Leaving the interrogation room, Mingshu leaned against the wall and rubbed his eyebrows, feeling a burst of intense exhaustion and indignation.
Life is a card, some people get good cards, some people get bad cards. Wen Jingjing, Lian Qiao, and Qin Manyue played moderately good cards. They had a relatively wealthy family and good abilities, but they trampled on others and made a mess of good cards, and finally perished under the murderer's butcher's knife.
Are they wrong? Of course there is.
Are they damned? It seems that Li Hongmei should not be the judge.
The paradox is—except for Li Hongmei, the victim, who is qualified to judge them
There is no doubt that Li Hongmei was holding a card that couldn't be more rotten. If this card was put in the hands of anyone, I am afraid it would lead to tragic consequences.
Mingshu thought of himself.
Compared to most people in this society, he is unquestionably lucky. Born into a wealthy and prestigious family, the start was on the finish line for many. Although he had a bad relationship with his parents since childhood, he didn't feel much blood kinship, but these were made up for in the Xiao family.
The elders of the Xiao family treat him like a son, and his peers dote on him as a younger brother.
Most importantly, he met Xiao Yuan when he was a child.
What he pursues and wants, Xiao Yuan can give him everything, and even surprise him from time to time.
Familiar footsteps came from the left, Mingshu recovered and took a deep breath.
"Finished talking?" Xiao Yu'an didn't use words such as "interrogation". After speaking, he raised his hand and lightly touched Mingshu's forehead.
"Well." Mingshu nodded, "Brother, the case of Xiaben Village..."
Xiao Yuan interrupted, "Do you want to follow?"
Mingshu whispered, "I know it's inappropriate."
"Li Hongmei's case is within our scope of investigation, but her family's case is logically not under our control." Xiao Yu'an said: "In those days, the case only went up to Yuanhai County, not to a higher place. Now Li Hongmei is killed. The influence of the roommate is so great that the Hailu City Criminal Investigation Detachment has already started an investigation."
Mingshu asked, "Is it only municipal units?"
"I understand what you mean. Only the city-level unit has passed, and the case of the Li family and his son has passed for so many years. If strong evidence cannot be obtained immediately, once the wave of enthusiasm caused by Li Hongmei has passed, the local area may be involved again. It's a shameful operation." Xiao Yu'an said, "Don't worry, the special operations team will also come."
Mingshu's eyes lit up, but he was a little disappointed.
"You are also a nominal member of the special operations team. I know you want to go." Xiao Yu'an said: "But unfortunately, the case in our hands has not been completely solved, and you can't go away."
Mingshu became addicted to smoking, took out a cigarette, held it in his hand and rubbed it repeatedly.
Xiao Yu'an smoked the cigarette away, with a soothing calm in his eyes, "What should you do now?"
Mingshu stared at himself in Xiao Yuan's pupils, his lips moved, but he didn't make a sound.
Xiao Yu'an said, "If you are restless and confused, take a break."
"I won't stop!" Mingshu immediately straightened his back, "Luo Xiangfu's case has not been solved, the line at the tomb has not been found out, and Chi Xiaomin, so many things are waiting for me to do, how can I rest?"
"Well said. I haven't been led by my emotions." Xiao Yuan smiled warmly, "Come with me."
Mingshu whispered, "I've never been led by emotions, okay?"
Xiao Yuan turned around, "Huh?"
"I said that I have never been led by my nose!" Mingshu said, "I have only been led by you..."
Xiao Yuan nodded at the tip of his nose, "When will I hold your nose?"
"Hand! It's a hand!" Mingshu corrected, "It's a hand!"
It is not suitable to have too intimate actions in the bureau. Xiao Yuan took Mingshu back to his office and put down a can of iced honey tea on the coffee table, "Is Chi Xiaomin looking?"
"I told Li Hongmei that after we will detect the backlog of Xiaben Village, she is finally willing to talk about Chi Xiaomin." Mingshu didn't drink honey tea for the time being, and put the cold bottle on his face, "Chi Xiaomin is her. The only friend after coming to Dongye City, the two met when they were working part-time earlier this year. Chi Xiaomin knew that she was isolated and bullied at school, but she didn't know what happened to her as a child."
Xiao Yu'an asked, "How much does Li Hongmei know about Chi Xiaomin?"
"I almost don't know, I only know that she came from out of town and wanted to save money to study. This is consistent with what the owner of the fruit shop said." Mingshu added: "Li Hongmei trusts Chi Xiaomin mainly because Chi Xiaomin often discards the fruit shop. , but she can still eat fruit. This move is a rare goodwill for Li Hongmei. After the two became familiar with each other, Chi Xiaomin lent Li Hongmei the book she bought, including the heart of the tomb. They discussed the plot, and they all agreed with the view that 'some people deserve to die'. Li Hongmei remembered very clearly that she only confided to Chi Xiaomin that she suffered school violence, and never said that she wanted to kill Wen Jingjing and others. And Chi Xiaomin said to her after she confided again—then you will kill them."
Xiao Yuan narrowed his eyes, as if thinking.
"Of course, Li Hongmei actually had the intention to kill a long time ago, and Chi Xiaomin's words are like adding fuel to the flames." Mingshu said, "According to Li Hongmei's statement, after they left East Jiudong that day, Chi Xiaomin said to her, if I were you , I won't bear it anymore, they are bullying you like this, you can still swallow this breath? Hongmei, I'm very disappointed in you."
Xiao Yu'an suddenly said, "I can't trust Li Hongmei's words."
"Well, I understand." Mingshu added: "In short, what we can basically be sure now is that Chi Xiaomin and Li Hongmei separated before leaving the campus, because the camera at the school gate only captured Chi Xiaomin alone. Li Hongmei herself It is also said that after Chi Xiaomin expressed her dissatisfaction with her, she turned around and left, and the last sentence she said was the sentence 'Some people deserve to die'."
"Chi Xiaomin is familiar with Dongye Foreign Languages Institute, so she can avoid all surveillance." Xiao Yuan tapped his right index finger on the back of his left hand, "Her existence can easily affect judgment."
"Yes!" Mingshu frowned, "What kind of identity is she? Let's say she influenced Li Hongmei, Li Hongmei has carried so much on her shoulders, even without her, Li Hongmei will break out sooner or later. Say she is just an ordinary friend made by Li Hongmei. , she suddenly disappeared again."
"Then cut her off temporarily," Xiao Yuan said.
Mingshu: "Huh?"
"The cases in front of us are numerous and complicated, and one case is linked to another, with countless details and seemingly endless, right?" Xiao Yuan said.
Mingshu nodded.
Li Hongmei, Lu Kun, Luo Xiangfu, Xiaben Village, Tomb Heart, and now Chi Xiaomin. Although Mingshu has been working as a criminal police officer for many years, he still feels like he has fallen into a bottomless pit after encountering so many cases in a short period of time. , until it disappeared, but the feet never waited for the heavy blow to the ground.
Xiao Yu'an said: "So we have to cut off some branches now, otherwise the clues will become entangled with each other, and the more rational and the more chaotic."
"I've already cut it off." Mingshu finally unscrewed the honey tea and took a few sips, "Luo Xiaolong's drug use was implicated in Luo Xiangfu's case, and Luo Xiaolong was implicated in living outside the city. It's a drug den, and I don't know how many things are behind it. With a deep network of connections, even the SWAT team does not dare to take action lightly. The serious crime team generally does not participate in drug-related cases, but the people living outside the city must be involved in major cases, and the SWAT team needs our strength.”
Mingshu sighed, and took honey tea to stick it on his temples, "But I really can't find any manpower or energy, so I have to ignore it for the time being. There is also the case of Xiaben Village. The special operations team is the main force of the investigation. Wrong, their level is higher than ours, and the obstacles to investigating the case are much smaller than ours, but in fact, we should at least send a group of people to cooperate."
"That's your problem." Xiao Yuan's eyes softened, "Of course it's also your advantage."
Mingshu is silent.
"You have a strong sense of responsibility and a strong ability to think divergently. You can often think of a point from one point to another. This is very important for solving a case. But now..." Xiao Yuan's tone changed, "you are given to you by the divergent net. Locked up."
"I..." Mingshu paused, "you taught me to think like this."
"Yes, but I also taught you that when the network becomes more and more complicated, you have to go back to the beginning."
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Xiao Yuan said again: "Drug-related accidents in the out-of-city residence and the accident in the popular science game field, you are right to put these two cases aside first. It is also right for us to ignore the backlog of Xiaben Village for the time being. Answer me, what's the most important thing right now?"
Mingshu responded quickly, "Find out the murderer who killed Luo Xiangfu, and determine the true identity of the heart of the tomb."
Xiao Yuan smiled, "It seems that your mind is still very clear, but it was not calm enough just now."
"And Chi Xiaomin." Mingshu was reluctant to give up: "She disappeared too strangely. Brother, I don't want to cut her off."
Xiao Yuan asked: "Then with three lines at the same time, can you take care of it?"
If someone else asked this question, even if it was Bureau Li, Ming Shu would answer immediately—I can!
But in front of him is Xiao Yu'an, he doesn't need it and won't be brave.
After half a minute, Ming Shu shook his head, "I'm afraid I can't handle it."
"Then slow down." Xiao Yu'an said: "Don't be too anxious, let's break down the suspicious points of the case one by one."
In modern society, it is actually difficult for a person to be completely "invisible". No matter how careful TA's mind is, it will more or less leave traces in the circle of life.
Tomb Heart, real name unknown, gender unknown, age unknown, three books have been published so far, all of them are suspenseful murders, the latest one was published in May this year, called "Green Perfume Bottle", which is the cover of this book It says "Some people deserve to die".
The publisher of the book is "Luocheng Xinyun Publishing House".
Mingshu could have arranged for a few team members to go to Los Angeles to investigate, and after thinking about it, he decided to go in person.
Dongye City and Luocheng are in the same economic circle, and the police circles of the two places have close exchanges. The serious crime teams on both sides have also solved major cross-provincial cases together.
Hua Chong, the current deputy captain of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Los Angeles City Bureau, has known Mingshu for many years. Mingshu found a box of Dongye famous tea, assigned a job with Yi Fei, and set off with Fang Yuanhang.