Nancheng Psychological Sanatorium is located on the edge of the "hospital area" centered on the First People's Hospital of Nancheng, close to the suburbs of the city. The entire sanatorium is surrounded by a circle of sycamores, and the environment is exceptionally quiet. In particular, the inpatient department is completely isolated from the traffic outside. There is a lot less earthly noise and chaos, and it is a standard paradise.

The sanatorium has only two floors, one for medical staff. The second floor is the patient room. All the patients who come here will not be able to live in an ordinary psychiatric hospital unless they are specially explained by the superiors.

Yang Fan stood in front of the window of the ward and leaned over. The weather was exceptionally nice and sunny today. The snow in the yard has melted and there is not much left.

It's been a week. He woke up, and he remembered everything clearly. But no one believed him.

Yes, the one who came to this sanatorium, that one was not mentally serious to the extreme. He really didn't understand that he was just hypnotized by the murderer and sent here.

The scene in the coffee on the island, he will never forget to this day.

My cousin is hooked on an online game that is not a simple online game and sounds more like a pyramid scheme. The omnipotent "prophet" seemed to have become a god in the eyes of his cousin.

The more Yang Fan listened, the colder it became, if more people fell into the demagogy of the "prophet" like his cousin, then the consequences would be unimaginable. My cousin continued to talk about her participation in the so-called "spiritual meeting". Yang Fan was a little angry, but he didn't know how to comfort her.

At this time, the cousin suddenly stopped talking. The coffee cup she was holding fell to the ground, and the yellow liquid flowed to the ground.

Yang Fan was stunned, and after a few seconds, he hurriedly pulled out the pistol in his waist. However, it was too late.

My cousin had fallen to the ground. Behind her stood a man dressed in black.

With a black windbreaker and a ghostly smile, it was the "Grim Reaper" who killed Bai Ling and Li Yueye.

The angry Yang Fan pulled the safety bolt and aimed at the "Grim Reaper".

"Don't you want to see who I am before shooting?" At this time, the "Grim Reaper" suddenly spoke, and the voice seemed to be that of a boy.

Yang Fan paused, and the "Grim Reaper" on the opposite side slowly lifted the hat on his head.

There seemed to be a strong light piercing into his eyes, and Yang Fan was a little dizzy. He shook his head, trying to stay awake, only to find that it was all in vain. He was losing consciousness. A cloud of smoke slowly rose in front of him, and there was a face faintly in the smoke, a man's face. The face was hidden behind the mist, and it was impossible to see what he looked like, the only thing that could be seen was his eyes and mouth.

His eyes were staring at Yang Fan, and his mouth was slightly upturned, but it was a weird smile.

What is he laughing at? Is it mockery or ridicule? I wanted to see it clearly, but my body didn't listen. Countless voices are ringing in your ears, don't you want to see who I am? Don't you want to see who I am?

In the end, Yang Fan felt like his whole body was stuck in a quagmire, and he couldn't climb up.

All he saw was his cousin dead. He couldn't believe that the "Grim Reaper" had killed his cousin in front of his eyes.

These memories suddenly came to Yang Fan on the third day of his arrival at the Nancheng Provincial Psychological Sanatorium. The doctor said that Yang Fan received psychological cues from the murderer and was instantly hypnotized.

Yang Fan studied criminal psychology at the police academy, and he also mentioned hypnotic crime in textbooks. However, in ordinary criminal cases, hypnosis is not possible.

Hypnosis, in psychology and science, is just a state of nothingness. The original concept was derived from the Greek myth of Hypo, the god of sleep

The name of the s. It is a method of using means such as suggestion to put the recipient into a hypnotic state and be able to produce magical effects. Of course, hypnosis is mainly a special kind of consciousness trance caused by human induction. Many scientists believe that hypnosis is impossible.

However, he was indeed hypnotized by the "Grim Reaper".

"Ahh Next door, there was another terrible cry.

It's time to take your medicine. Yang Fan scratched his head vigorously. He had applied to the hospital countless times, and he was completely fine and could go out, but he was all called back. The reason is - every mentally ill person here wants to get out.

Bang bang! There was two knocks on the door, and the nurse walked in with a medicine cart.

"How are you feeling today? Do you still want to go out? The nurse asked with a smile, and then, gently, put the medicine and water on the table.

"How many times have I said it, I'm fine. Why, do you have to do this to me? Take medicine all day long, and if you have nothing to do, you have to take it. "Yang Fan really wants to cry without tears.

"Obedient, finish the medicine. Sleep obediently, and you'll be fine. The nurse came over with medicine and water.

"So, can I use your phone? I want to make a call. After a pause, Yang Fan spoke.

"No, I can't. There are rules here. The nurse rejected him.

"Then I don't take medicine. Not only do I not take medicine, but I will jump from here in a while. Yang Fan was a little angry.

"Huh! And said you're fine. Like other patients, they have to jump off buildings at every turn. The nurse laughed.

Yang Fan was completely blinded. He simply didn't know how to express his feelings. He didn't say anything more, walked over, picked up the water from the nurse's hand, and poured the medicine into his mouth.

The nurse looked at him and smiled slightly. Yang Fan quickly closed the door, put his hand in his throat, and then vomited vigorously. A few seconds later, a white tablet fell to the ground.

If you continue like this, you will one day become a real psychopath.

I'm getting out of here. Looking at his haggard face in the mirror, Yang Fan suddenly had a decision in his heart.

It was late at night, and the whole sanatorium was silent.

Yang Fan stood by the window and watched the nurse on duty opposite walk towards the boiling water room with two thermoses. Yang Fan quickly threw the rope rolled up from the bed sheet behind his back out of the window. Then, I pulled hard and tried it, and jumped out with an arrow step.

After three ups and downs, Yang Fan fell to the ground. Then he tiptoed out of the gate.

The rain outside the window doesn't seem to stop. In the distance was an oppressive gloom. At this time, Gao Cheng's thoughts were like the rain blowing outside the window, continuous and chaotic, making people uneasy but helpless. The black building was hidden in a cloud of smoke and rain, and the gray walls looked solemn and inexplicably treacherous from a distance.

Gao Cheng took a hard puff of his cigarette, pressed the butt of the cigarette into the ashtray, and stood up.

Yang Fan's situation has been fed back to the bureau, and he was instantly hypnotized by the "Grim Reaper". It is very likely that he was hypnotized instantly because he had been hinted at by the "Grim Reaper" before. The research institute said that it would observe for a while longer, make sure that it was okay, and then send him back.

The case has entered an unprecedented stalemate, especially what is the secret behind the "Grim Reaper"? Could it really be a curse forty years ago, as Chu Ling said?

The curse of forty years ago?

Xiao Min's abnormal behavior at the Ming'an Psychiatric Research Institute, as well as the series of murders of the "Grim Reaper", what is the connection between all of this?

is like a mess, Gao Cheng can't find the thread that can pull out the overall situation.

Drip! At this time, the computer rang, and someone sent an email. Gao Cheng sat down in front of the computer, opened the mailbox and looked at it.

The new email was sent by Chu Ling, and when he saw the content of the email, Gao Cheng's face became even more solemn.

Hello, Captain Gao!

It's been a few days since I said goodbye last time. The last time I heard about the "Grim Reaper" murder case you mentioned, my opinion was just my personal speculation.

Now, I have some information for you that I hope will be helpful to your case.

Legend has it that Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling, inadvertently got a strange mask, and from then on, he was sure to win every battle. There is also a legend that King Lanling wore a mask with a hideous face because he was handsome and afraid that he would not be able to suppress the morale of his soldiers on the battlefield.

No matter what reason King Lanling wore that mask. But I did some research and found that the mask did make the Lanling King win a hundred battles, and it can almost be said that the victory of the Lanling King was brought about by the mask.

Forty years ago, my father led an archaeological team to Yuling Mountain, and it turned out to be an accident. Except for the crazy Xiao Min, there is no trace of the others. In the past forty years, I have often visited Xiao Min. From her mouth, I vaguely knew that they had opened the cemetery of Princess Ai of Lanling and saw the strange mask. And, she kept saying that in forty years, the curse would appear again.

Recently, there has been a series of "Grim Reaper" murders in Nancheng, and the perpetrators are very similar to the words left by my father. So, I imagined that the current "Grim Reaper" murder case would be the curse of the mask of King Lanling.

Historically, both at home and abroad, there is some information about cursed killing. Whether it's true or not, there are certain reasons. Then, the "Grim Reaper" kills, and his targets are all women, and they are netizens who are addicted to the Internet.

Captain Gao can follow this clue to find out, such as what are the characteristics of these murdered women? Because, whether it is a curse to kill, or someone pretending to be a "Grim Reaper" to kill, he will definitely have the same.

In the past few days, I have thought about it carefully and decided to take a trip to Yuling Mountain next week. For so many years, I have been trying my best to do archaeological research, in fact, my heart has never given up the postgraduate examination work of "Yuling Blessed Land". Recently, what happened in Nancheng made me feel the seriousness of the situation.

Also, I have collected some information about the mask of the Lanling King. There is one that my father summed up, although there is no direct evidence in historical and archaeological sources, but I think it makes sense.

During the Han Dynasty, there was a small country located on the frontier called Yelang Kingdom. You must have heard this, there is an idiom called Yelang arrogant.

The country of Yoro is rich in a kind of camphor wood, the minced pieces of this camphor wood have the miraculous effect of relieving pain and eliminating the acumber, and if used in excess, it will cause people to hallucinate. Some people in history say that the mask of the King of Lanling is made of this kind of camphor wood, so the King of Lanling will have incomparable divine power after wearing the mask.

The "Grim Reaper" murder case recently discovered in Nancheng was carried out under the condition of instant hypnosis of the victim, and I think it is very likely that it has something to do with the face of King Lanling.

Gao Cheng fell into deep contemplation.

Chu Ling's several proposals and some information made Gao Cheng feel a sense of sudden enlightenment. In fact, in this case, the motive of the "Grim Reaper" to kill has always been uncertain for Gao Cheng.

At first, Gao Cheng thought that "Death" was a perverted killer who hated Internet women, but later, with the development of the case, the target of "Death" continued to change. From Bai Ling of Nancheng University, to Gao Cheng's wife Li Yueyue, to Yang Fan's cousin, there is no connection at all. If you want to talk about the common ground, Li Yueyue and Yang Fan's cousin are both related to the police. Could it be that the "Grim Reaper" is hateful to the police and specifically targets the families of the police? However, none of Bai Ling's relatives are policemen!

Re-opening the case file in front of the table, Gao Cheng stared at the information of the three victims.

Name, age, family relationship, date of birth......

Suddenly, Gao Cheng remembered something, he read the information in front of him a few more times, his eyes flashed with joy, and the corners of his mouth trembled uncontrollably.

So that's the case? Gao Cheng screamed.