Madness of the Heart

After communication, the "Crazy Cat" platform closed the live broadcast room of "Stubborn Bluegrass".Niu Tianlan is not a particularly popular Internet celebrity, but at least she is quite well-known in "Crazy Cat".After his live broadcast room was closed, many fans asked what happened in the public area, but the platform did not give a clear explanation, only saying that it was cooperating with the law enforcement inspection.

Thus, the "law enforcement party" was greeted by eighteen generations of ancestors.

Ming Shu was wrapped in a thick plush nightgown that reached down to his calves, and leaned on the lazy sofa to brush "crazy cat", amazed at the prosperity of the live broadcast industry in the new media era.

During the investigation of Niu Tianlan in the past few days, Zhou Yuan told him a piece of data—for a small anchor like Niu Tianlan in the middle of the pyramid, every two hours after the broadcast starts, the virtual gifts rewarded by fans are converted into real currency, at least 10000 yuan, and are drawn by the platform. After the success, Niu Tianlan received more than 5000 yuan.

That is to say, as long as Niu Tianlan takes the time to put on makeup every night, dress herself up carefully, and chat with fans for two hours in front of the camera, thousands of yuan will be credited to her account.

And this number is only the average income of ordinary small anchors on the "Crazy Cat" platform.

Mingshu considers himself a person who has not been left behind by fashion—after all, he will pay attention to the new men's clothing every season, and when he is not so busy, he will make an appointment with Dongye's most famous hairstylist to fix his hair, as long as he is not in the state of investigating a case , must be a delicate young man.

But spending tens of thousands of dollars to watch the "popularity" of people chatting, Mingshu found that he really didn't understand it.

As soon as he opened the "Crazy Cat" interface, when he casually entered a few live broadcast rooms on the homepage, Mingshu became speechless the more he looked at it.

When I quit, I remembered Fang Yuanhang's words—"Live broadcast? Young people like to watch live broadcasts. I want to watch it too, but unfortunately I don't have time."

Mingshu stared at the front page and thought, I don’t like to read, am I not a young man anymore?

The "Crazy Cat" platform, like most platforms, focuses on game live broadcasts. Live broadcasts like Niu Tianlan's men who disguise themselves as women and purely chat are actually niche.There are also various types of live broadcasts in the front row of the homepage. Mingshu hung his index finger on the tablet for a long time, and finally clicked on the live broadcast area with goods.

Then I didn't come out again.

He has heard of the live broadcast with goods for a long time. The anchor first packs himself, and then advertises various products. With a good eloquence, he can blow up any account book in the wholesale market, and sell it to manufacturers. quantity.It seems that through the mouth of the anchor, the handbook is no longer a handbook, but a must-have life apocalypse.

This is absurd. Isn't the value of the product worth buying determined by the quality and brand of the product itself?No matter how well the anchor blows, it cannot turn stone into gold.Is it too simple to place an order because the anchor plays well?

——Mingshu has always had this view on live streaming with goods.

After all, he has a "complicated" brain that has been turning on unsolved cases for a long time.

But this opinion changed by accident after he watched the live broadcast of "Such a Province" for 10 minutes.

萧遇安回家时，他已经下单了一个120块钱的“超省空间”折叠衣架、一个199块钱的“超便捷”家用烤肉机、一瓶39块钱的“超实惠”冬秋男性浴后身体霜、一套399块钱的“超耐用”厨房用品、一把22块钱的“超轻便”直柄男士雨伞、一套146块钱的“超完美”女士卷发棒，正在付一套88块钱“超浪漫”男士情侣内裤的钱。

"Brother." Hearing the sound of Xiao Yu'an hanging the key on the shoe cabinet, Ming Shu looked up, "You're back!"

Then proceed to make his outstanding payments.

The tablet is not plugged in with earphones, and the joyful and lively music in the live broadcast room and the deal broadcast of "So Many Provinces" reverberate in the living room.Xiao Yu'an raised his eyebrows, "Are you watching the live broadcast?"

"Yeah." Ming Shu stretched his waist, "I bought some useful things."

Xiao Yuan took off his coat and said, "Didn't you say that this kind of TV shopping in the new media era will never take out a penny in your bag?"

Tonight's live broadcast of "Yun Yun Zhong Sheng" is over, and Ming Shu's feverish mind has gradually cooled down. After Xiao Yu'an reminded him, he realized that his state of keeping ordering and paying just now seemed to be possessed by evil spirits.

But it's hard to admit it now.

"The things this anchor introduces are not bad." Mingshu forced himself to find a reason, "The things they recommend are all very practical, such as a clothes hanger."

Xiao Yu'an said, "Hanger?"

Mingshu has already walked to Xiao Yuan's side, hugging Xiao Yuan's coat, "With this hanger, your clothes can be hung on it, which saves space."

"Without that hanger, would there be no place to hang my clothes?" Xiao Yuan laughed, "Show me what kind of hanger it is?"

Mingshu hurriedly brought the tablet over, and showed Xiao Yuan his "trophy", "How about it, it's only more than 100 yuan."

It was an ordinary eco-friendly wooden folding hanger. At this time, it lacked the anchor's eloquent introduction, and Xiao Yu'an really didn't see how it was different.

Mingshu has a good memory, repeated the anchor's words, and raised his eyebrows at Xiao Yu'an, "I'm really good at living."

Sitting at the dining table, Xiao Yu'an pulled this "too good at living" guy to his side, and said with a smile, "The hanger is a good hanger, but have you noticed the crowd that this kind of hanger is suitable for?"

Ming Shu: "Huh?"

"Its selling point is that it saves space, because people who need it don't have too big a home. Generally, there is only one bedroom, or they are shared with others, and even a slightly larger cabinet will be problematic in the room." Xiao Yuan pinched it as he said. Lowering Mingshu's waist, he raised his chin towards the corridor with the wall lights on, "And you have a cloakroom."

Mingshu: "..."

"I'm going to change clothes first." Xiao Yuan returned the tablet to Mingshu, "I'll see what else you bought later."

After the impulse passed, Mingshu also knew that he had bought a bunch of useless gadgets, but he was not willing to return them. After all, the feeling of consuming while watching the live broadcast is really refreshing and really relieves stress.

No wonder live streaming with goods is so popular now, and no wonder TV shopping was so popular more than ten years ago.

The tastes of young and old have mixed wonderfully when it comes to shopping.

There is a good saying - when I grow up, I will be you.

People with "simple" minds may not buy the product itself, but the feeling at the moment of placing the order.

Xiao Yu'an changed his clothes and came out, "Barbecue machine, you don't even want to fry eggs yourself, and you still spend time grilling meat?"

Mingshu took it for granted: "It must be you who baked it, I just eat it."

Xiao Yu'an didn't refute it, he just acquiesced, "A full set of kitchen supplies, Xiao Ming, do you cook?"

"Then it must be you who cook." Ming Shu touched his face after finishing speaking.

Tsk, a little thick.

Xiao Yuan continued to look, "Body cream? I remember you only use one brand."

Mingshu raised his feet, touched his ankles and said, "This can rub your ankles. It's dry in winter and autumn, and the skin is easy to open..."

"So you can't rub your ankles with that bottle?"

"...can be able to."

Xiao Yuan smiled, "Well, Xiao Ming's ankle needs special care."

"Brother, why do you also call me 'Xiao Ming'?"

"I learned from the members of your serious crime team."

"Don't learn the good ones, just learn the bad ones."

"What about this one? The straight-handled umbrella issued by the bureau isn't enough for you?"

Mingshu thought for a while, "This is a public welfare product, and 22 of the 2 yuan will be donated to children in mountainous areas."

Xiao Yu'an nodded, "Madam, use a curling iron..."

"This is for Sister Jinlan."

"Men's couple underwear..."

"There are three of us."

Xiao Yu'an sighed, but he didn't look impatient, "He's a mature boyfriend now."

Ming Shu put his arms around Xiao Yu'an's neck, "The ability to speak irony is first-rate."

"Other skills are also top-notch."

Mingshu choked suddenly.

Xiao Yu'an: "Huh?"

Mingshu said, "I can testify to that."

Three days later, the last courier arrived, and it was the "ultra-space-saving" hanger.

There was really no need for such a thing at home, so Mingshu put it in the trunk without dismantling it, took it to the Criminal Investigation Bureau and threw it to Fang Yuanhang.

"Fuck! Master, you are my real master!" Fang Yuanhang was overwhelmed with surprise, "How do you know I need this! My small apartment is too narrow, and the big wardrobe takes up too much space, this is just right!"

Ming Shu said calmly: "Being someone's master is nothing like a little bit of insight."

Xiao Yu'an happened to be in the serious crime team, and smiled softly when he heard this.

"But master, did you buy it for watching the live broadcast?" Fang Yuanhang changed the subject, "The live broadcast of 'Yun Yun Zhong Sheng'? After being recommended by him, this hanger has become an Internet celebrity hanger."

Mingshu said: "Why, watching the live broadcast is very strange?"

Fang Yuanhang said, "Didn't you say..."

Mingshu interrupted, "Pack up your things and go to work. I'm so busy at the end of the year, don't let me be lazy."

Fang Yuanhang didn't want to leave yet, "Master, what else did you buy at 'Yun Yun Zhong Sheng'?"

Mingshu coughed.

In fact, he didn't really want to recall the things he bought these days. It seemed that he didn't own them any more. He just wanted to spend money, but Xiao Yuan not only didn't stop him in time, but also spent money with him.

"Brother, this pot looks okay."

"purchase."

"Where's the towel rack?"

"Good, buy."

"And this cat climbing frame?"

"Well... let's buy it too."

"But we don't have cats at home."

"It's okay, just get ready."

Since childhood, Xiao Yu'an has always indulged him in such insignificant matters.

"Master?" Fang Yuanhang called out.

Mingshu came back to his senses, picked up a soft-sided notebook and slapped it on Fang Yuanhang's forehead, "Let me hear you talking nonsense during working hours again, and you should stop working in the serious crime team."

Fang Yuanhang laughed and laughed, not afraid of Mingshu's threat at all.

In the past, he was very worried that Mingshu really thought he was not good enough and drove him away, but later he found that Mingshu was just talking about it, but he was actually very soft-hearted towards the team members.

After expelling his apprentice, Mingshu planned to pay more attention to the case of Beicheng Branch.

Huang Yan's neck was cut off in her courier station, and her body was buried under a pile of packages. The courier station was closed for two days, and it was not until the police conducted an identity check on the "faceless female corpse" (Meng Shan) in the trash can. Discover.

Several suspicious points in this case are: Huang Yan had a large hole in her chest made after her death, and the tool was determined to be a round ice hammer commonly seen in beverage shops; before she was killed, Huang Yan took the initiative to shut down the monitoring in the station So much so that the murderer was not caught; Huang Yan graduated from a famous university, but was obsessed with backward folk customs and supernatural events.

Silin Town, which was involved in the "ghost card", has been listed as an important clue by the Beicheng Branch. Xiang Tao and others rushed there a few days ago, but there are many investigations in different places, and there is no breakthrough in the case yet.

Mingshu took out an azure porcelain cup from his pocket—he bought it in the live broadcast room of "Yun Yun Zhong Sheng" for 36 yuan each. It has a unique shape and a bit of Zen. Among the products, the most practical one.

Xiao Yuan asked him before: "What is the practicality of this cup? Isn't it particularly easy to break?"

He said: "Practical and Zen-like, facing perverts like Niu Tianlan all day long, I think I really need this kind of thing that can teach people to calm down."

Together with the porcelain cup, I took out a tea bag, oolong milk tea, which was also bought in "Yun Yun Zhong Sheng".

The hot water was finished by someone, and Mingshu was thinking about the case while waiting with a porcelain cup.

Every detail presented on the corpse is the key to the investigation, but there are two completely different situations. One is that like Chu Xin killed Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan, putting their corpses in certain poses is purely for misleading The police, one is like Niu Tianlan, who put dog and duck feathers in the victim's mouth, implying that they are edible livestock.

So did the murderer leave a large hole in Huang Yan's chest to mislead the police, or did it have some meaning?

Just as he was thinking, Zhou Yuan's voice came from the corridor, "Ming team, Wen Ling is here."

Mingshu turned around: "Who?"

"Wen Ling. It's the editor we rescued."

Mingshu couldn't remember Wen Ling's name, but he was a little surprised by Wen Ling's arrival.

The reception room was well heated, and Wen Ling had just taken off her down jacket.Not only did she come by herself, but she also sent several boxes of coffee and self-burning hot pot.

"It's not good to eat too much, but it's always okay to be prepared. We are all people who need to stay up late and work. Now that winter is here, these are my thoughts." The despair and fear when facing Niu Tianlan that day.

"It is our responsibility to call the police." Yi Fei put a cup of hot water on the table, "You are too polite."

Wen Ling shook her head, "I have been doing local news for many years. When I was a reporter a few years ago, I had to deal with the police from time to time. I understand that it is not so easy to investigate and prevent a possible murder. Without you , I have died in the alley home."

At this moment, Mingshu pushed open the door of the reception room.

Wen Ling stretched out her right hand, "Ming team."

Mingshu shook his hand, "How do you feel during this time?"

"It's back to the previous track, thank you." Wen Ling said: "I know you are very busy at work, I won't waste your time, let's get down to business."

Mingshu joked: "Didn't you come to send the pennant?"

Wen Ling smiled, "There are more important things."

Mingshu pulled back his seat, and said without waiting for Wen Ling to continue: "You are a senior media person, and you have clues far beyond the public's knowledge, and even beyond the police's knowledge."

Wen Ling nodded sternly, "For some considerations, you didn't disclose the details of Niu Tianlan's case to the public, but I learned of a detail through my network - one of the victims once made a leaflet for 'Heart God' , this organization has grown to Dongye City."

Mingshu didn't ask her about her network.When doing local news in a city, there are more or less their own intelligence channels, and the police will not investigate them all unless necessary.

"Now we have controlled the key figures of the 'Heart God'." Ming Shu said: "After the signs are suppressed, it will be difficult for them to continue to develop."

Wen Ling said: "I believe in your abilities, but as far as I know, before the 'Xin Shen' appeared in our city, there were similar groups operating secretly."

Mingshu's eyes deepened, "Is it also a cult organization?"

"There are still some differences from cults, but I feel that they are more cruel." Wen Ling said: "A year ago, we made a topic selection about rural customs, targeting the towns within the jurisdiction of Dongye City. After a few episodes, I was asked to meet by a girl who said she was going to tell me about a cruel custom."

In a cafe near Dongye Newspaper Group, a girl in plain clothes put black "ghost cards" in front of Wenling, telling how they were made, how they were popular in northern towns such as Silin Town, and how they are popular in Dongye City today. sought after.

Wen Ling still remembers the girl's earnest and somewhat desperate eyes, "Every year, many people come to our town to find 'craftsmen' to make 'ghost cards'. This has become a fashion, and they kill many baby girls. , and thought I was doing good deeds... In fact, those baby girls could have survived. Sister, I read your special report, and it was very well written. Can you, can you also do an issue about "Ghost Cards" The special report? Few people know that there is such a stupid thing, you report it, everyone knows it, and you may be able to stop this kind of thing!"

After hearing the girl's story, Wen Ling was shocked and filled with righteous indignation, and immediately assured the girl that she would do her best.

But a few hours later, when Wen Ling calmed down, she realized that she shouldn't have made such a promise at all.

Making "ghost cards" is a bad habit hundreds of years ago. Qiuxu Village, the origin of "ghost cards", has been controlled by the police, but "ghost cards" itself has not been destroyed. Instead, it has flourished in other villages and towns, and has even become a favorite among some young people. Fashion has become an industrial chain, and it is not difficult to speculate that there must be a very dark net of interests behind it.

Not to mention her, even the entire Dongye Newspaper Group cannot compete with this network of interests.

She told the director about the girl, and the director, like her, chose to remain silent.

"This is the list she gave me." The media people, like the police, also have the habit of carrying notebooks with them. Wen Ling took out a folded piece of paper from the notebook. , of course, this only includes people who have lived in Dongye City for a long time. It has been a year since she found me, and there may be more people who have bought 'ghost cards'. This is a crime, and I have neither the ability nor the courage Stop this crime, but you..."

Wen Ling paused, and took a deep breath, "You may... no, only you can."

Mingshu looked at the list silently, and saw the names of Huang Yan and Cai Xinyue on it.

The girl wasn't lying, much less playing a prank.

Mingshu collected all the lists and asked, "Did the girl still look for you later?"

Wen Ling shook her head.

Mingshu asked again: "Then do you know her name? Has she left you any contact information?"

Wen Ling still shook her head, but her expression changed slightly, as if she wanted to say something but was still hesitating.

Mingshu said seriously: "Please tell me everything you know."

"I... When I was a reporter, I was beaten by unreasonable people. Later, I developed a habit of secretly taking a photo when I met a stranger." Wen Ling took out her mobile phone and opened the encrypted photo album, " I don't have her name, her contact information, but I have her picture."

The moment Yi Fei saw the photo, he was surprised and said: "This is..."

Mingshu frowned deeply, staring at the familiar face in the photo.

The reaction of the two captains was obviously beyond Wen Ling's expectation. Wen Ling asked, "Have you seen her too?"

"Thank you." Mingshu said, "It's a very important clue."

Wen Ling was not very sure, "May I ask, is she a related person in the case?"

Mingshu shook his head, "Ms. Wen, I can't tell you this for now, please understand."

Wen Ling said: "Of course I understand. If I can, it would be best if I can help you."

"There is one more thing to ask you." Mingshu said: "Before you get a clear notification from the police, don't make any reports about this girl."

"Don't worry, I understand these rules."

After sending Wen Ling away, Yi Fei returned to the reception room, Ming Shu was still inside, not quite sitting, with his right hand resting on his chin, lost in thought.

Hearing the voice, Mingshu said, "Close the door."

Yi Fei did so and sat on the edge of the table.

For a while, neither of them spoke.

Mingshu held the paper with the names of Huang Yan and others between his index finger and middle finger, and said after a few minutes, "What do you think about this matter?"

"Someone drew up this list and initially asked the media for help, but the media did not lend a helping hand." Yi Fei said: "Maybe the media is the last person they can think of for help. When the media can't help them, they choose In their eyes, the people on the list are perpetrators and accomplices, and now one person—Huang Yan—has been killed. Maybe it’s not just Huang Yan, but we don’t know yet.”

"What about her?" Mingshu said: "What is her identity? Is she still alive? She is a 'black household'. We have never known her real information. Her certificates and names are all forged. Is there a possibility? ——She herself is the abandoned baby girl in those villages, who was rescued more than 20 years ago, has witnessed all the darkness, and wants to save those baby girls who are in the same situation as her?"

Yi Fei sighed and said slowly: "Chi Xiaomin..."

Mingshu also said: "Chi Xiaomin."

In the photo that Wen Ling showed just now, it was Chi Xiaomin who appeared on it.

This mysterious girl always seems to appear together with girls with miserable life experiences.She used to be Li Hongmei's only friend, but she disappeared without a trace before Li Hongmei killed her roommate, and even the SWAT team couldn't find her.Later, Xu Yin—the girl who loves the smell of corpses—pointed to the photo on the monitor and said that she was the one who died in Yisi Alley.

Chi Xiaomin, do you still live in this world?