At 10:30 at night, in the temporary office of Yaoming City's special task force, Zhao Yuzheng was talking to Miao Ying on the phone with a proud look on his face:
"How about it, Miaomiao? Just try to convince me not to accept it, right?"
"You know? When I told the doctors at the mental hospital that Liu Cheng talked to me, they were all dumbfounded!
"In their view, this is simply an impossible task. My deeds even enlightened them..."
"Okay, you," Miao Ying disagreed, "You're just a blind cat meeting a dead mouse. If it weren't for your bad habits that are hard to change, how would you know that Liu Cheng has been paying attention to stones instead of flowers?"
"Hey? You're still not convinced, are you?" Zhao Yu said, "10 days! 10 days! If it were an ordinary person, they would have gone crazy together! Just give me a few compliments, baby... "
"Oh, you act like a spoiled child and you still..." Miao Ying said with a smile, "Okay, I have to say, if it were me, I definitely wouldn't have the perseverance you have! You are a fool with a lot of luck. No matter how unreliable things are, they will never come to you. Miracles always happen to you!”
"Well... you don't seem to be complimenting me with what you said!" Zhao Yu was dissatisfied.
"Okay, let's get down to business!" Miao Ying returned to seriousness, "Since it has now been proven that the murderer of the nursing home murder case was not Nong Zhifa, then this matter really needs to be investigated carefully!
"It seems that your original hunch was right!"
"Well..." Zhao Yu said, "Before I went to the mental hospital, I watched all the confession videos about Nong Zhifa. I always felt that there was something wrong with this person!"
"Oh? What's the problem?" Miao Ying asked hurriedly.
"Actually, the reason why I stayed in the mental hospital for such a long time was not entirely for Liu Cheng," Zhao Yu finally revealed his true intention, "Actually, I wanted to experience the world of mental patients. Try it out and compare it with Liu Cheng... "
"Ah? No way..." In an instant, Miao Ying was startled, "Zhao Yu, you don't mean to say that Nong Zhifa is also a mental patient, right!? This... this is also..."
"Yes," Zhao Yu nodded, "You know me best. From the moment I saw the video, I felt that Nong Zhifa was mentally abnormal!
“Now, after my experience in the mental hospital, I am even more sure of this guess!
"Nong Zhifa's eyes, demeanor, and the numb expression when he spoke are exactly the same as those of mental patients. They can't be faked at all! I suspect that Nong Zhifa may have delusional disorder!"
"Paranoia?" Miao Ying was surprised, "I... I also watched the video, but..."
"Yes," Zhao Yuyan said, "Because of Nong Zhifa's melancholy eyes, it is easy for normal people to have the illusion that this person is similar to those mentally unbalanced perverted murderers!
"So, it's very possible that we fell into the established stereotypes and prejudices from the beginning and fixed this person!
"But what if... he's just a delusional patient?"
"This..." Miao Ying took a breath, "Isn't this too scary? If it's paranoia... then... who is the real murderer? It must be... someone who is very familiar with Nong Zhifa, right? "
"Anyway, all this is just my personal speculation," Zhao Yu said, "I plan to go to the prison where Nong Zhifa is located and ask the people there to see if I can get any clues
"Let me... tsk tsk..."
"What's wrong?" Miao Ying was familiar with Zhao Yu's routine, and immediately heard the problem, and asked hurriedly, "Have you already thought of something?"
"Well..." Zhao Yu hesitated, "I don't want to reveal my true identity until the critical moment..."
"Please don't show off to me, okay?" Miao Ying urged urgently, "My great detective, good detective, tell me quickly, I can help you come up with ideas!"
"Well, okay!" After some thought, Zhao Yu said, "I suspect that the key point in recalling the murder record is probably in the prison!"
"Oh?" Miao Ying asked, "You mean, the real murderer is also a prisoner in that prison?"
"No!" Zhao Yu said firmly, "I feel that the real murderer is not the prisoner inside, but the prison guard!!!"
It was so shocking that Zhao Yu said it, and Miao Ying on the other end of the phone was instantly shocked.
After more than ten seconds, Miao Ying finally recovered from the shock and said in a trembling voice: "You mean... a prison guard... asked Nong Zhifa to plead guilty? Why... why?"
“I don’t know,” Zhao Yu said bluntly, “I just think that the real murderer knows the police’s methods of handling cases and is probably someone within the police system!
“Also, according to prison records,” Zhao Yu added, “Nong Zhifa is a solitary man and has no regular inmates, so only prison guards are more likely to have contact with him!
"Moreover, only the prison guards know Nong Zhifa's details better and know that he is the best candidate...
"Also... From a class standpoint, prison guards have a strong point of strength over prisoners. It might be easier if they use psychological hints!"
"Psychological suggestion..." Miao Ying said in surprise, "Oh my God! Do you think that there was a prison guard who saw Nong Zhifa's paranoia, so he gave him psychological suggestion, making Nong Zhifa think that he was a A serial killer so that he can recognize the crimes in his murder memoirs
"Isn't this...a little too outrageous?"
"There is indeed such a scene in the movie, but I haven't studied it carefully yet," Zhao Yu said frankly, "So, I will discuss it with Wu Xiumin later to see if this is a possibility
"Meow meow, look..." Zhao Yu opened his palms and analyzed, "Assuming that my previous guess is correct and Nong Zhifa is a mental patient, then... why did the prison never say anything in the report? What about records or reports
"And..." Zhao Yu said again, "I have read the prison inquiry report, and the testimonies of Nong Zhifa's inmates were all cryptic and evasive, as if... they were afraid of something...
"So, I think there may be something fishy about the prison, and this fishy thing may be the key to solving the case!"
"You... um..." Miao Ying thought for a long time and said, "What you said does sound reasonable, but you seem to have overlooked an important issue!"
"What's the problem?" Zhao Yu asked.
"Did the murderer eat enough to sustain himself?" Miao Ying also bluntly expressed her doubts, "The murderer is obviously at large, and no one knows about the murder memoirs, so... why did he take such a big risk to seduce a prisoner?
"This will increase his chances of exposure. If he is a prison guard, then it would be even more unreasonable, right?"
"Well, indeed!" Zhao Yu admitted, "I have indeed considered this before. I think there should be two possibilities for the real murderer to do this.
"First, he is old and may have a terminal illness or something. He doesn't want the case he committed to be forgotten like that, so he wants to express his desire under the guise of Nong Zhifa.
“It’s like some kind of perverted showoff!
"Secondly, something happened that made the murderer think that his crime would soon be exposed. He was eager to find a scapegoat, so he chose Nong Zhifa!"
"Tsk, tsk..." Miao Ying smacked her lips and said, "I still disagree with your speculation! I always believe that psychological suggestion is too far away from reality, and the chance of success is not high at all.
“Nong Zhifa is still an important suspect in the murder memoirs!
"It's just that some cases are not his fault. Maybe... he has an accomplice, or... it's something else!"
"Okay," Zhao Yu said, "Actually, I hope I am wrong, but... I still feel that Nong Zhifa does not meet the basic characteristics of a murderer at all...
"So, let's wait until I come back from the prison to investigate, and then we can continue the discussion..."
(End of chapter)