Madness of the Heart

The "Shrimp Baby" food stall is open all night, and the business is best from 10 pm to 3 am. August is the season for eating crayfish, and all kinds of crayfish shops are blooming everywhere, but the business is so good that "baby shrimp" is quite rare.

When leaving the Jiangnan Theater on Saturday, Mingshu saw the three big characters of "Baby Shrimp" across the road.The temporary parking spaces on the side of the road were already full of cars, and those who couldn't park had to wander around to "find leaks". Some people were arguing loudly because of the parking problem.

"Is it so lively there?" Ming Shu asked Yi Fei who was beside him.

"You don't know 'Baby Shrimp'?" Yi Fei said: "The most famous crayfish restaurant in Dongye, hey, don't you usually listen to the local food radio while driving? Recommended every day."

Mingshu never listens to food broadcasts. He either listens to the news or the road conditions. "Is it good to recommend every day? Isn't it recommended every day if you give money to marketing?"

"This is a time-honored brand, and it's made by its taste! Others spend money to buy advertisements, but this one is recommended by a gourmet show, so the style is different." Yi Fei swallowed his saliva while talking, "I've eaten, We queued for over two hours."

After listening to it for two hours, Mingshu immediately smiled and said, "How about it, isn't it worth two hours?"

In his eyes, no matter how delicious something is, it is not worth waiting for two hours.

Except for queuing with Xiao Yuan.

Except waiting for Xiao Yuan to cook.

Yi Fei said: "Wrong! Big mistake! The taste is really amazing, don't say wait for two hours, I am willing to wait for two more hours."

Mingshu was skeptical, "You, the vice-captain of the serious crime team, how can you spend so much time queuing up to eat crayfish?"

Yi Fei pretended not to hear, "Look, there are so many people queuing up for proof. If it's not delicious, it's not worth it, why is there such a long queue?"

Mingshu thought about it, and planned to come and taste it with Xiao Yuan when he was free.

At that time, he didn't expect that he would have to deal with "Baby Shrimp" so soon.

No business wants to deal with the criminal police. The owner of "Baby Shrimp" is a native of Dongye. He has been in the catering business for decades. It's a bit of a local hooligan. The serious crime team wants to adjust the surveillance on Saturday night and Sunday morning. They asked the shop assistants to understand the situation at that time. The boss put on the posture of a black boss and didn't cooperate.

As a result, I received a call from a small leader of the sub-bureau on the way. After being warned, the boss immediately changed his black face into a smiling one.

Surveillance showed that a group of people from the Folk Music Club came to "Baby Shrimp" at 10:49. Since there was no place, they sat outside eating melon seeds and chatting until 1:32 in the morning.

"This time is normal." The boss said in a proud tone, "It was Saturday, and there are the most people on Saturday and Friday nights. You can't eat if you don't queue for two or three hours."

In the store, nearly an hour after ordering, that is, at 2:27, the plates of crayfish were not served on the table.

Later, everyone added more dishes twice, and they didn't leave the table until 4 o'clock.

"Everyone in the Folk Music Club at 'Baby Shrimp' has an alibi." Zhou Yuan reported to Mingshu, "I've checked, and there are eight people who didn't attend the dinner——Yang Yan, who played the pipa, and Qu Xing. , Sun Jing who played the guzheng, Lu Hui and Ran He who played the guqin, and Li Meng, Xu Gui, and Feng Guotao who played the guqin. I will continue to investigate their whereabouts that night."

Mingshu asked: "What did you find in the Jiachuang community?"

Zhou Yuan shook his head, "What is certain is that Sha Chun had never returned to the Jiachuang community before she was killed. She disappeared directly after leaving the Jiangnan Theater and did not appear in any monitoring."

Mingshu pushed open the door of the inquiry room, and Ran He, who was sitting inside, raised his head nervously.

This is a man with half-long hair, in his early thirties. In terms of appearance, he is at least not ugly in the aesthetics of ordinary people. Can really fool people.

But the embarrassment and dodge in his eyes at this time have already smashed his passable skin to pieces.

Mingshu sat down.

"I've already told you what I know." The sweat on Ran He's forehead was illuminated by the light, and a few strands of hair were wet with sweat, sticking to his forehead in a funny way, "Why don't you let me go? Who are you? leader?"

"I didn't let you go because you lied." Ming Shu folded his fingers and looked at Ran He with menacing eyes.

The policeman who talked to him just now didn't have such a sense of oppression from the beginning to the end, Ran He panicked even more, "I didn't lie. What do you mean?"

"First of all, I want to tell you that I don't think you are the murderer." Mingshu said slowly, "Killing Sha Chun and burying Sha Chun in the place where I work every day, I don't see that you have the courage. "

Ran He's expression became more fearful, his eyes drifted wildly, and he said in a low voice: "I'm not a murderer..."

"But you are already sitting here, but you are still unwilling to tell the truth, fooling my team members, and your whereabouts were unknown when Sha Chun was killed. I have to pay attention to you, and I will focus on you." Mingshu narrowed his eyes half-closed , the line of sight is dangerous, "After all, some murderers are very good at disguising. What if my judgment is wrong?"

"No, no! Sha Chun's killing really has nothing to do with me!" Ran He was at a loss for words, "On Saturday night, I, I..."

Mingshu asked unhurriedly, "How are you?"

Ran He had a painful expression on his face, "Will anyone else know what I'm saying here except you?"

Mingshu pointed to the small video camera that was working beside him, "People from the superior unit will occasionally check the surveillance to see if we have tortured to extract a confession."

Ran He's face became extremely ugly.

Mingshu said: "Is there something to hide? Is it more embarrassing than being classified as a suspect?"

Ran He lowered his head and remained silent for a long time.

Mingshu's tone was serious, "Don't waste my time."

Ran He was startled by this sound, "Please don't tell my father-in-law, and don't tell my wife—I, after the performance that day, I lied to my wife and said that I had a dinner at work, but in fact, Yang Yan and I went to the hotel .”

Mingshu remembered that Yang Yan did not go to "Baby Shrimp".

"Which hotel?" Mingshu asked.

Ran He covered his face, "Di'an."

"Okay, did you go to Di'an, when did you go, and when did you leave? I can find out right away." Ming Shu leaned forward slightly, "Ran He, is there any point in lying? Apart from wasting our time, there is Any benefits? You say you treat Shachun kindly, and your colleagues will lie after you?"

Ran He actually started to cry, "I was confused for a moment, before you were sure that the one who died was Sha Chun, I discussed it with Yang Yan..."

"Then reach an agreement that you have never targeted Sha Chun, and that it is others who bullied Sha Chun?" Mingshu said.

Ran He nodded while wiping away tears.

At this time, he is completely different from when he was arrogantly mocking Sha Chun on the bus.

Some weak people can only put on the skin of the strong when they bully others.Now the strong man's skin has fallen off, and what is hidden under it is just a humble, cowardly, and ugly soul.

"Then you probably didn't expect it." Mingshu said: "Yang Yan, who was being questioned next door, told my team members early in the morning - people in your department have more or less targeted and isolated Sha Chun, basically You, Ran He, took the lead."

Ran He's eyes widened in shock, with an expression of disbelief, "She said that?"

Mingshu stood up and said coldly: "It seems that my judgment is indeed correct. You are not a murderer, but you are a person with a serious lack of morality."

Di An Hotel quickly confirmed that Ran He and Yang Yan checked in at 11:04 on Saturday night, and did not leave the room after entering the room until 5:32 the next morning, when Ran He left first.

And why Ran He was so afraid to tell the whereabouts of the day also has the answer.

Ran He was born in a relatively backward rural area under the jurisdiction of Dongye City. There are four older sisters in his family. The older they are, the poorer they are. All the older sisters have only elementary school education, and they go out to work when they are teenagers. Dongye Conservatory of Music.

It is often said among the people that 'if you are poor, don't learn art, but if you are poor, you should learn crafts'.But Ran He was used to growing up, and he must learn music, so Ran's father and Ran's mother forced the four daughters to take money for him to finish college.

Because of his good looks, good at folk musical instruments, and his simplicity and sincerity—at least on the outside, Ran He is very popular on campus. He met his current wife Chen Qian when he was still studying.

Chen Qian's father worked in the Municipal Procuratorate and was quite well connected.The Chen family is in Dongye City, and they can be regarded as a well-off family.Chen Qian loves Ran He to death, and will not marry unless he is Ran He.Chen's father and Chen's mother only had this one daughter, and although they looked down on Ran He, they had to compromise.

It was because of Chen's father that Ran He joined the Performing Arts Group after graduation.Over the years, the Chen family has paid for the purchase of cars, houses, promotions, and support for the hometown.

Now Chen Qian is pregnant, but Ran He is cheating.

"This man is a typical 'Phoenix man'." Fang Yuanhang was very disdainful, and burst out a few rude words, "I have no skills, rely on women to mess around, and his mother is domineering at work, and finally cheated on his mother Damn, if I were his wife, I'd sue him to death!"

It was already dawn, and after Chen Qian learned that Ran He was taken away by the police for questioning, she had already stayed in the Criminal Investigation Bureau all night with her stomach full, and used her relationship with her parents to get Ran He out as soon as possible.

"My husband is very honest and a music fanatic. He will never have anything to do with the case you are investigating." She said: "He has not been in good health recently, and he must not be able to bear staying in your inquiry room for a long time. Please let me Take him back. He's a good guy, I promise."

The reality is bloody.

In order to satisfy his daughter's request, Chen's father worked his way up and down, but found out that when the murder happened, the always humble son-in-law and his colleagues had a room in the hotel.

When Ran He walked out of the inquiry room, he was slapped by Chen's father and fell to the ground. His front teeth collapsed immediately, and he spit out a mouth full of blood.

Standing between the two men, Chen Qian was silent at first, and then burst into heart-piercing cries.

Such a farce will be staged every once in a while in the corridor of the serious crime unit.

The cafeteria began to serve breakfast, and Mingshu took two casual bites, "When will Sha Chun's family arrive?"

"I already contacted you last night." Yi Fei said: "Sha Chunnian's parents divorced when he was in high school, his father immigrated, and his mother remarried. He is currently not in Dongye City, and he will arrive almost this afternoon."

Mingshu put down the porridge spoon, "A place like Performing Arts Group is different from ordinary companies. Most of the people who enter have connections, such as Ran He. Did Sha Chun apply for the job on his own, or did he get in through the relationship of his parents? This has to be checked. .”

"I guess there is a high probability that I applied for the job myself." Yi Fei said, "At least it's not because of her mother."

Mingshu asked, "What have you found out?"

"That's not true." Yi Fei shook his head, "But Sha Chun's mother Yong Huan's attitude... hey, you'll know it when you see it this afternoon."

Mingshu frowned, "Is she very calm when she learned that her own daughter was killed?"

Yi Feifei put bacon and mustard in the flower rolls, and he ate moderately, "Well, it's as calm as if the victim was just an acquaintance."

Mingshu was silent for a few seconds, "Let's split up for a while, the clues are too scattered now, what should be integrated must be integrated. You stay in the bureau, I will go to the performing arts group again."

After the heavy rain, the Performing Arts Group was extremely deserted. Two big trees that had just been transplanted this year were uprooted by the strong wind, and one of them smashed a car parked under the tree.

But everyone knows that the desolation is not caused by wind and rain.

The cordon by the pond has not been removed, and the employees go to work as usual, but almost no one is still working.

The more leisurely the unit, the faster the gossip spreads.In just one night, the collective isolation of Sha Chun by the Folk Music Club and Ran He's cheating on his wife during pregnancy and Yang Yan became a big talking point in the group.

"As far as I know, Sha Chun followed the normal recruitment process." Ji Yue, the deputy general manager of the Performing Arts Group in charge of administration, was the only female among the executives. "I was the director of the human resources department back then. So I'm very impressed."

"Why do you say the situation is special?" Sitting in Ji Yue's spacious and bright office with a bit of a subtle sense of literature and art, Ming Shu said bluntly: "Performing arts groups seem to seldom introduce talents in the normal way of recruitment. Even if the recruitment information is posted , and most of the people who finally get hired are people with connections and backgrounds.”

Ji Yue didn't shy away from this point, "That's right, a unit like ours is already almost saturated with recruiting young people with connections. Among the new employees recruited every year, except for the introduction of special talents, the rest are basically you. Known 'relationship households'."

Forgive me, "Shouldn't Sha Chun be a 'special talent'?"

Ji Yue said: "That's why I just said that she was very special that time. The year she joined the company happened to coincide with the expansion of various departments of the group, and a large number of grassroots employees were needed in a short period of time. Our requirements for this batch of new employees are—— If you have certain professional abilities, you must be 100% willing to do it. I was the one who interviewed Sha Chun, and she was determined to express her attitude as soon as she came. She also knows several other folk musical instruments, so we accepted her. During the half-year probationary period, the professional scores ahead of her were not as diligent as hers, and some even quit halfway through. So she stayed. "

As soon as Ming Shu left Ji Yue's office, he received a call from Xu Chun, "Ming team, the monitoring has found something!"

The security and monitoring system of Performing Arts Group is not perfect. The new building is on the east side of the park. There are two gates on the east side, which are closed at night. There are security guards on duty at ordinary times. It seems safe, but the large area of ​​wasteland on the west side is directly Anyone who is open to the outside world can enter the park.There is no obstacle between the west and east sides.

"The monitoring of the two gates on the east side did not capture Sha Chun and any suspicious persons, but the public monitoring on the road near the west side captured Sha Chun!" Xu Chun pointed to the computer screen, "It's right here."

At 11:24 p.m. on Saturday, Sha Chun, wearing a linen shirt and wide-leg pants, got out of a taxi, crossed the road, and entered the performing arts group park from the west.

Mingshu supported his chin with one hand, and asked the technical detective to zoom in on the picture, then clear it up, and watch it repeatedly.

"This is fucking weird, she came here by herself." Xu Chun walked up and down, "All the surveillance cameras in the park have been checked, and only a camera on the east side near the wasteland on the west side captured her."

And that camera still only captured Sha Chun.

At 11:37, Sha Chun ran with his bag on his back as if he was crossing the road, as if he was eager to do something or meet someone.

"The murderer is hiding in a blind corner of surveillance, and the place where the body is buried is likely to be the first scene." Mingshu closed his eyes and thought - Sha Chun was lured to the Performing Arts Group, how did that person lure him?There is nothing suspicious about Sha Chun's communication records, and his mental state does not appear to be abnormal, as if he has been manipulated.

The Performing Arts Group is far away on the edge of Nancheng District. Looking at Sha Chun's outfit, it is likely that he took a taxi there after leaving the Jiangnan Theater.

Ming Shu said, "Find this taxi driver."

The taxi driver, surnamed Li, is in his 50s, with a simple and honest face, because he just ran the night shift and looks rather sluggish.

"I remember her." Master Li said: "She got into my car on Huacai Middle Road at 10:40. She said she was going to the new building of the Performing Arts Group. I didn't want to go because it was too remote. , I couldn’t get a guest on the return journey. She said that she paid double the fare, so I agreed to take her.”

"Did she do anything special on the way?" Mingshu asked.

Master Li thought for a while, "No way. She sits in the back and doesn't talk much. Every time I look in the rearview mirror, I see her looking out the window. I have been driving for more than ten years, and I have never seen a passenger like her too much. A lot, nothing special. But she is very generous. From Huacai Middle Road to Performing Arts Group, the one-way trip is close to 90 yuan, and the round trip is close to [-] yuan. She gave me two hundred, and I was looking for a supplement, but she said no found."

After Master Li left, Mingshu opened the map, "Middle Huacai Road is only a 10-minute walk from the north gate of Jiangnan Theater, but Sha Chun left from the west gate at 9:52 and didn't get into a taxi until around 10:40. Nearly an hour, where is she and what is she doing?"

Xu Chun said: "There are many surveillance cameras around the Jiangnan Theater, but none of them captured her. Is she deliberately avoiding surveillance?"

"Huacai Middle Road is undergoing demolition recently, and it is the only place near Jiangnan Theater that lacks cameras. Sha Chun is going to Huacai Middle Road, but instead of leaving from the closer north gate, he takes the west gate instead. Is he trying to make a detour? When getting off the bus , She didn’t go through the main entrance on the east side of the Performing Arts Group, but walked in through the wasteland on the west side. Also, she paid in cash—looking at her previous consumption records, she is used to paying with WeChat.”

Xu Chun nodded, "It's too weird."

Mingshu's face darkened, "Everything she did seemed to be a cover for the murderer."