Madness of the Heart

Mingshu squeezed the phone tightly, staring at the word "Baiying" on the whiteboard, the fatigue accumulated for many days turned into strands of red blood in his eyes.

His frowning eyebrows and red eyes made him look a little more hostile than usual.

There was no answer for a long time, only the sound of breathing, Xiao Yuan called: "Ming team?"

"I'm here." Mingshu suddenly looked away from the whiteboard, and twisted the swollen eyebrows with his right hand, "I'm here."

As he said that, he turned around and walked towards the conference table not far away, pulled out a chair and sat down, holding back the indescribable anger, and calmly said: "I have been thinking, why does the person who cooperates with Gong Guozhen outside the second prison take so much trouble?" Do your best to get Qin Ying. Director Xiao, you gave me an idea just now."

Xiao Yu'an said: "Someone has taken a fancy to a certain organ on Qin Ying's body. If it is connected with the Chu family, it is the heart."

"Wait!" Mingshu raised his hand—even though Xiao Yuan would not see this action, "Chu Xin is nominally Chu Linxiong's nephew, but the rumors in the market are that Chu Xin is Chu Linxiong's illegitimate son. Before he was in the Chu family's limelight, after he suddenly became a monk, Chu Qingcai gradually came to power. Heart surgery, monkhood, Haijing Temple... But brother, apart from Chu Xin being involved in the case we are investigating, there is no other clue to prove him It has something to do with Qin Ying."

"Indeed there is no evidence." Xiao Yu'an said, "However, if it is confirmed that what Chu Xin did was indeed an illegal operation, and the heart came from a living person, it would explain why Chu Xin gave up his career and chose to become a monk."

Mingshu said: "He wants to repent. The water in the Chu family is too deep. Not many people who have undergone a heart transplant can survive ten years. Chu Xin is now considered half useless. He's watching."

Xiao Yu was silent for a moment, "Chu Xin is nominally being monitored by the police, but in fact he is being protected by us. If someone wants to do something to him, they can't do it for the time being."

Ming Shu said: "Brother, are you assuming that Chu Xin's operation is related to Qin Ying?"

"Now we have no evidence, but don't forget a crucial time issue." Xiao Yuan said: "Qin Ying was taken away from prison by Gong Guozhen in June seven years ago. Chu Xin's heart surgery was also seven years ago. On what date We can’t be certain for the time being, but judging from the known clues, Chu Xin disappeared from people’s sight in the first half of the year, May 6 at the latest, and returned to China in March of the following year.”

Ming Shu's heartbeat gradually accelerated, "It is feasible in terms of time, so if Qin Ying and Chu Xin are really connected because of their hearts, wouldn't Chu Xin be the biggest target of the murderer? The murderer avenged Qin Ying and killed those who hurt Qin Ying step by step. The last step is to take back Qin Ying's heart? Brother, Chu Xin now..."

"Don't worry." Xiao Yu'an said, "There are special police to protect his safety."

"No, I have to think about it again." Mingshu put one hand on his forehead, "Whether Chu Xin's operation is related to Qin Ying, we can continue to investigate this point later, once we inform Chu Xin of the danger he may face, His attitude will definitely change."

Xiao Yu'an said softly, "Yes."

"Then according to my thinking just now, Gong Guozhen took Qin Ying away for Qin Ying's heart. Doesn't that mean that Gong Guozhen has done similar things before?" Things don’t happen just once.”

Stealing prisoners' organs for transplantation, similar cases have happened both at home and abroad, and the most influential one has even formed a complete system of prison guards, black market intermediaries, and doctors.

A characteristic of this kind of case is that there is more than one victim.After tasting the sweetness, people will repeatedly take risks for huge profits.

"But the second prison is completely under the spotlight now, and neither the Jingli City Criminal Investigation Detachment nor the Special Operations Team has found any other tricks." Ming Shu said: "Assuming that Qin Ying was taken away because of the organ trade, how could Gong Guozhen only do it?" This time? Still doing it so skillfully?"

"The risk of organ transplantation is huge, and the risk of heart transplantation is even greater." Xiao Yu'an said: "It is definitely not possible to just find someone from the prison. There is a lot of work to be done in the early stage. There are so many prisoners in the prison, why is Qin Ying locked up?"

Mingshu thought for a while, then sighed, "I don't have a clue for now."

"You continue to investigate according to your ideas. First, if organ trading is involved, Qin Ying cannot be targeted inexplicably. There must be clues in the second prison that we have not found. Second, the murdered by the Gong family was Gong Guozhen. His wife and grandson, his immediate family members are still there, and the Gong family can continue to dig." Xiao Yuan said: "As for Chu Xin, I will contact him again."

Gong Guozhen's eldest son, Gong Fu, used to be an English teacher in No. [-] Middle School of Jingli City. The child who was killed with Gong Guozhen a year ago was his three-year-old son.

A tragic murder caused him to lose three close relatives overnight, and his wife divorced him because of the unbearable pain.

Today, Gong Fu has resigned from his job at No. [-] Middle School and is unemployed. He either stays at home or wanders the streets, living off his savings.

When the case happened last year, he was a family member of the victim. The police took care of his emotions and did not conduct too many investigations against him.But now, Gong Guozhen is no longer a simple victim, but is related to the disappearance of prisoners in the second prison seven years ago. The police have to investigate the background of Gong's family.

"It was my father, my mother, and my three-year-old child who were killed!" Gong Fu was very emotional, his eyes were full of anger and grief, "You tell me now that my father has a problem , he is the perpetrator? Why! Why do you say that! My father has worked hard all his life, and now he is retired, and he was murdered. Instead of arresting and murdering my whole family, you pour dirty water on my father. If you want me to cooperate, why should I cooperate? Cooperate with you to slander my father!"

Mingshu said: "If a person has not done a certain evil thing, but is accused of doing it, this is called a false accusation. A person who has done a certain evil thing and is accused afterwards is not called a false accusation."

Gong Fu is in his thirties. The teachers and students of the No. [-] Middle School all said that Mr. Gong is both knowledgeable and personable.

"Damn!" Today's Gong Fu no longer has the demeanor described by others. He looks at the detectives in front of him fiercely, as if they are the murderers who killed his family.

"You got married six years ago, and you bought this house half a year ago." Ming Shu glanced at the room that hadn't been cleaned for a long time, and finally returned to Gong Fu's face, "120 square meters, three bedrooms and two living rooms, A mid-range commodity house in the center of the city, close to the best elementary school in Jingli City, with the house price in Jingli City in 100, the whole price of this house would cost at least [-] million.”

Gong Fu seemed to be insane, and angrily shouted: "You are not worthy of being a policeman! Instead of arresting the murderer of my family, check my house instead! How much my house cost has nothing to do with you!"

"Of course it has something to do with it." Mingshu looked at the information on his phone. The special operations team has found out that Gong Fu paid the full price when he bought this house six and a half years ago.

Most ordinary people now choose to buy a house with a loan.Jingli City is a small city, and its economic development level is far inferior to Dongye City and Luocheng City. Gong Fu was a middle school teacher under 30 years old at the time. How could he have the ability to directly spend 100 million yuan to buy a house?

"When you bought a house, you were not yet married. At that time, your monthly salary was less than 100. Who gave you the [-] million house payment?" Ming Shu asked.

Gong Fu said excitedly: "It's none of your business! Why do you always catch my house!"

"I can't tell where the 100 million came from, so I can't let it go." Ming Shu asked forcefully, "Did Gong Guozhen give it to you?"

Gong Fu's pupils shrank sharply: "So what! My father was frugal and hardworking, and the money was saved by him and my mother! Why, do you suspect that the money he bought me for my house was stolen money? You, you are so good at trampling people!"

"It's right to be frugal." Ming Shu said: "After all, they have been living in the old house, but can they save 100 million by being frugal?"

In Jingli City, no matter how much a prison guard saves, he can't save 100 million.

Gong Fu first looked at Ming Shu, but after a short look at each other, he turned his head away, "My father didn't pay all the 100 million. My wife and I also have savings, and my sister also supported me with 50!"

"Your sister?" Mingshu said softly, "Gong Xin."

"Yes, if you don't believe me, ask her!" Gong Fu said, "And my ex-wife, you all ask, ask, don't fucking slander my father!"

Mingshu had long wanted to contact Gong Xin, but Gong Xin had left the country more than ten years ago. Last year, three members of the Gong family were killed, and the police failed to contact Gong Xin.

"Your sister supported you with 50 yuan." Mingshu said, "How did you support it? Have you been in contact with Gong Xin in the past year?"

A little unnaturalness appeared on Gong Fu's face, "She has cut off contact with us a long time ago."

"Oh?" Mingshu raised his eyebrows: "How early is 'early'?"

Gong Fu's lips twitched, but he didn't answer.

"Since the contact has been cut off, Gong Xin is still willing to support you to buy a house with all the money?" Ming Shu said, "This is not reasonable."

The police checked the bank records of the Gong family. Neither Gong Guozhen nor Gong Fu had a record of large transfers under their names. However, before Gong Fu bought a house, he had made a large amount of savings at the counter.

"You think I can't buy this house, so no matter what I do, you all think it's unreasonable!" Gong Fu said, with tears in his eyes, and gritted his teeth: "I bought the house with a clean money!"

Mingshu said: "Then I can understand that before you bought the house, Gong Guozhen gave you a sum of money, your sister gave you a sum of money, and you and your ex-wife pooled the rest?"

Gong Fu still gritted his teeth.

Mingshu asked: "How much did Gong Guozhen give you?"

Gong Fu said: "Including my sister's, the total is 90."

"You and your ex-wife only paid more than 100 yuan for a house of [-] million yuan." Ming Shu asked, "Is that what you mean?"

"We still have to bear the cost of the renovation!" Gong Fu was unknowingly influenced by Ming Shu, and his attention gradually shifted to the payment of the house, "The renovation cost over [-] yuan!"

Mingshu nodded, "Gong Guozhen handed you 90 cash directly? Let you deposit it in the bank yourself as the house payment?"

Gong Fu opened his mouth for a long time, "Yeah, they don't know how to transfer money."

Mingshu laughed, "I didn't know how to transfer the money, so I took my own and my daughter's money out of the bank and handed it over to you for you to deposit by yourself. But the problem is, I didn't find out that Gong Xin transferred the money to Gong Guozhen. There is no record of Gong Guozhen's withdrawal."

Gong Fu's face immediately turned pale.

"Gong Guozhen may not know how to transfer money, but doesn't he usually deposit money in the bank?" Mingshu said, "Could it be that even your sister who is far away from abroad can't transfer money and send the banknotes to Gong Guozhen?"

"I..." Gong Fu was finally speechless.

Mingshu sternly said, "How did the 90 yuan come from?"

Tears fell from Gong Fu's eyes. He clasped his head with both hands, shook it constantly, and said frantically, "Aren't you the police! Go and investigate! Well, even if my father collected dirty money, shouldn't he be arrested?" Kill him? Don’t you police need to arrest the person who killed him?”

Ming Shu stared at Gong Fu, his expression became more serious, and his voice suddenly turned cold, "I'm asking you about what happened back then, just to find the real murderer of Gong Guo!"

Gong Fu wiped the tears all over his face, "But I don't know. I am a teacher, and I can't afford that much money. Shanshan and I have a good relationship, but her family said that if I don't buy a big house, I won't buy it." Marry Shanshan to me. No matter how much Shanshan and I save, it's still not enough..."

Mingshu said, "So you asked your parents for help?"

Gong Fu was stunned for a long time, and murmured: "I also doubted how my father could spend so much money. I asked him once, and he said it was supported by my sister. My sister and I have had a bad relationship since we were young. My sister went abroad because my parents were eccentric. She said that she would never come back after she left. She, she can't support me in buying a house..."

"But I don't dare to ask more questions." Gong Fu trembled, "If I don't have enough money, I won't be able to buy a house or marry Shanshan. I... Could it be because of me, my father, that he was killed?"

After many efforts, the special operations team finally contacted Gong Xin, who had settled down in the southern hemisphere.

Knowing that her parents died a year ago, Gong Xin was dumbfounded for a moment.Soon, Mingshu heard a low sigh.

"I didn't expect that once I left, it would be a farewell." Gong Xin said, "I just hated them and Gong Fu, but I didn't hate them to the point of wanting them to die."

Mingshu knows about Gong Xin's recent situation. She works in the clean energy industry, is married, and currently lives happily.

"Sorry." Ming Shu said, "I have a few questions here that I need you to answer."

Gong Xin restrained his emotions, "Okay, you ask."

Mingshu said: "Seven years ago, did Gong Guozhen contact you and ask you for a sum of money to buy a house for Gong Fu?"

Gong Xin was silent, probably thinking.Ten seconds later, she said, "I wanted to live, but I didn't give it. They called me cold-blooded and said they wouldn't even help their own brother."

Mingshu said, "When was the last time you contacted your family?"

"It was more than four years ago, I don't remember very clearly." Gong Xin said with a wry smile: "Actually, since I went abroad, I haven't had much contact with them. I don't have much sense of family affection. Let me fulfill the obligation of support. Take extra money from me, and I won't give it."

On the streets in late autumn, people are rushing by. Le Ran is still wearing his bright yellow loose coat and peaked cap. At first glance, he is no different from a delivery man.

Because of this attire, Mingshu sent him to the street to pick up takeaways.

The delivery man arrived on a motorcycle, Le Ran reached out to pick it up, and was sized up twice.

Le Ran was speechless, and hurried back to the building with her pockets in her pocket. Before she broke her chopsticks, she asked, "Brother Mingshu, do I really look like a delivery man in this dress?"

Mingshu picked out a set meal with barbecued pork in honey sauce, and leaned against the table to eat, "Nobody told you all this time?"

"They all said it was quite sunny." Le Ran was not in a hurry to eat, and took out her mobile phone to take a photo, "Brother Zhaofan said, when it comes to winter, everyone is dressed in gray and autumn, looking lifeless, the more so, You should wear more festive colors. For example, bright red, bright yellow..."

Thinking of Zhaofan's bright red outfit last time, Mingshu twitched his lips, "Don't say that your coat was given by Zhaofan?"

"That's not true." Le Ran shook her head, looked outside the door, saw that Shen Xun was not there, and said, "Before Brother Xun celebrates his birthday, I want to give him a piece of clothing as a gift, but what's inside me is rather earthy."

Mingshu put down his chopsticks, "...Lele, we can't say that about ourselves."

"It's nothing. I'm old-fashioned, and I'm not good at aesthetics." Le Ran didn't care. "I can't tell which clothes are high-grade and which ones are not. If I have to choose, I will buy sportswear for brother Xun."

Mingshu smiled and said, "The sportswear is also very good."

"Actually, I wanted to ask you to go shopping with me. You know how to pick out clothes. But you went back to Dongye City. The flower team and Brother Xiaoliu are in Los Angeles. The only thing I can use is Brother Zhaofan." Le Ran said: "So I can only go to the mall with him."

Mingshu followed suit, "Well, Zhaofan is usable."

Zhao Fan who is on a mission somewhere: "Ah-"

Le Ran continued: "Brother Zhaofan and Brother Xun are classmates after all, the same age, and similar tastes."

Forgive me for the slander: Your brother Xun and Zhaofan have far different tastes.

"But in the end, I chose it for Brother Xun myself." Le Ran smiled as she said, "Brother Xun likes it very much."

Mingshu said helplessly: "So you dragged Zhaofan out, and later he didn't choose clothes for Team Shen, but he picked one for you?"

"That's it." Le Ran scratched her head, "I didn't think it looked like a takeaway at the time..."

Mingshu patted Leran on the shoulder, "Lele, don't go shopping with Zhaofan next time. He cheated on you."

Le Ran took a few photos of herself, and the more she looked, the more she looked like a delivery man.

"Damn!" The model member of the special operations team exploded.

Mingshu just laughed, "The case is solved, you are not in a hurry to return to Beijing, are you?"

Le Ran said: "I can't say for sure, it depends on whether there are new tasks."

"Go to my place to play for a few days." Mingshu put on an elder brother's posture, "I'll pick clothes for you."

During the break time, it was only for a while to eat. Everyone was in a storm, and the whole table was eaten up in a short while.

Mingshu originally thought that the second prison could find out something, but first, all the prisoners who had served in the second prison in the past ten years have been verified, and none of them have encountered anything similar to Qin Ying, which shows that Qin Ying is the only one. One victim, on the assumption that Qin Ying was related to the organ trade, only one person in the entire prison became a victim of the organ black market in the past ten years. This possibility is very small, at least there is no precedent; Before Ying was taken away, she had undergone relevant examinations for transplant surgery. Although the prison regularly conducts physical examinations for prisoners, such physical examinations definitely do not meet the standards for physical examinations for transplant surgery.

Adding up the two points, Qin Ying was taken away by Gong Guozhen, it shouldn't be because someone wanted his organs.

But if this possibility is ruled out, it is back to the original point.

Mingshu pushed open the window, and the cold air of late autumn poured into the room at once.

Shen Xun walked over, "Qin Ying's being taken away is indeed the biggest mystery. During the seven years since he came to Jingli City, he has kept his own law and order, and is the most ordinary person in this society. Who wants to put him to death? , I can only think of Cao Fenghuai—even though Qin Ying has been imprisoned, Cao Fenghuai is still afraid that he will confess himself, so he wants to kill him. But we have already investigated the Cao family. Cao Fenghuai always looks for cronies in his work. His The cronies refuse to admit that they were involved in Qin Ying's 'prison break', and there is no evidence to support this inference."

Mingshu crossed his arms and shook his head, "Cao Fenghuai wants to kill Qin Ying, but there is a more convenient and safer way. Taking Qin Ying out of prison is the worst strategy. Since he has already bribed the prison guards, why not let the prison guards in the prison?" Using tricks in the prison? It is impossible for Qin Ying to be silenced by Cao Fenghuai."

Shen Xun said: "Then it can only be that someone outside needs him. Team Ming, besides organ trading, can you think of other possibilities?"

Ming Shu frowned, and now the clues are gradually closing. Seven years ago, Gong Guozhen's son needed a large sum of money to buy a new house, but Gong Guozhen himself could not afford so much money, and his daughter abroad was unwilling to give support. At this time One day, someone offered Gong Guozhen the opportunity to "get rich". Gong Guozhen accepted it and threatened another prison guard to cooperate with him.

Those who can do this are either rich or expensive.

The Chu family met the conditions, and Chu Xin did have the operation seven years ago.

But the Chu family couldn't find any donors, so why did they have to ask for Qin Ying?

Is there something that hasn't occurred to me yet?

Which corner is still covered with dust?

Mingshu took a deep breath of cold air, and strode to the whiteboard.

"Cold Mountain" book cafe in Dongye City.

It was already very late at night, and many cafes had already closed. Only this cafe with the name of "Urban Night Study" was still open, but there were very few customers, almost none.

In the corner, sat two men in suits and leather shoes.

Shui Xun said: "Chu Xin is now in the hands of the police. The Qiyueshan case has become so big that the police are staring at him. Mr. Chu has nothing to do."

Luo Yi said coldly: "Chu Qing has a way to get Chu Xin out."

Shui Xun said with a smile: "That's also an opportunity to score. Going against the police now is too risky."

Luo Yi was silent, his eyes that were usually full of kindness and tolerance gradually became dark.

Shui Xun stood up and showed a false smile, "Don't worry, you are not the only one who wants to get rid of Chu Xin. Chu Xin is such a big trouble, do you think Mr. Chu wants to see him carefree in Haijing Temple?"