Madness of the Heart

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—had been gathered together for interrogation one by one.

At the same time, Luo Xueyan led the special operations team to Chicken Porridge Mountain to the west of Silin Town.

She was wrapped in Mingshu's winter police uniform, which was so long that its hem almost fell to the ground.Holding on to the police uniform tightly with both hands, she walked very hard in the mountains, her face was abnormally red, she kept panting, her eyes shed tears from time to time, her face was numb from the cold, and sometimes tears slid down her face. aware.

Mingshu asked her if she needed a rest, she shook her head vigorously, wiped away her tears, and said firmly, "I don't rest, I can still persevere."

There are four brick and wooden houses on the ground and two hidden caves on the chicken porridge mountain.When she pointed out the last cave to Mingshu, Luo Xueyan finally couldn't hold it up anymore, her outstretched hand fell down feebly, and her whole body fell sideways.

Mingshu hugged her tightly, and said softly, "Thank you, little hero."

The scene in the brick house and the cave left everyone present speechless.

It was a cold winter, and the rural people believed that if a child was born in the cold winter, neither the mother nor the child would survive.At this time, no baby was born in Silin Town, and naturally there were no baby girls waiting for bad luck to come in these six places.But no matter whether it is in a brick house or in a cave, there are many old incubators scattered here and there, as well as stained medical equipment-they look like equipment that was eliminated by the hospital.

Before she fell into a coma, Luo Xueyan pointed to one of the brick houses and said that two years ago, she witnessed the whole process of "craftsman" making "ghost cards" there.

The trace inspector sighed repeatedly after finishing the survey, "All the brick houses and caves don't have the necessary cleaning equipment. The water is carried up from the village. It's a bucket and a pipe. The air inside is turbid, and the smell of blood is still there. It didn't come loose. Blood was everywhere, and I'm using an inappropriate analogy—there's nothing more than a slaughterhouse."

The word "slaughterhouse" angered all those with conscience, but the townspeople and the "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 many things, but she doesn't know how the "master craftsmen" handled the baby girl's body.Shen Xun suspected that they were buried in a certain place, but Mingshu suddenly thought of a sentence about the funeral parlor that he heard from Niu Tianlan when he was interrogating Niu Tianlan.

This demon who takes pleasure in eating women's lips believes that funeral homes are the best place to destroy corpses, and those who work in funeral homes have a natural advantage in handling corpses.No matter how well-managed a funeral home is, there are loopholes. As long as you learn how to exploit the loopholes, mixing the victim's body in and burning it is a very convenient thing.

This place is far away from Dongye City, but who can be sure that there are no demons in the funeral home nearby?

Mingshu returned to the central area of ​​Silin Town.Since the townspeople could not be transferred 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 due to their large numbers of people have now calmed down—these people are not afraid of single-handed policemen or ordinary policemen. situation.

A group of special police patrolled the yard with rifles in hand. Mingshu greeted them and entered the yard.

"Girls are useless when they are born. They can't do heavy work, and they can't carry on the family line. They have to open their mouths to eat. How can our family support so many girls." A woman in her 50s said dully——she said It was in local dialect, and the words that kept spitting out of her mouth were like vicious spells, and the local policewoman who was translating beside her was already choked up.

"Do you know what your child will go through after being taken away?" Mingshu asked.

The woman's expression hardly changed, "I know."

"Know what?" Mingshu thumped the table with his right fist.

The woman was taken aback, and said falteringly, "Yes, I will become the Son of God."

Mingshu repeatedly confirmed with the translator, and learned that the woman wanted to express angels and elves.

"Then do you know they are all dead?" Mingshu suppressed his anger.

"I know." The woman actually smiled, "Their souls become sons of gods, protecting those who need them. Go to the big cities and live a good life."

Some people look down on life and death because they have experienced too much in their life and have been able to face everything with an open mind.And others look down on life and death, just because they are stupid!For example, these women in Silin Town knew that their daughters were killed, but never resisted, and continued to give birth.

Mingshu desperately wanted to smoke, and sucking the smoke into his lungs might make him feel better—even though Xiao Yuan forbade him to smoke, he hadn't smoked much under Xiao Yuan's supervision for the past six months.

"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 due to years of hard work.

"500 dollars."

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 yuan can buy a life.The "ghost cards" made from their blood can be sold for tens of thousands or millions, and even rich people who are keen on this kind of magic 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 interrogated.

When facing Mingshu, his eyes were full of resentment.He gritted his teeth when he heard the word "Luo Xueyan".

"It was you who brought the hormone pills home and asked Luo Xueyan's mother to coax her into taking them?" Mingshu said, "Do you understand what hormones mean? Do you know how much damage a 12-year-old girl's body will suffer if she uses hormones?" ?"

Luo Xue just snorted coldly, and said a lot at a very fast speed.

The female policeman clenched her fists tightly, "He said, in rural areas, if pigs are not getting fat, they need to be fattened with medicine, otherwise they will not be sold at a good price. Luo Xueyan is so thin and has never grown up. If she doesn't grow up, she can't conceive, so she must give She takes medicine."

I have been in the police force for many years, and I have come into contact with countless perverted suspects, but I can't find a second group of people whose humanity has been wiped out so far.

None of the townspeople who were interrogated thought they were committing a crime, and some even thought they were accumulating virtue.All night long, what Mingshu heard the most was - we are poor, what's the use of raising a girl, if you don't want to get married in the end, it's better to sell it for a good price.

Even Luo Yichun once gave up his child.

She is the youngest of all pregnant women. The fetus in her pregnancy is 6 months old, and she will give birth after the beginning of spring.

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 befallen Luo Xueyan had become her nightmare several years ago.

Silin Town is not the first to use hormones on girls, and Luo Yichun is the last batch of victims.

She was born in Silin Town 17 years ago. She was not killed, but survived as a "fertility resource". At the age of 14, she was injected with a large amount of hormones, and her body began to accelerate development, and then she became pregnant and gave birth, and the baby girl she gave birth was made into a "monkey card".

Some rich people who buy "monster cards" have a special hobby-like young mothers.

They believe that the younger the mother, the cleaner she is, the more divine the child will be, and the easier it is to help her realize her wish.

"Master Craftsman" does what he likes and fry the children of young mothers at sky-high prices.Luo Yichun's last child was sold at the highest price in Silin Town so far.When protecting Xiang Tao and Luo Xueyan, the reason why Luo Yichun dared to face the frenzied townspeople alone and pointed a sharp knife at his abdomen was because he knew that they would not dare to do anything to him.

She is pregnant with a "golden baby".

And the corpse in her house was his husband.Half a month ago, when she was insane, she smashed him to death with a hammer and threw him in the room where the agricultural tools were stored. No townspeople noticed.

Unlike Luo Xueyan, there was almost no light left in Luo Yichun's eyes, no different from her mother and elders.

"Baby girl..." Luo Yichun stared straight at Mingshu, "Why do you want to live? She is still so young, she doesn't know anything, maybe she can't even feel the pain, isn't it best to die? Why grow up? What's the benefit of growing up? Growing up...isn't it like me? I, my life would be better than death. "

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 at birth, and they don't have to bear the pain I have endured, and don't have to see the filth of this world. My daughter—she has no name, I named her Xiaoxing—”

Finally, Luo Yichun's voice became choked up, "I'm glad my Xiaoxing was killed at birth. 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 than me, and luckier than me. Like her, I also learned Mandarin from TV, and I also thought that one day someone would come to rescue me. But , but I didn't wait until that day."

The policewoman said: "You have waited!"

Luo Yichun shook her head with a wry 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 go on, but Mingshu already understood.

They were still late after all.

Luo Yichun has been "killed" by the town, and has become a half-mad and half-awake monster. She was forced to develop, forced to become pregnant, watched her daughter be taken away and killed, and after another pregnancy, she killed her husband.

And when someone finally tore through the darkness here, she stood up like a warrior—but this couldn't change the fact that she was already destroyed.

The cigarette was burning on his fingertips, Mingshu rubbed his face hard.

It was almost dawn, and sporadic snow was falling again.

Those people at the top of the interest chain of the "Ghost Card" organization are not in Silin Town. Only "Master Craftsman" and "Master Craftsman" assistants have contacted them. Ordinary townspeople—such as Luo Yichun—have never I know that those who bought the baby girl for 500 yuan are all human skin monsters.

Hong Xinzhang, 66 years old, is the most experienced "craftsman" in making "ghost cards" in Silin Town, and is also the leader of the town.Which baby girls will be made into "job cards" and which "baby girls" will survive are all up to him.This person is not from Silin Town. He came to Silin Town more than 20 years ago. Many people who had placed "orders" came here and reported his name.

Facing the criminal police, Hong Xinzhang remained silent as if he had settled down.

"Who is instigating you to do this?" Shen Xun asked, "Besides Silin Town, where else are you 'collecting' baby girls?"

Hong Xinzhang did not respond.

But any experienced policeman can tell 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 knows what he's doing and he's making huge profits out of it.He even knew that being arrested was his inevitable end, but the day would come sooner or later.

After [-] years of committing crimes, the crimes of his old age were only exposed. 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 those people behind you. How long do you think you can get away with it?"

Hong Xinzhang's eyelids moved slightly.

Shen Xun said, "Are you 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: "In addition - evil, stupid, vicious, despicable, ugly, and stinky!"

Hong Xinzhang opened his eyes wide in surprise.

"It's okay if you don't want to say it, and I won't force you to say it. You have so many lives in your hands, and they are the lives of innocent babies. No matter how frank you are, no matter how many key clues you provide, the law will not treat you leniently." '." Shen Xun's eyes were extremely cold, "You are the same as the villains hiding behind you, and you will surely wait for your fate!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Hong Xinzhang roared suddenly.

"Why, don't you act like a divine elder?" Shen Xun stared coldly at this dirty old thing.

Hong Xinzhang's composure just now was obviously a disguise.The townspeople hailed him as the messenger of the gods, and perhaps over time, even he himself forgot that he was just an ant in the world.

But Shen Xun's words just now were 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 is no different from that of ordinary criminals. He knows that he has committed a crime, and he is eager to clear himself up and show his innocence.

Obviously, someone once told him, you only need to make "monkey cards", and I will take care of the rest. Don't be afraid, how can the messenger of the gods panic?I will be responsible for everything. If nothing happens, even if something happens, I will bear the consequences.Remember, you are just a "craftsman", you don't know anything!

"Who is the mastermind?" Shen Xun said, "Forget it, it's unrealistic for you to name the mastermind. Just tell me who made you a 'master craftsman' here, and who is doing business with you. "

While Hong Xinzhang confessed, other "master craftsmen" also revealed the truth one after another.

None of them were religious, and they had never been exposed to any cults before becoming "master craftsmen". They were all the poorest farmers in the northern mountains, had no education, and most of them had never even stepped out of the mountains.

Someone gathered them together, gave them warm clothes, provided them with good food and drink, and then handed them pieces of cut locust wood and sharp knives, asking them to take the small animals out of the iron cage, Then kill them and pour their 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 during the Spring Festival to have a good meal.

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 neither of them dared to pick it up.

Someone said: "This is a child. Killing is a crime, right?"

The man who had been with them said: "Killing can be a crime, or it can benefit the common people, it depends on what your purpose of killing is."

Soon, someone raised his hand and replied: "It's for making 'job cards'."

The man smiled, "So, why are we making 'job cards'?"

"In order to make money!"

"In order to meet the wishes of buyers!"

"for……"

People were chattering, 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 'Shark', but I haven't seen him for many years. He is older than me, maybe he is gone. The people I have contacted in recent years are not sure, they are all young people, They told me the customer's name and the negotiated price." Hong Xinzhang said: "After the customer finds me, I 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 very important. Same, but some customers are rich, and a pair of "monster cards" can be sold to them for several million. take it away."

Hong Xinzhang took out his mobile phone, and the call records showed all fake numbers.

Shen Xun asked the technical team to follow up immediately.

"After you kill the baby girl, what do you do with the body?" Shen Xun asked.

Hong Xinzhang said: "Someone came to collect it, take it, take it and burn it."

"Who?"

"The undertaker."

Mingshu judged correctly, the "Southern Suburbs" funeral home in Xiaxi City also participated in this crime.

Different from the "Xiyue" funeral home in Dongye City, "Xiyue" is relatively formal. So far, only Niu Tianlan is known to have used a loophole 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 powers that the local police do not have. Shen Xun ordered the entire funeral home in the "Southern Suburbs" to be sealed off.

Liu Xinren, 58 years old, the second-in-command of the "Southern Suburbs" funeral home, finally admitted under police interrogation that the "Southern Suburbs" funeral home not only cremated the baby girl sent from Silin Town, but also sent baby girls from at least five other villages and towns. Come to them and concentrate 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 "monster brand" industry.

Continue to investigate, the police in Dongye City can't do much, 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 card" buyer. Camouflage number.The other party is obviously an expert on the Internet, playing intrusion, anti-tracking, and virus very well, Zhou Yuan has been busy for several nights, even sleeping, sorting out his thoughts, and finally dug out the person hiding behind.

This is a transnational criminal organization, they are not only killing female infants in our country.In other words, killing female infants 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 form of smuggling is sold to Southeast Asia and South Asia. Many wealthy people there believe that locust wood can lock the soul of "ghost babies", and as long as their hearts are sincere enough, they can make "ghost babies" serve them.

Later, when the so-called "business" stabilized, they gradually opened up sales in the country. The "Their Voice" forum was just one of the platforms they selected, and there were many similar places. Quite a few, once someone shows an interest in "monkey cards", they will investigate this person, and after confirming that they are "safe" customers, they will take the initiative to contact them.

The organization has an international code name called "Man-eating Shark". Hong Xinzhang said that the people who trained them to kill babies 20 years ago were called "Yaren". In fact, all members of this organization call themselves "Yaren".They domesticated a group of poor and uneducated villagers and turned them into killing tools, that is, "master craftsmen", and the "master craftsmen" domesticated the people in the target villages and towns.A little money and food can be used as bait, and the "baited" people have handed over their unwanted baby girls in exchange for "rich" rewards.

In fact, this is already different from the "ghost card" of Qiu Xucun in the early days.

If there is one, there are two. Taking Silin Town as an example, these people who have tasted the sweetness gradually turned childbearing into a "job". After 20 years, it has developed to the point witnessed by the police.

The first to be wiped out by the special operations team was the evil gang "Yun Bandits" entrenched in Xiaxi City and other four northern cities. Protect the "craftsman", collect fees paid by customers, and sometimes take the initiative to find customers.

It can be said that they are a community of interests of "piranhas".

The boss of "Yunkou" Qian Min is a woman, 48 years old. If you only look at her appearance, she is undoubtedly a beauty. Even though she is nearly fifty years old, the first impression she gives people is still "glamorous".

But under her beautiful skin, she has a poisonous heart.

According to Qian Min's confession, in the more than 20 years of cooperation with "Pan-eating Shark", her subordinates have killed unannounced reporters and ambitious policemen. The bodies of these people were either decomposed or burned. The traces were wiped clean.At the same time, Qian Min also confessed some of the local officials who provided her with "asylum".

Anti-crime and anti-corruption at the grassroots level is not something that 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?"