The roar of the generator echoed in the mountains, and the strong light illuminated the villages and towns filled with ignorance as bright as day.
The snow has almost stopped.
All the townspeople—including Luo Yichun, who helped Xiang Tao—have been gathered and interrogated one by one.
At the same time, Luo Xueyan led the special operations team to Chicken Porridge Mountain in the west of Silin Town.
She was wrapped in Mingshu's winter police uniform, which was so long that the hem almost fell to the ground. She held the police uniform tightly with both hands and walked very hard in the mountains. Her face was abnormally red, she was panting constantly, her eyes shed tears from time to time, and her face was numb from freezing. aware.
Mingshu asked her if she needed a rest. She shook her head vigorously, wiped away her tears, and said firmly, "I won't rest, I can still persevere."
There are four above-ground brick and wooden houses and two hidden caves on Chicken Congee Mountain. When she pointed out the last cave to Mingshu, Luo Xueyan couldn't hold it anymore, her outstretched hand was weakly placed, and her whole body fell to the side.
Mingshu hugged her tightly and said softly, "It's hard work, little hero."
The sight of the brick house and the cave made everyone present speechless.
It was a cold winter, and the villagers believed that if the child was born in the cold winter, neither the mother nor the child would easily survive. At this time, there were no babies born in Silin Town, so naturally there were no baby girls waiting for bad luck in these six places. But whether in the brick house or in the cave, there are many old incubators scattered about, as well as stained medical equipment - they appear to be outdated equipment in the hospital.
Before falling into a coma, Luo Xueyan pointed to one of the brick and wooden houses and said that two years ago, she witnessed the whole process of "master craftsman" making "ghost cards" there.
The trace inspector sighed continuously after the investigation, "All the brick houses and caves do not have the necessary cleaning equipment, the water is carried from the village, a bucket and a pipe are involved. The air inside is turbid, and the smell of blood is still there. It wasn't scattered. There was blood all over the place, I'm going to use an inappropriate analogy—the slaughterhouse was nothing more than that."
The three words "slaughterhouse" made all those with conscience angry, but the townspeople and "master craftsmen" thought it was a matter of course to send the "useless" baby girl to the mountains.
The search is still going on. Luo Xueyan knows a lot of things, but she doesn't know how the "master craftsmen" deal with the baby girl's body. Shen Xun suspected that they were buried in a concentrated place, but Mingshu suddenly thought of a sentence about the funeral home that he heard from Niu Tianlan when he was interrogating Niu Tianlan before.
The devil, who takes pleasure in eating women's lips, believes that funeral homes are the best places to destroy corpses, and that people who work in funeral homes have a natural advantage in dealing with corpses. Even the most well-managed funeral home has loopholes. As long as you learn to exploit the loopholes, it is a convenient thing to mix the victim's body in and burn it.
It is far away from Dongye City, but who can tell that there are no demons in the funeral home nearby
Mingshu returned to the central area of Silin Town. Unable to transfer the townspeople to Xiaxi City immediately, the police officers set up a temporary police station in Luo Yichun's yard. Not long ago, the townspeople who were arrogant and arrogant because of the number of people have now stopped - these people are not afraid of single-handed police officers, not afraid of ordinary police, they have eyesight, when they are surrounded by SWAT police with live ammunition, they probably understand their situation. .
A group of special police officers patrolled outside the yard with rifles. Mingshu greeted them and entered the yard.
"Girls are born useless, they can't do heavy work, they can't pass on the family, and they have to open their mouths to eat. How can our family afford so many girls." A woman in her fifties said blankly—she said It was a dialect, and the words that kept spitting out of her mouth were like vicious spells, and the local policewoman who was translating was already choked up.
"Do you know what will happen when your child is taken away?" Mingshu asked.
The woman's expression hardly changed, "I know."
"Know what?" Mingshu slammed his right fist on the table.
The woman was taken aback and said, "Yes, I will become the Son of God."
Mingshu repeatedly confirmed to the translator and learned that the woman wanted to express angels and elves.
"Then do you know that they are all dead?" Ming Shu held back his anger.
"I know." The woman actually laughed, "Their souls become gods, protecting those who need them. Go to the big city and live a good life."
Some people look down on life and death because they have experienced too much in their lives and have been able to face everything open-mindedly. Others look down on life and death, just because of stupidity! For example, those women in Silin Town who knew their daughters were killed, but never resisted and continued to give birth.
Mingshu desperately wanted to smoke, and sucked the smoke into his lungs, which might make him feel a little better—even if Xiao Yuan forbade him to smoke, he has not smoked much in the past six months under Xiao Yuan's supervision.
"How much can you get for selling a baby girl?" Mingshu continued to ask.
The woman stretched out her right hand, with five fingers that were rough and black from years of work.
"500 yuan."
In Silin Town, a baby girl is only worth 500 yuan.
No, to be precise, the parents in Silin Town sold their daughter for only 500 yuan.
$500 can buy a life. And the "ghost cards" made from their blood can be sold for tens of thousands, millions, and even rich people who are keen on this sorcery will not hesitate to spend tens of millions of yuan to buy them.
The money paid by these "good people" is enough to feed an abandoned baby girl.
Luo Xueyan's father, Luo Xuegang, was also among the interrogators.
When facing Mingshu, there was more resentment in his eyes. Hearing the words "Luo Xueyan", he actually gritted his teeth.
"Did you bring the hormone pills home and let Luo Xueyan's mother trick her into taking them?" Mingshu said, "Do you understand the meaning of hormones? Do you know how much damage a 12-year-old girl will suffer when using hormones? ?"
Luo Xuegang snorted coldly and said a lot at an extremely fast pace.
The policewoman clenched her fists tightly, "He said, in rural areas, if pigs are not fat all the time, they must use drugs to make them fat, otherwise they won't be able to sell for a good price. Luo Xueyan is so thin, she has been stunted, and she can't get pregnant if she doesn't grow up, so she must give She takes medicine."
I have been in the police for many years and have come into contact with countless perverted suspects.
None of the townspeople who were interrogated thought they were committing a crime, and some even thought they were accumulating virtue. One night, Mingshu heard the most words - we are poor, what's the use of raising a girl, in the end, instead of getting married, it is better to sell it at a good price.
Even Luo Yichun had given up on his children.
She is the youngest of all pregnant women, and the fetus in her arms is 6 months old. After the spring, she will give birth.
This is not the first time she has become a mother. Last fall, she gave birth to a baby girl. And she is only 17 years old this year.
The disaster that had not yet befallen Luo Xueyan became her nightmare a few years ago.
Silin Town didn't just start using hormones on girls, Luo Yichun was the last victim.
Born in Silin Town 17 years ago, she was not killed, but survived as a "reproductive resource". At the age of 14, she was injected with a large number of hormones, and her body began to develop rapidly. Then she became pregnant, gave birth, and gave birth to a baby girl that was made a "ghost card".
Some wealthy people who buy "ghost cards" have a peculiar hobby—like young mothers.
They believe that the younger and cleaner the mother is, the more divine the child will be, and the easier it will be to help him fulfill his wishes.
"Master Craftsman" did what he liked and fired the children of young mothers for sky-high prices. Luo Yichun's last child sold the highest price so far in Silin Town. When protecting Xiang Tao and Luo Xueyan, the reason why Luo Yichun dared to face the deranged townspeople alone and aimed a sharp knife at his stomach was because he knew that they would not dare to do anything to him.
She was carrying a "golden baby".
And the corpse in her home was his husband. Half a month ago, she became mad, smashed him to death with a hammer, and threw him in the room where the farm tools were stored, but no townspeople found it.
Unlike Luo Xueyan, Luo Yichun's eyes barely shone, and she was no different from her mother and elders.
"Baby girl..." Luo Yichun stared straight at Mingshu, "Why do you want to live? She's still so young, she doesn't know anything, she may not even feel the pain, isn't it the best to die? Why? Growing up? What's the benefit of growing up? Growing up...Isn't it like me? Me, I'd rather die than live."
A line of tears fell from Luo Yichun's eyes, she may not have noticed it at all, and said to herself: "I envy my sisters, they were killed when they were born, you don't have to bear the pain I have suffered, and you don't have to look at the filth of this world. My daughter—she doesn't have a name, I named her Xiaoxing—"
Finally, Luo Yichun's voice became choked, "I'm glad that my Xiaoxing was killed as soon as she was born. Although her life is short, at least she doesn't have to be like me."
After a pause, Luo Yichun said again: "Xueyan is a good child, she is braver and luckier than me. Like her, I also learn Mandarin from TV, and I also think that one day someone will come to save me. But , but I didn't wait for that day."
The policewoman said, "You waited!"
Luo Yichun shook her head with a miserable smile, "It's different. She still has a long life, and under your protection, she will lead a normal life. I... I can't do it."
Luo Yichun didn't say anything further, but Mingshu already understood.
They were still too late.
Luo Yichun has been "killed" by this town, becoming a half-insanity monster. She was forced to develop, forced to become pregnant, watched her daughter be taken away and killed, and then killed her husband after getting pregnant again.
And when someone finally tore through the darkness here, she stood up like a warrior - but that doesn't change the fact that she has been destroyed.
The cigarette burned at his fingertips, and Mingshu rubbed his face hard.
It was almost dawn, and sporadic snow fell again.
The people at the top of the "Ghost Card" organization's interest chain are not in Silin Town, only the "Master Craftsman" and the assistants of the "Master Craftsman" have contacted them. Ordinary townspeople—such as Luo Yichun—have never known those People who spend 500 yuan to buy baby girls are all human skin monsters.
Hong Xinzhang, 66 years old, is the "master craftsman" with the most experience in making "ghost cards" in Silin Town, and is also the leader of the town. Which baby girls will be made as "ghost cards" and which "baby girls" will survive, he has the final say. This person is not from Silin Town. He came to Silin Town more than 20 years ago. Many people who have placed "orders" come here and sign up for him.
Facing the criminal police, Hong Xinzhang did not say a word as if he had settled down.
"Who is instructing you to do such a thing?" Shen Xun asked, "Apart from Silin Town, where else do you 'collect' baby girls?"
Hong Xinzhang did not respond.
But as long as an experienced policeman can see that he is not incomprehensible, nor is he as ignorant as the townspeople, the greedy light in his eyes proves that he is the real evil!
He knew what he was doing, and he made huge profits from it. He even knew that being caught was his inevitable end, but it was only one day that came sooner or later.
After 20 years of doing evil, the crime of old age was revealed. At this time, he may be proud of himself in his heart.
"Don't tell me?" Shen Xun said, "If I can catch you today, I can catch the people behind you. How long do you think you can stay at ease?"
Hong Xin's eyelids moved slightly.
Shen Xun said, "Ready to speak?"
"You..." Hong Xinzhang said in a very strange tone: "You are dirty and ignorant."
"I'll return this sentence to you as it is." Shen Xun said, "Plus—evil, stupid, vicious, despicable, ugly, stench!"
Hong Xinzhang widened his eyes in surprise.
"You don't want to say it, it doesn't matter, and I won't force you to say it. You have so many lives in your hands, including the lives of innocent babies, no matter how frank you are and how many key clues you provide, the law will not be lenient to you. '." Shen Xun's eyes were extremely cold, "You are just like the villains hiding behind you, you will surely wait for your end!"
"You are talking nonsense!" Hong Xinzhang suddenly roared.
"Why, are you acting like a godly elder?" Shen Xun stared coldly at this filthy old thing.
Hong Xinzhang's calmness just now was obviously a disguise. The townspeople regarded him as the messenger of the gods, and perhaps over time, he even forgot that he was just an ant in the world.
But what Shen Xun said just now was like a pair of giant hands, pulling him out of the illusion.
"It's not my fault! I'm not the mastermind, I'm just doing things with money!" Hong Xinzhang's angry and anxious look was no different from that of ordinary criminals. He knew that he had committed a crime, and was eager to clear himself up and show his innocence.
Obviously, someone once told him that you only need to make "ghost cards", and I will be responsible for the rest. Don't be afraid, how can the messenger of the gods panic? I am responsible for everything, nothing will happen, and even if something happens, the consequences will be borne by me. Remember, you are just a "master craftsman", you don't know anything!
"Who is the mastermind?" Shen Xun said, "Forget it, it's unrealistic to tell you the mastermind. Just tell me who made you a 'master craftsman' here, and who is doing economic transactions with you. "
At the same time as Hong Xinzhang explained, other "master craftsmen" also poured out the truth.
None of them are religious people. They have never been in contact with any cult before becoming "master craftsmen". They are the poorest farmers in the northern mountains. They have never read books, and most of them have never even walked out of the mountains.
Someone gathered them together, gave them clothes to keep out the cold, offered them food and drink, then handed them pieces of cut locust wood and a sharp knife, and asked them to take out the small animals from the iron cage. Then kill and pour blood on the wooden sign.
Initially, they killed poultry such as chickens and ducks. No one finds it strange, because no matter how poor the rural areas are, they have to kill chickens and ducks to eat a good meal during the Spring Festival.
Later, chickens and ducks became guinea pigs, rabbits, chinchillas, and later, cats and dogs.
Finally, when a tiny baby was put into the cage, they looked at each other and no one dared to pick it up.
Someone said: "This is a child. Is murder a crime?"
The man who had been with them all the time said, "Murdering can be a crime, or it can be a benefit to the common people, it depends on what your purpose of killing is."
Soon, someone raised their hand and replied, "It's to make 'ghost cards'."
The man smiled, "So, why do we make 'Ghost Cards'?"
"In order to make money!"
"To satisfy buyers' wishes!"
"for… "
People chatted, the atmosphere was completely mobilized, and finally, someone took the baby out of the cage.
Hong Xinzhang remembered that among their group, he was the one who stabbed the first knife.
"The one who taught me to kill is called 'The Merman', but I haven't seen him for many years. He's older than me, maybe he's gone. The people I've contacted with in the past few years are not accurate, they're all young people. They told me the names of the customers and the negotiated price." Hong Xinzhang said: "After the customers find me, I will take them up the mountain to see their 'booked' children. In fact, all children are the same, and the production of 'Ghost Cards' is also It's the same, but some customers are rich, and a pair of 'ghost cards' can be sold to them for several million. Some are poorer, and they will charge tens of thousands. There are also some customers who won't come by themselves, and they also sell 'ghost cards' Take it."
Hong Xinzhang took out his mobile phone, and the call records showed all the fake numbers.
Shen Xun asked the technical team to follow him immediately.
"What do you do with the body after you kill the baby girl?" Shen Xun asked.
Hong Xinzhang said: "Someone came to collect, take, take and burn."
"Who?"
"The funeral home."
Mingshu was right, and the "Southern Suburb" funeral home in Xiaxi City also participated in this crime.
Different from the "Xiyue" funeral home in Dongye City, "Xiyue" is relatively formal. At present, only Niu Tianlan is known to use loopholes to burn the victim's body, while the "Southern Suburb" funeral home turned out to be a collective crime from managers to ordinary employees. !
In the case of investigation, the special operations team has rights that the local police do not have. Shen Xun ordered the entire "Southern Suburb" funeral home to be blocked.
Liu Xinren, 58 years old, the second-in-command of the "Nanjiao" funeral home, finally admitted under the police's repeated interrogation that the "Nanjiao" funeral home not only cremated the baby girl sent from Silin Town, but also sent baby girls from at least five villages and towns. Come to them and focus on cremation.
The five villages and towns are Shanxiang Village, Chi'an Town, Xiutian Town, Fujia Village and Minquan Village.
Together with Silin Town, this is likely to be the "production base" of the "ghost brand" industry.
Continue to investigate, there is not much the police in Dongye City can do, but before Mingshu went to Xiaxi City, Zhou Yuan began to track the springboard IP on the "Their Voice" forum and the mobile phone of the "Ghost Brand" buyer. Fake numbers. The other party is obviously a master on the Internet. He is very good at intrusion, anti-tracking, and viruses. Zhou Yuan has been busy for several nights. Even when he sleeps, he is sorting out his thoughts, and finally digs out the person hiding behind.
This is a transnational criminal organization, and they are not only killing baby girls in our country. In other words, the killing of baby girls to make "ghost cards" is just one of their many businesses. Six villages and towns in northern my country are one of their outlets. The "ghost cards" made are not actually sold in China at first, but are sold as "ghost cards". It is sold in the form of smuggling to Southeast Asia and South Asia. Many rich people there believe that locust wood can lock the soul of the "Ghost Infant", and as long as their heart is sincere, they can make the "Ghost Infant" serve them.
Later, when the so-called "business" stabilized, they gradually opened up sales in China. The "Their Voice" forum was only one of the platforms selected by them. There are many similar places. Although they seem to be small, the viewers do not Quite a few, once someone shows interest in a "fake card", they will investigate the person, and once they're sure they're a "safe" customer, they'll take the initiative to contact them.
The organization has an international code name called "Man-Eating Sharks". Hong Xinzhang said that the people who trained them to kill babies twenty years ago were called "Sharks". They domesticated a group of poor and uninformed villagers and turned them into murder tools, that is, "Master Craftsman", and the "Master Craftsman" domesticated the people in the target villages and towns. A little money and food can become the bait, and people who are "hooked" have handed over unwanted baby girls in exchange for "rich" rewards.
This is actually different from the "ghost cards" of Qiusu Village in the early days.
One has two. Taking Silin Town as an example, these people who have tasted the sweetness gradually turned fertility into a "job". Twenty years later, it has developed to the point witnessed by the police.
The first to be caught by the special action team was the evil gang "Yun Kou" entrenched in four northern cities such as Xiaxi City. They are the protective umbrella of the "Cannibal Shark" in China, responsible for monitoring the production of "ghost cards" in villages, towns, towns and cities. Protect the "master craftsman", collect fees paid by customers, and sometimes actively seek customer sources.
It can be said that they are a community of interests of "cannibals".
Qian Min, the eldest of "Yun Kou", is a woman, 48 years old. If she only looks at her appearance, she is undoubtedly a beauty. Even though she is nearly fifty years old, her first impression is still "brilliant".
But under her beautiful skin is a scorpion's heart.
According to Qian Min's confession, in the more than 20 years of cooperation with the "cannibal shark", her subordinates have killed journalists who made unannounced visits and also killed ambitious police officers. The bodies of these people were either decomposed or burned, and their The traces of existence were wiped cleanly. At the same time, Qian Min also confessed to some of the local officials who provided her with "asylum".
Anti-criminal and anti-corruption at the grassroots level is not something Mingshu can intervene. Before returning to Dongye City, Mingshu took out a photo of Lin Zhongguo and asked, "Do you still have any impression of this person?"