Zhao Long took the initiative to come to the Public Security Bureau to find me this time, indicating that he had made up his mind to tell me the truth about Shi Yan's murder.

But he is chattering and crazy, and his speech is also a foot in the sky and a foot on the ground, and the preface does not match the afterword, and the content of this cloud and mountain fog cover makes me really hard to believe.

We sat in the inquiry room and talked for more than half an hour, but Zhao Long never expressed his thoughts clearly, but said a lot of inexplicable words. It even made me think that there was something wrong with his brain, some kind of stimulation.

Especially about Shi Yan's nightmare, he first said that he saw a shadow, then said that he saw a ghost, and then said that the shadow was Shen Hong.

He is supposed to be suffering from severe paranoia of persecution, and perhaps other mental illnesses, and the shadow he is talking about is most likely hallucinations or dreams that he produces.

"There's a question I have to confirm, about the shadow you saw Shenhong, is it your dream or hallucination?" I asked him seriously.

Zhao Long froze, his voice was very calm, and it could be seen that he tried his best to make me believe what he said: "It's not a dream or an illusion, it's what I saw with my own eyes." ”

It seems that he really has a mental problem, and if he says it is a nightmare or a hallucination, I will believe it, but he says that he has seen it with his own eyes, and I don't believe it.

In the face of such people who have mental problems and cannot explain things clearly, one question and one answer is the most direct and effective method.

"You mean, you saw a shadow in your house, and that shadow was Shen Hong?" I tried not to think of him as a neurotic and put on an "approachable" smile.

"Yes, that shadow is Shen Hong!" Zhao Long affirmed.

"So, did you see Shen Hong himself?" I asked him.

This question is very critical, since Zhao Long said that the shadow matter was what he saw with his own eyes, then he must know who the owner of the shadow is, and it is also related to who the murderer in this case is.

But Zhao Long frowned, and replied to me very vaguely: "No, I only saw his shadow." ”

There is only a shadow, no ontology, which is not in line with science. I became more and more convinced that he was hallucinating on the basis of mental illness.

"So you can't be sure that the shadow is Shen Hong, but based on Shen Hong's body shape, voice, and the old things that Shen Hong mentioned when he talked to you?" I asked him with a caring smile.

Zhao Long nodded seriously.

The more he talks about it now, the more outrageous it becomes, and he can't even justify himself about the shadow. He kept saying that he didn't see Shen Hong himself, but he saw his shadow and heard Shen Hong speak.

He said that Shen Hong was a ghost, but how did a dead man talk to Zhao Long?

"You said that the shadow is a ghost, so Shen Hong is dead?" Thinking of this, I suddenly asked him.

I thought that Zhao Long would give me a positive answer no matter whether Shen Hong was dead or alive, but he shook his head again and replied to me: "I don't know." ”

I rolled my eyes, and I was really going to collapse.

There is definitely something wrong with this Zhao Long's brain, and my conversation with him has not been on the same channel.

Forget it, now, no matter whether Shen Hong is a murderer or not, whether he is dead or alive, and no matter what role he plays in this case, just because he was also a member of the entrepreneurial team back then, he must be investigated.

If the murderer is someone else, then Shen Hong is likely to be one of the targets of the murderer.

"Shi Yan's nightmare and the retribution mentioned, are they also related to Shen Hong?" After listening to him babble for a long time, I almost forgot the key question, that is, the cause of Shi Yan's death.

"Brother Yan has often had nightmares in the past month, and he mentioned to me that it was Shi Yan who came to take revenge." Zhao Long paused, and then said: "Presumably, Shen Hong didn't win the lawsuit with Brother Yan back then, and now it's time to take revenge." ”

Judging from the content of the current conversation, Zhao Long did not explain the matter clearly, but he repeatedly mentioned Shen Hong, which shows that Shen Hong must have a very important position in this matter. If Shen Hong is the murderer, then by what method did he kill Liu Yuzhou, Li Xiaojie, and Shi Yan successively?

If Shen Hong is just to avenge the revenge of the year, is it necessary to wait for more than 20 years? The entrepreneurial team member back then has changed from a young man in his twenties to a middle-aged man who is nearly half a hundred years old, does he still have the energy and ability to complete such a perfect crime?

According to Zhao Long's account, he did not participate in the infringement case of stealing Shen Hong's software development results, so why did Shen Hong come to him?

"Do you know where Shen Hong is now?" I asked him suddenly.

"I don't know." Zhao Long shook his head.

His answer was as expected, and I asked, "Do you know his age, address, and other identifying information?" ”

Zhao Long still shook his head.

All the information about Shen Hong that I asked next, Zhao Long didn't know anything.

"Officer Qin, you just said that I am a witness, I want to ...... Apply for protection! Zhao Long looked at me in a daze, and when he said this, his voice trembled.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you personally, you wait here for me for a while." I gave him an affirmative smile.

Since I had promised him, I could not break my word, and I decided to protect the witness myself.

And if I go in person, maybe I can still see the shadow that Zhao Long said, even if it is all a hallucination produced by Zhao Long, at least it can be proven.

Walking out of the interrogation room, I returned to the Crime Squad office.

"What's the matter, what did Zhao Long say?" Li Meng saw me coming back and hurriedly asked me.

"Investigate a person named Shen Hong, this person is very critical to this case!" I said seriously.

It's the first time you've heard the name, and it's not very clear why.

"Shen Hong? Do you have any information about him? Lin Zifan asked me.

"Nope." I shook my head.

Lin Zifan looked at me helplessly: "Only one name? So how do you check? You must know that there are thousands of people with the same name and surname in the country! ”

I thought about it for a while and said slowly: "From the judgment archive investigation of the Ningzhou Municipal People's Court, there was an intellectual property infringement case in Ningzhou City twenty years ago, and Shen Hong was the plaintiff, but the judgment was that the plaintiff lost the case. ”

Speaking of which, I suddenly understood.

At the beginning, the entrepreneurial team was disbanded, and Shi Yan stole Shen Hong's software development intellectual property. This is also the reason why Lin Zifan did not find the relevant cases through the biological samples of Liu Yuzhou and the other three deceased.

Because this is not a criminal case at all, but a case of infringement.

If the public security bureau's files cannot be found, the court will certainly be able to find them.

I told them everything that happened to Shen Hong, and asked them to start investigating Shen Hong's relevant information.

This Shen Hong is either the murderer or the next victim.

And I, now that I'm going to Zhao Long's house, I'll be the talking shadow for a while......