Madness of the Heart

Criminal Investigation Bureau, Crime Squad.

"Lai Xiuliang's hometown is in Ganqing Town, Han Province. Since childhood, his family was poor and his father died young. His mother relied on farming for his living and studying. More than 20 years ago, Lai Xiuliang came to Dongye City to work hard. Because he only has a high school diploma. At first, he was struggling and he could only work in a small company. But he was shrewd and business savvy, and he took advantage of the e-commerce trend, and later entered the game field, which can be regarded as a "creative generation"."

Yi Fei summarized Xu Chun’s investigations in Ganqing Town, and continued: “Lai Xiuliang’s wife was his partner back then. Not long after Lai Cheng was born, the two divorced due to business differences. Lai Cheng has been following Lai Xiuliang. Lai Xiuliang’s mother is unwilling to leave her hometown, so she lives alone in Ganqing Town."

Ming Shu watched the video sent back by Xu Chun. Ganqing Town is a poor town in Han Province. After Lai Xiuliang became famous, he would donate money to his hometown for construction every year. The townspeople praised Lai Xiuliang and said that he is a great benevolent.

In the central area of ​​Ganqing Town, there is even a garden named after Lai Xiuliang.

Ming Shu raised his eyebrows halfway, and said in a low voice, "A good man?"

It's true that Lai Xiuliang donated money to his hometown, but the reaction of these townspeople seemed to be brainwashed.

"Xu Chun has a piece of unverified news-Lai Xiuliang colluded with the officials in the town to help the other party'eat' a lot of money, and at the same time get the desired discount from the other party." Yi Fei said: "This is possible. That is his real purpose for doing charity in Ganqing Town."

Ming Shu nodded, "However, Lai Xiuliang's development focus has always been in the city. I think he valued more the psychological comfort of'returning to the hometown'. How about Lai Xiuliang's interpersonal relationship in Dongye City?"

"Businessmen must be sleek in their lives." Yi Fei said: "Lai Xiuliang's partners gave him good reviews, but as far as my personal experience at Liangchen Technology is concerned, his employees are very dissatisfied with him."

"Oh?" Ming Shu raised his eyes, "What a dissatisfaction method? Squeezing employees? Or messing around with idiotic things?"

Yi Fei said: "You haven't worked in the company, but you know what it's in the company."

Ming Shu laughed, "Everyone hates meeting incompetent leaders."

Yi Fei pondered for a while, "Xiao Ming, are you trying to praise yourself or the situation?"

"Tsk—" Ming Shu said, "No small talk during meetings."

Yi Fei cleared his throat, "Lai Xiuliang is a "creative generation". His current achievements rely on opportunities and brains, as well as hard work in his youth, day and night. He often talks about the hardships of starting a business in the company and why not sleep. Ah, what about being a'minion' for the big boss. Because of his early experience, he asked employees to be as desperate as he did. If they fail to do so, they will be named and criticized, ridiculed, and when serious, they will be reduced in salary. Not only did he not give help to the old employees who were doing high-intensity work, but he also swept them out regardless of their past feelings."

Ming Shu raised his hand, "Wait a minute."

"Ok?"

"How many people were swept out by Lai Xiuliang? How many people took the initiative to leave because they couldn't bear his humiliation?"

Yi Fei flipped through the information, took out two pieces and handed them to Ming Shu, "I know what you are considering. Lai Xiuliang's interpersonal relationship is complicated and complicated, and ordinary and ordinary. He knows a lot of people, but as of now, we know In the circumstances, it is his employees who hold strong hatred of him."

Yi Fei's index finger clicked on the paper, "On the motive alone, these people and their families are indeed suspected."

Chen Jian, who used to be Lai Xiuliang's secretary and the veteran of Liangchen Technology, was just like Lai Xiuliang a few years earlier.

Two years ago, Chen Jian was diagnosed with pancreatitis. This disease is not terminally ill, but it may develop into pancreatic cancer later. Chen Jian could no longer work as usual, and took a period of sick leave from Lai Xiuliang and was hospitalized for treatment.

On the surface, Lai Xiuliang showed great concern for Chen Jian, and he should be given a lot of condolences, but during Chen Jian's recuperation, he transferred Chen Jian to a spare position in the branch under the name of "concern".

After Chen Jian was discharged from the hospital, he found Lai Xiuliang many times and asked to return to his original position, believing that although he was in a physical condition, he had sufficient abilities.

In order to impress Lai Xiuliang, Chen Jian even offered a moderate salary cut.

However, Lai Xiuliang did not change his mind because of Chen Jian's past contributions to the company. Chen Jian stayed in the idle position until the second half of last year, and finally could not bear to leave.

"Where does Chen Jian work now?" Ming Shu rubbed his temples. "He is not a native of Dongye City. He used to focus on work and was not married. After leaving on a good day, he has almost nothing. Please check carefully."

"At present, his whereabouts are unknown." Yi Fei said: "I learned about his situation from Liangchen employees. As for him, since he left last year, no employees have seen him again."

Ming Shu drew a stroke on the information, "Then you have to check it more carefully."

The meeting room is well heated in winter, and the meeting makes people feel dizzy. In the second half, Ming Shu stood by the window, cracked the windowpane, and listened to everyone reporting the clues they had just received while blowing the cold wind.

After further autopsy, Xing Mu determined Lai Xiuliang's death time on January 28, which coincided with the call records of Lai Xiuliang's mobile phone number.

Lai Xiuliang once told Lai Cheng that he was busy throughout the Spring Festival, which is true.

Liangchen Technology launched a new game before the Spring Festival, and the entire company was working overtime. Lai Xiuliang, the "Desperate Saburo", was even the first to take the lead.

Liangchen's monitoring showed that from New Year's Eve to the fourth day, Lai Xiuliang appeared at the company every day.

On the fifth day of the fifth day, Lai Xiuliang attended a wine tasting, and there was no abnormality during the dinner. After the wine tasting, he returned to the company.

On the sixth day, on the 28th, Lai Xiuliang made a total of 24 phone calls from morning to 1:00 noon.

"Communication records and contacts have all been verified." Zhou Yuan said: "It's all work and business calls. After 3 pm on the 28th, Lai Xiuliang's mobile phone was turned off and his social accounts were never updated."

"Wait a minute." Ming Shu said, "Lai Xiuliang worked even on New Year's Eve, treating the company as his home. After he suddenly disappeared, no one called the police at Liangchen?"

"I found that Lai Xiuliang sent a message to his secretary Lu Haoyong at 2:19 pm on the 28th." Zhou Yuan showed this message. "Lai Xiuliang said that after the game was launched, it has stabilized and he has not been with him for too long. My son, feeling guilty, plans to take his son to travel abroad during the remaining few days of winter vacation."

"At the same time, I will give everyone a vacation." Ming Shu finished reading the message and shook his head. "This can't be written by Lai Xiuliang. The murderer had already taken control of Lai Xiuliang at around 2 o'clock."

"The murderer is a very clever trick. It took advantage of the employee's desire to have a holiday." Yi Fei was also too hot, and walked towards the window as he said, "If it is to send other messages, Lu Haoyong might check with Lai Xiuliang again and again. , Lai Xiuliang may also be contacted in the next few days, but the boss who has always treated others and himself voluntarily offered to take a holiday. This kind of "good deed" is earned."

Ming Shu said: "Can you be sure now, where is Lai Xiuliang in the morning on the 28th?"

"In a company like Liangchen, there are not many people working overtime in the morning." Zhou Yuan said while tapping on his laptop, and then turned the screen to Mingshu. "On the 28th, at 10:59 am, a camera in the garage of the community where Lai Xiuliang lives was taken. When we got to him, he was on the phone."

"Judging from Lai Xiuliang's reaction before his murder, this day is very ordinary for him. He has no particularly important arrangements." Ming Shu hugged his arm. "There was no suspicious phone call. From this point of view, the murderer was quietly following him. Appeared suddenly and robbed him."

Fang Yuanhang said: "Lai Xiuliang originally had a driver, and he left Dongye City on holiday before the Spring Festival. Lai Xiuliang is not as strict with the driver as he did to other employees. Recently, he has been driving by himself."

Dongye City, like many other cities, has vigorously engaged in the construction of science and technology parks in the past few years. Beicheng District has been supported by policies to build a network technology industrial park. Almost all enterprises in Dongye City that eat the Internet have moved over. Because it is located on the edge of the city, it occupies a large area and the industrial park is very large. Compared with the situation in the city center where there is a lot of money and people, it can be called desolate. The houses are relatively low. There are gardens and green belts between the buildings. . During the Spring Festival, the industrial park was even more deserted.

"Lai Xiuliang's car is still in the industrial park. He disappeared near the company." Ming Shu looked at the panoramic view of the industrial park, and said after a moment: "There are many blind spots in the industrial park. The expansion is underway in the east, and the industry enters and exits from there. Garden, don’t worry about being caught by the camera."

Fang Yuanhang said: "Then the time and place of Lai Xiuliang's disappearance can now be determined. At around 12 noon on the 28th, he was still arranging work in the afternoon before his disappearance. He was forcibly taken away from a place he was accustomed to. The murderer was familiar with him. I know him well for his work and rest, and his employees are more likely to retaliate. But I haven’t figured it out at all.”

Ming Shu looked at Fang Yuanhang, "Why the murder scene was on the bank of the'Chunchao River' and why the murder weapon was a steel frame that was dismantled."

Fang Yuanhang rubbed his face, probably because he felt that his face was a bit dirty, and frowned in disgust. "The clues present two possibilities-first, the scene points the suspicion to the conflict between the rich and the poor on the'Chunchao River', and the second Second, the interpersonal investigations surrounding Lai Xiuliang and the incidents that happened on the 28th directed the suspicion to the employees who were bullied by him. I think there is a sense of logical separation."

Yi Fei said: "I think so. The'Chunchao Riverside' may be an illusion. The murderer deliberately directed our attention to the conflict between the rich and the poor in this community some time ago."

"Theoretically correct, but the premise of your analysis is to determine that the murderer is an employee of Lai Xiuliang, for example, Chen Jian." Ming Shu said, "No problem, right?"

Yi Fei nodded.

"That brought into the psychology of Chen Jian and others. What they sought was to vent their anger and use the'spring tide riverside' to create an illusion. It was too'luxury' for them." Ming Shu said: "Especially the ones that were secretly removed. The iron gate is very likely to expose the murderer-since the murderer wants to protect himself with falsehoods, why should he do something so easy to expose?"

Yi Fei pressed his eyebrows, "Then how to explain this logical separation?"

Ming Shu came to the "Chunchao River" again, along with Xiao Man and Xing Mu.

The warning belt outside the tool room has not been removed. The smelly corpse has been blown away by the violent river breeze. Residents still stop and watch on the green road from time to time. "The rich are killed by the poor" spread to the whole community.

Mingshu felt that when he passed the community, the contradiction between the southern area and the northern area became more acute. The courtyards of villas and houses in the southern area were closed, and many yards had ferocious large dogs.

There is a kind of conflict that is on the verge of breaking out.

"I think there is more than one murderer." Xiao Man squatted at the door of the tool room and looked up: "Lai Xiuliang weighed 160 kilograms and was thrown alive and stabbed to death. Even if his hands and feet were tied up, it was very difficult. He struggled. With such a large range, there must be someone below to stabilize the shelf, and someone has to pay attention to him not to fall. At least there are two people.

Ming Shu had thought about this a long time ago, "It's difficult for one person to transport those steel frames."

With a wide view of the river, there is a green road separated from the villas in the community. Ming Shu ran a few steps on the cobblestones, turned around and looked at the villas, and said to himself: "It's too difficult not to be seen."

Xiao Man asked: "What?"

"Come and take a look." Ming Shu said: "We stand at the location where the owner is not obstructed at all. Whether it is transporting the steel frame or getting a big living person into the tool room, it is possible to be seen. If When you meet someone who is interested, you will be photographed. Why should the murderer put himself in this situation?"

Xiao Man shook his head, "I can't understand."

Xing Mu said: "Do you know field battles?"

Ming Shu: "..."

Xiao Man: "..."

Does anyone know this?

Xing Mu said: "Knowing that you might be exposed will increase the excitement of the field fighters."

Ming Shu frowned, "This kind of excitement is what the murderer is after?"

Xing Mu shrugged, "I think the murderer's modus operandi has proved that he and they are all abnormal. I have dissected so many corpses, involving vendettas and venting cases, and the corpses have also been destroyed very badly, but these Most of the victims were destroyed after death. From the psychological point of view of ordinary people, the person he hates is dead, so he can vent his anger with peace of mind. Although he also wants to let the person he hates live to bear the pain, but Most murderers do not have such strong psychological qualities."

Ming Shu vaguely felt what he had grasped.

"So in my opinion, the murderer this time is no different from Zhou Lan's three." Xing Mu said: "The pervert is looking for excitement and doing everything."

Looking for stimuli, this seems to be able to connect the sense of logical tearing presented by the case.

Ming Shu's right hand pressed his fist against the center of his forehead.

But what is the root cause of this stimulus?

Why is the victim Lai Xiuliang?

The intensive investigation of the "Chunchao River" by the Crime Squad dug a clue-an owner of a southern bungalow said that he saw a man dragging something into the tool house. He didn't see what it was at that time. Now I want to come. It's the steel frame.

The man was found quickly, but what was discouraging was that he was actually a fool.

Wang Chunkai, the 20-year-old son of the owner of a braised vegetable stall outside the community, is born with low intelligence, understands simple words, is gentle and kind, strong, willing to endure hardships, and delivers braised vegetables to the community every day.

Property management pity him, never embarrass him, so that he can go unimpeded in the community, picking up the waste in the community and selling it for money, no one will say anything, some people will even take the initiative to give things that can be sold. he.

He was obviously taken advantage of by the murderer.

Mingshu asked: "Do you remember who asked you to go to the warehouse to move those steel frames?"

Wang Chunkai talked nonsense for a long time, babbling, he heard Fang Yuanhang's forehead jump, for fear that Ming Shu would go crazy.

Ming Shu was patient from beginning to end, and his words became younger, and he even discussed cartoons with Wang Chunkai.

Fang Yuanhang: "..."

The master is still awesome.

Wang Chunkai finally clarified the whole story-a man gave him 500 yuan and asked him to move the steel frame in the warehouse to the tool room. It is best not to be discovered in the middle. There is still 500 yuan behind the door of the tool room. Money can be taken away after completing the task.

As for the man's appearance, Wang Chunkai really can't describe it.

Seeing that he was in tears in a hurry, Ming Shu could only put him back temporarily.

On the other side, Yi Fei and Zhou Yuan finally found the "disappeared" Chen Jian.

He has moved away from the main city and lives in a small county under the jurisdiction of Dongye City.

"Lai Xiuliang is dead?" Chen Jian's gloomy eyes suddenly lighted up, "How did he die? When did he die?"

Yi Fei said, "Are you very happy?"

"Of course!" Chen Jian squinted, "Lai Xiuliang should have died a thousand or eight times as long as this **** thing! I **** wanted to kill him!"

"Since you are so straightforward, I won't be oblivious." Yi Fei asked, "During the Spring Festival, have you been to Ye City in Winter?"

Chen Jian was stunned for a few seconds, and pointed to his face, "Do you suspect that I am the murderer? Hahahaha! So you are here to check me?"

Yi Fei had to say: "Routine investigation."

"I **** hope I killed Lai Xiuliang myself! That's a bad thing! Don't treat employees as employees. When he is not developed, he is not a dog that waggles his tail to the rich!" Chen Jian became more and more excited when he said. When he has money, he looks down on people who are not rich. He himself said that he doesn’t treat his employees as equal people at all, they are all his dogs! But he doesn’t want to think about where he would earn so much a year without us. Rich?"

Chen Jian calmed down after roaring, "You found the wrong person. I didn't kill him. I am now different from before. I drove this steamed bun shop and didn't go anywhere during the Spring Festival. If you don't believe me, you can ask my customers. , Check my current flow, I open a shop every day."

Yi Fei verified what Chen Jian said, but on the way back to Dongye City, he repeatedly thought about the sentence "He doesn't treat employees as equals at all."

equality.

people.

Zhou Lan and others killed Xiang Haoming in an extremely cruel way, isn't it also because they didn't regard Xiang Haoming as an equal to them?

Dongye City, Xicheng District.

Liang Zhao took off his police uniform years ago, and it has been a while now. Without him, the Criminal Investigation Bureau was operating as usual, and he lost his identity as a police officer.

Pushing open the door of a dumpling shop, he swept around and saw the person in the corner who was smiling and waving to him.

Zhou Shan.