criminal mentality

Chapter 34

The old man stared straight ahead as if in a state of concentration, no matter how Wen Mo called out, he didn't respond at all.

At this time, the door of the room opened, and a handsome boy in his 20s walked in with cleaning tools.Seeing the two men in police uniforms turning their heads to look at him, he visibly froze for a moment, and squeezed out an ugly smile: "I'm sorry, I didn't know there was anyone in the house, I just came to clean up, and I'm bothering you, I'm sorry."

Yuan Xin looked at this clean-looking boy with scrutiny.Feeling his gaze, the boy was even more uncomfortable: "You guys are busy, I'll come back later." He just wanted to turn around and walk out.Yuan Xin stopped him with a voice: "Hey, young man, don't rush away. We are here to see this old man. You are the staff here. You must know this old man very well, right? Can you tell us about it? "

The boy smiled shyly: "I'm just a temporary worker in a nursing home. I'm responsible for cleaning the room, changing sheets, folding clothes and so on. I've been doing this for more than two years. I know this old man. His name is Zhang Chaoyang. He's about five years old. I used to live here. I usually chat and talk with these old people when I clean. The old people are getting old, and they usually don’t have any relatives to visit them and accompany them. They are very lonely. So Everyone likes to talk to me. But Grandpa Zhang has Alzheimer’s disease, and no one recognizes him. Usually when I talk to him when I come to clean his room, he never answers.”

"Has anyone ever visited him?" Zhang Chaoyang has been living in the Xiyang Nursing Home for five years. According to his current physical condition, he should not have killed the person within five years. Then someone else killed Qi Lingyun. It is very likely that they are close friends of Zhang Chaoyang.Of course, the premise of all this is that so many dead before are Zhang Chaoyang's masterpiece.

"No, other old people sometimes have sons and daughters to visit. But I have never seen anyone come to see Zhang Chaoyang. I heard that he seems to be a widowed old man with no relatives."

"Oh, that's right. What's your name? Young man."

The boy scratched his hair: "My name is very nice, my name is Zhu Yiqun."

Zhu Yiqun, a bunch of pigs?Yuan Xin couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard the boy's answer.It really is a very 'nice' name.Wen Mo couldn't help but smile: "Your parents are really interesting, why did they give you such a name?" Hearing Wen Mo's question, the smile on Zhu Yiqun's face faded: "I am an orphan, and my name is I made it myself."

Interesting young man, who would give himself such a lovely name.Seeing that they couldn't get anything out of Zhang Chaoyang's question, the two left the nursing home and drove to the place where Zhang Chaoyang lived before.

This is a small mountain village not far from the downtown area of ​​City Z, surrounded by mountains and rivers.The village has a small population, and a small river at the entrance of the village divides the small mountain village into two. The daily life of residents cannot do without this small river.It was lunch time at this time, and smoke rose from the scattered homes.It's quite a bit of a paradise with traffic, chickens and dogs hearing each other.After asking the village chief, the two drove towards an independent house far away from others on the southernmost mountain of the village.The outside of the house looked desolate, with cobwebs everywhere and overgrown weeds.Obviously, no one has lived here for a long time, Yuan Xin carefully pried open the door lock, and the two of them opened the door and entered.

The room is not big, and because of the thick curtains, it feels gloomy.The furniture and decorations in the four rooms were covered with a finger-thick layer of soil, and no one had been inside for a long time.The two searched the house carefully, but found no secret room or basement.

After eating, the people in the village went out of the house one after another and gathered by the small river to enjoy the cool and chat.Wen Mo and Yuan Xin took the opportunity to ask people in the village about Zhang Chaoyang's situation.A few reminiscences of the past caught their attention.

According to the memory of an old man in the village who lived very close to Zhang Chaoyang: when Zhang Chaoyang first moved back to the village, he saw Zhang Chaoyang walking into the mountains several times when he got up at night, and every time he was sneaking around alone.This is very unusual, because in the 70s and 20s, the virgin forest had not yet been developed, and there were many beasts in the mountain forest. Generally, people who entered the mountain gathered in groups during the day when the light was good, for fear of being careless. He fed tigers, leopards and wolves.So what did Zhang Chaoyang, who was less than [-] years old, go to the mountains?

Another person of the same age as Zhang Chaoyang was most impressed by his cooking.Zhang Chaoyang's parents had died for many years. After he moved back to live, he started to cook by himself.It may be that Zhang Chaoyang is very talented in cooking, and the stewed meat is especially delicious.My own mother couldn't make that strange but pleasant aroma.So in the beginning when his house stewed meat, there would always be a group of bare-bottomed kids looking in from the windows of his house.But Zhang Chaoyang is very handsome, and he has never given a bite to any child.You must know that everyone was very poor at that time, and whoever was willing to eat meat usually had no reason for children not to be greedy.After a few times like this, such a good smell from his house has never come out again.

Finally, an 80-year-old grandmother added something: I have never seen Zhang Chaoyang buy meat, no wonder their home is no longer so delicious.

The people in the village are not surprised. Zhang Chaoyang took his father’s place and entered the factory when he became an adult. The factory has been closed for more than ten years. Since then, he has done odd jobs, went to the mountains to hunt, and made a living. It is normal for him not to be willing to eat meat. .

What the two of them heard was mostly consistent with Wenmo's deduction back then.It shows that the current direction of the police investigation is correct, Zhang Chaoyang must have a problem.So Yuan Xin called back to the bureau and explained the situation here.An hour later, more than 50 police officers arrived by car, ready to go into the mountains to find evidence.

From the back door of Zhang Chaoyang's house, it is only a few steps into the mountain forest. This is still an undeveloped virgin forest, because the villagers still go into the mountain to collect firewood, so the road at the foot of the mountain is not difficult to walk.About one kilometer into the mountain forest, the road under the feet has basically disappeared. Now the government is very strong in protecting the virgin forest and the animals living in it. Most poachers dare not commit crimes against the wind. The most primitive forest state is preserved here. .At three o'clock in the afternoon, the jungle was already a little blurry, and I traveled another two kilometers with a flashlight, but found nothing.A group of people had to go back the same way.

Everyone who returned to the police station was very frustrated.It has been two weeks since Qi Lingyun was arrested until the body was found, and it would be a lie to say that there is no rush.

To add fuel to the fire, the Public Security Bureau received another report at night: a 15-year-old junior high school student hadn't returned home after school!

(End of this chapter)