Madness of the Heart

"It's dog hair again, and duck feather again, what does the murderer mean?" Fang Yuanhang was puzzled, "Could it be to humiliate the dead?"

Mingshu put his hands in the pockets of his police trousers and walked to the corridor in silence.

Meng Shan's mouth was stuffed with dog hair. Before Tang Qian was sure that the hair in Tang Qian's mouth was duck feather, she could still think that the murderer might be an extreme dog lover, and Meng Shan had a soft spot for dog meat.It's winter now, and Dongye City has not banned the sale of dog meat. A hawker in the vegetable market opposite Guangdan Road confirmed that Meng Shan bought dog meat once when winter just started.

But Tang Qian was talking about duck feathers.

Was the killer not only an extreme dog lover, but also an extreme duck protector?

Not impossible in theory, but very unlikely in practice.

In these two cases, their cut lips were the key point. The murderer aimed at their similar lips, and they were both beautiful women with good features.

But what do dog and duck feathers imply?

Mingshu lowered his head slightly, walking back and forth in the corridor.

Is it really "cannibalism"?

The murderer ate the lips of Meng Shan and Tang Qian like the woman who ate the young and healthy bladder?

At that time, in the interrogation room of the special operations team, the woman laughed arrogantly and said: "You can kill pigs and cows, why can't I kill men and eat their bladders? Is there any difference between killing men and you killing livestock? In your eyes, pigs and cows are inferior to humans, and they are livestock that can be killed and eaten, so your behavior is legal. But in my eyes, those men are also inferior animals. Does it mean that if they look like humans, they must be humans? Don’t you think so naively that there are no distinctions among people? I have money and ability. To me, these low-level people are no different from livestock. I eat a few , Which law did you violate?"

Mingshu stood still suddenly.

livestock.

In the eyes of that woman, the eight men whose bladders had been removed were just livestock like pigs and cows.

Did the murderer have similar thoughts this time?

To him, Meng Shan and Tang Qian were just animals like dogs and ducks?

He eats their lips, just like eating dogs and ducks?

If he had committed crimes before, would the victim have pig feathers, chicken feathers, or fish scales in his mouth?

Such a perverted cannibal must continue to commit crimes!

The probability that he chooses the target is random. Meng Shan was followed and didn't know him at all before she was killed. Tang Qian had communicated with him and was easily bewitched by him because of her "obsession with men". She was willing to quit her job and go to Fengsheng Town "waited to die".

A net gradually spread out in Mingshu's mind.

Although Tang Qian can get in touch with many people, the area is actually very narrow. The murderer targeted Tang Qian in a certain bar or a certain livehouse on Shunyi Street. Every time they communicated, they were face to face. Tang Qian might have asked him to contact information, but he did not give it.The number of times they met would not be too few, but it would never be too many, because if it was too few, Tang Qian might not listen to him so much, and if it was too many, Tang Qian would definitely not be satisfied with not being able to get contact information.

So on Shunyi Street, he is a "semi-regular customer".

As for appearance, his looks will never be bad, and his age will not be too old.

The nightclub on Shunyi Street is where he has fun, so the area around Textile Road and Guangdan Road may be his work and living area.

Mingshu rubbed his thumb lightly on his index finger.The investigation on Guangdan Road has come to an end. Only the owner of the biscuit stall said that Meng Shan felt that someone was following her, and no one mentioned that there were suspicious people appearing on Guangdan Road.

This is not common sense.

Since Meng Shan already felt that someone was following her, it was impossible for this person to appear only once or twice.One person follows another, to ensure that he will not be discovered, it is impossible to look like ordinary passers-by in terms of actions and expressions.

And Guangdan Road is a very special place. The people there are engaged in funeral business. This business does not distinguish between day and night. At night, there are still many people on Guangdan Road. Build a mourning hall for people.

With so many people, didn't anyone notice the person who followed Meng Shan?

There is only one possibility. It is normal for that person to appear on Guangdan Road.

He should appear on Guangdan Road!

"The murderer is most likely a practitioner in the funeral industry." Mingshu told Xiao Yu'an his thoughts, "He may even live on Guangdan Road, and Shunyi Street is where he relaxes. When he killed Tang Qian, he chose Fengsheng Town, this point is quite variable, I am not sure whether he chose a place at random, or he has a sense of security in Fengsheng Town."

"I prefer the latter." Xiao Yu'an said: "After he killed Meng Shan and Tang Qian, according to the progressive law of serial murders, he chose a place he was familiar with when disposing of Meng Shan's body. Before that, he was more likely to bury Tang Qian's body in a place he was familiar with."

Mingshu nodded, "The criminal profile is more specific now—a handsome young man, living in and around Guangdan Road, a funeral practitioner, single, with enough time to spend the night on Shunyi Street at the other end of the city Life, born in Fengsheng Town, or once lived in Fengsheng Town."

Xiao Yu'an said, "One more thing, it's extremely misogynistic."

Mingshu raised his eyes, "Huh?"

Xiao Yu'an's eyes were sharp, "Can you eat people?"

Ming Shu almost choked, "Xiao Ju, bro, don't you know if I can eat people?"

"Then let me change the question." Xiao Yu'an said, "The murderers you have dealt with in the past, except for the woman who ate the bladder, do you think they can eat people?"

Mingshu thought for a while, then shook his head, "No, they just killed people."

"Yes, they won't." Xiao Yu'an said, "Even for the most vicious murderers, the possibility of them cannibalizing people is very low, because in their cognition, what they kill is people, people like themselves. The same kind can be killed, but the lower animals can be eaten."

Mingshu immediately stood up, "The murderer thinks that Meng Shan and Tang Qian are inferior to him psychologically. What he eats is not human beings, but livestock! His psychology is the same as that woman who ate bladders!"

Xiao Yuan nodded, "Essentially, he looks down on you. According to the characteristics we have summarized, we conducted a comprehensive investigation in the area of ​​Shunyi Street and Guangdan Road. The murderer committed the crime in a very short period of time. There was only more than one hour between killing Tang Qian and killing Meng Shan." In January, I suspect he has a new goal now."

Mingshu said: "Pretty, a woman with similar lip shape to Meng Shan and Tang Qian."

"Let each sub-bureau conduct a detailed investigation on the recent missing young women." Xiao Yuan said: "List all the missing women whose lips are similar to Meng Shan and Tang Qian. The murderer probably killed more than Meng Shan and Tang Qian. people."

Mingshu said, "I'll do it right away."

The office door closed with a "bang", Xiao Yuan looked at it, and his expression became more serious than before.

Mingshu rarely closes the door like this, and it can be seen that he is quite anxious this time.

The serial killer randomly selects targets in the dark, and in a big city like Dongye, it is almost impossible to guard against.The police are in the clear, no matter how shrewd the policeman is, he can't know who his next target is, and killing people is a matter of an instant.

Serial killers will eventually be caught, but before they are caught, countless innocent lives will be lost.

This is the most powerless thing to do.

Xiao Yu'an folded his hands on his chest, pacing and meditating.

The murderer discriminates against women and targets beautiful women.

He can eat any part of their body, why choose the lips alone?

M-shaped lips.

In the "cannibalism" cases abroad, the male murderer killed the female and ate the uterus, feet, breasts and other parts with strong gender orientation.

The case Mingshu handled, in which the female murderer ate the man's bladder, also has a similar meaning.

It's weird that a man eats a woman's mouth with the same lip shape.

If the murderer is a woman, if she eats the beautiful lips of the same sex, it can also be understood as dissatisfaction with her own lips, and she hopes to make herself more beautiful by "complementing the shape"...

Xiao Yu'an suddenly stopped.

woman?

Become beautiful?

·

Nancheng District, Section [-] of Milan Road, Dongye Newspaper Group.

Even though traditional newspapers have been overwhelmed by new media and have almost no room for survival, local news departments are still as busy as ever.

Every night, the big and small events that happened in this city are summarized in the form of manuscripts by the night shift supervisor, and then distributed to the various copy editors.

In recent years, the threshold for journalists has become lower and lower. Anyone can interview and write articles. The quality of manuscripts obtained by editors is uneven. Some delete a few paragraphs of nonsense and divide them into several parts. , Some are full of nonsense, without main points, and the most important thing is that the main facts cannot be supported by evidence in the manuscript. This is a terrible thing. Once it is published, it may be a "false report".

Wen Ling felt a headache when she read this kind of manuscript, and called the reporter repeatedly, asking for additional interviews.

The reporter is a newcomer, a girl who just graduated from college, and trembles when she hears that she needs to supplement the interview.After Wen Ling finished processing other manuscripts, a page had been handed over to the US editor for typesetting, but the reporter hadn't sent back the supplementary manuscript.

There is not enough time. If the delay continues, after the publication time, money will be deducted for the delay.

It is too easy to get deducted money in this line of business, if you are late, you will be charged money, if the advertising layout is not coordinated, you will be charged money, and if there is a false report, you will have to deduct money.

Wen Ling was so angry that she called the reporter again, who actually burst into tears, saying that time was too tight and she couldn't finish the supplementary interview.

Wen Ling's eyes darkened, and she immediately disassembled the half-finished manuscript, and went to the director to ask for a manuscript that could be published today or tomorrow to supplement the "skylight".

After working as an editor for many years, she has seen this kind of thing a lot, and she has been able to handle it satisfactorily long ago, but she still feels annoyed.

The paper media is in a downturn, complaining about the world and others. These newcomers have no responsibility at all. How simple is it to supplement interviews?When she was a reporter herself, one night she was not on the phone waiting for the editor's instigation, and she could do any supplementary interviews in time.

I don't know if it should be said that the times are different, or that young people in their early twenties are spoiled.

Wen Ling was emotional for a long time, and heard the editor Xiao Zhao shout: "Sister Wen, your manuscript has too many words, I can't put it down."

Wen Ling drove them away, and sat down to adjust the layout by herself.

Xiao Zhao is also a newcomer who has just graduated from the School of Design of Dongye University. He has a high degree of education, but he can't do the simplest work well.Wen Ling joined the job during the heyday of the paper media. Although she was a writer, the requirements were strict in those days, and she could even work as an American editor.

What Xiao Zhao couldn't handle, she finished it in a few clicks.

One night was like a war. Seeing that the day's work was about to be completed, the night shift reporter suddenly sent a sudden article. The leader was afraid that the same city's paper media would snatch the exclusivity, and asked Wen Ling to tear down the article and change it.

This kind of thing is so common that Wen Ling has become numb, and it was already 3 o'clock in the morning when all the pages were signed.

Immediately off work, several editors sat in the office to rest.

The high-intensity work made Wen Ling's mind a little bit overwhelmed, so she leaned on the edge of the table and lost her mind.

"The little Lingzi from back then has now become the old Lingzi." Chang Gaoqiang joked, "Old Lingzi, I suggest you change your job. In our job, you, a woman, can't do it for a lifetime."

Xu Xiaohou echoed, "You're the only woman in my thirties among our editors. Toss until two or three o'clock every day, and five or six o'clock when the meeting is held, can you bear it?"

Wen Ling waved her hand, indicating that she didn't want to talk.

Chang Gaoqiang was more serious this time, "It's really not a problem to endure like this, you should think about it. You are so beautiful, don't boil yourself dry."

The colleagues had all left, and Wen Ling dozed off on her engineering chair, slowly remembering the time when she first started working many years ago.

She is beautiful and has many suitors, but she is too busy at work, working from afternoon to midnight every day, and has no time for socializing.

In the past ten years, the suitors are gone. Others say that she is more attractive when she is older, but she knows that she is old.

As a newspaper editor, she was doomed to go out at night. Others could go to shopping malls and restaurants after get off work, but she didn’t get off work until early in the morning. The only place for entertainment was Shunyi Street across the road.

She has been to all the bars and clubs there, including gay bars.

Wen Ling took out the mirror and stared blankly at herself with fine lines around her eyes.

This face is nourished by thousands of skin care products, and it still looks beautiful.But Chang Gaoqiang was right, she shouldn't go on like this.

She was the only woman in the entire night shift editorial team. Those female colleagues who entered the newspaper office with her had either changed careers or transferred to day shift positions over the years, and she was the only one who persisted foolishly.

Maybe it's time for a change.

Thinking of this, Wen Ling has reached the intersection between Milan Road and Shunyi Street.

This area is always busier at night than during the day, and Wen Ling hesitates whether to go to the bar for a drink.

Just drink one cup and sleep well after drinking.

Wen Ling convinced herself and walked across the road.

"Wonderland" is Wen Ling's most frequent bar. It's a gay bar. Wen Ling likes it because she won't be harassed by men with unruly intentions when drinking here.

The figures hugged each other under the light, and Wen Ling drank three cups, her mood was not as heavy as when she came in.

When she left, she faintly felt that someone was watching her, but when she turned her head, she didn't catch any strange eyes.

"Hum hum……"

Wen Ling bought a house nearby four years ago, and it took a quarter of an hour to walk there. She hummed a song and walked briskly in the night.

Many girls are afraid of going out in the middle of the night, but Wen Ling used to be a reporter and went to all kinds of strange news scenes in the early morning. Now she is an editor and goes home alone every night. The more dull.

It wasn't until she walked into an alley that she felt someone behind her.

Turning around, she found that walking behind was a woman with long hair and a long skirt.

That's nothing to be afraid of.

Wen Ling thought, maybe she was going home too, and happened to pass by this road.

·

"Crazy Cat" live broadcast platform.

"Stubborn Bluegrass" started broadcasting.

"Lan Lan is here!"

"Good evening, Lan Lan!"

"Lan Lan has been so lazy recently. The first half of the year started broadcasting every other day. Sometimes it didn't air at night, but it was added during the day. Why does it take so many days to broadcast it now? If you are lazy, the money in my bag won't be rewarded. It's going to break the purse!"

"The rich woman is amazing!"

"Who doesn't love rich women!"

The anchor smiled gently at the camera, "I'm sorry, I've been too busy recently, so I really don't have much time to broadcast."

"Ahh! Lan Lan looks so pretty when she smiles!"

"Spaceship up!"

"My wallet is finally lightened!"

"Lan Lan, what are you busy with? Work or life?"

The anchor tilted his head, "Hmm...is it a matter of work or life to be busy looking beautiful?"

"Lan Lan, you are so beautiful, do you still want to be beautiful?"

"Look at Lan Lan, then look at me, I deserve to be ugly!"

"How to become beautiful? The anchor quickly planted grass for me!"

The anchor seemed to be hesitant, his eyes with heavy makeup slightly curved, and his lips were pursed.

"Shall we guess? I can't guess."

"Lan Lan give me some hints?"

"Am I the only one who noticed? Lan Lan often changes her lipstick recently, and she didn't change it very often before."

The anchor touched his lower lip with his index finger, "Because I'm not very satisfied with this place."

"Nonsense, your lip shape is very beautiful."

"Not only lip shape, you look good everywhere!"

There was surprise in the anchor's eyes, "Really?"

"Of course it's true. I followed your makeup, and my mother praised me for being beautiful!"

"Why your mother?"

"Hahahahaha!"

"Come here! The spaceship is here! Lan Lan, I love you!"

"Thank you." The host smiled politely, "Do you really think my lips look good?"

"It's beautiful and beautiful!"

"Tell us what beauty method you use?"

The host smiled even brighter, her lips covered in bright lipstick seemed to contain a mouthful of blood.

"I won't tell you for now." The anchor said playfully.

·

"Wonderland" is one of the bars that Tang Qian often goes to. The owner's surname is Ning, and he is in his forties. From the appearance alone, he doesn't look like the owner of a bar.

"The surveillance is here. If you need anything else, just tell me." Boss Ning said, "But we have a lot of traffic here, and we have everything. If there are criminals mixed in, I don't know. After all, everyone If you come to my store, you are just a customer, and I will not ask them what kind of work they do."

In addition to "Wonderland", Tang Qian also often goes to "sky" and "Second Battlefield".

But the murderer did not necessarily run into Tang Qian in these three places, and even if he did, he might not be caught by the camera.

Checking the monitoring for a month is a heavy job, Zhou Yuan's eyes were red, and when he stood up, there were double images in front of his eyes.

After rounds of screening, the crime team finally locked on a man who always wore a light gray suit. This man appeared beside Tang Qian many times and had physical intimate movements with Tang Qian.

And his appearance in "Wonderland" is also very suspicious. After all, "Wonderland" is gay, and he is a loner, never strikes up a conversation with a man, but is close to a woman.

Boss Ning looked at the man in the red circle, "He usually comes after 10 o'clock. I don't know what he does. After Tang Qian stopped coming, he came less frequently."

That night, Xu Chun found the man in the light gray suit at another bar on Shunyi Street.

This person's name is Wu Xuecheng, and he is an unknown cartoonist who specializes in the aesthetics of violence. The women in his works are all cruel and vicious.

According to his confession, he came to Shunyi Street not to have fun, but to find inspiration for creation. Men and women who are active at night are like the ghosts in the folklore of neighboring countries, and Tang Qian has the temperament of looking down on the same sex. , which gave him great creative passion.

"I didn't ask her for her contact information, because it's unnecessary. I'm not concerned about her private life." Wu Xuecheng defended himself, "I haven't seen her for a long time. If you find her, you must tell me."

"It's not this person." Mingshu frowned.

"People who have been in contact with Tang Qian have all been verified, and none of them fit the profile." Yi Fei looked stern, "Could it be that there is something wrong with our direction?"

"Master!" Fang Yuanhang hurried over, "I found a missing person who is highly qualified!"

Wen Xi, female, 28 years old, like Tang Qian, is not a native of Dongye City. She works in Haiyangyuan Film City, Nancheng District, and rents a community near Haiyangyuan.On September 9 this year, she punched in for work for the last time. When the film city realized that something might happen to her, it was September 19. It immediately called the police and notified her family in other places. The police station filed a case for investigation, but Wen Xi has not been found so far.

Film City and Wen Xi's family provided multiple photos. This is another beautiful girl, but her beauty is different from Meng Shan and Tang Qian's. The only thing they have in common is that their lips are slightly M-shaped. .

"Ocean Court Movie City is right next to Shunyi Street!" Fang Yuanhang said, "Three months have passed since September 9th. The murderer killed one woman a month. Wen Xi may have..."

At the other end of the crime team, Xiao Yuan pushed open the door of the technical investigation office and stood behind Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan quickly stood up, "Xiao Ju."

Xiao Yu'an said, "Show me the monitoring of 'Fairyland' again."

Zhou Yuan said while operating, "We have checked the surveillance many times, and Xu Chun has confirmed the identity of all the people who have approached Tang Qian."

Xiao Yu'an's brows were cold, but his eyes shone with a light that seemed to be able to see through all obstacles.

"No, you missed someone," he said.

Zhou Yuan was startled, "Who?"

On the screen, a "beauty" with long wavy hair was standing not far from Tang Qian.

Xiao Yuan said: "A 'woman'."