Madness of the Heart

There was no one in the meditation room, and the earthy musty smell should not appear in a place where people live.

Yi Fei immediately asked the team members to turn in the searchlights, and saw dust floating in the air under the strong light, the ground, table, and bed were all covered with an even layer of dust, and there was no Master Peeping Chen anywhere. Judging from the situation, it doesn't look like anyone has come in recently.

Wu Shi came running, very angry, "How could you..."

"Where is Master Peeping Chen?" Yi Fei interrupted: "Didn't you say that he is retreating in the meditation room in the backyard? Where has he been in retreat? It looks like someone lives here?"

Wu Shi was startled, and made a gesture to rush into the meditation room, but was stopped by Yi Fei at the door.

However, even if you just stand at the door, you can clearly see the situation inside under the light of the searchlight.

"Master, Master?" Wu Shi's eyes, which were never wide open, immediately stared, as if he couldn't believe that Master Xiaochen was not inside.

A person who was supposed to appear somewhere is not there, and judging from the scene, this person has not been there for a long time. This is a strange thing, let alone this happened in Qiyue Mountain where three bodies have been found.

The trace inspectors went into the meditation room in the backyard to investigate, and five monks from Haijing Temple were questioned one by one.

Wushi is 52 years old, and he is the oldest monk in Haijing Temple.I don't know if it's because he lived in isolation for too long. He didn't know anything about the rules of the outside world and was very conflicted. He thought that the police came to investigate the case to disturb the tranquility of the Buddhist holy land. He insisted that he didn't know who committed the case on Qiyue Mountain. It is also unknown why and when Master Peeping Chen disappeared.

"But when Master Yuchen started to practice in seclusion, you should know that, right?" Yi Fei said, "No matter how you say it, you are also the monk who has stayed in Haijing Temple the longest."

Wushi said, "This June."

Yi Fei asked: "After June, have you never seen Master Peeping Dust again?"

Wu Shi shook his head.

Yi Fei asked again: "Where is Master Xiaochen from, and what is his layman's name, do you know?"

Wu Shi clasped his palms together, "I have no right to intervene in Master's pre-cultivation affairs."

Yi Fei stared at Wu Shi for a while, "What about the others? You live together in Haijing Temple, I don't believe you don't know each other at all."

Wu Shi was silent for a few minutes, then suddenly said: "If you want to find out, go and find out about Wu Hate's past."

Yi Fei said, "Enlightened hatred?"

Wu Seng, whose real name is Fang Pingxu, is 24 years old, and he was the one who showed Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan the way on October 10th.Fang Yuanhang has always suspected that there is something wrong with him. It has been found out that he has no parents. He grew up in an orphanage called "Da Ai" in Los Angeles. He studied at Teachers College in Los Angeles. He applied for Dongye University as a graduate student, but failed in the end. Frustrated, he didn't even receive his graduation certificate, so he became a monk in the nearest Haijing Temple.

"There are also Enlightenment and Enlightenment." Wu Shi shook his head, "They are all weird young people. They are not really worshiping Buddha when they come here."

"What about you?" Yi Fei asked: "None of your juniors really worships Buddha, your master talks about practicing in seclusion, but he is no longer in Haijing Temple. Are you the only one who really worships Buddha in this temple?"

Wu Shi's drooping eyes stared again, "Don't be unreasonable!"

Yi Fei insisted: "The police investigate the case according to the regulations, why is it unreasonable?"

The police from the Shouquan Town Police Station mediated, "Team Yi, Team Yi, they are monks, calm down. If they don't tell you, you can ask me anytime."

Yi Fei has obtained the registration information of the five monks in Haijing Temple from the police station, but there is no Master Peeping Chen in the information.

The policeman explained: "This Haijing Temple has existed for a long time. There was a group of monks decades ago. Some families gave birth to children, but they couldn't afford to raise them later, so they threw the children at the gate of the temple. There were also some homeless people walking around. After walking, I went to the monastery to become a monk. The household registration verification has only been done in the past few years. Fang Pingxu and the others have registered with a serious ID card, but I heard that the master of the dust, I heard that he has read a few times in this temple. He has been a Buddha for ten years, and he doesn’t even know who he is. An old monk, we can’t force him to do anything, it’s too troublesome to deal with it.”

Yi Fei said, "So you just turn a blind eye?"

"Hey, you're right!" The policeman almost got angry, but when he thought that the group of people in front of him were from the Municipal Bureau, he suppressed the fire, and said reluctantly: "Anyway, all the materials we have are here, Check it out, if there is anything else you need to mention to our leader."

Yi Fei frowned and didn't bother with the police.

According to the registration information, Wu Shi's real name is Liu Sui, a native of Shouquan Town, and the only monk who was not named by him, Wu Han, whose real name is Tang Yuan, is also a native of Shouquan Town. The teachers of the No. [-] Primary School in the town, Liu Sui taught Chinese, and Tang Yuan taught physical education.

27 years ago, the two became monks one after the other.

"Strange." Yi Fei said: "Wu Shi and Wu Han are colleagues and became monks in the same year, but if you ignore this relationship, just looking at their life in Haijing Temple, it seems that they don't know each other at all."

A team member said: "Do you need to thoroughly investigate the details of these two people?"

Yi Fei thought about it and hesitated.

It is natural to investigate. This Haijing Temple is suspicious everywhere, and the loopholes in law enforcement may have turned this so-called "Buddhist Pure Land" into a place where filth is hidden.

But at present, the serious crime team has too many cases, and there is really not enough manpower on its side, and there is no one on Mingshu's side.

"Investigate." Thinking left and right, Yi Fei still decided not to let go of any doubts, and he would be too busy at that time, so he could still apply to Director Xiao.

Facing the police, Wu Han—that is, Tang Yuan—was less willing to say anything than Wu Shi.His eyelids were always drooping, and his sitting posture was quite imposing. "After Master Yuchen retreated, I never went to the backyard again. I don't know when he left Haijing Temple."

Yi Fei asked: "How can you be sure that Master Xiaochen left Haijing Temple by himself?"

The lines on Wuhan's cheeks moved slightly, but he still didn't raise his eyelids, "You mean Master Peeping Chen was taken away? Or was he killed like those people on the mountain?"

Yi Fei said: "I don't know, I want to hear your opinion."

Wu Han shook his head, "Master Peeping Chen is merciful and generous, who would want to harm him?"

"But Master Xiaochen suddenly disappeared. You, and your brother Wushi, seem to be very calm?" Yi Fei deliberately reread the words "Senior Brother Wushi", and sure enough, Wuhan's eyelids moved slightly.

"Everything has a reason." Wu Han said, "Since Master Yaochen is not in the temple, there is a reason why he is not there. I don't want to speculate too much."

Yi Fei has been investigating cases in the Serious Crime Squad for so many years, this is the first time he has dealt with monks, and it feels like he has punched cotton.If he had a choice, he would rather chase ten perverted murderers than dig clues about the crime on the monk.

But a task is a task, and there is no possibility of dropping the burden halfway.

Yi Fei said: "I don't want to speculate on others, okay, then leave it to us to speculate. Wu Shi pointed out three people worthy of our focus investigation, and you, do you think any monk behaves strangely?"

Wu Han shook his head, "I don't care about others."

"Really?" After saying these two simple yet profound words, Yi Fei fell silent, neither leaving, nor did he intend to let Wu Han leave.

The atmosphere became more and more stagnant, Wu Han finally lifted his head that had not been raised, and a cluster of old eyes shot at Yi Fei.

Wu Han said, "It's actually right for you to come to the Haijing Temple."

Yi Fei said: "Huh?"

"Because the people who live here are not kind-hearted people." A trembling smile suddenly appeared on the corners of Wu Han's lips. This smile was helpless, sinister, and cramped, as if it shouldn't appear on the face of a person wearing a monk's robe. .

Yi Fei was startled.

Wu Han raised his hand and pointed to his heart, "There is a demon living here."

After saying this, Wu Han lowered his head again.

Yi Fei asked, "'We' includes Master Peeping Dust?"

Wu Han remained silent.

"Team Yi! Team Yi!" Xiao Man came out of the meditation room in the backyard, holding an evidence bag in his hand.

Yi Fei saw at a glance that there was a rusty iron nail in the evidence bag.

"Look what I found!" Xiao Man handed the evidence bag to Yi Fei, "There is such a nail in the Zen room!"

Yi Fei took it and took a closer look. The iron nails in the evidence bag were very similar to the ten nails on Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan's body!

In order to find similar nails, the serious crime team ran all over the construction sites and building materials markets in the main urban area and Shouquan Town, and the feedback they got was that this kind of nails had long been eliminated.

Now it was found in the meditation room of Haijing Temple!

"Whether it's the same batch or not, we'll have to go back and inspect it." Xiao Man said, "But judging from the rust, it's almost the same. I just checked all the nails in the meditation room in the backyard. It is this kind of nails, but the house in the front yard uses relatively new nails. The front yard has been repaired in recent years, but there is no trace of repair in the back yard. There are still seven identical nails left in the toolbox. , seven spare nails are too few.”

Yi Fei said, "So there should be seventeen nails in the toolbox?"

Xiao Man nodded, "I think so!"

"But when you first entered the meditation room, didn't you say that no one has been in it for at least three months?" Yi Fei asked, "What about the toolbox? Is there any trace of being touched recently?"

Xiao Man came to his senses, "No, the dust on it is very smooth."

"This is weird." Yi Fei said: "If the person who killed Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan took the nails from the toolbox, he would either fly over the wall, or take ten nails a few months in advance. Logically It doesn't make sense."

Xiao Man said: "The murderer had a plan early on? The iron nails were not originally prepared for Lu and Zhao, but they were finally used on Lu and Zhao?"

Yi Fei said: "Who should these ten iron nails be nailed to?"

Xiao Man shook his head fiercely, "Feizi, don't stare at me like that, I fucking thought I was going to be nailed!"

Yi Fei sighed, "Let's appraise the nails and the toolbox first."

Mingshu didn't go to Qiyue Mountain anymore, but waited at the Criminal Investigation Bureau.

None of the serious crime team and the first criminal investigation team rested. Late at night, all the windows were still lit.

After identification, the ten iron nails on Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan belonged to the same batch as those used in the meditation room in the backyard of Haijing Temple, and there was no fingerprint inside or outside the toolbox containing the nails.

If the Serious Crime Squad just suspected that the case of Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan was related to Haijing Temple, the current evidence completely brought the two together.

"No one will deliberately erase the fingerprints on an ordinary toolbox." Xiao Man said, "Unless the person understands that his fingerprints must not be left on the toolbox."

"I still have the same question as before." Yi Fei said, "If the toolbox has been recently tampered with, it means that the murderer took away the iron nails after killing Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan. But the iron nails have been taken away long ago, and the murderer How can this behavior be explained?"

Ming Shu lightly punched Yi Fei on the back, "It's a dead end."

Yi Fei wiped his face, "I know, but..."

Mingshu knew what Yi Fei wanted to say.

Now that the serious crimes team has three cases in their hands, there are so many clues that at first glance, people don't know where to start.Everywhere should be investigated, everyone is suspicious, drilling any line may be a dead end, but now any line cannot be released.

"The five monks are more suspected." Yi Fei was silent for a moment, "Wu Han said something very interesting to me, to the effect that those who worship Buddha in Haijing Temple are not good people."

Mingshu's eyes darkened, "He said that?"

"It's strange, isn't it?" Yi Fei said, "And I vaguely feel that he still wants to express to me that Master Mochen is not a good person. Xiao Ming and Wu Han are easy to check. Their household registration information is in the police station. They are all there, and the brothers are already investigating. But if we can’t find him for a day, we don’t know who he is.”

Mingshu said: "Are you sure you found him, so we can confirm his identity?"

Yi Fei smiled wryly, "His identity is just that he has no identity. Even Wu Shi, who has stayed in Haijing Temple for the longest time, can't tell what the origin of this Master Peeping Chen is. But judging from his age, this [-]-year-old The old man is actually no longer capable of committing a crime.”

Mingshu said: "Is this missing peeping dust the one who has lived in Haijing Temple for decades?"

"What do you think..." Yi Fei blinked his eyes vigorously, "Puu Chen is not really Peep Chen, did someone play a civet cat in Haijing Temple for the prince?"

Mingshu rummaged through the drawer, took out a bottle of eye drops and threw it to Yi Fei, "Ju Xiao said I used idioms indiscriminately, why do I think your Chinese is not very good?"

"Have you got it?" Yi Fei took the eye drops and took a look, "Fuck, you're all expired!"

Mingshu said: "Then don't use it."

Yi Fei's eyes were really uncomfortable, so he didn't care about being particular about it, so he picked it up and poured it into his eyes.

"For the three victims on Qiyue Mountain, the investigation of Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan's social network has ended. The greatest possibility for them to be killed is that they ran into the murderer who killed Qiu Min." Mingshu calmly said: "So to investigate these two cases, The starting point should be on Qiu Min. And the iron nails on Lu and Zhao pointed to Haijing Temple. Is it the people in Haijing Temple who want Qiu Min's life? The details of the monks in Haijing Temple, and those who The details of the pilgrims must be found out. Peeping Chen has no identity, but so many people have seen him, we can make a portrait of him."

Yi Fei dripped eye drops all over his face, and hurriedly searched for a tissue, "Those monks don't seem to have anything to do with Qiu Min. Qiu Min is an Internet celebrity blogger, and he is also hated by people like Hong Chuanfei. As of now I really can't think of any motives for them. By the way, Luo Ganfeng in our last case also appeared in the 'Qiu Shan Wang Mian' video?"

After learning from Lan Qiao that "Li Fei Chang" was favored by Qiu Min, Ming Shu contacted Luo Ganfeng in person.

It's not that he has any doubts about Luo Ganfeng, but he is a little bit worried.

Luo Ganfeng was selected by the frenzied Tan Guosheng, and almost ended his life in a trap like Wu Zhen and Sha Chun.Because of Xiaojun's only concern, he struggled out of the quagmire and reluctantly started a new life.

It's only been so long, if for some reason, he is targeted by another vicious person again, it would be too embarrassing.

On the phone, Luo Ganfeng was very calm, saying that he hadn't encountered anything suspicious recently.

When mentioning Hong Chuanfei, who was in competition with him, Luo Ganfeng's answer surprised Mingshu a bit.

"The boss of 'Hong Lu Cai', right? I know him. After the video of 'Qiu Shan Wang Mian' was broadcast, he came to my place to observe a few times. I should have affected his business. But you don't have to worry about it. I can handle it myself. Now his shop is closed. If I open it again in the future, I will close the shop for a period of time and return some of the customers to him. By the way, I will also take Xiaojun out for a trip. He is so old, he has never Go out and see the scenery."

Mingshu said: "Others want to get more customers when they do business. When you were an agent, you worked day and night, but now you want to drive customers to your competitors?"

"After what happened last time, I also figured it out." Luo Ganfeng smiled openly, "You can't make enough money. You can earn as much money as you have. It's not good to be too early. We are all neighbors." , I don't need to crush 'Hong Lucai', and I don't want to be too famous now, I just want to live my life in peace. 'Qiu Shan Wang Mian' recommended me, I thank him, but if I can choose by myself, I I'd rather he didn't recommend me."

"Not everyone who is recommended by Qiu Min wants to be recommended by Qiu Min." Ming Shu said naturally.

Yi Fei didn't hear clearly, and asked, "What were you reading just now?"

"The reason why Qiyue Mountain has become an Internet celebrity scenic spot is because of the recommendation of Qiu Min and an Internet celebrity." Mingshu said: "From the perspective of most people, it is a good thing to be recommended, but I don't know about Qiu Min's recommendation. How many unnamed restaurants and unnamed scenic spots in Dongye City have become popular, and the beneficiaries of these restaurants and scenic spots are all grateful to 'Qiu Shan Wang Mian'."

Yi Fei said: "That's right. Popularity and customer flow both mean skyrocketing income."

Mingshu asked: "Then Qiyue Mountain became popular, who enjoyed the benefits?"

"Of course it's the people of Shouquan Town. The Qiyue Mountain autumn tour is not systematic yet. There is no fee on the mountain, and there is no corresponding tour bus. The local car owners will drive out their cars to solicit customers as soon as autumn comes, making a lot of money. There are also farmers under Qiyue Mountain, didn’t we see it last time, they put a few plastic stools and a big umbrella, it’s a simple ‘farmhouse’, and they collect money by sitting on the ground.” Yi Fei said: “These people Everyone should be grateful to a group of Internet celebrities headed by 'Qiu Shan Wang Mian'."

Mingshu said: "Then no one has been hurt by Qiyue Mountain's popularity?"

"There is, but there is, 'Chengjianghu' became popular, and 'Baby Shrimp' was hit hard." Yi Fei said: "Qiyue Mountain became popular, and other autumn tourist attractions in Dongye are bound to be affected... No!"

Yi Fei's eyes changed suddenly, "There is also Haijing Temple!"

"Yes, there is also Haijing Temple." Mingshu said: "The arrival of a large number of tourists has added vitality to Qiyue Mountain and incense to Haijing Temple, but the peaceful life of monks has been disturbed for a long time. The quality of tourists varies. No, the vast majority are people who don’t believe in Buddhism and don’t respect Buddha. As soon as they reach the halfway up the mountain, they want to take photos of the "Ginkgo Ancient Temple" in Haijing Temple like Big V. In the past two years, when autumn comes, Qiyue Mountain and Haijing Temple It's all overrun by tourists."

Yi Fei frowned tightly, "Maybe it's more than that. If Wu Han's words are not alarmist, the monks in the temple have secrets. The more fire Qiyue Mountain gets, the more they are exposed to the public's sight. At that time, some of them don't know What is willing to be known by the outside world will also be discovered by the outside world.”

"If we talk about motives, these are the motives of the monks to commit crimes." Mingshu frowned, "As for the evidence, iron nails count as one, but that is not conclusive evidence. The dust is missing, and now we can only find out from the five The famous monk has found a breakthrough."

Yi Fei said: "That desire for enlightenment..."

Forgive me, "I dealt with people from the Chu family in the last case, and I have to deal with people from the Chu family in this case. If you don't inherit a good family business, you have to become a monk. Have you found out why Chu Xin became a monk?" "

"Chu Xin is a fool, he talks about running the train, and he doesn't know which sentence is true and which is false." Yi Fei said, "But we learned one thing - Chu Xin is nominally the nephew of Chu Linxiong, the head of the Chu family. , but his status in the Chu family is actually equivalent to that of Chu Linxiong's other four famous sons. Do you remember Chu Can?"

Mingshu smiled, "Is my memory so bad in your mind? I can even forget the case I just handled."

"That's not what I meant." Yi Fei said, "After all, you were not with Chu Can at the time, so it's understandable that you didn't have a deep impression."

Mingshu nodded his temples, "It's nothing, I'm here for every case handled by the serious crime team. Chu Can, Chu Linxiong's illegitimate son, illegally detained Liu Mei and killed a Liu Mei The girl he was looking for. The Chu family had given up on him a long time ago."

"Yes, this is Chu Can." Yi Fei said, "Compared with Chu Can's own son, Chu Xin's nephew is more concerned by Chu Linxiong. There has always been a saying in the Chu family that Chu Xin is actually Chu Lin Xiong's own flesh and blood. Now that Chu Linxiong is retreating quickly, the next four sons are fighting for power. Chu Qing—the one who was implicated by Chu Can last time—has the most limelight, but before Chu Xin became a monk, Chu Qing Being overwhelmed by Chu Xin everywhere, it is not as beautiful as it is now."

"It's an infighting among wealthy families again." Mingshu sighed.

Ordinary people are keen to know the gossip of wealthy families, but most of the police do not like to handle cases of wealthy families.

"Since you are so capable and favored by Chu Linxiong, why did you suddenly become a monk?" Mingshu said, "Could it be that it is really like what he said to Fang Yuanhang, who has slept with all the handsome men and women, and suddenly sees through the world?"

Yi Fei said: "He has a bad heart."

Mingshu raised his eyes, "Huh?"

"Seven years ago, Chu Xin had a doctor abroad." Yi Fei said, "What he did was probably a heart transplant."