Madness of the Heart

Nine years ago, 40-year-old Qin Guosheng died strangely in the laboratory of the School of Pharmacy. The traces and surveillance at the scene showed that Qin Guosheng had been alone in the laboratory before his death.According to forensic identification, Qin Guosheng died of sodium cyanide poisoning and committed suicide.

It is extremely easy for a lecturer in pharmacy to obtain sodium cyanide.But Qin Guosheng's death caused a lot of controversy at the time - because before his death, Qin Guosheng's appearance had undergone a significant change, and after his death, he couldn't see his original appearance.

However, according to DNA identification, it was none other than Tan Guosheng himself who died after taking sodium cyanide.

When this case happened, Mingshu had not yet arrived in Dongye City.Moreover, this case is not a major case, and it is not too difficult to solve it. After the Dongcheng District Sub-bureau accepted the case, it solved it by itself.

Why Qin Guosheng committed suicide was discussed for a while at the University of Medical Sciences, especially the School of Pharmacy.

One said that the development of Qin State Province was not smooth, and there was no room for improvement.

Qin Guosheng was born in the southeastern countryside. He studied in a medical school with excellent grades as an undergraduate. He was admitted to Dongye Medical University at the postgraduate level. , seems promising.But until he was 40 years old, Qin Guosheng was still just a lecturer giving basic courses to undergraduates. He published few papers, could not produce results in research, could not be evaluated for the title of associate professor, and the projects he applied for were not approved by the top. He was getting older and older. Compared with batch after batch of new young lecturers, it has become less and less competitive.The leaders didn't value it, the students didn't like it, under pressure and despair, Tan Guoxing chose to commit suicide.

One said that Tan Guosheng failed in his private research on psychotropic drugs.

Qin Guosheng's appearance suddenly changed due to overdose of drugs.A report issued by the forensic doctor after the autopsy and toxicology test showed that Qin Guosheng used drugs containing a large amount of hallucinogens frequently and irregularly in the six months before his death, which seriously damaged his liver and kidneys.

The most reasonable explanation for Qin Guosheng's taking medicine is that he was illegally taking medicine and experimenting on himself, but the research failed in the end, his body was also worn down, and he had no choice but to commit suicide.

It has been too long since the case, and the criminal investigation technology of nine years ago is far from the present. After Mingshu had a preliminary understanding of the whole story of the Tan Guosheng case, his temples twitched a few times, and he remained silent for a long time.

Xiao Yu'an said: "Luo Ganfeng's testimony combined with his behavior, there is no contradiction before and after, and the credibility is very high. Wu Zhen wanted to persuade Luo Ganfeng, telling him that the previous "suicide" was Professor Qin Guoxing from the University of Medical Sciences, which is logical .Professor Qin Guoxing is Tan Guosheng, but Qin Guosheng is just a lecturer and committed suicide nine years ago. Then who died at the hands of Wu Zhen?"

"Before I found out that Qin Guoxing was dead, I suspected that the Qin Guoxing that Luo Ganfeng said was the mastermind behind the scenes." Ming Shu spoke slowly, with occasional pauses, "A professor from a medical university, even if he is not an expert in psychology, has Ability to affect ordinary people like Wu Zhen. Let me make a hypothesis—”

Xiao Yuan nodded, "Say it."

"We analyzed the Shachun case. The 'mysterious man' cast a wide net, waiting for the 'seeds' to interact with each other and germinate on their own. As long as one of the many 'seeds' germinates, his goal will be achieved, which is very It's like doing an experiment." Mingshu said: "Wu Zhen is Qin Guoxing's first 'seed', he must carefully cultivate Wu Zhen. How to cultivate? Of course, he will appear in person, bewitch Wu Zhen with words, and psychologically intervene. In the end, Wu Zhen killed himself. In this way, the first "seed" sprouted, and Wu Zhen would influence other people, while Qin Guoxing hid in the dark, pushing Sha Chun, Wang Ying and others one by one. In front of Wu Zhen, for Wu Zhen to choose. After Wu Zhen handed over the baton to Sha Chun, Qin Guoxing chose Long Tianhao, Yu Xiaocheng, and Wen He for Sha Chun. If Yu Xiaocheng didn't give up halfway, if there was no Xiao Chun's If you step in, I'm afraid this experiment will continue."

"According to this assumption, Qin Guoxing created the illusion of his own death in front of Wu Zhen." Xiao Yu'an said: "Wu Zhen died of sodium cyanide poisoning. Xiao Chun said that Sha Chun did not kill Wu Zhen, and Wu Zhen committed suicide. There is no evidence for his death. Now, it’s okay to believe this statement. Going forward, Wu Zhen probably didn’t kill Qin Guoxing, but just helped to dispose of Qin Guoxing’s body like Sha Chun.”

Mingshu said: "And Qin Guoxing is not really a 'desperate'."

"So what Wu Zhen saw and dealt with was only a corpse disguised as Qin Guoxing." Xiao Yu'an tapped the folder lightly, "Qin Guoxing killed a man who looked like him for his experiment. Only Wu Zhen thought that Qin Guoxing was dead, but in fact, Qin Guoxing was still alive, looking for one target after another in the dark."

Mingshu was silent for a while, "Xiao Ju, is there any obvious loophole in my deduction?"

Xiao Yuan shook his head, "The key point is whether the person before Wu Zhen was the mastermind behind the scenes, or another victim? In fact, before Luo Ganfeng revealed Qin Guoxing's identity, I was already inclined to believe that Wu Zhen 'killed' the one behind the scenes. Black hand, because the randomness of this experiment is too great, it is difficult to succeed one after another. Since the previous Wu Zhen was a professor at the University of Medical Sciences, it is basically certain that Qin Guoxing is behind the scenes. Did you notice a continuity? Sha Chun influenced Yu Xiaocheng, who was younger and less experienced than her, and Wu Zhen also influenced Sha Chun and Luo Ganfeng, who were younger, less experienced, and less educated than him."

As he said that, Xiao Yuan gestured with his left hand leaning to the right, "It is difficult for them to influence people who are more knowledgeable and educated than themselves. Zhen, if Qin Guoxing is not the mastermind behind the scenes, but the victim, then who would be more knowledgeable and educated than the professor of the medical university? If you draw a scope, the scope is too small."

Mingshu nodded, "That is to say, before I found out that Professor Qin Guoxing was actually the lecturer of Qin Guosheng, my deduction was correct."

"But now a problem has arisen." Xiao Yu'an looked at the photo of the lecturer Tan Guosheng on the display screen, "We deduced that the mastermind behind the scenes had died nine years ago, and his death was full of doubts."

"Doubts are past doubts, let's put them aside for now." Mingshu said, frowning, "I..."

Before he finished speaking, he caught a glimpse of Xiao Yuan and smiled.

If you insist on calling it a smile, it's actually not counted as a smile, it's just that the corners of your lips twitched slightly.

But at this moment, Mingshu was interrupted.

"Xiao Ju, what are you doing?"

"Finally I know 'let it go'." Xiao Yu'an said, "Don't keep looking at me and tell me what you think."

Mingshu stared, "Who interrupted first, and the villain complained first?"

"Apologize to Team Ming." Xiao Yuan smiled.

"Hey..." Mingshu also laughed: "You apologized too quickly."

Xiao Yuan said: "Well, you haven't felt the thrill of arguing yet."

Ming Shu wrinkled his nose slightly - this was the expression he only had in front of Xiao Yu'an, and then coughed, "Your team Ming has to focus on the case."

Xiao Yu'an's tone was still indulgent, "I invite you to the Ming team."

"The death of Qin Guosheng may be problematic, but the more important thing is that we thought Qin Guoxing was Qin Guosheng, and Qin Guosheng had died long ago." Mingshu said: "It is impossible for a person who died nine years ago to Traveling through time and space to do experiments nine years later, the mastermind behind the scenes used Tan Guosheng's identity to create this series of events."

Xiao Yu'an nodded, "Then who do you think took advantage of the identity of a deceased person?"

Ming Shu patted the back of his head, opened his notebook, and wrote down a few names in a "shua shua".

The first row: Wu Zhen.

The second row: Sha Chun, Luo Ganfeng, Wang Ying.

Third row: Yu Xiaocheng, Long Tianhao, Wen He.

Of these seven names, except for Luo Ganfeng and Yu Xiaocheng, all others were ticked off.

"It is possible that Luo Ganfeng and Yu Xiaocheng were not selected by the black hands behind the scenes, but naturally interacted with Wu Zhen and Sha Chun, and were then influenced. Wang Ying, Long Tianhao, and Wen He can be sure that they were pushed by a force" In front of Wu Zhen and Sha Chun. All three of them have obvious connections with Dongye Medical University.” Ming Shu said: “As for Wu Zhen and Sha Chun, they have no connection with the University of Medical Sciences. Judging from this probability, the black hands behind the scenes are in the medical department. There are frequent big events, and he is very familiar with the University of Medical Sciences, but the scope of his selection is not limited to the University of Medical Sciences. I judge that he is a faculty member of the University of Medical Sciences, has some relationship with the dead Qin Guosheng, and is very important. One thing—he's idle."

"Only by being free can we continue to look for 'seeds' in society and lead them to death." Xiao Yu'an said: "He thinks that the two nodes of Wu Zhen and Sha Chun may be used as breakthrough points. Wu Zhen and Sha Chun have no intersection with the University of Medical Sciences. , how did he learn about them?"

"Wu Zhen and Sha Chun's social networks are actually very simple." Ming Shu held the pen, tapped the end of the pen on his chin, then lowered his head, and drew a timeline on the notebook, "Wu Zhen was on the Internet before December last year." Being targeted by Qin... no, being targeted by the 'mysterious man'. For Wu Zhen, the 'mysterious man' is 'Professor Qin', or 'Professor' for short. Then in December, when Wu Zhen's handwriting suddenly changed,' The professor told Wu Zhen about his plan, and Wu Zhen was extremely shocked, but after a long period of preparation, Wu Zhen had accepted it subtly. Then, during the Spring Festival this year, the 'professor' died in front of Wu Zhen, and Wu Zhen accepted it. Passed the baton."

Xiao Yu'an has come to Mingshu's side, looking at the timeline on the notebook, "During the Spring Festival, a person who looked exactly like 'Professor' died, and he was a substitute for 'Professor'. But this victim seems to have not been found yet."

Mingshu raised his eyes, "It has been half a year since the Spring Festival, and no one is alive or dead. His family and friends will definitely call the police. If he investigates the disappearance case, there may be something to be gained. But... last time I drew up a plan from last year. The range of disappearance cases from December to April this year has not been found yet."

Xiao Yu'an said: "You have to be mentally prepared—even if you search all the disappearance cases in various sub-bureaus and police stations, you may still find nothing in the end."

Mingshu certainly understood the reason, "Maybe no one called the police for this victim. The best choice for 'Professor' is those 50-year-old men who have no family and friends, and whose DNA information has not been stored in the database. The less interaction they have with society,'Professor ' The more difficult it is to expose the conspiracy."

"Yes." Xiao Yu'an said: "For the 'professor', it is best that no one calls the police. But the disappearance case still has to be investigated. We are thinking of the worst situation. The reality is not necessarily so bad."

Mingshu threw the notebook on the coffee table, sank his back into the back of the sofa and the pillow, raised his right hand, pressed it on his forehead, and said after a while: "I think I've 'painted' the appearance of a 'professor'—— A teacher of an unpopular subject in a medical university, who has failed to make a name for himself academically for many years, has serious psychological problems, is depressed, wants to do an earth-shattering experiment, has no project in hand, and does not receive the attention of students. There are similarities between the provinces, maybe he was influenced by Qin Guosheng, wasn't Qin Guosheng doing an illegal drug experiment before committing suicide?"

Ming Shu paused for a few seconds, closed his eyes, and his mind was spinning under high load, "Tan Guosheng experimented on himself, and the 'Professor' experimented on innocent people. He was eager to succeed and spent almost all his time on observing, Find the 'seed' and push the 'seed' to Wu Zhen and Sha Chun."

"Even if you are a lecturer in an unpopular subject, can you be so idle?" Xiao Yuan asked suddenly.

"Huh?" Mingshu opened his eyes and stood up.

Xiao Yu'an said: "This person must be related to Dongye Medical University, but he seems to have too much free time, and ordinary lecturers don't have so much free time."

Mingshu rubbed his earlobe, "That's true. If it's not the teacher, then it's the support staff in the school? But isn't this different from our previous judgment? As for the support staff, their knowledge may not be able to influence Wu Zhen. to a certain extent, and it seems that there is no need to do this experiment.”

"It's hard to say." Xiao Yu'an said, "Almost every university has a legend about the 'sweeping monk'."

Mingshu thought for a while, "I'm going to investigate the disappearance case during the Spring Festival this year."

"Wait." Xiao Yu'an beckoned, "Why did you use Tan Guosheng's name for 'Professor'?"

Mingshu said: "Because Tan Guosheng is dead? It is more convenient to blame a dead person than to blame a living person."

"Isn't there another possibility?" Xiao Yu'an said, "You mentioned just now that he was influenced by Tan Guosheng."

Mingshu came to his senses, "So if we investigate the case of Qin Guosheng again, maybe we can find important clues! Qin Guosheng died of sodium cyanide poisoning, and Wu Zhen also died of sodium cyanide poisoning."

Xiao Yu'an smiled, "It's rare for Team Ming to let it go, but we can't let it go this time."

Mingshu's eyes moved, "Your Ming team is as energetic as Fang Yuanhang. If you don't let it go, you won't let it go. The investigation is over."

Hearing Fang Yuanhang's name, Xiao Yu'an slightly raised his eyebrows.

Mingshu noticed it and asked, "What?"

"You little apprentice..." Xiao Yu'an hesitated to speak.

Mingshu's curiosity was aroused, "What's wrong with Fang Yuanhang? Has he harassed you? That's not enough, he's just level ten with ADHD."

Xiao Yu'an said, "He's been watching you secretly a lot lately, didn't you notice?"

Mingshu blinked, "Tsk, I thought it was something. It turned out that he was just observing me. It's not a day or two since he observed me, and he also imitated my tone to interrogate suspects. I am his master, not only If you want to teach by words, you have to teach by example. It is a good thing for him to observe me."

Xiao Yu'an smiled and sighed, "You..."

"What's the matter with me?" Ming Shu said, "Ju Xiao, you only talk half of what you're talking about!"

"It's okay." Xiao Yuan patted him on the waist, "It's fine if you think it's a good thing."

Mingshu walked to the door and remembered another thing, "By the way, Xu Yin came to look for me?"

Focusing on the case, Xiao Yuan remembered, "She asked if you found the female victim she saw."

Mingshu's expression changed slightly.If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't get away, he would have thoroughly investigated what happened in Yisi Alley.

"The little girl's persistence will generally cause two consequences. One is to add to the chaos, and the other is to provide important clues." Xiao Yu'an said: "I asked Xu Chun to take her to see the unsolved disappearance case. Maybe she has seen it there." people."

Mingshu asked, "What did she say?"

"How could it be so fast?" Xiao Yu'an said, "Don't be distracted by this matter, and investigate the case in your hand."

Mingshu returned to the serious crime team and called everyone to the conference room to assign tasks.Fang Yuanhang listened very seriously, and stared at Mingshu like a discharge.

Mingshu has been good-looking since he was a child. He is quite used to being looked at by others, and he never feels uncomfortable—only when he was chasing Xiao Yuan, he was young and innocent, and when Xiao Yuan looked at him, his heart would beat wildly.

No matter how often Fang Yuanhang looks at Mingshu with eyes that are eager for knowledge, earnestly focused, passionate, and curious, Mingshu has no other thoughts, but not long ago, he heard Xiao Yuan say that the little apprentice has been observing himself recently, and unconsciously Pay attention to Fang Yuanhang.

After the meeting, Fang Yuanhang did not leave, and asked Mingshu a few questions about the case, and Mingshu answered them one by one, but grabbed him by the collar when he was done.

Fang Yuanhang was dumbfounded, "Master? Gaha?"

Mingshu laughed, "What'gaha'?"

"I learned from Yu Dalong." As soon as Fang Yuanhang mentioned Yu Dalong, he thought of "stallion waist", he remembered Yu Dalong's wish, and he remembered that his master was gay.

Then the look in Mingshu's eyes changed.

Mingshu is so good at observing micro-expressions, how can Fang Yuanhang hide the movement in Fang Yuanhang's eyes from him?

"Come on, sit down." Ming Shu pointed to an armchair next to him.

Fang Yuanhang couldn't figure out the situation and didn't move for a long time.

"Sit down." Mingshu ordered.

Master's order cannot be violated, Fang Yuanhang sat down quickly, "Master, what's the matter?"

Last time we agreed to talk about the case after it was solved, but hasn't it been solved yet?

Mingshu sat on the table, folded his hands in front of his chest, and swayed his long legs. He didn't look like the captain of the serious crime team at all, "Why do you keep looking at me lately?"

Fang Yuanhang was startled, his eyes widened immediately.

Fuck!I observed that the gay was discovered by the gay himself?

Mingshu saw that the apprentice's reaction was too great, and no one would believe that there was no ghost.

"Say it." Ming Shu looked down at Fang Yuanhang from above, "Why do you always look at me?"

Fang Yuanhang was "guilty to be a thief", rolled his eyes, and lost his momentum, "I didn't."

Mingshu was about to laugh.

Fang Yuanhang's momentum was never weak at ordinary times. The interrogator, the one who had the loudest voice and the best spirit when he was arguing with Yi Fei and Xu Chun, was actually "withering" now, and the contrast was too great.

"What are you hiding from me, huh?" Mingshu doesn't think that Fang Yuanhang has done anything to betray the organization and violate discipline. Fang Yuanhang is upright and just in his bones, there is no doubt about it.

Fang Yuanhang raised his eyelids, gave Mingshu a sideways glance, and muttered, "I didn't hide it from you, it was you who hid it from your dear team members."

In fact, Mingshu didn't have so much time to chat, so he asked again: "Who is Yu Dalong? Your classmate?"

Fang Yuanhang raised his head this time, "It's the one who called you 'stallion waist'."

Mingshu almost forgot about this person, and said with a smile, "He. Why did you get mixed up?"

Fang Yuanhang told the story of finding Liu Mei.At that time, Mingshu was all focused on Sha Chun's case, and didn't care much about Liu Mei. After hearing this, he said, "This man is quite clever."

Of course you're clever, and people can see that you are a gay!Fang Yuanhang's face and eyes were full of drama, and he thought: Can you not be smart!

Mingshu was planning to leave, but when he saw Fang Yuanhang's expression, he stopped in time.

"No." Mingshu said, "What are you hiding from me? If you don't tell me today, don't leave."

Fang Yuanhang took a deep breath, feeling that he might not be able to escape this time.

He looked left and right, but there was no one there, so he lowered his voice again and again, "Master, in fact, you..."

"Ming team! Where's Ming team?" At this moment, Fang Yuanhang was brutally interrupted by the roar in the corridor.

It was Xu Chun who came.

"What's the matter?" Mingshu asked.

Xu Chun said, "You'll know it when you see it!"

In a police room, Xu Yin stared at the woman on the screen, turned around slowly, and grinned at Mingshu.

The woman's face, Xu Yin's smile, and the dim light on Xu Yin's face from the monitor made Mingshu suddenly feel a strange feeling.

Fang Yuanhang, who followed him, was shocked beyond words, "This is..."

Ming Shu asked in a cold voice: "Is she the one who stood in front of your window at night and was later found dead in Yisi Alley by you?"

Xu Yin nodded vigorously, with a tender and sweet voice, "This is the elder sister."

The person on the screen was the "little devil" who disappeared after Li Hongmei killed his roommate, Chi Xiaomin.