Madness of the Heart

Qin Xiujuan is Qin Xiong's distant relative. Earlier, she worked as a farmer in Shichao Township, where the Qin family's hometown is located. After Qin Xiong's store became a mess, she came to Dongye City and found a job in the store.

Because she came early, she was considered a "veteran", and other waiters in the store called her "Sister Qin".

When Sister Qin was young, she was a bully in Batou Township, and she didn't restrain her temper when she entered the city. She served vegetables and worked as a security guard in "Baby Shrimp".There are many drunks in places like food stalls, and people often make trouble. After calling the police, it took time for the police to arrive. Sister Qin took a stick to maintain order.

But at the Qin family that day, after witnessing the tragic situation in the living room, Sister Qin lost all her aura and was sent directly to the hospital.

Until now, Sister Qin still hasn't recovered.

"Qin Ying..." Facing Mingshu, Sister Qin looked very dazed and moved awkwardly on the hospital bed, "I seem to have heard of such a person, but I have never seen him before."

Mingshu said, "I heard? Who did you hear? How do you say it?"

Sister Qin squeezed the quilt, "It's just Qin Xiong's family. Hey, our Qin family in Shichao Township, only Qin Xiong's father, Qin Anqiang, is capable and broke into the city at a young age. Qin Xiong is here Born in the city. Qin Ying is Qin Xiong's younger brother, a hero, Qin Xiong's father really knows how to choose names!"

Mingshu asked: "What you heard is—this Qin Ying is Qin Xiong's younger brother?"

"Then what?" Sister Qin said without hesitation, "Isn't it a relative? Is it a pick-up? Life was not easy for everyone back then, and their own children couldn't support them. How could they pick up other people's children to raise? Strange."

Mingshu asked again: "Huh? What's so strange?"

Sister Qin frowned and thought for a long time, "It seems that no one in our hometown has seen this Qin Ying, they just heard about it. Later, I heard that this Qin Ying disappeared. When I and a few other relatives arrived in the city In my impression, Xiongzi and his wife never mentioned Qin Ying, as if there was no such person."

Ming Shu said: "Then did you take the initiative to mention Qin Ying to Qin Xiong Huang Hui?"

Sister Qin waved her hand, "I'm not blind, neither of them mentioned it themselves, it's clear that they just don't want to mention it. I'm the only one who works for others, so no one can do it. Boss, right?"

Longcheng Road Police Station.

Liu Qin is an old policeman who spent most of his life at the grassroots level and will retire next year.

Twenty-one years ago, the year Qin Ke was born and Qin Ying disappeared, Liu Qin was already working as a policeman on Longcheng Road.But he has no memory of the disappearance of someone from the Qin family.

There was no electronic file of the case at that time, and now we have to go back to investigate it, all relying on the memory of the police involved and the paper records kept.Liu Qin turned over the records in front of Mingshu, "I'm not boasting, my old Liu's ability to handle cases is incomparable to those of you city bureau elites, but my memory is not so good! Information Maybe it’s not as good as my brain can remember!”

Liu Qin smiled and nodded his temples, "I have been a policeman here for as long as I can remember what happened here!"

After Mingshu checked the information, it was indeed as Liu Qin said that there was no record of the Qin family's report.

"Then do you have any impression of Qin Ying, Qin Xiong's younger brother?" Ming Shu asked.

Liu Qin thought for a while, then shook his head, "How many people live in Longcheng Street? Law-abiding citizens, I don't need to remember them. I can only remember the cases, and those who may endanger the safety of the community."

Mingshu found another old policeman, and the other party's statement was consistent with Liu Qin's - the Qin family had never reported a missing person to the police station.

"My father is an only child, where did I get my uncle?" Qin Xu said disdainfully, "Don't you guys find the person who killed my whole family and fabricate someone who doesn't exist to blame?"

Mingshu sneered, "If it's true as you said, I can't find the perpetrator, wouldn't it be more convenient for me to blame you?"

Qin Xu twitched his cheeks twice, spread his hands out, "Okay, okay, I can't tell you."

"Think about it again." Mingshu said, "Did you hear the word 'Qin Ying' from Qin Xionghuanghui when you were young?"

Obviously stunned by Mingshu's eyes, Qin Xu really thought about it.

Half a minute later, Qin Xu still shook his head, "No, and I have never found anything about this person at home."

Although Qin Ying could not be found in the household registration file, and Qin Xu also said that he did not know of such a person, Qin Ying obviously existed.

Because not only Huang Qing and Sister Qin knew about him, but some old neighbors of the Qin family also confirmed that Qin Xiong did have a younger brother many years ago.

"The Qin family called him Yingzi, as I remember, a very polite child." Old man Wang, who was in his seventies, said slowly, "I haven't seen him since, and I even asked Lao Qin—your family Where did Yingzi go? Lao Qin said that he went to study abroad."

Mingshu found Huang Qing again and asked in detail about what happened to the Qin family 21 years ago.

"It's just missing!" Huang Qing was very sure, "Others don't know, how can I still not know? At that time, my sister and I had a good relationship. She was not happy in the Qin family, so she kept complaining to me."

Mingshu said, "What do you mean by 'Unsatisfactory'?"

"Conflicts between parents and in-laws can happen in every family. The Qin family actually came from the countryside, but Qin Xiong was born in the city. They look down on my sister's birth." Huang Qing said: "There is also Qin Ying, who You don’t want to live with my uncle, do you?”

"During Qin Ying's disappearance, did Huang Hui say anything that left a deep impression on you?" Ming Shu asked.

Huang Qing hesitated for a while, "It's inappropriate for me to say that, but since you police have asked about it, I'd better say it. My sister is actually very happy that Qin Ying is lost. She said that it is best for Qin Ying to leave Never come back."

Major Crimes Unit, Deputy Director's Office.

"Qin Ying's disappearance is definitely not simple." Mingshu threw his coat on the table and unbuttoned a shirt casually, "Not only is he missing, but his 'existence' is very problematic. There is this person in the Qin family, no matter Whether it was born by Qin Xiong’s parents, or whether he was adopted from somewhere, under normal circumstances, he should register for household registration. At that time, there was no such thing as family planning, and Qin Xiong’s parents loved this youngest son so much, why did he become a black householder?”

Xiao Yuan unscrewed a bottle of mineral water and put it in front of Mingshu.

Mingshu picked it up and drank it. After drinking, he took a deep breath, "I don't even go to the police station to find out if Qin Ying can go to the police station. I can only understand that this child is shameless and the Qin family dare not push him away." In the sight of the police. But it is very paradoxical that the Qin family did not completely hide Qin Ying. Those old neighbors said that Qin Ying often came out to play with her peers. "

Xiao Yu'an said: "Qin Ying didn't go to school, didn't have a job, and was underage when he disappeared. This is the information we know so far. But his exact age and appearance cannot be determined."

"21 years ago, if someone disappeared at home, would ordinary people know to call the police?" Ming Shu looked at Xiao Yu'an.

"Even if you didn't know to call the police when the incident happened, after four or five days, you will know to ask the police for help after being reminded by the people around you." Xiao Yu'an said: "This is the strange thing. The Qin family neither called the police nor asked the surrounding Since Qin Ying is the youngest son of the Qin family, this situation cannot happen. Even if the Qin family dare not call the police due to some unknown situation, they should always seek help from the neighbors. Help. But none of the old neighbors remembers that such a big incident happened to the Qin family back then, and afterwards, Qin Xiong's father actually told the neighbors that Qin Ying went to study abroad."

Mingshu said: "Is it necessary for Huang Qing to lie?"

Xiao Yu'an said: "In this matter, we don't know whether it is necessary for her to lie. But thinking in reverse, if Huang Qing lied, Qin Ying did not disappear, but really went to study abroad, then this person where are you now?"

Mingshu understands, "I understand. What Huang Qing said is the truth, at least what she learned from Huang Hui. Qin Ying has such an identity - exists, but dare not really exist; missing, but wants to Let outsiders think it was a normal departure. Now regardless of why the Qin family dare not register for Qin Ying, as far as the disappearance is concerned, I can almost conclude that it was caused by Qin Xiong."

Xiao Yu'an said: "Furthermore, the parents of the Qin family knew what the elder son had done to the younger son. In order to protect the remaining elder son, or at the request of the elder son, they neither dared to call the police to find Qin Ying, nor did they dare to tell the police. The truth about the neighbors. As for Huang Hui, she dared to tell Huang Qing that Qin Ying was missing, which means she didn't know about it at least at the time."

Ming Shu said: "The current Qin family has no traces of Qin Ying, not even a single photo, Qin Xiong Huang Hui never mentions Qin Ying to outsiders, and their son Qin Xu doesn't even know about Qin Ying. Existence. Because they dare not. Qin Ying, the more cleanly he disappears, the better."

Xiao Yu'an tapped the edge of the table a few times with his index finger, "So the conclusion is that Qin Xiong killed Qin Ying 21 years ago. If Qin Xiong doesn't say anything, she should have already guessed the whole story."

"Let me make a bold guess." Ming Shu said, "Huang Qing said that he and Huang Hui were close since childhood, but after Huang Hui had a good life, he unilaterally alienated her because he disliked her as a poor relative. Although this also makes sense , but Huang Hui's decision was so urgent and straightforward, maybe she had learned the truth about Qin Ying's disappearance from Qin Xiong. She was frightened, because she told Huang Qing that "Qin Ying was missing" back then. What she said could not be taken back. She doesn't dare to treat her biological sister like Qin Xiong treated Qin Ying, so the only thing she can do is to separate her sister from her life circle and stop communicating with her."

Ming Shu paused, and said again: "This has always been a shadow hanging over her head, and now, it is indeed Huang Qing who provided us with key information——Qin Ying disappeared 21 years ago."

Xiao Yu'an said: "The Qin family's parents passed away in less than two years, which is also a doubtful point."

Ming Shu raised his eyebrows on the right, "Qin Xiong killed his relatives?"

"If Qin Ying was killed by him, and his parents knew about it." Xiao Yu'an said, "Then it is indeed possible for him to 'solve' his parents in the day-to-day fear and suffering. Also, Qin Ying Xiong needs money to do his catering business. Qin Ke has already been born and is a father. Of course, he also wants to create a better living environment for his daughter. At this time, if there is no parents, the house and money belong to him, and His secrets will also be taken to the grave by his parents."

Mingshu frowned tightly, feeling a chill.

The deaths of Qin Xiong, Huang Hui, Qin Ke, and Yu Xiaohai were tragic in their own way. Qin Xiong and Huang Hui were the worst, and Yu Xiaohai was probably implicated.

Apart from Yu Xiaohai, the other three victims were all related to Qin Ying.

On the premise that "Qin Xiong killed Qin Ying 21 years ago", Qin Xiong is the murderer, and his wife Huang Hui is the helper who helped to make things worse. As for Qin Ke, although Qin Ke was not born at that time, Huang Hui had The pregnancy incident made Qin Xiong firm in his determination to make Qin Ying disappear.

In this way, the case seemed to clear away a layer of fog and became a bit clearer.

The murderer was avenging Qin Ying, and TA's series of corpse abuses were all venting his anger.

"But there is still a problem." Mingshu said: "The murderer avenged Qin Ying. Who was the murderer? How did the murderer learn the truth about the year? Also, as we discussed last time, Huang Hui successively gave Qin Ke, Qin Xu called and asked the two to go home. It was probably about money, and maybe he was instigated by the murderer. From the analysis of the existing clues, Qin Xu didn't want to go home, and the murderer didn't care. Anyway, Qin Xu is not TA The target is Qin Ke, Qin Ke must go home, Huang Hui used some method to get Qin Ke back. Huang Hui is too obedient to the murderer."

"The information we have about Qin Ying is too thin, and we can't pull out a person who might avenge him." Xiao Yu'an said, "But I still have another idea."

Mingshu asked: "What?"

Xiao Yu'an said: "Our inference just now is all based on Qin Ying's death, but what if he is not dead?"

Mingshu's eyes darkened, and he said slowly, "You mean..."

"Qin Xiong used some method to make Qin Ying disappear back then. Of course, what he most wanted to see was that Qin Ying disappear forever, but Qin Ying did not die." Xiao Yuan said: "From Qin Ying's point of view, the most hated What is it?"

"Qin Ying's angle, Qin Ying's angle..." Ming Shu paced back and forth, then suddenly stopped: "If I were Qin Ying, then Qin Xiong wanted me to die, killing me and killing me is the second best thing, he killed me Parents are the most unforgivable thing!"

Xiao Yu'an said: "Yes, in Qin Ying's view, the death of his parents has nothing to do with Qin Xiong."

"So he wants to come back to take revenge." Mingshu said: "My own hatred, and the hatred of my parents!"

The meeting room was quiet for a while, Xiao Yuan got up and said: "But this is just an inference we made based on the clues. At most, it can provide a direction for the follow-up investigation. The most important thing is the evidence. But the difficulty lies in whether Qin Ying is dead or not. Whether he is dead or alive, he is a black family, and the people who knew him best are all dead now, so it is very difficult to investigate the interpersonal relationship of a black family who has been missing for 21 years."

Mingshu raised his neck slightly, and said in a calm tone, "It's right to have a direction. The most feared thing is not the difficulty, but the lack of direction."

Xiao Yu'an laughed, "You have a good attitude. You can control the overall situation of this case, but be careful, our so-called 'direction' is not the only direction. The investigation of the interpersonal relationship of the four victims should not be relaxed."

Mingshu stood up straight, his shirt and police pants made him look very tall and straight.

"Yes!"

Dongcheng Branch, Criminal Investigation Detachment Female Police Squadron.

After intensive investigation, a person entered the field of vision of the police.

Hong Chuanfei, 34 years old, runs a braised vegetable restaurant called "Hong Lo Mei" on Huyong Street, Xicheng District.The store is located on the first floor of a residential building, and the area is small. Although there are dining tables and chairs, there are very few dine-in customers, and almost all of them buy it and take it home to eat.

The Braised Vegetable Restaurant was not opened by Hong Chuanfei himself, but was taken over from his father.

Lao Hong has been cooking stewed vegetables all his life. He was a chef in a restaurant earlier. After the opening of self-employment, he quit his job and started a small business at home.

"Hong Lo Mei" has been in operation for nearly 20 years. It is not a great restaurant, and it is only aimed at residents living nearby.Lao Hong has a gentle personality and doesn't have much sense of competition. He was very satisfied with this restaurant that he had spent half his life working on until he died of illness.

Two years ago, Lao Hong passed away, and the head of "Hong Lo Mei" became Hong Chuanfei.

Hong Chuanfei is the only son of Lao Hong, with a low education background. Before taking over "Hong Lo Mei", he worked as a freight driver and sold spicy skewers at the street corner, but he didn't make much money.

Lao Hong taught Hong Chuanfei the skill of making braised vegetables. Before Lao Hong passed away, Hong Chuanfei was already the chef of "Hong Lo Mei".The guests did not have any resistance to the change of the chef, and the business of "Hong Lo Mei" did not plummet, but it did not improve either.

A few months ago, a "Li Fei Chang" opened in the unit building opposite "Hong Lo Wei". The owner was a man in his thirties with a frail teenager.

"Li Fat Sausage" mainly sells fat sausages, but it also sells lo-mei.This is similar to "Hong Lo Mei" - "Hong Lo Mei" not only sells braised vegetables, but also has fat intestines on the menu.

The two are in the same residential area, with the same location and similar dishes. The only difference is that the main dishes are different.

When "Li Feichang" first started operating, Hong Chuanfei was very anxious, for fear that his business would be robbed by "Li Feichang".

Different from Lao Hong who held the attitude of "not fighting", Hong Chuanfei wanted to make "Hong Lo Wei" bigger and stronger.He is young and has a wide range of ideas. He knows that the competition in the catering industry is very fierce now. It is no longer the era of "the smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys". If you want to develop, you must take the initiative.

Therefore, he spent money on promotion on the food delivery platform, and personally posted posts on Weibo and city forums to promote his own stewed vegetables, but all had little effect.

The mobile TV stations and radio stations in Dongye City have programs that recommend local delicacies. Every year, they will evaluate the "Top [-] Barbecue" and "Top [-] Pasta".The selected store will hang some strong certificates at the door, and those who pass by will go in and taste it if they are interested.

Hong Chuanfei went to inquire about it, and these programs are extremely watery. Many of them are restaurants opened by the employees of the eight aunts and seven aunts, or they just stuffed money into the stage. , but less.

Hong Chuanfei has no "relationship", so if he wants to be picked by the show, he can only pay for it.But stuffing money has to be ranked first. He tried several times, but failed.

In addition to the official programs, Dongye City also has some personal social accounts that recommend delicious food and beautiful scenery.Because of the characteristics of the bloggers or the characteristics of the things they share, these personal accounts have long surpassed the official programs in influence.

For example, "Qiu Shan Wang Mian", which has become popular in many small restaurants.

Hong Chuanfei dreamed that "Qiu Shan Wang Mian" would one day come to taste his "Hong Lu Cai" and then make a video.

He has confidence in his cooking skills, as long as "Qiu Shan Wang Mian" is willing to come, he will be able to impress the other party, and then the guests will continue to come to "Hong Lu Cai", and his father's small shop will be carried forward in his own hands, maybe It can reach the scale of "Baby Shrimp" in Nancheng District!

It is said that "Baby Shrimp" was originally an inconspicuous small shop, but it was because the competition was not fierce back then that it gained its current status.

In order to get "Qiu Shan Wang Mian" to come to "Hong Lu Cai", Hong Chuanfei thought of many ways, such as registering different accounts, and constantly recommending "Hong Lu Cai" as a foodie in "Qiu Shan Wang Mian" videos and Weibo, doing his best. Can brush the sense of presence.

But for some reason, "Qiu Shan Wang Mian" never paid attention to him.

Two months ago, "Qiu Shan Wang Mian" released a new tasting video. When Hong Chuanfei saw the three words in the title, he immediately cursed.

"Qiu Shan Wangmian" actually went to "Li Feichang"!

"We have completed our visit to Huyong Street. The owner of 'Li Feichang' is actually not Li. His real name is Luo Ganfeng. He is an excellent cook. Before Qiu Min's video was released, his business was doing well. After the video was released, many Customers flocked to 'Li Feichang', Luo Ganfeng was unprepared, couldn't handle it, and closed the shop for a few days." Shen Lan said: "Qiu Min went down without informing Luo Ganfeng, and he didn't reveal his identity when he arrived, and he was with others. Like the customers who bought the food and left. Before the video was broadcast, Luo Ganfeng didn't even know that a big person came to his store."

Lan Qiao nodded, "It's Qiu Min's style. From the videos he has released in the past few years, we can see that as long as it's not a commercial promotion for money, he basically likes this kind of small shop hidden in the streets and alleys."

"In Qiu Min's 'Amway' store, 'Li Feichang' is the least popular one. The boss Luo Ganfeng seems not to want his store to get too much attention, and he also said that if he knew that 'Qiu Shan Wang Mian' would make his video, I asked the reason, but Luo Ganfeng didn't say anything, but asked me if I knew Captain Ming Shuming of the Municipal Bureau." Shen Lan continued: "He explained that the team understands him. If we have anything about him If you have any doubts, you can ask Team Ming.”

Lan Qiao thought for a while, "'Li Feichang' isn't popular just because it's compared with other small shops in Qiu Min's video. This has something to do with Luo Ganfeng's own attitude. But compared with 'Hong Lu Cai', basically 'Hong Lu Cai' was crowded to the point where no customers could be welcomed."

Shen Lan said: "Yes, at the beginning of this month, Hong Chuanfei has already closed the store."

Lan Qiao stared at the surveillance video, Hong Chuanfei was on every screen.

On October 10th, before Qiu Min stopped updating Weibo, Hong Chuanfei came to the "Xiu? Paradise" community where Qiu Min was located many times, with a nervous and weird expression, as if he was stepping on the spot.Among them, at 4 o'clock in the evening on October 10, Qiu Min returned home late at night, and Hong Chuanfei even followed him into the apartment building.Judging from the monitoring screen, Qiu Min didn't seem to know that he was being followed, and he didn't look back until he took out the key to open the door.

Hong Chuanfei was drunk at home. When Shen Lan pulled him up and said the word "Qiu Min", Hong Chuanfei's eyes suddenly fixed, and he roared through gritted teeth: "He's dead! He's dead a long time ago! "