Madness of the Heart

The searchlights illuminated the mountains and forests, and the ginkgo leaves all over the mountains and plains looked like a sea of ​​fire under the strong lights.

It was bright everywhere, and the light set off the huge blood-stained canvas bag in the corpse pit to make it extremely dark and gloomy.

"The victim was dismembered, and there was no head in the bag." Xing Mu held a rotten arm, "I'm still not sure whether the body parts in this bag belong to the same person or multiple people, we have to do it first Stitching together body parts. There is nothing around that can prove the identity of the victim, if you really can’t find the head, you have to compare fingerprints and DNA.”

Standing beside Xing Mu, Ming Shu looked at the messy chopped corpses, frowning slightly, "When is the approximate time of death?"

"After dismembering the body, some values ​​are no longer normal." Xing Mu said: "My initial guess is that the deceased was killed during the period from October 10th to 6th."

The police dogs are still working meticulously on the mountain, and there are barking sounds from time to time.

Mingshu said: "That was before Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan had an accident on October 10."

Xing Mu squatted until his legs and feet were numb, and stood up temporarily, "But judging from the situation at the scene, the contents of the two cases are completely different. Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan's body was easily discovered by tourists. The murderer deliberately Let tourists see their death. They died quite tragically, but their corpses were finally expressed in an 'art' form. This time, the corpses were completely dismembered and buried in the mountains and forests without any sense of design. , and the murderer doesn't want anyone to discover it."

"For some murderers, the situation at the scene is a projection of their psychology, but for a small number of murderers, they can disguise the scene as they want to show the police." Mingshu said: "Don't forget Now, in the case of Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan, we are likely to be led away by the murderer."

Xing Mu often couldn't keep up with Ming Shu in terms of logical analysis. Hearing this, he looked at the corpses on the ground again, and said in a low voice, "You are the leader, so you are what you say."

Ming Shu: "Huh?"

"I said that the body parts have not been stitched together, and even the cause of death cannot be determined." Xing Mu said: "I will go back and do a good autopsy, and try to tell you the results as soon as possible."

Mingshu looked around, and turned his eyes to the direction where Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan were killed.

There are no roads in the mountains, and it is difficult to calculate the distance. We can only estimate a rough distance.It takes about 50 minutes for a person to walk down from the place where the corpses were dumped last time. If you are on the road, you can walk there in half an hour.

The current thinking is——Lv Chen and Zhao Siyan lost their way at night, found the murderer by mistake, and were killed by the murderer.In order to mislead the police, the murderer put the body in that evocative pose.

But Xing Mu said that the death of the headless corpse would not be later than the 7th.Judging from this time, it is impossible for Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan to discover the murderer on the 13th.

Although Xing Mu has a lot of problems, he is professional and very cautious. If he is not sure, he will never give a time frame.

So what did Lu and Zhao see?

The headless corpse was buried very concealed. If the police dogs and detection equipment hadn't been dispatched this time, even experienced policemen might not have found the corpse pit.Lu Chen, Zhao Siyan and two lost tourists, how could they find the corpse pit?

Taking a step back, they really found the corpse pit.But after the murderer has finished hiding the corpse, will he still guard near the corpse pit?

Under normal circumstances, shouldn't the murderer have left long ago?

Since the murderer was not at the scene, how could he go after Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan?

Could it be that, as Xing Mu said, the two cases are not connected?

wrong.

Mingshu shook his head.

It should be noted that there is a crucial prerequisite for finding the headless corpse this time, that is, in the case of Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan, after the investigation failed and all possibilities were ruled out one by one, he thought of the last possibility, that is, Lu and Zhao were killed by the murderer because of what they saw on Qiyue Mountain.

The results of the current search proved that his inference was correct, but the conclusion from the preliminary autopsy overturned his inference, which made no sense.

What went wrong?

Is there anything else I haven't thought of?

In the distance, a police dog let out an excited cry.Soon, Fang Yuanhang shouted in the group channel: "I found my head!"

Like the body parts, the newly discovered heads were packed in canvas bags and buried in earthen pits.

The temperature in the mountains is low, and the head is not seriously rotted, and the facial features can basically be distinguished.

Xing Mu carefully placed a single head and body parts together, and suddenly said: "The victim was beaten before his death, especially on the face. However, the beating was not the cause of death. Judging from the craniofacial condition, it is very likely that he was beaten strangle."

Mingshu looked at the victim's face.Undoubtedly, it was a bloody and terrifying face, with scars all over, crooked nose and slanted eyes.But look carefully, the outline and eyebrows seem to have been seen somewhere.

"Fang Yuanhang." Mingshu shouted.

"Here we come!" Fang Yuanhang ran over, "Master, what's the matter?"

Mingshu asked: "Do you have any impression of this face?"

Fang Yuanhang looked at it for a while, "There is no injury on the face, I may still be able to see something, but now...Master, I have no impression."

"It's okay." Mingshu said: "I just think it looks familiar. By the way, did Haijing Temple find any clues?"

Fang Yuanhang said sternly: "I originally thought that there were only six monks in Haijing Temple, Wu Hate, Wu Nian, Wu Yu, Wu Shi, Wu Han, and Master Juchen, but after investigation, there are at least three monks who are not currently in Haijing Temple. Monks, and some other people often come to the temple to offer incense. They are not much less familiar with Qiyue Mountain than Wu Seng and others."

Mingshu said: "Did you find the same nail in Haijing Temple?"

"No." Fang Yuanhang sighed, "Basically, I have searched for them. The nails used in the temple are different from those used by Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan."

Mingshu raised his eyebrows, "What does 'basic' mean?"

"I'm not being lazy." Fang Yuanhang immediately defended himself, "In addition to the front yard of Haijing Temple, there is also an uninhabited backyard. We haven't searched the backyard yet."

"Why don't you go?" Mingshu asked, "Not enough time?"

"That's not true." Fang Yuanhang shook his head, "Master Peeping Chen is retreating there, even if there is a search warrant, it's not convenient for us to break in."

For places of worship, this concern is understandable.Mingshu asked again: "Can you confirm the real names of the three monks you mentioned and the people who often offer incense?"

Fang Yuanhang said: "There is no record in the temple, so we can only ask the Shouquan Town Police Station for help. Now the identities of the five people including Wu Seng and others can be clarified. One of them is an acquaintance of ours!"

Mingshu asked, "Who?"

"Wuyu's real name is 'Chu Xin'. He is 33 years old and is the nephew of Chu Linxiong, the head of the Chu Group." Fang Yuanhang said, "When we investigated the case of Qin Guosheng a while ago, didn't we deal with the Chu family? ? Although Chu Can, the illegitimate son of Chu Linxiong, was involved in the case, and Chu Qing, the son of Chu Linxiong, came to the bureau to cooperate with our investigation, but no matter what, we have dealt with someone surnamed Chu!"

"Your definition of 'acquaintance' is too broad." Mingshu laughed, "Is this Wuyu the one who molested you?"

All the monks in Haijing Temple have "Enlightenment" in their names. After a series of words of enlightenment, Fang Yuanhang dares to assure you. After a long time, not many people can match them one by one, but Mingshu remembers them clearly. .

"Fuck!" Fang Yuanhang said, "Don't mention that matter!"

Mingshu originally wanted to ask about the specific situation, but this mountain forest is really not a place where he can analyze the case carefully.Soushan's team members came back one after another, and the helicopter was parked outside Haijing Temple. Xing Mu was picking up the body parts and was going to take them back for autopsy.

"Wait for Teacher Xing's autopsy results." Mingshu took off his gloves, patted Fang Yuanhang on the shoulder, "Go down the mountain."

Lan Qiao didn't leave the crime squad, and waited until Mingshu and his party came back.

Mingshu said, "Are you ready to take root here?"

Lan Qiao is not only a criminal policeman no worse than a man, but also has the slenderness and sensitivity unique to women, "I want to take a look at the corpse you brought back."

Mingshu immediately sensed the key point, "Do you suspect that the person who died was Qiu Min?"

"Qiu Min's mobile phone was last used in Shouquan Town, which means that either he has been to Shouquan Town, or the person who took him away from Yatou Mountain has been to Shouquan Town. Now there is another corpse in Qiyue Mountain , I'm looking for Qiu Min, whether it's dead or alive, I have to find it." Lan Qiao said: "Ming team, I can't stop thinking in this direction!"

After Lanqiao's reminder, Mingshu suddenly understood why he felt that face was familiar.

On that head, those hideous scars concealed what seemed to be Qiu Min's originally handsome and beautiful face.

At the same time, Xing Mu was carefully sampling the victim's mouth.

In many murder cases, the most important clues come from forensic identification—the body of the deceased, such as fingernails, genitals, anus, and mouth, may contain the murderer's body fluids and hair.

The victim's face was violently beaten, three teeth fell out, and there was blood in the mouth.

Xing Mu extracted a very small amount of skin tissue from between the victim's teeth.

"Is this left by the murderer?" Xing Mu said to himself, "The victim is not the murderer's opponent, and he bit the murderer while struggling with all his strength? But why is the murderer so careless?"

The murderer in this case seemed to be prepared and possessed anti-reconnaissance awareness.If, as Mingshu said, the murderer is also related to Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan's case, then the murderer undoubtedly possesses extraordinary anti-reconnaissance awareness.

Such a murderer, knowing that he was bitten, didn't clean the victim's mouth after killing the victim?

Shouldn't the victim's head be completely destroyed when it can't be cleaned up?Why is it still completely thrown not far from the corpse?

Although Xing Mu annoyed the leader, he recognized the abilities of Ming Shu and Xiao Yu'an.In several meetings, everyone expressed their opinions, but he could only report the results of the autopsy and do some relatively ordinary analysis, unlike Mingshu Yifei who always seeks the truth through the fog.

Forensic medicine is a technical post, but in a place like the serious crime team, the division of labor is clear, but forensic trace inspection and technical investigation must take on more responsibilities in addition to their own work, just like Mingshu is not a technical post, but the basic forensic medicine Common sense has long been familiar. Xiao Man is a trace inspector. He always participates in investigations and visits after finishing his own work... Everyone actively participates in the case, and Xing Mu does not want to be left behind. Recently, he has consciously watched more and thought more , Whenever I think of a possibility, I have to refute myself from the negative side first.

Disprove yourself in the spirit of refuting leadership.

After inspection, the skin tissue and part of the blood in the victim's mouth did not belong to the victim. After comparison in the system, it turned out to belong to Hong Chuanfei, whose DNA information was extracted not long ago.

The victim's DNA information was compared with the remaining blood in the Yatou Mountain arsenal—the victim was Qiu Min, an Internet celebrity blogger who had disappeared earlier.

Xing Mu has already completed the splicing of the body parts, and there is nothing missing or mixed with another person's body parts.

Standing beside this broken body, Lan Qiao felt mixed emotions.

An ordinary disappearance case should have been investigated by the police station.But the local police realized that the case was not simple, and the police station alone might not be able to solve it, so they decisively handed it over to the sub-bureau.After receiving the case, the women's police squadron started working immediately, and every second counted, they found out key clues, and even reported it to the serious crime team.Not long ago, the person who kidnapped Qiu Min was found.

It can be said that this is the fastest response that can be made to ordinary disappearance cases.

But Qiu Min still died, so "torn apart", before the police began to investigate.

"Ming team." Xing Mu said: "The cause of death has been determined. Qiu Min was mechanically asphyxiated. The murderer strangled him to death with both hands."

"What?" Mingshu turned around in surprise, "Strangle to death?"

Mechanical suffocation is one of the most common forms of death, such as strangulation, choking, compression of the chest, oppression of the mouth and nose, foreign objects blocking the respiratory tract, etc., all of which can hinder external breathing and eventually cause mechanical asphyxia.

In homicide cases, strangulation with a rope is the most common. In the previous case, Sha Chun was strangled to death by Xiao Chun.

Choking is less common than strangulation.

Because strangling an adult with both hands is not an easy task, it requires great strength, and it is necessary to prevent one's own DNA information from being left on the victim.

The vast majority of strangulation cases have a distinctive feature-the murderer committed the crime with passion without preparation.

But in the case before him, the murderer didn't look like he committed a crime of passion.

Compared with choking the neck, the murderer has more efficient methods, such as directly using the knife that dismembers the corpse.

That being the case, why did the murderer strangle his neck?

Is choking an indispensable ritual?

Xing Mu said: "By the way, Qiu Min was beaten not only on the face, but also on the chest, abdomen and thighs during his lifetime."

"It's Hong Chuanfei." Lan Qiao said, "Hong Chuanfei confessed the atrocities committed against Qiu Min in the arsenal."

Xing Mu said: "What Hong Chuanfei said may not be all the truth, right? He only admitted to beating Qiu Min violently, but he may actually be the murderer."

Mingshu glanced at Xing Mu, "Brother Xing, just say what you think."

Xing Mu's face was a little hot, "Qiu Min was strangled to death. I think that during the process of beating Qiu Min, Hong Chuanfei might strangle Qiu Min to death when he got emotional. Afterwards, he was scared, so he made up A 'Qiu Min was taken away' lie."

Lan Qiao shook her head, she knew best about Qiu Min's case, if Hong Chuanfei was really the murderer, his reaction shouldn't be like this.

Ming Shu did not immediately deny Xing Mu, and asked, "Then why did Qiu Min's body appear on Qiyue Mountain? Was it brought by Hong Chuanfei?"

"This..." Xing Mu said: "He deliberately created the illusion that Qiu Min was taken away by another person, killed and dismembered? In fact, there is no other person at all, he is that person!"

Lan Qiao couldn't help interrupting, "Mr. Xing, have you met Hong Chuanfei personally and interrogated him?"

Xing Mu shook his head.

"You only came to the conclusion that Hong Chuanfei was the murderer after hearing Team Ming and I analyze the case, but in fact, with Hong Chuanfei's way of thinking, it is impossible to do this." Lan Qiao said: "And the case of Qiu Min It is very likely that it is related to the previous case of Qiyue Mountain, so we cannot draw conclusions lightly."

Xing Mu opened his mouth, a little frustrated.

Mingshu laughed, "Brother Xing, don't worry, tell me quietly next time you think of something."

Xing Mu almost blurted out - it's not in vain that I loved you before.

But what came out was: "Wait, I have something to say."

Mingshu nodded, "I'm listening."

"In general corpse cases, the murderer will dismember the victim immediately after killing the victim." Xing Mu said: "But from the seepage and decay of the cut surface, the victim was dismembered five to six days after death. Corpse. This is very strange, it means that the murderer strangled Qiu Min to death early in the morning, and the body was hidden somewhere. After a week, he suddenly ran to the corpse hiding place and chopped Qiu Min into more than 30 pieces. TA What's the point of doing this? Also, dismembering the corpse, many murderers disassemble the corpse for the convenience of throwing the corpse. There are often cases where a leg is found here and a bag of internal organs is found on the highway. But in this case, the murderer Five or six days later, I went to disassemble the corpse, but still packed it into a bag and buried it in Qiyue Mountain, only the head was separated from the body. We found the head. I can’t understand it..."

"Qiu Min was dismembered five or six days after his death?" Ming Shu suddenly understood what he hadn't figured out before. Could it be October 10th?"

Xing Mu was stunned for a while, "What Lu Chen, Zhao Siyan and the others saw was not the murder scene, but the dismemberment scene? But I still don't understand why the murderer put it aside for five or six days after killing Qiu Min. Corpse? Since the corpse has already been dismembered, why not throw it separately?"

"The dismemberment of the corpse is not necessarily for the convenience of throwing the corpse." Ming Shu said, "There is also a possibility of venting anger."

Xing Mudao: "That is to say, the murderer had already left after strangling Qiu Min. After a while, he felt angry and felt that it would be too cheap to just kill Qiu Min, so he went to the corpse hiding place and took the corpse away. Dig it out and decompose it? Is this mentality equivalent to the past 'whip corpse'?"

Mingshu felt that a series of threads were connecting each other.

But not enough!The appearance of the murderer is still hidden in the thick fog.

trial room.

Facing Qiu Min's autopsy photo, Hong Chuanfei was so frightened that his face was ashen, tears streaming down his face, he held his head and said, "I never did it! It wasn't me! It really wasn't me! I just hid him in the arsenal , beat him up! I really don’t know what happened next!”

Sitting opposite the interrogation table were Ming Shu and Lan Qiao. Lan Qiao was about to speak, and Ming Shu raised his hand lightly to signal him to come.

"Don't you really want Qiu Min to die? You took Qiu Min away on the 4th, and you planned to kill him. Later, you beat Qiu Min until he was seriously injured, and threw him in the arsenal. Die in pain." Mingshu's tone was very calm, like an interrogation machine, "Now you see his death, are you excited?"

"I didn't!" Hong Chuanfei said in horror: "I... I was afraid, I was wrong, I shouldn't have done that! Could it be that if I called the police after leaving Yatou Mountain, Qiu Min wouldn't be killed? But, But I don't know what's going to happen next."

Mingshu picked up a close-up photo of Qiu Min's face and stood it in front of Hong Chuanfei.

Hong Chuanfei subconsciously tilted his head, not daring to look directly at the photo.

"Turn around." Mingshu moved his finger on the photo, "Did you see these injuries? They weren't caused by the murderer later, they were all made by you!"

Hong Chuanfei trembled violently, folded his hands in front of his face, and bowed, "I know I was wrong, I am guilty, although you sentenced me, I really did not kill anyone, and I deny the crime of murder!"

In the interrogation room, there was repressed crying and gasping. Soon, Mingshu asked, "How many people know your plan?"

Hearing this, not only Hong Chuanfei, but even Lan Qiao looked at Mingshu.

"Only, only I know." Hong Chuanfei said, "How dare I tell others?"

"Today I won't force you to tell me anything." Mingshu said: "After you calm down, think about it again, after you had murderous intentions towards Qiu Min, did you reveal it to outsiders unintentionally. When you followed Qiu Min, did you notice anything unusual?"

Hong Chuanfei tremblingly said: "Someone, someone wants to frame me?"

"It's not enough to frame Hong Chuanfei. The real murderer should have used Hong Chuanfei." After leaving the interrogation room, Ming Shu went directly to Xiao Yu'an, "The two cases are now linked. Lu Chen, Zhao Siyan and Qiu Min most likely died of the same A murderer's hand."

Although Xiao Yu'an didn't go to Qiyue Mountain, he knew as much about the several cases under investigation as Ming Shu did, and because he didn't keep running around outside, his thinking became clearer.

"Hong Chuanfei does not seem to be lying, but can you be sure that the person who killed Qiu Min was the same person who dismembered Qiu Min five or six days later?" Xiao Yu'an said, "This judgment is a bit hasty."

Mingshu was still holding the autopsy report in his hand, and his eyes darkened upon hearing this.

It is very unusual for Qiu Min to be murdered and dismembered, let alone five days. He had been thinking about why the murderer did this.

But it would be understandable if the murderer was not the same person who disassembled the body.

But then a new problem emerged—surrounding Qiu Min, would there really be three people who wanted to put him to death?And they "cooperate" so tacitly?Hong Chuanfei robbed Qiu Min, a mysterious person killed Qiu Min, and another mysterious person found Qiu Min's body and dismembered it.

It is possible in theory, but in practice, it is too unbelievable.

"Two homicide cases, three human lives. No matter which case you look at, the murderer is someone who is very familiar with Qiyue Mountain. The Haijing Temple in the mountain must not only be investigated, but also thoroughly investigated." Xiao Yu'an said: "Yi Fei Just told me that the monks prevented them from entering the backyard."

Mingshu asked, "What do you say?"

"The more obstacles there are, the more we need to investigate." Xiao Yu'an glanced at the time, "They should have already entered by now."

Standing in the way of the police are the elderly monks Wu Shi and Wu Han.Yi Fei has a search warrant, and all actions in Haijing Temple are legal and compliant. He didn't go to the backyard before, and he had a respectful attitude. Now he forcibly entered the backyard, and he followed the rules.

The heavy door was pushed open, and there was a thick darkness inside, and a gloomy musty smell rushed over.