If not to hear it with your own ears.

It's hard for me to imagine a person being able to tell a crime like a ghost story.

There are also poetic embellishments and lyricism in some places.

Look at the man on the other side who burned like a frog.

My heart hurts a little.

The identification of Ren Zhe has been inconclusive.

He was peaceful, quiet, polite, and had some grace in his demeanor.

There was not a trace of thugs in sight.

But it's such a man.

In the past three years, he set fire to 13 women of Jialong International and hid the body of a girl named Li Yuxiu, and then killed his boss and his wife, unemployed people and young women who had lost their footing on the street.

The methods are extremely cruel, and at the same time, they are accompanied by serious acts of torture.

Of course, these are all his own words.

The story of the crime is described in more detail.

The time, place, people, events, and motivations are all mature.

But here's the problem – it's all fake.

Jialong International did burn people, but 12.

There is no girl named Li Yuxiu.

There have indeed been three homicides in that ruin, and the methods are brutal.

But the first two cases are not the boss couple who have run away.

As for the unemployed and the young women who have lost their footing on the street – there is also no evidence that he was responsible.

In the dark room of the basement that Ren Zhe said.

The police found nothing.

The dusty room was empty, and the walls and beams were covered with cobwebs.

There were no female corpses, no banknotes, and no bloodstains.

Only choking air, the corpse of some reptiles and a fat dead mouse.

Given that he mentioned it in the narrative, the police also specifically dissected the corpses of rats.

Except for the residue of rodent control, nothing was found.

So, the preliminary judgment is that he has PTSD, which is post-traumatic stress disorder.

Both traumatic re-experiences and post-agitation rage are consistent with the symptoms of PTSD.

He was devastated by the fires and often passed by the scene of the crime, and probably witnessed the entire murder scene.

So he put himself in the trap.

In other words, his so-called murder is likely to be his own imagination.

Maybe he's just a scapegoat.

Or - no.

Because of the three people he mentioned, the boss and his wife were indeed missing.

The weird thing is that girl Li Yuxiu.

She disappeared a year and a half ago, in another place.

And a year and a half before her disappearance, she had never left that place, and the evidence was sufficient.

Ren Zhe was obviously more surprised by this result than me.

I could tell he wasn't pretending.

I showed him the picture of Li Yuxiu.

He looked at the photo in a daze.

"Is that her?" I asked.

He didn't speak, and the complicated look in his eyes told me that this was the Li Yuxiu he was talking about.

But no one around Li Yuxiu knew Ren Zhe.

The problem is simple, but the matter is complicated.

Ren Zhe turned himself in.

In view of the seriousness of the case, he was temporarily detained in a detention center.

I had plenty of time to see him and talk to him.

At first he seemed to be afraid of me, rejecting me and avoiding me.

After going there a few times, he stopped hiding.

His original calm was restored, but we were still unable to communicate.

Until he asked that question.

"Do you think these people deserve to die?"

I obviously can't answer it positively.

"So what do you think?" I asked rhetorically.

"You shouldn't ask such a question with your wisdom." He mocked me.

Indeed, regardless of the truth, if he had reserved even the slightest bit of kindness towards these people, he would not have wanted or actually killed them.

"Everybody," I said, "since he exists in this world, then I think he has a need to exist." This is the so-called existence is reasonable. ”

"I've read your book." He stared at me.

"So, please take back what you just said." His gaze flickered and even sharpened.

Well, I'll admit that when I was younger, I was a bit extreme, but that didn't exclude my view of the world.

"You just hate one group of society, but what you hate, the whole society doesn't agree with. It's just that you're more extreme. I said.

"So you believe that I killed people?"

"Believe, why not, you have a good reason to do such a thing."

"You know me?"

"I've done some research."

"So...... Is my dad okay? ”

"Not good." I said, "You should have gone and turned yourself in." ”

"Hmph, if you don't go, this will scare them to death."

"It's okay not to go. Save the best memories for them. I said, "By the way, I have already given the money you quietly put down to your sister, in the name of a kind person." ”

"You know ......", Ren Zhe looked at me in surprise, looking directly into his eyes made people a little frightened during the day.

"Why don't you put more?" I didn't answer his question.

His head slowly drooped, "Money is not a good thing. ”

"Then why hide so much money and keep it for yourself."

"The money was found?" He didn't answer, but asked rhetorically.

"No, there's not even a dime in that dark room you're talking about."

Ren Zhe looked a little depressed and a little scared.

"I feel right." He said, "There is indeed a person behind me who scares me, more than others fear me, but I have never been able to find him." ”

"Only, only once, I saw his eyes." Ren Zhe seemed to shudder.

"It's like...... Your eyes. He said, staring into my eyes.

"My eyes...... Hahaha, I'm a well-known electric eye killer. My eyes are only merciful. ”

"Could it be a hallucination?" I say.

"Hehe, don't you also know, the money is gone, and she is gone. Now it looks like I'm lying. ”

"Well, then even if there is such a person, don't you think he's helping you?"

"No, never, I'm afraid of him, I'm afraid of his eyes, that's not good."

"Is this why you turned yourself in?"

"Sort of. I'm not even a human being, and there's nothing to be afraid of, but I'm afraid of him, and I'm scared to death. So, I thought about it, here, will he still come with me? Hey. ”

I was silent.

He was also silent.

After a moment, he spoke first.

"What do you want to study from me? Professor. ”

My eyes jumped a few times involuntarily.

"You know what I do." I say.

"Okay." He sighed, "I'll admit, I do look like a ghost with a heavy grudge in a ghost movie. ”

"Maybe I can overdo it for you." I laughed.

He looked at me as if he wasn't funny at all.

"But I'm killing damned people." His tone became gloomy.

"You're not the adjudicator." I say.

"You must know Jack the Ripper." He said, "You can understand me by referring to him." ”

Jack the Ripper was a notorious killer known for killing prostitutes and then disemboweling their wombs and never getting caught, causing great social panic in late 19th-century Britain.

"Jack the Ripper is also said to be a prostitute, but I think he's a doctor. Heaven gave a woman reproductive organs for reproduction, not for trading. But there are too many girls who begin to know how to exchange their bodies for the things they need at a very young age, do you think this is a disease? ”

"You think it's a disease?"

"Isn't it? It's a disease of the heart, it's laziness, it's greed, it's wanting to get something for nothing. ”

"Have you read Gu Long's novels? The book says that murder is the first profession in the world, and prostitution is the second. I said, "Female animals have the instinct to trade sex for life, and humans are not the only ones." Besides, what's so bad? Green, low-carbon and environmental protection. ”

Ren Zhe looked at me again as if he was seeing me for the first time.

"You go," he said.

"I'm just kidding. I think you're a little excited and want to lighten the mood. ”

I laughed.

Ren Zhe's deformed clenched hand slowly slid down from the corner of his clothes.

In fact, what Ren Zhe wanted to pass on to me was nothing more than a pathological act of killing prostitutes.

This phenomenon occurs from time to time in society. The most influential case in China was the murder of a prostitute by the Shen brothers in 2004. A total of 11 women were killed and some of the victims' organs were froped. In foreign countries, the one with a greater influence is the Jack the Ripper mentioned by Ren Zhe.

In fact, the intolerance of prostitution is particularly prominent in some religious countries.

In some Middle Eastern countries, prostitutes are officially executed, and civilian killings are more common.

I don't think these people have to be damned.

From a certain point of view, those women who are killed are the weak.

They walk on the edge of the law.

Not protected by law.

Doing dirty and dirty work.

But he lives a precarious life.

You think it's these people who are really dirty?

Then you'd be wrong.

It's a woman who can do such a thing.

Some women are promoted by this.

Some women rely on this honor.

The so-called thief is punished, and the thief is the prince.

A lot of times, you despise those at the bottom.

On the other hand, they are chasing those who are more clever.

In fact, they are all doing the same thing.

It's just that the opportunities are different, the environment is different, and the objects are different.

When I came out of the detention center, I was thinking about a question repeatedly.

When society is raging with the so-called "you can eat with your face" and other arguments; When the girls who are scratching their heads on the live broadcast platform show off their wealth; When a beautiful woman and a handsome guy earn RMB that ordinary people can't earn in a lifetime with a reality show, what kind of mentality does society have?

When there are more and more such people, it is not a human disease, but a social disease.

The visit to Ren Zhe lasted for a long time, and in addition to the non-stop visits and conversations, I was also trying to find clues related to him.

The fire, which was originally believed to have been caused by improper operation, was completely refuted because of Ren Zhe's confession.

However, due to the deliberate concealment of the victim's previous personal information, it was very difficult to collect evidence.

The case of Ren Zhe's murder is still inconclusive.

But that's not exactly what I'm focused on.

Ren Zhe's case itself is typical.

A champion of the college entrance examination from a humble background.

Graduates of prestigious schools.

Won in a thousand-to-one recruitment.

Have an enviable job.

It is still an inspirational model for the town.

Ben comes from a life with a halo.

But it was bleak six years ago because of his disappearance.

When it reappears in people's field of vision.

He's a crippled man.

I noticed that he called himself a ghost and a thing, but he never called a person.

Perhaps, as he said, he was already a lonely soul who wandered between humans and ghosts.

As I got to know him little by little, I wanted to write something about his embarrassing experiences and pay tribute to his dead soul.