Chapter 13 Chapter Eleven

"New silk is sold in February, and new valleys are sold in May. The sores in the eyes are healed, and the heart and soul are plucked out." This is a poem in "Yong Tianjia" in Nie Yizhong of the Tang Dynasty.From this, an idiom was born, which is called "gouging out the flesh to mend the sore". Friends who don't understand this idiom may confuse it with "remedy after a sheep has been replaced". In fact, it is synonymous with "killing the chicken and taking the egg".It's just that "killing chickens and taking eggs" shows more short-sightedness and no vision, while "gouging out flesh and mending sores" shows helplessness and sadness.

The literal meaning of the poem is easy to understand: farmers sold new silk and new rice in February and May, not because they were short-hearted, but because they were forced by life and had no choice.In front of him, he got some money to make a living, but after that, his life would be lost! Therefore, this "cut out the flesh and mend the sore" also somewhat means helplessness. Aixi understood the meaning of this idiom very well, but found that she was going to be a person who cut out flesh and mended wounds. Why is this? The reason is that although he does not understand the deeper motives of the whistleblower, he can figure out his general mode of action and principles.

As he analyzed before, the informer himself is in a very delicate position—he is both an informer and a protector.If he only shouldered one of the identities, the situation would be much simpler.If it's just an informer, he should go to the police to reveal the identity of the murderer; if it's just a protector, he can ignore it and pretend to be ignorant, so that the troubles will not be like this. It can be seen that the informer, as a protector at the same time, could not tolerate what the murderer did, and was unwilling to tell the police directly, so that the murderer would be imprisoned or even sentenced.This shows that the relationship between the two is unusual.Judging from their age, Essie thought they were brothers.

According to the initial logic of the whistleblower, he probably thought that his brother was suffering from a very serious mental illness or psychopathy, and wanted to find someone to help him solve it.But he can't say it clearly, and it's useless to say it clearly, the actual situation is like this.So, in the psychological center, he did that, and it didn't get enough attention. As a result, the whistleblower's plan fell through.He had to take a desperate attempt to hijack a consultant.This move shows that the whistleblower's mind is not very mature.Let alone whether it will attract the attention of the police, taking hostages from such a building with strict security measures is nonsense in itself!

Maybe, he really just wanted attention? After being taken away by the police, he continued to pretend to be crazy, and the police had nothing to do with him. Coupled with the continuous occurrence of major cases in this city, they had no time to deal with him.So, most likely, he would be handed over to a psychiatric unit or a psychiatric clinic.And it was a coincidence that he could return to Aixi's psychological center.That is to say, I am definitely not the target carefully planned by the whistleblower, but just a crooked attack. Next, the whistleblower must successfully attract the attention of a counselor or doctor.This is an event with a very low probability. After all, not every doctor has the adventurous spirit like Aixi.Essie believes that by doing so, the whistleblower showed that he was on the verge of despair, and that's why he made such a bad move.

However, the determination to do so despite being caught by the police is also admirable. How will he act next? Aixi understands that the real decision-making power lies in her own hands. If you have the ability to investigate, you can either report to the police or choose to cooperate with the informer.No matter what you choose, you can’t have your cake and eat it at the same time, and there are huge risks in both. The risk in cooperating with a whistleblower is that he will put himself in a trap in the first place.How the informer's abacus was made, he couldn't say for sure, but what would happen if it was handed over to the police?not so good.The fact that the informer is so exhausted shows that he is already mentally prepared, and wanting to break through his line of defense can be described as wishful thinking.Time is running out. After all, there is still a murderer at large outside, waiting for an opportunity to strike. The longer the delay, the more victims will be killed.

Where to go, Ai Xi has no idea. He only knew that the following meeting with the informer would be a magnificent and intriguing psychological struggle. Of course, right now he needs good words to comfort the bewildered Fang Ming.Under the premise that the treatment plan cannot be implemented, the most important means to prevent the patient's condition from deteriorating is to simply do nothing. Therefore, Aixi just comforted Mr. Fang with good words, reassuring him, and talked about the formation of dreams, which was almost equivalent to giving a lecture.In the end, Essie asked him to come to interviews more frequently in the future, from once a week to twice a week.Anyway, he knew in his heart that the bureau was going to give this mentally unstable forensic doctor a long vacation.

For such an arrangement, Mr. Fang also agreed.He's in a good state of mind today, at least he doesn't have a runny nose or a tear.Perhaps the dream about his daughter freed him from his wife-killing fantasies. Maybe, Essie wasn't sure about anything. After sending Mr. Fang away, Ai Xi sat on the sofa and meditated for a while, then suddenly remembered something.etc!Could it be that the police made a mistake, and the disappearance of Mr. Fang's daughter had nothing to do with the girl killer?Because none of the victims of the girl killer has been spared so far, and Mr. Fang's daughter just disappeared and no body was found.Maybe... Maybe these are two completely different cases, but because of a coincidence of time, the cases appeared one after another and were confused?

Maybe, but whatever, that's not the point! When Aixi was in a daze in the office, Mai Tao was not idle. This morning, he drove to the scene of the accident again, which is the stick field near the barn.Why obsess over here?Because he didn't figure out one thing. It is well known that vehicles are necessary to transport a corpse over such a distance.Without a vehicle, this is absolutely impossible.You can't walk so far with a dead body on your back, can you? However, when the girl killer appeared three years ago, he thought that there was no car. The reason is simple, because the first victim was killed at home, while the second victim was found in an abandoned house not far from her and her friends after they broke up from KTV.If the murderer had a car, he would probably choose to abandon the body further away instead of waiting for an opportunity like this.

The surveillance video on the main road three years ago also verified this point of view.The video did not show whose car the victim got into. She walked down the main road, and no one spoke to her until she left the main road, and the surveillance could not track her.And at this time, it was only a quarter of an hour before she left home.Just who took her in such a short time has remained an unsolved mystery.If the murderer had a car and took her away, would he bring her to an abandoned house not far away?This is too risky!There is no doubt that the murderer was very planned, which can be seen from the fact that he killed the victim to destroy the evidence.Such a murderer would not be too casual, he should have chosen the target, or even the location of the murder.

The reason why the crime scene was so close to the victim's residence was precisely because he did not have convenient means of transportation. And three years later, he had a car, which provided more convenient conditions for committing the crime. However, this also created an inexplicable paradox: what has the murderer been doing for the past three years?Work hard, learn to drive, and then buy a car, in order to commit crimes better?This is clearly untenable. Thinking of this, Mai Tao couldn't help becoming very interested in the murderer's tool—the car. Therefore, he returned to the scene last night with several police officers. At night, the field of sticks is pitch black, making it difficult to find.But today, they found a lodging sticky field not more than a hundred meters away from the barn, which is the depth of the first fork of Xingfu Road. Some stalks of corn were run over by the car and fell down, while others were broken artificially. It seems that the murderer hid the car here.However, isn't this creating trouble for yourself? The corpse was going to be abandoned in the barn, and the murderer couldn't walk on the road with the corpse on his back, so he had to cross this sticky land.Wouldn't this be taking off your pants and farting - superfluous?It's not easy to be found when the car is parked near the barn. Isn't it easier to dump the body like this? The police officers are measuring the data of the ruts. With these, the model of the tire can be analyzed.If you are lucky, you can find out the type of car and even track down the owner of the car.Of course, this is a cumbersome event with a huge workload, but it is one of the most commonly used methods by the police when they have to. Mai Tao didn't understand these things, and he didn't care about them.He was pondering on the edge of the fallen stick. Hide the vehicle so that no one can find it—do not leave the scene after dumping the body—even ambushing Essie. Putting these together, doesn't that mean that the murderer clearly knows that someone is telling the truth!And in order to verify this, he set up a trap and waited for someone to be caught. why? Why did the murderer know as soon as the informer acted? Why would the whistleblower choose to tell Essie the murder instead of the police?what is this? Just as Mai Tao was racking his brains, the informer had been escorted to Aixi's psychological center... Geneticists have determined the number of genes in the DNA of several organisms.Viruses have the fewest number of genes, seven for HIV and eight for influenza.They have only a very small number of instructions, like "absorb me", "copy me", "put a protective layer", and "sneeze".Bacteria are tiny cells, yet they have far more genes than viruses.The bacterium that causes syphilis has about a thousand genes, and the famous Escherichia coli has 4,300 genes.Escherichia coli, as the most well-understood form of life on earth, is probably also the bacterium with the most genes.Another bacterium whose gene numbers have been counted and whose complexity is comparable to E. coli is yeast.Yeast is a very strange thing. When there is oxygen, the yeast uses its own mitochondria for aerobic respiration. At this time, it is the yeast mode of bread; when there is no oxygen, it can perform anaerobic respiration. % Alcohol - Of course, this depends on the amount of sugar, and the yeast at this time is the yeast mode of beer.Yeast contains about six thousand genes. As single-celled eukaryotes, ciliates are larger and more complex than yeast, with 12,000 to 15,000 genes, which is comparable to that of invertebrates.Fruit flies have about 14,000 genes, worms 19,000, flowering plants 20,000 to 25,000, and puffer fish, mice, and humans have about the same number, between 50,000 and 100,000.Of course, the number of human genes is still only a guess, and the latest guess is lower than this number, which is 30,000 to 40,000. Not more than a mouse, or even less than a mouse, I don't know what other people think about this matter.At this time, some people will stand up to defend the status of human beings. They say: "Humans have fewer genes than some vertebrates, which means that human beings have evolved more successfully, so they are more gene-saving." Of course, this kind of theory, which is very self-boasting, can be laughed off. Are 30,000 to 40,000 genes rare?No, in fact, the complexity does not need so many genes to reflect.Bees are still social, let alone people? There are thousands of possibilities made up of so many genes, and this is the simplest permutation and combination. Whistleblowers, however, are an exception.His strategy is as simple as death, as straightforward as the flu virus's "absorb me", "replicate me", "set up a protective layer", and "sneeze".In fact, he didn't think so much! He wanted Essie's help, or a psychologist or a psychiatrist, that's all.So when confronted with him, the whistleblower behaved normally, while for others, he was used to playing crazy and foolish.After being taken to the police station, he never had a normal conversation with people, which is why the police have nothing to do with him.What can you do with a madman?Hang up and beat me up?Oh, and this wasn't the age of the death penalty, or the need for torture for terrorists. Although the informer is young, he has read some books, at least watched movies.Nowadays, many works often talk about people with mental disorders, so he more or less saw some things worth imitating: he didn't speak, but just looked at others blankly, reversed black and white, and ate abnormally.Maybe these won't last too long in front of keen virologists, but it's more than enough to fool ordinary people. It's important to persevere! This is already the third day since he was arrested.At first, the police didn't believe it. How could such a good thing happen? After taking hostages, they began to pretend to be crazy. If they did so, all the murderers would be mentally ill.However, two days and nights passed, and his behavior was still different from common sense, which gradually dispelled people's suspicions.Leave him to fend for himself, they thought.Of course, they can't really do this, but when there are big cases in front of them, they have to think about making big things small and small things small.As long as someone gives them a reasonable explanation, whether it is crazy or stupid, the case will be closed if it is handed over to the relevant department. What's more, the victim's family and work unit did not file a lawsuit, and there seems to be no need for a public prosecution in this case. The whistleblower thus succeeded. But he also faced a difficult question: would Essie really want to work with him? He can't figure it out.He didn't have enough life experience to analyze a person's behavior pattern, let alone understand Essie's personality.However, he knew that if Ai Xi didn't cooperate, then this matter would have to be left behind, and he would have no chance to ask the next person for help. For this reason, his thinking is even simpler - no matter what the price is, he must convince Aixi. But when he was brought into the office by the police to face Essie, his heart sank. Essie, this guy of medium build, neither handsome nor ugly, neither perverse nor kind, was exactly the same as yesterday, as if nothing had happened, when he saw him, he stood up slowly and asked him Sit down, then take out a cigarette and pass it over: "Smoking? Anyway, I want to smoke one." So, the informer took the cigarette, and Essie stepped forward to light it for him. Essie showed no expression at all, neither happy, nor surprised, nor frightened.After lighting a cigarette, he went back to the swivel chair behind the desk and sat down, just looking at the informer without saying a word. A whistleblower doesn't understand negotiating tactics, but he knows that the more unpredictable a person is, the more difficult it is to deal with. The two stalemate for a while, and Ai Xi slowly puffed out a smoke ring and said, "Friend, how long are you going to protect your brother who is not good enough?" The informer was startled, but then relieved: "Oh? You already know! I really didn't find the wrong person." "Well, it's not hard to guess." "So, are you willing to help me now?" "Help?" Essie snorted coldly, "I don't know how to help in this kind of thing. I think your brother should be sentenced to death." "I also think so." "Since we both have the same idea, it's easy to handle. I'll invite the police outside to come in now. You tell them the truth, and then everyone breaks up. If you are willing to take them to arrest people, it will definitely be meritorious service and atonement; If you don’t want to, there’s nothing wrong with it.” "Is that how you persuade others?" the informer asked back. "Oh, for work, I have my own pace." "Oh." The informer continued, "You are right. Based on what he did, he should be shot. However, that is because he has done many wrong things now." "Huh? What do you mean? The law says nothing about the past, present and future, just like history has no assumptions. Can you imagine what would happen without Hitler and Stalin? It's an easy question to ask, but a very difficult one to answer. You It is a very simple fact that more than one of my brothers has killed someone." "But that's because he's sick. He's not normal. If you help him, maybe you can save his soul." "Forget it, friend, you're flattering me, I don't have the ability." "But the human soul can be redeemed..." "Come on, friend, save this for the victims. Can their souls be redeemed? Maybe, but at least I can't." "How can I make you change your mind?" "It's not easy!" Uh?The whistleblower noticed the statement - this is not easy, but it does not mean that it is impossible!Did he deliberately give himself a chance to negotiate terms? "How about a million?" the informer blurted out. Ash was silent. The informer smiled slightly in the depths of his soul. Two seconds later, Essie replied, "No." ... His answer was toneless, as if he was completely unmoved, but felt inappropriate after simply considering the number. "Two million?" "no." "Then how much do you want?" "Young man!" Essie stood up, walked around the desk, and sat down opposite the informer, "Do you know how much my psychological center's turnover was last year?" "have no idea." "Then you know why I'm running a psych center instead of doing other businesses?" "have no idea." "Well then, let me tell you the reason. As an industry that provides psychological services, the biggest advantage of this industry is that it produces commodities, and our commodities are services. Services do not require raw materials, that is, Said, I only need to face my next family, but not my previous family. I don’t need to purchase raw materials for processing, and I don’t need to buy other people’s goods to resell. That is to say, I will not be controlled by others. Similarly, The sales of other products depend on the relationship and the talent of the sales staff, but I don’t need it. Because the people who seek help come to me, they trust my strength and reputation, and all my employees just need to sit in the office with peace of mind , there will naturally be business coming to your door, and it will never be used for telemarketing and stranger visits. Do you understand what I mean?" "Understood! Your company is great, so you don't need money." "Exactly." "But I don't understand why you are indifferent to millions of dollars. Well, let me add three million, okay?" "No no! You say you get it, but you don't. Young man, let me get it right! With your three million, I'm putting myself in danger and society in a state of instability. state, let my conscience be condemned. On the other hand, what if you don’t take your money? If you succeed in leading me to find the murderer, I can get a huge reputation. It doesn’t take a year, and this reputation can also be given to me Increase business by millions. If it were you, how would you choose?" Greedy guy, it turned out to be the reason!The informer was silent.He didn't know how to answer, so that the greedy businessman in front of him could question the conversion just now.He has nothing to say. "Then can you find a way to get me out of the police station? Just get out, and I can still pay you the same fee." "Ah?" Essie smiled contemptuously, "Young man, it's inappropriate for you to treat elders like this. Do you take me for a fool? You spent three million just to get in and out of the police station? If you didn't hijack my front desk lady back then, wouldn't you save the money?!" Ai Xi is an old fritter, he never mentions whether the money is real or not.Love is not real, it has nothing to do with what he wants.As mentioned earlier, he believes in the creed that "a gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way". "This..." The informant also felt that his words were unconvincing, "It's because of the different timing. Let's put it this way, Dr. Ai, you just mentioned the murderer one by one. In this way, you must have been to the scene yesterday to see it? " "yes." "Did you see the body?" "This is natural." "The police station has been extremely busy since the day before yesterday, which means that he also killed a person two days ago." "yes." "He killed people right after I was taken away." "Yes, it can be understood that way." "Well, Doctor Ai, don't you, a smart person, understand my thoughts? At first, when my brother said he was going to kill someone, I wasn't sure that it would happen, so I came to ask for your help. But he It really did, and now that I'm the only one who can stop it, you should understand why I want to get out so badly." "Yes, I can understand that." "Before he got too deep, I thought you might have a chance to redeem him, so I'm here to beg you." Not too deep? !With such a cruel criminal method, it is said that the sinking is not deep, so how can it be considered deep? ! Ai Xi shook her head: "My friend, you have brain problems or something, how can I save this kind of person?! You might as well tell me!" "I'll let him come to you." "Huh?" Ai Xi liked to hear those words, "And then?" "Then it's up to you." Is this kid joking?Aixi was so angry that she didn't want to speak anymore: "You...you are not afraid that I will report him to the police if I see him?" "No, since you want to get the money, you should keep your mouth shut. Otherwise, the money will probably go to waste, right?" This is going on forever, and Essie is going to say something to change the situation: "Well, let's say, what do you think caused your brother to start killing people? Or according to you, he got sick?" "Well, because of our father." "Oh, what do you mean?" "Our father is a demon." The informer said this without any emotion, as if he was mentioning someone else's family affairs, "He married two wives successively, the first was my mother, who died later; The second was my brother's mother, who also died later." "A normal death?" "No, overdose." "Huh?!" Essie was taken aback, "Both wives died of drug overdose?" "Yes! Of course this is the actual situation. The official statement is heart failure. Father bribed the doctor, it's as simple as that." "No way, don't the two wives have any family members? Won't they be suspicious?" "No, because none of them have family members, and that's how my father chooses his wives." ... "But I still don't understand. Why the overdose? Your father gave them drugs?" "yes." "reason?" "Because he thinks it's the best way to control people." "What does your father do?" "I can't say that." "Oh, that's fine." "I know what you're thinking, Dr. Ai." "What am I thinking?" "You're thinking, if you pull out this information and report it to the police, the police will make a cross-comparison based on my father's occupation, identity, and the death of two wives from heart failure, so that we can find out that our two brothers right?" Aixi was taken aback: at such a young age, she thought of this episode so quickly, she really underestimated him. "So, Doctor Ai, there may be a lot of water in my narration, but the general situation is not much different." "Okay, you continue." "My father has a lot of money, but he looks ugly. On the one hand, he likes to play with women, but on the other hand, he is afraid that women will leave him. After all, if he divorces, it will be a great loss to him. Therefore, he uses drugs, the most direct and vicious Even if they can get compensation after the divorce, the father is prepared - he handles his property skillfully so that they don't get too much. Also, it doesn't matter if they have money. They don't channels, it is not easy to get drugs.” "Oh, I see that. So, did his wife die normally?" "What's the meaning?" "I mean this overdose." "I don't know that. I was little when my mother died." "Oh, so you didn't have time to figure it out." "Exactly. My brother's mother died several years ago, and I lived in high school, so I'm not sure. Just treat it as a normal drug overdose." Well... thought Elsie, what a twisted family this is! "Father is like this to his wife, let alone us. As the only two sons of my father, I can't say that my father doesn't love us at all, but the way he expresses love is different. When I was young I don't remember exactly what happened, but I saw my brother when he was little. My father liked him so much that he would often bite him. You may think that many people would like to have a child with a fleshy body. Take a bite and bite. But you probably think it’s too much to bite through. Anyway, my brother still has such teeth marks on his body now.” ... "Father loved us in so many different ways that it doesn't make sense to say so much. Anyway, my brother and I hated him so much that we wanted him to die. But then, he did die, a car accident! I think it might be If you do many unrighteous actions, you will die. However, a problem arises next. After the father dies, the inheritance needs to be dealt with. "Father was less than fifty years old when he died, and neither of us brothers thought that he was still young, but he had written a will in advance as if he expected his own death. "The content of this will is very strange, but the most interesting thing is that, haha, my father actually left half of his inheritance to me who he hates the most! Oh, please forgive me, I can't say too much about this. But , when the will came down, I was surprised to find that I had partial inheritance rights, but my younger brother was not qualified. So I think this will prompted my younger brother to change quickly. Because there is still a time limit for his inheritance. If the goal cannot be achieved within two years after the father's death, it will be regarded as an automatic loss of inheritance." Aixi felt that she had been bewitched these two days.On that calm afternoon a few days ago, the good lawyer Goodman told him about Ailian's inheritance. The will involving Mai Tao and Don Peter was very distorted.Originally, Aixi had almost forgotten about this matter, but when the informer mentioned it, she immediately remembered it.Why, another weird will came out? The informer insisted on refusing to tell the contents of his father's will, and Essie had no choice but to listen to him continue. "Doctor Ai, you probably have also thought of it. If my brother is not eligible to inherit his share of the estate, I will automatically inherit his share. The will is also true. In this way, I have all the inheritance. But I I love my brother, and there is a bit of sympathy in it. Even if I inherit the whole estate, I would like to give him what my brother deserves. I told him about it, but he disagreed .Don’t get me wrong, he respects me, but his character does not allow him to do so. So, he decided to do as the will requires!” "Wait, the will doesn't tell you to kill people, does it?" "Of course not, otherwise how dare I sit here..." "So……" "I really can't say that, I can only tell you that I happened to meet the stipulations of the will. But my brother can't, which makes him more perverted and twisted. So, that's why I came to you, because maybe you The key to unraveling his psychological distortion." It took a long time for Aixi to recall, but she didn't know how to answer. "You...why are you..." He was thinking about how to phrase it, "Let's put it this way, I roughly understand what you mean. Maybe you inherited the property, and you can really afford the three million, but I still don't I think your brother can still be saved. Look at this..." Aixi unbuttoned her jacket, revealing her left shoulder. His intention was to explain the situation last night and the fact that he had already fought the murderer, but he didn't expect the informer to turn pale with fright when he saw this, and stood up from the chair suddenly... When the informer saw the tightly bandaged wound on Essie's shoulder, he was shocked and stood up from the chair abruptly. "You!" He grabbed Aixi's arm and shook it non-stop, "You, you bumped into him?!" Aixi was very hurt from being shaken, "Wait, let go of your hand, and talk if you have something to say, what's the matter?" The informer let go of his hand, but still stared at him unwillingly, "Did he do this?" "Yeah, I'm about to tell you, you sit down first." The informer fell on the chair rather than sitting down.His face was ashen, and his eyes were scattered. Aixi didn't understand the reason, so she told about the adventures of last night. The more Aixi talked, the worse the informer looked. As he talked, Aixi choked.He suddenly thought of a detail that had been overlooked before: the informer was controlled by the police, and of course it was impossible for him to follow the murderer's younger brother, so the follower was naturally someone else.At the same time, it was this person who sent him a text message to inform him of the location of the crime scene. Now that the murderer met him, of course he realized who the informer was, and maybe he knew who the stalker was, so... need to talk about the next thing? ! What puzzled Aixi the most was that when she rushed to the scene last night, the murderer did not leave, but was secretly watching.In this way, the murderer had long suspected that someone had informed him, but he was not sure. So what was the reason for his initial suspicion? Ai Xi couldn't figure it out, so she asked: "What I don't understand is, how did your brother know that I would go in advance? How did he start to doubt?" "Doctor Ai, why do you have the nerve to ask this?" The informer slumped on the sofa weakly, "Isn't this good thing you did?!" "Huh? What does this have to do with me? I don't understand." "Isn't it you who performed on TV? Is there anyone else?!" With one word to wake up the dreamer, Ai Xi panicked. It is true that the whistleblower hijacked the front desk lady until he was caught by the police. These things could have been kept secret.However, it was Aixi who wanted to enhance the reputation of her psychological center by all means, accepted media interviews, and even found the surveillance video taken at that time from the property. As long as the murderer saw the rolling TV program, he had no reason not to recognize his brother.The murderer may wonder, but he will soon figure out that his brother's actions are probably directed at him.Afterwards, he easily set a trap and waited for Aixi to come and verify. That said, perhaps the murderer didn't have to kill right away after killing the first person.He did this only to verify a skeptical conjecture by the way. Sweat broke out on Aixi's head, his emotions fell to the bottom, and his spirit of "harmless to humans and animals" disappeared.It turned out that this serial murder case was pushed to a cruel climax perhaps because of his own eagerness for quick success. Aixi was completely panicked, and his worldview and values ​​were instantly out of balance.What the hell is he doing?What exactly does he want?Even he doesn't understand it now. The dead are dead after all, at most it makes people feel guilty and remorseful.However, the living person - the stalker who provided him with clues, probably won't live long.This made him feel even more uncomfortable. It can be seen that the relationship between the stalker and the informer is extraordinary.However, in any case, Aixi should not let another young life die again. Thinking of this, Ai Xi said: "Well, do you mean that if I hand you over to the police, you will never tell the whereabouts of your brother?" "yes!" "Even if the follower dies?" "Yes, probably dead." "You don't hate your brother?" "Hate! But I love him too, it's between us brothers." "If he's already killed the stalker, will you kill your brother?" "I don't know, I hope it's not too late." "Well, how will you repay me if I let you go? I don't want your money." "If my brother is really hopeless, I can hand him over to you to deal with at will. Anyway, things have gotten to this point." "Well, I have my own opinion, but there is only one chance..." Aixi stood up and opened the door, and was about to go out to greet the police, but unexpectedly, the secretary was standing at the door, about to knock on the door. "What are you doing here?" Assy was startled, for fear that the conversation would be overheard. "Mr. Ai, I'm sorry, Mr. Fang insists on seeing you. I said you have an appointment, but..." Before the secretary finished speaking, Fang Ming flashed out from around the corner, "Mr. Ai!" He grabbed his hand, "I, I remembered something, I have to tell you." How come together! Aixi said comfortingly, "Mr. Fang, I'll see you right away, but wait for me for another ten minutes, okay? I'll be right away!" "Okay, okay." Fang Ming trembled, "I must tell you this." "Okay, okay." Aixi whispered beside the secretary for a while, telling him to keep an eye on Fang Ming, and walked through the corridor by herself to find the two policemen at the door. "Hey buddy, do you know the man who just walked in?" "Oh, it looks familiar." One of them replied. "Yes, he's the forensic doctor in your bureau. He's not normal right now. When you take that kid away, take him back with you. I'll call your Team Liu when the time comes." After settling in, Essie went back to the office and said to the informer, "I'm doing my best. It's up to you to escape. Now shut up and keep quiet. I'm going to write your psychiatric report." gone." This kind of thing is easy to handle, and Aixi wrote it in a while, and told the informer to act like a little bit, because it is impossible for them to transfer from the police station without investigation. "If they send you there at noon, you can escape as soon as two o'clock in the afternoon. Be careful and don't hurt others." 送他出门之后，艾西马上抓起桌上的电话，给麦涛拨了一个：“喂，你在哪儿？是吗？你不能马上过来是吗？那好，尽快吧！越快越好！呃，我在电话里不方便解释。另外，很抱歉对你有所隐瞒，之前的事情我没有都说实话。嗯，好了，我不再废话了，你半小时内过来就OK了。不过你要注意的是，中午前后我会把你送来的这小子转到我师父的精神病院去，届时他会在那里试图逃走。尽量让他跑，给他留些空子，然后跟踪他，你们想要的答案到时候自然就有了。” 挂上电话，艾西长出了一口气。“抱歉啊，”他在心底对告密者说道，“抱歉啊，我背叛了你。可我实在不能相信你可以独自把这件事情办好。万一你反悔，包庇杀人犯，到时候我就惨了。” 两面三刀的艾西假装同意协助告密者，却悄悄与麦涛联手布下了连环套。他相信，只要告密者成功逃离，自然会将警方引向凶手，于是自己又能安心睡觉了。 唯一的小小遗憾是，这一次算是做了幕后工作，无法出现在台前了。 接下来，他又马不停蹄地请方先生进来坐下。 “怎么了？”他马上切换了另一副嘴脸，温和地问道。 “我，我想起来了，我有一个女儿。” “哦，你有一个女儿。”艾西觉得今天的事情真的是太不顺了，方茗的不同身份正在加速融合，这会导致什么变化，他完全预料不出。“为什么你会觉得自己有个女儿？之前你可从没说过。” “我能抽支烟吗？” "certainly!" 方茗哆哆嗦嗦地接过烟来，继续说：“我说不清楚，但是您说的不对，我见到的不是我自己体内的女性人格，而是我的女儿。躺在冰冷的床上，被开膛破肚的，是我的女儿。” “什么？！”如果说这一天艾西是在连续的惊讶中度过的，那么这一惊显然是最出乎意料的，“什么意思？我没听懂。” “我的意思是说，从您这儿离开之后，我回了家。我觉得我的家好陌生。我找不到妻子和女儿的照片，但是我觉得我曾经有过妻子和女儿，后来我把她们弄丢了。我想起来，我有好多年找不到我的女儿了，但是我昨天看到了，在一张冰冷的灰白色金属制成的小床上。她的身体被切开，已经死了。” 一张冰冷的、灰白色金属制成的小床，这他妈不是停尸床吗？ !什么意思，因为创伤而失去记忆的法医方茗，在失去女儿三年之后，亲自解剖了自己女儿的尸体？ 这个世界太疯狂了，艾西不敢排除这个极其微小的可能性。他更不知道这一次该用什么样的瞎话来安抚可怜的方先生。他果断地站起身：“走，方先生，我知道在哪儿可以验证你的这个怪梦！” 艾西听麦涛说过，三年前的最后一位被害人，也就是方先生的女儿方晓晓，疑似被凶手掳走之后，消失至今。会不会凶手一直留着她，直到昨天才杀死她？正因为如此，凶手才在这三年里销声匿迹，没再杀人，因为他暂时不需要了。 这猜测虽然听起来极其疯狂，但这世界上发生的好多事本就无常理可言。 方茗自女儿失踪之后大受刺激，如今连自己陷入哪个身份都不知道了。艾西必须马上动身，亲自向刘队作出解释。 于是他拉着方先生快步地向外走，与两名警员会合，还带着告密者，驱车返回警察局。 艾西走得非常匆忙，甚至忘了给麦涛打个电话。就这样，一行人在中午前赶回了警察局…… 因为不知道原因，所以人们常因为一些简单的事情而把自己搞得晕头转向。 人人都有不知道的事，即使最伟大的学者如达尔文之流，在这一点上也有相当尴尬的教训。作为一位年轻的“狩猎与射击”的好手，他对自己的视力非常自豪。二十岁刚出头那年他横渡大西洋，当时结伴而行的有一些火地岛的土著人，他们可以看到几英里以外的东西，而达尔文和英国水手都看不到。因此，火地人就在船上担任瞭望员。 这个很简单的例子说明了什么？说明火地岛的土著人有一种超越常人的能力吗？人们不是常常给自己并不了解的奇怪人群赋予一种神秘的能力吗？然而结果简单得出人意料：火地岛土著人的视力并没有超人之处，问题出在达尔文和英国水手身上——他们都是近视眼！ 当然，在那个年代，近视眼的观点还不曾被人提出过，因此没人知道这是怎么回事。这种难以理解的现象被以讹传讹地流传下来，于是人们都认为火地岛的居民视力超人。 如此愚蠢的小错误当然不足以诋毁达尔文的伟大，这只能说明一个问题：因为不了解内情，我们时常会受到现实的蒙蔽，而被搞得晕头转向。 比如说，久未登场的刑警王昭同志，今天上午就相当困惑。 B市不只有少女杀手这一系列的案子，陈真佳子和她男友的尸体如今还放在停尸房呢！这案子也需要有人管，而王昭正是负责的警员之一。 然而今天早上，他却忽然接到通知，让他和专案组停下手头进行的一切调查，等待新的证据。这让王昭感到相当费解。他首先想到的是，自己办事不力，要被调离专案组了？ 实际情况当然并非如此。方法医，也就是水哥把昨夜的女尸抛下之后，直到第二天早上才被人发现。法医这样的举动当然不只是违规而已，还是所谓的擅离职守。刘队很快得到通知。他与艾西聊过，当然知道方法医的精神状态不稳定。于是他下令封锁消息，避免这事传得沸沸扬扬。然而仅做这些是不够的，天知道方医生是什么时候出现问题的。这意味着方医生最近处理过的尸体都需要重新检查一遍。 在可能发现新证据之前，自然要让专案组暂停工作。 为此，刑警王昭感到费解，当值的法医也是一头雾水。算了，反正上面让做的就是命令。 重新检验的尸体包括少女杀手案的两名被害者、陈真佳子及其男友。 这一检查，还真就发现了一些问题。 其实这也算不上是严重的疏漏：法医在陈真佳子男友尸体的鼻孔里，找到了一些棕黑色的粉末状颗粒。 what is this?没人能猜透。因为在停尸房的冷柜里被放置了好几天，粉末状颗粒变得没有味了，也没人能一眼看出来。 陈真佳子和男友都是被人徒手勒死的，前者死得很快，而后者与凶手经历了一番搏斗，因此颗粒也许是在这个时候被沾上去的。 粉末状颗粒被送到化验室，不久就得出了十分简单的结论——这玩意儿是咖啡粉，确切地说，是蓝山咖啡豆磨成的粉……哦，这是否说明，凶手在咖啡店工作，或者凶手在杀人之前亲自磨过咖啡豆？ 也许吧，王昭对这个结果不屑一顾。此类咖啡在B市诸多咖啡厅都能找到，在家中也可轻松网购，实在不算什么有力的证据。 于是，迟滞了半天的调查行动总算是可以继续了。 只是王昭心里很不痛快。他与水哥熟识，不明白上级领导的安排意味着什么，又没见到水哥本人，得不到解释，因此产生了一些误会，认为这是上面成心找碴儿。 当然，陈真佳子与男友的双尸案一直以来也没什么线索。王昭无奈之余，决定走访他们居住的社区，寻找一些蛛丝马迹，只是这一两天也没什么线索。 越是找不到目击者，王昭就越是怀疑凶手对这个社区非常了解，抑或凶手是专业人士。可在陈真佳子和男友身上实在看不出他们与黑社会交往的可能，那又为什么会被杀人灭口呢？ 案子不顺利，又经过今天上午这一折腾，他的心情就很不好。悻悻地吃了些饼干当午餐，正要出门继续走访办案，没想到刚下楼来到警察局门口，迎面走来了一行人，为首的正是艾西。 他们一行五人，为首的正是艾西。王昭不认识艾西，可一眼就认出了艾西身后的水哥。 眼前的水哥跟王昭印象里那个不善言谈、干练的中年人有很大区别。现在的水哥目光游离、左顾右盼、颤颤巍巍，就跟初进大观园的刘姥姥差不多。 王昭觉得纳闷，来不及深想，上前招呼着：“我靠，水哥，你可算来了，出什么事啦？停尸房里造反啦。” 王昭那个意思是说，停尸房里其他法医忙着重新检验水哥检验过的尸体，就跟造反了似的。不过他这措辞也不恰当，说停尸房干吗，说法医办公室多好！王昭草率的说法引来一帮人诧异的围观。 没想到水哥翻了翻眼皮：“你是谁？我不是水哥，我叫方茗。” “啊？！”王昭一愣，“水哥，你说啥呢？今早上没吃药，糊涂了吧？” 王昭说得对，水哥还真是没吃药！ 警察也是人，谁不好新鲜，谁不看热闹啊。因此，围观的人就越来越多。 可眼下艾西不能看热闹。围观事小，耽误了正事事大。艾西很怕出乱子，毕竟是他擅作决定，带水哥来停尸房认尸的。艾西算老几？他什么也不是，哪来的权力去作什么决定！ 为了不出大乱子，艾西赶紧上前劝：“喂喂，这事回头再说，方先生精神不太好。” 艾西是好意，想劝开就完了，赶紧带着方先生去找刘队。没想到王昭斜乜着眼，来了一句：“你是谁？凭什么说我们水哥精神病？！” Yo!艾西一下子哑巴了。How should I say it?直截了当阐明事实吗？那好事也会变成坏事。警察局里真闹出这么大笑话来，刘队那里面子也不好看。 两人争执的工夫，围观的警察也窃窃私语。不过他们都还好说，方先生可是很不舒服。这一闹之下，他觉得昏天黑地，脑子里乱哄哄的。他倏地抓住艾西的胳膊，刚好还是受伤的那只：“喂，艾先生，你带我来这里干吗？这不是警察局吗？我要找我女儿，警察把她怎么样了？！” 这一下可不亚于投下了重磅炸弹。什么和什么呀，又是警察局又是女儿的？ 方先生濒临崩溃，竟而逮谁问谁：“我女儿在哪儿？” “我女儿在哪儿？” 一楼的大厅瞬间闹成了一锅粥。 这样的变化刘队自己也是始料不及。他接到了艾西的电话，可电话里说不清楚，刘队就在办公室里耐心地等。可是人没等来，只听得楼下乱哄哄的。 刘队走到楼梯口，一看下面这场面，立马大喝一声：“都别闹了，赶快回去工作！” 平时这一吼威力十足，不过今天竟然没什么效力。因为别人都没闹，只有方医生自己在闹，而方先生这时候哪还认识刘队。看见楼上下来个管事的，他马上冲过去抓住刘队的手：“我女儿呢？我女儿呢？” 刘队看看方茗，又看看艾西：“别说话，跟我上楼！” 方茗抓着他，他拉着方茗，俩人拉拉扯扯上了楼，艾西在后面紧张兮兮地跟着。关上办公室的门，算是隔绝出了一个安静的世界。刘队没坐下，也没让他们坐，劈头盖脸就问：“艾先生，这算哪一出？” 艾西也急了，冲着还在喋喋不休的方先生喊了一句：“你坐下，否则我不带你去见女儿了！” 这一句倒是真管用，方茗不闹了，乖乖坐了下来。 “唉，刘队，真是一言难尽。方先生的不同身份正在加速整合，他很快就会回到本来的意识中去，也许到了那个时候，我也控制不了。另外，我必须告诉您，方先生昨天不是解剖了我发现的那具女尸吗，他说那是他女儿！” “什么？！方晓晓？！”刘队这种见过大风大浪、处变不惊的人也止不住颤抖了一下，“这么说，他……” 假如一个男人、一个父亲，不管出于什么原因解剖了自己的女儿……这、这岂止是悲哀一词可以形容的呀？……一听到方晓晓的名字，方茗又闹，艾西连哄带唬，终于让他又恢复了平静。 “这事你有多大把握？”刘队颓然地找个沙发坐下，悄声问。 “没有把握。我不知道这是因为他出现了幻觉，还是别的什么原因。” “时隔三年才杀人，有什么理由吗？” “我不懂。”艾西实话实说。他确实不懂，只觉得有必要让方茗来当面对质。 “好吧，我明白你的意思了，让他先去看看尸体，对吧？我安排一下，你先坐。” “哦！”艾西答应着，可是没坐下，他脑袋里嗡了一声。今天来，可不是只有方茗这一件事，还有楼下那小子呢！ 艾西错了下神，也没答话，转身推开门就往外跑。 “艾先生，你……” 艾西开门跑了没两步，就被堵了回来，堵他的人正是同行的两位警察。 三人转眼又回到队长办公室，惊慌失措地报告说：“不好了，那小子逃走了。” “哪个小子？”刘队摸不着头脑。 “就是送去艾先生的中心作鉴定的那小子。” “哦！”刘队想了想，“怎么跑的？” “不知道，下车的时候还在我们边上跟着，八成是刚才趁乱的时候溜走了。” ... 刘队想了想，相比眼前这个烂摊子，那小子是不是逃走好像问题也不大，就说：“算了，跑了就跑了吧。艾先生，那家伙是不是精神不正常？” How should I say it? “呃，有，但是……” 但是什么呢？ 有病是艾西自己一手安排的，目的是为了让他引出凶手。可现在他一逃走，警方如何跟踪？这不是搬起石头砸自己的脚吗？ ! 前面说过，艾西这一下子算是剜肉补疮，弄得他也不知道如何是好了。 眼下也不是解释的时候，艾西看着刘队安排方茗和女尸见面，也没敢再插嘴。 这等小事，队长一发话，别人自然不能说什么。 于是，刘队领着艾西，带着方茗下了楼。 忙碌了一上午的其他法医见到方茗，也就是熟识的水哥，都没敢说话，脸上一个个的都是古怪的表情。 刘队发话了：“你们先出去，一会儿我叫你们。” 于是，门口走廊里就只剩下他们三人。 “艾先生，接下来该怎么办？”刘队问。 “咱们一起进去吧……” 停尸房艾西可是头一次来，不过这工夫也顾不上害怕。尸体他昨晚已经见过一次，更不觉得有什么新鲜。 冰冷的灰白色金属制成的停尸床上躺着昨晚遇害的可怜女孩。方先生一见，就失魂落魄地扑了上去，趴在女孩身上哭，不住地叫着“晓晓”、“晓晓”，另外两个大老爷们看着心酸，也揉了揉眼睛。 哭也哭过了，闹也闹过了，方先生被从停尸床前搀开了，像是傻了一样直勾勾地盯着女孩，一言不发。 “莫非真的是？” “刘队，你怎么了？是不是的，您档案里不是有当初失踪女孩的照片吗？” “是啊，我刚才还看过了，的确有些像。可事经三年，体态啊，相貌啊，也许都有些变化，又何况这是成长的三年。这样吧，我还是安排一下DNA测试，那东西更准确。” "Also." “那方先生怎么办？你的意思呢？” “我的意思是，方先生这副样子，怕是无法工作了。今天局里闹得风风雨雨，也不合适让方先生再在这里出现。我那儿只怕是治不好他。为今之计是安排他找一家医院好好地疗养，看有没有转好的那一天。若是有，将来给他安排一个轻闲的位置；若是没有，也就只能住下去了。” “也好，艾先生您有什么推荐的去处吗？局里花钱，只求好的，不管花销。”刘队叹了口气，“这多少也是个补偿吧。是我的失察，让他再次遭遇这样的事件。” 艾西想了想，无奈了。本来他安排那小子去自己师父的医院，是为了方便他逃走，也好让警察跟踪。可那小子跑了，自己却把方茗送了进去，这算怎么回事呢？ 不过艾西还是秉承着“内举不避亲，外举不避仇”的原则，推荐了师父的精神病院。 “你说好，我便放心了。不过还得劳驾艾先生多多关照，务必把方茗治好。” “成，我会尽全力的。” “我这就去安排。” 刘队说做就做，立马安排人送方茗去医院，又嘱咐艾西跟着代为照顾。 艾西不想去，告密者那档子事还没说明白呢！可想想也没法子，还是等麦涛回来再说吧，省得自己人单势孤，还容易被人误会。 就这样，艾西把方先生送到了医院。 见到师父，两人自然叙旧一番，可也没耽搁太多时间，因为麦涛已经连着打了好几个电话找他。 结果，艾西只好简单地向师父介绍了方茗的情况。老先生见是警方安排的，又有爱徒推荐，自然满口答应。 就这样，艾西把方茗安顿好了，转而回心理中心和麦涛碰面。 刘队接到电话，听说一切安顿停当，多少也放了心。忽然又想起一件事来： 方先生的办公室内还有不少他的私人物品。既然方先生无论如何也不能再在这儿做法医了，那么这些东西最好也由人妥善保管。刘队当然知道方茗离了婚又没了孩子，家已然不能称之为家了，因此也没有送回他家的必要。 方先生的东西安排由王昭来收拾。他与水哥最是熟悉，由他来做也是很好的选择。 王昭的心里像打翻了五味瓶。他还不了解事情的详情，可亲眼见到了水哥发飙，也就知道水哥确实存在精神问题。一回想起当初在办公室里大家有说有笑的光景，他止不住地唉声叹气。 王昭在办公室里收拾水哥的东西，默然不语。其他几位法医经常受水哥的照顾，也帮着收拾。 大家默默地做着，谁也没说话。桌面上的笔、本子、水哥最爱的茶叶、杯子，都被放进一个小纸箱。王昭蹲下来，打开了水哥办公桌下的柜子。 柜门打开之后，王昭便愣住了：柜子的上层赫然放着一双女鞋。 女鞋被塑料袋包裹着，王昭把袋子提在面前看了看——这鞋子有被人穿过的痕迹，脚掌的位置微微地有些变了色。 男人的柜子里有双女鞋，这倒是不足为奇。 不过这女鞋被人穿过了，还放在男人的柜子里，便有些奇怪。 而最让人惊讶的是，其中的一只鞋鞋跟断掉了……王昭想起陈真佳子死去的男友说过的话。男人追着陈真佳子，想要教训她，半路上逃跑的真佳子崴了脚，随后出现了一个男人，带走了真佳子。而真佳子被发现时，并不是穿着出事时的高跟鞋，而是换上了一双平底鞋。那么她的高跟鞋去哪儿了呢？ 显然，这双鞋被装进袋子里面，正在他手里提着。 真佳子被杀之后，送来的尸体和随身物品里压根没有提到这双鞋子，为什么现在会出现在水哥的柜子里？ 王昭彻底傻眼了…… 队长办公室的门口，王昭磨蹭了好半天，这才鼓起勇气敲了敲门。 “进来。”刘队情绪不佳，看到王昭，还是耐着性子问道，“什么事？” “嗯，这个。”王昭直挠头，“嗯，我想问问您，水哥被送到什么医院去了？” “你问这个干吗……哦，算了，我告诉你好了，你跟他关系最好，去看看也是应该的。要不要给你拨点钱，送些东西过去？” “不，不用麻烦您这个。我自己买些东西吧，算我自己的心意。” “好吧，小区双尸案有什么下落了吗？” “还没。”王昭口不应心，抄好了精神病院的地址后就告辞了。 他并没有马上离开，而是找到了当天负责搬运陈真佳子尸体的运尸工。 面对王昭的质疑，运尸工可是吓了一跳。干这行，最重要的就是管住自己的手脚。运尸这工作虽然薪水微薄，诱惑却不少。总有些尸体的身上，携带着一些贵重的物品。如果自己顺走了，事后被发现，开除肯定是免不了的，弄不好还要连带出刑事责任来。 偷尸体的东西，可是这一行里最大的忌讳。为此，运尸工手忙脚乱地连忙否认，“不不不，这事可跟我没关系！你看，”他掏出一份表格，“女尸在小巷子里被发现的时候，身边是有一双包在塑料袋里的女鞋的。你看这下面不是还有签字吗？只不过接收尸体的是娟姐，水哥后来是代为解剖，所以这里没有水哥的签字。” 哦，果然如自己猜想的那样！可是，水哥为什么要偷拿这双女鞋呢？王昭的脑子没有搞心理的那么复杂，他当然没有联想到恋物癖这种情况。当然这也不可能，谁在自己的办公室里恋物癖呀。 看来，这事情唯有找水哥当面问个清楚了！ 王昭这样想着，便马不停蹄地驱车赶往医院。 王昭去的时候，艾西正好往回走，两人没有碰上。艾西径直回到了自己的心理中心，麦涛正在那儿等他呢！ “这事我没法解释，