A contradiction arises here.

In the description of the villagers of Xibaozhuang, the maidens of the god of flowers will be chosen among the girls under the age of 16 in the village. But since Jasmine was chosen as the maid of the god of flowers that year, why did her age recorded in her interrogation file be 18 years old?

However, after all, this flower festival is just a local folk custom, the agreed rules, the way will generally have a relatively large room for negotiation and space, not some unchangeable iron law, as long as the villagers have no opinion, or there is just no girl of the right age that year, so breaking the 16-year-old boundary, it is not unreasonable.

What's more, according to some clues recorded in the file, Liu Mengwei is almost certain that this girl named Jasmine is a little different from other ordinary children, which does not mean that she has extraordinary talent in some way, but just the opposite. Her intelligence is deficient, which may be the real reason why his father, Bai Yuyang, has never sent her to school.

In those lengthy interrogation transcripts, she becomes an answering machine, and when people ask her anything, she will only say "I don't know", but if you are patient and ask a second or third time, she will answer "yes" and "yes" as she wishes.

The transcript may be misinterpreted, but the physical evidence is not deceiving, at least much more objective. There were jasmine's fingerprints on the candlestick, the clothes she was wearing were stained with the blood of the deceased Li Youlin, and there were witnesses who saw her running out of the flower temple in a hurry that night, and the fire that almost burned the flower temple was extinguished in time because of the presence of these witnesses around.

In this way, even if there is no confession, it seems to be an ironclad case.

The three villagers involved in the crime confessed that they had had an illicit relationship with Jasmine. Of course, they shirk their responsibilities to the fullest, blaming their faults on the girl's misconduct and deliberately seducing the charm.

But does a girl who is only seven or eight years old really understand this?

What about Jasmine's father, Bai Yuyang? There was only one page of his record in the case file. It was the inquiry after Jasmine fled home from the Temple of Flowers on the evening of March 21. And in the face of irrefutable facts, he had to admit that the panicked and blood-stained girl was his daughter.

But after all, he is Jasmine's nominal father, why did this happen, he only made a symbolic appearance in the whole case, and then it was as if he was perfectly invisible? Or, after he found out that Jasmine had an intellectual disability, he actually wanted to abandon her for a long time, so he took this opportunity to get rid of this burden.

Liu Mengwei knew that there was a time in the last century when some serious crimes would be dealt with severely and quickly, but when she looked at the girl in the photo, she instantly fell into the torrent contained in those eyes. Although the isolated girl was silent and silent, the bloody hole in the corner of her forehead opened her mouth widely, spitting out endless grievances.

Although the parties are all dead, there are still a lot of people involved in this case, and even if they have to re-investigate now, they will not be unable to start.

Liu Mengwei decided to start with Bai Yuyang first, what she was most curious about was how he viewed this case as a father.

She copied the names of the people she wanted to check and all the ID numbers she could find on a piece of paper and took them to Ma Xiaochao.

"What are these?" Ma Xiaochao looked at her with some doubts.

"Some of the parties in the Flower Temple case." Liu Mengwei pointed to Bai Yuyang's name and said to him: "You check this person first and see if you can find his current contact information or address." ”

Ma Xiaochao turned his head and operated on the computer, and the system quickly jumped out of the result.

"This person's hometown is in Y City, and he worked as a Chinese teacher in a private primary school in Xibaozhuang in our city from 1980 to 2000, and died in a car accident in April 2004." Ma Xiaochao's concise three sentences summarized Bai Yuyang's life.

What? He died six years after that case? Liu Mengwei was a little stunned, but she didn't expect the first clue to be cut off like this, which caught her off guard.

She had no choice but to point to the names of the three people who participated in the flow mang/zui and asked Ma Xiaochao to continue to query in the system.

"Wang Jinlong, a native of this city and a villager from Xibaozhuang, died of drowning in August 2001."

"Zhao Qiang, a native of this city and a villager in Xibaozhuang, died of electrocution in June 2002."

"Chen Weidong, a native of this city and a villager from Xibaozhuang, died of food poisoning in March 2003."

After reading out the information of these people one by one, even Ma Xiaochao was stunned: "These people are all dead!" ”

Liu Meng bit her lip slightly, this was really an amazing discovery. Not only are the three direct parties all dead, but even Jasmine's father, Bai Yuyang, is dead. And the time of death of these four people is also so strange, from 2001 to 2004, they are like a group of people queuing up on the netherworld, one by one, stepping into the ghost gate in turn.

"What was the nature of the deaths of these three men? Murder? Or was it an accident? ”

"It's an accident in the case file." Ma Xiaochao confirmed again: "Wang Jinlong accidentally drowned when he went down to the reservoir to swim; Zhao Qiang was electrocuted while changing a light bulb at night; Chen Weidong died after eating unprocessed puffer fish. ”

As for Bai Yuyang, after his daughter was sentenced, he resigned as a teacher at Xibaozhuang Primary School, and it is estimated that he also suffered a big blow. So, he drank a lot of alcohol on the day of the car accident, and a high concentration of alcohol was detected in his blood during a forensic autopsy afterwards. At that time, he was supposed to be driving on a mountain road, the car was in disrepair, and the weather seemed to be too bad for those days, and then he tumbled down the mountain, causing the car to catch fire, almost burning the surrounding trees. Fortunately, it rained later, so it didn't spread widely. ”

The fact that everyone related to Jasmine died, and all of them died in a seemingly unexpected way, has to make people suspect that someone is behind her to avenge her. But she is an orphan girl, except for her adoptive father Bai Yuyang, who else is so close to her, and even willing to use her life to commemorate her grievances after her death? And among these people, Bai Yuyang is also impressively listed, could it be that he is also involved in this unknown conspiracy?

The mystery becomes more and more confusing.

"Can you retrieve all the information of the villagers in Xibaozhuang?" Jasmine is a child with an intellectual disability, and her range of communication should be small, not beyond the village where she lives.

"This ......" Ma Xiaochao was suddenly a little entangled: "Professor Liu, can I ask the reason?" What the hell are we looking for? ”

Liu Meng was slightly stunned, she didn't expect that although Ma Xiaochao was young and didn't seem to have much experience, he still maintained the vigilance of a policeman.

She gave him a relaxed smile, but the words she said were not easy: "You're not doubting me, are you?" ”

"No, no!" Ma Xiaochao was really frightened by the big hat she buttoned, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I just remembered the information security and confidentiality regulations that we said in our meeting a few days ago......"

Liu Mengwei was relieved, but he was a little more interested in this little policeman, and praised: "Officer Pony is principled and obedient, and he will definitely be a good policeman in the future." ”

Ma Xiaochao was a little embarrassed by her praise, and smirked: "Where...... I'm still far away. ”

"Towering trees grow from small saplings."

Ma Xiaochao seemed to suddenly think of something: "Professor Liu, you might as well come to our police team as a consultant." As long as you talk to our Captain Ling Feng, he will definitely agree. ”

"Advisor?" Liu Meng raised her eyes slightly and thought for a few seconds: "Is there any benefit to being an advisor to your police force?" ”

Ma Xiaochao was stunned by her question, couldn't answer, could only scratch his head in embarrassment, seeing him like this, Liu Mengwei only thought he was very cute, and said with a smile: "Your proposal is good, I should really think about it seriously." ”

"When we study psychology, we are most reluctant to talk about it on paper. Just now I looked at a few volumes of archives in the archives and found that there are many cases in them that are very helpful for my research and study. As the saying goes, the battlefield is the best parade ground, and if we can't put it into action, then our research is nothing more than paper data, no matter how well we do it. So, you reminded me that if I can become a police consultant, I can not only get first-line data to support and verify my research, but also help you solve crimes, which is like killing two birds with one stone! ”

Ma Xiaochao was also excited by her: "If you can come, we are all welcome." ”

"I can hear your calculations downstairs."

Wen Qiao didn't know when he appeared at the door, looking at the two of them calmly.

Liu Mengwei pretended to regret: "Officer Pony, you just said that everyone welcomes me, it doesn't seem to be the case." ”

Ma Xiaochao stood up, peeked at Wen Qiao, and called weakly: "Director Wen." ”

As soon as the two of them walked into a corner where no one was around, Wen Qiao couldn't wait to ask, "What do you want to do?" ”

"That's a strange question, but I'm trying my best to help you investigate the case." Liu Meng looked at him with big innocent eyes.

Wen Qiao suddenly changed his words: "I checked it on the official website of Caltech, and there is no admission record for you, not for bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees." ”

Liu Mengwei's face instantly turned cold: "You investigate me?" ”

"Even your identity information doesn't exist in our system, you're not a Chinese national, right? Now I ask you to show your identity document and verify your identity in accordance with the law. Wen Qiao said seriously.

Liu Meng's eyes widened in disbelief: "You are using power for personal gain!" ”

"How can the rational and lawful use of power be called the abuse of power for personal gain?"

"You!" Liu Meng was so angry that she couldn't speak, and it took a long time for her to calm down: "I said that you are really strange, and now there are still two murder cases in your bureau that have not been solved, and you don't go to investigate the case, but instead hold me and don't let go, are you putting the cart before the horse?" ”

"I'm just a forensic doctor, not a case solver."

Liu Meng snorted slightly: "Then you are good at tracking, investigating, lurking, and fighting." ”

Wen Qiao didn't speak again, Liu Mengwei saw the opportunity, and was about to slip away quietly, but heard him say: "What have you found out about these two cases now?" ”

Liu Mengwei saw that he was no longer obsessed with the question of her identity, so she breathed a sigh of relief and told him everything she and Ma Xiaochao had discovered.

"Is there any connection between the two?"

"I just followed the hints Lin Xuerou gave me to check, as for whether it has anything to do with it, it's hard to say now." Liu Mengwei said truthfully.

"Lin Xuerou's hint?" Wen Qiao didn't know what happened to her at the 314 Institute. "What hint did she give you?"

"It's the paintings." Although Wen Qiao had also seen those paintings, he didn't see anything special.

"Those paintings were painted by Lin Xuerou in a special state of consciousness."

"Exceptional...... State of consciousness? ”

"Normal people have a stable space of consciousness, or a personality, and some psychopaths who have been heavily stimulated may suffer from dissociative personality split, and they may give birth to two, three, or even more heavy personalities. At this time, the psychiatrist will find a way to help them rebuild their identity, achieve the elimination or integration of personality, and achieve spiritual unity, where three become two and two become one. ”

"But have you ever wondered if this ablation can continue? Can one become zero? ”

"You know about black holes, right? When a star is about to be destroyed, it will collapse towards the center, and it will become a black hole, swallowing all light and any matter in the adjacent cosmic region. If a person's only and constant consciousness also collapses, will it also absorb the discrete consciousness around it like a black hole? ”

Even Wen Qiao felt that her words were a little incredible: "What do you mean...... This happened to Lin Xuerou? Consciousness collapsed? And attracted a ghost from 20 years ago? ”

But at this time, Liu Mengwei seemed to be a little upset: "Maybe." ”

Wen Qiao saw her abnormality: "What are you worried about?" ”

"I ......" Liu Mengwei didn't know how to answer his question, but was surprised by his composure as usual: "You can't help but be too calm, isn't there anything in this world that makes you particularly care?" Aren't you a little surprised, curious, or skeptical that a living person can sense the dead? ”。

Wen Qiao couldn't understand the faint sorrow in her eyes, and still said plainly: "I hope it's true." ”

Liu Mengwei frowned slightly: "But I hope it's fake." ”