The footsteps of two people in the empty corridor were drowned out by other voices, some people were singing the national anthem, others were screaming, and there were faint crying, the mental hospital was very lively at this time, and Dr. Lu took Luo Baifan to the door of Ward 12.

Dr. Lu found Number 12 from a plate of keys, the lock was opened, and the door was pushed open a little, but Dr. Lu was stunned for a moment, and he involuntarily took a small step back.

"What's wrong?" Seeing him like this, Luo Baifan asked in a low voice.

Dr. Lu's expression was indescribable, mixed with surprise and confusion and a hint of fear, "He, why did he wake up?" ”

Luo Baifan looked into the crack in the door, it was still so dark inside, but in a trance, there was a person standing on the ground.

Dr. Lu still didn't go in, and his voice was a little strange, "But I just gave him a strong sedative!" We tied him to the bed, I checked the room just now. ”

Luo Baifan glanced at Dr. Lu's somewhat frightened look, leaned forward, passed him, reached out and gently pushed the door open.

The people in the room, dressed in white restraint clothes, had their backs to them, their heads bowed forward, and stood motionless in the middle of the floor of the room.

Luo Baifan glanced back at Dr. Lu, "This is Wang Yong?" ”

Dr. Lu's face turned pale and nodded tremblingly.

Luo Baifan saw that the white restraint clothes would wrap Wang Yong's arms tightly, and from the back, he looked like he had no arms, because he was too thin, the neckline exposed the back of the neck, and the large vertebrae bulging outward.

Luo Baifan slowly approached his side, he wanted to go around to the other side to see what Wang Yong's situation was.

Luo Baifan's breathing became very slow, almost holding his breath, there was a smell of death in the air, his heartbeat couldn't help but speed up, just a few steps, the feeling of being suppressed by this room, made his palms ooze some sweat.

The room was facing north, and it was very dark, which seemed quite eerie. He walked in front of Wang Yong, and for a moment, Luo Baifan felt that Wang Yong would suddenly raise his gray face and rush towards him, but this kind of thing did not happen.

Wang Yong was still motionless, and his eyes were half-open without a trace of anger.

Luo Baifan held his breath in his chest and shouted in a low voice.

"Wang Yong? Wang Yong! ”

There was no reaction from the people standing.

Dr. Lu was trembling at the door, and he wanted to run out, but before he was sure what was going on, he still had to look at the definite answer given by Luo Baifan.

The courage that has been cultivated over the years is not something that ordinary people can have, Luo Baifan stretched out his hand to Wang Yong's neck, and that place was pressed a little by Wang Yong's chin.

There was some coldness in his fingers, and he quickly withdrew his hand.

whispered, "Dead!" ”

When Dr. Lu heard these two words, he was a little short of breath and stumbled out without saying a word.

Luo Baifan was only stunned for a second, and looked around the room vigilantly and quickly, except for a bed, there was nothing else in this room, and there seemed to be no traces of a fight, but the straps on the bed were opened.

Who untied the strapping? Who else has been in this room?

He walked over to the wall and turned on the light, the old-fashioned incandescent lamp, which was not bright enough, illuminated the room even more old and gloomy.

Wang Yong's face was earthy yellow, his eyes were sunken in his sockets, his eyes were half-open without any focus, and he didn't seem to have much pain when he died, and he stood there barefoot, leaving no clues.

Luo Baifan frowned tightly, Wang Yong is dead, and there are no witnesses in the specimen exhibition hall case.

In 1993, when the means of detection were limited and the case was a little bizarre, Luo Baifan wanted to find out the truth, especially Wang Yong's recovery, which gave him some hope.

But now that the people who know the truth, the dead are dead, the missing are missing, and the case is at an impasse, I am afraid that it will not be able to proceed.

And Wang Yong's illness and his bizarre death made Luo Baifan even more confused, whether it was a coincidence or a connection, he always felt that this matter was not so simple.

The corridor was extremely noisy, Luo Baifan exhaled a puff of cigarette, watching his colleagues investigate the scene, and the forensic doctor was entering the house.

He wanted to know more and walked up to Dr. Lu. Dr. Lu's face was not very good, he handed him a cigarette, he took it, his fingers trembled a little, and he could see that he was very nervous.

"After you gave him the injection, were you sure you tied him up, right? Will it break free on its own? Who else has been in after this? ”

Dr. Lu took a puff of cigarette gently, and did not pass his lungs, and spit it out quickly, he should not be able to smoke, he was a little scared, it was not that the person who was clearly tied up died standing up, but that he was the only one who had the key to ward 12, how to say it clearly, and he did not let anyone else touch the key, how did he get in, or Wang Yong loosened the tie himself, he was confused when he thought of this.

He nodded, "I tied it with the doctor who took over the shift, and the body and legs were fixed, this kind of strap that specially binds the mentally ill is very strong, and it is difficult for the person who is tied to untie it by himself and it is difficult to break free, besides, they put on a restraint suit for him last night, where does he have the hands to untie it." ”

As he spoke, Dr. Lu took another puff of cigarette, but this time he choked and coughed a few times, and tears were about to flow out.

He continued, with a confused look on his face.

"I gave him an injection, and no one has been here since then, the key has always been on me, the doors and windows are locked, you see, the keys to all the rooms are hung on a key plate, and I put them in the white coat on my body.

Also, our hospital is a 15-minute ward round, and the nurse on duty can testify to me, before you came, we just finished the inspection, and he was just after that..., I can't figure it out, this thing is too weird. ”

Luo Baifan didn't want this matter to develop in a weird direction, he preferred to believe that it was man-made or just an accident, otherwise things would be very complicated.

"Anyway, let's investigate clearly and then make a conclusion. I still have something to ask you, you said that Wang Yong was fine a few days ago, but he fell ill again last night, so when he was well, did he mention to you the case he committed before? Or something else, strange words? ”

Dr. Lu shook his head, "I talked to him about that day, oh, he asked me, did the police come to him?" I said you're not impressed? He smiled and said that he didn't have any impression, maybe he was confused for a while. He didn't tell me anything else after that. But yesterday I heard him ask for some paper and pen as if the nurse was in charge. ”

Luo Baifan's eyes lit up, "Paper and pen? Did anyone see him writing? ”

"I didn't pay attention to that in the office, you can ask the nurse."

Soon, the nurse was called.

The young nurse also seemed to be frightened, and from time to time she always looked into the depths of the hallway.

"Did Wang Yong ask you for paper and pen yesterday? Do you know what he wants this for? ”

"Well, he asked for it, but he didn't say what he was going to do, and then when I went out to check the ward, I saw him playing with paper airplanes with another patient! The paper is supposed to be for folding paper airplanes, and I see that they have a lot of fun. ”

"What about the paper airplane? Which patient did you play with? ”

"I don't know exactly where the paper airplanes are, so I went to check the ward with the doctor, and when I came back, I saw them scattered. Playing with him was another patient, an old man, a former pilot, who was labeled as a collaborator by the organization, and went crazy. ”

Luo Baifan didn't ask any more, he felt that Wang Yong couldn't die without leaving anything, his intuition told him that he shouldn't just fold paper airplanes, why did he need a pen. If all this is just like this, then it is really that all the clues are broken, and he is not reconciled.

The Sixth Hospital is an old hospital, the house is also old, and the furnishings inside are the same. The patient activity room on the first floor looks like the communication room of the old unit, and there is always an indescribable strange smell in it, much like cabbage stinks.

The activity room is about 100 square meters, and Luo Baifan is careful and meticulous, so as not to leave a dead end in the search and inspection.

In this activity room, most of them are tables and chairs, only a few rehabilitation equipment, as long as it is in this room, whether it is above or below, or in the gaps and holes, Luo Baifan has never been the capital, but there is no gain.

Sweating profusely, he took off his coat and sat down on a stool behind the door of the activity room.

He leaned his back against the wall, thinking as he looked to his right.

On the right is the door of the activity room, which is open to the inside, and on the back of the door is a painting with something written on it, much like a child's scribble.

Luo Baifan moved the chair and looked at it while wiping his sweat.

Some of the words and paintings on the back of the door are engraved, some are written with chalk, and some are written with ballpoint pens, crooked, large and small, but there are also very beautiful handwriting.

Luo Baifan read sentence by sentence.

The words on the top seem to be some years old, and they are engraved, and they are engraved very deeply, and they are engraved.

"Daddy doesn't want me anymore".

A strange feeling made Luo Baifan feel a little uncomfortable, and then he looked at the next sentence.

"Teacher Wang, do you still love me?" The question mark is repeatedly traced by a ballpoint pen. He frowned and continued to look down

"Someone is following me, SOS".

"A dream in the past and this life". It's a nice handwriting.

"I'm a Kite"

"There are ghosts, who are following you on tiptoe"

“...，...”

Luo Baifan pinched his eyebrows, he had roughly finished reading it, and there was no clue he wanted, so he got up and came to Dr. Lu's office again, wanting him to take it to see the old man who played paper airplanes with Wang Yong yesterday.

Dr. Lu was still a little nervous, and after understanding the meaning, he didn't say much, and led him to the door of Ward 1. He asked Luo Baifan to go in and not talk nonsense, just let him talk.

When the door was pushed open, it was very different from the north-facing room, it was very bright, the room was south-facing, the sun was abundant, and the room was still empty except for the bed, except for a pot of flowers by the window.

The lean old man lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling, and there was a shadow of the windowpane on the ceiling, which was the pot of white calla lilies on the windowsill, and he was observing the light.

"Comrade Zhang Hanzhi."

The old man sat up from his bed and got off the ground.

"Yes, Chief!"

"Yesterday in the activity room, you flew a reconnaissance plane, right?"

"Yes, Chief!"

"Where did the plane go? I want to see it. ”

The old man looked at the ceiling and pointed in one direction,

"Fly over there."

"Where is that? I wonder where the plane is now? ”

The old man suddenly lowered his head and stiffened his body, he didn't know why he was a little scared, and he said in an honest tone.

"The plane is gone, I escaped, I didn't collaborate with the enemy."

Dr. Lu frowned, he swallowed back with a sound in his throat, and waited for a while.

"Comrade Zhang Hanzhi, I am your chief, where did your plane land?"

"I, I, I confess, I'm collaborating with the enemy, don't hit me." The old man was almost squatting on the ground, holding his head and about to cry.

Dr. Lu went out with Luo Baifan.

"He used to fly a reconnaissance plane, and the plane was shot down in the Kinmen Artillery Battle in 1958, and there was no news of him for a long time, and everyone thought that he must have died, but at that time he parachuted and survived, and finally escaped from the enemy area.

However, when he came back, I don't know who spread the rumors, saying that he had only come back for so long, and he might have been treason and collaborator with the enemy, in fact, he just escaped death, and during the period of the Great Strike Hard, he clung to this unwarranted thing, and he had to be deducted for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, and tortured the old man crazy, what a good fighting hero! It's pathetic. I looked at this paper airplane and it was not certain whether he was there or not, maybe he threw it in the trash after playing with Wang Yong. ”

Luo Baifan didn't give up, "No, this paper airplane is very important, can you search him?" I don't think there's a place to hide in his room. ”

Dr. Lu hesitated, "Okay, I have to call the nurse to look for it with me." ”

After about a while, Dr. Lu and the nurse came out of Ward 1 and shook their heads, "I've searched them all, no, they must have thrown them away." ”

Luo Baifan was very helpless, because he also turned over the trash can in the activity room, and was cleaned up in the morning, and the garbage truck didn't know where to go, although there was little hope, but he still said.

"Then you should pay attention, this paper airplane is very important to the case."