Madness of the Heart

Bai Ying.A very common name.

But this common name caught Mingshu's nerves instantly.

When Qin Ying was rescued in Haijing Temple, she never said that her surname was Qin, and Qin Ying's nominal adoptive mother was named Bai Hong.

After leaving Haijing Temple, Qin Ying changed her name to Bai Ying?

"This is Baiying's information provided by the No. [-] Prison in Jingli City." Xiao Yu'an clicked on the envelope that had been opened on the table.

Mingshu pulled out the information, and the first thing he saw was Bai Ying's photo.

It was a face more handsome than most men, with piercing eyes, not like a prisoner at all.

Mingshu immediately called out the photo of Qin Ying saved in the phone, compared it left and right, and said in a deep voice, "Bai Ying is Qin Ying!"

"Yes." Xiao Yuan stood up, "Bai Ying was sentenced to 12 years in prison 14 years ago for causing death by intentional injury. This photo was taken 12 years ago. He was 25 years old at the time, and his appearance was not much different from when he was 16 years old. Big difference. After serving five years in prison, at the age of 30, Baiying escaped from prison and is still missing.”

Prison escapes are often seen in film and television literature, but in reality, prison escapes do not happen often. First, the prison has its own management system. No matter how vicious prisoners are inside, they will be subdued. Live a life of fear and hiding.

Very few prisoners will choose to escape from prison.

"Strange." Ming Shu frowned tightly, "I was sentenced to 14 years for intentional injury and death, which is already considered a light sentence. Bai Ying served five years, with a correct attitude, and if she actively reforms, she may be able to go out without waiting for 14 years. , he can't risk escape from prison. How did Baiying behave while serving her sentence?"

"I don't know for the time being. Baiying's situation in prison and the specific details of his crimes need to be verified by you." Xiao Yuan folded his fingers, "What is certain is that when the local police were investigating the tragic death of Gong Guozhen's family, It didn't think of Baiying's escape from prison."

"How?" Mingshu was puzzled, "No matter where the prisoner escaped from prison, it should be strictly investigated. Gong Guozhen died after Baiying escaped from prison. The focus of the investigation should be the prisoner's revenge."

Xiao Yu'an said: "But according to the prison guards, Gong Guozhen has been taking good care of this prisoner, and Bai Ying has no motive for revenge on Gong Guozhen."

Mingshu's brows furrowed deeper, and he made a judgment almost instantly, "There is something wrong with this prison."

Xiao Yu'an nodded, "What I know now is only superficial and superficial. After all, our people have not passed away. Similar scenes happened in three cities. There must be a relationship between Gong Guozhen's family, Cao Fenghuai's family, and Qin Xiong's family. As for our Dong Ye Judging from the clues from the city, this 'relationship' exists with Qin Ying, that is, Bai Ying who escaped from prison, but the other two cases may provide other ideas."

"I'm going to Jingli City now." Mingshu said with his eyes darkened, "But this case is not under our control, have you communicated with the local police?"

Xiao Yu'an glanced at the time, "The communication will be handled by the Special Operations Team. Get ready and go directly to Jingli City to meet them."

Investigating cases across provinces has never been an easy task. Provinces and provinces, cities and cities do not necessarily communicate with each other, and each has its own network of relationships. This is one of the reasons why it is difficult to detect serial murders that are running around. .

However, if the special operations team came out, the problem would be solved much easier.

Ming Shu and Yi Fei rushed to Jingli City, got off the plane and boarded the police car of the special operations team.

"Brother Mingshu, we meet again." A young man with big eyes and short hair was sitting in the co-pilot. He seemed to be a member of the special operations team, but he was not wearing a police uniform like the driving team members. Instead, he wore a bright yellow coat.

"Leran, you can call him Lele." Mingshu introduced to Yi Fei, "The best fighter in the special operations team."

Yi Feichong smiled cheerfully, "Hello."

"Hello Team Yi!" Le Ran and Yi Fei clapped their hands together, revealing eight small white teeth.

Mingshu asked: "Is the Shen team here too?"

"Brother Xun is in the Municipal Bureau." Le Ran said, "This Baiying used to be a 'black household', do you know that?"

Ming Shu nodded, "He was always a 'black household' in Dong Ye when he was a child."

"What we now know is that when Baiying was 18 years old, he registered in Jingli City, and it was a family named Qiao who helped him register." Le Ran said: "After obtaining the identity, Baiying still lives in The Qiao family, because they don’t have a degree and it doesn’t matter, they can only do some low-income jobs. Before he was suspected of intentionally hurting people at the age of 25, he worked as a handyman in a seafood shop.”

Mingshu has seen the whole story of Baiying hurting people on the plane——

Twelve years ago, there was a famous seafood restaurant in Jingli City called "Hongzhuang".

The name "Hongzhuang" does not match the seafood shop itself, it refers to the outstanding appearance of the seafood shop owner Zhou Han.

Back then in Jingli City, there were always rumors that Zhou Han was taken care of by a rich businessman, and some said that the second generation of the rich and the second generation of the power were jealous of Zhou Han.

Gossip fueled the popularity of "Red Makeup", and Bai Ying went in and worked as a handyman when the second store of "Red Makeup" opened.

Half a year later, a murder occurred in the box of the second store of "Red Makeup". Zhang Long, the 28-year-old owner of a private enterprise, was stabbed through the lungs with a sharp knife.

Fingerprints on the knife and bloody footprints at the scene proved that Bai Ying, who had entered the box and had an argument with Zhang Long, was the murderer.

Baiying pleaded guilty in a good manner, saying that after being made things difficult by Zhang Long, she attacked Zhang Long impulsively and stabbed the kitchen knife into Zhang Long's body by mistake.

The fighting marks at the scene and Bai Ying's injuries confirmed Bai Ying's words.

In the end, Bai Ying was sentenced to 14 years in prison for intentionally wounding someone to death, and served her sentence in the No. [-] Prison of Jingli City.

The case seems to be clear and there are no doubts, but Baiying's escape from prison poses the biggest doubt.

Jingli City Bureau, Criminal Investigation Detachment.

When Mingshu and his team arrived, Shen Xun was talking to a gray-haired policeman.

"Ming team is here." Shen Xun skipped the politeness and said directly: "This is Captain Chen Hechen who was in charge of investigating the Baiying case at that time."

The Baiying case was a small case, and Jingli City was only a small city. The local police had never cooperated with the special operations team before. When Shen Xun arrived, the city bureau seemed very nervous.

Chen He is even more so.

He has worked in the public security system for decades, starting as a street policeman, and later promoted to the criminal police squadron of the sub-bureau. He handled some trivial cases. When he was older, he no longer ran around on the front line, and usually did some logistics and administrative work.

As soon as the special operations team arrived, they asked him about the Baiying case 12 years ago, and a great panic enveloped him—could it be that case went wrong?

"Team Chen, don't be nervous, we just want to find out what happened to Bai Ying that year." Shen Xun said: "Bai Ying escaped from prison while serving her sentence in the second prison, you know about it?"

Chen He nodded, "I also participated in the investigation."

"Based on what you know about Bai Ying, what might be the reason for his escape?" Mingshu asked.

"I..." The wrinkles on Chen He's face trembled, and it took a long time before he said, "What can I know about him?"

Mingshu's eyes suddenly changed.

A competent criminal policeman should never say such a thing.

If you want to ask who knows a murderer best, then Mingshu's answer is definitely - the police who tracked and arrested him.

Mingshu himself knew the suspects who had been investigated very well.Because if you don't understand the ultimate, you can't find the flaws of some suspects at all.

Of course, not all detectives can do this.

Mingshu sighed, and said again: "Then let's talk about the situation when you investigated the Baiying case. What I want to hear are the details and your analysis of the clues, not the contents of the case file." .”

Chen He and Ming Shu looked at each other for a moment, then turned their eyes away, "The evidence in this case is relatively sufficient, and Bai Ying also pleaded guilty, so we didn't report it to the Municipal Bureau. Now you asked me to explain the details, I really can't remember too much, Because we didn’t encounter any difficulties in the investigation, we don’t know how many cases of this kind we have to handle in a year.”

"You said just now that you participated in the investigation of Baiying's escape from prison." Mingshu said, "You should be very clear about Baiying's prison sentence?"

Chen He nodded this time, "I heard from the prison guard that he has been accepting reform seriously and has never caused any trouble in prison. The only thing is that others bullied him."

Mingshu asked: "What's the matter?"

Chen He said: "The people locked up with Bai Ying are all big bosses. Bai Ying is a fair and handsome man. You don't need me to tell you what he might have experienced, right?"

Mingshu frowned and said, "Has he been violated?"

"Not really." Chen He said: "The prison guards arrived in time and rescued Bai Ying. Bai Ying was honest, hardworking, and obedient in prison. The prison guards gave him more or less green light and took care of him. Similar things never happened again. When we went to investigate Baiying’s escape, we heard from the prisoners that some of them called Baiying “the son of the second prisoner.”

Mingshu asked: "Gong Guozhen is also one of the prison guards who take care of him?"

Hearing the name "Gong Guozhen", Chen He's expression changed, and he nodded dully.

Gong Guozhen's family died tragically. As long as this case is not solved, the shadow hanging over Jingli City will be difficult to dissipate.

It was a prison guard who was killed, and the suspect was probably a prisoner with hatred in his heart.The criminal police and special police, who have been dealing with criminals for a long time, inevitably put themselves in it.

"I'm actually..." Chen He glanced at Ming Shu and Shen Xun, hesitant to speak.

Shen Xundao: "Team Chen, if you have any ideas, please let us know."

Chen He bowed his head in silence for a long time, then sighed, "I really couldn't figure out why Baiying escaped from prison. He, he really doesn't look like a person who can escape from prison. He stayed in the second prison for five years To be honest, he pleaded guilty so well at the beginning, and he was trying to win a light sentence. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison. According to his performance, he didn't stay for 14 years at all, and he was only in his thirties when he came out. .But if he ran away, this life would be ruined."

Ming Shu originally thought that the clues would be much clearer when he saw the police who investigated the Baiying case back then, but Chen He provided too little information. Come down to investigate Baiying's "family".

"They can't figure out why Baiying escaped from prison, but I can figure it out?" Prison guard Huang Xiaochun flipped through the past files, "According to me, whoever escapes here is not as strange as Baiying escaped from prison. There really is no sign at all." , the person suddenly disappeared. Before Baiying escaped from prison, he even talked to me about his own plans after he got out of prison, saying that he wanted to set up a shop and do some small business."

It was precisely because no one expected that a "model prisoner" like Bai Ying would escape from prison. At that time, the entire second prison was in a hurry and failed to respond immediately. Later, even though the special police from the city bureau were dispatched, he still could not be found. .

When Baiying escaped from prison, Gong Guozhen was among the prison guards on duty.

Investigation records show that after the incident, all the prison guards on duty were questioned, and they all said that Bai Ying had no abnormalities that day.

But how could a living person disappear from a heavily guarded prison without any reason?

Someone must be lying.

Seven years ago, the police could not find out who was lying, but now, the truth is almost in front of Mingshu.

The man behind the scenes is probably Gong Guozhen.Otherwise, the death of his family would not be so similar to that of Qin Xiong's family.

But according to what Huang Xiaochun and other prison guards said, Gong Guozhen has always taken care of Bai Ying, and it was Gong Guozhen who rescued Bai Ying when she was almost raped by the prisoners.

Assuming that Baiying's escape from prison was helped by Gong Guozhen, then why would Baiying kill Gong Guozhen's family after being released from prison for many years?

From Bai Ying's point of view, isn't Gong Guozhen his benefactor?

The result cannot be deduced from the process, but a completely different process emerges from the reverse deduction of the result.

That is the thinking has fallen into some kind of misunderstanding.

Mingshu calmed down and re-analyzed Baiying's so-called escape.

After committing the murder, Bai Ying actively pleaded guilty and received a light sentence. During her sentence, Bai Ying worked hard to fight for a commutation of her sentence.

Such a person, what reason does he have to escape from prison?

So Bai Ying didn't actually escape from prison?But forced to leave for some reason?

what is the reason?

What role did Gong Guozhen play in it?So much so that Baiying didn't thank him, and even killed him a few years later?

What about Cao Fenghuai?

Are Cao Fenghuai, Gong Guozhen, and Qin Xiong Baiying's enemies?

According to regulations, police from other provinces are not allowed to walk around the prison at will, but Mingshu is behind the special operations team, so he enjoys certain special powers.

"I want to meet the prisoner in the same cell as Bai Ying." Mingshu said.

Huang Xiaochun showed some embarrassment, saying that he had to follow up with the application.

While waiting for Huang Xiaochun to apply, Mingshu called Shen Xun.

Soon, Huang Xiaochun brought the two prisoners to Mingshu.

"Just the two of them." Huang Xiaochun said, "The rest are out of prison."

The two prisoners, one named Wen Xiang, in his 40s, and the other named Liu Ligan, in his 30s, were charged with intentional injury.The people in the same cell came and went, and these two were the only ones who spent time with Bai Ying all those years ago.

In front of Huang Xiaochun, the two talked about something related to Baiying. It was nothing more than that this person was good-tempered, hard-working, and likable.

After listening for a while, Mingshu found Wen Xiang's eyes very interesting.

He seems to be conveying a message with his eyes - I know what you want to know, but I can't say it for now.

Ming Shu dismissed Huang Xiaochun.

Surveillance is everywhere in the prison, but after staying in it for a long time, I naturally know where I can talk.

Wen Xiang led Mingshu forward until he was completely out of sight of the prison guards, and then said: "You all think that Baiying escaped from prison, but it's not."

"Both?" Ming Shu shook his head, "If I believed that Bai Ying really escaped from prison, I wouldn't have gone so far with you."

Wen Xiang raised his eyebrows, briefly met Ming Shu's gaze, and shook his head with a smile, "Don't you find it strange that I'm a prisoner, why do I talk to you so much?"

Mingshu said: "There are too many strange things in this world."

Wen Xiang smiled more heartily, but soon the smile gradually became stiff until it disappeared.

After a while, he turned around and squinted at the high wall in the distance, "Baiying once asked me for help, but I didn't help him."

Mingshu calmly said, "Someone forcibly took Baiying out of prison, right?"

Wen Xiang nodded.

In his eyes, Mingshu saw guilt and remorse.

"I should help him. He has helped me more than once." Wen Xiang clenched his fists tightly, "But you know, in a place like a prison, the prison guards are the last thing to offend."

Ming Shu asked: "Is it Gong Guozhen?"

Wen Xiang asked in surprise, "You already know?"

Ming Shu seemed to be calm, but his heart was filled with waves, "Why did Gong Guozhen do this?"

Wen Xiang said: "I can only tell you the facts I have seen, and my speculation over the years."

Seven years ago, on June 6th.

According to regulations, some prisoners will enter the No. [-] workshop to work, and return to the cell after the work is completed.Meanwhile, Bai Ying, who was supposed to be working in Workshop No. [-], never showed up.After work, the prisoners have an hour of free time.When Wen Xiang passed by the warehouse, he heard a slight noise coming from inside. When he took a closer look, he found a person lying on a bed made of several cargo boxes.

This person is Bai Ying.

Wen Xiang was shocked.

The noise was made by Bai Ying, who was probably drugged and unable to stand up at all.

Spotting Wen Xiang at the door of the warehouse, Bai Ying stretched out her hand with great effort, tears welling from her eyes.

Wen Xiang still can't forget that scene, that posture and eyes asking for help.

If time went back, Wen Xiang would rush in without hesitation and bring Bai Ying out.But at that time, Wen Xiang chose to escape.

Just when he turned around, he heard Baiying's desperate "ah".

Accompanied by this sound was the sound of footsteps.

Wen Xiang hurriedly hid in a corner, holding his breath.

Soon, he saw a man sneaking out of the warehouse.

It was prison guard Gong Guozhen.

That night, the prison was suddenly under martial law because some prisoners escaped from prison.In the middle of the night, Wen Xiang found out that the escaped prisoner was Bai Ying.

"I can see clearly that with Baiying's state at that time, it was impossible to escape from prison." Wen Xiang's voice trembled, "It was Gong Guozhen, and there might be someone else who got him out."

After listening to Wen Xiang's narration, Mingshu was silent for a while.

Wen Xiang smiled wryly and said, "I know this is hard to believe. A prisoner who didn't want to escape from prison was let out by a prison guard. They took turns interrogating me, but I didn’t say anything. I dare not say it, and it’s useless to say it.”

Mingshu asked: "Then why are you willing to tell me?"

"I'm going to be released from prison next year." Wen Xiang shrugged, "When I get out, maybe I won't tell this secret until I die. But I think someone should uphold justice for Bai Ying. We all Prisoner, it’s true, but we accepted the reform seriously and never thought about escaping from prison, Baiying served his sentence well, but was killed by someone, why did he have to be charged with escaping from prison?”

Ming Shu said: "Then guess what Gong Guozhen's purpose is to get Bai Ying out?"

Wen Xiang shook his head, "I can't guess, but it's definitely not a good thing. People with Bai Ying's appearance are always missed here, but Gong Guo really has a wife, so it's not like us who can only find men to vent their anger. Last year, the higher-ups came to investigate again, saying that Gong Guozhen was killed, and I wondered if it was Bai Ying who did it, but I also thought that Bai Ying might have died long ago."

Jingli City, Muming Street.

Yi Fei walked through the narrow alleyway, and the policemen from the police station walked in front.

"That's Baiying's house. There's no one there anymore." The policeman pointed to a small shop.

All the houses on this street are old houses. Some of the shops facing the street are above the street level, and some are below the street level. If you want to enter the shops below the street level, you have to go down four or five steps.

The policeman had already made it clear to Yi Fei that when Bai Ying first arrived in Jingli City, she was a "black man" with no clear background, and later she settled down on this street and became a worker in a tailor shop. A son who was the same age as Bai Ying, but this son died of illness before Bai Ying came to Jingli City. Qiao Ying was so sad that she insisted on treating Bai Ying as her own son, and later helped Bai Ying get her household registration. After being sentenced, Baiying's household registration was suspended in a tailor's shop.

These years, everyone is not comfortable wearing clothes from the tailor shop, and Qiao Ying is getting old, so he closed the shop and lived alone in the shop.

"He has some problems in his mind." The policeman reminded: "Don't take everything you say seriously."

Yi Fei stood in front of Qiao Ying, looking at the man in his 60s.

Over 60 is not really old, but Qiao Ying no longer has any vitality.

"Are you here to look for Ah Ying?" Qiao Ying said, "I've already said that he's not with me."

I also want to know that after Baiying committed murder and escaped from prison, the police must have come to this cramped tailor shop many times.

Yi Fei suddenly feels sorry for Qiao Ying.

"I'm not looking for Bai Ying." Yi Fei said, "I just want to hear from you, how did you and Bai Ying meet back then? Why are you willing to help Bai Ying solve the identity problem."

After a long time, Qiao Ying murmured: "If my child is still here, he will be the same size as Ah Ying. I have a destiny with Ah Ying, and he is the child returned to me by the heavens. You all say that Ah Ying killed someone, I don't believe it. , I lived with him for seven years, he learned how to make clothes from me when he was 18 years old, I taught him the principles of life, I don’t believe he will kill people.”

Yi Fei tried to calm Qiao Ying, but Qiao Ying wiped his tears tremblingly and repeated: "I don't believe he will kill someone!"

On the way back to the urban area from the second prison, Ming Shu received a call from Shen Xun.

"We found Zhou Han, the boss of 'Hongzhuang'." Shen Xun said: "The one who gave her money to run 'Hongzhuang' was the victim of Hongcheng, Cao Fenghuai."