heart poison

In the early morning, in the dark and narrow path, there was a strange sense of peace in the silence.The trail is more than 180 meters long, connecting Tianluo Station and Hong'an Shopping Center at one end, and the bustling bar nightclub street in Luo'an District and several skyscraper commercial office buildings at the other end.During the day, many people take shortcuts and pass by the trail, especially during the morning rush hour.But at night, few people dare to take the risk - beside the trail is a brightly lit road, and sometimes there are mobile police cars on duty patrolling back and forth, walking is much safer than the gloomy trail.

However, there are also people who are used to night walks, like Yin Ziqiao who has stopped breathing, or Li Liwen, the waiter who just left the "Bai Xiao" bar.

For Li Liwen, today is the most unlucky day.

A fat middle-aged man came to the bar. He looked like a rich man in business. He sat on the sofa and looked like a monster from the back. He looked more like a monster from the front. His beer belly looked like it was about to explode. , spitting like a machine gun when talking.Li Liwen went to deliver the wine once, and was sprayed with stinky saliva on the spot.

To make a living in the service industry, the most important thing is to have a good temper and be able to bear grievances.Li Liwen didn't have a good temper before, and he would blow up at one point, but he has worked in various bars, restaurants, and footwashing cities for several years, and all kinds of stupid customers have seen eight thousand if not ten thousand. With drool on his face, he bowed to the "beer belly" still smiling, and his face collapsed after turning around.

The music in the bar was very loud, Li Liwen borrowed a facial cleanser with an astonishingly strong fragrance from the resident singer, and complained to his colleagues while washing his face in the bathroom, the disgust between his brows and eyes almost turned into water.

"What do you think this kind of person is doing alive? Is his mission to make shit and put shit in it? Look at his majestic belly, fuck, I don't know how many kilograms of shit are contained in it! Talking and spitting The drool, all fucking in my face. Where did he get so much water? More water than the pussy spouts! I really want to fuck his sausage mouth!"

The colleague laughed loudly when he heard it, "You, why is your mouth so poisonous? What kind of fuck and shit are you opening and closing your mouth, I can't listen to it as a man. How can you find a girlfriend like this? You, I am afraid that eighteen generations of ancestors will be greeted by you all over the place!"

Li Liwen snorted twice, not ashamed but proud, "I was born like this, vulgar, unqualified, and different from you city people. You idiots better don't mess with me, it really pissed me off, I'll kill you Stab it up, don't care about anything else, just stab it to death!"

"Oh, you are amazing, you are amazing!" The colleague reminded after laughing: "But you still have to take it easy, just tell us these words, and don't let the guests hear them. These rich people are so smart. The eyes are still small, if you hear you scolding them behind their backs, you must ask the boss to argue, and the one who suffers in the end is yourself."

"Tsk, I know." Li Liwen didn't take it seriously, "That idiot is drinking, where can I hear it?"

However, 10 minutes later, Li Liwen was bowed and apologized to the "beer belly" by the manager. He almost knelt down and was fined a week's salary. Vicious and dirty words.

The bar usually stays open until 4 in the morning, but Li Liwen committed a crime and was in such a bad mood that he simply asked the manager for leave and went home early.The manager also started as a waiter. In the early years, he often scolded customers behind his back, but he also understood Li Liwen, and asked him to go back and have a good sleep. If he has any grievances to express, he will come to him in the future. Don't swear in places like the bathroom .

Li Liwen was not comforted at all, his mind was full of the "beer belly" that made him get rich on credit, his eyes were red with anger, and he almost shed tears.In the bathroom just now, he just said something louder, what about "stab him with a knife, and then stab him to death". Just talk.

After leaving the bar, Li Liwen walked down the path dejectedly.There is a night bus station at the other end of the trail, self-service coin-operated, only two yuan for a trip.

But there are very few night buses. If you miss a bus, you have to wait for an hour. It is very hard to take seven or eight stops to go home slowly.

In fact, you can get a taxi on the road in front of the bar. Sometimes he really doesn't want to wait for the night bus, so he takes a taxi home as a "luxury".

But today is obviously not the time to "luxury".

Thinking of the one week's salary that was deducted, Li Liwen gritted his teeth and walked quickly into the alley.

He was used to this trail.Unlike others, he didn't take the trail to take a shortcut, but he could feel a rare sense of belonging when walking through the trail.

He is not a native of Los Angeles. His hometown is in a small town with backward economic conditions in Han Province. The town is full of old houses, and the alley where he lives is similar to this trail.Luo'an District is too prosperous, even the night is bright, it is yearning but strange and indifferent, only this trail waiting for demolition is old and dilapidated, with the atmosphere of hometown.

Usually, when he passed by the path, he was in a very comfortable mood. After all, after a tiring day of work, after returning to the rented hut, he could think about nothing and sleep soundly until noon.But today was really unlucky, he was extremely irritable, he walked quickly through the path, his face was gloomy as if he was really going to kill someone.

But not long after he entered the path, he kicked something. When he looked down, it was a bulging rectangular object.

He stopped, squatted down and took a closer look, it was a wallet!

A stuffed purse!

For someone who has just made money on credit, finding a wallet in a deserted alleyway is nothing short of heavenly joy.He quickly picked up the wallet, opened it, and his surprise suddenly turned into disappointment.

Although the wallet was bulging, it was almost full of one or five yuan change, and the largest one was only 20 yuan.

"Fuck, are you sick? Pretending to have money if you don't have money?" He was so angry that he squatted on the ground to count the money.It took three times to count and it was 330 seven yuan in total.

"My day, your mother!" He continued to rummage through his wallet, found several cards and ID cards, and found that the owner was Yin Ziqiao, who was only 23 years old, about the same age as himself.

Sighing, he stuffed his ID card back, then put the wallet into his pocket, and comforted himself—300 yuan is 300 yuan, some is better than nothing.

With the "compensation" of 300 yuan, Li Liwen felt relieved at last, and continued walking. On the way, he caught a glimpse of a person lying in the shadow of the wall, and there seemed to be a pool of smudges on the ground.But the light was too dim to tell what kind of stain it was.In the past, he might have taken a few steps to observe the other party's situation, but now he is too lazy to do so, he just glanced at it from a distance, and then continued to walk forward.

He can see a lot of people lying in this alley, they are all drunk and throw up all over the place, no matter what they say, they will slap their ass and leave after they wake up.

Besides, there are not many good things for those who come to the bar to hang out. There are many people like "beer belly" who don't treat waiters as human beings.

Li Liwen didn't feel any guilt at all. He quickened his pace and even started to run when he was almost at the crossing. look at yourself.

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"Someone's throat was cut in the alley next to Tianluo Station!"

As soon as it was time to go to work in the morning, the serious crime team received a case report from the Luoan District Bureau.

Hua Chong didn't sleep well at night, his head was dizzy, his eyelids were half drooping, and he was still thinking about Huang Caihua.

After more than a day of investigation, no valuable clues were found. Huang Caihua's whereabouts two days before his accident are still a mystery.

Qu Zhi cried bitterly: "Oh, what's going on, vicious cases come one after another, I don't have superhuman powers!"

"I'll go to the scene to see." Hua Chong woke up from the yelling, and raised his hand to pat Qu Zhi's shoulder, "You continue to search for clues related to the truck. Brother Xiaoliu and I will be in charge of the Luo'an District."

"Hey!" Qu Zhi sighed and scratched his hair irritably, "You guys haven't healed your injuries yet. If it's not a particularly troublesome case, you can hand it over to the first or second criminal investigation team."

"Yeah." Hua Chong looked at the time, frowned and said, "This is the rush hour for work, and there are so many people around Tianluo Station, I'm afraid the scene will be seriously damaged."

"More than more!" Qu Zhi shivered, "Hua'er, have you forgotten who the captain of the Luo'an District Criminal Investigation Squadron is? He is much scarier than being destroyed at the scene. Anyway, I don't want to cooperate with him anymore. It's a nightmare." , the last time I worked with him on a case, I was 'infected' with his faults, and I corrected it for a week before fucking correcting it."

Hua Chong had no choice but to think for a while and said, "This time he may not be the one going to the scene."

"It must be him." Qu Zhi said: "He is the most diligent. If there is an accident in the jurisdiction, which time is he not the fastest runner?"

At this time, Liu Zhiqin came back with two bags of breakfast and a bag on his shoulder, as if ready to go at any time.

As soon as he entered the office, Hua Chong looked at him and saw him walking up and down in the office, boiling water with his "disabled" hand. He used to pour boiling water into two teacups, but this time he directly poured it into one. The large crimson thermos, after opening it for a while, closed the lid and put it in the side pocket of the backpack.

"Flower team?" Qu Zhi shook his hand, "What are you looking at?"

Hua Chong looked away, and there was no silver here: "Huh? I didn't see anything. I'm leaving. If there is anything in the bureau, please contact me in time."

After speaking, he immediately walked out of the office, where Liu Zhiqin was already waiting.

"Flower team."

"Ok?"

"Were you looking at me just now?"

Hua Chong stopped and refused to admit it, "I don't even know where you were just now."

"Could it be that my perception is off? But I always feel very accurate." Liu Zhiqin handed out a bag of egg pancakes and hot soy milk, and said with a smile, "I just bought breakfast and came back to boil water. Familiar gaze."

Hua Chong said calmly: "Oh, that must be Qu Zhi, he is checking if your hand is good."

Liu Zhiqin "believed", raised his left hand and said, "It will take a while, but the pain is gone."

Hua Chong glanced at the thermos in the side pocket, and couldn't remember that Liu Zhiqin had such a thing before, so he asked casually, "Where did this pot come from?"

"I bought it."

"When did you buy it?"

Liu Zhiqin turned his head, pursed his lips and smiled.

Hua Chong laughed dumbfounded at him, "Your expression is a bit strange."

"Really?" Liu Zhiqin rubbed his chin, "I just thought our conversation just now was quite interesting."

Hua Chong was puzzled, "It's not interesting."

Liu Zhiqin smiled without answering, and walked downstairs at a faster pace.

Hua Chong was still thinking about what was interesting until he got in the car.

"Where did this pot come from?" "I bought it." "When did you buy it?"—Three simple and common sentences, what's so interesting?

On the way to the scene, Xu Kan said while scrolling through Weibo, "Pictures of the dead bodies have already been posted on the Internet. Look at this one, and the details are still taken."

Hua Chong was eating egg pancakes, heard this and took a look, then continued to eat.

On the other hand, Zhang Mao wasn't eating. After reading it, he quickly opened the window to breathe.

Li Xun patted Zhang Mao on the back, and said earnestly: "The criminal police who are involved in serious cases have to be like our flower team, leaving the corpse in front of them and continuing to eat. How can you do this? Why don't you come to our trace inspection department. "

Zhang Mao turned his head, "It's as if your trace inspection department doesn't need to look at corpses."

"What happened to the corpse? There is nothing wrong with the corpse." Li Xun said, "The one who made the mistake is the one who turned the living into a corpse. The duty of our criminal police is to find out those who have done wrong things and make them suffer the punishment they deserve. punishment."

"You seem to be making sense."

"That's right, so why don't you come to our trace inspection department?"

"No." Zhang Mao replied firmly this time, "The Serious Crime Squad is my home."

Xu Kan said leisurely, "Hua'er is your father."

The carriage suddenly fell silent, Xu Kan looked up and found Hua Chong was sneering, he quickly waved his hands: "You heard me wrong, I didn't say anything."

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Tianluo Station was as lively as it used to be, but the warning tapes at both ends of the trail added an unusual sense of tension to the excitement.

The white-collar workers who work nearby have rushed to the office building, but there are still many people standing outside the security zone. They are curiously looking into the path, and some are holding their mobile phones, but whether they can take pictures is another matter .

Hua Chong and his party entered from the crossing on the side of Tianluo Station. Cao Han, the criminal investigation squadron leader of the Luo'an District Bureau, waved quickly, "Flower team! You are here!"

The trace inspector of the sub-bureau was already at work, and Li Xun hurriedly joined in. After Xu Kan put on his gloves and shoe covers, he squatted next to the corpse for a preliminary inspection.

Hua Chong glanced at the surrounding environment, and frowned slightly, "Are there many people passing by here in the morning?"

"Who says it's not?" Cao Han is over 30 years old, and he is a well-known handsome guy in the Los Angeles police circle and even in the whole of Hanoi. Can't stop boasting "I'm so handsome".But he grew up in a remote village. Although he left home to go to the police academy as an adult, he couldn't get rid of his weird local accent. Not to mention, the expression is also particularly exaggerated, and the character is simple and honest that is completely inconsistent with his appearance.Many female police officers in the sub-bureau became his fan immediately when they first joined the job, but within a few days of getting along, they all became his emoji fans.

He has strong professional ability and is a down-to-earth person. He got to the position of the criminal investigation squadron leader of the sub-bureau entirely by himself.But Hua Chong didn't like to cooperate with him very much, because it was obviously a very serious occasion, and when he said a word or squeezed out an expression, the air would suddenly become quiet.

Hearing the "li", Zhang Mao turned his back, covered his mouth and suppressed a smile.When Liu Zhiqin met Cao Han for the first time, he was not amused by the accent and expression of the other party, but he was a little concerned about the phrase "flower team".

This is too ugly...

Hua Chong didn't want to see Cao Han's face, so he could only stare at the corpse a few steps away, "What happened then?"

"Flower team, look at these two sides." Cao Han pointed to the intersections on both sides solemnly, "That's the entrance and exit of the subway station over there, and this is the office building. Hundreds of large and small companies are crowded in those office buildings. There are many In order to be in a hurry, people go into this alley after getting off the subway. In the morning, the street police station received dozens of calls, all of them calling the police to report that there was a dead person in the alley. When I arrived, ouch, Lili There are people everywhere!"

Hua Chong could imagine the scene, but his eyelids started to twitch crazily as soon as he heard Cao Han describe it "Mallyyo".

It is not without reason that Qu Zhi was "infected" and said "Maryyo" for a week after cooperating with Cao Han.

"The victim didn't have any valuables such as a mobile phone or a wallet, and he didn't have any documents. I've already sent someone to verify his identity." Cao Han was very serious when he was working, and he didn't notice that he was raising his left eyebrow. The eyebrow on the right looked very funny, and continued: "I believe the source of the corpse will be determined soon. Flower team, why do you look so ugly? Do you want to take a break?"

This time, even Liu Zhiqin wanted to laugh.

Hua Chong waved his hands, not wanting to talk to Cao Han anymore, walked to the side of the corpse, and bent down silently.

The victim was a young man with long, undyed hair, wearing a black hooded sweater, dark gray sweatpants, and a pair of white sneakers.There was a completely torn wound on his neck, reaching deep to the neck bone, and it looked like his throat had been brutally cut.There were a lot of bloodstains on the clothes, and the surrounding ground was also stained with blood.A cheap guitar was thrown aside with a broken string and multiple scratches on the body.

Judging from the bloodstains, the place where the man is currently lying is almost the place where he was killed. The murderer only moved his body a small distance to the base of the wall.

Hua Chong raised his head and looked at the street lamp standing beside the path.The nearest street lamp was less than three meters away from the body.

The man had his throat cut under a street lamp.

Liu Zhiqin came over, seeming to understand what he was thinking, and said, "Street lights like this may not be on at night. It's good to have one light on."

Hua Chong nodded, and called Li Xun to check which lights on the path were broken and which lights could be turned on.

Cao Han heard it, and hurriedly said loudly: "I've already checked this! Only this one is good, and all the others are bad!"

Hua Chong automatically blocked the magic-like "mile" and "yo" and said, "A trail that is nearly 200 meters away, the murderer chose the brightest place to attack?"

"Maybe for the murderer, this is the best place to commit the crime. But it doesn't seem to be in line with common sense. If I were the murderer, I would rather choose a darker place." Liu Zhiqin said.

Hua Chong took a few steps back, observed and said, "There are no cameras in the trail."

"There are outside." Cao Han said, "There are cameras on the road on both sides of the crossing. I have already adjusted the monitoring, and I will see it soon!"

Liu Zhiqin was very uncomfortable with Cao Han for the first time. Hua Chong could automatically block "Maryyo", but he couldn't do it for the time being. Playing the cheerful rhythmic brainwashing divine comedy, I can't help but circulate in my mind for a day, and it doesn't stop until I fall asleep at night.

Hua Chong touched Liu Zhiqin's arm, "I'll watch the monitoring later."

Liu Zhiqin gave an "um" and blurted out: "Understood."

Hua Chong shuddered, goosebumps formed on his arms, he stared and said, "What did you just say?"

Only then did Liu Zhiqin realize that he had been "poisoned" by Cao Han, and shook his head, "I said I understand."

Hua Chong almost rolled his eyes, pulled Liu Zhiqin aside, and said in a low voice: "Everyone who just met Cao Han will be led astray by him, I thought you would be an exception. I didn't expect you to be tricked too."

Liu Zhiqin was a little embarrassed just now, but when he heard what Hua Chong said, he immediately felt relieved, "You were also led astray by him?"

Hua Chong thought about his appearance at that time, waved his hand and said: "Don't mention it, don't mention it!"

Liu Zhiqin asked: "What did you say at that time?"

"Let's talk later." Hua Chong raised his eyes, "Focus on the case, and I'll talk to you when I'm free."

At this time, Xu Kan stood up, "The fatal injury was a sharp wound on the neck. The throat was completely severed and the artery was severed. The wound was smooth and there were no redundant cuts. There were no signs of fighting or restraint on the victim's body." , The murderer succeeded in one blow, and he was in a relatively stable mood when committing the crime. The possibility of murdering with passion can be initially ruled out. I just extracted some dander tissue from the victim's nails, and I will take it back for testing later."

"Cutting the throat looks simple, but it's actually not that easy." Liu Zhiqin lowered his head, "The murderer can end the life of a grown man with one knife, and there is no muddy trace from the wound. This..."

Hua Chong said, "It's like what an experienced person does."

Xu Kan took off his gloves, "Whether the victim has taken any medicine, and whether there are other important injuries on his body, we will only know after an autopsy."

"What about the time of death?" Hua Chong asked.

"Last night between 11:12 and [-]:[-]." Xu Kan said and looked towards the crossing. "The camera outside should be able to capture him."

"Take it back for an autopsy first, and determine the source of the corpse as soon as possible." After Hua Chong finished speaking, he waved to Cao Han, "Call the monitoring after 10:[-] last night."

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The hut that Li Liwen rents is at the junction of Luo'an District and Fukang District. It belongs to Luo'an District in name, but it looks like Fukang District-old, damp, poor lighting, very noisy around, and the law and order are not very good. .

When he got home at night, Li Liwen wanted to fall asleep, but remembering the anger he suffered in the bar, he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. He simply turned on the light and counted the money in his wallet again, but no matter how he counted, it was only 300 yuan.

"Damn it!" He threw all the wallet and money on the ground, forced himself not to think about the bad things that happened at night, covered his head with the quilt, and counted "one dollar, two dollars, three dollars" for more than an hour, I finally fell asleep.

However, it seemed that he hadn't slept for a long time, and there was a rapid knock on the door.