Madness of the Heart

Whether Zhan Huanxiong was the murderer of Luo Xiangfu, there is no conclusive evidence yet.He had a good motive, and he appeared at the scene of the murder when the incident happened. He had time to commit the crime, but he insisted that he saw the whole process of Luo Xiangfu's murder.

In the case of an incomplete chain of evidence, the suspect's confession is very important.As long as Zhan Huanxiong pleads not guilty, the crime team will have to continue the investigation.And even if Zhan Huanxiong pleads guilty, the confession may be retracted in court.

So for every criminal policeman in the serious crime team, this is a tough battle.

Zhan Huanxiong was temporarily detained in the City Bureau.

Since he is suspected of illegal entry, this "temporary" maneuverability is very high. Unlike ordinary suspects, the police must release him after the detention time limit has passed.

After the long and tense interrogation, Mingshu found a small meeting room with no one there, and sat alone, seemingly in a daze, but actually recalling every word and expression of Zhan Huanxiong.

Fang Yuanhang believes that Zhan Huanxiong made up a story, and the person in the raincoat that Zhan Huanxiong said is Zhan Huanxiong himself.

He actually thought so too.

Assuming that the murderer was someone else, how could Zhan Huanxiong be so coincidental that he happened to be at the scene?

But in criminal investigation, coincidence is not the basis for judging whether a person is guilty or not.

Mingshu leaned back on the chair, his eyelids were closed, his brows were tightly wrinkled, the bright light splashed on his eyelids, showing a dark red.

Soon, the dark red moved a bit, as if someone was approaching and gently blocked it with his hand.

He opened his eyes immediately.

"Why are you sitting here alone?" Xiao Yuan was holding a police uniform jacket in his hand.

It was only then that Mingshu realized that the movement in front of him just now was Xiao Yu'an wanting to put on a dress for himself.

"Ju Xiao." He looked towards the door, but the door was not closed tightly.

It was night when Zhan Huanxiong was arrested, and after a few hours of interrogation, it is already two o'clock in the morning—the time when people are most sleepy.

In a place like the Criminal Investigation Bureau, although many team members live their day and night upside down, at this point in time, the corridor is still much quieter than during the day.

Mingshu wiped his face, straightened his back, "I'm thinking about Zhan Huanxiong."

Xiao Yuan moved an armchair, "That's just right, let's analyze it together."

Ming Shu stared at Xiao Yu'an, as if distracted, and didn't speak for a long time.

Xiao Yuan asked, "What?"

Mingshu turned his eyes away, "...well, it's nothing."

These days, he and Xiao Yu'an haven't met many times, and the short meeting was only to discuss business matters.A few days ago, he went deep into Shetu Town with Yi Fei and Xu Chun. Xiao Yu'an was responsible for the serious crime team's work. Both of them were busy and had very little communication.After he returned to Dongye City, he focused on arresting Zhan Huanxiong, and now it was the first time he was alone with Xiao Yuan recently.

Xiao Yu'an laughed, very low, but he immediately understood that Xiao Yu'an could see clearly what he was thinking just now.

He cleared his throat and said solemnly, "Let's talk about business."

Xiao Yu'an nodded, "What do you think of Zhan Huanxiong's confession?"

"Zhan Huanxiong must be the most suspected person right now. All we lack is the key evidence." Ming Shu said, "He came to Dongye City to avenge Luo Xiangfu, but he witnessed Luo Xiangfu being killed by others. This is too coincidental."

"It's a coincidence." Xiao Yu'an said, "So you think Zhan Huanxiong is the murderer?"

"I..." Mingshu paused, pressing his right hand firmly on the eye socket.

"You can't make a judgment easily." Xiao Yu'an said, "Mature than your little apprentice."

Mingshu raised his eyes and bumped into Xiao Yuan's gentle gaze.

"Actually, I came to see you to remind you that even if Zhan Huanxiong looks like a murderer, don't make judgments lightly." Xiao Yu'an said: "Once you have a judgment in your heart and think that Zhan Huanxiong is the murderer, your The focus of the investigation will be completely deflected, while slamming his confession, while looking for key evidence that may not exist. If Zhan Huanxiong is the real murderer, there is no problem. But if Zhan Huanxiong is not, we will give the real A chance to breathe—we once thought he might be a serial killer, so when we focus on Zhan Huanxiong, he might do it again."

Mingshu's slight sleepiness has disappeared without a trace, and his eyes covered with sporadic red bloodshot eyes are bright and serious, "I understand. If you want to investigate Zhan Huanxiong, you can't give up your previous thinking."

"Yeah." Xiao Yu'an said, "When you were interrogating Zhan Huanxiong, I was watching the surveillance next door. His suspicion is indeed very serious, but in fact his behavior is in line with his own logic."

Mingshu also thought of this, but when he faced Zhan Huanxiong directly, his spirit was tense, so he must not be able to see clearly like Xiao Yuan.

"Xiao Ju, I want to hear your thoughts."

"First, why didn't Zhan Huanxiong call the police?" Xiao Yuan said: "Normal people would definitely call the police when they witnessed a murder. Anyone said it. Because in Dongye City, he has no one he trusts, and with his current status, he should be very reluctant to contact the police. Once a report is made, the police station is likely to find that he entered the country illegally, and he will be deported."

"In addition." Xiao Yu'an continued: "He was born in Shetu Town and has been fighting in neighboring countries all year round. In his consciousness, maybe he didn't call the police at all."

Ming Shu propped his chin, "Zhan Huanxiong has an attempt to kill Luo Xiangfu, and has followed Luo Xiangfu. After reporting the case, he will be exposed to the police's sight."

"Second, Zhan Huanxiong described the details of Luo Xiangfu's murder." Xiao Yu'an said: "He said that the murderer took a photo of Luo Xiangfu before hitting Luo Xiangfu's neck with a long and thin stick."

Ming Shu's eyes were still, "Xing Mu said during the autopsy that the murder weapon was a three-sided cylinder with one side of 1.3 cm. Zhan Huanxiong saw a long and thin stick, which is true."

"There are only two possibilities now. One is that Zhan Huanxiong is the murderer, and the other is that Zhan Huanxiong saw the murderer." Xiao Yu'an said patiently: "Let's do an elimination method. In the case of Zhan Huanxiong being the murderer, he made up the story , with his skill, he could have directly broken Luo Xiangfu's neck instead of hitting him repeatedly with a long and thin stick, right?"

Mingshu nodded, "Yes."

"Okay, let's put this one aside for now. If he is still the murderer, will he take pictures of Luo Xiangfu before he dies?" Xiao Yu'an asked.

Mingshu raised his hand, "Wait, he said the photo was taken, and none of us know whether Luo Xiangfu was photographed or not."

"Maybe." Xiao Yuan said.

Mingshu asked: "How do you know?"

"Luo Xiangfu's T-shirt abdomen has a large area of ​​sweat and saliva." Xiao Yuan said: "Sweat is easy to say, the weather is so hot, the abdomen will sweat. But under what circumstances, there will be a lot of saliva on that part?"

Mingshu had already stood up, went to the window to blow the air, turned around half a minute later and said, "The murderer lifted up Luo Xiangfu's T-shirt to cover his face! He took photos of Luo Xiangfu's naked body! Luo Xiangfu was sweating all over because of fear, This must have included the face, and then under intense fear, Luo Xiangfu bit the fabric!"

Xiao Yuan said: "Then this is in line with Zhan Huanxiong's eyewitness testimony."

Mingshu said, "I'll think about it again."

Now only the murder weapon is clear, and whether the murderer took pictures of Luo Xiangfu is uncertain.

Zhan Huanxiong fully described the murderer's act of taking pictures, either he really saw it, or he fabricated it, or he took it himself.

The third one is ruled out. As for the second one, if it is a fabrication, then why is it fabricated into the photo?Why not invent something else?

Only the first possibility is the greatest!

Xiao Yu'an asked: "Have you thought it through?"

Mingshu became excited, "Yes!"

"Okay. Let me talk about the third point." Xiao Yuan said: "If the murderer is Zhan Huanxiong, then his method of disposing of the corpse is too hasty."

Mingshu remembered that when he first arrived at the scene, he felt that it was strange for the murderer to bury the body under the sand.

There are more hidden places in the popular science playground. If the murderer intends to hide the body, it will not be easy for the police to find it.But the murderer only buried the body in a shallow layer, and it would be discovered within ten and a half months.

The murderer seemed to be playing a game with the police.

"Zhan Huanxiong won't play games with us." Ming Shu said, "After he killed Luo Xiangfu, he must find a place he thought was safe to dispose of the body. How could he leave such a big opening?"

Xiao Yu'an said: "And I think he really wants to stay in Dongye City. If that's the case, it's even more important to dispose of the dead body. We haven't released the information of the deceased, but many people living in Xicheng District know about the popular science playground. When something happened, Zhan Huanxiong was working in a bar, so the news became more well-informed. He already knew that the police had found Luo Xiangfu's body, so would he still dare to stay in Dongye City?"

Mingshu shook his head, "Even if he likes here, he should leave temporarily."

Xiao Yuan folded his hands together, "So I think it might really be a coincidence——Zhan Huanxiong came to Dongye City to take revenge, but he ran into the scene where his enemy was killed."

Mingshu kept his hand in the trouser pocket of the police uniform for a while, and then took it out again, feeling a little disappointed and excited at the same time.These two completely different emotions are all presented on his face, and a series of beads of sweat have been rolled out on his heroic hairline.

"If Zhan Huanxiong is not the murderer, then our efforts during this period will be wasted." He said: "The case still has to go back to the previous progress, I..."

"It's not in vain." Xiao Yu'an stood up and walked towards him, "We found a crucial witness. This is the result of your investigation in Shetu Town."

Mingshu took a deep breath, and a kind of motivation unique to criminal police grew rapidly in his body.

"A piece of information he provided actually supports our previous guess." Xiao Yu'an said: "The murderer not only took pictures of Luo Xiangfu, but also deliberately lifted Luo Xiangfu's clothes to take pictures of his body. The one who caused Luo Xiangfu's disaster was indeed the street photography."

Fang Yuanhang did not participate in the discussion, and still believed that the murderer was Zhan Huanxiong.

He rushed to the "Black Leaf with Thorns" bar to ask Xianzai. After a moment of confusion, Xianzai said: "Brother Xiong did find me that day and wanted to change shifts with me. But I am going to work right away. I would definitely not be happy if the trouble broke out, so I didn't change it with him."

"So whether Zhan Huanxiong will appear in the popular science playground that day depends on Xianzi." Yi Fei said.

"Hey, hey, don't jump to conclusions so early!" Fang Yuanhang was anxious, "Maybe Zhan Huanxiong guessed that Xianzai didn't want to change shifts, so he asked Xianzai on purpose so that Xianzai would endorse himself. What do you think? , if I should take a break today, and the Ming team suddenly changed my shift and told me to go to work today and rest tomorrow, I am ready to go to work, and I have arranged things to do during the rest tomorrow, and I am about to go out Going to work, Team Ming told me to rest as planned. Wouldn’t my plan be disrupted? Of course I don’t want to, no one would. This is a psychological tactic! Zhan Huanxiong knew it a long time ago, Now I won’t agree to change it back!”

Mingshu chuckled.

"Master, what are you laughing at?" Fang Yuanhang said, "Is my analysis wrong?"

"No, that's right." Mingshu said, "Knowing how to question and using logic to support this logic is worthy of praise."

Fang Yuanhang's eyes lit up, "Then..."

Mingshu said again: "But this time, Zhan Huanxiong may not be the murderer."

Zhan Huanxiong was brought into the interrogation room again, and Wen Li sat vigilantly opposite him.

Zhan Huanxiong was much calmer than at night, he stared at Mingshu quietly, and said, "What else do you want to ask?"

"You said you saw the murderer." Mingshu said, "Then besides wearing a hat and a raincoat, what other characteristics do you have?"

Zhan Huanxiong was silent for a long time.

Wen Li thought that Zhan Huanxiong didn't understand and was about to translate, but Mingshu raised his hand to stop him.

Mingshu is good at observing people, and he can see that Zhan Huanxiong is not not understanding, but thinking.

As for what to think about...

Suddenly, Zhan Huanxiong grinned, "You want me to help you find the murderer?"

Mingshu sneered, "You want to talk to me about conditions?"

"Okay!" Zhan Huanxiong spoke Mandarin mixed with local dialect, speaking very fast, Wen Li immediately translated: "He said that it is okay to ask him to help, but after you find the murderer, you can't send him back, you have to let him continue to live in winter." Ye City."

"Make a deal with me, and you deserve it too?" Mingshu clasped his hands in front of his chest, looking down at Zhan Huanxiong.

Although he grew up in the same environment, his and Xiao Yu'an's temperaments are quite different. Xiao Yu'an is gentle and majestic, but he has a deep ruffian in his bones. Most of the time, this ruffian is restrained and hidden, but occasionally he faces the suspect. , criminals, but will suddenly burst out.

Zhan Huanxiong obviously didn't expect that the exquisite-looking and overly particular policeman in front of him would have such an arrogant side.He subconsciously wanted to convince himself that this person was just bluffing, but he suddenly remembered that it was this person who ran wildly outside the bar yesterday and robbed him.

A tough character.

Zhan Huanxiong swallowed his saliva and lowered his momentum, "What do you want?"

"Listen to me." Mingshu said, "You work in Shetu Town, and I can't control you for the time being, but someone can take care of you. Have you heard of the special operations team of the Ministry of Public Security?"

Cold sweat broke out on Zhan Huanxiong's back.

Mingshu continued: "Now that you're on my territory, you can't let yourself go wild and talk about conditions. Whatever I ask, you can answer, understand?"

Wen Li had never seen Ming Shu speak in such a tone, and he also became uneasy.

Zhan Huanxiong opened his mouth for a long time, and finally said: "I, I cooperate."

Mingshu leaned back in his chair, "Tell me the characteristics of the murderer."

According to Zhan Huanxiong's confession, the murderer was between 1 and 62 meters tall. Because he was wrapped in a poncho and his face was covered, he couldn't tell whether he was a man or a woman.The poncho is loose, and the chest and abdomen are fluffy, making it impossible to distinguish the figure, but the shoulders are almost close to the body. It can be seen that the murderer's shoulders are relatively thin, and the possibility of being a woman is relatively high.

"It's in line with our previous inference." Yi Fei distributed the boxes of lunch to everyone, and when it was his turn, he found that there was only one box left.

The serious crime team, from the captain's deputy team to the trainees, all have amazing appetites. They usually eat in the cafeteria, but they can't eat enough when they order takeaway.Mingshu felt sorry for everyone, so he ordered a box lunch from a braised meat restaurant nearby, but the quantity was probably wrong, and one box was missing in the end.

Yi Fei didn't say anything, Mingshu glanced at him, and handed over the second copy he hadn't opened yet.

"You eat by yourself." Yi Fei said, "One serving is enough for me."

"What the hell, who lost the skills competition last time without eating enough?" Ming Shu said with a bossy demeanor, "Don't be naughty, take it."

Yi Fei smiled: "What about you? You can't eat enough, right?"

"Let's talk when you're hungry." Mingshu returned to his seat, listening to the team members' discussion while grilling rice.

"I don't think it should be preconceived." Fang Yuanhang said: "If we determine that the murderer is a woman, then in case—I mean in case, if the murderer is a man, wouldn't it be troublesome? In fact, the current situation cannot be fully resolved. Do you exclude men as suspects? Men can also be under 1 meters, and men can also be very thin."

"But the skeleton is different." Xing Mu said: "No matter how thin a man is, his shoulders are wider and thicker than a woman's."

"Zhou Yuan is very thin." Fang Yuanhang said: "Looking at the back, the policemen of the special police detachment next door are all stronger than him. And we can't fully trust Zhan Huanxiong, the deviation of the body shape description is too great."

Mingshu smiled, "It makes sense."

Fang Yuanhang became more interested, "Master, I'll add chicken legs to you!"

"Recently, I have more and more thoughts, so keep this kind of enthusiasm for questioning." Mingshu turned his gaze, "The murderer had his legs separated, and his feet were standing on Luo Xiangfu's waist to take a picture. Huanxiong tried the same action in front of him, and Zhan Huanxiong thought that Xiaoyun's posture was more like the murderer he saw."

Xiaoyun is a female member of the special police detachment, tall and beautiful.

Fang Yuanhang was puzzled, "This..."

"There are many differences in the body movements of men and women." Mingshu said: "Some are determined by bone differences, and some are determined by factors such as living habits, physical strength, and body shape. They are all small differences, but sometimes they are enough to affect key judgments. .”

The meal was quickly settled, and everyone returned to their posts.In the evening, when it was the normal off-duty time for ordinary occupations, Xiao Yuan suddenly appeared in the serious crime team.

Mingshu thought that there was another meeting, so he hurriedly said, "Ju Xiao, wait for me for a minute, I'm here..."

Xiao Yuan walked up to him, lowering his voice, "No meeting. Don't work overtime tonight. I'll take you somewhere."

"Huh?" Mingshu was surprised.

No overtime?Stop working overtime as soon as the case progresses?

He was ready to sleep in the bureau.

"Where are you going?" Mingshu asked.

Xiao Yuan said, "Go on a date."