get enough?"

Zhao You smiled: "It's the first time I see a suspect in such a big case, I'm so nervous." He rubbed his stomach, "When I get nervous, I like to eat something in my mouth."

Song Lin looked at Dai Rou with a smile: "Sister Dai, Mr. Zhu has a gout attack and can't get off the ground. Let me ask him how you are doing."

Dai Rou nodded and asked him, "Have you checked the room? Are the clothes, table, and handcuffs all right?"

"No problem." Qu Ran looked at Zhao You and asked him, "Xiao Zhao, are everything ready?"

Zhao You was very cautious: "I'll check again."

Wang Shifang came over and patted him, and said, "Xiao Zhao, don't be nervous, or I'll go in with you? I've fought Cao Lv several times, and I know him very well. He just likes to bluff. You When the time comes..."

Dai Rou interrupted Wang Shifang: "Didn't Dr. Chen say that Cao Lv will be more nervous if there are too many people."

Wang Shifang said: "I have met him several times, I know him well."

Songlin and Qu Ran exchanged glances, and Songlin said: "Sister Dai, why don't you arrange for Dr. Chen to go in together? There is a psychiatrist here, so be on the safe side."

Qu Ran said: "It's still that Elizabeth? The scene may be easier to control."

Zhong Ming hurriedly interjected: "No, Elizabeth should just listen in. Officer Zhao is a well-trained police officer. In fact, Elizabeth seldom pays more attention to theory. She doesn't see many patients, so she should listen in next door and provide some analysis opinions. More appropriate."

Song Lin and Qu Ran were speechless.Zhao You pointed to the headset and said, "If she has any professional opinions, she can tell me through the headset." He said seriously, "The situation like Mark's that day will definitely not happen again."

Song Lin said loudly: "That's what your city bureau asked for, and there's nothing we can do about it."

At this time, Director Chen came out from a room next to him, and behind him stood a prison guard from the detention center.Director Chen looked at Zhao You and said, "Are you here? Then go in."

Everyone walked away to both sides, making way for Zhao You to pass by the crowd with a smile: "There are so many people lining the road to welcome, it's like a farewell, this might really be my last case."

Zhan Xuanang took the milk in his hand and waved his hand: "There's so much nonsense, let's go in! Hurry up, if you want to ask anything, hurry up and ask, quick and quick!"

Zhao You walked to the end of the corridor, he and Chen Wan'er nodded, shook hands with Elizabeth, and said, "Xiao Zhao, Zhang filed a case, and this is the first time I've met a patient with split personality face to face." He poked the earphones, "Please two If I say something wrong, if I say something, what do you think is easy to touch Cao Lv..." He smiled, "Just give me more hints, I am still very young, and I don't want to die yet When interrogating prisoners."

Chen Wan'er laughed and said, "It's okay, I'm wearing a straitjacket, nothing will happen."

She opened a small door beside her, walked in, and said softly, "Cao Lu, the police officer I told you about is here."

Elizabeth also leaned halfway in, pointed to herself and Chen Wan'er, and said in Chinese, "Dr. Chen and I are outside, don't worry."

She spoke softly, with a slight accent.

Zhao You just went in.The room was painted with blue paint. Cao Lu was wearing a beige straitjacket and sat on a chair with baffles for interrogation. His feet were also shackled.The chair is fixed on the ground, and there is another table and chair five or six steps away from the chair.Behind the tables and chairs is a glass wall.Cao Lu lowered his head, trembling.

Zhao You went in, closed the door, walked to the table with the file bag, and poured things on the table.The black barley 2800 mobile phone, many photos, many medical records, pills and other things were all spread out on the table.Zhao You felt very embarrassed, buried his head in tidying up, and said, "I'll tidy up, wait a minute."

Cao Lv said aggrievedly, "Officer... didn't you say it's all over?"

Zhao You raised his head, looked at the ceiling, pulled the table in front of Cao Lu, and said with a smile, "It was so dark there just now, but it's brighter here."

Zhan Xuanang scolded in his earphones: "Zhao You, what are you doing?? Drag it back! Immediately!"

Zhao You stood by the table and continued to organize the photos, looking at them one by one, muttering: "Men, women, things...people."

These photos include photos of Tian Keren's Mazda, Elizabeth's passport photos, photos of Elizabeth going to the cinema and being monitored by surveillance, photos of footprints collected from the 5th building of Qingshui Garden, and the young Cao Lv, the young Wang Dahe A photo of Wang Da's father with a blue kite... He sorted them one by one, arranged them on the table, and said: "Your two doctors should have explained it to you, right? I'm here to do paperwork Yes, at the end."

He also found a place on the table for his cell phone, files and medicine bottles.He took out a portable notebook and a ballpoint pen and put them on the table.

In the earphones, Zhan Xuanang shouted again: "Zhao You!"

Zhao You sat down, looked at Cao Lv and said, "About Zhang Li's case..." He smiled and said, "You may not know who I'm talking about." He picked out Zhang Li's ID photo and handed it to Cao Lv Look, ask him, "Have you seen this man? Know him?"

"No." Cao Lu shook his head, raised his eyes and said pitifully, "I may have seen it, but I didn't see it, I don't know..."

"I haven't seen it, okay." Zhao You wrote in his notebook and asked again: "Then, do you know where you were from one to five in the morning on June 6th? Do you remember?"

With two big dark circles under his eyes, Cao Lu said with red eyes, "I remember that I was in Yanzigou at four or five o'clock in the morning. I was sleeping at home before, and when I woke up, I was in Yanzigou."

"Where is Yanzigou?"

"do not know……"

"At four or five o'clock in the morning, there are no street lights in Yanzigou, right? It's pitch black, how did you know you were in Yanzigou all of a sudden? Are you familiar with it?"

"I lived near Montenegro when I was a child, and I walked for a while and saw Tian'ou Road."

"Didn't you see this man around there?" Zhao You pointed to Zhang Li and asked.

"I didn't see anyone..." Cao Lv said, "I really haven't seen this man, I mean I haven't." He bit his lip, "Officer, do you know my situation? I'm not myself sometimes..."

"I know, I understand, I understand..." Zhao You rested his chin on one hand, drew a picture in his notebook, and asked leisurely, "Do you need to ask the person who might have seen him?"

"You mean Ada? He...he killed this man??" Cao Lu became very nervous, "I don't know where he is now, what he's doing, I don't know!"

Zhao You was still drawing, imitating the blue kite in the photo: "Don't worry, it's fine."

He was in no hurry.He said: "I'm not in a hurry, I'll wait, he will always show up, right? He really likes to come out for a walk and kill people."

He stopped writing, looked up and smiled at Cao Lv, took out his mobile phone, and asked, "Why don't we wait while watching a movie, or watch a TV series?" He also took out a charging cable from his pocket , found the plug, connected the phone, swipe the phone while charging, sat on the table, pointed the screen at Cao Lv, and said, "What do you like to watch? Action movies, suspense movies? "Silence of the Lambs"? "Fatal id "? Or "Liao Zhai"?" He pointed to the Damai 2800, "I only have Youku membership, what about you?"

Zhao You looked at Cao Lv again, the young man's eyes had changed, his neck suddenly twisted towards Zhao You's ear, Zhao You dodged flexibly.That Cao Lv gritted his teeth, raised his neck, struggled hard, suddenly blushed, and even the chair creaked due to his shaking.He yelled, "What are you keeping me here for??! Who are you?"

Someone in the headset said: "Zhao You, stay away from him!! Did you hear that??"

Zhao You was still sitting on the table, looking at Cao Lv calmly: "Ada?" He introduced himself: "My surname is Zhao, and I am in charge of filing Zhang's case." He showed Ada Zhang Li's photo, "Zhang Li is this man, Have you seen him? He is about the same size as me," he stood up and gestured, "the day you saw him he should have been wearing a black suit."

"Are you a policeman? Why haven't I seen you before?" Cao Lu's pitiful black eyes, which were still watery, were now burning with rage. His forehead was also bruised, and he seemed to be a different person in the blink of an eye. He asked in a rough voice: "Where is this place?? Why did you tie me up like this!"

He laughed wildly: "I know! A group of turtles are hiding behind the glass, right?? What else do you want to know? Come on, just ask! Just ask! I killed people, what did I say last time? Are you talking about that bitch Xu Luhua, right? I tricked her into the back of the flower bed, and then I knocked her unconscious with a brick, and I..."

The anger in his eyes burned on Zhao You, Zhao You made a comforting gesture and interrupted him: "I'm sorry, don't get excited, I'm not responsible for Xu Luhua's case, you tell me these things to me It's useless, and it's useless to you..."

Cao Lv was still struggling, writhing in his chair.

Zhao You looked at him: "I just want to ask, on June 6th you killed someone in Qingshui Garden, right?" He picked up his notebook, flipped through it, and said, "You originally planned to go to 4 Old couple, the daughter and son-in-law of that couple suddenly came to pick them up for a trip, you don't have the confidence to kill so many people at once..."

"You fart! I can kill as many as I want!!"

Cao Lu yelled loudly, and the screws fixing the chair were loud: "Those people should be damned! They should be damned!! I'm helping them!!"

After saying this, he closed his eyes and passed out.Zhao You supported his chin with his notebook, and Dai Rou said in the Bluetooth headset, "Maybe Cao Lv is coming back."

Zhao You covered his mouth and yawned moderately. After a while, Cao Lv opened his eyes again. He looked exhausted, his voice became hoarse, and he asked Zhao You feebly: "Who is he?" It's not coming..."

Zhao You asked him, "When did you realize that you had a split personality?"

Cao Lv said honestly: "After a car accident last year, I hit my head. After I was discharged from the hospital, I often had headaches and lost consciousness intermittently. It happened several times when I was at work. I said that I beat the leader. I didn't know. I also saw a few psychiatrists in Nanjing, and they all said that it might be a split personality. I felt that the matter was serious, so I went back to Qingshi to find a psychiatrist I knew before. She cured my autism when I was a child, and I quite believed her. capable……"

"Let me sort out the timeline. Your split personality should have started last year when you hit your head in a car accident?"

"I don't know either... Will ordinary people be hit with a split personality if their head is hit? Doctor Chen said..." Cao Lv looked at Zhao You, "It's the doctor from Qingshi Hongfeng Hospital that I trust very much, she said , Maybe I had a precursor of split personality when I was a child, and it was cured together with autism at that time..."

"That's it..." Zhao You found Yao Lingdang's photo: "Do you still remember this girl? She died 12 years ago, and her technique is similar to Ada's. You used to be a student in his English cram school. Or should I say that Ada is a student in her class?" Zhao You smiled: "How old is Ada this year? Does he have better grades or yours? What subjects is he better at?"

There was a quarrel in the Bluetooth headset, and Zhong Ming was emotional: "What's the situation now? What do you mean? What happened to the case 12 years ago?"