Madness of the Heart

Chi Xiaomin is dead?Was killed in the fourth medical alley?

What is Chi Xiaomin's identity, and what forces are behind it?

Before he died, why did Chi Xiaomin stand in front of a strange little girl's window like a ghost?

What was Chi Xiaomin's intention when he approached Li Hongmei back then?Instigated by whom?

Or, all this is just Xu Yin's joke?

There are too many questions in front of him, but Mingshu can't analyze them one by one, because the "professor" case is waiting for him to solve. Before Wu Zhen, another person died, and this person is likely to be the most innocent in this series of cases one of.

The investigation of missing cases has yielded no results. From December last year to April this year, among the missing persons recorded by various sub-bureaus and dispatches, there were no eligible persons, let alone during the Spring Festival mentioned by Luo Ganfeng.

"When Xiao Ju and I analyzed the case, Xiao Ju anticipated this possibility." Ming Shu said: "The mastermind behind the scenes - the substitute chosen by the 'Professor' is a person who has no relatives and no friends. He is dead or alive. No one cares, he disappears suddenly, no one will notice, and no one will call the police."

"The most likely ones are scavengers." After what happened to Yu Xiaocheng, Zhou Yuan was much more active than before. After speaking, he glanced nervously at the colleagues around him, and retracted his neck.

"In the past, but not necessarily now." Ming Shu said: "Last year, the Public Security Corps asked the sub-bureau and the police station to deal with the problem of scavengers. Scavengers either left the main city or entered the community to work. Now they still rely on scavengers for a living, basically. They are all in the sight of the police. If someone suddenly disappears, there is no need to report to the police, and the police in the jurisdiction will know."

"There is a possibility of a 50-[-]-year-old man who has no job and lives alone." Yi Fei said: "But this way, it will be very difficult to investigate."

Fang Yuanhang puffed his cheeks, "There is no one we want to find in the unsolved murder case at the same time period. Thinking about it, it is true. If the body has been found and the police start investigating, Wu Zhen knows that it is related to the murder case, but there is nothing he can do about it." Keep calm. Wu Zhen himself is also a victim, he is not a lunatic like the 'professor', he is an ordinary person, and his psychological quality is not as strong as that."

Mingshu said: "Since nothing has been found in the disappearance case, we can only start from the time of the Spring Festival. Confirming Wu Zhen's whereabouts before and after the Spring Festival can narrow the scope of searching for substitutes."

Fang Yuanhang raised his hand again, "I have a question."

Mingshu glanced at his apprentice, "Say."

"We are now assuming that the double exists, right?" Fang Yuanhang said: "What if the double does not actually exist?"

Mingshu raised the tip of his left eyebrow.

"You mean that Wu Zhen was directly instigated by the black hands behind the scenes, and Wu Zhen didn't kill anyone?" Yi Fei thought for a while, shaking his head, "Not to mention that Luo Ganfeng mentioned that Wu Zhen killed 'Professor Qin', but there is no such clue as Luo Ganfeng , your assumption is also very far-fetched—first, the mastermind behind the scenes is directly involved in this death game; Pass the baton?"

"No, no, that's not what I meant." Fang Yuanhang was the only one standing in the conference room. Mingshu said that he had a level ten hyperactivity disorder, which is true. As long as there are no senior leaders such as Xiao Yu'an in the meeting, he can't sit still Go down, you must stand to be comfortable.

"I know what you mean." Mingshu answered, "You think the black hands behind the scenes have exercised psychological control over Wu Zhen, and Wu Zhen thought he killed 'Professor Qin', but he didn't. It was just the black hands behind the scenes that imposed on Wu Zhen. hint."

Fang Yuanhang said, "Is my idea possible?"

Mingshu laughed, "I think it's a bit fake."

Fang Yuanhang propped his hands on the table, "Huh?"

"Theoretically, it is indeed possible." Mingshu's eyes sank, "But do psychological hints really have such a powerful effect?"

Xing Mu couldn't help pouring cold water on the leader again, "In fact, looking at the entire psychology world, there are indeed people who can do it."

Ming Shu turned his gaze to look at Xing Mu.

Xing Mu immediately became nervous, sat upright, and even swallowed, his cheeks became hot.

"There are indeed people who can do it." Mingshu repeated Xing Mu's words, and asked: "Then who are those who can do it? How many people like this are there in the entire psychology world?"

Before Xing Mu could react, Yi Fei nodded in understanding.

"This..." Xing Mu touched his neck, "Of course they are all top experts. As for the number of people, I haven't learned about it in detail."

"And our suspect is a 'professor' who has no ambitions." Mingshu said slowly: "'Professor' is just a nickname we gave him. Whether he is a professor or not is still a question mark. He may be A lecturer at the University of Medical Sciences, he may also be a teaching assistant, logistics. There is no doubt that he is by no means the best in his field, and he has no ability to hypnotize Wu Zhen to the point that Lao Fang said."

Fang Yuanhang quickly retorted, "I'm not Lao Fang! I'm only 23 years old!"

Xiao Man joked, "Yo, you're only 23? I thought you were 32."

Fang Yuanhang: "Bah!"

The atmosphere was tense at first, but now he relaxed a bit. Mingshu asked, "Is there any problem? If there is no problem, each will take on the task. First, delineate the scope of activities of the double from Wu Zhen's whereabouts during the Spring Festival. A national and provincial suicide case.”

Fang Yuanhang rushed to "Liuguang" again.

Recently, I have dealt with the criminal police many times, and the staff in "Liuguang", whether it is the screenwriter or other positions, are a little nervous.

Ou Xianghe, director of the screenwriting department, had an ugly expression on his face, "The matter of Wu Zhen really has nothing to do with us. You keep coming here and asking about this and that, we are very affected."

"Before the case is clarified, I can only ask you to cooperate." Fang Yuanhang was always "bullied" in the serious crime team, but he was still a very courageous criminal policeman outside. When Ou Xianghe was told by him, even if he was unwilling, it was inconvenient He continued to complain, and said falteringly: "If you have any questions, just ask."

Fang Yuanhang said: "I want to see Wu Zhen's work records during the Spring Festival this year."

During the holidays, many industries are on holiday, and most of the screenwriters of "Streamer" take their leave to go home, and those who stay either have urgent jobs or have no home to go home at all.

Yang Shuxing belongs to the former, and Wu Zhen belongs to the latter.

According to the personnel flow table for the Spring Festival given by the logistics, there are only seven people staying in "Liuguang" during the holiday. The screenwriter Yang Shuxing has an important web drama script on hand, which must be completed during the Spring Festival, and Wu Zhen is the only screenwriter who stayed In charge of the short film.

As early as the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Wu Zhen had no work to do.

Both the government and enterprises are on holiday, and the Spring Festival is approaching, so there is no order for Wu Zhen to accept.It stands to reason that Wu Zhen was very relaxed at the time, there was neither script to write nor filming to follow.

Yang Shuxing lives next door to Wu Zhen and has worked with Wu Zhen for many years.According to him, Wu Zhen often went out around the Spring Festival and stayed away from the room for a long time. This may not be a problem to others, but it is unusual to Wu Zhen.

"I can't think of what he is doing when he goes out." Yang Shuxing said: "He is not the kind of person who relies on 'hitting the street' to inspire. He likes to stay in the company whether he has a script to write. He also told me that he would rather go out To observe others, it is better to read more books and think about how other screenwriters do character design."

Fang Yuanhang asked: "Then do you know where he went?"

"I think it's Suzheng Street." Yang Shuxing said with a smile.

Suzheng Street is located in the northeast of Beicheng District, far away from the bustling belt of Beicheng District, and has no special features.

On the other hand, Shanxiang Street is an old street, and there are a large number of "fly restaurants" on the main street, where good and bad people are mixed.

Fang Yuanhang thought about the layout there, and asked, "Wu Zhen mentioned it to you?"

"I guess." Yang Shuxing laughed again, "I write most suspense dramas, so I like to observe others when I have nothing to do. There are not many people staying to work during the Spring Festival. Except for Wu Zhen, the rest are busy with work. But the No matter how many things happen, the year will be over, right? On the third day of junior high school, Chen Hua and I—just another screenwriter—made an impromptu agreement that we should stop working and cook a hot pot meal together in the evening.”

"Wu Zhen wasn't there at the time?" Fang Yuanhang said.

"Yeah." Yang Shuxing nodded, "We contacted him and told him about the dinner tonight."

"Is he back on time?"

"I'm back, and I bought a big bag of twist."

"Twist?" Fang Yuanhang frowned.

Mahua is a kind of fried flour product, not a special product of Dongye City, although it is sold, but not many.

The most famous twist in Dongye City is called "Flood Twist", which was made by a foreigner who came to Dongye City more than ten years ago.

"Flood Twist" is on Suzheng Street!

Fang Yuanhang immediately asked: "Wu Zhen bought 'Flood Twist'?"

"Yes, I saw the packing bag." Yang Shuxing said, "So I guess, when we told him to have dinner at night, he should be on Suzheng Street, or he should be near Suzheng Street. Wu Zhen, Mr. Wu, right? , never taking advantage of others, he knew that we would prepare hot pot dishes, so he bought Ma Hua nearby."

Suzheng Street is far away from "Liuguang", how could Wu Zhen go there for no reason?

Fang Yuanhang's heart was full of emotion, it felt like reaching out in a fog and touching something he could hold tightly.

Yang Shuxing said again: "I remember one more thing very clearly. You are the police, and your analysis ability must be better than mine. I will only talk about the facts, not my judgment. When the hot pot was hot that night, I toasted Wu Zhen with a glass of wine. ,By the way, I asked him what he was doing on Suzheng Street, did he collect folk songs? Wu Zhen was suddenly very nervous, so he said that he did not go to Suzheng Street. Suzheng Street buys mahua."

After Fang Yuanhang heard it, he said, "Wu Zhen didn't expect that 'Flood Twist' would reveal his whereabouts, and he didn't want you to know that he had been to Suzheng Street."

Yang Shuxing rubbed his hands, took out his phone, and smiled slyly, "That's all I know. Officer Fang, please add a WeChat account."

Fang Yuanhang said "Huh?" in surprise.

During the investigation process, most of the people who had to be questioned avoided the police in fear. How could anyone ask for contact information?

Yang Shuxing said: "If the information I provide can help you solve the case, that would be the best. I have helped you, and I hope to get some 'inspiration' from you in the future."

Fang Yuanhang understands that this suspenseful screenwriter intends to get close to him and ask him for details of various cases so that he can write it into the script.

Of course not!

After being rejected, Yang Shuxing did not turn his face, and his attitude was quite tactful. Probably for him, being able to observe a case up close can also accumulate a lot of creative materials.

While Fang Yuanhang was heading to "Liuguang", the technical investigation was also working at a fast pace.

Zhou Yuan found out that on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Wu Zhen paid 29 yuan at a restaurant called "Wan Wan Cai" on Shanxiang Street through his mobile phone.

To the west of Shanxiang Street is Suzheng Street. Before and after New Year's Eve, Wu Zhen went to the northeast corner of Beicheng District, and these two places were neither Wu Zhen's daily life nor the location of Wu Zhen's customers.

"The northeast corner of Beicheng District may be the place where the stand-in's main activities were during his lifetime, and it was also the first scene where he was killed." Mingshu has already arranged for the police to go to Shanxiang Street and Suzheng Street to investigate, but there are really not enough personnel in the serious crime team. The Street Police Station and the Beicheng Sub-bureau sought assistance.

There was also an episode during this period——Wang Hao, the deputy captain of the criminal investigation team of Beicheng Branch, had always been at odds with Mingshu. In the past, there was Liang Zi, and the previous Lu Kun case made him even more jealous of Mingshu.As soon as he heard that the serious crime team was coming to transfer people again, Wang Hao was completely unwilling and unwilling to help. He insisted that the sub-bureau also had a case to be busy, and it really couldn't get anyone out.

Mingshu is too lazy to have internal conflicts with the sub-bureau, and he doesn't want to have the same knowledge as Wang Hao, but the Wu Zhen case is not trivial. Now that he has finally caught the crucial clue, how could he not hurry up and pursue it to the end?

"Can't get someone to come?" Mingshu said in front of Wang Hao: "I see that your deputy Wang is quite free, you don't go out to work, and you don't have work to report. While drinking tea, you are thinking about how to deal with me?"

"You!" Wang Hao obviously didn't expect Mingshu to speak so bluntly, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"Me?" Mingshu sneered, "I'll ask Deputy Wang to assist the Criminal Investigation Bureau's serious crime team in investigating the case. If Deputy Wang can't transfer any team members, he can do it himself. Although there is only one person, it is better than no one at all." ,Right?"

When he said this, Mingshu's eyes were slightly bent, which happened to be the look Wang Hao hated the most.

He deliberately reread the words "Criminal Investigation Bureau" to show that he not only came here as the captain of the serious crime team, but also brought the order of the Criminal Investigation Bureau.

The criminal investigation detachment of the sub-bureau is under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Investigation Bureau. Wang Hao can oppose Mingshu, but he dare not openly oppose the Criminal Investigation Bureau. Mingshu has no choice but to bring a group of team members to Suzheng Street to participate in the mobilization .

"This area may be the first scene, but the avatar may not be active here, right?" Fang Yuanhang followed Ming Shu and walked quickly to "Wan Wan Cai", "If we can find the corpse, it will be easy. Confirm the body Although the source is troublesome, it is better than not even finding the body. My biggest worry is not finding the body."

Mingshu stopped, "Old Fang."

Fang Yuanhang choked for a moment, and muttered in his heart: Old Fang, old Fang, are you addicted to shouting?You have to be called Xiao Ming to make you feel comfortable, right?

"Hey, master." But Lao Fang didn't dare to say that, he still had to obediently call him master.

"It doesn't matter if you can't find the corpse." Ming Shu said, "This is the activity area of ​​the double. Try to check as carefully as possible, and you will definitely find clues."

Fang Yuanhang couldn't figure it out, "Can't the double be lured by the 'Professor'?"

"The possibility is very low." Mingshu said: "There will be many unpredictable risks in leading a person from the place he is used to to another place. If I were the 'professor', I would not take the risk." that risk."

Fang Yuanhang scratched his head.

"Wu Zhen usually pays in cash, but in this store he uses WeChat." Ming Shu patted Fang Yuanhang on the back, "Go and ask, see if the people in the store still have any impression of Wu Zhen .”

It was past the peak meal time and there were no customers in the store, so Fang Yuanhang showed Wu Zhen's photo to the boss.The boss looked at it for a long time, then frowned and shook his head, "I've never seen this person before."

Fang Yuanhang looked up at the monitor.There is a camera in the store and it is working, but the video from half a year ago cannot still exist now.

"Shall I take a look?" The proprietress came over.

"Wan Wan Cai" is the lowest-end restaurant, there are only three people in the shop, the boss, the proprietress, and a young man hired only last month.

The proprietress looked at it for a while, then suddenly said, "I know him!"

Fang Yuanhang immediately said: "He spent in your store before the Spring Festival, do you remember what happened half a year ago so clearly?"

"Because he was the only one who refused to pay with his mobile phone that day." The proprietress pointed to the QR code posted on the wall, "I usually prepare a lot of change, but the change was gone that day, so he took 100 yuan. I couldn’t find it, so I asked him to pay with his mobile phone. He didn’t want to, so he asked me to exchange money with other shops. I had a fight with him.”

Fang Yuanhang said, "You didn't change it?"

"I can't change it!" The proprietress said: "And I asked him if the mobile phone can be used for payment. He said yes, but he is not used to it. Hey, then I am not happy. You can pay for it, but let me go Exchange money? Why?"

Mingshu asked: "What else do you remember?"

"He..." The old bridesmaid was about to speak when the boss suddenly coughed from the side.

"What are you afraid of?" The proprietress was very aggressive, and she glared at the boss, "The police are here to handle the matter, we don't know what to do, we don't know, what virtue is there?"

Mingshu smiled.

"I saw him later." The proprietress said, "Our shop is also open during the Spring Festival, and I saw him come more than once."

"What day?" Fang Yuanhang asked.

The proprietress said, "I can't remember that."

"Is he alone, or is there someone else?"

"Just him."

Mingshu was silent for a few seconds, his eyes suddenly became sharp, "By the way, you just said that your family is not closed for the Spring Festival?"

The proprietress raised her chin with a little satisfaction, "My son has been admitted to a university in the capital!"

"Ah?" Fang Yuanhang thought, why did it suddenly involve your son?

Ming Shu said: "Your son should have good grades when he was admitted to a university in the capital, right? You are still open during the Spring Festival, is it to save his tuition early?"

The proprietress smiled, "Yes, yes!"

"But during the Spring Festival, most people visit relatives and friends, or go to big hotels for gatherings. There should not be many customers in a small home-cooked restaurant like yours." Mingshu said, "When you have nothing to do, you are like just now Sitting at the door and looking out like that."

The proprietress was brought in by Mingshu, and she nodded blankly.

Mingshu narrowed his eyes, "Then, have you noticed that there are fewer people on this street around the Spring Festival?"

The proprietress looked at the boss, "Is there anyone missing around us?"

The boss shook his head, "You don't even know, how do I know?"

Mingshu said: "If you think about it again, he is a middle-aged man, 50 to [-] years old, living alone, with no relatives or friends around..."

Before Mingshu could finish speaking, the proprietress slapped the table, "Are you talking about that person!"

Fang Yuanhang immediately asked, "Is there really such a person?"

The proprietress looked back at the boss again, "Hey, didn't we just say that, it's been a long time since I saw that old Huang selling fifty-cent skewers in the alley!"