Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 221 Mental illness?

Late that night, inside the detention center.

At this time, the only sound in the prison was snoring.

After seeing the person next to him fall asleep, Lan Hanwen opened his eyes in the darkness, his eyes bright.

He groped his way out of the bed and walked barefoot to the iron fence silently.

The police officer on duty was here just now, and now he must have gone to the toilet.

He grabbed the iron bars with both hands, pricked up his ears, and paid close attention to the sounds in the corridor.

When he heard the footsteps of the police returning, Lan Hanwen hurriedly bent his body and banged his head hard against the iron fence.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

Hearing the sound, the suspect who was sleeping on the bunk bed woke up immediately and stared at the madman in a daze.

Two policemen also heard the noise and rushed in. They saw Lan Hanwen acting like a madman, banging his forehead against the iron fence repeatedly.

"stop!"

One of the policemen shouted at him loudly, but Lan Hanwen remained unmoved and continued to hit him.

Another policeman took out the key and tried to open the door, but since they were the only two of them, he hesitated.

Fortunately, his companion was more alert and shouted to the suspect imprisoned inside: "Pull him away! Quick!"

The few people sitting on the bed jumped off the bed reluctantly and pulled Lan Hanwen away.

One policeman ran out to call for help, while the other policeman stared at the scene in front of him and swallowed.

Lan Hanwen's face was covered in blood and his expression was painful and hideous, but his eyes were surprisingly sharp and there was a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

……

The next day, a car from Guangxing City stopped in the yard of Shahe County Bureau.

After Zhao Ming got out of the car, Luo Rui hurried forward.

"Brother Ming, you must have had a hard time on the road."

Zhao Ming blinked, passed by him, and shook hands with Li Nong behind him.

Li Nong smiled and greeted, "Hello, Technician Zhao!"

Zhao Ming nodded slightly: "Hello, Mr. Li, where is the No. 301 carriage of K13?"

"what?"

Li Nong looked at Luo Rui and said, "You've been traveling for several hours. Shall we eat first?"

Zhao Ming shook his head: "It's okay!"

He was accompanied by his two apprentices.

After getting off the car, the two stretched tiredly and nodded to Luo Rui.

They knew their master too well as a person who devoted himself to his work and did not care much about the ways of the world.

If it weren't for his strong skills, Lai Guoqing and Yang Qian from Haijiang District would have taken him down long ago.

Luo Rui knew Zhao Ming's character very well. The reason why he had such an attitude towards him was not because he was impolite, but because they were too familiar with each other.

The current time is 8:30 in the morning. It takes five hours to drive from Guangxing City to Shahe County.

This means that Zhao Ming was already on the road after midnight.

This is a very self-conscious ox. Luo Rui couldn't bear to watch it: "You have to eat breakfast, right? You start working right away. It makes our county bureau lose face. Who will help us in the future?"

Li Nong nodded quickly: "That's right, Zhao Jishu, how about we go to the bun shop next door and have some food? We can learn about the case while we eat."

Zhao Ming's two apprentices showed expectant eyes. They were very tired after driving all night.

Work needs to be done in a balanced way, otherwise you will die from overwork sooner or later, but Zhao Ming never seems to get tired.

Zhao Ming hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay then!"

Li Nong breathed a sigh of relief and led the way.

The steamed bun shop next to the county bureau is run by Li Nong's cousin, just like the school cafeteria, which is run by the principal's relative.

A group of people walked into the store. There were quite a few people sitting inside, most of them were police officers who had just finished their night shift, and they all looked tired.

Meng Jun wiped his hands with his apron and greeted him quickly: "Good morning, what would you like to eat?"

"Officer Luo!"

When she saw Luo Rui, a smile immediately broke out on her face, and beautiful crow's feet appeared at the corners of her eyes.

"Sister Jun."

Seeing the sincere smile on her face, Luo Rui felt much more relieved. People should always live positively.

People who can get out of the hardships of life are like children running against the wind, and they will laugh out loud one day.

This is what Mr. Meng is like.

Li Nong led the group to a corner and sat down. He said loudly, "Uncle, five baskets of soup dumplings and a large bowl of rice noodles, one for each person."

The boss's surname is Cui Wang. He smiled and said, "We don't make rice noodles anymore. We're making noodles instead."

As he said this, he glanced at Meng Jun.

Li Nong smiled and blinked: "Then noodles."

Luo Rui pulled Meng Jun outside and asked, "Where are the children?"

"It's upstairs." Meng Jun said, "Officer Luo, I have to go get some noodles."

Luo Rui didn't let her go, and looked towards the stairs to the second floor: "Upstairs?"

Meng Jun was going to get busy, so he finished his words in one breath: "I rented a house and originally wanted to leave the children at home, but Boss Cui said it was unsafe and asked me to bring the children with me. While I was working, the children watched TV upstairs. In a few days, I have to find a school for the children.

Officer Luo, I'll lend you the money and I'll pay you back in a while..."

Luo Rui shook his head: "Sister Jun, that's not what I meant, you..."

Meng Jun smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know."

After saying that, she ran in and got busy with her work.

After Luo Rui entered the room, he looked behind the steamer and saw Cui Wang who was serving buns.

Cui Wang, 40 years old, wearing a white sleeveless vest, glared at Luo Rui when he saw him looking at him, and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Luo Rui rolled his eyes and retorted: "I think you are handsome!"

After Luo Rui sat down, Li Nong immediately muttered: "See, my cousin has taken a fancy to this woman."

Luo Rui sneered: "Then you will have to call me cousin from now on."

"This..." Li Nong choked.

Luo Rui didn't let him go: "By the way, you have two younger sisters who are watching TV upstairs now. One is six years old and the other is three years old. If you have nothing to do, help your two sisters find schools. They have missed the time to go to elementary school and kindergarten. As a brother, you have to pay attention to them."

"Get lost, the more you talk, the more outrageous it gets."

"What? You still don't want to acknowledge him? Li Da, your uncle's happy life depends on you. If you can get this done, your uncle will be grateful to you."

Li Nong sighed and said, "You are right. My cousin is in his forties and has never been married. He had a blind date before and was planning to get married, but the woman concealed the fact that she had AIDS. I found this out when I checked her background. Otherwise, my cousin would have been in trouble."

Seeing Cui Wang bringing the noodles over, the two stopped talking.

Luo Rui looked at Meng Jun busy in the kitchen, and a warm feeling welled up in his heart.

Cui Wang was not polite to Luo Rui at all, but after he entered the kitchen, he turned on the fan on the wall and swung the fan head in front of Meng Jun.

Zhao Ming's two apprentices were really hungry. They ate the buns in one hand and used chopsticks in the other. They took a bite of the bun, then slurped a mouthful of the steaming noodles, wolfing them down with a grin.

The emperor has no shortage of hungry soldiers. If Zhao Ming was not a master of technology, these two disciples would have betrayed their master and ancestors long ago.

Zhao Ming ate very politely. After taking a few bites, he looked up and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Li Nong glanced at Luo Rui and said, "You go ahead and talk. I'll go talk to my uncle."

Luo Rui nodded: "It's like this, the K301 robbery and murder case is a case within a case. The day before yesterday, I asked you to restore the surveillance video and designated a gangster to kill someone. This person killed a flight attendant.

But the murderer of the victim in bed No. 13 in carriage No. 11 was someone else. We interrogated him yesterday and he admitted to the murder, but his motive was vague. But that is not the point.

The point is that this kid actually changed his confession last night. He even banged his head against the iron gate, saying that he was mentally ill and that killing was not his subjective will. He also said that he had split personality and asked to see a psychologist.

Furthermore, the prosecutors need solid evidence before we can submit the case for trial..."

Luo Rui said this and continued in a low voice: "Everyone means that he can no longer live in this world."

Zhao Ming's two disciples looked at each other.

Luo Rui has a bad reputation. When he was in Haijiang District, no criminal he investigated could survive the second trial. They were all sentenced to death. Some of the criminals are probably already reincarnated.

Luo Yanwang's name had long been known throughout the province and city.

At this moment, he openly and unabashedly wants to send the criminals to hell. This is too purposeful. This is the job of a prosecutor, not a policeman.

Zhao Ming pondered, and Luo Rui explained: "The case is like this... Lan Hanwen has the characteristics of a perverted murderer. If I hadn't found him in this case, think about what kind of person he would become in the future?"

Zhao Ming's tall apprentice said, "He has a high IQ, a strong ability to learn about crime, and is familiar with criminal law. He is also preparing to take the civil service exam. Just thinking about this person makes my hair stand on end."

Another disciple of Zhao Ming, still holding noodles in his mouth, said: "Not only that, this person is probably a performance artist, pretending to be mentally ill in order to avoid the death penalty!"

Hearing this, Luo Rui's expression froze.

After breakfast, the group drove three cars straight to the railway station in Shahe County.

Carriage No. 13, along with several other carriages, had been parked on an abandoned railway track not far away, guarded by officers from two police stations in the area.

Li Nong led the way, while Zhao Ming and his two apprentices carried large metal survey boxes.

Miao Shouqiang followed closely behind Zhao Ming, wanting to learn more.

After everyone got dressed, they went in and started laying the acrylic panels.

After the preparations were done, Luo Rui explained the situation at the time to Zhao Ming. Because the crime scene had been severely damaged, it was very difficult to extract directional evidence.

But the suspect is fixed, so the biological samples left by other people can be discarded. It is enough to find direct or indirect evidence of Lan Hanwen's murder.

The more Zhao Ming listened to Luo Rui's story, the more he frowned.

Again, there is a lot of physical evidence, but it cannot be used.

In general, at a murder scene, if the suspect's hair, fingerprints, footprints, etc. are found.

Then they would lock him up, arrest him, interrogate him, collect evidence, and send him to trial, sentence him, and finally execute him by shooting or injection, all in one go, sending him to the crematorium. But this case was too special, and none of the physical evidence would be used by the court.

Unless there is pointing evidence on the murder weapon, but Lan Hanwen is not a fool. When he killed the person, he wiped off the fingerprints on the axe.

Or maybe there were eyewitnesses, but Zhao Jianguo didn't see him kill anyone.

Luo Rui analyzed Lan Hanwen's behavior and thinking habits in his mind.

This guy must have come across a perfect murder scene and couldn't help but kill someone, thinking that the police would never be able to catch him.

If the police caught him, he would portray himself as a "hero" who was forced to kill in order to fulfill the victim's wishes, and he would also talk about a lot of topics about human nature.

At that time, Luo Rui felt that something was wrong. These words were very much to the taste of some people, especially in this age when public intellectuals were everywhere.

Sure enough, early this morning, a large group of reporters rushed over from Linjiang City. These people were all contacted by Lan Hanwen before his arrest. He also sent a text message to one of the reporters, saying that he might face imprisonment. If the reporter wanted to interview him, they could come to the detention center in Shahe County to find him, and he would tell his story.

Most importantly, Lan Hanwen also pointed out that he was a passenger in the recent K301 major murder and robbery case.

The reporter knew that the news was explosive and his media outlet did not dare to get involved, so he joined other colleagues and rushed to the Shahe County Detention Center overnight.

Lu Kangming received a call from the detention center before he woke up in the morning and was now negotiating with these reporters.

Lan Hanwen did this to shape his own image. Although he might be charged with murder, he would not be sentenced to death, and he could still become famous at the same time.

After Luo Rui exposed his delusion, this guy actually changed his confession. Not only that, he also pretended to have a mental illness and banged his head against the iron door.

Seeing that his plan failed, Lan Hanwen immediately changed his strategy. It was true that he had a high IQ.

"Brother Ming, it's up to you. Whether you can send this kid to hell is all up to you."

Zhao Ming sighed and said, "I'll give it a try, but I'm not absolutely sure."

Luo Rui nodded: "Okay, after the matter is done, I will send a box of Moutai to the old man."

Zhao Ming glared at him and said, "I told you not to send me wine."

Luo Rui laughed out loud: "Moutai and steamed buns are a perfect match. Uncle Zhao is such a great forensic expert, we have to enjoy him no matter what."

"Okay, stop talking. I'm getting busy. You can go out first."

Luo Rui blinked: "I'll stay here and give you a hand?"

Zhao Ming pointed at Miao Shouqiang next to him and said, "It's okay if he's here. There's limited space in the carriage. If there are too many people, it's easy to miss physical evidence."

"Okay then. Thank you for your hard work."

Luo Rui walked out of the carriage carefully and saw Jiang Gang standing outside, squatting beside the railroad tracks with Li Nong, the two were chatting.

Luo Rui walked over and squatted side by side with them.

Jiang Gang glanced at him and said, "Captain Luo, is this helper you invited reliable?"

"Let me tell you this. If Zhao Ming can't find any evidence, then Lan Hanwen might not die!"

Jiang Gang sighed, looking depressed: "Even if it is proven that he killed someone, this kid may not die!"

Seeing his and Li Nong's expressions, Luo Rui felt something was wrong.

Li Nong said: "Jiang Crocodile..."

Jiang Gang immediately glared at him, so Li Nong quickly changed his words: "Jiang Gang said that Lan Hanwen's parents went to the procuratorate and showed them a diagnosis of Lan Hanwen's mental illness. This kid did have a mental illness and was hospitalized."

Luo Rui's heart sank.

"Bullshit!" Luo Rui cursed, "We didn't find even a bottle of psychiatric medicine in his suitcase or backpack. Even if he had a mental illness, he must have recovered long ago!"

Li Nong scratched the back of his head irritably, then took out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes from his shirt pocket. The cigarettes were given to him by Luo Rui.

He handed a cigarette to Jiang Gang, and they lit each other's cigarettes. Luo Rui also asked for one, and took Jiang Gang's cigarette and lit them up by putting their cigarette butts together.

While smoking, Jiang Gang took out his cell phone, flipped through a few photos he had taken and threw them into Luo Rui's hand.

"Look for yourself."

After Luo Rui took it, he looked at it carefully. This was the diagnosis report and hospitalization record from Huining Second People's Hospital.

The time was July 2004.

Li Nong also came over to take a look, his face bitter: "Could it be fake?"

Jiang Gang shook his head: "I called the hospital, and Lan Hanwen's doctor confirmed that he suffered from severe schizophrenia in 2004. He had hallucinations in his mind at the time and said he could see a non-existent person. The doctor asked him who he saw, but he wouldn't say.

His parents thought that he was hallucinating because of the pressure of the college entrance examination, so they arranged for him to stay in the hospital for more than a month. After he was discharged from the hospital, he took medicine for half a year. After that, Lan Hanwen's condition improved, and he went to college. Then he never came to the hospital for a follow-up visit again. "

Luo Rui asked, "In other words, in the past four years, Lan Hanwen has never had any medical records?"

Jiang Gang replied: "You can say that."

"Can't this be used to judge that his condition has improved?"

"Well, it's hard to say. The main thing is the motive for the murder. As the old saying goes, the murderer's purpose is either for money, revenge, or passion. But Lan Hanwen and Wang Jialing had no grudges, so why did he kill her? There must be an explanation. Who would believe it if he was just a perverted murderer?

If it was a mental illness attack, then it could be explained, but in this case, this kid would definitely escape the death penalty.

Moreover, in addition to your county bureau, several reporters from our procuratorate have also come and are preparing to report this matter in the newspaper.

This kid exposed everything, and his parents are out there supporting him, so this matter has become a bit of a fuss.”

The more Luo Rui listened, the more confused he became. He said in a deep voice, "What's the use of Zhao Ming investigating inside? Even if he can prove that Lan Hanwen killed someone, it can't prove that he doesn't have a mental illness!"

Jiang Gang nodded: "That's what I mean."

Li Nong comforted him: "No matter what, we police have to do what we should do. We need to collect evidence and hand it over to the court. As for what the final outcome of Lan Hanwen will be, it depends on God's will."

Luo Rui didn't think so. With a cold face, he stood up, threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it hard with his foot.

At noon, Luo Rui called to order takeout. Zhao Ming rushed over and started working without stopping. Both he and Li Nong felt a little sorry.

The best restaurant in Shahe County, Dongpo Lou, currently does not have a delivery man; the food is delivered by the restaurant itself.

Four guys, each carrying two food boxes, delivered them to the railway track.

Luo Rui set up two tables on the spot and filled them with delicious dishes.

Dongpo pork is the signature dish, and others include braised pork, pickled fish, Sichuan white pork, etc.

When Zhao Ming's two disciples saw such a rich variety of food, they couldn't stop drooling.

Zhao Ming was fine, he just looked at Luo Rui deeply.

After a few people sat down, they began to eat voraciously. Only Luo Rui and Jiang Gang took a few bites and couldn't eat any more.

Luo Rui raised his head and looked towards carriage No. 13 opposite.

Wang Jialing died in the carriage. Her child was two years old. Her husband had cheated on her and was depressed. She filed for divorce, but then found out she was pregnant. She wanted to forgive her husband, but he refused to repent. In desperation, she divorced him. Her parents advised her to get back together, saying she was too impulsive.

Wang Jialing was heartbroken and took her child back to her hometown, but she was injured by criminals, beaten by other passengers in the carriage, and finally killed by a pervert, along with her two-month-old baby in her belly.

Lan Hanwen killed someone, but was able to escape punishment?

Luo Rui thought about it and felt angry.

Zhao Ming looked up, glanced at him, and said, "Luo Rui, don't hold out too much hope. I may not be able to help you."

Li Nong sighed, told Zhao Ming about Lan Hanwen's situation, and said, "Even if you find indicative evidence, this guy won't die, so don't take it to heart, let's do our best."

Zhao Ming took another deep look at Luo Rui, who had been staring at the train carriage in a trance.

In the afternoon, after completing the on-site inspection, Zhao Ming took his two apprentices and Miao Shouqiang to the Municipal Bureau.

Because the Shahe County Bureau does not have a laboratory for detecting trace evidence, we can only go to Linjiang City.

After returning to the county bureau, Lu Kangming immediately went to see Luo Rui and Li Nong.

He closed the office door and said with a tired look, "The case will be transferred to the court tomorrow!"

Luo Rui was startled: "So fast?"

Li Nong was also surprised: "Didn't they say this morning that the court would not accept the case without solid evidence?"

Lu Kangming held up two fingers and said, "Two things. First, this matter has been exposed. The outside media are paying attention to it. The court is under great pressure. In addition, Lan Hanwen's teacher is here."

"His teacher is here, so what? How great can he be?"

"This man is Zhou Changqing. Have you never heard of him? Jiang Crocodile must know him. He is a professor at XX University in Imperial City. The students he taught are all big names in the industry. Many of his students work in the procuratorate. This time he came with a lawyer to defend Lan Hanwen."

Li Nong cursed: "Damn it, Lan Hanwen actually has such a deep background?"

Lu Kangming sat on the sofa, sighed, and said, "Who made this guy so handsome? His daughter fell in love with him."

Li Nong was a little bit unbelievable: "She fell in love with a murderer? Or a mentally ill person? Is this woman blind?"

Luo Rui narrowed his eyes: "They want to plead not guilty?"

"That depends on whether there is any evidence pointing to Lan Hanwen as the murderer. I guess they have two ideas. One is to dig deeper into Ding Zuo and put the blame on him for Wang Jialing's death. If this approach doesn't work, then they can use mental illness as an excuse to defend Lan Hanwen!"

Li Nong smacked his lips and said, "If that's the case, this kid won't be able to spend more than a few years in prison before he's released?"

"Maybe he won't even have to go to jail!" Lu Kangming said dejectedly, "I just came back from the procuratorate and met Zhou Changqing. The lawyers he brought with him are all from Imperial City. It's a luxurious team. Our Shahe County will definitely become famous these days. Maybe it can even be on the rule of law channel."

Seeing Luo Rui's expressionless face, Lu Kangming said calmly: "It has come to this point, there is nothing we can do, relax and don't think too much."

Luo Rui nodded and walked out of the office.

Before and since joining the police force, Luo Rui has never been so depressed.

He returned to his office in a daze, sat in a chair, and was lost in thought.

The teammates in the Seventh Squadron did not dare to disturb him. Everyone knew the special nature of this case. They thought that after last night's trial, the case had been closed and that Lan Hanwen would be sentenced to death. However, Lan Hanwen turned the tables.

In the evening, when all the teammates had gone off work, Luo Rui received a call from Zhao Ming.

The other party informed on the phone that no indicative evidence was found, which means that it could not be directly proved that Lan Hanwen killed someone.

Jiang Gang also called and said that Lan Hanwen admitted to the murder because he had hallucinations.

Therefore, Zhou Changqing's legal team pointed out that this confession cannot be used as the basis for a verdict.

Besides, how could a normal murderer give so many absurd statements in his confession?
Only abnormal people talk nonsense.

In addition, Lan Hanwen’s college roommate also testified that he had been taking medication for treating mental illness for a long time, but he forgot to bring the medicine bottle on the train before getting on the train!
A series of bad news bombarded Luo Rui's brain...

Closing his eyes, he seemed to see Wang Jialing's desperate look and the child's voice constantly calling for his mother...

I am too busy with work and there are often typos. Thank you for correcting me.

In addition, I was working while writing, using my lunch breaks and after get off work in the evenings, so many of the plots are not polished to be concise and smooth, please forgive me.

This kind of suspense theme is really brain-intensive, and it also causes frequent insomnia, dry skin, and hair loss. I can hardly bear it.

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