"How can there be so many dual personalities!"
Shouting out this sentence in a daze, Mingshu opened his eyes.
In front of him is not the bright but cramped interrogation room of the serious crime team, nor is he sitting on a sturdy chair. The wall lamps in the mezzanine ceiling emit a warm glow, and most of the floor-to-ceiling windows are covered by heavy curtains.
This is his and Xiao Yu'an's home.
"Awake?" Just when Mingshu sat up on the sofa, Xiao Yuan came out of the study, wearing thick autumn and winter home clothes, and a light gray thin sweater outside.
Mingshu looked down and saw that he and Xiao Yuan were wearing the same home clothes.
This set of clothes was just taken out. Before, the two of them were wearing thin pajamas in summer and autumn at home. When they came back this time, Xiao Yuan found the thick clothes.
This is also considered a "welfare" that only comes from staying by Xiao Yu'an's side.
Going forward, when Mingshu lived alone in Dongye City, although he had home clothes for spring, summer, autumn and winter in his wardrobe, he was too lazy to look for it when the seasons changed. Ann made a phone call and asked—brother, do you know where my plaid pajamas are
"What time is it?" Mingshu stretched, his mind not sober.
Just now, he continued to interrogate Yin Xiaofeng in his dream. At first, Yin Xiaofeng only admitted to killing Qiu Min, but not Lv Chen and Zhao Siyan. Later, when the police found new evidence, Yin Xiaofeng had to plead guilty, but said that he had a dual personality. It was another personality who killed Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan, and it had nothing to do with him.
"It's only a little." Xiao Yuan approached, put his hand on Mingshu's head, and rubbed it a few times.
Mingshu groaned comfortably, his tone softened, "It's only a little? I thought it was almost dawn."
Not long ago, when they came back from the city bureau, he took a hastily shower and didn't even bother to go back to the bedroom, so he fell asleep on the sofa. Before going home, he was in the trial of Yin Xiaofeng and held a case analysis meeting. After returning home, he was still investigating the case in his dreams. He slept very restlessly, and he still felt tired when he woke up. However, after squinting for a while, my spirit is much better than when I took a bath.
"Are you hungry?" Xiao Yuan asked.
Mingshu touched his stomach and remembered that he had eaten a cake at night, so he raised his face and poked his chin on Xiao Yuan's abdomen twice, "So you didn't sleep in the middle of the night, you were waiting for me to wake up and make me a late night snack. ?"
Xiao Yuan patted Mingshu's forehead, "Think beautifully."
Mingshu looked in the direction of the kitchen and sniffed it exaggeratedly, but he really didn't smell any scent.
Usually, if Xiao Yuan wanted to make him a late-night snack, the kitchen would have to cook something early in the morning.
"Is there no supper?" Mingshu straightened up and wrapped Xiao Yuan's waist, "I woke up in vain? My brother doesn't hurt me anymore?"
Xiao Yuan laughed, his voice was low, with a tired hoarseness, "You're tired, I'm not tired? What do you want to eat, I'll order takeout."
Mingshu suddenly felt a little heartache.
If he wasn't too tired to move, Xiao Yu'an would definitely make him a late-night snack, a bowl of noodles, or a bowl of dumplings.
"Brother—" Mingshu's ending was elongated, his face was buried in Xiao Yu'an's upper abdomen, and he didn't want to say anything else, just like waiting for a while.
Xiao Yuan let him hold it, casually pinching the back of his neck with one hand, and started ordering takeout with his mobile phone in the other, "Want something light or something appetizing?"
"All." Mingshu's voice was muffled in Xiao Yu'an's clothes, and it sounded a little buzzing, "A few more, I'm hungry and cold now."
The strength on the back of the neck was a little heavier, and Mingshu was pinched quite comfortably, and he didn't want to move at all.
After Xiao Yuan finished ordering, he also sat on the sofa, Mingshu put his pillow on Xiao Yuan's lap, and fell asleep again.
Well this time, I didn't continue to examine Yin Xiaofeng in the dream, and I didn't bother to find clues. I slept soundly, but unfortunately, the deliveryman called after I slept for a long time.
"I'll get it." Xiao Yuan said.
The most satisfying "pillow" slipped away, and Mingshu had to get up.
After the door opened and closed, Xiao Yu'an came in with two pockets.
"So much?" Mingshu couldn't help but pursed his lips.
"Go get the tableware and juice." Xiao Yuan instructed Mingshu while taking out the takeaway box.
"Good!" Ming Shu immediately walked to the kitchen, washed the tableware and chopsticks, and picked out a bottle of fresh juice with a short shelf life in the refrigerator.
In fact, there is still wine in the refrigerator. Of course, the best drink for snacking in the middle of the night is wine. Juice is too childish, but he and Xiao Yuan have a habit of never drinking alcohol during the investigation of a case.
The takeaway boxes have all been opened. The light ones include wild mushroom sparerib porridge, coconut cake, and crispy meat. The appetizers include stir-fried pig tails, sizzling beautiful frogs, and boiled fish. The last box also contains steamed hairy crabs.
"Four, two per person?" Mingshu asked while holding one.
"You can also eat all four." Xiao Yuan said.
Ming Shu was so happy that he ate three and peeled one off for Xiao Yuan.
It's not that he was grabbing food, but that Xiao Yu'an didn't like to eat hairy crabs, and these four were actually ordered for him.
After eating and drinking, Mingshu took out the garbage and threw it away, his mind was much clearer, and he began to ponder the case again.
"What were you shouting before?" Xiao Yuan asked, "I just heard a 'dual personality'."
Mingshu explained his dream and asked, "Brother, Yin Xiaofeng now refuses to admit to digging up Qiu Min's body and dissecting it, let alone killing Lv Chen and Zhao Siyan. Have you read the interrogation records, does he look like him? Are you lying?"
Xiao Yu'an said, "It's because of this that you think Yin Xiaofeng may have another personality?"
"I don't think so." Mingshu tapped his temple, "It's just a dream."
"Dream is the projection of the subconscious." Xiao Yu'an said: "Before you fell asleep, you must have thought about this."
"I..." Mingshu couldn't refute this. In fact, not only before falling asleep, but when he was still in the interrogation room, he thought of the possibility of a dual personality, but quickly denied himself.
"Then what do you think?" Mingshu gradually became serious, "Qiu Min is already dead, but someone ordered takeout in Shouquan Town on October 14th with Qiu Min's mobile phone. The takeaway said that the man in a peaked cap took the meal. There is a high probability that this person is Yin Xiaofeng, but Yin Xiaofeng said that it is not him. Surveillance around Qiyue Mountain is scarce, and the whereabouts of Yin Xiaofeng No. 14 cannot be determined for the time being. Assuming Yin Xiaofeng did not lie, who would this person be? Qiu Min was divided and killed The murderer of Lu and Zhao?"
Xiao Yuan said: "Actually, what you thought just now is not unreasonable. It's just that there are too few cases of dual personalities. If you push the case of Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan to another personality of Yin Xiaofeng, if the murderer is someone else, it will be troublesome."
"During the interrogation, I was face-to-face with Yin Xiaofeng, and I didn't feel like he was lying about his subtle reactions. You and Brother Xing also think that the person who killed Qiu Min and dismembered the body was not the same person, but I don't understand, if it is not the same person. Personally, what is the motive of the latter?" Mingshu hugged his leg, "Whether it is to dismember Qiu Min or kill Lv Chen and Zhao Siyan, this person's motive is too vague. And those ten iron nails. , Yin Xiaofeng can easily get iron nails, but Yin Xiaofeng said he doesn't know what iron nails are. The other four people from Haijing Temple are the same as Yin Xiaofeng who can easily get iron nails."
Mentioning the four people, Ming Shu suddenly felt a headache, "Other temples accept good people, but Haijing Temple accepts all people with problems."
Xiao Yu'an said: "Chu Xin also found out the problem?"
"That's not true." Mingshu said: "Chu Xin's situation is the most special. What we know now is that he had undergone heart surgery abroad. Before becoming a monk, he was with Chu Linxiong's four sons, especially the most popular one. Chu Qing was fighting against each other. Chu Qing was not as good as him back then, and Chu Linxiong favored him more. These clues have nothing to do with the case, but I always feel that Chu Xin is hiding something. It may just be the so-called 'see through the red dust'."
With that said, Mingshu scratched his head, "But I guess this is most likely related to the Chu family's fight."
"According to the possibility of obtaining iron nails, Fang Pingxu, Chu Xin, Liu Sui, and Tang Yuan all have a chance." Xiao Yuan put his hand on Mingshu's shoulder, "Liu Sui admitted that he killed a person 27 years ago, and it was a woman. , will he always hate women because Tang Yuan cannot be accepted by the world? Tang Yuan is less likely to commit crimes than Liu Sui. As for Fang Pingxu, his personality has been distorted since he was a child, and he almost killed him when he was a few years old. The biological daughter of his adoptive parents, any evil he does now is in line with his character. As for Chu Xin, this person really seems to be covered in a layer of fog."
Mingshu closed his eyes and said nothing.
"But if you only stare at these four people, your thinking will be limited." Xiao Yu'an changed the conversation, "Don't forget, the iron nails were originally placed in the meditation room in the backyard, and the easiest way to obtain the iron nails is actually the missing ones. Peeping dust."
Mingshu's back tightened.
"In addition, those pilgrims who are familiar with Haijing Temple and other monks who have left Haijing Temple must also be found as soon as possible." Xiao Yu'an said: "These days our focus has been on the five people in Haijing Temple. Now Yin Xiaofeng Now that a crime has been confessed, it's time to expand the scope of the investigation. Don't go overboard on 'maybe' or 'impossible', anything happens, it's already 'necessary', understand?"
Mingshu nodded, "Understood."
After he finished speaking, his neck was clasped with a force, and Mingshu was not ready for it, and was suddenly pressed into the quilt.
Xiao Yu'an turned off the bedside lamp, "Go to sleep, don't think about it, you will be busy after dawn."
Ming Shu wanted to say that he was not sleepy now, and he could "brainstorm" a bit, and was taken into a familiar embrace.
He snorted comfortably.
Xiao Yuan gently kissed his ear and ordered, "Sleep."
The next day, even though he only slept for a few hours, Mingshu still came to the Criminal Investigation Bureau full of energy.
After a night, Yin Xiaofeng still did not change his confession.
"I didn't kill those two people."
"I don't know what nails are."
"I didn't dismember Qiu Min's body."
"Mobile phone? I threw it away with my clothes long ago."
"I have never ordered takeout with Qiu Min's mobile phone."
Mingshu thought about what Xiao Yuan told him before he went to bed - any event happened, it was already "inevitable".
There's no point in debating whether it's justified logically, because it's already happened. What a good criminal policeman should do at this time is to find out the reasonable truth beneath its unreasonable appearance.
"Bring Yin Xiaofeng to do a systematic spiritual appraisal." Mingshu explained the task, "The monks who are not in Haijing Temple now have registered at the police station before, go find them and verify their identities one by one. Pilgrims will be troublesome. Some of them can only be inquired from Chu Xin and this group of people."
At this time, Fang Yuanhang fetched the peeping dust portrait made according to the description of the monks.
"I can't see any characteristics." Fang Yuanhang said, "But the credibility of this portrait is still relatively high, because it was drawn based on the descriptions of five people, unlike Long Tianhao's."
The portrait was sent to each player's mobile device, and Mingshu stared at it for a while, "Why do I think I've seen it before?"
Yi Fei said: "Then think about it carefully?"
Mingshu asked, "You have no impression at all?"
Yi Fei shook his head, "I'm not with you 24 hours a day, I've seen the people you've met?"
"No." Mingshu said, "It's not the kind of 'seen'. I think this face is very familiar. I saw it on TV a long time ago."
"TV?" Yi Fei looked at the portrait carefully, "Actor? Show anchor? Mass? Is it a wanted criminal?"
Mingshu frowned and thought about it for a long time, "No, I can't remember it. I'd better investigate according to the way I just thought. Now that the portrait is out, I contacted various media, and the disappearance is inexplicable. No matter what, I have to find the person."
The murder of Zhou Tingting by Liu Sui pushed the entire police system of Shouquan Town into a rather embarrassing situation.
It was Liu Sui's late father who paid the bribe, and the main recipient was Qian Da, who had taken off his police uniform, but no one who was in charge of investigating Zhou Tingting's case back then could get away with it. There must be Liu Sui's footprints on the edge of the pond, but in the case closing report, it was clearly written that only Zhou Tingting's footprints were left, so it was judged that he had slipped into the water.
This kind of mistake is a shame for all the police in Shouquan Town.
Chen's case must be investigated, but now there is a lot of fog on Qiyue Mountain. The murderer of one case has been arrested, and the other case has not yet been investigated. The investigation of the Shouquan Town Police Station can only be temporarily postponed.
When Mingshu came to Shouquan Town again, he clearly felt that the atmosphere here was different from before. Those arrogant and uncooperative police officers had been transferred away, and the newly transferred police officers to assist in the investigation were very diligent.
In addition to Chu Xin and other five monks, the monks in the police registration documents also included Chang Qingying, Chu Jiang, Hu Chengyi, and Wang Lu. These four people have left Haijing Temple successively in the past three years, and the reason is that they go out for "travelling".
According to the old saying, "Yunyou" is home to all over the world, and it is not easy to find all the monks in "Wandering".
But now that the police have their accurate personal information, it is not difficult to find the location through traffic and consumption.
But that's when the problem arises.
After investigation, it turns out that only the eldest Hu Chengyi is currently in the Hanshu Village within the jurisdiction of Dongye City, and the other three are unknown.
"Why are you missing again?" Fang Yuanhang was furious, "Quanchen said that he was going to retreat, but people were not in Haijing Temple early in the morning; these three people said 'Yunyou', and there is no shadow when they swim? One has no shadow. I understand, there are no shadows of the three of them, this is not normal!"
Chang Qingying, 47 years old, a native of Los Angeles, used to be a corporate white-collar worker. She became a monk at Haijing Temple five years ago and left in December last year.
Chu Jiang, 55 years old, from Fengxiang Town, Dongye City, used to be a dairy farm worker. He came to Haijing Temple six years ago and left last summer.
Wang Lu, 36 years old, a native of Shouquan Town, has no job. Like Chu Jiang, he became a monk six years ago and went down the mountain this spring.
Luocheng and Fengxiang Town are both adjacent to Shouquan Town, so it is not surprising that they chose Haijing Temple.
Mingshu looked at the information of the three and asked Fang Yuanhang after a while: "You know the monks better than I do. They are traveling down the mountain now. They don't bring money like they do on TV, and they seek alms along the way?"
"No." Fang Yuanhang shook his head, "Master, don't think of serious monks so primitively. They have ID cards and bank cards. If they don't have bank cards, at least they have passbooks. They also take planes and high-speed trains, and young people also use mobile phones. Pay, not the kind of knocking on the door on TV."
Mingshu said: "So at least, in this year and a half, they should keep a record of withdrawals."
"That's right!" Fang Yuanhang said: "The earliest Chu Jiang down the mountain, he has been 'walking' for more than a year, but we can't find any information about him. This is impossible, unless he is already dead."
Mingshu raised his eyebrows and looked at Fang Yuanhang.
Fang Yuanhang was stunned, "Did I say something wrong?"
Mingshu shook his head, "If you think about the possibility of disappearance, the possibility of Chu Jiang's death is indeed not small. And he died immediately after leaving Haijing Temple."
A cold sweat broke out on Fang Yuanhang's back, "What's the reason? It was Chu Jiang first, now it's Peeping Chen's turn?"
"I don't know." Mingshu said, "But don't forget what Tang Yuan and the others said, the monks in Haijing Temple are not good people. Maybe they all left for a certain purpose."
Fang Yuanhang thought for a while, "I understand. It seems that we can only check from their backgrounds to see why they went to Haijing Temple to become monks. Maybe they have something in common with people like Fang Pingxu Chuxin."
"Promising." Mingshu smiled, his eyes stayed on Hu Chengyi's photo.
Among the registered monks, only this Hu Chengyi's whereabouts are confirmed, and he left Haijing Temple much earlier than the other three, returning to the countryside three years ago.
Many monks have returned to the secular world after cultivating Buddhism for several years, but most of them are young and middle-aged. There are very few elderly people who have left the home for most of their lives and suddenly return to the secular world.
And according to other people in Haijing Temple, Hu Chengyi didn't say that he returned to the secular world when he left. The reason was the same as the other three, he was "travelling".
Why did you go back to the countryside without taking a tour
"Hu Chengyi may know something." Mingshu said, "I will go to Hanshu Village."
Fang Yuanhang wanted to follow, but was ordered by Mingshu to stay in the bureau and continue to interrogate Fang Pingxu and others.
Chu Jiang called him "Wu Fei" in Haijing Temple, so Chu Xin and others also called him "Wu Fei".
"Wu Fei didn't say goodbye to me, he doesn't know me well, why did he make a special trip to say goodbye to me?" Chu Xin laughed: "I'm still saying that, just happened to be a monk in the same temple, there's no need to look at each other too much. important."
Fang Yuanhang asked, "Then how do you know that Wu Fei went to 'Yunyou'?"
"Otherwise, what else can you do?" Chu Xin said, "Go to whoring?"
"Can't you be serious?" Fang Yuanhang was about to lose his temper. "Wu Fei didn't tell you that his purpose for going down the mountain was 'Yunyou'? You didn't watch him leave Haijing Temple?"
Chu Xin deliberately straightened his back, "No, maybe I was sleeping when he left?"
Fang Yuanhang asked: "Then when I asked you for the first time, he told me with certainty that Wu Fei was going to 'Yunyou', which means that you already have such an understanding in your mind!"
Chu Xin smiled, "Little straight man has begun to analyze me again."
Saying that, Chu Xin pointed to his head.
Fang Yuanhang finally calmed down and was no longer affected by Chu Xin's bells and whistles, "Who told you that Wu Fei went to 'Yunyou'?"
"You suspect this person?" Chu Xin pretended to be thinking, but no one knew if he was really thinking.
After a few seconds, he said, "I think I heard it from Wu Shi."
Fang Yuanhang asked again: "What about Wu Hong (Chang Qingying) and Wu Suan (Wang Lu)? What were you doing when they left Haijing Temple?"
"I don't know either." Chu Xin said indifferently, "I always heard from others that they went down the mountain to 'Yunyou'."
Fang Yuanhang asked Liu Sui, Tang Yuan, Fang Pingxu, and Yin Xiaofeng again, and found an astonishing fact—none of the four of them saw Chu Jiang, Chang Qingying, and Wang Lu leave with their own eyes, nor did they hear it with their own ears. They said that they were going to "roaming", and they all learned from "others".
And the source of the news can only be traced back to the master of the dust.
The more Fang Yuanhang thought about it, the more wrong it became.
Haijing Temple is not big, with a door in the front yard and a door in the back yard. The monks go in and out of the front door every day. Cultivation in the same temple, no matter how bad the relationship is, it is still necessary to say a word or two. If the three of Chu Jiang really go down the mountain to "roam around", they must make some preparations before. Only tell Master Peeping Dust. And they must have passed by the front yard when they left, and they were not seen by Chu Xin and others three times
Do they avoid everyone and leave at night
But why do it
It's not a shameful thing to go down the mountain to "tour". What reason is there to rush down the mountain at night or through the small gate in the backyard
Only Kuichen knows, and Kuichen is also missing now.
Fang Yuanhang jumped up from his chair suddenly, and immediately called Mingshu.
Winter Ye City, Cold Summer Village.
Different villages have different styles. Because of the investigation of the case, Mingshu has been to countless villages. Hanshu Village is one of the best built. Every household is a small house. There is no chimney in the village. All are connected to natural gas, appliances are readily available.
Pushing forward seven or eight years, Hanshu Village is not like this. Later, it was hit by a flood and gravel flow, and the earthen houses in the entire village were completely abandoned. The government ordered a re-planning and turned Hanshu Village into a small tourist village.
Ninety percent of the villagers now operate farmhouses, with the exception of Hu Chengyi, a lay monk. He lives alone in the house allocated in the village, grows some vegetables in his yard, and lives a life of near-isolation.
Mingshu explained his intention, and Hu Chengyi sighed slowly.
"Why did you return to the secular world back then?" Mingshu said, "I heard from the monks at Haijing Temple that before you left, you said you were going to 'Yunyou'?"
"That's what I said." Hu Chengyi said, "Because I really can't find a suitable reason."
Mingshu asked: "Then what is the real reason for you to leave Haijing Temple?"
For a long time, Hu Chengyi looked at the clouds in the sky and said, "I feel like the abbot has changed."