Chapter 644: Between Calm and Fear

Mu Chun got up and gave up his seat to Zhang Mei, and Zhang Mei thanked him before clicking on the video.

The picture shook very much, until the front of the girl appeared in the center of the picture, and the picture that shook so much that it made people want to vomit did not settle down.

Since the computer is not connected to the speaker, you can only see what the girl is talking in the picture.

Expressionless as he spoke, he said.

"Mu Chun, do you have any headphones?"

Before Zhang Mei finished speaking, the headphones were already placed in front of her.

"Are you speaking in Kyoshima?" Mu Chun asked.

"How do you know?"

At this moment, with Mu Chun by his side, Zhang Mei actually felt a little relieved.

Although she had already guessed what Liu Mei would say in the video, when she really heard her husband Ikeda recount the incident in her native language, Zhang Mei still felt weak in her limbs.

In the video, Liu Mei wears a red bathrobe and holds a pink stuffed bear in her arms.

"I'm sorry for what happened to Ikeda, but I don't regret it at all, and he should have been the one who said sorry, but unfortunately he never had a chance to speak again, and I could never hear it again.

But it doesn't matter, because it's all over.

Halfway through his life, he had lost his way into a dark forest, no, he had walked into the land of eternity.

When I was a child, I heard a legend that once a person enters the eternal land after death, he falls into complete despair, and he longs for a second death to end this desperate pain.

But once the body is severed, his soul cannot be pieced together, he cannot die again in a holistic way, his soul cannot die completely, and he will be in the eternal land forever. ”

"What does that mean?" Zhang Mei frowned.

Later, Liu Mei in the picture tells the location of Ikeda's body one by one, and gestures with the bear she is holding.

"Hands in the abandoned factory of Linhai No. 3; The leg is in the No. 1 river channel of Castle Peak Road; čšŊåđ翜€įŪ€å•å°ąåœĻåŪķé‡Œįš„æĩīįžļ里 The head is located in the Blue Ocean Park trash can. ”

Zhang Mei watched it twice, and then handed the headphones back to Mu Chun.

"Done?" Mu Chun asked.

"Hmm." Zhang Mei reluctantly returned to his chair.

When Mu Chun took the mouse to close the window, his gaze stayed on the wall behind Liu Mei.

Zhang Mei was keenly aware of Mu Chun's frowning.

"Mu Chun." She shouted softly, as if she were afraid of frightening the air around her.

The video was posted on YouTube and has been viewed more than a million times, and although it was recorded in the Kyoshima language, YouTube's instant subtitle translation feature is already excellent, and people around the world will soon see it.

This kind of public admission of guilt Zhang Mei was completely unexpected.

When Liu Mei chose to marry Ikeda, Hu Na was resolutely opposed, and the obvious gap between the two families was one of the reasons why this marriage was not favorable.

The second is flash marriage.

Although Ikeda and Liu Mei have known each other for many years, it is said that they only met many years ago when Liu Mei traveled to Kyoto Island after graduating from university.

The two were not in a relationship at the time, and Zhang Mei did not know the specific situation.

"Mu Chun, what are you looking at? Is there anything wrong with the video? ”

Seeing that Mu Chun didn't speak, Zhang Mei asked again anxiously.

What Mu Chun noticed was a painting, which was very large, and it looked like someone had carefully painted it on the wall.

"Did Liu Mei study art?" Mu Chun asked.

"She seems to be studying finance, and she has never heard of studying art."

"Strange."

Mu Chun muttered to himself.

Zhang Mei could only walk to Mu Chun's side, and then his gaze shifted to the monitor.

"Mu Chun, what are you going to say?"

"Look at this painting, this painting on the wall." Mu Chun used the tip of his pen to clarify the location he said on the screen.

What Zhang Mei saw was a painting of an angel with golden curly hair blowing a trumpet.

She didn't understand what was so special about this, but she felt that Mu Chun reminded her that this painting looked a little crazy.

"Since I'm wearing a nightgown, it's likely that this video was recorded at home."

After Mu Chun finished speaking, he quickly clicked to switch to the publishing account of the video.

The account name is TLiuT.

This account was registered two months ago, and it looks like Liu Mei herself registered it.

I've only posted one video since I signed up.

"There's nothing strange about it, it looks normal." Zhang Mei said.

"How many divorce cases has Lawyer Zhang taken?" Mu Chun asked casually.

"It's too much." Zhang Mei replied.

"What does a woman who registered a YouTube account two months ago and only post a piece of criminal evidence two months later, using the idea of a divorce case to study it?"

"Hmm...... It's not a coincidence, it's prepared. ”

"That's right, you may have started preparing two months ago, and you will be preparing this video two months later."

Mu Chun played it again, and this time, Zhang Mei's mood calmed down a lot.

"I don't understand what she said, what does this legend mean? What the soul and the body. ”

Mu Chun sighed, stood on the windowsill, and spoke slowly, "In the middle of his life, he has lost his way and walked into a dark forest.

This quote comes from Dante's Divine Comedy, and it goes like this, 'In the middle of my life, I found that I had lost my way and entered a dark forest', the first sentence of the first chapter of Inferno. ”

"Hell?"

Zhang Mei choked up a little and motioned for Mu Chun to continue.

Mu Chun shook his head, "Hell should be very terrifying, correspondingly, killing people and dismembering corpses doesn't look like such a weak girl doing things, let alone killing, this girl looks more impassive than Doctor Chu." ”

That's right, Liu Mei has been very weak since she was a child, so she originally wanted to study in Jingdao, but Hu Na didn't agree. It's easier said than done. ”

"It was very difficult, the bones were harder than we thought, and all the blood in the whole body was coming out...... More than we thought, if it was done with the corpse fresh, it would never have been as calm as she seemed, and it happened......"

"Three days, maybe longer, will not know the exact cause of death and the time of death until today when the police have found all the body parts and completed the entire autopsy."

Zhang Mei was a little tired after speaking, and after taking a few sips of coffee, she asked again, "Then what does this legend mean?" Does Liu Mei mean to imply that Ikeda is not good for her, so she not only wants to kill him, but also separates the body? ”

Mu Chun pondered for a while and said, "Once a person enters the eternal land after death, he will fall into complete despair, and he longs for a second death to end this desperate pain.

But once the body is severed, his soul cannot be pieced together, he cannot die again in a holistic way, his soul cannot die completely, and he will be in the eternal land forever.

Does Mr. Zhang know what a second death is? ”

Zhang Mei shook his head.

"The death of the soul, the cry of despair in hell, will not be helped, and peace can only be attained by letting the soul die. This is also described by Dante in the Inferno, and this legend, I don't know the source, I can't think of a legend anywhere where it says that when the body is cut off, the soul is difficult to piece together, and the soul cannot die. ”

Zhang Mei sneered, "It seems that there is really a lot of hatred, it is not enough to die, and there will be no peace after death." And what does she mean by being reborn in the fire? ”

"The Divine Comedy is divided into Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, corresponding to Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Hell is a state of despair, in which the soul who suffers, as it did on earth, is still controlled by the selfish desires and passions of the lattice.

Purgatory is a realm of hope in which the soul purified of sin, the will of the individual, is united in the common desire to ascend to heaven, and there is no contradiction between them.

Heaven is a realm of happiness, where souls have been sanctified, and their will has become completely in harmony with God's will.

Dante's Eternal Land refers to hell and heaven, which are eternal, and it is clear that Liu Mei believes that Ikeda will suffer forever in eternal hell.

And the fire and rebirth that Liu Mei mentioned at the end should refer to [Purgatory], the soul that is at ease in the fire refers to her own soul, after suffering and eliminating sins, there will be hope of ascending to heaven.

After this video is released, Liu Mei's crime is difficult to overturn, what awaits her? ”

"The most terrible punishment." Zhang Mei said calmly.

After listening to Mu Chun's analysis, Zhang Mei was able to look at the whole thing calmly, and his brain gradually returned to his usual rationality.

"That's right, she knew she was probably going to die too, and I couldn't see the fear or fear in the look on her face as she narrated."

"I can't see it either." Zhang Mei sneered again, she had seen many murderers, and there were also people who looked weak.

Therefore, no one should look good, and no one has ever stipulated that a murderer must have a fierce face.

"From the expression I gave you, there are many ways to tell what a person's true emotions are, why is a murderer not afraid at all?"

Mu Chun looked at Zhang Mei, and Zhang Mei also looked at Mu Chun.

"If you are ruthless, you will naturally not be afraid."

"Impossible, even if you are a ruthless person, you will be afraid when you divide the body, even if you are a medical student, even if you are a doctor, it is still different when facing a corpse and when facing a surgical patient, not to mention that an ordinary person does not know how to separate those parts at all, this is not to buy a doll and cut the limbs with scissors casually."

As soon as Mu Chun said this, Zhang Mei nodded again and again, "But she is really calm, and she doesn't look like she has done anything terrible." ”

"The sound didn't tremble at all, but the video didn't look like it was post-processed." Mu Chun muttered to himself.

He watched the video again, and halfway through it he pressed the pause button.

"Lawyer Zhang, what is this lit thing? Is it a fragrance or something? ”

Zhang Mei glanced at the tip of the pen, and there was a small white round table in front of the angel portrait, with several glass bottles and a lit pink fragrance on the table.

"This is an essential oil or something, and a lot of girls like it."

"Can you get this oil?"

"Huh?" Zhang Mei was confused by Mu Chun, "What do you want this essential oil for?" ”

"I can't say it now, but I vaguely feel that this matter is a little strange."

"Mu Chun has always been a nosy person, how did he voluntarily get involved in this case this time?"

"No, what I care about is her emotions, why is she so calm, a normal person is considered an actor......"

Mu Chun was halfway through speaking, and his voice suddenly disappeared.

"Actors should be able to do it, for example, if they don't take this matter as their own business, or like in "Identity", Liu Mei has many identities?"

Mu Chun suddenly smiled and said, "Ah, Lawyer Zhang can start to say almost good things for Liu Mei in front of the judge from this aspect, maybe if Liu Mei really has some problems......

"Just like Shen Fan, because he can't resist the idea of stealing, he steals, what is it called [kleptomophobia]? Or Dr. Mu Chun helped. ”

"I didn't." Mu Chun immediately denied it.

"Hu Na called me just now to think of a way, I have to go back to investigate this case now, if Liu Mei wants to escape the death penalty, is mental disorder a good choice? For example, Dissociate Identity disorder? ”

Zhang Mei picked up the bag and was about to leave, but Mu Chun said: "It's not that simple, isn't it rumored that Ikeda has a history of domestic violence?" Wouldn't it be more helpful to think more about this aspect in sentencing? ”

The corners of Mu Chun's mouth rose and a smile appeared.

"Is this a smile of joy or a smile that feels like you've managed to hide something?"

Zhang Mei carefully read the manuscript that Mu Chun gave her, and now she is analyzing the expression mentioned in the book on Mu Chun's face.

"You found out, you read this book is still very useful."

"If you can help me figure out the truth about Liu Mei's murder, I will find a publishing house for you to publish."

"Where is it, what I care about is the investment that New Frontier Group promised to invest in the obsessive-compulsive disorder project." Mu Chun said arrogantly.

After Zhang Mei left, Mu Chun lay on the chair holding down the pain in his chest.

The inexplicable pain reminded him of something that had happened before, and he became more and more depressed.

What made Mu Chun even more uneasy were the two things that appeared in the video.

One of them, Mu Chun has already told Zhang Mei - fragrance.

Since he had smelled similar smells on Xu Dan, Li Mu, and Yang Xing, Mu Chun's vague uneasiness became more and more serious.

Maybe it's just a coincidence...... He comforted himself.

But another thing that appeared in Liu Mei's video, Mu Chun couldn't calm down at all after seeing it.

A white parasol embroidered with gold patterns.

This umbrella always appears in Mu Chun's memory......

One rainy day, Xu Dan came to the outpatient room with the same umbrella.

Does Liu Mei happen to have this umbrella too?

Is it a coincidence that it appears in the video?

Of course, Mu Chun would not tell Zhang Mei about this.

After a calm analysis, Mu Chun found that Xu Dan and Liu Mei, two completely unrelated girls, had one thing in common, they had both experienced domestic violence.

No, it should be said that domestic violence has occurred in their lives.

Not only that, Mu Chun looked at the coffee cup that Zhang Mei had just drunk, the white mug stood motionless on the table, but it didn't look quiet, as if there were turbulent waves hidden in the middle of the cup.

It is not only Liu Mei and Xu Dan who are related to domestic violence, but also Geng Meng.