criminal profiling

Just when Shi Ke was having a headache for the farce of "catch the wrong murderer", another news fell from the sky, and public opinion was in an uproar.

Meng Yan retired back then, not because it was stated in his file that he was traumatized and needed treatment so he quit front-line work—but because he personally killed seven of the hostages in a hostage rescue case.

The report this time is even more explosive than saying that the police arrested the wrong person, and there are pictures and truth.

The photos that were released first showed a building that was blown up and blazing with flames; the second one showed bodies that looked like charcoal being carried out from the ashes after the fire was extinguished; It was Meng Yan who was wearing a straight suit, staring straight ahead with no expression on his face—and in his hand was holding something that looked like a remote control.

Judging from the background of the photo, the place where Meng Yan was standing at that time should be near the exploded building.

There was an eerie silence on the Internet for a second, and then the comments erupted in a blowout style.

"Isn't that the 6.11 incident? The first two photos were on the news at the time. Who is the last photo? That man is holding a remote control, right? Could it be the murderer?"

"Don't talk nonsense upstairs. The murderer was not caught at all in that incident. The police said it was done by terrorists. They have been pursuing them all the time, hoping to catch the murderer who caused the explosion at that time."

"Don't make wild guesses. The man in the photo is probably just a cosplay. Someone else took something like a brick and used it as a detonator, okay? Everyone is so whimsical, why don't you become a screenwriter?"

"The message upstairs is weird. It's quite puzzling whether it's really mocking or justified."

……

All kinds of remarks, finally converged into one sentence:

Don't just post three pictures, there is a solid hammer that can nail people to death.

The whistleblower lived up to expectations, and sure enough, when the comments were the most intense, another blockbuster was released—it was a video, the kind with images and sounds.Although the picture is not very clear, it can still be easily recognized that the man in the video is the man in the third photo.

"Leader Meng, the lives of the people in those two houses are in your hands. You have to think about it, whether to press or not; if so, which one is better?"

As soon as the voice fell, the picture changed, and the screen was divided into two pictures, which were two rooms with the same layout.The difference is that one of the rooms is filled with a dozen children, all four or five years old, some seem to be sleeping, some are crying in fear; the other room is filled with seven adults, both male and female, who are either sitting Or stood up, his face full of anxious and panic expressions.

"You have 10 seconds to think, well, now it's only 7 seconds. Take it easy, I don't mean to rush you at all."

Only his voice can be heard but not the person. There is no other person in the video except Meng Yan, but the audience can clearly hear the other person's voice—although the voice has been processed, the tone is particularly cheerful.

From the beginning of the video, Meng Yan didn't say a word. If it wasn't for the progress bar below, it would be easy to make people think it was a photo.

When the countdown reached "5", Meng Yan spoke. His voice sounded normal, without any tension in it.

"Don't count, I've made up my mind."

As he spoke, he pressed the green button on the remote control.

The scene changed again, the room of the previous seven adults was hit by the heat wave, the roof was blown off, and instantly fell into a sea of ​​flames.

The impact of just looking at the photos is far less than that of the live broadcast. Although it was only a moment, it seems that through the screen, you can feel the huge waves coming towards your face-not only can burn everything, but it is so powerful that it can even blow people up directly. into pieces.

Most of the online audience fell silent.I didn't know that this was the person who broadcast the 6.11 incident live, and even typed out words to sigh:

"Wow, what kind of movie special effects are these? It's comparable to Hollywood."

The picture finally freezes on the man's lips pursed into a straight line, without any emotion on his face.

There is another paragraph that I don’t know whether it is gloating or feeling.

"Oh, what are you doing so fast? Maybe I changed my mind at the last second. Seven lives, it's not worth even 10 seconds of thinking and hesitating with Team Leader Meng—" The tone suddenly changed, Excitedly raised the end of the voice, "Sure enough, he is a person who does great things, I like it."

This is the end of the video. Unlike the previous report, this time, apart from the video, the reporter did not attach any text description.

Apparently, this informant is well aware of the characteristics of netizens, and he also believes in their ability and determination—powerful brain power and determination to uphold justice.

The relevant details of the 6.11 incident were quickly uncovered, along with the identity of the man in the photo.Knowing that he is the leader of the special behavior analysis team, some people on the Internet were crazy about his photos, and some became even more mean.

Those who are a little more rational can still maintain basic doubts.

"Who is that person who only heard the voice? Could it be that he was the real mastermind behind the bombing? What did he mean by the last sentence, 10 seconds to choose, did he reach a deal with that team leader Meng?"

"So the man surnamed Meng detonated the explosion? Did the mastermind force him to choose one of the two rooms?"

The above remarks only accounted for a very small part, and most of them were so angry that it was hard to speak, and they looked like they wanted to dig people's ancestral graves.

"Damn it, this is too crazy. Seven people were killed without blinking."

"This man is a policeman, right? He has no brains. He does what other people call him, so let him die. He actually pressed the remote control obediently. Seven people died without blinking an eye. "

"How can such a cold-blooded person deserve to be a policeman? Oh my God, the real murderer of the 6.11 incident was originally in the police. No wonder there was no public statement back then. When asked, they only vaguely passed it."

"Murder pays for his life. Doesn't he have to pay for the victim's life because he is a policeman? It's really shocking that such a murderer allowed him to live a good life for two years."

……

The rhetoric on the Internet became more and more fierce, and even the previous debate about the real and fake murderers was thrown aside—it was later reported that the multiple personality murderer was caught by Meng Yan, and the scapegoat rhetoric became more justified. Also more powerful.

It seemed that overnight, all the spearheads were aimed at Meng Yan.

Xu Xie watched the computer all night, still unprepared for the development of the incident, he couldn't find any other more suitable expression except shock and bewilderment.

Xu Jie of the 6.11 incident had read the case files.

The year before last, gangsters hijacked a kindergarten school bus. They drove the driver and teacher out of the bus and disappeared with [-] children on board.

Then the parents of these fifteen children received calls one by one, asking them to exchange themselves for their children, and if they called the police, they would not be able to see their children.

At that time, the parents of five children called the police, and the parents of the other ten children went to the designated place according to the phone call.They didn't see their children there, just a car and ten syringes.These parents were told that if they wanted to see their children, they had to get an injection themselves, and then obediently get in the car.

In the end, seven parents did as the criminals said.

It is worth mentioning that [-] parents of ten children went, and there were five couples.The ones who finally decided to get on the bus were a husband and a wife among the two couples.

The criminals locked seven parents and fifteen children in two houses respectively, and filled them with enough explosives to blow up the house.When the police found the place where the gangsters were holding the hostages, two policemen were injured on the spot, and one of them died on the way to the hospital.

It turned out that the criminals had buried explosives around the house, turning the house into a minefield.It is a trivial matter for the rescuers to accidentally step on and injure themselves. If they accidentally cause a burst of explosions, both houses will be blown up.

The police had no choice but to negotiate with the criminals.

Only a small part of the view was transmitted to the Internet, and Xu Xie had watched the full video.

——After the incident, the police received a letter containing the complete video recorded at that time.

When the phone was connected, a specially processed voice sounded in everyone's ears.Xu Xie felt that he would never forget the cheerful tone of voice when a child found a playmate to play games.

"Since life is so boring, why don't we play games."

"The name of the game is - sweep sweep sweep mine."

For how to play this game, the gangster gives two choices.

The first choice is to let ten police officers go into the minefield to clear the mines. As long as they get to the two buildings, the rescue of the hostages will be considered successful;

The second option is to give some information for the police to analyze where there are landmines, which hostages are held in the two buildings, what the structure is, where the bombs are installed, and so on.After the analysis, make a choice—the choice of which building to bomb.

Of course, you can choose not to, so the gangster will press the detonator himself and blow up the two houses.

Looking at the two options alone, it seems that they can only choose the first one, after all, that is the most likely to save all the hostages.And the second one not only didn't save people, but also asked them to blow up one of the buildings by themselves, which looked like something a madman would do.

Unfortunately, that person is indeed a complete lunatic.

He kidnapped children, not for any money or material ransom, just for fun.

At that time, Meng Yan was the leader of the special behavior analysis team and the commander of the rescue operation. He chose the second option without much consideration.

The gangsters gave only 10 minutes for the two roads.When Meng Yan picked up the remote control, the gangster told him enthusiastically that he could give him ten more seconds to think about it.

Meng Yan didn't pay much attention, just pressed the button, the house with adults was blown up, and the children were rescued safely.

Afterwards, Meng Yan confessed to his superiors only one sentence:

"Neither of those games was the game he really wanted to play. His real intention was to lure us into making wrong choices and bury everyone, including the rescuers, in that minefield."

Bomb experts analyzed the scene and found that even professionals could not eliminate the bombs outside the house within 10 minutes.And once one of them is accidentally detonated, both buildings will be involved, not to mention the ten deminers, at least everyone in the house will not be spared.

And if the house where the children were kept was detonated, it would still cause a chain reaction, turning the scene into a sea of ​​flames.

In other words, under the circumstances at that time, Meng Yan made the choice with the least risk.

However, it is a foregone conclusion, and analysis is just analysis.

What if someone manages to clear the mines and get all the hostages out without triggering any mines?

What if the murderer just scares them and doesn't actually press the two buttons even if they don't make a choice at the last second?

There are not a few people who have various questions, and the treatment of Meng Yan is also divided into two extremes, causing a lot of trouble.If he hadn't been concerned about the identity behind Meng Yan, he might not have resigned in the name of recuperation in the end.

After all, it is an established fact that seven people were killed because of his light press.

And if he doesn't do this, will he cause more damage, or may nothing happen-this "if" can only exist forever in people's speculations and conjectures.

Those who believe in him are grateful to him;

Those who don't believe in him think that his crime is irreversible.

-

The wave on the Internet is getting more and more intense. If it weren't for the fact that no one can be found in reality, those excited people would have stayed at the place where Meng Yan haunted and threw rotten eggs at him.

Meng Yan's background was also uncovered, and even the fact that the Meng family had a dark background abroad before returning to China was exposed.Now those who attacked Meng Yan had even more reason to say that he had "a family background".And some people who had been eyeing the Meng's consortium for a long time also saw the opportunity and used a lot of tricks behind their backs.

The detailed process of the 6.11 incident that year was uncovered. Apart from Meng Yan, the "culprit" who received the most abuse, there were other people involved in the case who were also abused.

For example, why didn't the police officers who participated in the rescue together choose the first option and took the initiative to stand up and clear the mines?Because he was afraid of death, he allowed Meng Yan to blow up one of the buildings in the end, resulting in the death of seven people.

Someone even left a message: Why would you be a policeman if you are afraid of death?

And similar remarks are not rare.

Another example is the victims back then, the parents of those children.

Those parents who did not call the police and got into the car of the gangster died, although their children were rescued safely; and the parents who chose to call the police at the first time, or did not get in the car after arriving at the designated place, not only themselves alive, but also their children. fine.

For the former, some people praised them for their righteousness and deep love for their children; others scolded them for being stupid, having no brains in doing things, and dying for nothing.

Especially a husband and a wife among those two couples.The husband chose to get in the car by himself in order to protect his wife, but the wife had to get in the car by herself because the husband retreated.After the accident, the wife regretted that she didn't insist on it at the time. The husband died for her and her daughter; the husband was crying too, scolding Meng Yan for ruining his family.

As for the latter kind of parents, some people scolded them for being cold-blooded and not going to rescue them with their own flesh and blood;

When all kinds of opinions were raging, Zhuang Sheng was taken out of the hospital on the second day of hospitalization, and sent directly to Meng's house to recuperate, with almost no contact with any outsiders.

With the security level of Meng's house, let alone a few media reporters, those who are idle on the street will be beaten to the ground as soon as they show their heads.

Zhuang Sheng found that something was wrong because the eldest sister of the Meng family spent less time with him at home every day.Sometimes, just as he was making snacks for him, Mr. Housekeeper answered the phone and went to the kitchen to ask for instructions.The eldest sister of the Meng family did not stop her work, put the last plate of dim sum in the oven, washed her hands, took the towel handed by the housekeeper and wiped it off gracefully, and then said in the casual tone of chatting with Zhuang Sheng:

"Shengsheng, you can eat by yourself, eldest sister is going out for a while."

When he came back at night, he didn't forget to bring Zhuang Sheng his favorite soup dumpling on the way.

Zhuang Sheng sat on the sofa alone and thought for a while, and finally turned on the tablet computer to check online—Meng Yan didn't take away his electronic devices, but Zhuang Sheng didn't like to use them very much, and he never opened them during his recuperation.

After browsing the Internet for a few minutes, Zhuang Sheng knew everything.

Facing the tablet computer, he was silent for a long time.

So the next day, after the eldest sister of the Meng family and the second brother of the Meng family left Meng's house one after another, Zhuang Sheng walked out of the house for the first time in these days and came to the Municipal Bureau—he almost failed to enter, because the entrance of the Municipal Bureau was not only surrounded by Reporters from various media, as well as many "families of victims" who came to discuss the explanation.

After finally walking in, I saw that the entire criminal investigation building was in a state of chaos, how could it be described as "chaotic".

"How can I know where Meng Yan is? He is no longer a member of our city bureau!"

"Cover up murderers? Oh no, we never cover up murderers, we only catch murderers."

"You asked me if the case that Meng Yan solved before was a play played by the police? The people he arrested are still locked up in major prisons. If you can catch so many criminals, then I am willing to act with you .Do you want to play 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', or Detective Conan under COS?"

Zhuang Sheng came to stand still in front of Shi Ke who was about to drop the phone in minutes, Shi Ke was spitting and answered several more calls before he found him.

"Ah, Xiao Zhuang, have you been released?" Shi Ke yelled unexpectedly, then hung up the phone with a "snap", let out a long breath, and said bitterly, "Damn, these people are crazy. What happened 800 years ago needs to be uncovered, and a black spot as big as a sesame seed needs to be looked at with a magnifying glass. What's more, "In order to maintain the public image of the police, we must be kind and enthusiastic to the people who make comments"——kindly, kindly, I am impatient to wait , whoever you love."

After venting a lot, Shi Ke had the leisure to care about Zhuang Sheng's coming.

"Xiao Zhuang, what are you doing here? You'd better not hang around outside at this time. Although the matter has not involved you yet, judging from the current trend, I think it will be a matter of time." After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but curse , "Damn, if these people have such drive to catch criminals, what do we want the police to do?"

Amidst the noise, Zhuang Sheng seemed unaffected by anything, his expression and tone were very calm, as if he didn't know what was going on outside.He nodded to Shi Ke and said:

"Where is Fucao?"

Shi Ke was stunned, he didn't remember who the name Zhuang Sheng said was, so Zhuang Sheng reminded:

"That suspect with multiple personalities." After thinking for a while, as if he was afraid that Shi Ke would not remember, he added, "The author of novels who specialize in suspense and detective cases."

Shi Ke thought about it now, but felt that it was irrelevant to the current situation. He couldn't understand Zhuang Sheng's intentions, so he couldn't help frowning and said, "Who cares about him now? This guy hasn't given a fart since he was arrested. Let it go, even the psychiatric appraisal can't be done. The most urgent thing is to clarify the suspicion of second brother Meng, otherwise not only second brother Meng's personal reputation will be damaged, but also the prestige of the entire city bureau will be wiped out."

Zhuang Sheng lowered his eyes, still looking very quiet, but what he said inexplicably made people feel trembling in the heart, and there was a feeling of wanting to be convinced.

"The source started from this case, so it will naturally end from this case."

-

When Meng Yan was yelling and cursing him to go to hell on the Internet, at almost the same time, major media released a big news.Said that the interrogation scene will be broadcast live, and a comprehensive technical analysis will be made on the 6.11 incident.

At first, everyone thought it was some kind of gimmick put on by the website, but the Municipal Bureau’s microblog simultaneously updated a message, which included several websites, with this sentence: fair, just, open, and accept the supervision of the whole people.

Half an hour later, the live broadcast started.

In a clean room with only two chairs, a young man in casual clothes is sitting upright, facing the camera with a calm and serious expression.

His eyes are black and transparent, and his voice is clean and gentle:

"I'm Zhuang Sheng. Everything I do next represents my own position. I take full responsibility for it and can be used as evidence in court."