Madness of the Heart

"How can there be so many dual personalities!"

Shouting this sentence in a daze, Mingshu opened his eyes.

In front of him, it was not the bright but cramped interrogation room of the Serious Crime Squad, nor was he sitting on a sturdy chair.The wall lamp in the ceiling mezzanine exudes a warm light, half of the floor-to-ceiling windows are covered by heavy curtains, everything is well-organized, and the surrounding is very quiet, but not the kind of lifeless quiet.

This is his and Xiao Yuan's home.

"Are you awake?" Just as Mingshu sat up from the sofa, Xiao Yuan came out of the study, wearing thick autumn and winter home clothes, and a light gray thin sweater over it.

Mingshu looked down, he and Xiao Yuan were wearing the same home clothes.

This set of clothes was just taken out. The two of them were still wearing thin pajamas in summer and autumn at home before. After returning from this trip, Xiao Yuan found out the thick clothes.

This can be regarded as the "benefit" of staying by Xiao Yu'an's side.

When Mingshu lived alone in Dongye City, although there were home clothes for spring, summer, autumn and winter in the closet, he was too lazy to look for them when the seasons just changed. It was so cold that he procrastinated to find clothes, and sometimes he deliberately gave them to Xiao Yu. Ann called and asked—brother, do you know where I put my plaid pajamas?

"What time is it?" Mingshu stretched his waist, his mind was not sober.

He continued to interrogate Yin Xiaofeng in his dream just now—Yin Xiaofeng only admitted to killing Qiu Min at first, but not to killing Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan. Later, the police found new evidence, and Yin Xiaofeng had to plead guilty, but he also said that he had a dual personality However, it was another personality who killed Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan, and had nothing to do with him.

"Just a little bit." Xiao Yu'an approached, put his hand on the top of Mingshu's head, and rubbed it gently a few times.

Mingshu groaned comfortably, and softened his tone, "It's only a little? I thought it was almost dawn."

When they came back from the city bureau not long ago, he took a hasty shower, didn't even bother to go back to the bedroom, and fell asleep on the sofa.Before returning home, he was interrogating Yin Xiaofeng and held a case analysis meeting, but after returning home, he was still investigating the case in his dream. This sleep was restless, and he still felt tired when he woke up.But at any rate, I squinted for a while, and my spirit was much better than when I was taking a bath.

"Are you hungry?" Xiao Yu'an asked.

Mingshu rubbed his stomach, remembering that he ate a pancake at night, so he raised his face and poked his chin twice in Xiao Yuan's stomach, "So you didn't sleep in the middle of the night, you were waiting for me to wake up and make me a supper ?”

Xiao Yu'an patted Mingshu's forehead, "It's a beautiful idea."

Ming Shu looked in the direction of the kitchen, and sniffed exaggeratedly, but he really didn't smell any fragrance.

Normally, if Xiao Yu'an wanted to make him a late-night snack, the kitchen would have been cooking something early in the morning.

"There's no supper?" Ming Shu straightened up and put his arms around Xiao Yu'an's waist, "Did I wake up in vain? My brother doesn't love me anymore?"

Xiao Yu'an smiled, her voice was low and hoarse with tiredness, "You're tired, I'm not tired? What do you want to eat, I'll order takeaway."

Mingshu suddenly felt a little heartache.

If he wasn't really too tired to move, Xiao Yu'an would definitely make him a supper, a bowl of noodles or a bowl of dumplings would do.

"Brother——" Ming Shu's ending was drawn out, his face was buried in Xiao Yu'an's upper abdomen, and he didn't want to say anything else, as if he was lying for a while.

Xiao Yuan let him hold him, pinched the back of his neck casually with one hand, and started ordering takeaway with his mobile phone in the other hand, "Do you want something light or appetizing?"

"All." Ming Shu's voice was muffled in Xiao Yu'an's clothes, and it sounded a bit humming, "A few more, I'm hungry and cold now."

The force on the back of the neck was a little heavier, and Mingshu was pinched quite comfortably, and he didn't want to move at all.

After Xiao Yu'an finished ordering, he also sat on the sofa, Ming Shu leaned on Xiao Yu'an's lap, and fell asleep again.

This time it's all right, I didn't continue to interrogate Yin Xiaofeng in my dream, and I didn't bother to find clues. I slept soundly, but unfortunately I didn't sleep for long when the delivery man called.

"I'll get it." Xiao Yuan said.

The most satisfying "pillow" slipped away, so Mingshu had to get up.

After the door opened and closed, Xiao Yuan came in with two bags.

"So much?" Mingshu couldn't help pursing his lips.

"Go get the bowls and chopsticks and juice." Xiao Yuan ordered Mingshu while taking out the takeaway box.

"Okay!" Ming Shu immediately walked to the kitchen, jingled the dishes and chopsticks, and picked out a bottle of fresh juice with a short shelf life in the refrigerator.

In fact, there is still wine in the refrigerator. The best drink for snacks in the middle of the night is of course wine. Juice is too childish, but both he and Xiao Yuan have a habit of never drinking alcohol during the investigation of a case.

The takeaway boxes have all been opened. The light ones include wild mushroom pork rib porridge, coconut milk cake, and crispy meat. The appetizers include stir-fried pigtails, sizzling frogs, and boiled fish.

"Four, two for each person?" Mingshu asked while holding one.

"You can also eat all four." Xiao Yu'an said.

Mingshu was so happy that he ate three and peeled one for Xiao Yuan.

It's not that he snatched food, but that Xiao Yu'an didn't like hairy crabs, and these four were actually ordered for him.

After eating and drinking enough, Mingshu took out the garbage and threw it away, his mind cleared up a lot, and he began to think about the case again.

"What were you shouting before?" Xiao Yu'an asked, "I just heard 'dual personality'."

Mingshu told about his dream, and asked, "Brother, Yin Xiaofeng refuses to admit that he dug up Qiu Min's body and dismembered him, let alone killed Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan. Have you read the interrogation records? Does he look like that?" Are you lying?"

Xiao Yu'an said: "Because of this, you think that Yin Xiaofeng may have another personality?"

"It's not what I think." Mingshu nodded his temple, "It's just a dream."

"Dreams are projections from the subconscious mind." Xiao Yu'an said, "Before you fell asleep, you must have thought about this."

"I..." Mingshu couldn't refute these words. In fact, not only before falling asleep, but also when he was still in the interrogation room, he thought of the possibility of dual personality, but he quickly denied himself.

"Then what do you think?" Ming Shu gradually became serious, "Qiu Min has already died, but someone ordered takeaway in Shouquan Town on October 10th with Qiu Min's mobile phone, and the deliveryman said that the person who received the meal was a man wearing a cap There is a high probability that this person is Yin Xiaofeng, but Yin Xiaofeng said it was not him. Surveillance around Qiyue Mountain is sparse, and the whereabouts of Yin Xiaofeng No. 14 cannot be determined for the time being. Assuming that Yin Xiaofeng did not lie, who would this person be? Qiu Min was dismembered and killed The murderer of Lu and Zhao?"

Xiao Yu'an said: "Actually, your idea just now is not unreasonable. It's just that there are too few cases of dual personality. If Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan's case is pushed to Yin Xiaofeng's other personality, it will be troublesome if the murderer is someone else."

"During the interrogation, I was face-to-face with Yin Xiaofeng. I don't think he was lying about his subtle reactions. You and Brother Xing also think that the person who killed Qiu Min and the body was not the same person, but I don't understand. If it is not the same person Personally, what is the motive of the latter?" Ming Shu hugged his leg, "Whether it is cutting up Qiu Min's body or killing Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan, this person's motive is too vague. And those ten iron nails , Yin Xiaofeng can easily get iron nails, but Yin Xiaofeng said that he doesn't know what iron nails are. The other four people in Haijing Temple are the ones who can get iron nails as easily as Yin Xiaofeng."

Mentioning those four people, Ming Shu suddenly felt a headache, "Other monasteries accept good people, but this Haijing Temple only accepts people with problems."

Xiao Yu'an said, "Chu Xin also found out the problem?"

"Not really." Mingshu said, "Chu Xin's situation is the most special. What we know now is that he had undergone heart surgery abroad. Before he became a monk, he had four sons with Chu Linxiong, especially the most popular one. Chu Qing fought openly and secretly. Chu Qing was not as good as him back then, and Chu Linxiong also liked him more. These clues have nothing to do with the case, but I always feel that Chu Xin is hiding something. Maybe it's just the so-called 'seeing through the world'."

As he said that, Mingshu scratched his head, "But I guess it's probably related to the Chu family's family struggle."

"As far as the possibility of obtaining the iron nails is concerned, Fang Pingxu, Chu Xin, Liu Sui, and Tang Yuan all have a chance." Xiao Yuan put his hand on Ming Shu's shoulder, "Liu Sui admitted that he killed a person 27 years ago, and it was a woman. Will he always hate women because he and Tang Yuan cannot be accepted by the world? Compared with Liu Sui, the possibility of Tang Yuan committing crimes is relatively low. As for Fang Pingxu, his personality has been distorted since he was a child, and he almost killed him when he was a few years old. The biological daughter of my adoptive parents, any evil he does now is in line with his character. As for Chu Xin, this person really seems to be covered in a layer of fog."

Mingshu closed his eyes and didn't speak.

"But if you only stare at these four people, your thinking will be restricted." Xiao Yuan changed the subject, "Don't forget, the iron nails were originally placed in the Zen room in the backyard, and the easiest way to get the iron nails is actually the missing one. Peep the dust."

Mingshu's back tightened.

"In addition, those pilgrims who are familiar with Haijing Temple and the other monks who left Haijing Temple must be found as soon as possible." Xiao Yu'an said: "In the past few days, our focus has been on the five people in Haijing Temple. Now Yin Xiaofeng Now that you have confessed to a crime, the scope of the investigation should be broadened. Don’t over-drill 'possible' or 'impossible', any event has already 'must exist', understand?"

Mingshu nodded, "Understood."

After speaking, the neck was grabbed by a force, Mingshu was unprepared, and was pressed into the quilt all at once.

Xiao Yu'an turned off the bedside lamp, "Sleep, don't think about it, you will be busy after dawn."

Mingshu originally wanted to say that he was not sleepy now, and that he could "brainstorm" for a while, and then he was embraced into a familiar embrace.

He snorted comfortably.

Xiao Yu'an kissed him lightly on the ear, and ordered: "Sleep."

The next day, even though he had only slept for a few hours, Mingshu came to the Criminal Investigation Bureau in good spirits.

After one night, Yin Xiaofeng still did not change his statement.

"I didn't kill those two people."

"I don't know what nails are."

"I didn't dismember Qiu Min's body."

"Mobile phone? Throw it away with your clothes a long time ago."

"I haven't ordered takeaway with Qiu Min's mobile phone."

Mingshu was thinking about what Xiao Yuan said to him before going to bed - any event happened, it already "must exist".

There's no point in logically debating whether it's justified because it's already happened.What an excellent criminal policeman should do at this time is to find out the reasonable truth under its irrational appearance.

"Take Yin Xiaofeng to do a systematic mental appraisal." Mingshu confessed the task, "The monks who are not in Haijing Temple have also been registered at the police station before, go find them and verify their identities one by one. Pilgrims will be in trouble For some, we can only inquire with Chu Xin and his group.”

At this time, Fang Yuanhang brought back the portrait of peeping dust made according to the descriptions of the monks.

"I can't see any features." Fang Yuanhang said: "However, the credibility of this portrait is relatively high, because it was drawn based on the descriptions of five people, unlike Long Tianhao's."

The portrait was sent to each team member's mobile device, Mingshu stared at it for a while, "Why do I feel like I saw it somewhere?"

Yi Fei said: "Then you think about it carefully?"

Mingshu asked: "You don't have any impression?"

Yi Fei shook his head, "I'm not with you 24 hours a day, I've met everyone you've met?"

"No." Ming Shu said: "It's not the kind of 'seen', I think this face is very familiar, I saw it on TV a long time ago."

"Television?" Yi Fei looked at the portrait carefully, "Actor? Anchor? People? Are they wanted criminals?"

Mingshu frowned and thought for a long time, "No, I can't remember. I'd better investigate according to the way I just thought. Now that the portrait is out, I contacted various media, and Xiaochen disappeared inexplicably. I have to find him no matter what."

The murder of Zhou Tingting by Liu Sui pushed the entire police system of Shouquan Town into an embarrassing situation.

The briber was Liu Sui's late father, and the main recipient of the bribe was Qian Da, who had already taken off his police uniform. However, none of the people who were in charge of investigating Zhou Tingting's case could get away with it.There must have been Liu Sui's footprints by the Yantang, but in the case report, it was clearly stated that only Zhou Tingting's footprints were left, so it was determined that he had slipped and fell into the water.

This kind of mistake is a disgrace to all the policemen in Shouquan Town.

The old case must be investigated, but now the Qiyue Mountain is full of fog, the murderer of one case has been arrested, and the other case has not yet been clarified. The investigation of the Shouquan Town Police Station can only be postponed temporarily.

Mingshu came to Shouquan Town again, and obviously felt that the atmosphere here was different from before. Those arrogant and uncooperative policemen had been transferred away, and the new policemen who were transferred to assist in the investigation were very diligent.

In addition to Chu Xin and other five monks, there are also Chang Qingying, Chu Jiang, Hu Chengyi, and Wang Lu in the police registration data.These four people have left Haijing Temple successively in the past three years, and the reason is to go out for "cloud travel".

According to the past, "Yunyou" is home from all over the world. It is not an easy task to find all the monks of "Yunyou".

But now that the police have mastered their accurate personal information, it is not difficult to locate them through traffic and consumption searches.

But that's when the problem arises.

After investigation, it turned out that only Hu Chengyi, the oldest, was currently living in Hanshu Village under the jurisdiction of Dongye City, and the other three were missing.

"Why is it missing again?" Fang Yuanhang was furious, "Wu Chen said to retreat, but he was not in Haijing Temple early in the morning; these three people said 'cloud travel', and they disappeared after swimming? One disappeared I understand, the three of them are gone, this is not normal!"

Chang Qingying, 47 years old, a native of Los Angeles, used to be a corporate white-collar worker. She became a monk in Haijing Temple five years ago and left in December last year.

Chu Jiang, 55 years old, is from Fengxiang Town, Dongye City. He used to be a dairy worker. He came to Haijing Temple six years ago and left last summer.

Wang Lu, 36 years old, from Shouquan Township, is unemployed. Like Chu Jiang, he became a monk six years ago and left the mountain this spring.

Both Luocheng and Fengxiang Town are adjacent to Shouquan Town, so it is not surprising that they chose Haijing Temple.

Mingshu looked at the information of these three people, and asked Fang Yuanhang after a while: "You know the monks better than I do. Are they traveling down the mountain now, like on TV, without money, and begging for money along the way?"

"No." Fang Yuanhang shook his head, "Master, don't think of serious monks so primitively. They have ID cards and bank cards. If they don't have bank cards, they at least have passbooks. They can also take airplanes and high-speed trains, and the young ones can use mobile phones." Paying, not begging for food like knocking on the door on TV."

Mingshu said: "So at least, in this year and a half, they should keep withdrawal records."

"That's right!" Fang Yuanhang said: "Chu Jiang, who was the first to go down the mountain, has been 'travelling' for more than a year, but we can't find any news about him. This is impossible, unless he is dead."

Mingshu raised his eyebrows and looked at Fang Yuanhang.

Fang Yuanhang was taken aback, "Did I say the wrong thing?"

Mingshu shook his head, "If you think about the possibility of disappearance, the possibility of Chu Jiang's death is indeed not small. And he died immediately after leaving Haijing Temple."

A cold sweat broke out on Fang Yuanhang's back, "What's the reason? It was Chu Jiang first, and now it's Xiao Chen's turn?"

"I don't know." Ming Shu said, "But don't forget what Tang Yuan and the others said. There are no good monks in Haijing Temple. Maybe they all left for a certain purpose."

Fang Yuanhang thought for a while, "I see. It seems that we can only check their backgrounds to see why they went to Haijing Temple to become monks. Maybe they have something in common with people like Fang Pingxu and Chuxin."

"It's promising." Mingshu smiled, and his eyes stayed on Hu Chengyi's photo.

Among the registered monks, only Hu Chengyi's whereabouts are confirmed, and he left Haijing Temple much earlier than the other three, and returned to the countryside three years ago.

There are quite a few monks who practice Buddhism for several years and return to lay life, but most of them are young and middle-aged. Few old people have left home for most of their lives and suddenly return to lay life.

Moreover, according to other people in Haijing Temple, Hu Chengyi did not say that he was leaving vulgarity when he left. The reason was the same as the other three people, and he was also "traveling in the clouds".

Why didn't you swim and went back to the countryside?

"Hu Chengyi may know something." Ming Shu said, "I'll go to Hanshu Village."

Fang Yuanhang wanted to follow, but was ordered by Mingshu to stay in the bureau and continue to interrogate Fang Pingxu and others.

Chu Jiang was called "Wu Fei" in Haijing Temple, so Chu Xin and others also called him "Wu Fei".

"Wufei didn't say goodbye to me, and he doesn't know me well, so why did he say goodbye to me?" Chu Xin said with a smile: "I still say that, I just happen to be monks in the same monastery, there is no need to take each other too seriously." important."

Fang Yuanhang asked: "Then how can you be sure that Wufei went to 'Yunyou'?"

"Otherwise, why else would you go?" Chu Xin said, "Go whoring?"

"Can't you be serious?" Fang Yuanhang was about to lose his temper. "Didn't Wufei tell you that his purpose of going down the mountain was to travel in the clouds? You didn't watch him leave Haijing Temple either?"

Chu Xin straightened his back on purpose, "No, maybe I was sleeping when he left?"

Fang Yuanhang asked: "Then when I asked you for the first time, he told me with certainty that Wufei was going to 'Yunyou', which shows that you have already had such an understanding in your mind!"

Chu Xin smiled, "The little straight man has started to analyze my place again."

Said, Chu Xin pointed to his head.

Fang Yuanhang finally calmed down and was no longer affected by Chu Xin's gaudy words, "Who told you that Wufei went to 'Yunyou'?"

"Do you doubt this person?" Chu Xin put on a posture of thinking, but no one knew whether he was really thinking.

After a few seconds, he said, "I seem to have heard it from Wu Shi."

Fang Yuanhang asked again: "What about Wu Hong (Chang Qingying) and Wu Zan (Wang Lu)? What were you doing when they left Haijing Temple?"

"I don't know either." Chu Xin said indifferently, "I've always heard from others that they went down the mountain to 'travel'."

Fang Yuanhang asked Liu Sui, Tang Yuan, Fang Pingxu, and Yin Xiaofeng again, and found an astonishing fact—out of the four of them, none of them saw Chu Jiang, Chang Qingying, and Wang Lu leave with their own eyes, nor did they hear it with their own ears. When they said they were going to "Yunyou", they all learned about it from "others".

And the source of the news can only be traced back to Master Peeping Chen.

The more Fang Yuanhang thought about it, the more something went wrong.

Haijing Temple is not big, with one gate in the front yard and one gate in the back yard. Monks use the front gate to go in and out every day.Practicing in the same temple, no matter how bad the relationship is, it is still necessary to say a few words. If the three of Chu Jiang really went down the mountain for a "cloud tour", they must have made some preparations before. Only tell Master Peeping Dust.And when they left, they must pass by the front yard, and they were not seen by Chu Xin and others three times?

Did they avoid everyone and leave at night?

But why do you want to do this?

Going down the mountain "cloud travel" is not a shameful thing. Is there any reason to go down the mountain at night or through the small gate in the backyard?

Only Xiaochen knows, and Xiaochen is also missing now.

Fang Yuanhang jumped up from his chair and called Mingshu immediately.

Dongye City, Hanshu Village.

Different villages have different styles.Because of investigations, Mingshu has been to countless villages. Hanshu Village is one of the best built. Every household is a small bungalow. There are no chimneys in the village, and there is no smell of coal that pervades many villages. All are connected to natural gas, and all appliances are readily available.

Going forward seven or eight years, Hanshu Village is still not like this.Later, there was a flood and rockslide disaster, and the earthen houses in the whole village were all abandoned. The government ordered re-planning, and turned Hanshu Village into a small tourist village.

Now 90.00% of the villagers in the village are running farmhouses, Hu Chengyi, a monk who has returned to lay life, is one of the few exceptions.He lives alone in the house allocated in the village, grows some vegetables in his yard, and lives a life that is almost isolated from the world.

Mingshu explained the purpose of coming, and Hu Chengyi sighed slowly.

"Why did you return to vulgarity back then?" Mingshu said, "I heard from the monks at Haijing Temple that before you left, you said you were going to 'Yunyou'?"

"That's what I said." Hu Chengyi said: "Because I really can't find a suitable reason."

Mingshu asked: "Then what is the real reason why you left Haijing Temple?"

After a long time, Hu Chengyi looked at the clouds in the sky and said, "I feel like the abbot has changed."