Madness of the Heart

Powder Snow Paradise and Golden Rose Nightclub are separated by a clogged and smoky street, facing each other obliquely.

The slight difference is that the Golden Rose Nightclub only receives men, while the Pink Snow Paradise has many middle-aged female customers.

They are all the most inferior erotic places in Fukang District and Los Angeles City. The fees are not high, the quality of the service staff is extremely low, and most of the customers who come to hunt for sex are the low-level civilians in the city.

For hostesses and hostesses, there are many advantages to working here - no ID check, no need to provide medical examination reports, daily salary, come when you want to sell, leave when you want to quit, almost no trace left .

Of course, the hosts who are in good condition don’t look down on this place, but those who are not so outstanding in appearance or figure, or those who don’t want to reveal their identities and are in urgent need of money, don’t care so much.

After intensive investigation, the Los Angeles police have determined that before Hou Pao disappeared, he was working in Powder Snow Paradise.

Liu Zhiqin personally led the team to Pink Snow Paradise, and put Hou Pao's photo in front of the shift manager A Su.

A Su nervously took the photo, he was a little confused at first, and said after ten seconds: "Xiao Jiang, yes, it should be Xiao Jiang, he is not usually dressed like this, I didn't recognize it for a while. Why, he is actually a graduate student of Luo University ?”

"Is the surveillance video from the past half month still available?" Liu Zhiqin put away the photos and asked.

"It's still there, it's still there." A Su hurriedly led the way, "Please, what happened to Xiao Jiang? He hasn't come to work for more than ten days."

Liu Zhiqin stopped, looked at A Su, and asked, "Your employees haven't shown up for more than ten days, have you ever thought of calling the police?"

"I, we don't have such a rule." A Su rubbed his hands awkwardly and explained: "That's right, this kind of situation is really common in our place. Many entertainers disappear inexplicably after going to work. We don't care about them, and we don't dare to. Who knows if they have made enough money to quit their jobs, or have they provoked some terrible people? We will not investigate because of this, let alone report the crime. The police and those Big Boss, none of us dare to offend."

Liu Zhiqin snorted coldly, "Don't dare to offend the police?"

A Su also knew that this time was in trouble.

Since he became the shift manager, how many waitresses and waitresses have left without saying hello, and no policeman has come to investigate. This time so many policemen came, it seems that they are not "acquaintances" from the police station or the branch bureau, but from the city. The people in the bureau, this posture must be something wrong with Xiaojiang, whether it is a murder case or a drug-related case, no matter what it is, Fenxue Tiantang will be unlucky.

A Su thought of Xiao Jiang who spoke and behaved differently from ordinary waiters, and felt very annoyed.

This kind of unusual person should not be recruited!

The surveillance video has been called up. Hou Pao is wearing a gaudy bright-colored shirt and white trousers, shuttling around the middle-aged men, sometimes pouring wine, and sometimes sitting on the laps of the men.

Liu Zhiqin asked: "Aren't all the male waiters here serving female customers?"

Asu shuddered.The police in front of him had such a clear understanding of the situation in the store, the security detachment might be coming soon.

"Not all." A Su stammered, "If you serve male customers, your income will be slightly more. Xiao Jiang seems to be short of money, so he asked me how to make as much money as possible when he came, I, I So I arranged a male customer for him. He looks clean and gentle, and many men are like him. Some time ago, his income was among the top among us."

"How long has he been with you?" Liu Zhiqin asked again.

"It's been more than two months." A Su said and waved his hands exaggeratedly, "I really don't know what he did in other places. I also work here."

The video was playing in multiples, and suddenly, a familiar figure flashed past.

Liu Zhiqin immediately played back, freeze frame, frowning suddenly.

The person who appeared on the screen turned out to be Hou Cheng who was currently being detained in the bureau.

Hou Cheng leaned on the interrogation chair and smiled comfortably: "Can't you guess?"

Mingshu's mind turned quickly, "Hou Pao is in Fukang District, a remote place with no people and no public cameras. This place is not far from the Golden Rose Nightclub."

"Oh, amazing." Hou Cheng wanted to applaud again, and put his hands together, but there was no clapping sound, "Hou Pai, like Yang Nanke, is not worthy of living! He has no mother since he was a child. If Hou Jianjun hadn't pulled him, he would have died when he was in elementary school." If they get sick and die, how can they get a chance to go to university. Now these young people don’t know how to repay their parents’ kindness and treat their parents as enemies. They don’t deserve to die, so who deserves to die? The village chief is pitiful, he gave birth to such an unfilial son as Hou Pao! "

Mingshu didn't want to listen to Hou Cheng's tirade for a long time, so he asked Fang Yuanhang to stay in the interrogation room to record the video, reported to Xiao Yu'an himself, and then drove towards Fukang District.

At the same time, Liu Zhiqin had locked the search area on a barren slope 3 kilometers away from the powder snow paradise.

Wave after wave of street scenes poured into the car, Mingshu looked stern, and glanced at the tablet propped aside from time to time from the corner of his eye.

In the video that was sent simultaneously, Hou Cheng had a grim face, and every word seemed to contain blood.

Hou Cheng said that when he first arrived in Luocheng, he didn't think about killing Hou Pao, it was Hou Pao who bumped into him himself.

According to the planned plan, Hou Cheng haunted various nightclubs in Fukang District. One day, he suddenly spotted Hou Pao amidst the feasting and feasting.

He was very surprised. He didn't expect Hou Jianjun, a promising son, to sell himself in a nightclub.

He was observing Hou Pao in the dark, and suddenly the inspiration for the next book was brewing in his heart—he wanted to kill a hypocrite who had a good appearance, studied in a prestigious school, and seemed to have a great future, but was not worthy of being a son of man. This hypocrite also happens to be gay.

He hates homosexuality deeply, and the reason is that homosexuality cannot conceive offspring.

This is also a kind of unfilial piety.

"Gays, especially gay men, should disappear from this world!"

Hou Pao couldn't remember him anymore, he stayed in Fenxue Paradise for a few days, and heard Hou Pao claiming that his parents died many times, and he struggled hard in Los Angeles alone.

The murderous intent in his heart became more and more intense, one was because of his strong desire to create, and the other was because Hou Pao was too unfilial.

Killing is addictive. Killing Yang Nanke three years ago gave him a hearty pleasure that he had never had before, and even gave him a steady stream of writing inspiration.

Readers often reflect that the details of the killing described in the tomb heart are very real, and it makes people's scalp tingle, which is both exciting and refreshing.

Even Guo Xian, the editor-in-charge, said, "Mr. Tomb Xin, you wrote the murder part so wonderfully, so cleverly!"

He laughed dryly.

How could it not work?He was originally the one who raised the butcher's knife. How could any other author be better at writing about murder than him?

But three years later, the inspiration brought by Yang Nanke is gradually drying up, and he urgently needs to kill another person with his own hands... No, kill a demon, and feel the joy of killing again.

Hou Pao appeared just right.

Goods and dragons are mixed outside the erotic places, and there are all kinds of people.He squatted for several nights, and finally waited until Hou Pao was ordered.

Hou Pao was drunk every night, drinking white wine and red wine together, sometimes drugged in the wine.

It is too easy to "cook" a person who is controlled by alcohol.

He stopped Hou Pao who got off work early in the morning, showing a weird and sinister smile.

Hou Pao could have easily pushed him away, but he heard his name in his mouth.

Fenxue Tiantang does not give his real name. Hou Pao works part-time here, and he is called "Xiaojiang" to outsiders, not "Hou Pao".

Hou Pao stopped immediately and looked at him in surprise, "You..."

"Don't be afraid, we are fellow villagers." Hou Cheng said, "I watched you grow up."

Hou Pao's eyes were a little out of focus due to alcohol, and he looked at the wretched old man in front of him warily.

Hou Cheng said sadly: "Your father thought you were studying hard in school, but I didn't expect you to be in this kind of place..."

Before Hou Cheng could finish speaking, Hou Pao had already pulled him into a remote alley, "Who are you? What do you want to do?"

Hou Cheng shrugged, "I told you, I'm from your hometown. You don't remember me? Your dad often comes to my house to deliver soup and meals, and you've followed me."

Hou Pao seemed to recall, "Are you that Hou...Hou Cheng? Why are you here?"

Hou Cheng said: "Your father may also want to ask, why are you here?"

Hou Pao's face became panicked under the dim streetlight, "Don't tell him!"

"Isn't that bad?" Hou Cheng said, "I don't want to lie to your dad."

"Uncle Cheng!" Hou Bao was not sober at all, in a state where he couldn't manage his emotions normally, and he became anxious when he heard it, "My dad doesn't know, you can't tell him!"

Hou Cheng hung it out for a while and said, "Then you have to listen to me."

Hou Pao's wine became more and more high, "What do you want me to do?"

"Come with me somewhere." Hou Cheng said.

Hou Pao hesitated a little, and stood still.

"If you don't come, I will not only tell your dad, but also your schoolmates and teachers." Hou Chengyin smiled a few times, "Where do you go to school, what level, what major, your dad is in the village Say it all."

Hou Pao gritted his teeth and followed Hou Cheng from the dark alley into the deeper darkness.

There was a noisy voice from the mobile phone, Liu Zhiqin's voice was very deep, "We salvaged a seriously corrupted corpse in a weir pond on a barren mountain."

Mingshu parked the car on the side of the road and slapped the steering wheel with his palm.

In the synchronous video from the interrogation room, Hou Pao said excitedly: "I pressed him to the ground and smashed him to death with a hammer hidden in my bag! Just like smashing Yang Nanke to death! Hahaha! His I knocked his clever head to pieces! He deserves it! Who told him to treat Hou Jianjun like that! Hou Jianjun is a good father, but he is an unfilial son! His head can only calculate his father from a long time ago, it is better to smash it! I will He was thrown into the weir pond, and he is still there!"

Mingshu pushed open the car door and ran towards Yantang with his legs open.

In the interrogation room, Hou Cheng was still talking to Fang Yuanhang, "I originally wanted to use another method, so as to obtain a different inspiration for 'hunting demons'. But if I don't use a hammer, I'm not sure I can kill this beast completely." Devil. Hehe, when I hit his head with the first hammer, he was stunned. I continued to hit him, and his eyes popped out. Ah——I really want to write this scene in my new book! "

When Mingshu arrived at Yantang, he smelled a strong smell of corpses.

Hou's paddle was stuffed into a woven bag, which was placed on scrap iron and steel bars.Hou Pao's death was even more tragic than Yang Nanke's. His head was completely broken, and the whole woven bag was soaked in brains and blood.

Garbage piled up around the Yantang, and the stench was unpleasant. The corpses rotted at the bottom of the pond. No matter how pungent the smell was before being salvaged, it would be covered by the surrounding stench.At this time, it is summer, and after a few heavy rains, the traces of throwing corpses will be washed away.In the future, even if someone accidentally discovers the dead body at the bottom of the pond, it will be quite difficult to solve the case.

The most embarrassing thing is that no one called the police for Hou Pao after he had been missing for several days.

Fenxue Tiantang doesn't care about his life and death, but just wants to avoid risks; his classmates said that he doesn't often show up at school, does research by himself, takes private jobs by himself, and doesn't even care about his tutor; He often treated him coldly, never thinking that he had already been killed.

A young man was killed just like that, no one cared, no one looked for him, and the last one to knock on his door was his father, who came to give him an expensive lighter.

Hou Pao didn't understand why bad luck happened to him until he died.

At the end of the confession, Hou Cheng indulged in the state of killing, repeating the words when committing the crime, "I will kill you, you devil!"

Fang Yuanhang got up angrily, and shouted: "Who is the real devil? You are the unforgivable devil to kill people who don't deserve to die in the name of 'hunting demons' for the inspiration of writing!"

Hou Cheng was stunned by the yelling, and said grimly: "You can record another video for me and tell Hou Jianjun that few people in the village care about me. You once gave me food. I am grateful to you, so I will help you. Killing your unfilial son, I will repay you!"

Fang Yuanhang was so angry that his hands shook, "You are a lunatic! Village Chief Hou helped you, but you killed his only son, how dare you say repay him?"

No one has told Hou Jianjun that his only son has been killed. He has been guarding the city bureau, waiting for the police to bring his son back safely.

He saw Yang Nanke's father, Yang Juncheng, sitting in the hall in a daze, as if he had cried out his tears.

Yang Juncheng raised his head, they looked at each other from a distance, unaware of the tragedy that happened to each other.

Yang Juncheng couldn't stand up anymore, Hou Jianjun walked over tremblingly, handed the only tissue on his body to him, and said in an extremely hoarse voice: "Everything will be fine, everything will be fine."

On the way back to the Municipal Bureau, Liu Zhiqin said: "Human nature is too complicated. Hou Pai doesn't want to deal with Hou Jianjun and looks down on Hou Jianjun, but he still regards Hou Jianjun as his father. We found two insurance policies at his rented place, both of which are insurance policies. He bought it for Hou Jianjun. Country people have no awareness of insurance, and Hou Jianjun may not even know that Hou Pai bought him disease insurance."

Mingshu frowned and looked out the window.

"Why did Hou Pao go to a place like Powder Snow Paradise? I can't find the answer now." Liu Zhiqin sighed, "I still remember the expression on Hou Jianjun's face when he saw Fang Yuanhang's lighter when he saw Fang Yuanhang's lighter. Pain may be a hurdle that he can never overcome again."

When we returned to the Municipal Bureau, the sky was already bright, and Mingshu did not go to see Hou Cheng again.

The line of the tomb heart has been found up to now, and it has been considered a complete knot. He and Xiao Yu'an deciphered the cases of Lu Kun and Li Hongmei, and finally locked in Hou Cheng, and dug up two murder cases.

He's done everything he can.

Hou Cheng committed the crime in Los Angeles, and the rest of the work is in charge of the Los Angeles police. It stands to reason that he must rush back to Dongye City immediately to continue investigating Luo Xiangfu's case.

But he suddenly felt very tired, and stepped back, thinking that he was about to lean against a cold wall, but instead bumped into a familiar arm.

He turned his head abruptly, and his tone changed from an uncontrollable reliance to a subordinate's solemnity towards the leader, "Brother...Xiao Ju!"

"Tired?" Xiao Yu'an quietly added strength to his back, and then retracted his arm naturally.

"It's okay." He used his strength to stand up straight, "It's just that his brain is not very bright right now."

Xiao Yu'an smiled lightly, "Go back tonight, you can sleep on the way."

"Go back tonight?" Mingshu opened his eyelids, "I..."

Xiao Yuan looked at him gently, "Huh?"

"I still owe Team Flower and Teacher Liu a drink." Ming Shu said, "I want to pay off the debt before going back."

"I'm afraid not." Xiao Yuan said: "There are still many things to deal with in the follow-up of the case of Tomb Heart, and they will be busier than us."

Mingshu thought for a while, "Among the murder suspects across the country, we want to find those who are affected by the tomb heart?"

"Yes. This is related to Hou Cheng's sentencing." Xiao Yu'an said: "Because of the particularity of the case, this investigation can only be conducted in a low-key manner. The social impact of the tomb heart has already been caused, and there may be more people in the future." The murderer who committed the crime on the grounds of "deserving death". Hou Cheng can only deal with it coldly for the time being, any exposure will inevitably arouse a new wave of discussion and attention, and attract more "believers" for the grave."

Mingshu nodded, and asked again: "Shall we go back by high-speed rail? With Fang Yuanhang and the others?"

At first, only Mingshu and Fang Yuanhang came to Luocheng. Later, Xiao Yuan transferred some team members to join forces with the criminal police in Luocheng to arrest the murderer. Now there are about [-] Dongye criminal police staying in Luocheng.

"Go in batches." Xiao Yu'an said, "One trip tonight, one trip tomorrow night."

During the day, the Los Angeles City Bureau stands in the sunlight, dignified and dignified, and all work is proceeding in an orderly manner.The autopsy and Hou Yao's medical records proved that Hou Yao was found to have a brain tumor during a physical examination three months ago.

That's likely why he headed to Powder Paradise to make a quick buck soon.

Hou Jianjun finally heard the news of Hou Pao's death, his old face seemed to freeze suddenly, and the vitality dissipated from every breath.

The village cadres who came from Qingyue Village supported him with tears, but he fell to the ground as soon as he stood up.

Mingshu hurried over, trying to help him up, but he couldn't stand up anymore, and murmured: "Why..."

why.

Countless people ask this question every day.

And the rest of Hou Jianjun's life may be spent in this sentence.

Ming Shu thought of the insurance that Hou Pao had bought for Hou Jianjun, and his heart went blank.