winter past

The electric kettle made a "click" sound, and the red light on the handle went out.The water boiled.Xiao Man tiptoed around Xiao Jing who was squatting on the ground to sort out the many tangled wires, and walked to the water bar to make tea.

"Give way, your chair is pressing on my cable." Xiaojing grumbled, "What is this cable? Who plugged it in here? Didn't you say that only the charging cable of the computer is plugged in here? Am I not written on this label?"

"That's the cord of my hair dryer." Yin Miaozai ran to the desk and unplugged the hair dryer on the table.

"Why don't you plug in the hair dryer and use it in the bathroom?"

"There's a face steamer in the bathroom."

"Oh, old Xing, what are you doing! Can you guys stop coming? Don't touch that thread!"

Xiaoman brewed two cups of jasmine tea and asked, "Anyone want it?"

Xiaojing is still tidying up the wires: "Why do you plug in the printer? It's connected to the wireless network. Once connected, you can print!"

Yin Miaozai squatted beside him to help: "This is the charging cable of the camera, don't pull it out randomly, you can see clearly."

"No, there's more than one plug in the bathroom, right?"

"That's right, the curling iron needs to be plugged in, and the steam eye mask needs to be charged. What are you doing? Do you want to try being a beautiful woman instead?"

"Who dropped a dollar?" Xing Tianxiang took out a coin from under the bed.

Only Zhao You, who was standing in front of the TV, looked at Xiao Man and stretched out his hand to him.Xiaoman handed him a cup of jasmine tea, and took the one dollar that Xing Tianxiang was holding.

Holding the phone in one hand and the teacup in the other, Zhao You was almost standing close to the TV. He said, "It's News [-], the evening news. I'm watching it."

He said: "No, is it going to be broadcast today? The evening news is almost over, are you sure?" He blew on the hot air on the teacup, took a sip of tea, turned around, stood on tiptoe, and walked around squatting Xiaojing and Yin Miaozai who were on the ground walked around Xing Tianxiang who lifted up an armchair and lowered his head to talk to Xiaojing.He was a little impatient: "Where are the wiring boards, didn't I bring two over yesterday?"

"It's used in the car." Xiao Jing reached under the bed of a single bed. Yin Miaozai jumped over his arm, stood between the two double beds and looked at the people in the room. Clapped his hands: "Let's have a meeting first, let's have a meeting first, everyone talk about today's discovery."

Zhao You found the TV remote control on the bedside table. He put down the teacup and turned around to change the channel. One minute ago, his mother called him happily, saying that the TV station went to the kindergarten where she worked during the day to interview and film the party celebration organized by the kindergarten rehearsal. The cabaret show is said to be broadcast on the evening news, and she is going to be on TV.However, at this time, News One's evening news was broadcasting after the Dragon Boat Festival, the price of pork remained at the pre-holiday level, and there were 1 minutes before the time for the late-night talk show.

Yin Miaozai's voice was weak: "It's a meeting..."

Holding the hot teacup in both hands, Xiaoman walked to a single bed against the wall and sat down.Xiao Jing was kneeling at his feet, suddenly raised her head, looked at him out of breath, pulled the clothes on her body, got up and clapped her hands, looked at him, wrinkled her nose and wrinkled her face and said: "The electric kettle in the hotel is often used. Come soak your panties, you know that?"

Yin Miaozai shouted: "I brought that from home!"

"Why do they look exactly the same?"

"It has the highest rating on JD.com, the most cost-effective, and the brand is also a big one."

"That's not enough to buy the same color, right?"

"When I bought this color before, there was a coupon subsidy."

Xiaojing went to pour a glass of water, and drank most of the glass in one go.Xiaoman looked down at the many stick figures spread out on the bed. These pictures were all copies, and the lower right corner of each piece of paper was marked with Fu Weiqiang's name and a date in a uniform and beautiful font.These paintings were drawn from August to December 98.

Xiaoman raised his head and asked Yin Miaozai: "Should we find an expert in child psychology?"

Yin Miaozai waved her hand and made a gesture of "be quiet, don't be impatient", as if to say that she will answer this question about him in detail later.She clapped her hands again, raised her chin, and greeted everyone: "It's a meeting, stop what you're doing..."

Zhao You sat next to Xiaoman, he hung up the phone, and drank tea with a teacup.Xiao Jing sat on an armchair with his feet on the mattress, Xing Tianxiang also sat down on the single bed opposite Xiao Man, he glanced at his phone, Xiao Jing used his arm to Elbowed him.Xing Tianxiang raised his head and smiled at Yin Miaozai, threw the phone on the pillow, sat with his hands spread, and looked at Yin Miaozai.Yin Miaozai didn't speak, just folded her arms and swept around the room.Xiao Jing blinked, took out a mobile phone, and put it on the pillow.Zhao You and Xiao Man also silently handed over their mobile phones.

Yin Miaozai cleared her throat: "Turn on the ringtones of your mobile phone, don't miss any important news because of our meeting."

Everyone took their phones back one by one, Xing Tianxiang immersed himself in typing, Xiao Jing sat holding his phone, Xiaoman glanced at Zhao You, and he propped his chin to watch the instructional video on how to make butter toast.

Yin Miaozai kicked Zhao You, and Zhao You scratched his ears: "Then I'll talk first?"

Xing Tianxiang raised his hand and said: "Let me start first. I just received a message. Zhong Ming confirmed with me that Cao Lv is willing to see me. He will arrange for me to go to Hongfeng to see Cao Lv as his assistant tomorrow."

After saying this, he turned the screen of his mobile phone to the crowd and said, "This man is called Li Mingxin. He is the suspect arrested by the police in the previous series of cases. After Cao Lv surrendered himself, he has been released."

On his mobile phone was a passport photo of a man in his thirties.

"An employee of Lantian Cleaning Company, who has been working for three years, nicknamed a big star, is from Taizhou, and has a disabled younger brother at home. The whole family makes a living by fishing. He grew up on a fishing boat. After graduating from elementary school, he followed his father to fish. The typhoon failed to return to the voyage in time, and the fishing boat newly bought by the family was destroyed. The younger brother who was traveling with him had an accident and became disabled. His father and him narrowly escaped death.

"Without the fishing boat, my father had to fish with others. As for him, he went out to work with his fellow villagers. At first he worked on a construction site in Shenzhen and felt too tired. He went to Guangzhou to work as a waiter in a restaurant. Later, he found a girlfriend. My son went to Nanjing, stayed for a year, and delivered express delivery. His girlfriend felt that he was not settled down and broke up with him. He came to Qingshi with a fellow villager. At first, he also delivered express delivery. For accommodation, I went to Blue Sky Cleaning to work as a cleaner. When I was not in class, I worked part-time to deliver food. I lived in the dormitory next to Cao Lu. Cao Lu’s age is about the same as his younger brother. Cao Lu usually does a lot of part-time jobs. We got along well, and we have a good relationship. He can be regarded as Cao Lv's half master, and he took him to familiarize himself with the work. The two share a small truck under the company's name.

"This Li Mingxin often goes in and out of the star community. Those colleagues have been making fun of him, saying that the star community is just like his hometown. If he doesn't go back for two days to take a look, he will be worried and panic. His nickname for that big star is one. Because of the homonym of the name, and secondly because he often goes to and from the star community. He knows the place well.

"After the case of Weng Qing came out, a reporter on the Internet revealed that the deceased had worked in the star community, and that the widely circulated photo of the dead body's foot was taken. His colleagues saw the news and made fun of him. He said that he must know this woman. He was so quick-tongued at the time that he boasted to others that he knew who this woman was when he saw her feet. As for him, he really knew that Weng Qing was such a person. He had a lover. He knew Weng Qing very well, and he mentioned a few words to her. He knew that Weng Qing had rented a place in Huangguozi Village. Didn't the case happen in Huangguozi Village? I have told people all I know about Weng Qing, why she has a son, and she has broken shoes with a grocery store owner in the village. She used to work in a factory, and she can tell that she is not a serious woman.

"And he usually delivers food to subsidize his life. Do you remember what Xu Luhua was doing before he disappeared? Just to get food. He also worked in the Fafa slaughterhouse, and more importantly, he often went to and from that golf club. Clean the kitchen and guest rooms.

"His height and build are about the same as Cao Lv. I asked him, and he said that after the police arrested him, they kept asking him what he was doing on June 6th and 4th. He was sick that day, had diarrhea, and lay down in the dormitory. Before going out of the room, the police gave him a record, which showed that on June 5, his key card had entered and exited the Fafa Slaughterhouse."

"Even if Cao Lv surrendered himself, the police would not let him go so quickly." Xiao Man said.

"As for what else the police found, I don't suspect him anymore, I don't know, and my resources are limited now..." Xing Tianxiang touched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

Xiao Jing put her legs down from the bed, opened a bag of potato chips, and ate them.Zhao You looked at him, Xiao Jing found a teacup, poured some out and handed it to him, Zhao You followed to eat potato chips, Yin Miaozai's eyes followed, he handed over the cup, Yin Miaozai also took a piece of potato chips, stuffed it into the mouth.

Xing Tianxiang unpacked a pack of chocolates, ate one, and continued, "Li Mingxin remembers very clearly that on the night of May 5th, he took Cao Lv to the Star Community."

Xiao Jing asked quickly, "How does he remember this date so clearly?"

Zhao You said, "Let's get paid on the 15th."

Xing Tianxiang nodded: "And that night, Cao Lv hardly had any other part-time job to do."

Xiao Man asked, "Then does he remember who Cao Lv was looking for?"

"Li Mingxin took him to find his old friend, a fellow from Taizhou, the one who told him a lot about Weng Qing. His nickname was Qianqian. He said that when they went, Weng Qing was in Qianqian's room. Go and pay back the money owed to Qianqian."

"Repay the money?" Xiao Jing raised his eyebrows, pressing his hands on the arms of the chair.

"It was said that the two of them went to do hair together once, and Qianqian paid for it. Weng Qing said that she was going to leave for a while, and she didn't plan to stay in Qingshi anymore. If she has money today, she should settle the bill first."

Xiao Jing grabbed a handful of chocolate beans from Xing Tianxiang and stuffed them into his mouth one by one: "So... Cao Lv met Weng Qing for the first time that day?"

Xing Tianxiang said: "Anyway, Cao Lu followed Weng Qing to her house that day. Li Mingxin said that later Cao Lu went to the star community by himself. Qianqian told him that she had seen him once, and he still took this I made a joke with Cao Lv."

"When?" Xiaoman asked.

"December 5."

"Does she remember this day so clearly?" Xiao Jing said, "Are these people have such a good memory?"

Xing Tianxiang said: "The day when the rent is paid at the end of the month."

Zhao You touched his nose and said nothing.Xiao Man asked, "Day or night?"

"It was during the day, early in the morning, with breakfast, she asked him if he was looking for Xiaoqing again, but he was cold and ignored him." Xing Tianxiang said, "This Qianqian said, the feeling is the same as the first time I saw him." Cao Lv was like two people."

Xiao Man said: "I saw Chen Wan'er today. When she went to Yanzigou to pick up Cao Lu in the early morning of the 5th, she was quite sleepy because it was late. After Cao Lu got in the car, she lay directly in the back row. I don't remember exactly what he was wearing at the time."

Zhao You said: "Combining the situation reported by the villagers of Huangguozi Village and the police at the local police station, we should see Cao Lv back to the village on May 5 at the earliest."

Xiao Jing couldn't figure it out: "May 5th? During the day? They also remember it so clearly? Aren't those people in the village all farmers? Who pays them wages? They don't pay rent, do they?"

Zhao Youdao: "That day was the first day of April, and the elders in the village would gather together on the first and fifteenth day of the new year to worship their ancestors. Cao Lv returned to the village for the first time after many years and was wandering in the village. When the old people saw this new face, they asked him if he was here. Why are you looking for someone, Cao Lv said that he was Xiao Fu who used to live in No. 64."

Xiao Man asked him: "Have you had the habit of worshiping ancestors long ago?"

Zhao You nodded and continued: "He went to look at the gate of No. 64, and everyone told him that the house was rented out and the tenants didn't come back often. Then, I asked Boss Wang, and he said that Cao Lv came to the store that day. I went to find him here, and asked who rented No. 64 to him, and asked him, if that person doesn’t come back often, can he sublet it to him when the lease expires, and said something like that the house must be lived in, and it’s not OK to live there. .”

"Boss Wang said he rented it to Weng Qing? That's not right, he wouldn't show Cao Lu the photo of Weng Qing, would he?" Xiao Jing asked.

"No, he just said that if he is free in the future, he will be contacted. Cao Lv gave him a business card."

"Weng Qing wasn't in the village at the time, right?" Xiao Jing asked again.

"Not here." Zhao You said.

Xiaojing grabbed his hair, patted the remaining chocolate beans into his mouth, chewed for a long time, and said: "On May 5th, Cao Lu went to Huangguozi Village during the day, and weng Qing was not seen. I just knew that No. 15 was rented to someone else, and then at night, he went to the star community to be cool and met Weng Qing... Did he know from Weng Qing that she rented No. 64 when the two were chatting? She also rented No. 64 with him She revealed that she would go back to the village on the 28th, and then Cao Lv was waiting there with the tools to commit the crime that day. The question is, will Weng Qing talk so much to him?

"I read Dr. Chen's analysis report. Memories are not shared between personalities. Cao Lu's other personality, Ada, only knows about Cao Lu's existence. If it is destructive, the bloodthirsty personality Ada concocted this series. In the case of this case, it means that he has grasped Weng Qing's movements and has murderous intentions towards Weng Qing. I was touched, and it was actually Ada who stayed with Weng Qing?" Xiaojing frowned: "I think this person has been in a state of neurosis for a long time, right? Is this normal? Why do you think Cao Lv looks like him instead?" your sub-personality?"

Xiao Man said: "Cao Lv usually works as a volunteer at the University for the Elderly. It started in March, and it should be there that I met Lao Jiang and his wife. In April, residents of Qingshui Garden Community reported that there is a family that helps you. People from the medical device company came to visit and sell products. He may be one of them, or he may be an employee hired by the company, or he may have learned about such a thing from the old people in the university for the elderly, and pretended to be an employee to touch those old people. bottom."

"Isn't he premeditated? I saw those old people in March, and found out who I wanted to do in April. I prepared for more than a month, and then I did it. The same is true for Weng Qing. After getting to know each other, I found out, and then found Opportunity ended up with her." Xiao Jing said, "I don't understand, can another personality created by a split personality be so calm, cold, and meticulous... You say it's like Hannibal, he's not a split personality either, He's just a complete pervert..."

Xing Tianxiang raised one hand, looked at Zhao You, and said, "Suppose he was really the salesman of that company." He asked Zhao You, "Defendant, you knew the victim, Jiang Yuan, in March. Are Fang Wenyu and his wife?"

Zhao You ate potato chips and said calmly, "I met them as a cleaning volunteer at the senior university where they usually go."

"In April, you were working part-time at Help You Hao Medical Devices Company, right?"

"Correct."

"Did you see them again when you visited Qingshui Garden Community to investigate purchase intentions for new products?"

"Yes."

"Did you recognize them, did they recognize you?"

"Yes, they also invited me into the house, which I declined."

"Why refuse?"

"I'm not feeling well."

"Uncomfortable? Are you sick?"

"My head hurts, and I have a bad feeling..."

"What do you mean by bad feeling?"

"It's that dizzy feeling, my doctor said it's because of my split personality... I often have this feeling, this feeling is usually accompanied by a coma, and sometimes I wake up from the coma and I'm in another place , sometimes I do bad things, once, if the doctor didn't stop it in time, I killed a puppy, and I didn't know what I was doing, and I felt like I was sleeping. I I was terrified that I would hurt someone again without realizing it, so I got out of there right away and took some medicine right away."

"Did you meet Jiang and his wife later?"

Zhao You said: "No, I remember it was gone... I haven't seen it again... Sorry, I really don't remember anything."

Xiao Jing interrupted and asked, "What does this mean?"

Xing Tianxiang looked at him and said, "Judge, my client met Mr. Jiang and his wife in March, and he had contact with them many times during this period. According to the prosecution, Mr. Jiang and his wife satisfied him with the victim All my fantasies, my client could not suppress the urge to kill and committed such a horrific crime, so why, after three months of contact with Mr. Sometimes there is even a chance to enter their home... My client, a terminally ill, emotionally unstable mental patient who couldn't control his murderous urges, spent three months trying to get his hands on these two favorite targets. The answer is actually very simple. In the past three months, my client has been suffering from mental illness. He has realized that he is a potential danger to the whole society and others, and he is afraid that he will hurt others uncontrollably. This shows that My client still lacks a trace of conscience, his nature is kind, and he is trying his best to suppress another evil consciousness in his body, but because of his tragic childhood experience and neglect of mental illness, the whole society treats mental patients poorly. Indifference and contempt prevented his condition from being detected and treated in time, and his condition continued to deteriorate, which led to today's tragedies."

"Wait a minute, our country doesn't have a jury system, right? It won't help if you touch the presiding judge? And what if he's not an employee who helps you? If he's pretending to be an employee, doesn't that mean he's premeditated?"

Zhao You shrugged and spread his hands: "I don't remember anything, it's my other personality doing its own thing."

Xing Tianxiang said: "Cao Lv surrendered himself. If he can still get the letter of understanding from the victim's family, and he was diagnosed with split personality in January, if the expert's appraisal opinion is also the disease..."

He was silent.

Xiao Jing said at this time: "At seven o'clock this evening, one of Zhong Ming's assistants went in to report to him, saying that there was news from the United States. Mark has time next week, and he happened to be going to South Korea to attend a mental health conference organized by the United Nations. , do a talk about personality disorders."

"mark?"

"I just searched with the name Mark and other keywords they mentioned. Guess what, he is an FBI consultant on criminal portraits, and his specialty is research on dissociative identity disorder, which is popular. Speaking of 'split personality', he has the right to speak in this regard. Also, they also mentioned that they borrowed a laboratory from Heqing University Medical Brain Department to do eeg tests. I checked and found that this test can be used To measure the biological age of the brain, and related to split personality, the most well-known application case should be used to test Billy Milligan, when he claimed to be a little girl named Christine , eeg showed that his brain was indeed just a three-year-old child, which matched Christine's personality, and became a strong evidence that the group of psychological experts deduced that he had multiple personalities."

After Xiao Jing finished speaking, Yin Miaozai picked up the painting on the bed and distributed it to everyone: "Then tell me about my progress."