"In other words, is there really anyone in the world who will finally escape trial because of schizophrenia?" Thinking about the previous case, I asked Li Jing when I asked him to come out to watch a movie and have dinner by the way.

"Absolutely. Otherwise, why would there be so many people every year who think that they have escaped the punishment of the law and disguised themselves as psychopaths? Li Jing thought for a while and said.

After hearing this, I felt a little uncomfortable: "How can this be? It's so irresponsible! ”

Li Jing glanced up at me, and then lowered his head to cut the steak in his hand: "Not everyone has a chance to escape, it takes a lot of tests to determine whether a person really has the ability to stand trial, as well as to assess their mental state when they break the law, and the D** I told you before is an evaluation standard." In the case of 'fraudulence', there are now more ways to prevent this from happening, but it is not like in the movie, you can just pretend to be crazy and stupid to escape the trial. ”

He cut the steak into many pieces and forked it up with a fork, chewed it for a while, and when he didn't speak, he told me that he was still unhappy: "Many people will say that they don't know after breaking the law, and then disguise themselves as multiple personality disorder to escape the punishment of the law, but in fact, multiple disabilities are not a successful defense." In the 70s of the 20th century in the United States, there was a heinous serial killer Kenneth Bianchi, who was known as the mountainside strangler because he blatantly placed the bodies of the women he murdered on the mountainside of San Francisco. Between 1977 and 1978, Kenneth committed at least 12 murders in just four months. When the police later caught him, he claimed that he was innocent, and admitted under hypnosis that her second personality 'Steve' had killed him, in order to escape criminal responsibility and defend his innocence, but the panel appointed by the court did not fail to give more subtle evidence that Kenneth Bianchi had multiple personality disorder, and even believed that Bianchi's 'standard behavior version' was due to what he learned while working overtime at a psychiatrist, so he could only be diagnosed as psychopathic, although in order to avoid the death penalty. Bianchi presented other defences, but was sentenced to life in prison. ”

"So you're still punished for doing something wrong?" The mood is still a little relieved.

"Of course, so you can't do anything bad. Don't secretly whip onions out of the plate, wasting food is also a crime. Li Jing said expressionlessly.

"But. I don't like onions. Having said that, I obediently ate the onion that I had just picked out that was not at all tasty.

"How can you be a picky eater like a child?" Li Jing muttered to himself after swallowing a small piece of beef.

"I eat green peppers." I argued.

Li Jing didn't understand what I meant, so I explained to him: "Only children don't eat green peppers, I eat green peppers, so I'm not a child." ”

After hearing this, Li Jing rubbed his head and ignored me.

The movie I watched in the afternoon was based on an adaptation of an ancient myth. The giant screen effect of IMAX is very shocking, the key is that the male protagonist is really super handsome, and the image of a beautiful tough guy is simply too poignant. "Can you put an end to your nymphomaniac expression?" Li Jing whispered in my ear, I ignored him and continued to stare at the screen with all kinds of worship, even if I didn't have to turn my head, I could imagine Li Jing's helpless expression now.

After watching the movie, my eyes were so tired that I wanted to use the front camera of my mobile phone to see if my eyes were red, but I found that Zheng Min sent a text message: "If you have something, come back quickly, if you can, bring Li Jing with you." ”

I showed my phone to Li Jing. Li Jing frowned and asked me, "Where did he let us go back?" ”

"Let's go back to the company." I guess that our boss is a good friend of Zheng Min anyway, and she said that she should go to our company when she goes back, but I don't know why she brought you, it can't be that the boss is sick, right?

When I dragged Li Jing back to the company in a panic, I found Zheng Min and the boss sitting in the reception room talking and laughing, uh, and a middle-aged man I didn't know. I looked at the scene in front of me with a blanket face, but the next second I realized that the person they were looking for in a hurry today was actually Li Jing. Zheng Min watched us come in and beckoned us over: "Xiaozhi." Come on, we have something to do with you and Li Jing today. ”

"Is there something to do with Li Jing?" I rolled my eyes, I just stopped by to lead the way.

"Aren't they all the same? Anyway, every time there is a case, you are also his little assistant. Zheng Min slapped me lightly and complained that I was too talkative. Turning to us, he said, "I haven't introduced you yet." She pointed to the middle-aged man who stood up and said, "This is Guo Dong, Mr. Guo, who now runs a gallery in the suburbs. Although Mr. Guo calls the place he runs a gallery, the area can actually top a small museum, and Mr. Guo usually helps others hold some exhibitions there. ”

Mr. Guo owed us slightly. said modestly: "It's not as exaggerated as Xiao Min said, it's just a small gallery." ”

"So what do you want us to do?" Li Jing looked at Mr. Guo and asked his own question first.

Mr. Guo obviously didn't adapt to Li Jing's speaking style, and he couldn't say anything for a while, but after a few seconds, he reacted and hurriedly said, "We have a few artists missing there." ”

"Missing?" I looked at Mr. Guo in surprise, "Are you living with them?" ”

Mr. Guo shook his head and said with a little distress: "No, they are my good friends, and they often put paintings or other works of art with me for me to help them sell." So we would meet every few weeks, have a meal, and give them the money from selling their work by the way. But I don't know why I haven't been able to contact them since half a year ago, at first I thought they were just looking for inspiration, after all, this kind of thing has happened a lot before, so I didn't pay much attention to it. But then at the end of every month, a few of their works signed by them would be sent to the store, but after the sale price, I couldn't contact them, to be exact, I never contacted them in the past six months, but the paintings would be sent to the gallery on time. I felt something was wrong, so I contacted the courier company, but the courier company couldn't give me the exact contact address of the sender. It seems that I am afraid that I will find them, and the courier company that sends the painting is different every time, and I changed Liu Liujia for half a year, and the six can't give me the exact place of delivery. ”

"The painting was sold?" Li Jing asked him.

Mr. Guo nodded excitedly: "The words have been sold, and the speed of sale is really fast, some of their works are more impressionistic, so there are not many people who buy them." They also have other jobs, and painting is also a hobby. Sometimes I send one a year over, and if it can't be sold, it looks good in my store as a decorative painting. But since the disappearance of several of them, they have sent me a painting almost every month for half a year, although they are all impressionists. But the use of color has indeed improved a lot compared to before, so it sells well, but one piece a month, this speed is not like their style. They are very busy during the epidemic. ”

"Missing one after another?" Li Jing repeated Mr. Guo's words.

"Ahh Mr. Kwok explains, "It's because I can see an increase in the number of flowers every month. At first, it was only one, but after half a year, it has increased to six. The order of the increase is exactly the order in which I can't reach them. ”

Li Jing frowned and asked, "Didn't you call the police?" ”

Mr. Guo waved his hand: "I am not their immediate family, I have no legitimate reason to call the police, but the family members of several missing people did report to the police, but there is no evidence that my friends are missing." After checking the surveillance near their house, they all drove away by themselves, and the technology did not receive any ransom calls after their disappearance, so there is no mention of a kidnapping. The only clues are the paintings I received, but I don't have any other clues here to find them. Yesterday, Mr. Jin and Ms. Zheng came to my shop to buy paintings, and I thought that Ms. Zheng worked in the media. Is there any other way to help me get in touch with these friends of mine, or to ask if anyone else has been in the same way as I have experienced such strange things? They recommended that I come and see you, saying that you can often help with this kind of difficult problem. Mr. Guo's tone of voice was very sincere, and it was difficult to refuse for a while.

Li Jing kept his head down when he listened to Mr. Guo's words, and after Mr. Guo finished speaking, he raised his head, but turned his head directly to look at Zheng Min: "It seems that Miss Zheng is still looking forward to me." But can I refuse such a thing? ”

Zheng Min probably didn't expect Li Jing to say this, and he was stunned for a while, speechless. I looked at Zheng Min's embarrassed appearance a little unbearable, and gently pinched Li Jing's arm: "Zheng Min has helped us a lot before, don't you do this." Then he turned to Mr. Guo: "Mr. Guo, don't mind. Li Jing is like this, in fact, he is very willing to help you. "I kept poking Li Jing's arm behind his back, praying in my heart that he would agree quickly.

I didn't expect God to be very kind to me, and as soon as I finished speaking, Li Jing agreed: "Okay, but I hope Xiaozhi can fully cooperate with me during the investigation." "Li Jing has been staring into my boss's eyes while saying this. I felt like I was going to finish.

But the boss agreed to my surprise, and his expression looked quite normal, without the slightest anger and ruin. To make sure that the boss would not be angry, I poked my head out from behind Li Jing. However, when the boss's eyes swept over, I still subconsciously hid behind Li Jing.

"These friends of yours deliver their manuscripts on time every month, which means that they are not physically threatened for the time being, and even if they are kidnapped, they do not have to worry about their safety for the time being. However, because there is no guarantee for the safety of these people in the future, we still have to try our best to find them. Please help me figure out if anything special happened before they disappeared. Li Jing sat down opposite Mr. Guo and opened the notepad he carried with him.

Mr. Guo thought for a long time and shook his head blankly: "No, my friends are not professional artists, and they are usually low-key, they all come to me to send works, and then leave after a meal, and the discussion at the dinner table is the exhibition I have seen recently, the works, or the inspiration generated." I don't remember anything special happening. ”

Because I've been with Li Jing for a long time, I subconsciously feel that Mr. Guo's repetition of Li Jing's question seems to be covering up something, but there is no expression that can be done. I glanced at Li Jing and noticed that his expression hadn't changed much.

Li Jing looked at Mr. Guo and smiled: "If that's the case, I want to go to your gallery to have a look." Or do you have any pictures drawn by your friends right now? ”

"Yes, yes." Mr. Guo took out his mobile phone, "These are all of them, I deliberately sorted out all their photos, and then marked the price, just thinking that they would be able to give them the money from selling the paintings when they come back one day." ”

Li Jing took the phone and looked at it. Let me take a portable printer and type out the photos, and note the author of each work and the final price of the painting at the back of the photo. He returned his mobile phone to Mr. Guo and made an appointment to visit tomorrow before leaving the company with me.

"You're amazing." Walking out into the street, I completely relaxed, "You actually talk to my boss like that, it's over, I can feel how miserable I will be tortured by my boss next week." ”

Li Jing joked with me disappreciatively: "What's the matter, you took the case on your own initiative first, and I still don't have unreasonable requirements for my physique?" ”

"Zheng Min has helped us a lot, how can you let me refuse, just return the favor, don't worry too much!" I always felt that Li Jing seemed to dislike Zheng Min very much, although from the first time, Li Jing showed a visible hostility towards Zheng Min first, but Zheng Min's attitude of indifference made me feel even more suspicious. But for now, it's better to think about how to solve the disappearance case in front of me, but I still feel very sad when I think about the difficulties I may face next Monday. "Li Jing, in the future, you must not think about my boss to make any unreasonable demands, although he will not refuse you, but I believe that he will definitely retaliate against me. I can see the darkness ahead. ”

"He's your boss, not my boss. Besides, I think he can do a lot of things on his own, and he doesn't need to bother you with everything. Tell me how many days off you had this month, and you're doing his friend a favor, and it's a perfectly fair quid pro quo. Li Jing stopped, stood opposite me, and rarely said these things to me in a stern tone and expression.

Although I have long known that the reason why Li Jing choked Zheng Min and Manager Jin was to complain about me, but for the first time I let this dead arrogant sincerely say that he cares about me, I was still moved in my heart, I took the initiative to take his arm, pulled him forward, and said as I walked: "Thank you, Lord Li Jing, I am still thinking about my little brother's life in my busy schedule, and I am really grateful to be able to get the sunshine of adults." ”

Li Jing was amused by me with a 'poof', smacked my hair, and let me drag me to the station.

"I think that boss is suspicious." While waiting for the bus, I told Li Jing what I thought. Li Jing turned his head sideways and asked me why.

"Because of a lot of experience, he told me that he was lying." I remembered the routine he used to talk to Li Jing.

"That's why I said I'd go to him." Li Jing touched his schoolbag and seemed to confirm that the photos were still in his schoolbag, "There are also photos that need to be studied carefully." ”

"What do you want to study?" I asked him curiously.

Li Jing smiled: "Xiaozhi, if you are kidnapped, what kind of way will you call for help outside." ”

It dawned on me: "You're guessing that the missing people drew the places where they were being held, so you want to see if it's possible to find clues from those words." ”

Li Jing nodded: "That's right, I do have such a plan." But assuming that they were kidnapped, it was absolutely impossible for them to blatantly discredit their position when they explained to the outside world that they were calling for help, so that it would be easy for their kidnappers to see that their lives might be lost. But he will subconsciously put the food he sees as material in his work, and then hide it appropriately. In this way, you can call for help from the outside world without being discovered by the kidnappers. As for Mr. Kwok, we will slowly find out what he is hiding as we investigate. (To be continued.) )